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tinffke acaps Mistral typeface, aod E..xceon Choc, Baoc° -Made no atteropt
type that
to
coufd
desfgo fowercase. 11 the purpose of a oew, ffghter
acKnoWledges
,., tefully
er01-1 pr e-
of the erophas\s on the taperfog of the sterns, GOO- tii6Ac gra and Ca
lls
sin ditf event wefghts NI before he found that E.xcotfoo shifted had the Wefght used 0 the of the orfOrof curves face. sffghtfy Ps part toward
but t'ne face reffes so fteavify on the shapes of its
the tops of the fettersIhe ifoaf de\g,:n is fess froniebfackest
parts that reat:0ga \\Otter
shaW d'otefy recognaabfe as a varoton on Bar\co than
ooe that worked as a text lace and rernafned true
it sev era\ tOfes
Mfstcaf :iht an°
sfoo of Banco. Goroshaw found tnat
the characterfstics of Banco best a \\Otter
yon
was to make 'it quite rovrow, angles coodeosed-,thfs 023
Kemp
sented a serfous chafferige. GrimshaW had to redraw Way hecoufd keep the saroe arfg)esbetweeo strokes
Choc t.:4:0.t. are as var \atolls on the Michael Gills
sources, but at 'its best Baoco tight expresses some for resource materials for the
of French typography porn the 'DSOs visuals in this article,
orfoaf.
to the he shapes of rnaoy of the fetters in Choc are
on the papa
the creator\ ot the new
a new forrh.
almost abstract, thfs abstractor\ doesn't a\Ways
Choc and Baoco loots, -She entire type
to bore text. GrfrnshaW found that agaM he
GvirnshaW obsenJes Of
had to Modify the certain oreof characters, desfgo and afwaysf-ceepir\g, the cafffgrap`nic 0 project
Wstra\
affowed
,
fro a rare opportunity to study ssOg
work
11C
the Ido of divaW\ng,rn‘ ve
faces he\ohangto one -00003\‘tv\lasf`dese
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l,oyvevcase
--1,C,011011,
'it
0 "0 mind -ast‘covav qvo\led to be nntennOW io this context' 1\s
he says. 11 he Vsept the forro of the 'ik frorn the ew off& it " \r‘
oaf foot, ft ended to fookfog, More like he a redr 1- Char` an.
yea g. So
Vt, which woufd be m\sfea"
a style
that had Ospfred
a which refatfvefy see sfrnpfe the resufts task, and\ of thfs beffe project,
tradkhon
&serial:0ns
V(1
Woufd Whofeheartedfy approve.
tat
that comp\erneote the other character characters as an
afternate the character set of
x"
he
-
the fin font. Other that ff E..xcoffoo could
savOgthe
GncoshaNN,Ocfoded WO
the set': \Pike
N.N, whfch uoderWeot MOO changes
adjusted characters, says
',color' and ease of fegOftity:'
G and
for purposes of
for
downs i‘lte
of sheet rnetaf. Toe tapervags okews v ab pt of Banco are
oti kae:
all very uprfght, We a serfes of '0° `P\ace \ do not
so,o,ested ianbvus t \Noe
Mode vsifth a precfse sharp
t
s are
of the counter
tY‘e c\°\jes af\d stva‘g,htffn-eed:oed
ad` oreoffy ao
Was
sttn
actyam 1.001111e sffeitsfarit ot aff the fetters, the
upper ends of strokes, and
taper aod curve give Banco
,a,,og,bevs °f of
the solotke "vnterp\ay of
of befog, EY
a,\\ 0.ffckfy sketched by a
,C0{-10'
ng,htrnot‘on. tAce aWnost
- styp faces, Banco has the effect
-to-the
up -and or GOO rood.
'011«) LOt goo Wavy by \IC
s to proY \de a cochpa0on also try a
wa
versfoo
be used for tex, then WI that oeeded a fowercase-,
Grirnshaw decfded that he woufd
fowercase for toe oogtoaf cAean, Wefght posinve as \Neff. ode\ 00 ksfr\gthe vsitifch
aod Cf-oc rofght be considered afroost
as candidates for fighter versfoos-, the Errs
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Nits strafghtiorward at aff. ft.
not yes refeased by the Fooderfe
sty
Baoco
"he geheva\
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Review,
1-9621,
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atrap
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\Pen, 'PO Vile genera\ eYAA'ans-
Conskand
War accordfogto CNNI.
N\001 ‘S
too of World
v(nproy er\ngsOftnlochenturn enlent taste avld Britainand typography, the Conicnon-
r°3\6( vOe
2A\
chars
that.
weafth, fs sadly aOseot Frarice': V_xcoif on p\ayed
Cousfaxid said of the then-new Baoco-. "As an adver-
t\s‘ng,,d‘sp\ay \ettev, ce it is Neufarfd': one of the "Coe bofdest coMpaosoo and, most to
n
Mterestog, Neuf-and is cuts -apt, siafthough
the stroogiorros of Banco
fook not so Much carved out of wood as roffed out
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ok fine
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rm
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to base an foterpreted " foWercase,' Grfcnshaysi deftbeXistiog,
caps as
eratefy "underdegOed" the fowercase,"0 order
to produce a coosfstextt 'cofor; Whtfe otafntafoiog
%if
the sirnpfe fetterforrns evident M the oriOrta1:'
his 11110P4,..
at
Ifter\ came the chaffr\g,e of creat4, a tighter v 0-- wed
pveseried
I Sitting
anco
Ka Of- V- \?V_O-\
\.1( 1950s
ing
s an advertis
display letter, it is one
of the boldest and
most interestinq
cots 510
viand'
Banco° Neal! by
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