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The Anti-type Book

Produced almost entirely by unfinished typefaces, the book is a parody that illustrates Yomar’s complex and deep personality. 

The book uses a binder as the main support, and each piece is done on demand and individually, utilizing different kinds of paper and several printing methods.

Yomar sees the book as a reflection of his personality—a continuous creative process, not a finished object—and his work revolves around ‘processing’ a technique where several tests and experiments are made to achieve one single result.

At Atypi in Paris, 10 books will be presented, each one of them signed and numbered. Along with the self-publication, Yomar’s first short movie “Spikes” will be screened in celebration of the completion of the project. The film tells the story of Adam, a san-serif drug addict designer on the hunt for a pure serif fonts. 

Yomar Augusto
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Yomar Augusto

Yomar is a Brazilian–American hybrid creative, designer, and artist. He was initially trained as a graphic designer before going on to study photography at the SVA in New York in 2001. He established his own studio in Rio before completing a Masters in Type Design at the renowned Royal Academy of Art in The Hague, The Netherlands, where he lived and worked for almost nine years. In 2012, he relocated his studio to New York, where he worked independently for three years. In 2016, he (maybe) settled down in Southern California, where he has been trying to avoid being called "the worst Brazilian surfer" ever and continuing to run his creative studio. Yomar had the opportunity to teach in more than 10 different countries, from workshops to assistant and guest professor positions.

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