"Medieval" Titillium (an experiment)

michele casanova

In Italy, the font "Titillium" has been adopted as the standard for websites of public administration entities for several years. As an experiment for pages with historical themes (e.g. archives, museums), I'm trying to create drop caps with a medieval touch, starting from "Titillium Title".

Since these are drop caps, I’m currently using a maximum width, which explains the limitation in the width of the letter /M.

However, I’m concerned that the lines might be too rounded compared to the original "Titillium" style (in the image, the letters /I, /J, /K, /L, /S, /V, /Z have not yet been updated).

Do you have any suggestions for improvements or recommendations for sources of inspiration?

Craig Eliason

You might take a look at Gerard Unger's "Alverata Irregular" which took inspiration from medieval letter structures.