Here’s a test image of the second member of the Beeching family, Beeching Small Capitals. You’ll see we’ve been exploring the possibilities of Small Capital Ligatures…to rather pleasing effect we think.
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We were experimenting with the idea of a sort of Calligraphic Sans Serif…..
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The nine member Gondolieri family is now available for purchase from Myfonts and Fontspring.
The design of Gondolieri has its origins in an experiment to combine aspects of Didone and Tuscan typefaces. The result has a continental ‘Italianate‘ feel. If you wonder what lies behind the name, just look at the lower case ‘f’…definite overtones of a Venetian Gondola here, and throughout the design. Gondolieri is offered in regular and bold weights, as well as a simplified form for smaller text use. All of these are available in three widths. The Gondolieri family has a lovely Didone, ‘Belle Epoch’ feel for use in design, posters, book covers and so forth. An extensive range of Opentype features, including ligatures and terminal forms is included in the regular and bold faces.
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We’ve referred to our ‘Beeching‘ project before, a small family to be based on Railway Station nameboards, yielding a nicely legible set of typefaces ideal for use in large scale signage. We think this design provides a clear demonstration that old fashioned details, such as serifs and ligatures serve to enhance legibility.
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We’ve just sent Gondolieri to our resellers so it should be available soon. Meanwhile, here are a few more examples of it in action.
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We’re nearly ready to release the Gondolieri family after just a few more last minute finishing touches.
Gondolieri is a family of nine typefaces, based on an elaborated Didone design idea, and offers both display and text faces. It has something of an Italianate feel. Here are the nice members of the family:
In something of a new departure for us we’ve prepared a pdf booklet with samples of the family in use. Click here to view or download it: Gondolieri_Gallery
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Ever noticed how anaemic many ‘Bold’ faces can look…just barely different from their associated regular forms. This is something that we had decided that Gondolieri Bold wouldn’t suffer from! So here’s a first sampling of the third member of the Gondolieri family-the heartily, undeniably bold face:
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