Student: Ana Rita Ribeiro
Typeface: Sabon
Classification (Vox-ATypI): Serif – Old Style / Garalde
Archetype: Renaissance model inspired by Claude Garamond (16th century)
Main Features Highlighted by Student: Designed by Jan Tschichold in the 1960s to perform identically across three distinct printing technologies (Linotype, Monotype, and manual metal composition) to unify book and text editorial design. The student notes its small x-height, deep descender and ascender metrics, moderate stroke contrast, and bracketed serifs.
Best Practices & Execution: This plate offers a systematic tracing of calligraphic heritage surviving within a rigid mid-century technical framework. The visual pull-outs expertly isolate specific anatomical traits, such as the unique descender profile of the italic f, the visible esporas (spurs), and the precise modulation of its teardrop terminals.
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.