Publisher: SudtiposAfter doing this for so numerous years, one would believe my fascination with the old history of writing would have mellowed out by now. The reality is that together with being a calligraphy history enthusiast, I'm a pop innovation freak. Perhaps even keener on the tech thing, considering that I just can't appear to get enough brand-new devices. And after dealing with type innovations for many years, I'm starting to believe that composing and style innovations as we now understand them, being about 2.5 post-computer generations, keep ending up being a growing number of separated from what the very old mankind arts/tasks they basically desire to help with. In a world where command-z is an often used essential combination, it's challenging to justify anticipating a Morris-made book or a Zaner-drawn sentence, however unintentional creative "anomalies" become welcome, valuable features. When fluid pens were presented, their liquid saturation influenced type style to a great degree practically overnight an impact professional designers tend to soft-pedal. Now round stroke endings are a typical sight, and the saturation is so tidy and measured, unlike any liquid-paper relationship possible in truth. Some designers even highlight their work by overlaying perfect circles at stroke ends, in order to highlight how "geometric" their work was. Because if it's determined with exact geometry, it's got to be significant design.
And every so often, by a total freak mishap, the now-cherished mutations prove to have actually existed long prior to the innovation that caused them. Rolling Pen was cued by just such a thing: A rounded, circular, roll-flowing calligraphy from the late 19th century apparently among those speculative takes on what motivated Company Penmanship, another font style of mine. Taking a look at it now it definitely appears to be friendlier, more clear, and perhaps even more useful and simpler to perform than the standard company penmanship of those days, but I think friendliness and simpleness were at odds with the stiff manner service liked to provide itself at that time, so that kind of thing stayed buried in the expert penman's quirks drawer. It would be quite a few years prior to all this curviness and rounding were considered symbolic of stylish movement, which brought such a circulation closer to the concept of fine art.
Even though in this case the unexpected anomaly simply takes place to not be a mutation after all, the whole technology-transforms-application argument still applies here. I'm nearly sure "organization" will be the last thing on individuals's minds when they use this font today. One severe example of that level of disconnect in between origin and existing application is revealed here, with the so-called business penmanship strutting around in gloss and neon.
Rolling Pen is another cup of mine that runneth over with alternates, swashes, ligatures, and other techy benefits. To explore its complete capacity, please utilize it in a program that supports OpenType features for innovative typography.
Enjoy the new Rolling Pen created by Ale Paul with Neon's visual poetry by Tomás García.
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