About This font is inspired by of a specific artist, a sensual dancer named Unity. My wife and I are fans of her work, and fans of her, personally: she’s a positive soul, expressive and open and joyous. Her dancing is celebratory, affectionate, and genuine. She’s good company. This font is dedicated to Unity, and to her dance.
Unity dances (and, I suspect, lives) in the moment, and I wanted her font to feel airy and un-tethered, a grounded shape rendered into something freer and more spirited. The base font is the observer, transformed by Unity’s dance into a freely swirling pattern of dots, going from light to lighter, feet never quite touching the ground. Even the choice of patterns is very particular; it’s based on old acetates used (many years ago) by architects and engineers in graphic presentations … Unity worked for years in aerospace engineering, and even in her dance, air is the element I associate most with her: purposeful, flowing, more powerful than the eye can tell. Unity is both intellect and spirit.
So, UNITY DANCES is a distressed font (tip of the hat to the immortal Morris Fuller Benton, who, in 1930, created the classic base forms) that isn’t so much distressed as transformed, happily … I hope you enjoy it (and I hope Unity does, too).
ADDENDUM: (Yeah, she does) 🙂 We love you so much, Unity.
If you’re interested in licensing this font for public or organizational use, email me at [email protected] and be sure to specify the font’s title. I’ll respond with instructions.
