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		<title>That’s why we (perhaps) love circles</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Dec 2021 10:26:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/circles-in-s-capital-signer_1.jpg" class="attachment-md_post_thumb_large size-md_post_thumb_large wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/circles-in-s-capital-signer_1.jpg 2512w, https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/circles-in-s-capital-signer_1-768x432.jpg 768w, https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/circles-in-s-capital-signer_1-1536x863.jpg 1536w, https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/circles-in-s-capital-signer_1-2048x1151.jpg 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 2512px) 100vw, 2512px" /></p><span class="initial"><span class="cap">A</span>s</span> promised, I will publish some posts about the ongoing work on <em>Signer Text</em>. However, it is incredibly difficult, if not impossible, to present the work process in a truly didactic way. It is very difficult even for myself to keep track of what I am doing. The process is so very intuitive and must be based on something almost unconscious. Recently I saw a very interesting documentary about an American writer who once claimed that writing is the division into two parts: the work of a drunk, revised by a sober. I have a feeling that this is quite similar in the process of designing typefaces. The drawing process, which interestingly enough usually makes crucial turns and progress during the night, is revised and slightly corrected in the early morning.

Consequently, it is difficult to force oneself to jot down, to photograph ideas in this intuitive, unconscious, “drunken” phase. Nevertheless, I will try to reflect some thoughts and influences that push my letter images in a certain direction rather than another. In creating the <em>Signer Text</em>, I’m not quite sure yet what its destination will be, what I want to express character-wise. Certainly there is the eternal inspiration of the <em>Franklin Gothic</em> to achieve something truly elegant, classic, dynamic, but also stable and solid.

<blockquote>There is the eternal inspiration of the <span class="quote_emphasize">Franklin Gothic</span> to achieve something truly elegant, classic, dynamic, but also stable and solid.</blockquote>

While drawing, I noticed that I seem to be following some symmetry ideas that are particularly evident in <em>Signer</em>. In the capital letter ‘<em>S</em>’, for example, I recognized the symmetry, the balance between left and right on the upper inner form under the “ceiling” of the top turn of the lettering toward the top. This seems to give the letter some stability. So I temporarily added a new intermediate curve point that almost perfectly matched the hidden circle, which of course I only had in my imagination while I was drawing. I added the red circle later to make it easier to understand. Again, I strongly believe that these ideas should not be slavishly followed during the working process, because that would prevent us from getting into that intuitive state of mind.

Since the <span class="author">Renaissance</span>, the circle has had a strong meaning. It is also a metaphor for stability, harmonious movement, and even something that, on another level of perception, signifies life itself. The beautiful 19-year-old <span class="author">Natalia Vodianova</span>, photographed by <span class="author">Paolo Roversi</span>, might give us a clue. I put her on my desk while drawing, and as many, many years ago, she still inspires me. The rest is pure imagination…

<a class="read more" style="border: none;" title="Riferimento" href="https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/essay/riferimento/"><i class="fa fa-caret-right"></i> Read also</a> [German and Italian language]

<strong>Credits:</strong>
<span class="author">Paolo Roversi</span> | Photography
<span class="author">Natalia Vodianova</span> | Model
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/circles-in-s-capital-signer_1.jpg" class="attachment-md_post_thumb_large size-md_post_thumb_large wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/circles-in-s-capital-signer_1.jpg 2512w, https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/circles-in-s-capital-signer_1-768x432.jpg 768w, https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/circles-in-s-capital-signer_1-1536x863.jpg 1536w, https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/circles-in-s-capital-signer_1-2048x1151.jpg 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 2512px) 100vw, 2512px" /></p><span class="initial"><span class="cap">A</span>s</span> promised, I will publish some posts about the ongoing work on <em>Signer Text</em>. However, it is incredibly difficult, if not impossible, to present the work process in a truly didactic way. It is very difficult even for myself to keep track of what I am doing. The process is so very intuitive and must be based on something almost unconscious. Recently I saw a very interesting documentary about an American writer who once claimed that writing is the division into two parts: the work of a drunk, revised by a sober. I have a feeling that this is quite similar in the process of designing typefaces. The drawing process, which interestingly enough usually makes crucial turns and progress during the night, is revised and slightly corrected in the early morning.

Consequently, it is difficult to force oneself to jot down, to photograph ideas in this intuitive, unconscious, “drunken” phase. Nevertheless, I will try to reflect some thoughts and influences that push my letter images in a certain direction rather than another. In creating the <em>Signer Text</em>, I’m not quite sure yet what its destination will be, what I want to express character-wise. Certainly there is the eternal inspiration of the <em>Franklin Gothic</em> to achieve something truly elegant, classic, dynamic, but also stable and solid.

<blockquote>There is the eternal inspiration of the <span class="quote_emphasize">Franklin Gothic</span> to achieve something truly elegant, classic, dynamic, but also stable and solid.</blockquote>

While drawing, I noticed that I seem to be following some symmetry ideas that are particularly evident in <em>Signer</em>. In the capital letter ‘<em>S</em>’, for example, I recognized the symmetry, the balance between left and right on the upper inner form under the “ceiling” of the top turn of the lettering toward the top. This seems to give the letter some stability. So I temporarily added a new intermediate curve point that almost perfectly matched the hidden circle, which of course I only had in my imagination while I was drawing. I added the red circle later to make it easier to understand. Again, I strongly believe that these ideas should not be slavishly followed during the working process, because that would prevent us from getting into that intuitive state of mind.

Since the <span class="author">Renaissance</span>, the circle has had a strong meaning. It is also a metaphor for stability, harmonious movement, and even something that, on another level of perception, signifies life itself. The beautiful 19-year-old <span class="author">Natalia Vodianova</span>, photographed by <span class="author">Paolo Roversi</span>, might give us a clue. I put her on my desk while drawing, and as many, many years ago, she still inspires me. The rest is pure imagination…

<a class="read more" style="border: none;" title="Riferimento" href="https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/essay/riferimento/"><i class="fa fa-caret-right"></i> Read also</a> [German and Italian language]

<strong>Credits:</strong>
<span class="author">Paolo Roversi</span> | Photography
<span class="author">Natalia Vodianova</span> | Model
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		<title>From a time when…</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2021 11:26:31 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Magazine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Typography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beauty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elegance]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/seVouer_1-scaled.jpg" class="attachment-md_post_thumb_large size-md_post_thumb_large wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/seVouer_1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/seVouer_1-768x511.jpg 768w, https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/seVouer_1-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/seVouer_1-2048x1363.jpg 2048w, https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/seVouer_1-300x200.jpg 300w, https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/seVouer_1-scaled-400x265.jpg 400w" sizes="(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px" /></p><span class="initial"><span class="cap">…</span></span> we were fashion editor, casting director, photographer, art director, typographer and type designer all rolled into one.

The story behind the “blue” photography was quite unusual and perhaps worth telling. I intended to photograph scenes of extreme elegance, and of course in Paris. But as a student I had no money, so I decided to develop a concept to photograph fashion on real women in the street. A kind of street photography, but with the ambition to make something very elegant. 

So I spent 2 weeks in Paris (I settled on a campsite near the Bois de Bologne) looking for beautiful, well-dressed women. An endeavor that was not as easy as I had imagined. In order to take these kinds of paparazzi shots without a model, I had to remain unidentified. I used a 500mm telephoto lens with mirrors that allowed me to shoot handheld without attracting too much attention. For this, I used high-sensitivity 3200 ASA film material. In this way, I could shoot by hand and achieve exposure times of 1/250s or less to maintain focus. With a motor shutter, I took more than 600 shots (which was quite a lot at the time, since I was using analog film). Much of this footage was trash, but occasionally something really beautiful happened.

<blockquote>After I took a series of shots, the beautiful lady began to notice my uninvited presence. But perhaps she also saw in what state of arousal I was. […] She let me finish my work with indulgence.</blockquote>

However, the most amazing and exciting scene was this beautiful young lady sitting in a sidewalk cafe (I don't remember where) behind the window, probably talking to a friend. I was so mesmerized by her beauty that I forgot everything that was happening around me. I stopped almost in the middle of a chaotic street with parked cars, passengers around me complaining.... After I took a series of shots, the beautiful lady (although I was at some distance) began to notice my uninvited presence. But perhaps she also saw in what state of arousal I was. For she gave me a beautiful but barely noticeable smile and continued talking as if nothing had happened. She let me finish my work with indulgence. 

Later, in the dark room, I developed the coarse-grained film on hard photographic paper (AGFA barrit no 5 graduation) to make the grain stand out even more and achieve an almost abstract pointillism effect. Further, using a special chemical treatment, I changed the silver tones to a dark blue and experimented with it for almost 2 weeks. (At that time, you could hardly enter the lab at the university without running into me there.) In the process, I noticed that the grain was no longer as even. So I bought retouching paints in all shades of blue to gray, and with a fine hair brush I filled in the holes, at the same time scraping free the paper white in the condensations with a medical scalpel. This took me another 2 weeks. Extremely concentrated, almost meditative work. But I was completely in love with this beautiful face.

I decided to redraw a classic fashion typeface, <em>Caslon No. 540</em> from <span class="author">Linotype</span>, by hand to accompany my photographs. I enlarged the letters and drew them on tracing paper, which I placed over them. In this way I achieved a more beautiful and graceful typeface, especially by making the hairlines thinner. Then the letter images were zoomed out again with a reproduction camera and mounted on a transparent film, which was then deducted as contact under vacuum. The resulting text blocks or words were also exposed on AGFA No. 5 to achieve the absolute black on a brilliant white. According to my previous conceptual studies, I wanted the individual words (seVouer) to appear “cut out” of a text block surrounding. So I intentionally added partially truncated letters of the following or preceding words of an imaginary sentence.

One could say that the whole process was a very personal result of “<em>se Vouer</em>”: to dedicate oneself to something close to the border of self-sacrifice in order to represent beauty.

<strong>Credits:</strong>
<span class="author">Stefan Seifert</span> | Photography
<span class="author">Guido Löhrer</span> | Photography (reproduction)
Unknown | Model
<span class="author">Beatrix Herre</span> | Model (legs)]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/seVouer_1-scaled.jpg" class="attachment-md_post_thumb_large size-md_post_thumb_large wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/seVouer_1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/seVouer_1-768x511.jpg 768w, https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/seVouer_1-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/seVouer_1-2048x1363.jpg 2048w, https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/seVouer_1-300x200.jpg 300w, https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/seVouer_1-scaled-400x265.jpg 400w" sizes="(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px" /></p><span class="initial"><span class="cap">…</span></span> we were fashion editor, casting director, photographer, art director, typographer and type designer all rolled into one.

The story behind the “blue” photography was quite unusual and perhaps worth telling. I intended to photograph scenes of extreme elegance, and of course in Paris. But as a student I had no money, so I decided to develop a concept to photograph fashion on real women in the street. A kind of street photography, but with the ambition to make something very elegant. 

So I spent 2 weeks in Paris (I settled on a campsite near the Bois de Bologne) looking for beautiful, well-dressed women. An endeavor that was not as easy as I had imagined. In order to take these kinds of paparazzi shots without a model, I had to remain unidentified. I used a 500mm telephoto lens with mirrors that allowed me to shoot handheld without attracting too much attention. For this, I used high-sensitivity 3200 ASA film material. In this way, I could shoot by hand and achieve exposure times of 1/250s or less to maintain focus. With a motor shutter, I took more than 600 shots (which was quite a lot at the time, since I was using analog film). Much of this footage was trash, but occasionally something really beautiful happened.

<blockquote>After I took a series of shots, the beautiful lady began to notice my uninvited presence. But perhaps she also saw in what state of arousal I was. […] She let me finish my work with indulgence.</blockquote>

However, the most amazing and exciting scene was this beautiful young lady sitting in a sidewalk cafe (I don't remember where) behind the window, probably talking to a friend. I was so mesmerized by her beauty that I forgot everything that was happening around me. I stopped almost in the middle of a chaotic street with parked cars, passengers around me complaining.... After I took a series of shots, the beautiful lady (although I was at some distance) began to notice my uninvited presence. But perhaps she also saw in what state of arousal I was. For she gave me a beautiful but barely noticeable smile and continued talking as if nothing had happened. She let me finish my work with indulgence. 

Later, in the dark room, I developed the coarse-grained film on hard photographic paper (AGFA barrit no 5 graduation) to make the grain stand out even more and achieve an almost abstract pointillism effect. Further, using a special chemical treatment, I changed the silver tones to a dark blue and experimented with it for almost 2 weeks. (At that time, you could hardly enter the lab at the university without running into me there.) In the process, I noticed that the grain was no longer as even. So I bought retouching paints in all shades of blue to gray, and with a fine hair brush I filled in the holes, at the same time scraping free the paper white in the condensations with a medical scalpel. This took me another 2 weeks. Extremely concentrated, almost meditative work. But I was completely in love with this beautiful face.

I decided to redraw a classic fashion typeface, <em>Caslon No. 540</em> from <span class="author">Linotype</span>, by hand to accompany my photographs. I enlarged the letters and drew them on tracing paper, which I placed over them. In this way I achieved a more beautiful and graceful typeface, especially by making the hairlines thinner. Then the letter images were zoomed out again with a reproduction camera and mounted on a transparent film, which was then deducted as contact under vacuum. The resulting text blocks or words were also exposed on AGFA No. 5 to achieve the absolute black on a brilliant white. According to my previous conceptual studies, I wanted the individual words (seVouer) to appear “cut out” of a text block surrounding. So I intentionally added partially truncated letters of the following or preceding words of an imaginary sentence.

One could say that the whole process was a very personal result of “<em>se Vouer</em>”: to dedicate oneself to something close to the border of self-sacrifice in order to represent beauty.

<strong>Credits:</strong>
<span class="author">Stefan Seifert</span> | Photography
<span class="author">Guido Löhrer</span> | Photography (reproduction)
Unknown | Model
<span class="author">Beatrix Herre</span> | Model (legs)]]></content:encoded>
					
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		<title>What is it that makes letters elegant?</title>
		<link>https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/2019/07/what-is-it-that-makes-letters-elegant/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jul 2019 14:46:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Femininity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Luxury]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Structure]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Youth]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GA-Advanced-process.jpg" class="attachment-md_post_thumb_large size-md_post_thumb_large wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GA-Advanced-process.jpg 5119w, https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GA-Advanced-process-768x416.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 5119px) 100vw, 5119px" /></p><span class="initial"><span class="cap">I</span></span> always tried to achieve a certain elegance in my typeface creations. Which is an elegance to be confronted with youth, the female body, but at the same time a certain classicism. And yes, letters and alphabets suitable for luxury products. Things that are resembled in this photography. 

What do we see here? Sunlight. Wine. A beautiful young woman. The clearly visible structure of her legs’ bones. Difficult, ambiguous areas as in the zones around her knees. Where we see parts of bones that seem to fight for prominence. Subtle parts of her skin where the sunlight flows between her skin’s hair. But, as well, a certain hint at luxury, <a href="https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/typeface/signer/">#allure</a>, warmth and elegant Renaissance architecture in her background.

We may think of <span class="author">Chanel</span>’s logotype. The simplicity of those lines. Instinctively we search for products on this table to be marked with its appearance. We might as well imagine the scent of this young lady. 

‘<em>G</em>’ and ‘<em>A</em>’ from <em>Advanced</em> typeface in the process of growth. What I like about this character, as an example, are the well pronounced horizontal lines. Which is a one of the tricks to add elegance to a sans serif font. And, even though it is much easier to balance a letter’s structure with elements that add stability (as it is the vertical foot line in <em>Helvetica</em>’s ‘<em>G</em>’, for an example), I tried to renounce them.

Upper parts of this ‘<em>G</em>’ are still way before being perfect. It might take further months or years to elaborate this character’s lines. Just as long as I am inspired by images of beauty combined with personal dreams, personal artistic views on a world which is (we know that by reason) non existent. But, which we still admire and reach out to express.]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GA-Advanced-process.jpg" class="attachment-md_post_thumb_large size-md_post_thumb_large wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GA-Advanced-process.jpg 5119w, https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GA-Advanced-process-768x416.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 5119px) 100vw, 5119px" /></p><span class="initial"><span class="cap">I</span></span> always tried to achieve a certain elegance in my typeface creations. Which is an elegance to be confronted with youth, the female body, but at the same time a certain classicism. And yes, letters and alphabets suitable for luxury products. Things that are resembled in this photography. 

What do we see here? Sunlight. Wine. A beautiful young woman. The clearly visible structure of her legs’ bones. Difficult, ambiguous areas as in the zones around her knees. Where we see parts of bones that seem to fight for prominence. Subtle parts of her skin where the sunlight flows between her skin’s hair. But, as well, a certain hint at luxury, <a href="https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/typeface/signer/">#allure</a>, warmth and elegant Renaissance architecture in her background.

We may think of <span class="author">Chanel</span>’s logotype. The simplicity of those lines. Instinctively we search for products on this table to be marked with its appearance. We might as well imagine the scent of this young lady. 

‘<em>G</em>’ and ‘<em>A</em>’ from <em>Advanced</em> typeface in the process of growth. What I like about this character, as an example, are the well pronounced horizontal lines. Which is a one of the tricks to add elegance to a sans serif font. And, even though it is much easier to balance a letter’s structure with elements that add stability (as it is the vertical foot line in <em>Helvetica</em>’s ‘<em>G</em>’, for an example), I tried to renounce them.

Upper parts of this ‘<em>G</em>’ are still way before being perfect. It might take further months or years to elaborate this character’s lines. Just as long as I am inspired by images of beauty combined with personal dreams, personal artistic views on a world which is (we know that by reason) non existent. But, which we still admire and reach out to express.]]></content:encoded>
					
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		<title>Another Mirroring</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2018 06:58:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dior]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Flow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Luxury]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Natalia-r-Reflection.png" class="attachment-md_post_thumb_large size-md_post_thumb_large wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Natalia-r-Reflection.png 1436w, https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Natalia-r-Reflection-768x466.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1436px) 100vw, 1436px" /></p><span class="initial"><span class="cap">A</span>nother</span> view of <span class="author">Natalia</span> in <span class="author">Dior</span> masterly captured by <span class="author">Peter Lindbergh</span> side by side with the minor letter ‘<em>r</em>’ during design process of <em>Reflection Italic</em> character which later evolved into <em>Reflection Ecriture</em>.

The base of the stroke separation in the glyphs like ‘<em>n</em>’, ‘<em>m</em>’, ‘<em>h</em>’ and ‘<em>r</em>’ was pushed down to the bottom almost a little beyond <em>baseline</em> to enhance the flow of the letters and add more of a handwritten character to it. I also experimented with more evidenced calligraphic turning points obtained by inserted interim curves or straight lines into its curves.

<em>Reflection Ecriture</em> is conceived as an exclusive font for perfume design and should reflect the classic luxurious elegance of <span class="author">Christian Dior</span> fashion griffe.

You may also view it on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BfTj217lUMY/?taken-by=stefanseiferttypefaces" target="_blank" title="Natalia Vodianova and Reflection ‘r’" rel="noopener noreferrer">Instagram</a> and comment on it if you like.

<strong>Credits:</strong>
<span class="author">Peter Lindbergh</span> | Photography
<span class="author">Natalia Vodianova</span> | Model]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Natalia-r-Reflection.png" class="attachment-md_post_thumb_large size-md_post_thumb_large wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Natalia-r-Reflection.png 1436w, https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Natalia-r-Reflection-768x466.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1436px) 100vw, 1436px" /></p><span class="initial"><span class="cap">A</span>nother</span> view of <span class="author">Natalia</span> in <span class="author">Dior</span> masterly captured by <span class="author">Peter Lindbergh</span> side by side with the minor letter ‘<em>r</em>’ during design process of <em>Reflection Italic</em> character which later evolved into <em>Reflection Ecriture</em>.

The base of the stroke separation in the glyphs like ‘<em>n</em>’, ‘<em>m</em>’, ‘<em>h</em>’ and ‘<em>r</em>’ was pushed down to the bottom almost a little beyond <em>baseline</em> to enhance the flow of the letters and add more of a handwritten character to it. I also experimented with more evidenced calligraphic turning points obtained by inserted interim curves or straight lines into its curves.

<em>Reflection Ecriture</em> is conceived as an exclusive font for perfume design and should reflect the classic luxurious elegance of <span class="author">Christian Dior</span> fashion griffe.

You may also view it on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BfTj217lUMY/?taken-by=stefanseiferttypefaces" target="_blank" title="Natalia Vodianova and Reflection ‘r’" rel="noopener noreferrer">Instagram</a> and comment on it if you like.

<strong>Credits:</strong>
<span class="author">Peter Lindbergh</span> | Photography
<span class="author">Natalia Vodianova</span> | Model]]></content:encoded>
					
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		<title>Italian Beauty</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Sep 2017 05:33:40 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Beauty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elasticity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elegance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Line]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[La sua era piuttosto un tipo di bellezza che gli Italiani sogliono circoscrivere con la...]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span class="initial"><span class="cap">L</span>a</span> sua era piuttosto un tipo di bellezza che gli Italiani sogliono circoscrivere con la parola ‘<em>carina</em>’, e la quale sembra di pullulare tra le loro giovani donne intorno all’età dei vent’anni: da un corpo prevalentemente gracile, né troppo alto, né troppo piccolo, delicato nelle sue singole parti.</p>
<p>Se anche in quei visi sereni, confidenti di se stesse, a volte predomina un po’ troppo una certa rettangolarità, da un cranio quasi al mascolino, questa è, però, innocua ancora quando una pelle (quasi sempre leggermente abbronzata) vi si espande elastica e liscia. E neppure un naso appena appena incurvata non vi fa danni sotto di quelle sopracciglia piuttosto marcate, ma belle soltanto, giacché sono di un colore bruno e compatto e accentuano uno sguardo penetrante e fiducioso. Le mani di solito non sono fatte di dita troppo lunghe o fini, piuttosto un pochino tozze come di contadina, difetto però a cui rincorrono in aiuto braccia sottili e gambe snelle.</p>
<p>Sulla schiena, cui madri severe sembravano averle educate di portarla bella dritta e con dignità, si disegna una linea vertebrale ben visible e lunga finche sparisce sotto i capelli neri al di sopra la nuca.</p>
<blockquote><p>E quando colei, camminando con disinvoltura, si mette ad arruffarli [i capelli] e raccoglierli in nodo le due braccia affusolate sembravano formare due eleganti triangoli come guidate da un abile artista di teatro di marionette.</p></blockquote>
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		<title>Magazine Layout for the Web</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Jul 2017 16:26:54 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Inspiration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Magazine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Typography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chanel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elegance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fluidness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Proportion]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/YSL-section.jpg" class="attachment-md_post_thumb_large size-md_post_thumb_large wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/YSL-section.jpg 1977w, https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/YSL-section-768x451.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1977px) 100vw, 1977px" /></p><span class="initial"><span class="cap">O</span>n</span> the return of a recent journey to Italy I was annoying myself on the airport and, thus, bought me quite an older book about <span class="author">Richard Avedon</span> photography. Beautiful inspiring photographs, but what, by far, struck me most were some of those smaller pictures added on the margins of the pages: demonstrating how they were composed in <em>Harper’s Bazaar</em> magazine pages of the forties, fifties and beginning sixties by genius art director <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexey_Brodovitch" target="_blank" title="Wikipedia" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="author">Alexey Brodovitch</span></a>.

It was such a stunning way to divide and subdivide spaces between blocks of typography, white areas, finally, even in relation to the composition of the images themselves. I, at once, recognized dozens of obvious proportions referring clearly to the <em>Golden cut</em>, also blank spaces bordering text blocks within sober <em>squares</em> in a repeatingly degressive mode, thus beginning with big ones on the outer side down to smaller ones nested in their inside. Moreover, I said to myself, these weren’t the results of a meticulous calculation but rather instinctive games of a superb layouter as he was.



<blockquote>A tendency to return exactly to that point from which we started. I am talking of explicit and distinctive <span class="quote_emphasize">magazine layout</span>.</blockquote>



Now, what we can take over into our times of such splendid examples? I guess we have to talk about <em>user interface (ui) design</em> in the first place. It is since long <em>the</em> most important discipline to aim at for excellent typography as it gathers all what is displayed on electronic devices rather than using paper. In my web design beginner years at the start of this century I remember that we were so much fascinated by the new facilities which the monitor design gave to us, such as animation in the first place. We were tempted, and I think we were right at that time to do so, to try everything that brought us as far as possible away from static <em>paper</em> layout. Whereas for now there seems to exist a clear tendency of modern webpages and applications, at least in those of them trying to introduce some elevated style and elegance, to return exactly to that point from which we started. I am talking of explicit and distinctive <em>magazine layout</em>.



<blockquote>Moreover, I said to myself, these weren’t the results of a meticulous calculation but rather instinctive games of a superb layouter as he was.</blockquote>



And this is, by far, much more difficult as it may seem at a first glance! That is because we are confronted with a seemingly almost uncontrollable variety of devices and monitor sizes. Thus, modern <em>grid systems</em> developed refined methods to keep proportions (things that for many reasons before <em>CSS3</em> were only very hard, if not impossible to achieve) neat and clear, and scale them up and down in a horizontal and vertical direction. Some pages as <a href="https://www.chanel.com/en_WW/fashion/haute-couture.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>www.chanel.com</em></a> base their concept on <em>absolute positioning</em> techniques employing <em>Javascript</em> recalculation. Meanwhile, almost unrecognized, there is another fine means to achieve similar things with pure <em>CSS</em>. Since <em>CSS3</em> was introduced we have measures as <em>vw</em> and <em>vh</em>, instead of percentage and rigid pixel widths. That allows our elements to act <em>relative</em> (in all circumstances and independent of their surrounding containers) to our outer <em>viewport</em> size and proportion, in consequence, leaving us the choice to treat the latter like a magazine <em>page</em>.

What seems little and certainly not one of the most breathtaking news of the web (but in fact it is fairly much!) gives back to us designers the possibility to act just as those ancient brillant layouters. We regain control of the division of spaces between text, white room and photography, being free to do collages etc. And many of new cool and elegant applications will take advantage of this, I am convinced! On my own homepage (<a href="https://www.stefanseifert.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>www.stefanseifert.com</em></a>) relaunch I try to rely purely on viewport size relative measures. That is not only in horizontal sense, but also for rigorous vertical distribution of all elements keeping respective distances chained to page boundries, in both length and width.

To conclude, while I am dragging my browser window to control how my layouts adapt themselves harmoniously I enjoy a side glance at those adorable <span class="author">Bazaar</span> pages in my new “old” book: being so proud of, at least, trying to get close to what those great artists had achieved before us and, thus, participating to pass it on to a demandful, exciting future!]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/YSL-section.jpg" class="attachment-md_post_thumb_large size-md_post_thumb_large wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/YSL-section.jpg 1977w, https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/YSL-section-768x451.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1977px) 100vw, 1977px" /></p><span class="initial"><span class="cap">O</span>n</span> the return of a recent journey to Italy I was annoying myself on the airport and, thus, bought me quite an older book about <span class="author">Richard Avedon</span> photography. Beautiful inspiring photographs, but what, by far, struck me most were some of those smaller pictures added on the margins of the pages: demonstrating how they were composed in <em>Harper’s Bazaar</em> magazine pages of the forties, fifties and beginning sixties by genius art director <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexey_Brodovitch" target="_blank" title="Wikipedia" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="author">Alexey Brodovitch</span></a>.

It was such a stunning way to divide and subdivide spaces between blocks of typography, white areas, finally, even in relation to the composition of the images themselves. I, at once, recognized dozens of obvious proportions referring clearly to the <em>Golden cut</em>, also blank spaces bordering text blocks within sober <em>squares</em> in a repeatingly degressive mode, thus beginning with big ones on the outer side down to smaller ones nested in their inside. Moreover, I said to myself, these weren’t the results of a meticulous calculation but rather instinctive games of a superb layouter as he was.



<blockquote>A tendency to return exactly to that point from which we started. I am talking of explicit and distinctive <span class="quote_emphasize">magazine layout</span>.</blockquote>



Now, what we can take over into our times of such splendid examples? I guess we have to talk about <em>user interface (ui) design</em> in the first place. It is since long <em>the</em> most important discipline to aim at for excellent typography as it gathers all what is displayed on electronic devices rather than using paper. In my web design beginner years at the start of this century I remember that we were so much fascinated by the new facilities which the monitor design gave to us, such as animation in the first place. We were tempted, and I think we were right at that time to do so, to try everything that brought us as far as possible away from static <em>paper</em> layout. Whereas for now there seems to exist a clear tendency of modern webpages and applications, at least in those of them trying to introduce some elevated style and elegance, to return exactly to that point from which we started. I am talking of explicit and distinctive <em>magazine layout</em>.



<blockquote>Moreover, I said to myself, these weren’t the results of a meticulous calculation but rather instinctive games of a superb layouter as he was.</blockquote>



And this is, by far, much more difficult as it may seem at a first glance! That is because we are confronted with a seemingly almost uncontrollable variety of devices and monitor sizes. Thus, modern <em>grid systems</em> developed refined methods to keep proportions (things that for many reasons before <em>CSS3</em> were only very hard, if not impossible to achieve) neat and clear, and scale them up and down in a horizontal and vertical direction. Some pages as <a href="https://www.chanel.com/en_WW/fashion/haute-couture.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>www.chanel.com</em></a> base their concept on <em>absolute positioning</em> techniques employing <em>Javascript</em> recalculation. Meanwhile, almost unrecognized, there is another fine means to achieve similar things with pure <em>CSS</em>. Since <em>CSS3</em> was introduced we have measures as <em>vw</em> and <em>vh</em>, instead of percentage and rigid pixel widths. That allows our elements to act <em>relative</em> (in all circumstances and independent of their surrounding containers) to our outer <em>viewport</em> size and proportion, in consequence, leaving us the choice to treat the latter like a magazine <em>page</em>.

What seems little and certainly not one of the most breathtaking news of the web (but in fact it is fairly much!) gives back to us designers the possibility to act just as those ancient brillant layouters. We regain control of the division of spaces between text, white room and photography, being free to do collages etc. And many of new cool and elegant applications will take advantage of this, I am convinced! On my own homepage (<a href="https://www.stefanseifert.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>www.stefanseifert.com</em></a>) relaunch I try to rely purely on viewport size relative measures. That is not only in horizontal sense, but also for rigorous vertical distribution of all elements keeping respective distances chained to page boundries, in both length and width.

To conclude, while I am dragging my browser window to control how my layouts adapt themselves harmoniously I enjoy a side glance at those adorable <span class="author">Bazaar</span> pages in my new “old” book: being so proud of, at least, trying to get close to what those great artists had achieved before us and, thus, participating to pass it on to a demandful, exciting future!]]></content:encoded>
					
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		<title>Character Sizes</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2016 20:01:57 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Couture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elegance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Form]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reflection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rhythm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thin]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[As for my fonts tend to be very thin in shape (and I would never...]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span class="initial"><span class="cap">A</span>s</span> for my fonts tend to be very thin in shape (and I would never like to change them, I like them as they are – in that maybe I am like a fashion designer who loves to see his creations on the very thin supermodels – because I think it gives more expression to their curves) I use to make later on different versions for the use in smaller sizes, too.</p>
<blockquote><p>And like in fashion design those light weight <span class="quote_emphasize">couture</span> forms serve as a master for whatever will become something <span class="quote_emphasize">wearable</span> in succession.</p></blockquote>
<p><strong>Credits:</strong><br />
<span class="author">[Dior]</span> | Photography</p>
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		<title>Different Character Sizes</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2016 06:59:10 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Branding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Design Process]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/C_ChristianDior_comparison.png" class="attachment-md_post_thumb_large size-md_post_thumb_large wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/C_ChristianDior_comparison.png 1630w, https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/C_ChristianDior_comparison-150x150.png 150w, https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/C_ChristianDior_comparison-300x300.png 300w, https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/C_ChristianDior_comparison-768x768.png 768w, https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/C_ChristianDior_comparison-430x430.png 430w, https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/C_ChristianDior_comparison-860x860.png 860w" sizes="(max-width: 1630px) 100vw, 1630px" /></p><span class="initial"><span class="cap">E</span>very</span> typeface designer is aware of how the use of his creations over different font sizes effects his original design idea. Some typefaces (like most of mine) are even intended to be used only in bigger display sizes others do their job best when used in masses and with smaller point measurements. Way back in the past when I collaborated for the <em>Valdonega Aesthetic Line</em> (<em>VAL</em>) intensive part of our work was to redesign every <span class="author">Monotype</span> book typeface of the collection in 4 or more different guide sizes. This experience since then I kept deeply in my mind and I think it is one of the basic experiences every type designer should make sooner or later.

See here some impressions of my first attempts to adapt very much oversized <em>Reflection Caps</em> into something that could in certain rare occasions also used in extremely tiny words on monitor. It happens to be not developed further so it will certainly not stand up severe critiques, yet, I’d love to share some screenshots just to get an idea of what I am talking here. Enjoy.

For German readers I will attach also a text part from some thoughts of mine that I gathered during its making. You may discover this related essay [partly German language]&nbsp; <a class="read more inline" style="border: none;" href="https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/essay/character-sizes#details" title="Character Sizes"><i class="fa fa-caret-right"></i> here</a>]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/C_ChristianDior_comparison.png" class="attachment-md_post_thumb_large size-md_post_thumb_large wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/C_ChristianDior_comparison.png 1630w, https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/C_ChristianDior_comparison-150x150.png 150w, https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/C_ChristianDior_comparison-300x300.png 300w, https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/C_ChristianDior_comparison-768x768.png 768w, https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/C_ChristianDior_comparison-430x430.png 430w, https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/C_ChristianDior_comparison-860x860.png 860w" sizes="(max-width: 1630px) 100vw, 1630px" /></p><span class="initial"><span class="cap">E</span>very</span> typeface designer is aware of how the use of his creations over different font sizes effects his original design idea. Some typefaces (like most of mine) are even intended to be used only in bigger display sizes others do their job best when used in masses and with smaller point measurements. Way back in the past when I collaborated for the <em>Valdonega Aesthetic Line</em> (<em>VAL</em>) intensive part of our work was to redesign every <span class="author">Monotype</span> book typeface of the collection in 4 or more different guide sizes. This experience since then I kept deeply in my mind and I think it is one of the basic experiences every type designer should make sooner or later.

See here some impressions of my first attempts to adapt very much oversized <em>Reflection Caps</em> into something that could in certain rare occasions also used in extremely tiny words on monitor. It happens to be not developed further so it will certainly not stand up severe critiques, yet, I’d love to share some screenshots just to get an idea of what I am talking here. Enjoy.

For German readers I will attach also a text part from some thoughts of mine that I gathered during its making. You may discover this related essay [partly German language]&nbsp; <a class="read more inline" style="border: none;" href="https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/essay/character-sizes#details" title="Character Sizes"><i class="fa fa-caret-right"></i> here</a>]]></content:encoded>
					
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		<title>Ballerine</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2016 15:21:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Elegance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Goddess]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Natural]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Appena usciva dalla porta riuscivo a riconoscerla, vedendo le sue scarpe cosiddette «ballerine» che erano di un...]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span class="initial"><span class="cap">A</span>ppena</span> usciva dalla porta riuscivo a riconoscerla, vedendo le sue scarpe cosiddette «ballerine» che erano di un tipo piuttosto insolito, scamosciato, di un colore molto chiaro tono sabbia, che quasi non si distinguevano da un piede giovanile ed elastico se non fosse per il delicato fiocco appena sopra le dita. E per quanto non poteva sembrare un fatto inusuale adesso, lo era invece quando le avevo viste la prima volta, più che una settimana fa, quando si era ancora quasi d’inverno.</p>
<p>Di quelle scarpe, come un fanciullo che cova in sé per tutto l’anno la vigilia di natale, ne aspettavo il ritorno coll’arrivare del caldo (come fosse il loro apparire non già obbediente a qualche moda particolare ma alle eterne <em>necessità</em> stagionali della natura), affinché affollassero di nuovo le strade, ornate di sottili nastri o di fiori; e come tutto mi sembrava triste, quando per una giornata di pioggia e di vento, ritornata sorprendentemente, esse venivano ricambiate coi stivali!<span class="note">1</span> In quei giorni le strade bagnate che di solito pullulano di fanciulle strepitose mancano, smorte, d’ogni bellezza, e pare che di pari misura, solo inversamente, come gli specchi d’acqua interrotte sull’asfalto vi disegnano i scuri profili degli alberi, ne perdano del tutto il riverbero <em>unificante</em> delle loro bellezze.</p>
<p>Pensavo tra me che sbagliavano i Cinesi ad allacciare i piedi di una donna nel più in alto possibile. (Poiché venissero separate dal suolo, avevo letto una volta.)</p>
<blockquote><p>Perché che cosa mai potrebbe renderle più divine quelle creature, di queste scarpe basse: nelle quali il piede si propone nudo, ci mostra sul dorso come sporchi arabeschi le sue linee di rosa, bianco e bluastro nei diversi strati dell’epidermide, come quelli sbiaditi sulle mura di marmo ad un palazzo rinascimentale, lasciatevi dalla pressione del passato.</p></blockquote>
<p>Sicché queste forze di gravitazione da esse non vengono smentite, anzi ne mettono ancora di più in risalto, in quest’età (giacché lo fanno torcere il piede e fanno premere quelle venette quando pure ancora il seno vibra tondo e senza macchie), un’agilità insieme alla fermezza<span class="note">2</span>; fin lì dove si piega, ed esse ce ne lascino, aprendosi sui lati, scorgere appena l’inizio delizioso delle dita? Le quali, come piccoli frutti in una vite stanno racimolati, nella parte appena nascosta, una pressa l’altra. E se di tali piedi non potevo possederne uno, a coprirlo di tenerezze, mi consolavo almeno a vederne di tutti i loro consimili, senza dover rinunciarvi a nessuno. (E se si aveva un po’ di fortuna si poteva pure, nella loro più piccola deviazione al essere completamente scoperto, scorgere un poco del arco adombrato del suolo del piede.)</p>
<p>Quella specie di bellezza altera che le donavano si diminuiva quando in un lembo di conversazione ch’afferravo accolsi l’informazione che ella viveva, in mancanza d’un appartamento proprio, ancora dai suoi. E come lo afferma <span class="author">Proust</span> quel «<em>penetrare</em>» nella vita di una sconosciuta sia delizio e insieme eterno straccio, dava prova ad avere il potere di cambiarne quei segni esterni, tanto dominanti per la nostra visione prematura. Perché svegliava la mia fantasia, incline a delle fantasticherie insensate; perché in fondo, quale forma, quale piede potrebbe reggere contro il piacere di vederle quelle scarpe tolte e messe accanto ad un letto reale! Questa scena puramente immaginaria, infatti, faceva tornare in me un ricordo creduto svanito (ma come non era vero!) – vivevo ancora in Italia e per di più in rapporto con un’ottima compagna – quando mi capitò di desiderare atrocemente una ragazza semplicemente per il fatto di aver visto durante una nostra visita le sue scarpe messe nel corridoio.</p>
<p>Altre volte il mio pensiero tornava ancora più indietro: la timidezza di un gesto sessuale, lo vedo come davanti a me e mi viene da pensare che l’intero, la grandezza della bellezza la vediamo solo nel momento in cui prendiamone i primi contatti, senza che la corrompessimo con quel che <em>siamo</em>, ma solo molto più tardi.</p>
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<p>1 – Benché con il ritorno dell’autunno ci si poteva ben consolarsi coll’iniziare di un altro periodo, diverso: quello delle calzature di lana dai toni bruni o neri, toni più di accordo col colorito della natura, delle foglie cadenti. Sotto i loro pallidi riflessi fanno rifiorire la carne della gamba sotto un aspetto del tutto diverso: cioè dell’eleganza (dominio benché non più delle giovanissime che ci esaltano nell’estate).</p>
<p>2 – Il che sa riferire alla fanciulla, specie quando sono un po’ sciupate, quasi un’aria contadinesca: offrendosi come tutti gli indumenti di coloro in una tranquilla modestia e <em>naturalezza</em>, cosa che, credo, fece il <span class="author">Raffaello</span> scegliere tra loro i suoi modelli per delle sante divinità. Altre volte invece queste scarpe sono di una colpente eleganza, di camoscio dai toni grigi verdi, e sulla fronte portano fiori stilizzati di nastri raccolti.</p>
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