Xiwen Zhang
Tabar
Source material:Tabard (ATF, 1903)
2743 Introduction to Typeface Design, Fall 2025


I am reviving the font family Tabard to revisit a structure that still feels unresolved, allowing small irregularities to become defining features. I am particularly drawn to the q, whose smaller scale resists uniformity and destabilizes the system.
I also decided to make the overall system more blobby, weighted, and shorter than the original.





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