Meadow is a major effort in doing a neutral typeface household that can be used as a strong practical typeface for lots of different requirements. At the very same time, Meadow has a real personality, which I think new typefaces should have. Impacts can be discovered in work by Hermann Zapf, as this style of drawing letters comes naturally to me. I must also admit that I've always had a love/hate relationship with his typeface-- Optima.

Meadow is the more contemporary alternative with a fresh expression and a twist of something new. What I'm speaking about is the movement in the junctions between the stem and stroke which is by purpose moved far from the stem. This does not actually simulate what a broadpen would do, however it offers the typeface some unforeseen details.

After making the Meadow household I felt the need to do a somewhat more condensed variation of the typeface. A variation that conserves a little space but has the very same character. Meadow Condensed works well by itself or as a member of the family. Character sets are identical, finish and quality is the exact same, it's simply narrower to include more words.

Meadow is well fit for strong headings all the method down to small size settings.

-- Göran Söderström--


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