Intone - MA Typeface Design

List of contents
Introduction p. 3
1. Intone, a collage of inspiration and knowledge
1.1 Reading: A source of knowledge p. 4
1.2 Several sources of inspiration for my typeface p. 4
1.3 Defining the brief p. 5
2. A vicious circle: De-sign, De-cide, De-sign
2.1 Starting with the Roman p. 6
2.2 Starting with the Upright Italic p. 6
2.3 Starting with Greek: Italic and Roman p. 8
2.4 Waking up with a new idea for an Italic p. 8
2.5 New decisions, new conclusions new mix and matching of features:
A process that never ends p. 10
3. Towards uniformity, clarity and extension
3.1 My characters are dancing to all directions
3.1.1 Creating a consistent Regular p. 10
3.1.2 Creating a consistent Upright Italic p. 11
3.1.3 Extending the Italic, creating an inconsistent Greek Italic p. 11
3.2 Family uniformity
3.2.1 Similar features p. 11
3.2.2 Justified irregularities regarding weight distribution for the Greek p. 12
3.2.3 Spacing and kerning p. 12
3.3 Extension of the character set
3.3.1 Diacritics and numerals p. 12
3.3.2 Special features for the Greek Italic p. 13
Conclusion p. 14
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