burro
by Alice Speranza
font anatomy: POPPINS
cap height taller than ascender
Laser very low contrast
!
Designed by Indian Type Foundry, Jonny Pinhorn Many of the Latin glyphs are more constructed and rationalist than is typical. The Devanagari design is particularly new, and is the first ever Devanagari typeface with a range of weights in this genre.
optical corrections consistently round
quest
cap height x-height
base line
descender
UPPERCASE!
ABCDE F GH IJ K L MN O PQ R S T UVW X YZ
abc d e f gh i j k l mn o pq r s t uvwxy z l owe rc a s e . . .
# nu me ra l s
0
1 2 3 4 56789
!?
diacritics & signs
\/ ( ) [ ] { }
+-÷×= &%#€@ ,. ;:'
„
„ *_ ~
24/33,6 pt.
12/14,4 pt.
10/13 pt.
7/8 pt.
Back to the future Marty McFly is a 17 year old good looking kid who wears mirrored sunglasses. A wrecker is in the McFly driveway with a 1979 Plymouth Reliant in tow: its front end is completely smashed, as if someone rammed it into a brick wall. Looking on with horror is timid George McFly, a balding, boring, uninspired man who wears a suit he bought at Sears 4 years ago.Next to him is Biff Tannen, 48, an intimidating lout, who wears gold chains and pinkyrings, with sartorial taste to match. Marty skateboards up to the scene and is shocked. He listens as Biff lambasts his father. Marty´s walls are covered with posters of rock stars and cars particularly Toyota Supras. There is also a portable home synthesizer, a tape recorder, and a stack of lead sheets. Margarina sits at his desk, with a submission form that has a “BURRO & SALVIA RECORDS” letterhead, an envelope, and the cassette tape Suzy Parker gave him. There´s also a picture of her there. Once again, the coils glow and the DeLorean is enveloped in the familiar white glow anddisappears into the future...
60 pt.
48 pt.
36 pt.
CHAOS CHAOS CHAOS
24 pt.
CHAOS
18 pt.
CHAOS
14 pt.
CHAOS
12 pt.
CHAOS
10 pt.
CHAOS
theory
theory theory
60 pt.
48 pt.
36 pt.
theory
24 pt.
theory
18 pt.
theory
14 pt.
theory
12 pt.
theory
10 pt.
font anatomy: BURRO
blunt terminals
tilted stroke no contrast
!
Burro is very geometrical and modern. Its sharp edges and unusual joints make the overall look of the font interesting and refreshing despite its minimalistic nature.
ascender is taller than the cap height
ascender cap height x-height
base line
descender
edgy joints
n p e z s
stem and shoulders are attached with very edgy joints
applied to round shapes, sharp joints give letters an irregular effect
tilted strokes create a strong contrast with soft shapes
blunt terminals are a key feature throughout the font
the thickness of the strokes is homogeneous in all characters
font relationships
nmhru oecbdp vwyxz il jft asg k
font evolution
-15° 90% 7 pt.
calligraphic brush
BUR BUR BUR
RR0 RR0 RR0
WHERE WE‘RE GOING WE DON‘T NEED R O A D S WHERE WE‘RE GOING WE DON‘T NEED R O A D S