The typeface that was chosen for this mid-term assignment, was Constantia. The designer of this typeface is John Hudson who was born in Bristol, England in 1968. In 1978, Hudson’s parents moved to Canada where he still resides. In the early 1990s he began designing his own type and often received encouragement from Gerlad Giampa who was employed at Lanston Type Co. He has his own company which he co-founded in 1994 with Ross Mills called Tiro Typeworks. The company is currently based in Vancouver, Canada. Tiro Typeworks have a prestigious customer base which include; Microsoft Corporation, Linotype Library GmbH, and the Society of Biblical Literature’s Font Foundation.
Since 1997, Hudson has been designing custom fonts that are used for multilingual …show more content…
Constantia was created for Microsoft Corporation’s use so it could be used in their 2007 Microsoft Office and Windows Vista editions when the software was launched. According to Typedia, the typeface originated out of the United States of America and was in a digital format (Maria, 2009). The typeface itself falls into the serif classification and is part of the Microsoft ClearType Font Collection. The ClearType Collection has all its fonts starting with the letter “C”. The name Constantia, was selected by Hudson for this typeface based on singing some psalms during vespers when he noticed the word Constantia and selected it mainly because it began with the letter “C”. Some Constantia users feel that the typeface is a hybrid between serif and sans serif as not all the letters have the classic serif feel. The font is said to have an ancient feel or look to it making it ideal to compare against old style typefaces. Constantia is a great typeface for not only the screen but also for print as it has great readability. “The design responds to the recent narrowing of the gap between screen readability and traditional print media, exploiting specific aspects of the ClearType rendering, such as sub-pixel positioning” (Maria, …show more content…
Currently Constantia is on version 5.91m and holds about 1,204 characters within its type set which are a combination of letters, numbers and glyphs. “Constantia is a modulated wedge-serif typeface designed primarily for continuous text in both electronic and paper publishing. The classic proportions of relatively small x-height and long extenders make Constantia ideal for book and journal publishing, while the slight squareness and open counters ensure that it remains legible even at small sizes.” (Constantia Regular, 2017). This typeface can also be found in languages; basic Latin, Cyrillic, Greek, Vietnamese, and Latin extended. In comparison against the font Georgia at 12 points, Constantia seems to be slightly smaller in size but bigger when compared against Times New
Since 1997, Hudson has been designing custom fonts that are used for multilingual …show more content…
Constantia was created for Microsoft Corporation’s use so it could be used in their 2007 Microsoft Office and Windows Vista editions when the software was launched. According to Typedia, the typeface originated out of the United States of America and was in a digital format (Maria, 2009). The typeface itself falls into the serif classification and is part of the Microsoft ClearType Font Collection. The ClearType Collection has all its fonts starting with the letter “C”. The name Constantia, was selected by Hudson for this typeface based on singing some psalms during vespers when he noticed the word Constantia and selected it mainly because it began with the letter “C”. Some Constantia users feel that the typeface is a hybrid between serif and sans serif as not all the letters have the classic serif feel. The font is said to have an ancient feel or look to it making it ideal to compare against old style typefaces. Constantia is a great typeface for not only the screen but also for print as it has great readability. “The design responds to the recent narrowing of the gap between screen readability and traditional print media, exploiting specific aspects of the ClearType rendering, such as sub-pixel positioning” (Maria, …show more content…
Currently Constantia is on version 5.91m and holds about 1,204 characters within its type set which are a combination of letters, numbers and glyphs. “Constantia is a modulated wedge-serif typeface designed primarily for continuous text in both electronic and paper publishing. The classic proportions of relatively small x-height and long extenders make Constantia ideal for book and journal publishing, while the slight squareness and open counters ensure that it remains legible even at small sizes.” (Constantia Regular, 2017). This typeface can also be found in languages; basic Latin, Cyrillic, Greek, Vietnamese, and Latin extended. In comparison against the font Georgia at 12 points, Constantia seems to be slightly smaller in size but bigger when compared against Times New