#boldfacefoundry

[belafrank]

I am really happy with the progress on this. I’ve been double-checking the drawings, the weight distribution across the family, the spacing… Here is a preview of the Bold cut, set tight but not touching - well it does touch here and there and is too loose in some other places, but hey, there’s the reason why one does kern. Setting words like this is my favourite method to make sure that spacing and character widths are alright. . Kerning is coming this week. . . . #slab #slabserif #boldfacefoundry #boldface #gummigutt #belafrank #hungariantypedesign #type #typedesign #typedesigner #letter #letters #glyph #glyphs #glifa #antique #inprogress #typography #tiporafia

[belafrank]

One more thing to sort, the #boldfacefoundry #eula before releasing anything. It looked a daunting task, them it felt impossible to do, and now... Not much left to do. It has actually been fun, not the kind I'd have all the time though. Have you ever read a EULA? Are you the one who always read them before purchasing a font license? Best EULA you ever signed? What about the worst? #typedesign #typedesigner #hungariantypedesigner #britishtypedesigner #hungariandesigner #britishdesigner (hier: Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries)

[belafrank]

So I've spent a good part of this year with this project and while I've enjoyed it - except for a few fleeting moments -, come 2018, I'll let it to go and I'll release it. #type #typedesign #boldfacefoundry (hier: Crofton Park)

[belafrank]

For all kind of shite, obviously . . . #slab #slabserif #comingsoon #boldfacefoundry #boldface #belafrank #hungariantypedesign #type #typedesign #typedesigner #letter #letters #glyph #glyphs #glifa #egyptian #antique (hier: Brockley)

[belafrank]

When the typeface is still lacking in character but you know who to call. . Lowercase ‘g’ from yet-untitled-slab, Bold weight . . .

[belafrank]

Needing a break.

[belafrank]

I did this little practice and enjoyed it a lot this afternoon. While browsing English type specimens from the XIX. century, looking for Antique designs, I found this beautiful 'sterling' in Vincent Figgins' Specimen of Printing Types (1834)

—and then I digitalised it

—this was then modified to match the look and feel of the family I'm drawing

—showing the underlying structure of the glyph—and finally the weights.

These are more or less interpolated although I'm working with 4 masters and usually tweak the interpolated glyphs by hand.

[belafrank]

Light in progress. Not many alternate capital glyphs so far but this ‘R’ with the tail is definitely the most exciting. #slab #slabserif #comingsoon #boldfacefoundry #boldface #belafrank #hungariantypedesign #type #typedesign #typedesigner #letter #letters #glyph #glyphs #glifa #egyptian #antique