PERFECTION is THE ENEMY
of PERFECTLY ADEQUATE.
SLIPPIN’ JImmY in BEttER CAll SAUL
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The Mekka is a titling, sans-serif typeface marked by a rigid, mechanical structure. Initially inspired by painted lettering, observed in Lyon in the deployment of road signage for the city of Lyon's bus network. The Mekka inevitably recalls the works of avant-garde artists such as those of Aleksandr Rodchenko.
Its design, declined in three width, presents in a stabilized form the formal and structural richness that preexists within the innumerable monumental occurrences of the word “BUS”. Its composition system (ligatures) accentuates the verticality of its design and allows the word to be worked on like an image.
Roll-painted lettering belonging to the signage of the Lyon city bus network, personal photograph, 2015.