anatoma sans specimen
Aa ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVXWYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvxwyz
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the full line of Duty, or Endure for all
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I began experimenting in creating roman letterforms for the Anatoma family, though I incurred some friction at the beginning. Focused in trying to emulate the characteristics of individual letters I lost track of the overall look and feel of the type, and I struggled in achieving a plain set of letters as discussed during tutorials. Furthermore I wasn’t focusing on distilling the architecture of the letter, rather its appearance.
disagio Anatoma test.01
Disagio Disagio Disagio
Disagio
_____________ 1550 1775
Printed Manuscript by Aldus Manutius, 1509
Printed Manuscript, 1524
Map of discoveries by Britain, Spain and Portugal, 16th century..
ďż˝ Elizabeth I (1558 - 1603) Map, 1600
Jenson Roman, 1458
Oldface Roman
from the hand of the Reinassance humanist, primarily from Florence, or also believed to be born from the Neo-Caroline, humanistic hand. The type is known as Littera Antiqua which originated in Rome, 1467, but the name was given in France in 1470.
h : Straight shanked e : Oblique A M N : Slab • Evenness in colour • High Caps • Strong Individuality
e : Straight M : No serif G : No limb • Iscriptional Caps • Slightly more condensed • Narrow short Caps
* Anatoma Sans 72 pt.
Aldine Roman, cut by Francesco Griffo, 1500
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1509
1521
1523
1527
Richard Pynson Closely resembles the French
John Siderich g : without the ear
Wynkyn De Worde Introduced the first italic
Ensthede of Haarler Closely resembles the French
_ Garamond Roman 1545 Pynson Roman 1509
Geoffrey Tory
1531 Garamond, from Aldine Roman, Paris. • Lowercase became traditional French. • The Uppercase was revised in 1550
Most likely a series of cuts made by: Antoine Augerau, Roberst Estienne, Chrestein Wechel Simon De Colines Combined by Claude Garamond, in 1545, Gros Canon.
1534 Thomas Berthelet from Garamond
French Romans & Foreign type
It has been often a subject of wonder with those learned persons who have written concerning the arts of Ancient Romans, and CELEBRATED TYPE.
______________ 1550 1650
It has been often a subject of wonder with those learned persons who have written concerning the arts of Ancient Romans, and CELEBRATED TYPE.
It has been often a subject of wonder with those learned persons who have written concerning the arts of Ancient Romans, and CELEBRATED TYPE.
* Adobe Jenson Pro Aldus, Linotype Adobe Garamond Pro 18 pt.
Palladian Architecture Articles of Union 1706 Oxford Press, 1704
Cambridge Press, 1708 Round Head and Cavaliers. 1649
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� Anne, Queen of Great Britain (1707 - 1714) Oxford Press, 1702 Greenwich Army Hospital, 1692 Architecture Of The 18th c. Caslon Type Specimen, 1722 Christopher Van Dyck Type Specimen, 1674 � George I (1714 - 1727)
1648 Christoffel Van Dyck Perfected the Dutch tradition, main reference for Caslon.
_____________ 1722
“He owes his success, not to any originality, but to the fact that he was the first really competent engraver and caster of types in the country„
Caslon Influenced by the Dutch tradition, William Caslon revealed his type at first in 1722, later working on it for further 12 years. A descendant of Garamond, he singlehandedly overthrows the economy of type - the Oxford Press stopped buying type in 1742. Joined by his son, William II in 1742, they published their first specimen in 1763.
Caslon Type Specimen, 1722
* Anatoma Sans Title: 48 pt. Quote: 18pt.
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Higher quality Variety in design Delicate modelling Not monotonous Harmonious as a whole
A.F. Johnston “Type Designs: Their History And Developments” 1959
Study for Anatoma Sans: Glyphs, Sketches
denial Anatoma test.02
Study for Anatoma Sans: Glyphs, Sketches
Anatoma Sans 21 Sept. 2015
{Imaginary Muscle # 3}
Type: Grotesk
Anatoma test.02
anatoma
Weight: Regular
The quick brown fox JumpS over the lazy dog Anatoma Sans
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog Anatoma Book
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog Anatoma Grotesk
The Quick brown fox juMps over the lazy dog Anatoma Humanist
* Anatoma test.03 Character set and Line
Development and distribution of initial test in the final four styles of Anatoma: Sans, Book, Grotesk, Humanist.
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Styles
Anatoma Runes Anatoma Uncial Anatoma Gothic Anatoma Gothic Book Anatoma Sans Anatoma Book Anatoma Grotesk Anatoma Humanist
Uppercase
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQ RSTUVWXYZ
Lowercase
abcdefghijklmnopqrstu vwxyz
Numerals
0123456789
Ligatures and additional characters
fifl
Accented Characters
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Punctuation
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In the second half of In the second half of the 17th century the
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In the second half of the 17th century the
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In the second half of the 17th century the Dutch style dominated
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In the second half of the 17th century the Dutch style dominated in England, the Elzevierâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s types - Dutch family
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In the second half of the 17th century the Dutch style dominated in England, the Elzevier’s types - Dutch family of printers and typefounders - were the most in vogue. Updike believes that also the Royal court had impact on the style printing as they “have always been
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In the second half of the 17th century the Dutch style dominated in England, the Elzevier’s types - Dutch family of printers and type-founders - were the most in vogue. Updike believes that also the Royal court had impact on the style printing as they “have always been to some extent responsible for the evolution of taste.” In Britain the best type-founders were undoubtedly Moxon (and his successors Robert and Silvester Andrews) with a library which held Anglo-Saxon and Irish types; James and Thomas Grover owned John Day and
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In the second half of the 17th century the Dutch style dominated in England, the Elzevier’s types - Dutch family of printers and type-founders - were the most in vogue. Updike believes that also the Royal court had impact on the style printing as they “have always been to some extent responsible for the evolution of taste.” In Britain the best type-founders were undoubtedly Moxon (and his successors Robert and Silvester Andrews) with a library which held Anglo-Saxon and Irish types; James and Thomas Grover owned John Day and De Worde types. The Oxford University press, which opened its doors in 1585, had the most extensive selection of languages available; Thomas Marshall was in charge of the purchasing of the fonts, the most
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In the second half of the 17th century the Dutch style dominated in England, the Elzevier’s types - Dutch family of printers and type-founders - were the most in vogue. Updike believes that also the Royal court had impact on the style printing as they “have always been to some extent responsible for the evolution of taste.” In Britain the best typefounders were undoubtedly Moxon (and his successors Robert and Silvester Andrews) with a library which held Anglo-Saxon and Irish types; James and Thomas Grover
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In the second half of the 17th century the Dutch style dominated in England, the Elzevier’s types - Dutch family of printers and typefounders - were the most in vogue. Updike believes that also the Royal court had impact on the style printing as they “have always been to some extent responsible for the evolution of taste.” In Britain the best type-founders were undoubtedly Moxon (and his successors Robert and Silvester Andrews) with a library which held AngloSaxon and Irish types; James and Thomas Grover
owned John Day and De Worde types. The Oxford University press, which opened its doors in 1585, had the most extensive selection of languages available; Thomas Marshall was in charge of the purchasing of the fonts, the most important of them being the Fell Types, which dominated the English scene of the time for their modernity. They were bought in Holland from French Punches that were in German possession, in the Luther foundry in Frankfurt. Though the various letter traditions (of the Jenson,
owned John Day and De Worde types. The Oxford University press, which opened its doors in 1585, had the most extensive selection of languages available; Thomas Marshall was in charge of the purchasing of the fonts, the most important of them being the Fell Types, which dominated the English scene of the time for their modernity. They were bought in Holland from French Punches that were in German possession, in the Luther foundry in Frankfurt. Though the various letter traditions (of
the Jenson, Garamond and Aldine roman) were brought forward by a few exponents on the continent - such as Fleischmann, Luce and Fournier - when Caslon released his type in 1734, 14 years in the making, its success had little to do with the skeleton of the individual letters. Caslon was modelled on Dutch letterforms, but thanks to Caslon’s type-cutting skills, in the process of making a better type he achieved a higher level of delicacy in the modelling. This gave an harmonious appearance, yet not monotonous thus
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