Tag: Garalde
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Basteleur
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…
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Cooper
Student: Inês Pinheiro da Silva Typeface: Cooper Classification (Vox-ATypI): Garalde / Serif Display Archetype: Cooper Oldstyle (Oswald Bruce Cooper, 1922) Main Features Highlighted by Student: A precise digital variable revival by Owen Earl translating analog forms into modern weights. The analysis identifies heavy, asymmetrical serifs, oblique axes, circular joins, and generous counter apertures. It tracks…
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Villeneuf
Student: Rita SoaresClassification: Transitional Serif with Garalde InfluencesVariation Axis: Weight (with high stroke contrast) Villeneuf is a Transitional display typeface with Garalde influences, developed by a student in the 2024–25 Typeface Design course at FBAUP. The project reinterprets the historical JVilleneuve typeface (2006) by Portuguese sculptor and typographer Manuel Pereira da Silva, blending its heritage…
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Chiswell
Chiswell is a Garalde typeface optimized for text and captions, designed by Ricardo Dantas in 2021. Its concept derives from the intersectional design space of two famous typographers – Caslon and Fournier. It aims for a sharp x-height and classic features providing an optical variation axis for small text size compositions, such as captions and…