Spike Serif by Katharina Hanglberger
Font anatomy of the source font
Shoulder: stroke reduction to vertical stroke
Ascender line
x-height
Baseline
Descender line
Little modulations of stroke contrast
Shap Slight angulation at round shape endings
Akzidenz-Grotesk, formerly AccidenzGrotesk, in short AG, is a grotesque typeface published in 1898 by H. Berthold AG. It is considered a milestone in type design. Numerous typefaces such as Helvetica were influenced by it.
Double story a
AkzidenzGrotesk Terminals are cut straight
No stress and non-circular organic-looking bowl with arch shapes
pelove Aperture: closed a, c, e
No serifs, which is very untypical for the time of publication
Horizontal bar on e
Uppercase Letters
ABCD EFGHIJK LMNOP QRSTU VWXYZ
Lowercase Letters
abcdef ghijklmn opqrst uvwxyz Here are the little ones
Numerals
012 3456 789 Your number, please?
Diacritics, punctuation, signs and symbols
. , : ; “„ ‘ ’ « » ! ? @ & # § % € äüö èé àá òó ùú + − × ÷ = ~ <> /\ () {} [] 8,50€
20 %
Evolution
Akzidenz-Grotesk
Spike Serif
K h j Inline skeleton
K h j Applied brushes
Added serifs
Final letterform
Brushes
30° 45% 11,5pt/12pt* used mainly for stem and crossbar
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30° 45% 11pt/12,5pt* used for diagonal strokes
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30° 50% 12,5pt used for round shapes
30° 30% 9pt/10,5pt*/11pt** used for special strokes and lowercase bowls
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30° 40% 11pt/10,5pt* used for round shapes
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30° 40% 12pt/11,5pt* used for shoulders
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30° 20% 11pt/12pt* used for diagonal strokes
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5° 50% 12pt 8° 50% 10,5pt* used mainly for uppercase bowls
10° 30% 15pt/13pt* used for z-strokes
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40° 42% 12pt/10,5pt* used for s-strokes
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Font sizes in use
About shapes
24pt
A shape is the form of an object or its external boundary, outline, or external surface, as opposed to other properties such as color, texture or material type.
14pt/17pt
Some simple shapes can be put into broad categories. For instance, polygons are classified according to their number of edges as triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons, etc. Each of these is divided into smaller categories; triangles can be equilateral, isosceles, obtuse, acute, scalene, etc. while quadrilaterals can be rectangles, rhombi, trapezoids, squares, etc. Other common shapes are points, lines, planes, and conic sections such as ellipses, circles, and parabolas.
9,5pt/12,5pt
Among the most common 3-dimensional shapes are polyhedra, which are shapes with flat faces; ellipsoids, which are egg-shaped or sphere-shaped objects; cylinders; and cones. If an object falls into one of these categories exactly or even approximately, we can use it to describe the shape of the object. Thus, we say that the shape of a manhole cover is a disk, because it is approximately the same geometric object as an actual geometric disk.
Sometimes, two similar or congruent objects may be regarded as having a different shape if a reflection is required to transform one into the other. For instance, the letters "b" and "d" are a reflection of each other, and hence they are congruent and similar, but in some contexts they are not regarded as having the same shape. Sometimes, only the outline or external boundary of the object is considered to determine its shape. For instance, a hollow sphere may be considered to have the same shape as a solid sphere. Procrustes analysis is used in many sciences to determine whether or not two objects have the same shape, or to measure the difference between two shapes. In advanced mathematics, quasi-isometry can be used as a criterion to state that two shapes are approximately the same.
7pt/9pt
rectangle
? rou n de
d
d e d
t f so
rou n
sharp
l a v o
Typographic scale
58pt
52pt
46pt
40pt
34pt
Rectangle Pentagon Diamond Hexagon Octagon
28pt
Triangle
22pt
Square
16pt
Circle
10pt
Star
6pt
Oval
A shape is the form of an object or its external boundary, outline, or external surface.
Font anatomy
Moderat contrast between thin and thick strokes
Ascender line
x-height
Baseline
Descender line
Lowercase serif cuts with an angulation ofâ&#x20AC;&#x2030; 11,5°
Shap Shoulder: stroke reduction to vertical stroke
Spike Serif is a font that is based on the very geometrical and classical font Akzidenz-Grotesk. In general it is inspired by shapes. It has pointed serifs that look like spikes, where its name is coming from and its dots are diamond shaped. Because of its unique style it fits for headlines but can be also used for body text.
Double story a and g
Spike Serif Diagonal stress 30°
pelove Aperture: open c, e
Unbracketed serifs with pointed terminals
Diagonal bar on e
You are unique!
Q G
n E IE Z S Z G G
Font characteristics Uppercase
Ascender-Serifs
Baseline-Serifs
HIJKLN UVWXY
AFHIKM NPRTXY
ABDEF MNPR
BDE
EFTZ
EZ
GCS
S
Special-Serifs
Q
G
Q
Spike Serifs has pointed serifs that are applied to all of its letters. Overall they are pretty much the same. For the lowercase letters there is an angulation of 11.5° at some serifs. But there are a few unique letters like the "Q" or the "G".
Font characteristics Lowercase Cap-hight-Serifs
b fu x s 11,5°
bdhkl
f
x-height-Serifs 11,5°
ijmnpru
kvwxy
s
c
x-height-Beaks
n j dn zs g Descender-Serifs
pq
jy
Baseline-Serifs
du
11,5°
fhiklmnrx
z
s
Ear-Serif
acz
g
g
Double story g
Font characteristics
i
Diamond shaped dots
Angled cuts with 11,5°
Pointed serifs
ä ! ö ? ü
Font relations Uppercase
OQCGD IJLEFT HNM PRBU AVW XYZK S
Font relations Lowercase
nmhru oecbdpq vwyxzk iljtf ags
!!!
shape
love 4-ever
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Faculty of Design and Art Free University of Bolzano - Bozen WUP 2020/21 Spike Serif designed by Katharina Hanglberger Prof. Antonino Benincasa Andreas Trenker Emilio Grazzi Font created with Illustrator & Fontself