Amelie Briggs

Manofa is a calligraphic sans-serif typeface. It is inspired by Warren Chappells Lydian and originated from the experiments with the shape and form of the letter O.

The result is a contemporary, sharp and sculptural display. Details include four weights, matching italics, two widths, alternative characters and the OpenType features.

Tara is a family of serif fonts designed for immersive reading. Its design considers a tall x-height, balanced with high contrast letter-forms and wedge-shaped serifs that propose an elegant character functional at reading sizes.

The axis of stress running through the letters is almost vertical; however, Tara is inspired by oldstyle typefaces, characterized by their use of diagonal axes.

The family includes four weights that range from Regular through Bold with matching italics.

Many of Taras lowercase letters retain calligraphic traces in their details, such as the terminal on the upright lowercase a and the ear of the g.

The italics contain a few dozen swash alternates, for use in headlines, titles as well as logo designs.

All of the fonts include small caps, 14 f-ligatures, and case-sensitive punctuation.

The default numeral style is set at proportional oldstyle figures with tabular and lining figures available as OpenType alternates.

A full-range of numerators and denominators for fraction-typesetting has been included for its compatibility with a widespread range of contents.

With letter-forms quite comfortable to read, Taras language support covers an extended Latin character-set and is an excellent choice for editorial projects across print media.

Tara was designed by Tania Alvarez Zaldivar, a type and graphic designer from Mexico, and a graduate of the Type & Media program at the Royal Academy of Arts (KABK) in The Hague.

Rion is a high-contrast modern, or Didone-style font family, with a calligraphic flourish. It is intended for typesetting headlines in editorial design settings, as well as signage, the larger texts in exhibition graphics, or any other place where you need big, elegant-looking type.

Rion takes inspiration both from straight-axis nineteenth century typefaces and pointed-pen calligraphy.

Its letterforms contain a high degree of stroke-contrast; this gives them a look of sophistication.

The family includes six weights, ranging in style from Light through Black. Each weight has both an upright font and an italic on offer. The fonts default numerals are proportionally-spaced oldstyle figures. Lining figures are also available, via an OpenType feature. Rions characters are all a bit condensed; this narrow feeling is especially present in the fonts uppercase letters.

The ascenders of the lowercase letters rise slightly above the tops of the capitals.

In the upright fonts, the a and the g are double-storied. In the italics, they are single-storied. Each font includes small caps, and 13 f-ligatures, too. Special characters in the fonts such as the hashtag and the @-symbol, as well several punctuation marks and mathematical glyphs are drawn with thin, monolinear hairline strokes, allowing them to disappear into the background somewhat, and let the real alphabetic characters shine more prominently.

Rion is the work of Barbara Bigosinska, a Polish type designer living in the Netherlands, who is a graduate of the MA Type & Media programme at the Royal Academy of Art (KABK) in The Hague.