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While researching typeface, I found the following excerpts in the book “Thames & Hudson Dictionary of Graphic Design and Designers”. This was a helpful start as it gave me a bit of background to the typefaces, allowing me to start brainstorming ideas for my Type Display posters.
After researching these typefaces, I narrowed down my favourites to Futura and Abril Fatface and experimented sketching out some type specimen screen designs. I felt that my Abril Fatface designs were more creative and interesting so I decided to stick with that.
Abril Fatface in particular is inspired by the heavy titling fonts used in advertising posters in 19th century Britain and France. The thin serifs and clean curves lend the typeface a refined touch that give any headline an elegant appearance. The Extended Latin character set supports over 50 languages, including those from Central and Northern Europe.
Abril Fatface is part of a bigger type family system, Abril, which includes 18 styles for all Display and Text uses. The titling weights are a contemporary revamp of classic Didone styles, display both neutrality and strong presence on the page to attract reader attention with measured tension by its curves, good colour and high contrast.
From Google Fonts.
A type specimen poster is created to highlight the characteristics of a chosen typeface. It should be informative, while also displaying the unique features of the typeface.
I found many type specimens on the website “Fontesk”, an online, curated library of downloadable fonts available to the public. This site had a wide range of different fonts, and so had many type specimens as well. The goal of these type specimens is for the viewer to get a feel for the font, so they know how it looks and can determine if it is suitable for their project. It is essentially an advertisement for the typefaces.