LENGUA
RELEASE DATE - 2023
CATEGORY - DISPLAY
DESIGNER - A.NIGH HERNDON
APPLICATIONS - BRANDING, DISPLAYS, & PRINT
LATIN ALPHABET LANGUAGES - ENGLISH & SPANISH
FORMAT - OTF FILE
 
Lengua Blackletter, hand painted display typeface.
Lengua was born from a single warning scrawled on a locked door in Oaxaca. The letters bent like broken bones, each stroke jagged and solemn. You could still smell the old paint in the grooves, and maybe the faint sweat behind it. When the sun set and the shadows grew long, you felt those letters crowd your chest. They spoke of danger in a trembling voice. There was no showy brightness in this blackletter form — only the weight of secrets and the weight of time. The brushstrokes were careful, like the maker knew every curve would become a testament to something larger, something hidden. That’s what you get when you stare at Lengua: a murmur from the past, part prayer and part curse. You set your words in it, and they carry a warning too, beckoning in whispers from a place you weren’t sure you wanted to go. Yet you went anyway. Because sometimes, the words that scare us most are the ones that keep us alive.
MINIMAL PUNCTUATION
LOWER CASE ONLY
Personal & Commercial License