Designer: Stefan Hattenbach
Publisher: Fountain
Diving deeper into the art of making legible and strong text faces, Stefan Hattenbach has actually ended up being mindful of the significance of attention to detail. He has discovered it equally essential to leave a distinct individual touch in the style of such typefaces. Eventually, typefaces for books and magazines must be low profile. They should deliver the message of the text and not stick out excessive. This might be the biggest obstacle of all.
Anziano follows the same direction that he staked out with his popular Delicato household. When developing a conventional typeface, you will be inevitably influenced by earlier styles. Anziano reveals touches of Weiss (Emil Rudolf Weiss, 1926) - another traditional book typeface. Stefan had appreciated the style of Weiss for a very long time. At least he appreciated the roman weights - the italics always felt a bit off to him.
In 2004, he acquired a very first edition of the Swedish version of The Lord of the Rings (1959-1961) and was impressed by the outstanding flow and discussion of the text on each page. He realized that numerous significant foundries had already done interpretations of Weiss - all of which were basically real to the original. He didn't desire to contribute to that list. Rather, Stefan has searched for his own course with Anziano and ideally individuals will think that the style lives on its own.
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