Talnemokkol (De-squared Hangul)
脱ネモ体 / 1980s- / Style / Type Classification
Hangul type that gives up fitting each syllable into a square and stacks consonant and vowel as fixed shapes, so height and width change from letter to letter. Ahn Sang-soo's typeface and posters carried the form to a wide audience.
Letter outlines breaking out of the square / Height and width changing letter by letter / Strokes of even weight, geometric in build / Lines whose feet do not align
Dictionary entry
- Best used for
- Headlines and titling where the assembly of Hangul itself is meant to show · Pages that step away from the default square setting to find another rhythm
- Type
- Fix the shapes of consonant and vowel and leave the height and width changing from letter to letter
- Composition
- Open the leading to absorb the uneven feet of the lines, and keep the measure short
- Material
- Assume large sizes, hold the stroke to one weight, and let the ragged outline show
- Caution
- At text size and over long passages, the uneven feet of the lines make them waver and reading slows. Keep it to headlines and other places where it is set large.
- Further study
- the design thinking of the Hunminjeongeum / Ahn Sang-soo's talnemokkol / Hangul lettering culture
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