Student: Inês V. Teixeira
Typeface: Basteleur (2021)
Classification (R-Vox): Classical / Oldstyle / Garalde Hybrid / Contemporary Humanist
Archetype: Garamond inflected with medieval scripts and Cooper Black softness
Main Features Highlighted by Student: Designed by Axel Keussel around the theme of the Tarot de Marseille. The analysis identifies a drastic structural duality between its two weights: the “Bold” style exhibits soft, bubbly, fluid ink shapes, while the “Moonlight” style features elegant, pointy, sharp, and highly transitional edges. PDF+ 1
Best Practices & Execution: This entry shines in its handling of contemporary hybrid/expressive typefaces. The student successfully utilizes the Cartesian approach of the R-Vox framework to plot a non-traditional typeface, demonstrating how a singular concept can diverge into opposing structural behaviors across weight ranges.
Acknowledgement & Transparency Note: This synthesis and portfolio entry was compiled, structured, and edited with the assistance of Google Gemini 3.5 Pro, in alignment with the course syllabus, exercise assignment and evaluation criteria.