Today we've compiled a huge roundup of 80 fresh examples of experimental typography. Each work of art shows how far the medium can be pushed, as the artist's experiment with lettering, lighting, textures and more!

Alex McAdoo is an artist living in Seattle.

An incorrect space - or the lack of an appropriate one - between words and letters can make or break even the most eloquent of texts. Sometimes it happens because of human error. Other times it's down to the "kerning" settings on your computer. Kerning is the process of spacing, and some computer typefaces do this automatically while others don't do it at all.

In 1998, in the middle of millennium-induced listmaking mania, I wrote a short piece for Letterspace, the newsletter of the Type Directors Club, on the …

For the TypeCon conference in Seattle 2007, I created a crazy identity on the theme of "letterspace". There was a small (11×17) version of this poster, which was printed letterpress at the School of Visual Concepts on the yummy, shiny Midnight Blue, Shine paper from Reich Papers; this is the large (20×31) version silkscreened by Design Commission on…

This counterless semi-connecting script is an ode to unbridled enthusiasm and a complete disregard for the ruler tool. Most of my work in type focussed on the idea of “counterspace equals letterspace”, a nice starting point for spacing that I learned in Type Media. But what happens when the counters get removed? Immediately things feel much more abstract, but with the unfamiliarity comes a different sort of impact. Nonplus works well for short words at large sizes, like the majority of my projects!