Small Caps – Fragments of Beauty https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com Typeface Works and Essays Tue, 06 Dec 2022 14:22:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.5 https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/cropped-Homescree_icon-32x32.png Small Caps – Fragments of Beauty https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com 32 32 Working on Trussardi Small Caps https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/2018/09/working-on-trussardi-lettering-small-caps/ https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/2018/09/working-on-trussardi-lettering-small-caps/#respond Sun, 23 Sep 2018 07:49:14 +0000 http://www.seifertfragments.de/?p=2557

During my researches for a Trussardi brand lettering I developed a special Small Caps version of Reflection typefaces. Here is the metrics window and beautiful #Natalia as an inspiration fountain in the background. A particular task was to create a unique and special small cap ‘u’ 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 color 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 Reflection as you may also observe in stroke ends of capital ‘T’ and other letters, as well. If you want to know more about my methods to develop small caps variants of typefaces read also [German language] Credits: Paolo Roversi | Photography]]>

During my researches for a Trussardi brand lettering I developed a special Small Caps version of Reflection typefaces. Here is the metrics window and beautiful #Natalia as an inspiration fountain in the background. A particular task was to create a unique and special small cap ‘u’ 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 color 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 Reflection as you may also observe in stroke ends of capital ‘T’ and other letters, as well. If you want to know more about my methods to develop small caps variants of typefaces read also [German language] Credits: Paolo Roversi | Photography]]> https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/2018/09/working-on-trussardi-lettering-small-caps/feed/ 0 Arbeit an Kapitälchen https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/essay/arbeit-an-kapitaelchen/ https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/essay/arbeit-an-kapitaelchen/#respond Sun, 10 Jun 2018 09:25:42 +0000 http://www.seifertfragments.de/?post_type=nor-essays&p=2484 Bei der Zeichnung der Kapitälchen scheint es mir wichtig, dass die neuen kleinen Kapitalen nicht einfach nur verkleinerte Großbuchstaben sind.

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.

]]> https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/essay/arbeit-an-kapitaelchen/feed/ 0 Reflection Dior Numbers https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/typeface/reflection-dior-numbers/ https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/typeface/reflection-dior-numbers/#respond Tue, 24 Nov 2015 08:56:14 +0000 https://northeme.com/demo/secret-new-mad/?post_type=nor-portfolio&p=92

When I did the Reflection character I was mainly inspired by Haute Couture dress design of the famous french fashion griffe Christian Dior. Its classic roots which are not only expressed by the french Renaissance style logo but also mark the basis for the houses’ creator Christian Dior style of tailoring and highlighting classic feminine beauty urged me to research with semi classic Renaissance characters and turn them into something truly modern, yet, extremely elegant and classy. These are screenshots and partly layouts with a series of numbers that I did for the Small Caps variant of this character that I called Reflection.]]>

When I did the Reflection character I was mainly inspired by Haute Couture dress design of the famous french fashion griffe Christian Dior. Its classic roots which are not only expressed by the french Renaissance style logo but also mark the basis for the houses’ creator Christian Dior style of tailoring and highlighting classic feminine beauty urged me to research with semi classic Renaissance characters and turn them into something truly modern, yet, extremely elegant and classy. These are screenshots and partly layouts with a series of numbers that I did for the Small Caps variant of this character that I called Reflection.]]> https://frammenti.stefanseifert.com/typeface/reflection-dior-numbers/feed/ 0