Peel, Academic
Peel was inspired by the decaying sanserif vinyl letters found on vehicles, signs, and storefronts of
New York City. Due to the humid coastal climate, vinyl letters displayed outdoors have a tendency
to peel over time, in what tends to be a very predictable way.
To reproduce this phenomenon in a digital typeface I produced two elements that together make up
the font, an outline and a fill. The fill corresponds to the actual letterform, while the ouline relates
to the original form of the letter. When combined and overlayed with transparencey, it is possible to
reproduce the effect of peeling typography, including the adhesive ghost image left behind. Rather
than draw a lowercase version I’ve included alternate uppercase characters to increase the authenticity
of the typeface, as no two letters peel exactly the same.