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		<title>An Eternal Story</title>
		<link>https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/2019/11/an-eternal-story/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Nov 2019 19:40:06 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Inspiration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Typeface Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beauty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Form]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Line]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Memory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reflection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Woman]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Marc-Lagrange-1-Ravish.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/2019/11/Marc-Lagrange-1-Ravish.jpg 2560w, https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Marc-Lagrange-1-Ravish-768x407.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px" /></p><span class="initial"><span class="cap">B</span>eauty</span> at its pure state. <span class="author">Marc Lagrange</span>, Belgian photographer signs responsible for this beautiful portrait of a woman. Since I was a young artist in my university years I was fascinated by this juxtaposition of female inspirational beauty and the shapes of letters. It has been an eternal motivation for me to design, to draw, to spend endless hours on shaping those outlines.
<blockquote>It seemed to me the final goal to reunite them with what Marcel Proust meant by the <span class="quote_emphasize">memory of a scent</span>.</blockquote>
They are intended to just reflect something of their eternal wonderful forms. I dreamt of doing a perfume design. As it seemed to me the final goal to reunite them with what <span class="author">Marcel Proust</span> meant by the <em>memory of a scent</em>.

‘<em>G</em>’ is from <em>Ravish</em> character’s ultrathin font version.

<strong>Credits:</strong>
<span class="author">Marc Lagrange</span> | Photography]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Marc-Lagrange-1-Ravish.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/2019/11/Marc-Lagrange-1-Ravish.jpg 2560w, https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Marc-Lagrange-1-Ravish-768x407.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px" /></p><span class="initial"><span class="cap">B</span>eauty</span> at its pure state. <span class="author">Marc Lagrange</span>, Belgian photographer signs responsible for this beautiful portrait of a woman. Since I was a young artist in my university years I was fascinated by this juxtaposition of female inspirational beauty and the shapes of letters. It has been an eternal motivation for me to design, to draw, to spend endless hours on shaping those outlines.
<blockquote>It seemed to me the final goal to reunite them with what Marcel Proust meant by the <span class="quote_emphasize">memory of a scent</span>.</blockquote>
They are intended to just reflect something of their eternal wonderful forms. I dreamt of doing a perfume design. As it seemed to me the final goal to reunite them with what <span class="author">Marcel Proust</span> meant by the <em>memory of a scent</em>.

‘<em>G</em>’ is from <em>Ravish</em> character’s ultrathin font version.

<strong>Credits:</strong>
<span class="author">Marc Lagrange</span> | Photography]]></content:encoded>
					
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		<title>Is It Good to Have a Handwriting?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[elementi]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2018 11:44:14 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Typeface Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Creativity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Italy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reflection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Repetition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Unique]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Urbino-Advanced.png" 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/2018/11/Urbino-Advanced.png 1159w, https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Urbino-Advanced-150x150.png 150w, https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Urbino-Advanced-300x300.png 300w, https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Urbino-Advanced-768x768.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1159px) 100vw, 1159px" /></p><span class="initial"><span class="cap">I</span>t</span> was kind of funny but also made me think when I showed the last post (<em><a href="https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/2018/11/nota-a-didot-font-for-vogue/">Nota, A Didot Font for Vogue</a></em>) to my partner, recently. Just for curiosity or to speak about “good ole times” a little I found her claiming out “<em>Oh, I know this one!</em>”. She didn’t, as I found this in my old archives and was sure to never have shown it to her. So, I corrected her politely just to be informed what she meant: “<em>I clearly saw your </em>handwriting<em>. So I thought to have seen it before.</em>” Well, should I be happy with an answer like that or shouldn’t I?

My German soul told me to be <em>not</em>, as this means to have created something like a repetition, something that never could have possibly reached its target: as for to create a unique solution to a given <em>task</em>. Which implicates somehow also to be free of personal shading, just like of everything else that could weaken its intent.

My Italian soul, though, shouted out: Yes, you did something really good! To explain that different concept I would have to go back to my beginnings as a graphic design freelancer in Milan and Rome<span class="note">1</span> in the late nineties and starting 2000. A period which I remember as kind of frustrating but also incredibly worth while (not to speak about a very happy personal life).

We formed a group of highly gifted designers (I am referring more to my Italian colleagues as I always felt almost kind of misplaced between those talents) each one with a kind of <em>niche</em>. We had imaginative illustrators, film producers and future orientated (<span class="author">Carson</span>* loving) graphic designers. As an organizing element someone a bit more of age with a widely spun net of personal contacts to publicity agencies, editors and so on. And he had a quite simple, but successful maxim: 



<blockquote>“Go out and find your <span class="quote_emphasize">style</span> as why should someone book you if he could book someone else instead?”</blockquote>



Unlike the somehow typical German concept to free yourself from personal points of view to be able to confront each single assignment in a different and most suitable way the Italians do the opposite. They are convinced that a personal point of view, “unique” is everything that counts and that it will somehow magically solve, if not all communication needs, at least the ones that you are perfectly suited for. Which, in the end, will make you recognizable as an unique “artist” and, most of all, make you <em>work</em>.

Well, I guess both of them are right in their way. What concerns me, I was struck by the results that my Italian colleagues produced: so unique, so creative, so fearless indeed! So I guess, I decided to opt for their way and to be not so concerned if someone might tell me “Yeah, we see that it was you!” but simply happy. I see it as a way to stay in someones mind, to be contacted in the future for that special <em>handwriting</em> you can give to a project. And I think this is besides all the technical issues more than valid for creating typefaces.



<blockquote>Something almost inexplicable which is probably a melting pot of all he used to watch in his career or he is generally influenced by as an artist.</blockquote>



Since, speaking of <em>style</em>, this does not exclusively refer to a certain taste or predilection in the choice of historical periods as role models for ones typefaces nor a design intention like aiming to be modern, futuristic, experimental or classic. It is reflected in the way a designer treats a curve, the solutions he prefers to execute form conjunctions or the way he interprets swellings and roundings. Something almost inexplicable which is probably a melting pot of all he used to watch in his career or he is more generally influenced by as an artist.

<span style="color:#000;">Image:</span> Working on typeface </i><a href="https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/typeface/urbino-italic/"><em>Urbino Italic</em></a> and <a href="https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/typeface/advanced/"><em>Advanced</em></a> numbers
<span style="color:#000;">Related article:</span> <a class="read-more inline" style="border: none;" href="https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/2016/12/urbino-for-trussardi/" title="Urbino Typeface for Trussardi"><i class="fa fa-caret-right"></i> <em>Urbino for Trussardi</em></a>

&nbsp;

<hr />

&nbsp;


*More on <span class="author">David Carson</span> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Carson_(graphic_designer)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>.

1 – I had the luck to work for some of the biggest Italian <a href="https://www.elementi-design.com/clients/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">publicity agencies</a> like <span class="author">Leo Burnett</span> or <span class="author">McCann Erickson</span> – mainly as a type director for special campaigns or <em>Below the Line</em> consultant.]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Urbino-Advanced.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/2018/11/Urbino-Advanced.png 1159w, https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Urbino-Advanced-150x150.png 150w, https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Urbino-Advanced-300x300.png 300w, https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Urbino-Advanced-768x768.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1159px) 100vw, 1159px" /></p><span class="initial"><span class="cap">I</span>t</span> was kind of funny but also made me think when I showed the last post (<em><a href="https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/2018/11/nota-a-didot-font-for-vogue/">Nota, A Didot Font for Vogue</a></em>) to my partner, recently. Just for curiosity or to speak about “good ole times” a little I found her claiming out “<em>Oh, I know this one!</em>”. She didn’t, as I found this in my old archives and was sure to never have shown it to her. So, I corrected her politely just to be informed what she meant: “<em>I clearly saw your </em>handwriting<em>. So I thought to have seen it before.</em>” Well, should I be happy with an answer like that or shouldn’t I?

My German soul told me to be <em>not</em>, as this means to have created something like a repetition, something that never could have possibly reached its target: as for to create a unique solution to a given <em>task</em>. Which implicates somehow also to be free of personal shading, just like of everything else that could weaken its intent.

My Italian soul, though, shouted out: Yes, you did something really good! To explain that different concept I would have to go back to my beginnings as a graphic design freelancer in Milan and Rome<span class="note">1</span> in the late nineties and starting 2000. A period which I remember as kind of frustrating but also incredibly worth while (not to speak about a very happy personal life).

We formed a group of highly gifted designers (I am referring more to my Italian colleagues as I always felt almost kind of misplaced between those talents) each one with a kind of <em>niche</em>. We had imaginative illustrators, film producers and future orientated (<span class="author">Carson</span>* loving) graphic designers. As an organizing element someone a bit more of age with a widely spun net of personal contacts to publicity agencies, editors and so on. And he had a quite simple, but successful maxim: 



<blockquote>“Go out and find your <span class="quote_emphasize">style</span> as why should someone book you if he could book someone else instead?”</blockquote>



Unlike the somehow typical German concept to free yourself from personal points of view to be able to confront each single assignment in a different and most suitable way the Italians do the opposite. They are convinced that a personal point of view, “unique” is everything that counts and that it will somehow magically solve, if not all communication needs, at least the ones that you are perfectly suited for. Which, in the end, will make you recognizable as an unique “artist” and, most of all, make you <em>work</em>.

Well, I guess both of them are right in their way. What concerns me, I was struck by the results that my Italian colleagues produced: so unique, so creative, so fearless indeed! So I guess, I decided to opt for their way and to be not so concerned if someone might tell me “Yeah, we see that it was you!” but simply happy. I see it as a way to stay in someones mind, to be contacted in the future for that special <em>handwriting</em> you can give to a project. And I think this is besides all the technical issues more than valid for creating typefaces.



<blockquote>Something almost inexplicable which is probably a melting pot of all he used to watch in his career or he is generally influenced by as an artist.</blockquote>



Since, speaking of <em>style</em>, this does not exclusively refer to a certain taste or predilection in the choice of historical periods as role models for ones typefaces nor a design intention like aiming to be modern, futuristic, experimental or classic. It is reflected in the way a designer treats a curve, the solutions he prefers to execute form conjunctions or the way he interprets swellings and roundings. Something almost inexplicable which is probably a melting pot of all he used to watch in his career or he is more generally influenced by as an artist.

<span style="color:#000;">Image:</span> Working on typeface </i><a href="https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/typeface/urbino-italic/"><em>Urbino Italic</em></a> and <a href="https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/typeface/advanced/"><em>Advanced</em></a> numbers
<span style="color:#000;">Related article:</span> <a class="read-more inline" style="border: none;" href="https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/2016/12/urbino-for-trussardi/" title="Urbino Typeface for Trussardi"><i class="fa fa-caret-right"></i> <em>Urbino for Trussardi</em></a>

&nbsp;

<hr />

&nbsp;


*More on <span class="author">David Carson</span> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Carson_(graphic_designer)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>.

1 – I had the luck to work for some of the biggest Italian <a href="https://www.elementi-design.com/clients/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">publicity agencies</a> like <span class="author">Leo Burnett</span> or <span class="author">McCann Erickson</span> – mainly as a type director for special campaigns or <em>Below the Line</em> consultant.]]></content:encoded>
					
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		<title>Working on Trussardi Small Caps</title>
		<link>https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/2018/09/working-on-trussardi-lettering-small-caps/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[elementi]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Sep 2018 07:49:14 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Branding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Design Process]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inspiration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Typeface Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Balance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Capitals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Character]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Color]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Detail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Line]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reflection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Small Caps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trussardi]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Image_Trus.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/2018/09/Image_Trus.png 1280w, https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Image_Trus-768x453.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px" /></p><span class="initial"><span class="cap">D</span>uring</span> my researches for a <span class="author">Trussardi</span> brand lettering I developed a special <em>Small Caps</em> version of <em>Reflection</em> typefaces. Here is the <em>metrics</em> window and beautiful <a title="Il Concetto della Bellezza" href="https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/essay/il-concetto-della-bellezza/"><span class="author">#Natalia</span></a> as an inspiration fountain in the background.

A particular task was to create a unique and special small cap ‘<em>u</em>’ which was hard to balance on the line without serifs. It introduces also a new intermediate stroke width between the thick stems’ weight and the ultra crossed hairlines. Which was necessary as, of course, without the serifs the ultra thin lines would not be able to create enough <em>color</em> on its right wing.

Another subtle detail you may note here are the differently angled stroke ends which are slanted slightly towards the outside. It takes up a typical characteristic of <em>Reflection</em> as you may also observe in stroke ends of capital ‘<em>T</em>’ and other letters, as well.

If you want to know more about my methods to develop small caps variants of typefaces <a class="read-more inline" style="border: none;" title="Arbeit an Kapitälchen" href="https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/essay/arbeit-an-kapitaelchen/"><i class="fa fa-caret-right"></i> read also</a> [German language]

<strong>Credits:</strong>
<span class="author">Paolo Roversi</span> | Photography]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Image_Trus.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/2018/09/Image_Trus.png 1280w, https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Image_Trus-768x453.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px" /></p><span class="initial"><span class="cap">D</span>uring</span> my researches for a <span class="author">Trussardi</span> brand lettering I developed a special <em>Small Caps</em> version of <em>Reflection</em> typefaces. Here is the <em>metrics</em> window and beautiful <a title="Il Concetto della Bellezza" href="https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/essay/il-concetto-della-bellezza/"><span class="author">#Natalia</span></a> as an inspiration fountain in the background.

A particular task was to create a unique and special small cap ‘<em>u</em>’ which was hard to balance on the line without serifs. It introduces also a new intermediate stroke width between the thick stems’ weight and the ultra crossed hairlines. Which was necessary as, of course, without the serifs the ultra thin lines would not be able to create enough <em>color</em> on its right wing.

Another subtle detail you may note here are the differently angled stroke ends which are slanted slightly towards the outside. It takes up a typical characteristic of <em>Reflection</em> as you may also observe in stroke ends of capital ‘<em>T</em>’ and other letters, as well.

If you want to know more about my methods to develop small caps variants of typefaces <a class="read-more inline" style="border: none;" title="Arbeit an Kapitälchen" href="https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/essay/arbeit-an-kapitaelchen/"><i class="fa fa-caret-right"></i> read also</a> [German language]

<strong>Credits:</strong>
<span class="author">Paolo Roversi</span> | Photography]]></content:encoded>
					
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		<title>Two Steps Forward and One Back</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[elementi]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2018 14:06:15 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Design Process]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inspiration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Typeface Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Form]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reflection]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/e_retropasso.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/2018/07/e_retropasso.jpg 1952w, https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/e_retropasso-768x559.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1952px) 100vw, 1952px" /></p><span class="initial"><span class="cap">S</span>ometimes</span> during the design process it happens that we get aware that much of the work we might have done was in reality good for nothing. As when we rethink certain details of a letter again and again we might have lost something of that secret it once owned and which gave it its artistic quality. And it happens that we do not even know what this is. So, even it is hard, it is better to go back in time once in while and delete what we seemed to have achieved.

This is from the drawing process of the letter ‘<em>e</em>’ of <em>Reflection</em>. Its main characteristic was that the below bowl was ending in a hairline so thin that it practically didn’t has a weight. Sure this is something impossible to aim at in a reasonable font design. So I worked a lot to smooth out that error.

Then there came the point of return and I decided to skip all the process and switch back to one of its very early glyph versions.


<blockquote>Wie so oft war ich aber auf der Suche nach dieser gewissen Qualität, einer Art Unbestimmtheit, die die Formen aus ihrem reinen geometetrischen Konstrukt befreiten und ihnen ein „tessuto“, eine Fleischlichkeit, Stofflichkeit verliehen. Mein geliebtes Reflection-‘<span class="quote_emphasize">g</span>’ besaß diese Eigenschaft, die innere Rundform des ‘<span class="quote_emphasize">e</span>’ unterhalb des Balkens besaß sie dagegen nicht.</blockquote>


<a class="read more" style="border: none;" href="https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/typeface/reflection/#essay" title="Reflection Typeface"><i class="fa fa-caret-right"></i> Read also</a> [German language]

<strong>Credits:</strong>
<span class="author">Steven Meisel</span> | Photography]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/e_retropasso.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/2018/07/e_retropasso.jpg 1952w, https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/e_retropasso-768x559.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1952px) 100vw, 1952px" /></p><span class="initial"><span class="cap">S</span>ometimes</span> during the design process it happens that we get aware that much of the work we might have done was in reality good for nothing. As when we rethink certain details of a letter again and again we might have lost something of that secret it once owned and which gave it its artistic quality. And it happens that we do not even know what this is. So, even it is hard, it is better to go back in time once in while and delete what we seemed to have achieved.

This is from the drawing process of the letter ‘<em>e</em>’ of <em>Reflection</em>. Its main characteristic was that the below bowl was ending in a hairline so thin that it practically didn’t has a weight. Sure this is something impossible to aim at in a reasonable font design. So I worked a lot to smooth out that error.

Then there came the point of return and I decided to skip all the process and switch back to one of its very early glyph versions.


<blockquote>Wie so oft war ich aber auf der Suche nach dieser gewissen Qualität, einer Art Unbestimmtheit, die die Formen aus ihrem reinen geometetrischen Konstrukt befreiten und ihnen ein „tessuto“, eine Fleischlichkeit, Stofflichkeit verliehen. Mein geliebtes Reflection-‘<span class="quote_emphasize">g</span>’ besaß diese Eigenschaft, die innere Rundform des ‘<span class="quote_emphasize">e</span>’ unterhalb des Balkens besaß sie dagegen nicht.</blockquote>


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<strong>Credits:</strong>
<span class="author">Steven Meisel</span> | Photography]]></content:encoded>
					
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2018 16:42:12 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Beauty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Face]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[E così potevamo studiare la bellezza del suo viso, fatto interamente di archi (la base...]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span class="initial"><span class="cap">E</span></span> così potevamo studiare la bellezza del suo viso, fatto interamente di archi (la base dei suoi capelli descriveva un cerchio perfetto sopra la sua fronte giovanile e arrotondata, così come le sue sopracciglia ornamentali), potevamo assorbire la sua magia, nel modo in cui potremmo guardare un ritratto di Modigliani le cui metà del viso sono composte da cerchi che si avvicinano dall&#8217;ignoto, o come il lato opposto, illuminato dal sole, del cortile del portico di un monastero ci viene rivelato in immagini interrotte, apparentemente ripetitive, di cui riconosciamo la piena prospettiva solo alla fine, dopo averle guardate tutte.<span class="note">1</span></p>
<blockquote><p>E come eravamo quando camminavamo, nascosti, lungo il corridoio in ombra, così è quando osserviamo una bellezza: siamo soli.</p></blockquote>
<p>Dico <em>una</em> bellezza perché ce ne sono tante diverse. Se all’inizio ci può apparire nella nostra immaginazione come una grande massa uniforme e sconosciuta, in realtà è il nostro desiderio che non la distingue; così come non fa differenza tra le gambe vestite di nero di una ragazza che colpisce per il suo passo giovanile; o le gambe di un&#8217;altra, che sta a gambe incrociate e ci mostra con disinvoltura le calze di lana bianche, forse più adatte a quelle di una bambina, all&#8217;altezza delle ginocchia, quel delizioso rilievo che ci è così caro e familiare*; o il seno vivace di una donna di mezza età: sono davvero molte parti di molteplici bellezze. Per riconoscerle nel loro vero senso, in cui devono essere lette, bisogna immergersi in esse. E nel momento in cui lo facciamo, esse ci appaiono di nuovo come quella massa le cui parti ci sembrano universali (mentre siamo ancora coinvolti in esse), solo messe insieme in un certo modo: solo alla fine, dopo essere usciti dal loro vortice, ci accorgeremo che ognuna di esse ha un carattere completamente diverso, ognuna è unica a suo modo.</p>
<blockquote><p>Solo alla fine, dopo essere usciti dal loro vortice, ci accorgeremo che ognuna di esse ha un carattere completamente diverso, ognuna è unica a suo modo.</p></blockquote>
<p>Già: anche nei disegni dei caratteri, quando li guardiamo stampati su carta dopo tanto tempo, possiamo improvvisamente vederne i difetti con sorprendente certezza: se tornassimo su di essi, ci accorgeremmo inevitabilmente che non riusciamo più a penetrarne la vera struttura (proprio perché sono individuali, irripetibili); rimarremmo in qualche modo al di fuori di essi, ammirando le loro elaborazioni &#8211; che, tranne le lacune, sono perfette -; e non resterebbe che chiedersi come ci siamo arrivati.<br />
E in quei vuoti potremmo essere rimasti noi stessi, come su un banco di sabbia in una grotta piena d’acqua. Ecco la risposta alla domanda su come noi<span class="note">3</span> siamo riusciti sopravviverci!</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<hr />
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>1 – [‘<em>Und so konnten wir die Schönheit ihres Gesichtes studieren, das ganz aus Bögen bestand (einen perfekten Kreis beschrieb der Ansatz ihres Haars über der jugendlich gerundeten Stirn, so wie auch die ornamentalen Augenbrauen), konnten ihren Zauber aufnehmen, in der Art wie wir ein Modigliani-Portrait betrachten, dessen Gesichtshälften sich aus, aus dem Unbekannten herannahenden, Kreisen zusammenfügten, oder wie sich uns in dem Säulengang eines Klosters die gegenüberliegende, sonnenbeleuchtete Seite des Hofes in unterbrochenen, sich zu wiederholen scheinenden Bildern, offenbart, deren ganze Perspektive wir erst zum Schluss erkennen, nachdem wir sie alle betrachtet haben.</em></p>
<p>Und so wie wir es waren, als wir, verborgen, den beschatteten Gang entlang gingen, ist es, wenn wir eine Schönheit beobachten: wir sind allein.’]
<p>2 – Simile in nessun altro animale, che lascia la piccola ruota ossea [«rotea»] quando non sporge da essa, cioè quando la gamba non è piegata: questa rientranza apparentemente irregolare* dei tessuti, causata dai minuscoli muscoli che si ritraggono verso l’interno, intorno ad essa, ma che nella femmina è fornita di carne sufficiente a non mostrare alcuna rigidità dura; può evocare, come in miniatura, certi paesaggi irlandesi: Delicate colline e avvallamenti su cui la luce del sole si proietta, il suo tappeto è screziato e maestoso, interrotto a brevi intervalli dalle ombre di piccole nuvole che ne attraversano la superficie con grande velocità.<br />
[*Il motivo per cui alcuni dicono che è una parte brutta della gamba femminile &#8211; ma è una delle più belle!]
<p>3 – Ovvero: il nostro impulso creativo.</p>
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		<title>Arbeit an Kapitälchen</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jun 2018 09:25:42 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Character]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Bei der Zeichnung der Kapitälchen scheint es mir wichtig, dass die neuen kleinen Kapitalen nicht...]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span class="initial"><span class="cap">B</span>ei</span> der Zeichnung der Kapitälchen scheint es mir wichtig, dass die neuen kleinen Kapitalen nicht einfach nur verkleinerte Großbuchstaben sind.</p>
<blockquote><p>Mehr als aber nur Proportionen und Stärkenverhältnisse der Linien, meine ich damit, dass man ihnen etwas auf den Weg geben muss, was sie zu eigenständigen neuen Buchstaben macht.</p></blockquote>
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		<title>The Paths of Inspiration</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2018 16:54:54 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Design Process]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inspiration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Typeface Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Detail]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Natural]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Reflection-I-final.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/2018/06/Reflection-I-final.png 3212w, https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Reflection-I-final-768x843.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 3212px) 100vw, 3212px" /></p><span class="initial"><span class="cap">A</span>s</span> I am not drawing my typefaces first with a pencil on paper instead doing them directly on monitor I learned to follow my instincts or let’s call it the paths of <em>Inspiration</em>. This letter form <em>Reflection Small Caps</em> happens to end up with strange asymmetric serifs because something seemed to tell me to do so.

When I saw the result it reminded me spontaneously of some of the Renaissance paintings by <span class="author">Leonardo</span> which have as a particular detail a background horizon line that differs in height on the left and right side of the portrayed central figure. Even if we might not agree with some of the mystic theories that have been spun around that curious issue it still seems to be a fact that our brain tends to differently weigh two sides of a same composition.

In typeface design subtle details like these can help our letters to get into a natural flow chaining them together for the eyes and following reading direction. But things like these shouldn’t be the result of a thinking process, I believe. They should crystallize out of working process and most of all in those very moments when we tend to forgot our rational intents but blindly follow <em>her</em> path.

<a class="read more" style="border: none;" title="Arbeit an Kapitälchen" href="https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/essay/arbeit-an-kapitaelchen/"><i class="fa fa-caret-right"></i> Read also</a> [German language]]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Reflection-I-final.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/2018/06/Reflection-I-final.png 3212w, https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Reflection-I-final-768x843.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 3212px) 100vw, 3212px" /></p><span class="initial"><span class="cap">A</span>s</span> I am not drawing my typefaces first with a pencil on paper instead doing them directly on monitor I learned to follow my instincts or let’s call it the paths of <em>Inspiration</em>. This letter form <em>Reflection Small Caps</em> happens to end up with strange asymmetric serifs because something seemed to tell me to do so.

When I saw the result it reminded me spontaneously of some of the Renaissance paintings by <span class="author">Leonardo</span> which have as a particular detail a background horizon line that differs in height on the left and right side of the portrayed central figure. Even if we might not agree with some of the mystic theories that have been spun around that curious issue it still seems to be a fact that our brain tends to differently weigh two sides of a same composition.

In typeface design subtle details like these can help our letters to get into a natural flow chaining them together for the eyes and following reading direction. But things like these shouldn’t be the result of a thinking process, I believe. They should crystallize out of working process and most of all in those very moments when we tend to forgot our rational intents but blindly follow <em>her</em> path.

<a class="read more" style="border: none;" title="Arbeit an Kapitälchen" href="https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/essay/arbeit-an-kapitaelchen/"><i class="fa fa-caret-right"></i> Read also</a> [German language]]]></content:encoded>
					
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2018 06:58:42 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Design Process]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dior]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Flow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Luxury]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mirror]]></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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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Dec 2017 07:49:24 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Inspiration]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Form]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Dior_Kleid_Reflection_kursiv.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/2017/12/Dior_Kleid_Reflection_kursiv.jpg 2400w, https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Dior_Kleid_Reflection_kursiv-768x472.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 2400px) 100vw, 2400px" /></p><span class="initial"><span class="cap">A</span></span> returning motive in the history of art is that of <em>drapery</em>. The early painting masters in <span class="author">Renaissance</span> were often judged by their capability to execute this fine art of setting shadows and lines in a way that they perfectly reflect the <em>folding</em> of a piece of cloth.

A thing very similar is taking place also in font design. As the letters derive from calligraphic writing models, still, after centuries of their development, something of their ancestors is contained in their shapes. It is the character of a <em>ribbon</em> folded. And it is “folded” in a much more complex way than a pure calligraphic flat broad nip pen would suggest.

As printing types tend to be more <em>rounded</em> and almost smooth in their appearance in the imaginary world of a type designer they behave more like cloth therefore laying more stress on a certain <em>thickness</em> of this purely imaginary ribbon.

Every type designer knows that even in a sober looking <em>Sans Serif</em> typeface we have so called turning points hidden in their structure which help our eye to better understand why a form develops in a certain way along its outline and not in another. Sometimes I get inspiration not only in the beautiful photo models of a fashion shooting but also of the <em>clothes</em> they wear. See here an ‘<em>r</em>’ of a early version of <em>Reflection Italic</em> which later was transformed into <em>Urbino</em>. At its side a masterly crafted <span class="author">Christian Dior</span> robe photographed by <span class="author">Laziz Hamani</span>.

<strong>Credits:</strong>
<span class="author">Laziz Hamani</span> | Photography
<span class="author">Christian Dior</span> | Robe]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Dior_Kleid_Reflection_kursiv.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/2017/12/Dior_Kleid_Reflection_kursiv.jpg 2400w, https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Dior_Kleid_Reflection_kursiv-768x472.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 2400px) 100vw, 2400px" /></p><span class="initial"><span class="cap">A</span></span> returning motive in the history of art is that of <em>drapery</em>. The early painting masters in <span class="author">Renaissance</span> were often judged by their capability to execute this fine art of setting shadows and lines in a way that they perfectly reflect the <em>folding</em> of a piece of cloth.

A thing very similar is taking place also in font design. As the letters derive from calligraphic writing models, still, after centuries of their development, something of their ancestors is contained in their shapes. It is the character of a <em>ribbon</em> folded. And it is “folded” in a much more complex way than a pure calligraphic flat broad nip pen would suggest.

As printing types tend to be more <em>rounded</em> and almost smooth in their appearance in the imaginary world of a type designer they behave more like cloth therefore laying more stress on a certain <em>thickness</em> of this purely imaginary ribbon.

Every type designer knows that even in a sober looking <em>Sans Serif</em> typeface we have so called turning points hidden in their structure which help our eye to better understand why a form develops in a certain way along its outline and not in another. Sometimes I get inspiration not only in the beautiful photo models of a fashion shooting but also of the <em>clothes</em> they wear. See here an ‘<em>r</em>’ of a early version of <em>Reflection Italic</em> which later was transformed into <em>Urbino</em>. At its side a masterly crafted <span class="author">Christian Dior</span> robe photographed by <span class="author">Laziz Hamani</span>.

<strong>Credits:</strong>
<span class="author">Laziz Hamani</span> | Photography
<span class="author">Christian Dior</span> | Robe]]></content:encoded>
					
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					<description><![CDATA[Accadeva, però, che queste ragazze o donne non mi dicessero nulla per un bel po’,...]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span class="initial"><span class="cap">A</span>ccadeva,</span> però, che queste ragazze o donne non mi dicessero nulla per un bel po’, che non mi gettassero in questa turbolenza inebriante, che io stessi davanti a loro quasi con indifferenza. Sicuramente la causa era la mia condizione, anche se stavo bene fisicamente: una mancanza di <a href="https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/tag/inspiration/">#ispirazione</a>, per cui le apprezzavo più che per la loro presenza effettiva (che nella maggior parte dei casi era in realtà una mancanza, cioè una sofferenza) per una certa «colorazione» astratta che davano alla mia vita. Per esempio, quando una rivista sulla mia scrivania, quasi completamente coperta dai miei manoscritti e dalle stampe delle lettere, rivelava solo una piccola parte del suo titolo, e io ero deliziato dalle gambe di donna che vi apparivano nella linea triangolare lasciata libera dalle carte sovrapposte, più che dalla loro forma come doveva essere in natura, dalla loro estensione nella prospettiva interrotta sulla carta: il modo in cui erano «drappeggiate» <em>per me</em> tra i vari risultati del mio lavoro. Una dolce ma temporanea vittoria della sublimazione! (Una tregua forse simile a quella di un generale che, per un momento di calma in cui assapora la vittoria in battaglia, ha dimenticato il lavoro sanguinoso che potrebbe costargli la vita il giorno dopo).</p>
<p>Ma prima di tutto, questo mio stato passivo serviva loro come quei cartoncini bianchi che i fotografi usano per rifrangere le ombre più nitide sulla superficie di un oggetto: Rendeva la loro bellezza più piatta e regolare rispetto allo sfondo. O come a volte accade che una certa angolazione con cui giro tra le mani i fogli delle stampe dei miei caratteri, uno per uno, attraverso il bianco della carta protettiva sul loro retro, sia sufficiente a cambiare il colore delle lettere su quello successivo, a dare più morbidezza al loro blu indaco e a togliere [&#8216;smorzare&#8217;] certi riflessi troppo profondi e magenta alla fine, riposando più tranquillamente con i loro contorni nello spazio circostante. Così che una bellezza che normalmente mi avrebbe emozionato troppo, di una ragazza molto giovane il cui volto è così simile a quello della <a href="https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/essay/la-ruota/"><span class="author">#Vodianova</span></a>, mi ha rassicurato, ho potuto seguire le tracce della magia che emanava dalle sue palpebre pesanti e angeliche chiuse in un sonno infantile.</p>
<p>E mi viene da pensare che se la bellezza altrui non nasce solo in un’anima rivolta verso l’interno, tendente a ripiegarsi su se stessa, per dirla «concavamente», almeno il grado della sua morbidezza, i colori che le vengono attribuiti, dipendono in gran parte dallo stato di riflessività in cui quest’anima si trova. […] uno stato in cui tutti i ricordi della mia vita passata sembravano prendere il sopravvento: così come, come sappiamo, una lente oculare abituata alla luce cambia i colori, rendendoli più equilibrati e variegati rifrangendo diversamente i raggi ai bordi dell’iride.</p>
<blockquote><p>Di modo che il <a href="https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/essay/faccette/">#viso</a> di una fanciulla cambi d’espressione a seconda di che cosa di lei le <span class="quote_emphasize">riflettessimo</span>.</p></blockquote>
<p>E poiché a volte accade che se non ci fissiamo troppo su qualcosa, riusciamo più facilmente a coglierne la vera essenza, un’altra donna seduta di fronte a me mi ha aiutato a dirigere lo sguardo da una parte o dall’altra, in modo che questi piccoli momenti di «distrazione» intermittente sembrassero ammorbidire un po’ i contorni dello sfondo<span class="note">1</span>: come lo sfumato può fare in un dipinto, o come i caratteri racchiudono più abilmente gli spazi in bianco e nero che li circondano attraverso quei bordi vividi creati dal colore che trabocca dalla loro stampa nella carta fatta a mano [la stessa linea vivida, pur ispirata a una tridimensionalità, enfatizzava di più la sua bidimensionalità, simile a quella che staccava il volto della Gioconda dai ripidi pendii] nei libri stampati a piombo.</p>
<blockquote><p>(…) ad accogliere l’immagine di questo arto arcuato: il sacro semicerchio curvo formato dalla sua base sollevata dal letto della scarpa; sul dorso quella massiccia vena blu che spesso attraversa un piede giovane e in pieno vigore in senso orizzontale, descrivendo una linea curva come un getto d’acqua viva che sgorga da una fontana.</p></blockquote>
<p>E infine, avevo bisogno di quel tumulto, di quella vibrante mescolanza: Come una lingua imparata ma non parlata, niente è più utile di una parola che esce dalla bocca di una bella donna per farci sentire ciò che è giusto invece di ciò che stona.</p>
<p>Quel tumulto che altre volte consisteva in un sorriso timidamente abbozzato, nella pelle liscia di un décolleté, nei piedi di varie donne che mi correvano incontro sulle scale della metropolitana; insomma, una massa variopinta di tanti tipi di bellezza, contrappuntata qua e là da spruzzi di colore sparsi nel mezzo come su una tela di <span class="author">Cezanne</span>, azzurri chiari, bianchi, dei vestiti alla moda.</p>
<p>(…) di una ragazza di cui non riuscivo a vedere il volto, l’orecchino di perla che le penzolava dall’orecchio, dello stesso tipo di quello della cosiddetta ragazza fiamminga, era sufficiente a convincermi della sua bellezza<span class="note">2</span> (perché sembra che certi dettagli non permettano di trarre altre conclusioni). Il vestitino bianco a macchie rosse, forse rose, le svolazzava intorno alle cosce, il braccio sinistro libero della borsetta oscillava di lato mentre camminava… Ma i miei occhi sono stati prima attratti dalle sue gambe snelle, da un certo muscolo che non avevo mai visto prima così chiaramente al lato del ginocchio, molto delicato, che disegnava un&#8217;ombra, come a volte la più piccola piega su un foglio di carta che stiamo così attenti a non piegare e sul quale, nonostante tutto, non fossimo riusciti a evitare una pressione di troppo delle dita.</p>
<p>E infine, nulla può competere con ciò che riceviamo quando ci innamoriamo; quando un volto che fino a quel momento ci aveva mostrato solo indifferenza o addirittura ostilità si apre a noi. Conosciamo il tocco dei suoi capelli, il disegno che forma una bocca prima sconosciuta che cambierà quando ci sussurrerà tenerezza. E che emozione ottenere un appuntamento di nascosto…</p>
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<p>1 – <em>Denn es scheint, das Auge arbeitet in einer merkwürdigen Weise. Es gelingt uns eher eine Sache genauer zu beobachten, je weniger wir uns (unseren Blick) wie in einen Brunnen in sie hineinziehen lassen, was ihre Umrisse über Gebühr zu verstärken drohte. Je undefinierter ihre Kanten sind, desto einfacher ist es dagegen auf Ihrer Oberfläche zu verweilen; eine Technik der sich die alten Meister bedienten im sogenannten </em>Sfumato.</p>
<p>2 – Bellezza alla quale ho dato ancora più importanza dopo aver viaggiato nei paesi del sud, dove i volti delle ragazze, sebbene meno distinti, più accessibili, mi sono sembrati molto meno notevoli. [‘che avevano ugualmente preparato un bagno di giovinezza per me’]  <a class="read more" style="border: none;" href="https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/essay/italian-beauty/"><i class="fa fa-caret-right"></i> <em>Italian Beauty</em></a> [Italian language]
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