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Welcome to a new section on my blog! Every
Tuesday I will talk about a typeface that has tickled my fancy and hopefully
pass on some knowledge to those who are interested in learning about
typography. I find many websites don’t get straight to the point when it comes
to explaining what font they are on about. My aim is to stuff myself, and you
guys, full to the brim with fairly simple points about each font. At the end of
each post I will give the typeface a “gas mark” rating from 1 to 9. 1 - a
steady slow cook, 9 - a full on fire. Well then, lets get started!
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| Alphabet image from: identifont.com |
The name “Didot” comes from its group of
founders, which were a family of typeface designers, printers, publishers and
overall inventors. The Didot family owned the most important font foundry in
all of France back in the 1800’s; Pierre Didot. This is were the classic and
beautiful typeface was born. Firmin Didot cut the letters and cast them, whilst
his brother, Pierre, produced them in print. Didot is a serif based font and described
as neoclassical/modern. The typeface we see popular today was
produced in 1991 by Adrian Frutiger, who delicately composed the family based
off of Firmin Didot’s original designs. Didot is now part of the Linotype
foundry.
Bodoni
Moderno FB
Both of these fonts are very similar to
that of our good friend Didot.
Strong contrast between
thick and thin strokes
Super thin, hairline serifs
Centred around a vertical axis
Show horizontal stress
Small aperture that is commonly seen on the letter “e”
Lowercase “f” “j” and “r” feature teardrop tails and terminals
The capitalised “Q” has a leaf-like tail
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| Images from: pinterest.com |
The 2014 space-age thriller “Interstellar”
(great film btw, 10/10 would recommend) used a capitalised version of the font
on its promotional posters.
Fashion magazines and articles cannot
get enough of the delicious Didot, with Vogue and Harpers Bazaar both using it
for their headline. The font delivers class and style so it’s easy to see why it is
so common amongst this category of publication.
Didot tastes even better with a side of
Gotham. This sans-serif font works in harmony with its older and elegant
friend.
(But if we were rating Didot Itallic, it would be a super sizzling 8)
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