news | Thursday July 4, 2013

Meta-Talon: The Wigrum Font

What type of book is this new ‘inventory novel’ anyway? Wigrum, by Daniel Canty (coming Fall 2013), is special for a host of reasons – but rarely has a Talon book received so much attention for its typesetting. Why? In Wigrum, there are small, detailed illustrations accompanying the text; there are footnotes in many languages set into comfortable margins; and there is white space enough to feel simultaneously lost and found during the reading experience, which perfectly complements the nature of the novel. Interestingly, as well: Wigrum is a book, but Wigrum is also a font. A short exploration of the development of this font has just been published on Meta-Talon for your typophilic pleasure.