Amadeo

In 1996 I sent a design to the Morisawa Typeface Competition. It won a prize. This is what I said about it at the time: More of our previously Carolingian lettershapes, de-contextualised by writing them with a cheap marker at the wrong pen angle. The weight distribution is uneven too. Most people would say it would never work as a typeface. This is what the judges said: Adopting the pen script method, this typeface fully expresses the good qualities of hand written letters and yet, it is very beautiful in text composition. It is designed to give a texture of calligraphy brush writing and would probably make a good match with Kanji characters. Parts of the letters look as if they have been cut off with a knife. This font has rhythm and is beautiful in typesetting and calculated to show a unique texture, not seen in ordinary Latin typefaces. I thought I was naming the typeface after the painter, Modigliani: I liked the music of his first name but I now realise that I have spelt it incorrectly. No matter: I prefer my choice of vowels and I adore a happenstance neologism! [shapesforcash.com]