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Rhodaelian
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Rhodaelian Retour
Some words from Sentinel Type:
Rhodaelian Retour expands the original Rhodaelian into a powerful, feature-packed display typography system.
* MMDTS™ Multi-Modular Display Type System
* programmed modular control with multiple alternates
* extensive automatic ligatures
* phonetic glyph shaping
* 2 heights -- Rhodaelian & Cathedra
* 2 weights -- regular & bold
Plug into the seductive power of contemporary industrial design with this plush, high-impact display type mirroring the incised sculpted forms of automotive styling. Rhodaelian combines genuine depth of design with stunning visual presence--an evolved architecture of neatly chiseled structures, discrete curves & equally subtle detailing.
Rhodaelian’s advanced modular design multiplies the structural relations between letters. With some having as many as four alternate forms, these are not alternates in the conventional sense, but degrees of character. The Multi-Modular Display Type System gives the user control of modularity and typographic modelling to suit individual assignments. Transformation is instant and easily accessible from the application’s interface*, along with extensive automatic ligatures.
Rhodaelian employs a scheme of contrasting letter shapes to create a literal analog of speech. Letters with soft sounds like ‘o’, ‘e’, ‘h’, are given smooth outlines, while hard letters like ‘q’, ‘p’, ‘n’, are sharp-cornered & squarer. The visual richness avoids the bland uniformity of ‘old school’ of pre-millennial types without renouncing the integrity of the design type as a whole.
Note: the standard capitals, designed to work with the lower case, tend to produce an uneven topline in all-caps settings. This problem is solved with the alternate capitals.
*OpenType Rhodaelians contain all alternates & ligatures in a single font file. TrueType versions provide the alternates & ligatures in supplementary font files.
Rhodaelian
Some words from Sentinel Type:
A plush, hard-hitting display type with genuine depth of design, Rhodaelian combines maximum persuasive force with stunning visual presence and more than a hint of magnetism. Rhodaelian resonates with industrial design of the early 21st century. Clean, smart structures defined by discrete curves and equally subtle detailing—a calculated blend of sharp and smooth.
Proportion-wise, Rhodaelian parallels gothic blackletters at the apogee of their development: narrow, compact letterforms with an emphasis on the vertical; ascenders and descenders reduced to a minimum; stroke (weight) equal to or greater than correspondingly narrow counters; rich, warm tone generated by close-set strokes.
Rhodaelian avoids the uniform styling of most typefaces in its class in which similar or recurring elements—if not the complete typeface—are given a uniform structure and finish. Far from arbitrary, Rhodaelian’s multifaceted design is systematic; soft letters like ‘o’, ‘e’, ‘h’ are given smooth corners, while ‘hard’ letters, eg: ‘q’, ‘p’, ‘n’, are sharp-cornered and squarer in form. In this way, the mechanics of spoken language are emulated graphically, resulting in a literal analog of speech. The differentiated approach also adds visual richness, subtly replacing the blandness we normally experience from industrially designed objects, without sacrificing the basic unity of the font.
Rhodaelian is an original moniker created for this typeface.
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