Hi everyone,
I’m looking for a Didone that is available as an OpenType family that includes CE characters. What’s out there that fits the bill?
Thanks!
Recently, URW++ has been offering all of their fonts in OpenType PS format in various levels. “Level 1” OpenType fonts from URW++ contain Western & Central European characters, “Level 2” OpenType fonts from URW++ also contain Cyrillic and Greek.
Bodoni Antiqua and Corporate A fonts are offered with the WGL4 character set (West, CE, Cyrillic, Greek):
http://www.urw.de/cgi-bin1/dalcgi/english/wgl4liste0.htd
More URW++ Didone fonts with just Western and CE can be found at:
http://www.urw.de/cgi-bin1/dalcgi/english/Kliste0.htd?kgruppe1=1&kgruppe...
ParaType also offers a version of PT Bodoni that includes Western, CE and Cyrillic characters:
http://www.paratype.com/pstore/default.asp?search=Bodoni&fcode=PT_BDN
Note that ParaType’s Cyrillic version are design-wise usually much better than URW++’s.
Adam
[Kepler is] Transitional (as lousy a term as that is.)
Well you know what terminology I prefer: Didone = Romantic (e.g. Didot, Bodoni), Transitional = Neo-Classical (e.g. Baskerville, Bulmer).
Kepler is interesting because it really is transitional, occupying a space somewhere between neo-classical and romantic, but a bit too informal to comfortably occupy either.
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