Definition: A priori knowledge is knowledge which can be established independently of experience or reasoning from experience.
The beautiful new titling font by British designer Jonathan Barnbrook is named well. Priori Acute establishes it’s own rules of dimensionality.
Developed through experimentation, the font presents optical illusions of depth — using techniques similar to that of Dutch graphic artist M.C. Escher — that present impossible perspectives.
Barnbrook also cites the shapes and angles of the Stealth Bomber as inspiration.
Though his graphic design, Barnbrook is active in political & social causes, and has a stated ambition to use ‘design as a weapon for social change.’
The font is available for $50 from Emigre and comes packaged with a set of ornamental elements that can be tiled into mesmerizing patterns.
View the whole alphabet and some of the patterns after the jump.
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Ah, impossible perspectives. Reminds me of 11th grade AP Art class. I never could get the hang of those dang three-point converging lines.