Actually, perhaps serif
is an inadequate term for this level of decoration.
Anyway, I was playing with design ideas for a serif typeface, and after a few rounds of messing around, this is where I landed for the first glyph, a lowercase a.
Update: After doing the next couple of characters, I realized that the a is too tall: I inadvertently designed it to the cap height. That probably means that the character would need to be redesigned if I decide to go ahead and finish the font.
Thoughts? Is this worth turning into an entire typeface?
Now working on a serif font design.
Posted by Jonadab at 10/16/2009 07:46:00 PM
Labels: fonts, serif, typography
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I can't imagine a use for it in my professional work, but , then, that's also a function of the place I work.
This definitely falls under the category of a "specialty" font.
What, you didn't ever want to typeset cuneiform text with a bunch of baroque decorations on the characters?
Baroque cuneiform... now there's an idea. I think I just found my April 1 special. Feel like doing a little font development? I can dig up books of sign lists on a few minute's notice...
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