The character shapes articulate the tight constraints of histogram imagery. Each figure must be constructed from bottom-flush vertical lines, rendering compound paths and concave cantilevers impossible.
Inspired by David Friedman’s article The Histogram as the Image (Ironic Sans) and Josh Millard’s response Retro-Histo: Making an image fit your histogram.
Linked from John Nack’s Adobe Blog. February 2009
Featured on Ironic Sans. February 2009
Posted on Lined & Unlined. December 2007