Rudelsberg-Schmuck by Dieter Steffmann of Typographer Mediengestaltung is a free ornamental display font built from twisting, liquid shapes. Some letters sit inside rough rectangular frames, and the same looping cuts run through the broader forms. The result feels carved and slightly psychedelic.
It can turn a poster title into an illustrated band of symbols rather than ordinary lettering. That graphic treatment also suits album packaging, festival merchandise, and experimental magazine covers. Across those uses, the letterforms can become an emblem or patterned border in their own right.
Copyright (c) Typographer Mediengestaltung, 2002. All rights reserved. Digitized and hinted by Dieter Steffmann, Kreuztal. Entworfen von Otto Eckmann um 1900 fuer die Rudhard'sche Giesserei in Offenbach am Main.