I released Cybermontage on December 1, 2018, as a response to the eclectic postmodern typography of the late 1980s and early 1990s. That period was characterized by mixing seemingly incompatible styles, often drawing from art deco, techno, and even furniture design influences like Memphis. My goal was to capture the same kind of energy and unpredictability that defined that moment in design history.

To do this, I created seven variations of each letter and numeral. Characters taken from my own catalog were copy-pasted directly, while others came from scans of metal type catalogs—Franklin Gothic, Bodoni, and various Latin serifs among them—which I autotraced and refined. I added geometric originals to complete the mix. The variations are shuffled in use through OpenType technology, which keeps the results dynamic and unpredictable.

Cybermontage was designed specifically to simulate postmodern typography as it appeared around 1990. It has not been updated since its release, and I haven’t seen it appear in notable contexts. For me, it remains a type experiment intended to revive the playful, rule-breaking look of that era.