About Archaeodeco Archaeodeco is designed from my interest in the original Latin graphic symbols, and from my studies with geometric letterforms. In 1993, I began to design a geometric monoline typeface with an older feeling from the medieval age. I first called it "Linea", and later changed its name to "Eloquia" because of the variations in its forms. While making trial drawings, I sometimes felt that these geometrical experiments seemed to be similar to the other geometric typefaces. I could not find a reason to finish them, so I stopped. In 2002, I found ancient Phoenician/Greek graphic symbols with their brief descriptive information in a large dictionary. Although I never before had detailed information, I have always been interested in the origin of Latin characters from 1000 B.C. - 900 B.C. Based on them, I designed "Glyphian" which has Phoenician/Greek symbols in alphabetical order. Then came the idea for a new geometric typeface as an alternative to the abandoned "Eloquia". This project was called "Bad Archaeologist" because of my arbitrary interpritation of ancient graphic symbols into contemporary alphabetical characters. Although it is designed from ancient symbols, its result seems as if it were designed from the style of "Art Deco" around 1925. This new typeface was finally given the name "Archaeodeco" - from the combination of two terms: archaeology and Art Deco. Archaeodeco is designed by Yamaoka Yasuhiro 2002.