“Hypergraphy” is an artistic practice developed by the Lettrist avant-garde in the 1950s. The practice “introduced into alphabetic writing not only the art of painting, but the graphics of all people or social categories past and present, as well as the graphics or anti-graphics of every individual imagination.” Practitioners of hypergraphy merged text with more visual methods of communication, including illustration, paintings, and symbols.

Published to accompany an exhibition of the same name organized by graphic designer Paul Gangloff, Rules of Hypergraphy includes “Beyond Writing,” a conversation with artist Roland Sabatier; the commissioned typeface Extradraw, designed by type designer Karl Nawrot; “Lettrist Sound Poetry and A Propagation of The New Lettrist Alphabet by Marc Matter; “A Recording of Unicode Infinite” by Jörg Piringer; and “The Punks and the Lettrists” by Hans and Gretel Metzger.

Printed in an edition of 350, 7-color Risograph

When Twitter discontinued its gallery function and the books could no longer be traced back to the first entry, I decided to move the contents to its own domain. Together with Simon Malz, I began to develop this site.

This is an ideal resource for students of all levels who want advice on how to manage their dyslexia in a positive way.