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EAMES CENTURY MODERN THIN
EAMES CENTURY MODERN THIN ITALIC
EAMES CENTURY MODERN LIGHT
EAMES CENTURY MODERN LIGHT ITALIC
EAMES CENTURY MODERN REGULAR
EAMES CENTURY MODERN REGULAR ITALIC
EAMES CENTURY MODERN BOOK
EAMES CENTURY MODERN BOOK ITALIC
EAMES CENTURY MODERN MEDIUM
EAMES CENTURY MODERN MEDIUM ITALIC
EAMES CENTURY MODERN BOLD
EAMES CENTURY MODERN BOLD ITALIC
EAMES CENTURY MODERN EXTRA BOLD
EAMES CENTURY MODERN EXTRA BOLD ITALIC
EAMES CENTURY MODERN BLACK
EAMES CENTURY MODERN BLACK ITALIC
EAMES CENTURY MODERN STENCIL
EAMES CENTURY MODERN STENCIL CAMEO
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Eames Century Modern is a typographic workhorse that honors the Eames aesthetic while offering unprecedented functionality. An eighteen-style serif typeface family strikes an unprecedented balance between distinctive idiosyncrasies, readability and space economy. Its 18 styles include gracefully complementary italics and a virtually endless supply of deep text handling features. Carefully-weighted small caps, nine different figure styles, ligatures, contextual alternate forms and thousands of lines of computer code give Eames Century Modern a significant edge in contemporary design environments. A stencil font on the heaviest weight of Eames Century Modern takes the curvature of bent plywood and abstracts the shapes into type.
In a nod to Charles and Ray’s infatuation with circus imagery, we penned three elephantine numeral fonts whose woodcut-inspired forms leave a tastefully pachydermic impact on any layout. Fanciful figures from Ray’s January and December 1943 Arts and Architecture® covers were the impetus for a more delicate set of numbers. All four figure sets boast a rich array of currency symbols, punctuation and a sophisticated fraction feature.
The Eames’ pragmatism was always tempered with their love of adornment, so this collection would not be complete without a host of carefully drawn ornaments and a galley of frames. These elements are sure to provide dignified directional stability and exquisitely cultivated closure to any design project.
EAMES CREDITS
Typeface Design: Erik van Blokland & House Industries
Art Direction: Andy Cruz
Typeface Direction: Ken Barber & Andy Cruz
Typeface Mastering: Tal Leming
Catalog Design: Bondé Prang
Photography: Eames Office, Herman Miller Archive, Carlos Alejandro, Cheryl Savala
Eames Exhibits: Erik van Blokland, Ken Barber, Ben Kiel
Refuse Removal: Rich Roat
Extras
ORNAMENTS
POSTER NUMERALS S
POSTER NUMERALS M
POSTER NUMERALS L
COVER NUMERALS FILL
COVER NUMERALS OUTLINE
FRAMES
Glyphs
Thin
Thin Italic
Light
Light Italic
Book
Book Italic
Regular
Regular Italic
Medium
Medium Italic
Bold
Bold Italic
Extra Bold
Extra Bold Italic
Black
Black Italic
Stencil
Stencil Cameo
Eames Frames
Eames Numerals Cover
Eames Numerals Poster Lg
Eames Numerals Poster Md
Eames Numerals Poster Sm
Eames Ornaments
Features
Default settings have rounded brackets in the serifs of C, G and S (and of course their lowercase, small cap versions and diacritic siblings). A stylistic set (available in Adobe InDesign) switches these to serifs with a sharper cut, which makes the type look a bit crisper. For instance if you want to use a single word at a large size.
Eames Century Modern uses these automatically-substituted letter combinations to solve space and spacing issues.
The Eames Exhibits Ornaments contains a range of left and right facing arrows and pointers that are drawn to fit the proportions of Eames Century Modern. An OpenType feature controls the appropriate tail, center and head. Length is determined by how many of the same letters are typed.