With the rise of webfonts I started to see Le Havre being used often online. It's brief x-height and very tall ascenders made it challenging to read in on screen text settings as it was meant as screen type. With this observation, I felt that there is more space for a geometric sans in the insigne brochure. So I approach to create a new geometric sans utilizing the effective skeleton of the Le Havre family.
Although I planned to extend the Le Havre line, the new household is so significantly different I picked a new name: Savigny. The face evolved and began to handle a few humanist touches. Created from the very beginning as a webfont, the style is open and pleasing to the eye, with a high x-height. To enhance it for onscreen settings, the spacing is generous. In addition, it consists of extended and condensed members, making it insigne's very first superfamily.
The household includes over 100 OpenType alternate characters. These include numerous style sets. Some are stemless, others are simply geometric, and in a nod to Savigny's origins, Art Deco titling alternates. Please see the informative.pdf brochure to see these features in action.
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