FF Masterpiece  |  1995  |  distributed by FontShop  
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Andante  |  Allegro  |  Expert  |  Innitials
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“FF Masterpiece is Peter's third typeface to be released by FontShop International. In August 1995 Peter Bilak published a limited edition book titled ‘Illegibility’ wherein he debates the meaning of legibility. The book also marked the debut of FF Masterpiece albeit under the name Dirty Beauty, an illustration on calligraphy gone wrong. Although, prize-winning and much-quoted book is now out of print, Masterpiece lives on as a family of four in the digital world.

Peter Bilak drew the face as a parody of calligraphy in response to the training he received at ANCT, where after two years of course work he realised he's no friend of broad-nibbed pen. He also enjoyed the irony of creating an expert set for a family where one would least expect it, and then couldn't leave it without a set of initials. Executed in frustration, a new typographic milestone is laid."

text from FontShop web site