"RPG Gothic" by Kara Gut
"RPG Gothic" by Kara Gut
262 pages
3-color digital print,
twin loop wire bound.
1-color digital print,
die cut book jacket.
9.8x10.75 inches
First Edition, 2019
Edition of 100
“RPG Gothic” is a 262-page catalog of free fantasy fonts sourced from the internet by artist Kara Gut. Fonts are highlighted by faux-pangrams—bits of text clipped from forums, comment sections, and stock-image descriptions under the search query of “fantasy”. “RPG Gothic” reimagines the font catalog as an appropriated internet archive.
Kara Gut is a multidisciplinary artist whose primary focus is image-based, digital media. Her work investigates the new shape of human intimacy formed by internet lifestyle, constructed detachment from reality, and the power dynamics of the virtual. She received an MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art in 2016. Kara currently lives and works in Columbus, Ohio.
Publication Design by Ben Biondo
Print Production by Chris Cox
Foreword Text by Kevin Pementel
© 2019 New Archive
“RPG Gothic” is stocked at Pioneer Works in Brooklyn, NY, Varyer in Chicago, IL, and the Wexner Center Store in Columbus, OH. The title received a Judges Choice Award at the 2020 Mohawk Show.
