Low-res, hi-octane, mad-chill... Bobine is the result of an investigation by Arthur Calame into the dot matrix genre of types. Arthur has managed to successfully tame a coarse pixel grid into a design that is remarkably legible at smaller sizes, resulting in a design that feels just as futuristic as it does classic. Bobine belongs up in the heavens. Soaring high above the cirrostratus. Catching wind and dazzling those who stand below.
The design started off as a spark and has since grown into a whole constellation of fonts. The family includes both regular and italic styles built from a 4-pointed star. To achieve the bold weights, the unit itself changes shape rather than growing in scale to achieve more density. The bold weights feature an 8-pointed star for a punchier impact. Both weights come with italic counterparts; slightly more condensed and boast extensive character-sets with oldstyle figures, diacritics, symbols, and a myriad of other typographic niceties.
The cherry on top is Bobine's Titling style, inspired by classical in-line capitals. Two units taller than the regular and bold styles, it provides a higher resolution whilst harmonising comfortably with the rest of the family. The titling set offers two capital forms; a serif set in the uppercase, and a sans-serif set in the lowercase. The titling set also includes a glittering array of symbols, pictograms and emoji's.
Arthur Calame is a Paris based designer who set up Calame.Bureau in 2018. The bureau designs typefaces, visual identities and editorial objects for clients across a wide range of fields.
