Chaparral Typeface

terminal is rigid
a humanist
hits the right stem
slab-serif
spine curves delicately
typeface
terminal ends abruptly
abrupt & no serif
angled slab
the slight
curves of the
serifs
unlike the uppercase
Y, the terminal of the
y ends without a serif
imperfect angle of the
serif
the stroke decreases
in weight once the pen
hyphen is
imperfect
contrasted strokes
chaparral
the shoulders of the m
increase in weight as
the pen goes rightward
hyphen is
imperfect
harsh
angle
spine curves delicately
decrease in
stroke as
you get from
spine to
shoulder tittle
angular
yet curved
stroke
bowl contrast
contrasted
weight of terminal
stroke
difference in
angles from
the left to right
unlike the uppercase
C, the lowercase is
without serif
the crossstroke
of the f is angular
and imperfect
counter of the e
chaparral pro
display
The history of Chaparral
Chaparral was created in
1997 by Carol Twombly,
type designer at Adobe Systems
Inc. A huminist slab-serif typeface,
the heavy-serifed faces
influence its legibility and pairs
well with the sixteenth-century
roman book lettering. The inspiration
for this typeface was the
lettering from a sixteenth-century
manuscript book by Marcantonio
Flaminio. It’s flexibility
lies in its readable slab-serif
style face, and while Twombly
was digitizing sketches, she realized
it was a great, universal
typeface.
The slab-serif was first
commercially used with Vincent
Figgin’s Antique typeface
in 1815. However, because of
the increasing popularity of
the sans-serif typeface classification,
the slab-serif didn’t
popularize until the 1860s and
throughout the 19th century.
This typeface is unlike the
typical geometric slab serif
design because it has letter
proportions that make it both
accessible and friendly, from
weights that range from light to
bold. It has an optical axis from
7–72 points, and is a multiple
master typeface. It’s perfect for
book, poster and newsletter design.
1. a combination of slabserifs
and roman type
2. thin and delicate
strokes
3. 32 different fonts in the
typeface family
The purpose of the slab serif
design originated from the need
to make letterforms more readable,
it spanning as an invisible
baseline along the measure.
Again, it’s flexibility allows for
wide-use, from small size to
bold messages.
Chaparral is incredibly humanist
because of the presense
of the hand, and the imperfections
of each letterform that
isn’t visible unless you reaally
study each glyph.
The typeface contains 32
adobe foundary
5
different fonts in the family
with four oracle sizes: display,
caption, subhead and regular.
It also contains four diffferent
weights: light, italic, semibold
and bold. These fonts can
be combined for hierarchical
purposes, for example, you can
have a Chaparral Pro Bold Italic
Display. The typeface gieves you
the flexibility to utilize the type
for whatever purpose you might
need.
Overall, this typeface is both
professional and friendly. The
abruptness of the slabs make
it very distinct and readable,
but the subtle curves of
each letterform, especially
shown in the leg of the K,
make it playful and welcoming.
It’s usage is deal as captions
and small-print type.
Carol Twombly released
this typeface last after creating
Mirarae, Lithos, Charlemagne,
Trajan, Adobe Caslon, Myriad,
Viva and Nueva. Each typeface
is different and inspired by
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