The Fontigram was developed by Melbourne graphic designer and writer Maree Coote. After creating various photographic alphabets for childrens books and graphic design projects including Alphabet City, Coote further fine-tuned her vision by moving beyond 'found object' letters photographed in the environment, to this typographic design device. These remarkably succinct images are made from only the letters that spell the subject's name. See the book LETTERHEADS here

Coote calls these works 'Fontigrams' because each image is built from existing fonts.
None are hand-lettered, none are bespoke.


Giclee Prints on Hahnemule ragpaper, 30x40cm. $295 framed or unframed. Limited edition of 10 only.

Marilyn II	William Shakespeare II (blk)	Bob Dylan	Prince

Mick Jagger	Nick Cave I	Grace Jones	Grace Jones 2 (colour)

Freddie Mercury	Ella Fitzgerald	Cher	Cher2 (curly)

Paul McCartney - 2colour	Ringo Starr - 2colour	George Harrison - 2colour	John Lennon - 2colour

Elton John - 2colour	Bob Dylan (after Milton Glaser)	Diana Ross II	Elvis Presley II

George Michael	John Lennon	Amy Winehouse	Bob Marley

Jimi Hendrix I	Jimi Hendrix II	David Bowie (blk)	Bette Midler I

Harry Potter	Daniel Radcliffe	Amelia Earheart	Oprah Winfrey

Joni Mitchell I	Leonard Cohen I	Jean Paul Satre	George Sand

Liberty I	Salvador Dali	Louis Armstrong	Billie Holliday

Napoleon	Anna Wintour	Iris Apfel	Uncle Sam

Marie Antoinette	Brigitte Bardot	Annie Oakley	Sacagawea I

Coco Chanel	Sherlock Holmes	Martin Luther King	Shakespeare-BLK

Lee Lin Chin	Tim Minchin	Eddie Perfect	Dame Edna Everage

QE I	QE II	Marilyn Monroe I	Marilyn Monroe II

Gough Whitlam	Julia Gillard	Paul Keating	Bronwyn Bishop

George Washington	Diana Ross	Che Guevara	Albert Einstein

Andy Warhol	President Obama	Abraham Lincoln	Angelina Jolie

Frida Kahlo	Lady Diana	Germaine Greer	Kylie Minogue

Elvis Presley	Todd Sampson	Pablo Picasso	William Shakespeare

Brian Nankervis	Julia Zemiro	Russell Brand	Red Symons

Giclee Prints on Hahnemule ragpaper, 30x40cm. $295 framed or unframed. Limited edition of 10 only.
Featuring Melbourne, Australian and International faces.

Melburnians: Tim Minchin, Eddie Perfect, David Astle, Julia Zemiro, Brian Nankervis, Red Symons, Germaine Greer, Dame Edna Everage, Kylie Minogue, Molly Meldrum, Jenny Bannister... Australians: Gough Whitlam, Julia Gillard, Paul Keating, Bronwyn Bishop, Todd Sampson, David Gulpillil, Ned Kelly... International: Prince, Mona Lisa,Frida Kahlo, Abraham Lincoln, Barak Obama, Queen Elizabeth I , Queen Elizabeth II, Lady Diana, Angelina Jolie, Pablo Picasso, Albert Einstein, Andy Warhol, Bob Dylan, Russell Brand, Che Guevara, David Bowie, William Shakespeare, Captain Cook... ALSO AVAILABLE: Michael Jackson, Elvis Presley, The New Yorker, Marilyn Monroe, Diana Ross, Cleopatra, Napoleon Bonaparte, Geronimo... AND MANY MORE.

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Nov 2018: SOUTH KOREA EXHIBITS MELBOURNESTYLE'S MAREE COOTE
"ALPHABET CITY ZOO & SPELLBOUND"

Letter Art Exhibitions SEE IMAGES HERE
ALPHABET CITY ZOO by Maree Coote will feature in November 2018 at a showcase tour
of the best of the Bologna Ragazzi Childrens Book Fair.
Curator Lee Eun-Hwa an the team from CCOC Seoul, have created a charming walk-through installation, bringing Coote's Letter Art to life.

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After a successful stint at Marios Cafe, August 2016
The SPELLBOUND EXHIBITION MARK #2 returns to MELBOURNESTYLE
for this STANDING EXHIBITION. Visitors welcome anytime.

Above: Friend of Melbournestyle, David Astle, with his portrait by Maree Coote, at Spellbound Launch, Feb 8, 2016.

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