Elegant Spine Type by Bjorn Johansson
I used to work as a receptionist at a chiropracter’s office. I was in it for the swag: spine keychains (used for assembling an elaborate multi-tiered choker necklace), spine lamps (OK, ours weren’t as cool as the Mark Beam version), and one incredible metallic spine chair that looked like it belonged at a Giger bar… which I coveted, but never got to own. Discovering Bjorn Johansson’s lovely spine-inspired letters on the beautiful I Love Typography blog this morning took me back to those glory days.
It’s not a full font, just the designer’s experiment for creating type. Like my Becher font experiment, only a few letters exist. It wonderful to one day see them all. It would look nice paired with Value Pack, don’t you think?
August 4th, 2008 at 7:25 pm
Beautiful ~
I too would love to see a complete set of spine letters some day.
Enchanting, rather fascinating.
Stunning, but elegant. Very inspiring indeed.
Thank you for sharing!
August 4th, 2008 at 7:34 pm
Oh…those are gorgeous.
August 4th, 2008 at 11:13 pm
Took my breath away…
The faintly yellowing paper really adds something to these designs, as well!
August 5th, 2008 at 12:58 am
Wonderful type… it looks more like something from a 1800 anatomical illustrator scrapbook rather than a current-day design!
Off topic: I have the same spine keyring (and a pelvis one, hehehe), bought from a medical supply bookstore in Wien… always good for a laugh when I whip them out in public :-D
August 5th, 2008 at 3:35 am
Hah! They sell those spine keychains at the Chinese Health Store downtown here in Auckland, I got one for my girl not too long ago. They’re pretty awesome, and make people do a serious double-take.
Also, the letters are wicked. I like bones; I might do something similar myself sometime.
August 5th, 2008 at 7:23 am
ooooooh, ideas these are giving me!
August 6th, 2008 at 7:39 am
So delicate and exquisite. *love*
September 30th, 2008 at 5:27 am
Increible diseño de la tipografía, una delicadeza!