Bianca Ibarlucea
Tempest
Source material: Hendrik van den Keere’s Two-Line Double Pica Roman (1573)
Spring semester 2020
I've been researching the histories of the first typefaces brought to Mexico spanning from 1539, when Mexico's first print shop was established in CDMX, through 1821, when Mexico gained its independence from Spain.
While tracking typefaces with Nina, the name of Dutch engraver, Van Den Keere, came up as someone who might have possibly supplied gothic type to Mexico during the colonial period. I began my journey by choosing this 1548 Van Den Keere type specimen for a revival.
The specimen had uneven x-heights, cap heights, along with a wide range of serifs. I began by determining standard measurements for these uneven elements, with many iterations for the serifs-I landed on one with medium a medium width.
These student typeface designs created at Yale School of Art are noncommercial academic projects, commonly revivals or reinterpretations of historical typefaces. Read more about this typeface design course at Yale School of Art.
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