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heavy slab attempt

kosal0 votes

Here's my experimental attempt at a mega heavy typeface. The influence, of course, is from the slab serifs of the wood type era. In the end, I see it at newspaper display size, tightly tracked to compensate for its more squarish proportions.

My main issue right now is the thinning of the S's spine. Not sure how to get away from that. Also the C and the G look abnormal. Can someone with an experienced typograph-eye give me a crit and/or some helpful advice?

Also, I'm not looking forward to shredding my brain for a lowercase set to match. Unless I get some inspiration. Can anyone also suggest some nice heavy typefaces for me to look at?
Maybe I should just go for small caps. Easier right?

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Hrant H Papazian0 votes

Charming.
The S, C and G are a feature, not a bug.
Look at the "S" in Olive Nord for one:
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/itfmecanorma/olive/nord/charmap.html

Lowercase would be great, but so would a wide/narrow pair of all-caps fonts, which could be nicely intermixed.

hhp

kosal0 votes

Thanks. I never thought of a wide/narrow pair in one font. I just might try that.

Hrant H Papazian0 votes

Porchez has done that nicely with Anisette* (which I once bought on behalf of a former employer) and there's also an earlier French example (I forget what).

* http://www.typofonderie.com/alphabets/use/Anisette

hhp

Tiffany Wardle0 votes

David Berlow is the King, AFAIAC, of the Ultra Fat typeface. His Giza is an excellent example of a slab.

kosal0 votes

GOOD GIZAs thats a heavy one...

alphapeta0 votes

Think you need to take a look at Jeremy Tankards Shire Types. Some similar characters.

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