Type Specimen: My Minaca Sans - by Marlene Metschies

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My Minaca Sans

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My Minaca designed by Marlene Metschies


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UPPER CASE ABCDEFGH I J KLM N O P Q R S T U VWX Y Z

a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u vwx y z lower case


DIACRITICAL MARKS, NUMERALS, SYMBOLS

äüöèéàáòóùú ÄÜÖÈÉÀÁÒÓÙÚ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 .,:;!?'„‘’“„ «»`´@_&#€% * + - × ÷ = ~ <>/\(){}[]


47210 65 9 83



28 / 33 pt

12 / 14 pt

8 / 9 pt

A writing system A writing system is any conventional method of visually representing verbal communication. While both writing and speech are useful in conveying messages, writing differs in also being a reliable form of information storage and transfer. [1] The processes of encoding and decoding writing systems involve shared understanding between writers and readers of the meaning behind the sets of characters that make up a script. Writing is usually recorded onto a durable medium, such as paper or electronic storage, although non-durable methods may also be used, such as writing on a computer display, on a blackboard, in sand, or by skywriting. The general attributes of writing systems can be placed into broad categories such as alphabets, syllabaries, or logographies. Any particular system can have attributes of more than one category. In the alphabetic category, there is a standard set of letters of consonants and vowels that encode based on the general principle that the letters represent speech sounds. In a syllabary, each symbol correlates to a syllable or mora. In a logography, each character represents a word, morpheme, or other semantic units. Other categories include abjads, which differ from alphabets in that vowels are not indicated, and abugidas or alphasyllabaries, with each character representing a consonant-vowel pairing. Alphabets typically use a set of 20-to35 symbols to fully express a language, whereas syllabaries can have 80-to-100, and logographies can have several hundreds of symbols.


High Contrast

Sharp End

Long Ascender

EeGgKk Variation of Transitions: Some have a diagonal stroke that attaches to its steam or have a leg that is connected to its diagonal stroke

Medium Descender


er

X

sharp end

soft corners


the steam is straight and have a sharp end

regular shape


Most X-hight terminals have a sharp end, but there are exceptions {MNW}

My Minaca Baseline terminals have a sharp end The stroke is straight on the one side and on the other curved


Minac(ci)a Minac(ci)a Minac(ci)a Minac(ci)a

100pt

72pt

60pt

48pt

Minac(ci)a

36pt

Minac(ci)a

30pt

Minac(ci)a

24pt

Minac(ci)a Minac(ci)a Minac(ci)a Minac(ci)a Minac(ci)a

18pt 14pt 12pt 10pt 8pt


The stroke is tapering

The steam is mostly straight

No stress

The body of the letter is curved, but the curvatur isn‘t regular


No cuts of the X-Hight terminals

° 56

x

Letters with a bevel Line

VYA upper case

kvy

lower case


75°

w

Cut of the X-Hight terminal {w}

0°

Letters with a bevel and horizontal Line

MWZ

upper case


M I N A C C I A



D X

Faculty of Design and Art Free University of Bolzano - Bozen Typeface designed by Marlene Metschies

WUP 18/19 Prof. Antonino Benincasa Gian Marco Favretto Maximilian Boiger Calligraphy Workshop by Mag. Art. Eva Pรถll Font created with Illustrator & Fontself


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