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Aura
Posted by ricardo_m in
26 Feb 2004 — 7:36am
26 Feb 2004 — 7:36am
Hi!
Long time since this:
http://www.typophile.com/forums/messages/29/10709.html?1055775049
Since my first font i have build lots of "pseudo" typefaces, read and saw lots of typohile threads.
This is a new font i'm building, that I want to use for a new brand. (Custom type). I've just spend a few hours in Freehand and Fontlab, so this is a "work in progress". I wish to create a light version, and a bold. (i'm affraid of the italic).
I'm sad because i've printed some 9/12pt samples, and this isn't readable. Help me! 
I would like to hear your comments. Thanks a lot.
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26 Feb 2004 — 11:07am
This is too modular, light and tight to be very readable.
Are you sure it shouldn't just be a display face? It would work nicely as such.
BTW, it looks like the font didn't embed right into the PDF.
hhp
26 Feb 2004 — 11:41am
Have some problems when embed my .otf tyefaces in documents. Need to solve that. Sorry.
R.
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26 Feb 2004 — 11:56am
What Hrant said.
Also, there are some formal incoherencies, that I find disturbing. For example, uppercase and lowercase doesn't seem to work together, they look different things.
And just FYI, Rub
27 Feb 2004 — 8:44am
I give aura
27 Feb 2004 — 9:04am
I need to try a condensed version too
29 Feb 2004 — 4:49am
I do not remember very well but I believe the last Ruben Fontana's font was named "Aura" as well...
29 Feb 2004 — 4:51am
Yeap! It's "Aura". At this moment is being used in the body of "Tipografica" magazine:
Check it out:
http://www.letraslatinas.com/html_tex/aura.shtml
29 Feb 2004 — 5:08am
Thanks Ramiro (and Eduardo)!
Before post some improvements of "ex-aura", i decided to change the name to Augumentin
1 Mar 2004 — 2:48am
how about ala™? I think the name matches the font. It's a portuguese word but still...
1 Mar 2004 — 2:52am
i'm trying to finish a beta version to present my wife. (Birthday 7 March, 30 years)
Her name is Ana...
Ala? maybe... there is some relation...thanks...need to think about that!
6 Mar 2004 — 1:00pm
Personally, I like it.
I'd start by redrawing the 'c' and 'e' to be more in line with the shape of the other letters.
Jim
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13 Mar 2004 — 8:02pm
So, is it Aura? Or Ala? Any Progress on this font Ricardo