The Wave - Playtype

PLAYTYPEThe Wave LightPlaytype | Vesterbrogade 80 B | 1620 Copenhagen V | Denmarkhttp://www.playtype.comDesign: The Wave | Published: 20104All Fonts are in this format: Opentype24/25 The warmleather embraceof the cab creaksominously to therhythm of the street.I rest my head onthe cool glass.18/19 The harsh curves ofthe neon city exploding onmy closed eyelids as thecombination of Xanax andjet-lag slowly deadens mylimbs. “Rest” I mouth. Thenoblivion.16/17 I ask her her name,straining to hear above theslow drone coming from thePA. She grabs my arm andinscribes »Melissa« on it inneat, tightly-spaced cursive,punctuating the i with asmall heart.14/15 The tattoo guns passesaround the table- A kid etchesout ‘MOMS’ in blue biro ink laughinghysterically as the machinepurrs across his forearm. I cansee Melissa through the open doorto the bathroom, perched on thetoilet, a pair of boys briefs aroundher ankles, absentmindedly smokinga cigarette and blowing smokerings; O followed by Q followed by.12/13 More days in daze. More scripts,more novels. More pages and clammybusiness cards passed of in moisthandshakes. More Melissa. More pointlessshopping sprees and more peopleto please. More dusty blond boys andspeedos. I flick my aviators down andread the street signs.10/12 I keep oncracking jokes, right?Because I’m funny.I want to be funny.Only each time thepunch-line falls flat. Mydelivery is off. I keepglancing between themenu and the fois grasprinted out in roundedserifs and the waiterlaughing politely,anxiously. I settle onthe duck since it strikesme as funny somehow.She picks her teethand nods.8/10 The ‘clack’ of the cabdoor snaps me back and Inervously glance up at thedepartures sign. Numeralsslither rapidly as I scan theboard. SK402 to Copenhagen.Exhausted i pushthrough security – belt,shoes, watch, laptop andslump down at the nearestbar. I slip out my credit card,leaving it on the bar and pickat the polaroid with Melissa´snumber on the back. 8 digits,XXX and Melissa with a heartdoting the i.14/17 abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1234567890 This is dummy text. itis intended to be readbut have no apparentmeaning. as a simulationof actual copy, usingordinary words withnormal letter frequencies,it cannot deceive eye orbrain.6/8 But can words ever be said to have no meaning? And ifthe words have no meaning cannot the medium of it’s deliverybe said to be equally meaningless. This is the existentialistparadox of the typographer; can type ever be separatefrom meaning? Words separate from medium?9/11 Smart as a whip: the typographer,but never smarter than his script.»the philosophy of type«Playtype is an online type foundry and conceptstore, created as a place to play, a home forexperimentation and a showcase of our craft.