Some omissions require more space than others. APN Chora includes two-em and three-em dashes for traditional editorial and bibliographic uses.
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#typedesign #punctuation

The Renaissance wasn’t entirely a golden age either. Its letterforms, however, have held up rather well:
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#typography #renaissance

[ Specimen poster inspired by fonshickmann.com/work/this-is... ]

Renaissance romans inherited the varied proportions of Roman inscriptional capitals. APN Chora preserves that contrast, lending greater movement and articulation to all-caps settings.
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#typedesign #letterproportions

APN Chora’s diagonal stress becomes gradually more upright as the weight increases, from about 20° in Regular to about 10° in Bold.
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#typedesign #oldstyle

APN Chora has been revised and expanded. More styles, more glyphs, more typographic features.
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#typedesign #typeface

This month's blog features interviews with Francisco Gálvez Pizarro about Otta, Patrick Nell about APN Ochra, Elsa Drevous about Narri, and Dušan Jelesijević about Rebuke: blog.identifont.com

Had a lovely conversation with up-and-coming journalist and design blogger micahblachman.com last week about type design, process, and where the field is heading. His questions were genuinely inspiring. Micah is working on a zine about niche type foundries — definitely keep an eye out for it!

Introducing APN Ochra: A slender, sun-baked display and identity companion to APN Chora, with a subtle glyphic touch and a nod to Quattrocento Florentine letterforms. Available via Monotype and alphabetspatricknell.com.

#typedesign #renaissance #modulatedsans

there is no such thing as a "typeface for kids" stop

that's called marketing, like "facial tissues for girls"

This is lovely, thank you for taking your time to read it! It genuinely means a lot.

APN Chora now available via Monotype and alphabetspatricknell.com: a rationalized humanist typeface optimized for legibility in extended reading. Available in just two styles—roman and italic—yet fully equipped for all needs of refined typography.

#typedesign #renaissance #book

Celebrating the launch of my boutique foundry, Alphabets Patrick Nell, with a microsite for my typeface APN Ggantija: alphabetggantija.com (with testing & purchasing options). Plus, APN Ggantija is now also available via Monotype & MyFonts!

#typedesign #slabserif #modernism