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New Alphabet
New Alphabet is a parametric typeface designed by Wim Crouwel, released in 1967.
==History==
New Alphabet was a personal, experimental project of Crouwel. The typeface was designed to embrace the limitations of the cathode ray tube technology used by early data display screens and phototypesetting equipment, and thus only contains horizontal and vertical strokes. Conventional typefaces can suffer under these limitations, because the level of detail is not high enough, restricting legibility. Crouwel wanted to adapt his design to work for the new technologies, instead of adapting the technologies to meet the design.〔Jan Middendorp, ''Dutch Type'', 010 Publishers, Rotterdam (2004), p. 120.〕 Since his letter shapes only contain horizontals and verticals, some of the letters are unconventional, while others are difficult to recognize. Because of this, the typeface was received with mixed feelings by his peers.
Most of the letters are based on a grid of 5 by 9 units, with 45-degree corners. There is no differentiation between uppercase and lowercase glyphs. Many of his peers were of the opinion that the design was too experimental and that it went too far. The typeface received a lot of newspaper coverage, which sparked a lively debate over typefaces as an art form, compared to their practicality in everyday use.〔Jan Middendorp, ''Dutch Type'', 010 Publishers, Rotterdam (2004), p. 121.〕 For Crouwel, it was mostly a theoretical exercise. ‘''The New Alphabet was over-the-top and never meant to be really used. It was unreadable.''’〔(Wim Crouwel interviewed ) on his 80th birthday.〕
New Alphabet was one of 23 digital typefaces acquired by the Museum of Modern Art in January 2011 for its Architecture and Design Collection. This collection of typefaces were some of the first acquired by MoMA, and were on display in a 2011-2012 exhibition called ''Standard Deviations: Types and Families in Contemporary Design'', or ''Standard Deviations''.
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