“LL Shatter77 is a homage to Shatter, the iconic display typeface
designed by commercial artist and painter Vic
Carless. Shatter was available in the form of
dry-transfer lettering sheets on the Letragraphica imprint,
published as one of the winning entries to
Letraset’s type design competition in 1973. An instant classic
of the era, Carless’ design artfully mimicked the visual effect of
broken glass applied to the lettershapes of Helvetica.
LL Shatter77 replicates this iconic design by using
the same effect on Lineto’s LL
Unica77. It was created by Anatole Couteau and Jürg
Lehni with the help of http://paperjs.org, the More…
“LL Shatter77 is a homage to Shatter, the iconic display typeface designed by commercial artist and painter Vic Carless. Shatter was available in the form of dry-transfer lettering sheets on the Letragraphica imprint, published as one of the winning entries to Letraset’s type design competition in 1973. An instant classic of the era, Carless’ design artfully mimicked the visual effect of broken glass applied to the lettershapes of Helvetica. LL Shatter77 replicates this iconic design by using the same effect on Lineto’s LL Unica77. It was created by Anatole Couteau and Jürg Lehni with the help of http://paperjs.org, the Swiss Army Knife of vector graphics scripting, by way of a custom-made script.” [font info, with added links and formatting]
Made available free of charge as Lineto’s Season’s Greetings for a limited time in December 2021.
