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Wave Sans 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
a bcdef 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
Wave Sans
K b p Inline skeletton
K b p Applied brushes
Brush adaption
Final letterform
Brushes
0° 100% 8pt used for vertical and diagonal strokes, uppercase bowls and lowercase letters
0° 100% 8,5pt used for some stem and diagonal strokes
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0° 100% 7,5pt/7,8pt* used for vertical, diagonal strokes and lowercase bowls
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0° 85% 9pt/8,5pt* used for uppercase round shapes
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0° 75% 9pt/10pt* used for stem and Z-stroke
30° 30% 9pt/10pt* used for bow 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 eggshaped 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
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Typographic scale
58pt
52pt
Rectangle Pentagon
46pt
Diamond
40pt
Hexagon
34pt
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
No contrast between thin and thick strokes
Ascender line
x-height
Baseline
Descender line
Bows and waves as small elements on letters
Shap Terminals are always cut straight
Shoulder: no stroke reduction to vertical stroke
Wave Sans is a font that is based on the very geometrical and classical font Akzidenz-Grotesk. In general it is inspired by shapes. It has rounded elements like bows and waves, thats where its name is coming from. Its dots are circle shaped. Because of its unique style it fits for headlines but can also be used for body text.
Single story a, but double story g
Wave Sans Aperture: closed c, e
No stress and circular geometrical-looking bowl
pelove Bow for better readability
Straight bar on e
You are unique!
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Font characteristics Uppercase
THE FIVE BOXING WIZARDS JUMP QUICKLY. Bow terminal
Bow stroke
Wave stroke type 1
Wave stroke type 2
Font characteristics Lowercase
the five boxing wizards jump quickly. Bow terminal type 1
Bow terminal type 2
Wave stroke type 1
Wave stroke type 2
Look at this wave
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Font characteristics
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Circle shaped dots
Straight cuts
Bow terminals
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Font relations Uppercase
OQCGD IJLEFT HNM PRBU AVW XYZK S
Font relations Lowercase
nmhru oecbdpqa vwyxzk iljtf gs
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shape love 4-ever
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lW äs N Faculty of Design and Art Free University of Bolzano - Bozen WUP 2020/21 Wave Sans designed by Katharina Hanglberger
Prof. Antonino Benincasa Andreas Trenker Emilio Grazzi Font created with Illustrator & Fontself