Font Specimen - Plotty

Plotty

by Vittoria Battaiola

Font anatomy of the source font First type of serif, used in ascenders

Cap height is lower than Ascender line

Cap-Height x-Height

Baseline

Second type of serif, used in angled terminals

Flowe

Third type of serif, used in endings

Not alligned endings

Minion is a serif typeface released in 1990 by Adobe Systems. Designed by Robert Slimbach, it is inspired by late Renaissance-era type and intended for body text and extended reading. Minions name comes from the traditional naming system for type sizes, in which minion is between nonpareil and brevier, with the type body 7pt in height.

The design is slightly condensed, although Slimbach has said that this was intended not for commercial reasons so much as to achieve a good balance of the size of letters relative to the ascenders and descenders.

The Minion Pro is an OpenType update of the original family, released in 2000. The update is based on Minion MM but features slight changes to the selection of instances and modifications of the font metrics.

ering

Ascender

Descender

Contrast in the thickness of the lines

Minion Pro

Uppercase Letters

A B C D F G H I J L M N O Q R S T V W X Y

E K P U Z

Lowercase Letters

a f l q v

b c d g h i j m n o r s t w x y

e k p u z

Numerals

0 2 4 6 8

1 3 5 7 9

Diacratics & signs

à á ä è é ì í ò ó ö . ‹ ( _

ù ú ü , : ; " « › ! ?& % ) [ ] { } = ÷ / @ *

» # €

21/24 pt

In April 1992, Christopher McCandless arrives in a remote area called Healy, just north of Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska. Noting McCandless‘ unpreparedness, the stranger who drops him off gives him a pair of gumboots. McCandless travels into the wilderness and sets up a campsite in an abandoned city bus, which he calls « The Magic Bus ». At first, McCandless is content with the isolation, the beauty of nature around him, and the thrill of living off the land. He hunts with a 22 caliber rifle, reads books, and keeps a diary of his thoughts as he prepares himself for a new life in the wild.

9,5/11 pt

I I IInto the Wild

drama film written, co-produced, and directed by Sean Penn.

The true story of Christopher McCandless, aka Alex Supertramp

6/7 pt

Into the Wild is a 2007 American biographical adventure

12/14 pt

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IIII

Different font sizes in use

Font Characteristics

Three different types of serif applied

Rounded terminals

Straight axis

Contrast in the thickness of the lines

Font anatomy

Cap height is lower than Ascender line

First type of serif, used in ascenders Second type of serif, used in angled terminals

Cap-Height x-Height

Baseline

Flowe Second type of serif, used in straight terminals

Font anatomy

Horizontal bar on the e and angulation at round shape terminals

Rounded terminals

ering Rounded descender

Ascender

Descender

Don‘t you feel observed?

Don‘t you feel observed?

Don‘t you feel observed?

Don‘t you feel observed?

Don‘t you feel observed?

Don‘t you feel observed?

Don‘t you feel observed?

Don‘t you feel observed?

DON‘T TRY TO HIDE

Evolution

Source font

Skeleton

Two different applied brushes

Final letterform

Brushes

F f LONG LINES Used for longer, vertical lines 0° 30% 7pt

SHORT LINES Used for shorter, horizontal or sloped lines 0° 50% 5pt

ROUNDED MAIUSC Used for curved lines of uppercase letters 0° 40% 8pt

ROUNDED MINUSC Used for curved lines of lowercase letters 0° 40% 7pt

100 pt

90 pt

80 pt

70 pt

Flowering

Flowering

Flowering

Flowering

Flowering

flowering

Flowering

60 pt

Flowering

Flowering

Typographic scale

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40 pt

30 pt

20 pt

Font relationships

a n n m h r u

q o e c b d p q

s

i i l j f t

k

Font relationships

g x v w x y z

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