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Medusa

Medusa™

by Re-Type
Licenses from $120.00
Complete family of 2 fonts: $120.00
Medusa Font Family was designed by Ramiro Espinoza and published by Re-Type. Medusa contains 2 styles and family package options.

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Medusa

2 fonts

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  • Medusa Medusa

  • Medusa Ornaments Medusa Ornaments

Per style:

$60.00

Pack of 2 styles:

$120.00

About Medusa Font Family


Beautiful is Ramiro Espinoza’s homage to 19th Century Catalonian pointed pen calligraphy. The starting-off point in the creation of the typeface was an analysis of the historical models of formal English handwriting and the ways in which those styles had been adapted to the typographic technologies of different eras. A representative example of such adaptations involves the group of letters which, in connected scripts, join from near the top of their x-height, namely “b”, “o”, “v” and “w”. Up to now, all typefaces derived from the roundhand have been simplified so that the above letters connect with the following glyphs from the middle of their x-height. Unfortunately, this solution produces an artificial, awkward appearance. At ReType we decided to move in the opposite direction. We didn’t force the shape of hard-to-format letters into the service of technology, but rather resolved to press technology into the service of respecting the original graceful quality of those letters. In addition, numerous elements lacking in Stirling’s book have been added. The fantastically ornate capitals were redrawn in order to strike a greater balance and enhance the consistency of the set of letters as a whole. Several swashes and ligatures were also created from scratch. Perhaps the most unusual feature of Medusa is its small caps, which have been carefully designed to produce an all-cap setting that is stylistically harmonious with the classic copperplate script,

Designers: Ramiro Espinoza

Publisher: Re-Type

Foundry: Re-Type

Design Owner: Re-Type

MyFonts debut: Mar 15, 2013

Medusa™

About Re-Type

ReType is a digital type foundry based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The company was created in 2007 and it is run by Ramiro Espinoza. Originally from Argentina he worked there in several editorial companies, co-founded the first Argentinian type foundry and moved in 2003 to The Hague to study in the KABKs MA in Type Design (Type]Media). In the Netherlands he worked at Studio Smidswater were expanded their corporate typeface adding italics and new weights. After leaving the studio and becoming independent, he has researched vernacular dutch lettering, published articles and worked in numerous freelance assignments for Fontshop and The Foundry.

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