Biro copperplate  Lettering for a book cover, like a Copperplate
or wedding-style script written with a ballpoint pen. The idea
was to take an ‘old’ letterform derived from writing with a
quill, with stresses derived from the angle the quill is being
held, and by removing the stress remove what makes that
letterform look old.  The Bosozoku are a Japanese motorbike
gang, thought to be  the first rung to joining the Yakuza crime
syndicate. Their uniform is a jumpsuit, like the one worn by
factory or manual workers, decorated with militaristic slogans,
patriotic rising sun patches and ancient Chinese characters.
Their symbol is a flower device. The Bosozoku lettering is a
decorative, formal monolinear type that is expressive enough to
be in the same world as the slogans and symbols worn by the gang
members. As with their decorated uniforms and gaudily customised
motorcycles it is an opposite to the violence of their
aggressively thuggish reputation.  This book of photographs by
Masayuki Yoshinagawas produced in