Signs of Fingerprints: The Art of Handwriting is a book by Carlos Simpson exploring handwriting, typography, mark-making and identity through visual research and graphic experimentation.

The publication brings together original imagery, selected typefaces and hand-drawn forms to examine how variations in handwriting and typography communicate meaning, emotion and authorship. Simpson approaches each mark as an individual visual trace, considering the relationship between written expression and personal identity.

Using raw materials and line-based drawing, the book develops handwriting forms that echo the distinctive patterns of fingerprints. These visual studies connect typography with individuality, suggesting that written marks, like fingerprints, can operate as traces of identity.

Signs of Fingerprints: The Art of Handwriting is intended for readers interested in typography, handwriting, graphic design and visual culture, while also functioning as a record of Simpson’s wider research into identity and human expression.

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