Donnerstag, 2. Juli 2009

The Roman Empire Font - modular type

This is a modular font I designed. It consists of the letter bodies and the serifs - each on a seperate layer. This way, both are seperately adjustable in thickness.

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Here is how it works: You have to set the text in the letter-font and the serif-font and lay them ontop of each other. You can then manipulate the thicknesses over the typografic properties setup (adding a stroke to the text) in Adobe Illustrator, InDesign etc.

The scheme behind the design reveals the master-font and its variations:

Here is a short overview over the possibilities of the font:

Process:


Btw- Speaking of the Roman Empire, there is this company called Roman Meal whose logo quite ok.

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