euripides
euripides is a is a reverse stress body typeface designed for Anne Carson's Grief Lessons, a translation of Four Plays by Euripides.
SCOPE
Type Design
Typography
TOOLS
euripides was made in Robofont + python.
Proofs made in Adobe Indesign.
Github for version control.
MENTORS
Dai Foldes & Victoria Rushton
LINKS
Try it by downloading the .otf from Github!
Type Design
Typography
TOOLS
euripides was made in Robofont + python.
Proofs made in Adobe Indesign.
Github for version control.
MENTORS
Dai Foldes & Victoria Rushton
LINKS
Try it by downloading the .otf from Github!
Ideation
How can the cliche of body text be challenged?
How might we translate the form of a glyph such that the shifts in the weight consider the sentiment of the text?
Thus, the reverse stress nature of the type is derived and inspired by how Carson talks about grief and form.
Process
Proofing
Proofing and feedback from my peers helped resolve a variety of challenges I was having making a reverse stress text face for print.
The serifs at small sizes are not structurally apparent but still add weight to the text. Explanding the ink traps at the confluence in certain letters and making the terminals across the glyphs more consistent helped bring things together.
Here are some changes between two proofs a week apart with a limited character set:
Specimens
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