Carolina™ famille de polices

Carolina™ Roman (Linotype Originals) Plus de détails ... Ajouter au panier Prix à partir de: 26,00 US$

Carolina™ Roman DFR (Linotype Originals) Plus de détails ... Ajouter au panier Prix à partir de: 26,00 US$

Gottfried Pott is an excellent expert in calligraphic handwriting. He designed famous fonts for Linotype and is author of numerous publications. More about the fonts: Arioso™ Arioso stems from an early form of Old Face, developed during the 14th and 15th centuries in Italy. The style mixed Roman capital letter forms with Carolingian minuscule for the lower case. This combination puts it in the same basic family as many other Italic Chancery typefaces, like Hermann Zapf's ITC Zapf [...]

Gottfried Pott, born 1939, studied graphic design at the Werkkunstschule in Wiesbaden with emphasis in lettering art under Prof. Friedrich Poppl. At the same time studies in painting with Prof. Vincent Weber and studies in music with Peter Kempin. Activities: Exhibits, workshops, development of type faces, as well as limited edition publication of calligraphic works. Since 1988 Professor for Calligraphy and Lettering Design at the University for Applied Science and Art at Hildesheim/Holzminden. [...]

The phenomenon of the art of lettering has been with us since the very beginning of writing. This surely comes from the desire to express the content of the text in a very specific way. Each era has had its own forms of artistic expression, and so it is with lettering. The art of lettering is the art of “subtle” notes, as in chamber music, for example, where the fine, in-between notes also become audible or visible. Emanating from England prior to and at the beginning of the 20th [...]

Carolina est l'une des polices contenues dans la bibliothèque de polices « Type before Gutenberg », publiée en 1990. Elle contient le travail de 12 créateurs de polices contemporains et propose des styles de toutes les époques. Gottfried Pott a conçu la police Carolina dans la tradition typographique des manuscrits carolingiens. L'écriture très coulée donne au texte une allure élégante et légère.