A Brazilian pianist has an extensive series of videos on YouTube, which contain nice music.
In his
latest video, he is accompanied by a flautist, who has included a message of love in the video (where the ad banner may cover it).
It's in Greek, but the typeface is thoroughly Latinized. It took me a while to find a typeface that presented Greek in this manner, but I eventually found at least one: Monotype's Century Regular. I knew it was possible to do this, but I was not sure that anyone had gone ahead and done so.
Finally, on Luc Devroye's site, I found more examples: Linotype New Century Schoolbook Greek and Linotype New Baskerville Greek, and three Greek typefaces by Magenta, their versions of Garamond, Bodoni, and Souvenir. (Ah, these examples came from a paper by Yannis Haralambous; I had read it and seen them before, but I had forgotten all about them.)
Comments
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The problem is leaving the impression that Latinization should be a mainstream goal. More broadly, promoting the belief that geometric congruence across scripts is the principal foundation for dignified multi-script typesetting. To me that's not remotely the case, because a shape conveys meaning largely –although notably not entirely– in the context of the given culture.
Really? That has not been my observation. Or more accurately, there are a significant number of people who do not think it is an error. That includes graphic designers or beginning type designers who are native users of the writing system in question—some of them are often among the most ardent “reformers.”
I don’t believe Greek typography today is a monoculture that requires political correctness. As I see it there are certain academic and conservative forces at play, as well as more commercial and innovative designers, attuned to international trends. I take account of both when designing Greek glyphs, but ultimately the dominant factor is, “what works best for this particular typeface?”
If you do want to spend time thinking about this, you might start by reading Tatiana Marza's paper on the subject.
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