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PINT

Serif typeface family inspired by humanist broad-nib calligraphy

A typeface family inspired by humanist broad-nib calligraphy makes for great wrapping paper Overview of weights and styles

For text and display purposes

Pint explores the relation between a text typeface (used for longer texts like books or magazines) and its display counterpart (used for shorter texts like headings, covers, flyers and posters). As such it comes in two parts; its primary half was designed to set body copy at sizes between eight to sixteen points. The moderate contrast of these text styles provide for a clear and crisp texture with a more solid and sturdy character becoming visible as weight increases.

Where text weights focus mostly on function in treatment of shapes and details, the display weights explore a more playful approach to form and proportions. They have a notably larger x-height, tighter spacing and retracting serifs which emphasize calligraphic influence in lighter weights while providing heavier weights with a dense, almost textura-like texture. Great for beer labels or coasters.

Example paragraph beer menu Example paragraph beer history Example paragraph Neuromancer Features, small capitals, R Features, language support, j with acute Features, ligatures, ffj Features, ligatures, ffj Example paragraph naming babies Example paragraph etymology of word Pint Example paragraph Stanley Parable Features, display swash capitals Features, display contextual alternates Features, section sign Features, section sign Elise Terra Example heading ‘Mijn kop’ Coasters Tabular oldstyle figures Semicolon

Type and Media

Pint typeface family was designed as final project of the Type and Media masters course at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague. Have a look at the projects of my fellow graduates right here.

Fonts used

https://jasperterra.nl/pint.html

External links

http://www.typemedia2015.com/

https://twitter.com/j_acute

http://typemedia.org/

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