Coffee - too early for wine

Melanie Viola
Coffee - too early for wine — framed, leaning against the wall
Melanie Viola

Coffee - too early for wine

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28 × 35 cm · about ⅙ the width of a 3-seat sofa

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Frame Colour Black
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Coffee - too early for wine

Melanie Viola

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From the artist, Melanie Viola

Coffee because it is too early for wine. Modern typographic design.

Stacked script and block lettering

This typographic piece centers five lines of text on a plain white background. The arrangement uses a vertical stack where the size and style of the lettering change with each line. The word for coffee sits at the top in the largest font, while the other words vary in scale underneath it. The layout balances two distinct typefaces: a flowing cursive script and a thin, upright block font.

The use of color separates the different parts of the phrase. The script lettering appears in a bright pink, highlighting the first and third lines. In contrast, the second, fourth, and fifth lines use black ink for the block letters. While the artist describes this as a modern design, the visual impact comes from how the pink cursive words stand out against the smaller, dark sans-serif text.

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