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Dorset

by Positype
Individual Styles from $49.00 USD
The Dorset Font Family was designed by Léon Hugues and published by Positype. Dorset contains 1 styles.

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About the family


Dorset marks Léon Hugues first script typeface and first release with the Positype Flourish label. Built crosscurrent to a strict revival or calligraphic digitization, Dorset’s aim was to understand how a font could interact with various calligraphic influences in a single execution and how that interpretation by Léon would lead to new, exclusive design choices.

The design purposely chose to connect various gestures from Spencerian handwriting and copperplate calligraphy and meld that with his initial experiments with fine, flat nibs. The result is wholly unique and useful when clear, open, and legible script typography is desired.

OpenType features included in this typeface allow the user to seamlessly move from an italic to connected script, while the various stylistic sets can lead you to variations of texture and rhythm, allowing for a more personal and exact expression.


Designers: Léon Hugues

Publisher: Positype

Foundry: Positype

Design Owner: Positype

MyFonts debut: Sep 29, 2022

Dorset

About Positype

Positype was founded by Neil Summerour in 2000. A trained designer, lettering artist, and calligrapher, Summerour established Positype to accentuate the craft behind producing typefaces. The subtleties of mass, perfect imperfections, warmth, and uniqueness are foundational tenets to developing the foundry’s commercial offerings with the ultimate goal of producing useful and reliable fonts.These ideals are reflected in our diverse retail catalog, offering an array of fonts tailored for an extensive spectrum of applications, spanning from understated and practical to bold and ornamental. These fonts are available for licensing, adaptable for both physical and digital mediums.

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