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Beth Fileti (she/her), a multidisciplinary designer exploring art and technology. I specialize in systems thinking, communication strategies, and design solutions.

Recitations Font

Robofont

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2016

A revival typeface & my first project from Type@Cooper

It's a revival! Recitations. Never before used typeface!

I'm intoxicated now
Some of the reference material
A cover of an old book called, Dicks Recitations and Readings No. 6, 1877 NYC
Dicks Recitations and Readings No. 6, 1877 NYC
Show card for Recitations, an unfinished revival by Betty Fileti
A card showcasing the font Recitations
A proofing document showing the font in a variety of test paragraphs, including French and Croatian.
A proofing document showing the texture of the paragraph next to a photograph of the original source material.
Proofing document showing each of the uppercase letters next to the source material
proofing document showing each lowercase letter next to the source material.
An early stage proofing document showing a set of uppercase letters at the top and images of the correlating original letters at the bottom.
Close up image of text in an old book
Close up image of text in an old book
Close up image of text in an old book

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