Font Specimen - BURRO sans

burro

by Alice Speranza

font anatomy: POPPINS

cap height taller than ascender

Laser very low contrast

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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

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1 2 3 4 56789

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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

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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