An extension of open-type format makes it possible to design fonts with multi-colored letters. This offers typeface and graphic designers a colorful bouquet of new possibilities for print and web design. From colored multi-layered display fonts to rainbow-colored running text, color gives words new expressive possibilities.
Mark van Wageningen is a (typo)graphic designer and founder of Novo Typo, a design studio based in Amsterdam. A self-proclaimed "ambassador of multicolored typography,” he organizes workshops and presentations at several international design conferences and festivals. Mark van Wageningen's favorite color is full color.