ILONKA
SERIF
ILONKA SERIF
designed by Luisa Maria Heindl
24pt 10pt 6pt
10pt/16pt
Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
Translated by David Wyllie
One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from
troubled dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin. He lay on his
armour-like back, and if he lifted his head a little he could see his brown belly, slightly domed and
divided by arches into stiff sections. The bedding was hardly able to cover it and seemed ready
to slide off any moment. His many legs, pitifully thin compared with the size of the rest of him, waved about helplessly as he looked.
„What‘s happened to me?“ he thought. It wasn‘t a dream. His room, a proper human room although a little too small, lay peacefully
between its four familiar walls. A collection of textile samples lay spread out on the
table - Samsa was a travelling salesman - and above it there hung a picture that he had
recently cut out of an illustrated magazine and housed in a nice, gilded frame.
6pt/11pt
It showed a lady fitted out with a fur
Drops of rain could be heard hitting the
hat and fur boa who sat upright, raising
pane, which made him feel quite sad.
a heavy fur muff that covered the
„How about if I sleep a little bit longer
whole of her lower arm towards the
and forget all this nonsense“,
viewer. Gregor then turned to look out
he thought, but that was something
the window at the dull weather.
he was unable to do.
UPPER CASE
A B C D E F G H I
J K L
M N O P
Q R S T U V W X Y Z
LOWER CASE
abcdefghijklmn opqrstuvwxyz
51pt/74pt
24pt/56pt
„What‘s happened to me?“ he thought. It wasn‘t a dream.
Typeface Metamorphosis the t ends
upper and lower
with blunt
serifs are
terminals mostly
instead of
even stroke
serifs
different
the shoulders of the lower-case m are lower than the x-height
weights
the lower-case s the lower-case a
possesses special
posses a closed,
serifs
teardrop shaped
M
counter
;
the vertex of the
the tittles on the lower-case
upper-case M is placed
„i“ and „j“ are diamond shaped,
above the baseline
as are punctuation marks slanted stroke endings
Characteristics
-different types of serifs and terminals
wedged serifs determine most of the stroke endings
elongated serifs for C and G
the upper-case Q has a calligraphic, ornamental leg with concluding serif
cutted and slanted terminals for more dynamic letters such as f, r, j, a, and e
partial wedged serifs for ascenders and letters with distinct bowl
517 30 482 96 NUMBERS
24pt/35pt
20pt/30pt
18pt/26pt
But who knows, maybe that would be the best thing for me. But who knows, maybe that would be the best thing for me. But who knows, maybe that would be the best thing for me.
14pt/20pt
12pt/16pt
10pt/14pt
8pt
But who knows, maybe that would be the best thing for me. But who knows, maybe that would be the best thing for me. But who knows, maybe that would be the best thing for me.
But who knows, maybe that would be the best thing for me.
DIACRITIC
? SIGNS
The Sea of Glass Ezra Pound, 1885 - 1972
I looked and saw a sea roofed over with rainbows, In the midst of each two lovers met and departed; Then the sky was full of faces with gold glories behind them.
Qq.
Faculty of Design and Art Free University of Bolzano - Bozen Typeface designed by Luisa Maria Heindl WUP 18/19 Prof. Antonino Benincasa Gian Marco Favretto Maximilian Boiger Calligraphy Workshop by Mag. Art. Eva Pรถll Font created with Illustrator & Fontself