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Faculty of Design and Art Free University of Bolzano Bozen WUP 2020/21 Typeface designed by Linda Piekniewski Prof. Antonino Benincasa Andreas Trenker Emilio Grazzi Font created with Illustrator; Fontself

FUNATHIC

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FUNATHIC by Linda Piekniewski

Ascender is under the Cap - Height

Cap - Height Ascender X - Height

Baseline Descender

Ma No serifs

Little contrast

FONT ANATOMY - SOURCE FONT LL Brown Regular - AurĂ¨le Sack - Lineto - 2011

Vertical axis Geometric looking

Overshoot of round letters

genta cutted angled vertically

cutted straight horizontally

UPPERCASE LETTERS

A B C D E F G HIJKLM NOPQRST UVWXYZ

LOWERCASE LETTERS

abcdefg hijklm nopqrst uvwxyz

NUMBERS AND DIAERESIS

01234 56789 èé àòù

DIACRITICS

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WRITTEN AND ARRANGED BY

GEORGE MICHAEL

PRODUCTION DAVID FINCHER

COSTUMES

thierry mugler RELEASED 12 JULY 1992

SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENTâ&#x201E;¢

VIDEO CONCEPT JEFF BEASLEY

TOO FUNKY *OUT NOW*

SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENTâ&#x201E;¢

GEORGE MICHAEL X THIERRY MUGLER

EVOLUTION

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BROWN

Draw inner lines

v v

Draw proportions with different brushes (see right page)

Change vertical axis to diagonal axis Stretch in x - height

Overdraw and change proportions with main black surface

Unify and contrast

FUNATHIC

BRUSHES

brush

1 0* angle 100% roundness 3,3519 mm size

brush

2 0* ; 90* angle 0% roundness 3,175 mm size

brush

3 45* angle 0% roundness 3,52778 mm size

Applied to all roundings of

Applied to all horizontals,

Applied to all terminals of

uppercases,

verticals and diagonals of

uppercases,

lowercases,

uppercases,

lowercases,

numbers,

lowercases,

numbers,

diaeresis and diacritics

numbers,

diaeresis and diacritics

A a /B b /C c /D d /G g /J

diaeresis and diacritics

C c /G g /S s /D /J /e /r

j /O o /P p /Q q /R /S s /U

B b /D d /E e /F f /G g /H

/? /@ /© / /( ) /€ /è /é

u /V /e /f /h /m /n /t /h

h /I i /J j /K k /L l /M m

/f /0 /2 /3 /5 /6 /8 /9 /?

/N n /P p /R r /T t /U u /Y

/@ /% / /( ) /{ } /€ /

y /Z z

/ /à /è /é /ò /ù

a /q /v /w /1 /2 /3 /4 /5 /7 /! /@ /_ /# /™ /* /+ /- / /= /< > /{ } /[ ] /€ / /à /è /é /ù

brush

4 0* ; 90* angle 0% roundness 3,88056 mm size

brush

5 0* angle 100% roundness 2,46944 mm size

brush

Applied to some diagonals

Applied to some roundings

Applied to some verticals

and diagonals of

uppercases,

lowercases,

diacritics

lowercases,

diaeresis and diacritics

/; / ! / ' / " /‘ ’ /“ ” / ™ /à

numbers,

i /j /: /; /! /? /© / /{ }

/è /é /ò /ù

diaeresis and diacritics

/ /

K k /X x /Z z /M /N /R /W /Y /2 /3 /4 /5 /6 /7 /9 /« » /# /% // \

6 0* angle 0% roundness 2,29306 mm size

21PT/15PT

TOO FUNKY - GEORGE MICHAEL

12PT/15PT

[INTRO - SPOKEN SAMPLE BY ANNE BANCROFT] I AM NOT TRYING TO SEDUCE YOU WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO SEDUCE YOU? IS THAT WHAT YOU‘RE TRYING TO TELL ME? Y‘ALL READY?

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[Hook] Hey, you‘re just too funky for me I gotta get inside of you And I‘ll show you heaven If you let me Hey, you‘re just too funky for me I gotta get inside (I gotta get inside) I gotta get inside of you So when will that be? [Verse 1] I watch your fingers working overtime (overtime) I‘ve got to thinking that they should be mine (oh) I‘d love to see you naked baby I‘d like to think that sometime maybe tonight If that‘s alright, yeah

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[Hook] Hey, you‘re just too funky for me I gotta get inside of you Won‘t let you go, I won‘t let you no no Hey, you‘re just too funky for me I gotta get inside (I gotta get inside) I gotta get inside of you I‘ll make you love me

GEORGE MICHAEL - TOO FUNKY - OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO. “TOO FUNKY” WAS WRITTEN BY GEORGE MICHAEL FOR 1992 ALBUM “RED HOT + DANCE”, PRODUCED BY THE RED HOT ORGANIZATION, THE NOT-FOR-PROFIT PRODUCTION COMPANY DEDICATED TO RAISING MONEY AND AWARENESS TO FIGHT THE ONSLAUGHT OF HIV/AIDS.

FONT SIZES IN USE 11,6PT/11PT

“MOULIN ROUGE MEETS VEGAS!” AN ORAL HISTORY OF GEORGE MICHAEL’S 1992 “TOO FUNKY” VIDEO Editors'

note:

This

article

was

“Too Funky," with its Anne Ban-

published

earlier

this

croft voice-over, is lighter fare ly-

here

rically. Visually, it approaches the

pop

icon.

Baroque, especially in contrast to

As we continue to assess the Fall

the squatter-like set of “Freedom!

2016 season, we’re left wondering:

’90." Evangelista was the only re-

Where’s the fun in fashion the-

turning member of the cast, but

se days? The eleven 1990s shows

she was joined by top models inclu-

we just added to Vogue Runway’s

ding Nadja Auermann, Tyra Banks,

archive are proof that fun and hu-

Estelle

mor were alive and kicking in an

thousands"

industry that was just at the be-

both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.

ginning

Michael

hired

And nowhere was that fun more in

French

dancer

evidence than in George Michael’s

known for his dramatic silhouet-

1992 “Too Funky" video. “It was the

tes

height of fashion," says performer

who now goes by Manfred to shoot

Joey Arias, of the moment in which

the video. Lefébure, who says she’d

it was shot. “Everybody wanted to

be happy to repeat the experien-

be those supermodels vogueing the

ce, describes the creative team of

runway!" (Or, as Michael would say,

Mugler and Michael as “two mas-

“Everybody wants a lover like that.")

ters with strong personalities and

Looking for a good time, we decided

visions." Inevitably, they came to

to put together an oral history of “Too

loggerheads. The atmosphere, says

Funky," which more than holds its

performer Julie Newmar, quickly be-

own against the MTV- and fashion-

came one of “hysteria, lots of smo-

friendly “Freedom! ’90" with its cast

king and raw nerves." By the end

of supermodels Christy Turlington,

of the shoot, Michael was longing

Cindy Crawford, Linda Evangelista,

for his freedom from Mugler, and

Naomi Campbell, and Tatjana Patitz.

Mugler was learning that someti-

mes clothes can _un_make the man.

originally year; in

we're

tribute

resurfacing

the

stages

cry

corporatization.

for

individuality,

Lefébure,

and

culled

“cast

from

clubs

Thierry turned

audacious

designer

showmanship

“Freedom! ’90" became fashion his-

Thankfully,

tory when it was lip-synched by

end. “Too Funky," because of its

the supers on Gianni Versace’s run-

costume

way.

to make you smile and hit replay.

art

Mugler,the

triumphed

drama,

the

guaranteed

6,6PT/8PT

VOGUE RUNWAY BY LAIRD BORRELLI-PERSSON December 25, 2016

8,6PT/10PT

rallying

late

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26PT

22PT

EVA HERZIGOVA LINDA EVANGELISTA NADJA AUERMANN ESTELLE HALLYDAY

18PT

EMMA SJÃ&#x2013;BERG

14PT

SHANA ZADRICK

10PT

Tyra Banks

6PT

Beverly Peele

TYPOGRAPHIC SCALE

cast 1992

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cast 1992

10PT

cast 1992

14PT

cast 1992

18PT

cast 1992

22PT

26PT

30PT

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COUNTERS RUNS EDGED INTO STRAIGHT LINES

ASCENDER CAP HEIGHT X -HEIGHT

BASELINE DESCENDER

Fun NO SERIFS CUTTED STRAIGHT HORIZONTALLY AND VERTICALLY

SLIMMER SHOULDER

FONT ANATOMY

ASCENDER OF LOWERCASES GOES OVER THE CAP HEIGHT

ky WIDE STEM CURSIVE

FORMS

Bowl of uppercase and lowercase o: Applied to many counters of uppercases, lowercases, numbers, diaeresis and diacritics like C c /G g /a /b /d /O o/ p /Q q /u /0 /2 /3 /5 /6 /8 /9 /  / / / /à /é /è / /ò / /ù /% /€

Diagonal axis: Applied to all uppercases, lowercases, numbers, diaeresis and diacritics

THICKNESS SLIM STROKES

Applied to many right based diagonals of uppercases, left based diagonals of lowercases, diaeresis and diacritics like A a /B b /D d /E /F f /G g /H h /I i /J j /K k /L l/ M m /P p /q /R r /T t /V v /W w /X x /Y y /Z z

CHARACTERISTICS

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WIDE STROKES

SPECTACULAR! I MEAN HIS ARTISTIC; HIS ART DIRECTION WAS GORGEOUS

THAT’S WHAT I WANTED. I DIDN’T REALLY WANT TO HAVE TO CODIRECT

SO I JUST WORKED HOURS SENDING THOSE GIRLS OUT AND DOWN THE CATWALK AND MAKING I THINK ANOTHER GREAT VIDEO.

Hairstylis t

Danil o

Dixon

described

the

con-

flict and how the cast tried to focus on getting the heads : heads: butting directors ’ the despite done video

I WANTED HIS ARTISTIC VISION AS A DESIGNER AND IT WAS SPECTACULAR AND I THANK HIM FOR THAT

BUT THERE WAS THIS BIG COMMOTION BECAUSE I THREW HIM OFF BECAUSE I HAD TO PRESENT THIS VIDEO TO A CHARITY AND IT HAD TO BE FINISHED

YOU KNOW, IT’S NOT FREEDOM AND I’M NOT DAVID FINCHER, FINCHER BUT IT’S STILL A GREAT VIDEO.

HAIRSTYLIST HAIRSTYLIST

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B P R

V v /W w

B b /d /P p /q /a /g

Same strokes differently angled

Same bowl

Z z

C c

S s

b q

Top vertex differently cutted

Same proportions Spine goes slimmer into terminals

Diagonal cutted terminals and finials

Spur a /B /g /P p /R r /m /q

RELATIONS

T L

O 0

j f

G g

Same cross stroke

Same steam and arc

Stretched counter 0 /2 /3 /5 /6 /8 /9

Same finial

d p No spur B /d /P /n

K k

Same proportions of wide strokes and slim strokes

44K 74352 GEORGE MICHAEL TOOFUNKY COLUMBIA

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EDIT}

DIRECTED BY

? 1. TOOFUNKY EXTENDED 2. TOOFUNKY DIGITAL MIX 3. TOOJAZZY HAPPY MIX 4. TOOFUNKY SINGLE VERSION 5. CRAZYMAN DANCE

WRITTEN, ARRANGED AND PRODUCED BY GEORGE MICHAEL ENGINEERED BY CHRIS PORTER ALL MIXED BY GEORGE MICHAEL EXCEPT "TOO FUNKY (DIGITAL MIX)â&#x20AC;&#x153;MIXED BY PETER GLEADAL AND CHRIS PORTER

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