First time type design from long time type fan.
Hi,
Created this typeface with FontForge after getting the bug one afternoon to finally (10 years after college) do something that I’ve wanted to do ever since I discovered the department’s racks of lead type, and the stacks of specimen books in the graphic design lab.
Anyway, the result is, I think, sort of a cross between a humanist sans-serif and a display/handwritten font.
I laid out the stroke weights and shapes mostly by sight and comparison. I wanted, at larger sizes, more variety than you get with typical sans-serifs, but without verging too far into the script/hand written side of things.
Anyway, let me know what you think.
PS: No kerning pairs yet. Still trying to get good sidebearings.
Rich
24.Jan.2008 11.04pm
BTW, if the sample PDF isn’t up there, here’s a direct link:
Urbino Sample
I named the font Urbino because I think it combines something of an uncial flair with a humanist aesthetic, and Urbino was, in the early Renaissance, a center of humanist education.