The Latin alphabet is designed for horizontal writing, and stacking it is not always the best idea. Unusual signs from Northampton, MA, Philadelphia, PA, and Manchester, NH. You can avoid these letters or play with Bungee’s alternates to get the best results for your design. Letters that are unusually wide, narrow, or asymmetrical (such as I, L, M, and W) can be especially tricky. I drew Bungee’s round and diagonal characters with straight sides (see O and A), which reinforces their verticality and creates words with well-defined left and right edges. In vertical type, the downward flow of text becomes more important than the proportions of any individual letter. Following their lead, I designed Bungee to be able to adapt to horizontal or vertical text, so it is always ready to take your text in a new direction. They stack the Latin alphabet, one letter on top of the other, in order to make dramatic use of limited space. From crummy liquor stores to majestic theaters, vertical signage fills our cities.
Vertical signs in Oakland, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, CA.īungee is a typeface that celebrates the urban sign. Banner start Banner end Block shapes Alternates
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