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This letter takes Paul Laurence Dunbar back to when he wasn’t as proud of his work. In high school, he thought all of his work was one big joke. He got the job as an elevator hopper, and it became one of the best decisions he could have ever made. He learned how to read and write just by listening to people who go up and down the elevator. When he finally finished Oak and Ivy, he began to sell his work within the elevator, allowing for more success opportunities. FreightNeo Pro and Lapture type families captured what felt like simplicity within a memory that went much deeper than what was on the outside. cont...

...FreightNeo Pro is an Oldface that represents the flashback of the memory. Lapture captures the simplicity behind everything Paul Laurence Dunbar has done. The imagery represents his journey up and down the elevator, capturing the “footsteps” through the first parts of his life. The red throughout the piece represents the bad memories of high school and what brought him to the elevator. The elevator was his starting point, and it only went up from there.