Are there any typefaces that have 45 degree diagonal serifs like Zuzana Licko’s Matrix? I’d like to see the effect of this kind of serif on legibility before I start realising an idea which I want to excecute.
So far, the one’s I know of are:
Matrix
Mitim
In case it helps your research, this type of serif is called “Latin”
(although often this includes serifs that don’t have totally sharp
ends, like Azuza*). BTW, a good example is Saracen: http://www.typography.com/catalog/saracen/index.html
* See the description here:
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/parkinson/azuza/
Latin serif fonts were big in France in
the second half of the 19th century.
hhp
Latin fonts at FontShop.
>So far, the one’s I know of are:
Wiewauters, you obviously didn’t travel by air prior to 1978 ;-)
Cheers, Si
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