PYLON For Percussion Quartet.

 

PYLON for Percussion Quartet by Edgar Barroso / Performed by TALUJON Percussion Quartet / April 24, 2010 – Harvard University from Edgar Barroso on Vimeo.

Pylon For Percussion Quartet by edgarbarroso

(Better if listen with headphones).

A pylon is a new typographic term introduced to define the missing areas of a stencil typeface. Ascenders, arms, crossbars, counters, spines, shoulders, tails, stems and spurs: altogether there are over 20 components in the anatomy of type. There remains a gap in the vocabulary of this most respected of crafts, however. In the designing or cutting of stencil letterforms, one is invariably brought to a point wherein the supporting canvas is joined to counter of the letter. Up until now, these supporting areas have gone without definition or label. A gross oversight by the standards of any industry, let alone one with as rich and respected a history as typography.