Issue 11 of FUSE was dedicated to the theme of Pornography. Also included was an essay by Jon Wozencroft on “extratransubstantiationism,” an extension of the Catholic belief that during the eucharist the bread and wine turn into the literal body and blood of Christ prior to communion. Luc(as) de Groot created Move Me MM as a play on both concepts. The typeface begins as a traditional, sans-serif uppercase alphabet, but can be “morphed” into louche graphics reminiscent of the individual letterforms. These naughty icons were inspired by earlier ink and aquarelle drawings he made while single. The “MM” stands for “MultipleMaster,” a type of font that can be adjusted by the user along a continuous axis. In this case, the glyphs can become more or less explicit, allowing the user to “hide” the dirty typeface as one might hide pornography. This was the first MM typeface offered outside of Adobe. The poster shows the pornographic versions of the letters “A” and “S” overlaid so that a female figure, spread eagle, appears to be embraced by large hands.
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