Othello Serif
Othello Serif by Licia Bellelli
Font anatomy of the source font braketed blunt beak
bracketed wedged blunt head serif
crossbar
strokes contrast
bilateral bracketed blunt terminals
crotch
round letters with an overshoot
tear drop terminal
teardrop terminal
ascender line cap−height
x−height
baseline descender line
closed bowl
diagonal stress 33°
finial
Times New Roman
Victor Lardent
1931
Uppercase letters
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Lowercase letters
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Numerals
0123456789
Diacritics, punctuation signs and symbols
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Evolution
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Inline skeleton
Brushes application
Basic proportions of each letter obtained by drawing the inner structure of the source typeface â&#x20AC;&#x153;Times New Romanâ&#x20AC;?.
Thickness and inclination of the different parts of the letter made appling different brushes to the strokes.
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Letters expansion
Serifs application
Final result
Expansion of the brushes and refinition of the letters cutting the exeding parts. Inclination of some strokes as a stylistic feature.
Application of the different serifs at the end of each letter stroke.
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Brushes
0° 54% 6,5pt
0° 54% 6,5pt
55° 60% 5,0pt
20° 100% 6pt
5° 90% 3,5pt
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Font sizes in use Othello
HEADLINE 21pt/24pt
Othello is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1603. The story revolves around its two central characters: Othello, a Moorish general in the Venetian army, and his treacherous ensign, Iago.
SUBHEAD 12pt/14pt
William Shakespeare
Roderigo, a wealthy and disso lute gentleman, complains to his friend Iago, an ensign, that Iago has not told him about the secret marriage between Desdemona, the daughter of a senator named Brabantio, and Othello, a Moorish general in the Venetian army. Roderigo is upset because he loves Desdemona and had asked her father, Brabantio, for her hand in marriage. Iago hates Othello for promoting a younger man named Cassio above him, whom Iago con siders a less capable soldier than himself, and tells Roderigo that he plans to exploit Othello for his own advantage. Iago convinces Roderigo to wake Brabantio and tell him about his daughter’s el opement. Meanwhile, Iago sneaks away to find Othello and warns him that Brabantio is coming for him. Brabantio, provoked by Rod erigo, is enraged and will not rest until he has confronted Othello, but he finds Othello’s reside nce full of the Duke of Venice’s Othello due to its enduring themes is still often performed in professional and community theatres.
who prevent violence. News has arrived in Venice that the Turks are going to attack Cyprus, and Othello is therefore summoned to advise the senators. Brabantio has no option but to accompany Othello to the Duke’s residence, where he accuses Othello of s educing Desdemona by witch craft. Othello defends himself before the Duke of Venice, Br abantio‘s kinsmen Lodovico and Gratiano, and various senators. Othello explains that Desdemona became enamoured of him for the sad and compelling stories he told of his life before Venice, not b ecause of any witchcraft. The s enate is satisfied once Desdemo na confirms that she loves Othe llo, but Brabantio leaves sa ying that Desdemona will betray Othello: “Look to her, Moor, if thou hast eyes to see. She has d eceived her father, and may thee,” (Act I, Sc 3). Iago, still in the room, takes note of Brabantio’s remark. By order of the Duke.
BODY TEXT 9,5pt/11pt
CAPTION 6pt/7pt
Tipographic scale
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72pt
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36pt
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20pt
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14pt
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11pt
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9pt
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6pt
6pt
Henry IV
9pt
Richard II
11pt
Cymbelline
14pt
Julius Caesar
20pt
Sir Thomas More
28pt
53pt
72pt
53pt
36pt
Romeo & Juliet
King Lear
Macbeth Romeo & Juliet Sir Thomas More
28pt
Julius Caesar
20pt
King Lear
14pt
Cymbelline
11pt
Richard II
9pt
Henry IV
6pt
King John
Font anatomy 40° cutted monolateral head serif
teardrop terminal
double storey a
crotch
barb, hybrid serifs
assimetrical bilateral bracketed with bluntâ&#x2C6;&#x2019; tapered terminal
vertical stress
teardrop terminal
closed bowl
ascender line cap−height
x−height baseline descender line
40° crossbar inclination
round letters with an overshoot
finial
serif bilateral bracketed bluntâ&#x2C6;&#x2019;tapered
symmetrical
asymmetrical
asymmetrical
symmetrical
symmetrical
asymmetrical
asymmetrical
Font characteristics
head serif
vertical spur
Q tail
barb
bilateral beak
monolateral beak
teardrop terminal
head serif
Font relations
40°
serifs inclination or cut
40°
320°
Q tail
barb with a vertical element
round strokes with an upper overshoot
strokes with the same inclination
inclinated beak
same shape, with the same strokes inclination
teardrop terminals
arc and shoulder with the same shape
differently inclinated and rotated bowls
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Faculty of Design and Art Free University of Bolzano â&#x2C6;&#x2019; Bozen WUP 2020/21 Typeface designed by Licia Bellelli Prof. Antonino Benincasa Andreas Trenker Emilio Grazzi Font created with Illustrator & Fontself