Typophile

I'm looking for advice on how to improve this piece.

Frode Bo Helland

This is a part of a small experimental piece for an exhibition I’m contributing to. As my type skills are very limited I was hoping you guys could give me some advice on how I could improve it.

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PS: I know some of the lines are a little jagged, so don’t bother commenting on that.

So the experiment is in challenging the boundaries of legibility? I can still read it, so you may not have gone far enough, though that “W” at the beginning was a stumbling block. I initially read that more as “lxl”. The rest is pretty clear.

why is ’your’ underlined? it feels forced, and the rule is not really in keeping with the lettering. maybe if it curved up or down on one end? but even then, the emphasis seems unnecessary, and sounds like “what’s in your wallet?”

It’s not really about

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