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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Lookalike: Charter
Charter was designed in the
mid 1980s by Matthew
Carter. Although it’s a transitional-serif
typeface, it has
many of the humanist qualities
chaparral
that Chaparral poses. It has the
slab serif characteristics. Many
of the angles in letterforms of
Charter mimic those of Chaparral.
Despite some drast differences,
like ball terminals, angles
of curves, more abrupt qualities
of Charter, they are incredibly
similar.
chaparral and charter, respectively
adobe foundary
angled serifs
contrast is similar
serifs on c
AA aa BB bb CC cc
curved versus angular handle
DD dd EE ee FF ff
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Pairs
100 pts.
chaparral pro regular
AXaxph
72
46
cross stroke imperfection vs.
angularity
divet before bowl hits stem
GG gg
hits serif
HH hh II ii
0
JJ jj KK kk LL ll
22
serif terminals
serif protrude
100 pts.
charter regular
AXaxph
74
50
MM mm NN nn
shoulder contrasts
asymmetry
OO oo PP pp QQ qq
stress areas are the same
0
23
RR rr SS ss TT tt
serifs are very similar
terminal ends abruptly
SS
UU uu VV vv
contrast of stroke
WW ww XX xx
asymmetry
chaparral pro
bold
charter
bold
YY yy ZZ zz
slight different is the ball
terminals in Charter
21
serifs like the s are very
similar
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