The Wave - Playtype

PLAYTYPEThe Wave RegularPlaytype | Vesterbrogade 80 B | 1620 Copenhagen V | Denmarkhttp://www.playtype.comDesign: The Wave | Published: 20106All Fonts are in this format: Opentype24/25 The warmleather embrace ofthe cab creaks ominouslyto the rhythmof the street. I restmy head on thecool 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 etches out‘MOMS’ in blue biro ink laughinghysterically as the machine purrsacross his forearm. I cansee Melissa through the opendoor to the bathroom, perchedon the toilet, a pair of boys briefsaround her ankles, absentmindedlysmoking a cigarette andblowing smoke rings; O followedby Q followed by O.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 on crackingjokes, right? BecauseI’m funny. I wantto be funny. Only eachtime the punch-linefalls flat. My deliveryis off. I keep glancingbetween the menu andthe fois gras printedout in rounded serifsand the waiter laughingpolitely, anxiously.I settle on the ducksince it strikes me asfunny somehow. Shepicks her teeth andnods.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 creditcard, leaving it on the barand pick at the polaroidwith Melissa´s number onthe back. 8 digits, XXX andMelissa with a heart dotingthe 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 deceiveeye or brain.6/8 But can words ever be said to have no meaning? Andif the words have no meaning cannot the medium of it’sdelivery be said to be equally meaningless. This is theexistentialist paradox of the typographer; can type ever beseparate from 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.