By Ry Sunday Faraola · Oakland, California, USA
Mai is a typeface inspired by the posters of the Atelier Populaire, a french poster collective from the May 1968 movement. Designed in three weights — Ultrabold, Medium, and Thin — Mai is a display face, best used in large formats. Designed with manual print processes in mind, it works well both trapped in color or printed black on a blank sheet of paper. With a focus on visual communication, Mai is designed to be read from a distance as well as up close, with its main focus being clarity.
Ry Sunday Faraola is a Bay Area based Graphic Designer and printmaker. His work is inspired by the imagery of labor movements, such as the IWW, drawing heavily on vernacular design stylings, from sign painting to vintage packaging. His prints address such issues as workers’ rights, the housing crisis, and land access, often invoking hallmarks of California pageantry.
