Chaparral Typeface
For my advanced typography course, we were tasked with research on a specific typeface. I received Chaparral, a typeface created by Adobe type designer Carol Twombly. Because of the hybrid qualities of the type, I wanted to create a website/print-looking design. The dimensions are 9x8 per page, 16x9 for the whole spread to mimic a website's dimension.
For my advanced typography course, we were tasked with research on a specific typeface. I received Chaparral, a typeface created by Adobe type designer Carol Twombly. Because of the hybrid qualities of the type, I wanted to create a website/print-looking design. The dimensions are 9x8 per page, 16x9 for the whole spread to mimic a website's dimension.
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Twombly’s style
It’s apparent that Twombly
had a style when designing
her typefaces. Although each
typeface is incredibly different,
there are characteristics about
her letterforms that make them
Twombly’s. I’ll be comparing
chaparral
some of her previous typefaces
to that of Chaparral to make
this style more apparent. Because
of her calligraphic background,
you can see the slight
curves of her strokes, the way
they contrast one another depending
on where they hit the
letterform. The stress can be
shown in the bowls of the lowercase
a or the diagonal strokes
of the w.
chaparral pro
adobe foundary
a a
the contrast and
curves of the lowercase
a are very similar,
even though one
is a slab serif and the
other is a sans serif
myriad
History
Designer
Anatomy
Fonts
Lookalike
Pairs
chaparral pro
u u
the calligraphic qualities
are shown once
the left stem joins
the right stem to create
the serif divet
nueva
twombly utilizes the
top serif but has the
abrupt terminal
chaparral pro
C C
adobe caslon
both letterforms are
asymmetrical with
the diagonal strokes
chaparral pro
X X
adobe caslon
Carol Twombly sketches. (Photo/Adobe Typekit)
all fonts chosen are regular
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