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ae. Wile he ape ae exquiie, he eel i no human bu diialmeanial. I nd myel wanin o daw on ha eel humana ia peon aed hem.

Howeve, Aele wen a lile a. I had lien omplainin abouhe adial ape. Plu, Conenu i a on ep owad a moe on-evaive appoa. I mean, I even wen o a moe adiional wo-or and he moe adiional iny bowl o he a!

So, i eemed obviou o me ha I needed o ake Aele and

onve i o he mei and aiude o Conenu. Bu ha wa oo

mu. So, I ju eized and amed Aele Tin and buil he new onamily o o ha.

Oiinally, I alled i Companon o play o he Fen o Con-enu, bu ha eemed oo pompou. Ten I alled i Aide, bu ha watoo omal and dr. It a looe, ee, eay to ead an, o when my wieugeed Buddy, i liced.

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Starting a New font 5

An exep om my new book:Pracial Font Design:Building a Book Font Family

Starting the new

Sans FamilyHee you ee wha I have been uing, Amio Tin Regula. Howeve,thoughout the witing o the la ew book and thi book in patiula,

my tae have been anging. Contenu ha pooundly anged my tae.

I fnd myel uing a dislay ont I deigned a ouple o yea ago, Aele

Aerle Tin: AaBbCcDdEeFfGgHhIiKkMmRrYyI i muc oo ylized o be a ompanion an o a ex on amily,

bu I like he eneal look. I ha he malle x-heih Ill need [in ai i oo mall]. Bu mainly, hi i ju wha I eel i uen and he

look I wan o my new amily.

I s w Cou BookWy hee? Beaue I need a an wih he ame veial mei

and he ame lobal uide on he le idebeain (a lea ha wa myhouh a I bean). Wa I do no wan i a Sei wih he ei uo. I wan omehin wih ona ha an be ued o un-in head,inline emphai, and he like

So, I mu begin with the name, a uual. Beaue I have oenFen wod o a o onen and ile, I ue Babel Fi o anlae

Companion San. Te eul i Companon San. I like i!So I ename he on Compagnon San and Save i ino a newCompagnon San Folde. Ten I delee all he ompoie glyph and

all he lyph ouide he bai 8-bi e ound in he MaOS Romanmode. Ten I open Aele Tin and opy/pae he Aele alphabe andnumbe ino he new Compagnon San on. Ten I ele all, mak


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hem all ed and Im eady o beinalmo. Beaue i a ompanionae, I open ie and ue i a he mas.

LspcgImmediaely I un ino ain iue. My ain o Conenu

wa 120 uni o he em [H] and 60 uni o he uve [O] wih

30 uni o he poin [A]. I wa doing ha, and I haed he saing.

I use ha i i ju aionalizing, bu my eaoning old me ha I

would be uin hi ompanion ae pimaily o head and ubhead.Te need o ma up o un-in and u wa neear, bu no hepimar ue o the new ont. A a eult, I deided to go with a lightlylooened veion o my dilay ain. I deided o o wih 60 o he

em, 30 o he uve, and 15 o he poin.

Dlg w spcl spsTe nex ain iue ame abou beaue he aae ape

I developed o Aele wee quite adially uved. Fo example, the veti-al em on he D uve ou, op and boom, by ove 15 uni. All heem ae like hi. So, I deided ha he 60 uni meauemen wouldbe meaued om the uthe ight point on the uve. You an ee theeul on he ap D below.

I you look aeully, you an ee ha I have aned he uideo he le idebeain o 15, 30, and 60. Te ene handle on he em


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o he D i on he 60 uni uide, bu he op and boom poin ae ao he le o ha.

Sg wgOne o he iue wih Aele i ha i i a hand-dawn on wih

a looe uue. Te eult i a ont whee the weight o the ape wa

ontolled entiely by eye. Fo thi ont, I want a monoline ont with theame weih o all he lineno modulaion. Ta will no be enielypoible, but that i the goal. So I had to pic a weight ball o the weight

I deied and add i o he ll lyph ued o meauin onieny. Youan ee wha I am uin below.

Rwokg glpsI am havin o quie adially modiy he Aele lyph o make

hem he new viion. Aele ha a alle aende and ap heighombined wih a malle x-heih. Ta would be quie diful o dealwih o a ei on. Bu o a an ei i i eally quie eayhouhofen no imple. A uual, hee ae dozen o deiion o be made

abou ea aae ape.I want to take you though ome o the modifation to give you

a eel o he ane neear. A uual, i i a deliae ihope walko mainain he eel o he iniaion while modiyin i o he newviion. Wa I nd i ha while Im wokin on a on a ene o yleome ove me, ome ino view, howeve you wan o ay i.


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TIP: Te only problem I run inoand hi may no afecyou at allis that I need to keep my work on a ontprety onisen and wihin a airly igh ime rame. I

I dop he wok o a monh o o, my viion when I eunto the ont is usually quite a bit dierent. I fnd no realoluion o hi. I I go ba and look a wha I have doneand make ue I undeand he deign cange I wa uing,I uually loe he sak o eaivit. I I ju jump in I ndI have o go hough everhing I did beoe o make i alignwih he new viion. Howeve, he good new o me i hionly eem o apply o he original wo alphabe [C&l] andnumbe. Afe ha I an mainain he look pey eaily.

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Hee you an ee that the adjument wee quite ubantial. It

no only he x-heigh and aende, i alo canging he viion om

a ough hand-dawn on o a ighe moe ened look ha i muc

loe o monoline wih mu moohe uve.

In addiion, hi i whee I aed o make he bowl quie abi moe eomei. A you an ee, he d ha one o almo a peeile o i bowl.


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T lowcs Hee we ee how adial Aele wa. In he oiinal hee wa a

enuou uve o he em. Ta oo mu o a ompanion an oomehing a onevaive a Conenu. So, I eliminaed ome o he

uve. I ouldn bin myel o e id o all o i houh.

You an ee ha I egulaized hi glyph a bi alo, bu heviion i beomin moe lea. I am beinnin o ee whi way I wanhi on o move. Te nec o he bowl whee i join he em looka lile a, bu ha deiion loom in he uuepobably a I do hemei o he on.


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Budd 10/10Tfo, s ou lws obd, o ol w I ws bu lso

ow I m o, wok ou ou slo dp c d cful cuo.Bu God s wokg ou, bo o mk ou wllg d o mk ou bl bcus plss Hm. Do ll gs wou mumug o complg & qusog odoubg, ou m sow ousls o b wou blm, oc d spo-less children o God in the midst o a perverse and wicked generation, amongwom ou s s bg lgs dk wold...

Philippians 2:1215 Modern Viking Paraphrase


ow I m o, wok ou ou slo dp c d cful cuo.Bu God s wokg ou, bo o mk ou wllg d o mk ou bl bcus plss Hm. Do ll gs wou mumug o complg & qusog odoubg, ou m sow ousls o b wou blm, oc d spo-less children o God in the midst o a perverse and wicked generation, amongwom ou s s bg lgs dk wold...



ow I m o, wok ou ou slo dp c d cful cuo.Bu God s wokg ou, bo o mk ou wllg d o mk ou bl bcus

plss Hm. Do ll gs wou mumug o complg & qusog o

doubg, ou m sow ousls o b wou blm, oc d spo-

less children o God in the midst o a perverse and wicked generation, among

wom ou s s bg lgs dk wold... Philippians 2:1215 Modern Viking Paraphrase

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Tfo, s ou lws obd, o ol w I ws bu lsoow I m o, wok ou ou slo dp c d cful cuo.

Bu God s wokg ou, bo o mk ou wllg d o mk ou bl bcus

plss Hm. Do ll gs wou mumug o complg & qusog o





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Budd 9/10.8Tfo, s ou lws obd, o ol w I ws bu lso ow

I m o, wok ou ou slo dp c d cful cuo. Bu God s wokg ou, bo o mk ou wllg d o mk ou bl bcus plss Hm. Do ll gswou mumug o complg & qusog o doubg, ou m sow ousls

o b wou blm, oc d spolss cld of God mds of ps d

wckd go, mog wom ou s s bg lgs dk wold... Philippians 2:1215 Modern Viking Paraphrase


ow I m o, wok ou ou slo dp c d cful cuo.

Bu God s wokg ou, bo o mk ou wllg d o mk ou bl bcus plss Hm. Do ll gs wou mumug o complg & qusog o




Budd 11/13.2Thereore, as you have always obeyed, not only when I was there

bu lso ow I m o, wok ou ou slo dp c dcful cuo. Bu God s wokg ou, bo o mk ou wllg d omake you able because it pleases Him. Do all things without murmuring

o complg & qusog o doubg, ou m sow ousls

o b wou blm, oc d spolss cld of God mds of

ps d wckd go, mog wom ou s s bg

lgs dk wold... Philippians 2:1215 Modern Viking Paraphrase

Budd 12/14.4Thereore, as you have always obeyed, not only when I was

there but also now that I am not, work out your salvation in deep

reverence and careul caution. But God is working in you, both to

mk ou wllg d o mk ou bl bcus plss Hm. Do ll

gs wou mumug o complg & qusog o doubg,

that you may show yourselves to be without blame, innocent and

spolss cld of God mds of ps d wckd g-o, mog wom ou s s bg lgs dk wold...



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Budd 14/15Charity sufereth long, and is kind; charity envieth

not; charity vaunteth not itsel, is not pufed up, Dothnot behave itsel unseemly, seeketh not her own, isnot easily provoked, thinketh no evil; Rejoiceth not ininiquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; Beareth all things,bl ll gs, op ll gs, du ll gs.

Charity never aieth: t hether there e rheie they haai; hether there e tne they ha eae; hether there e n-

ee it ha vanih aay Fr e n in art an e rhey in artI Corinthians 13; 410

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Charity sufereth long, and is kind; charity enviethnot; charity vaunteth not itsel, is not pufed up, Dothnot behave itsel unseemly, seeketh not her own, isnot easily provoked, thinketh no evil; Rejoiceth not ininiquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; Beareth all things,b u

Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall

fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowl-

edge, it shall vanish away. For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.I Corinthians 13; 49


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Buddy Bold 14/15C ; -

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Charity never faileth: but whether there be proph-

ecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, theyshall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanishaway. For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.

I Corinthians 13; 49

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Charity never faileth: but whether there be proph-ecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, theyshall cease; whether there be nowlege, it shall vanishaway For we now in part, an we prophesy in part

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