ARDWAN PUNCH [EUTING]
Ardwan Punch is derived from the lead punches that Julius Euting cut for Mandaic in the nineteenth century, the same punches I later held in the archive in Paris. Punch takes the mechanical side of that source and resolves it: a heavy, confident face, drawn with the strength those metal forms suggest and built for impact at large sizes, posters, headlines, covers. It is the disciplined half of a pair with Ardwan Deco, sharing the same robust bones. The craft is to give the Mandaic letter real weight without losing its identity. I design it from within the tradition, taking a historical source in metal and carrying it into a living, contemporary typeface.
