Glyphic/Grotesque

alfa6019 Dec 2008

Hi all,
I am working on a new typeface which combines elements of early sans faces (Grotesque MT) and roman glyphic (Albertus).
All too often I use Grotesque MT as a sans text face and felt that I needed to make my own alternative (with an antique twist).

Its in its early testing phase and so far I have made Regular, Semi-bold and Bold (although I started building the font from the semi-bold weight)

I'm not sure how to present it (or even name it) at this point but I'd like to get some critiques and comments on it. I am attaching a simple PDF for your collective consideration.

Thanks
J.

http://www.alfa60.com/joe

Attachment	Size
REVIEW.pdf	55.27 KB
Untitled-1.jpg	10.97 KB
txt.pdf	116.12 KB

Qassim20 Dec 2008#

beautiful work

cerulean20 Dec 2008#

Frankly, it looks like two faces. They're nice faces and you should finish both of them. But they're not integrating well.

alfa6020 Dec 2008#

Actually, thats kind of the idea.
I enjoy the tension between the two aesthetics.

when its used for extended text I think it achieves some kind of cohesion, have a look at this sample:

speter21 Dec 2008#

Joseph, can you post that longer sample as a PDF? The image is fuzzy. (In some cases, it looks like the beak of the r sometimes looks too long, and sometimes not.) I think the overall effect is very good.

198521 Dec 2008#

Interesting combination!

alfa6022 Dec 2008#

Hey guys, thanks for your comments. I've attached a PDF of the text now. I look forward to your comments!

Captured from commoncrawl.org on 18 Apr 2015. original URL