Freaky Greeks

Ray Larabie
Posts: 1,467
Check out the Greek Compacta and Eurostile in the 1988 Letraset catalog—quite progressive, I think. I like in Eurostile how the ζ is a z and the λ is dropped. And then in Compacta, they keep the β, ζ and ξ aligned to the x-height. Whaddya think?


Tagged:
0
Comments
-
Dropped λ is common in modern (especially pointed-nib) calligraphy. It works there, because the entire "wide portion" of the letter is delegated to the descender space, kind of like Latin j. Not sure how well it works here.Interesting how the arms are shorter than the x-height in Compacta's ψ — I suppose it aids legibility in the otherwise tightly packed forest of full stems.0
-
Ray Larabie said:quite progressive, I think.
10 -
Hadn’t occurred to me before, but a bold condensed Ξ is pretty much impossible, isn’t it.3
-
Rüdiger's Theodor and probably some others I've seen add a vertical bar to fill the gaps. Not sure how common a practice that is but it seems like it works.1
-
Well, a dropped lambda works very well in Letraset. If you don't like it, you can just move the sheet up.
3
Categories
- All Categories
- 46 Introductions
- 3.9K Typeface Design
- 485 Type Design Critiques
- 560 Type Design Software
- 1.1K Type Design Technique & Theory
- 653 Type Business
- 848 Font Technology
- 29 Punchcutting
- 519 Typography
- 119 Type Education
- 323 Type History
- 77 Type Resources
- 111 Lettering and Calligraphy
- 32 Lettering Critiques
- 79 Lettering Technique & Theory
- 548 Announcements
- 90 Events
- 114 Job Postings
- 170 Type Releases
- 173 Miscellaneous News
- 276 About TypeDrawers
- 54 TypeDrawers Announcements
- 120 Suggestions and Bug Reports