Peanut Archivo

Peanut Archivo is an experimental display typeface built from Archivo Black, originally designed by Omnibus-Type and released under the SIL Open Font License.

The typeface began by disrupting Archivo’s dense, highly legible forms through pixelation, distortion and fluid vector manipulation. Vertical stems swell, collapse and bleed into one another, creating irregular gaps, softened edges and, occasionally, the pinched shape that gave Peanut its name.

The distortions become particularly apparent when Peanut is set tightly. Adjacent vertical forms can overlap, interlock or appear to merge, allowing words to behave almost like constructed wordmarks rather than a sequence of individual letters. Used with care, spacing becomes part of the drawing process, producing unexpected joins and negative spaces between characters.

Peanut is being designed as a freely distributed typeface, continuing the open-source conditions of Archivo. Coming Soon.