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Andreas Dorau – Ich bin der eine von uns beiden album art

Contributed by Florian Hardwig on Feb 3rd, 2014. Artwork published in .
Inner sleeve (front) with a pastiche of Frans Hals’ painting Portret van Catharina Hooft en haar min (c. 1620)
Florian Hardwig. License: CC BY-SA.

Inner sleeve (front) with a pastiche of Frans Hals’ painting Portret van Catharina Hooft en haar min (c. 1620)

Expletive Script was designed by Jonathan Barnbrook and Marcus Leis Allion and released in 2001 by Virus Fonts. It’s a unique blend of threadlike monolinearity, the simplified circular forms of engineers’ stencils, and connected chrome scripts. The only time I’ve ever seen it in use is on Andreas Dorau’s long-awaited seventh album from 2005.

Both weights are used: Expletive Script Light is not only thinner, but also possesses more pronounced extenders than the Regular. The oscillating lines are created by combining the Regular with the Alternate cuts — in latter, some characters drop below the baseline. This nervous typography is a fitting counterpoint to the disturbing photography of Dorau and his wild boar alter ego.

Art direction and logo design: Christian Küpker
Photography: Uwe Krejci

The interlinear ligature of Andreas Dorau’s initials resembles the infinity symbol (∞). It is a custom creation and not included in the font.
Florian Hardwig. License: CC BY-SA.

The interlinear ligature of Andreas Dorau’s initials resembles the infinity symbol (∞). It is a custom creation and not included in the font.

Andreas Dorau – Ich bin der eine von uns beiden album art 3
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Andreas Dorau – Ich bin der eine von uns beiden album art 4
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Andreas Dorau – Ich bin der eine von uns beiden album art 5
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Andreas Dorau – Ich bin der eine von uns beiden album art 6
Florian Hardwig. License: CC BY-SA.
Inner sleeve (back)
Florian Hardwig. License: CC BY-SA.

Inner sleeve (back)

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Florian Hardwig. License: CC BY-SA.

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