Anatomical Typography

February 19th, 2008 by misvan

Imagine if these were real creatures!

Typeface anatomy by Björn Johansson

Typeface anatomy by Björn Johansson

Typeface anatomy by Björn Johansson

Great work by the young graphic designer and illustrator, Bjorn Johansson.

The work is playing with the word “anatomy” which in typographic terms is referring to the different parts of a character.

Would love to see the entire alphabet done.



14 Responses to “Anatomical Typography”

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    1The Samurai Radiologist

    Wonderful font! Thanks for posting these examples. Johansson has a yet another very cool “handwritten” font on his site as well.

    Comment on Feb 19th, 2008 at 11:54 pm  
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    2John Schuster

    cool illustrations, I like the paper with clips too!

    Comment on Feb 20th, 2008 at 3:00 pm  
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    3nature morph

    WOW! Those illustrations are absolutely brilliant.

    Comment on Feb 21st, 2008 at 9:17 pm  
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    4Sophie

    I like very much those illustrations, are really wonderful.I’ve seen more on the Johansson web, they are very cool!!

    Comment on Feb 23rd, 2008 at 12:15 pm  
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    5misvan

    I’m glad everyone likes Johansson’s work, he has a fantastic portfolio overall. He’s definitely one of my new favorite designers!

    Comment on Feb 23rd, 2008 at 3:48 pm  
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    6Versi

    I love that work! It’s seem so real.

    Comment on Feb 26th, 2008 at 5:51 pm  
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    7kb

    awesome. is there a place to get these?

    Comment on Feb 29th, 2008 at 6:03 am  
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    8assisted conception in greece

    Thanks and nice work by Bjorn Johansson. If they were creatures, they will be very beautiful.

    Comment on Mar 17th, 2008 at 9:01 am  
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    9raspop

    see this:

    COMMON LIFE ANATOMY

    VIT?Ü COMMVNIS ANATOMIA

    http://www.rastkociric.com/html/ilustr.htm/anat01.htm

    Comment on Jul 22nd, 2008 at 11:17 am  
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    10Jill

    FYI, I saw this picked up on the I Love Typography blog today…

    http://ilovetypography.com/

    Comment on Aug 4th, 2008 at 5:10 pm  
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    11elennie

    The design is exceptional. It would be great to have these as a font!

    Comment on Dec 7th, 2008 at 4:32 pm  
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