THE FONT

The Notts Zine Fest 25 typeface began as an open invitation to contribute a letter. With no prescribed drawing style or fixed visual rules, each character was shaped by the person making it.

The collected alphabet is deliberately irregular. Letterforms shift in weight, proportion, texture and construction, moving between the drawn, printed, cut, scribbled and digital. Instead of resolving those differences, the typeface keeps them visible.

Dizzy Ink and Ash & Thorne Studio developed the individual contributions into a working typeface and then built the Notts Zine Fest identity around it. Used at different scales and in different combinations, the typeface gave the festival a visual language that could feel unpredictable and expressive while still belonging to the same system.

The finished typeface is both a tool and an archive. Each letter holds a trace of its maker, and every word becomes a new combination of the community behind the festival.

Credits:

@harry_hempshall_photography
@nojobsinthearts
@i.oh.na
Digby
Erock
@f.f.w.i.h
@marcher.arrant
@thenottinghamhorrorcollective
@queernotts_zine
@rob.the.bastard
@__cyanamber
@dizzy.ink
@moan_zine
@hannahwhitlow
@nicezines
@criminãlízã
@slowedmountains
@urbanprojections
@distorted.digitals
@sickboykks
@lucyhalesdesigns
@hiyatoby

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