“A picture is worth a thousand words” and here, that’s more than true. Take a look at Erotica’s Booklet; Erotica’s Poster Design and Erotica’s User’s Guide before reading below.

THE STYLES

The difference between Pro and Std styles is the quantity of glyphs. Therefore, Pro styles include all the decorative alternates and ligatures while Std styles are a reduced version of Pro ones.

Big and Small styles were thought for better printing results. While Big is recommended to be printed in big sizes, Small may be printed in tiny sizes and will still show its hairlines well.

INTRODUCTION

I have always wondered if the circle could ever be considered as an imperfect shape. Thousands of years have passed and we still consider circles as synonyms of infinite beauty. Some believe that there is something intrinsically “divine” that could be found in them. The woman, that lovely being, is the best example: Sensuality today demands perfectly shaped strong curves, exuberant forms and a big contrast of thicks and thins… oh wait! Am I talking about women or typography? What if these two are combined?

THE PROCESS

This story begins one fine day of March in 2012. I was looking for something new. Something which would express the deep love I feel regarding calligraphy in a new way.

At that time, I was practicing a lot of roundhand, testing and feeling different kinds of nibs; hearing the sometimes sharp, sometimes soft, sound of them sliding on the paper.

This kind of calligraphy has some really strict rules: An even pattern of repetition is required, so you have to be absolutely aware of the pressure of the flexible pen; and of the distance between characters. Also, learning copperplate can be really useful to understand about proportion in letters and how a minimum change of it can drastically affect the look of the word and text.

Many times I would forget about type-design and I would let myself go(1): Nothing like making the pen dance when adding some accolades above and below the written word.

Once something is mastered, you are able to break some rules. At least, that’s my philosophy. (2)

After some research, I found that the world was in need of a really sexy yet formal copperplate. (3)

I started Erotica with the idea of taking some rules of this style to the extreme.

Some characters were drawn with a pencil first because what I had in mind was impossible to be made with a pen. (4)

Finding a graceful way to combine really thick thicks with really thin hairlines with satisfactory results demanded months of tough work: The embryo of Erotica was a lot more bolder than now and had a shorter x-height. Changing proportions of Erotica was crucial for its final look. The taller it became the sexier it looked. Like women again?

The result is a font filled with tons of alternates which can make the user think he/she is the actual designer of the word/phrase due to the huge amount of possibilities when choosing glyphs.

To make Erotica work well in small sizes too, I designed Erotica Small which can be printed in tiny sizes without any problems.

For a more elegant purpose, I designed Erotica Inline, with exactly the same features you can find in the other styles.

After finishing these styles, I needed a partner for Erotica. Inspired again in some old calligraphic books I found that Bickham used to accompany his wonderful scripts with some ornated roman caps. Erotica Capitals follows the essentials of those capitals and can be used with or without its alternates to accompany Erotica.

In 2013, Erotica received a Certificate of Excellence in Type Design in the 59th TDC Type Directors Club Typeface Design Competition.

Meet Erotica, beauty and elegance guaranteed.

Notes

(1) It is supossed that I’m a typographer rather than a calligrapher, but the truth is that I’m in the middle. Being a graphic designer makes me a little stubborn sometimes. But, I found that the more you don’t think of type rules, the more graceful and lively pieces of calligraphy can be done.

(2) “Know the forms well before you attempt to make them” used to say E. A. Lupfer, a master of this kind of script a century ago. And I would add “And once you know them, it’s time to fly…”

(3) Some script fonts by my compatriots Sabrina Lopez, Ramiro Espinoza and Alejandro Paul deserve a mention here because of their undeniable beauty. The fact that many great copperplate fonts come from Argentina makes me feel really proud. Take a look at: Parfumerie, Medusa, Burgues, Poem and Bellisima.

(4) Some calligraphers, graphic and type designer experimented in this field in the mid-to-late 20th century and made a really playful style out of it: Letters show a lot of personality and sometimes they seem drawn rather than written. I want to express my sincere admiration to the fantastic Herb Lubalin, and his friends Tony DiSpigna, Tom Carnase, and of course my fellow countryman Ricardo Rousselot. All of them, amazing.

THÔNG TIN

• Nhà thiết kế: Maximiliano Sproviero
• Ra mắt: 10/9/2013
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Type Directors Club: TDC2 2013 Winner

When designing a typeface, one has to be conscious of superfluous details. Although I am always tempted to add little personal touches, experience taught me that the phrase -less is more- is totally true. In Model, the letters (like models do) participated of a contest: An event in which models engage in competition against each other, often for a prize or similar incentive. The prize was staying in the font! yay!

Tall, delicate, refined, the right amount of elegancy: These were some of the aspects to be chosen. Typographically speaking, these things were achieved thanks to a tall x-height (which leaded the font to be somehow condensed), a subtle contrast between thicks and thins, and just the right amount of decorative swirls.

The result is a nice script that can be used in magazines, invitations, posters, book-covers and works very well when used over photographs.

Get Model and let it be the star of the catwalk.

STYLES

Model Pro and Model Small Pro are the most complete styles of the font. Both have all the ligatures and decorative glyphs seen in posters above (OT programmed).

Model Std One, Std Two and Std Three are reduced versions of Pro. This means they have less glyphs inside.

TIP

If you are planning to print the font in small sizes, it’s highly recommended to purchase Model Small Pro. Its thins are thicker so they will be better printed.

• Nhà thiết kế: Maximiliano Sproviero
• Ra mắt: 26/2/2015
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-But first, let me take a Selfie!- said that girl of the song and almost all of you at least once this year.

While some terms and actions get trendy, some font styles do it too. It wouldn’t be crazy to combine these worlds, in fact it happens often.

Selfie is a connected sans serif based in vintage signage scripts seen in Galerías of Buenos Aires. These places are, in general, very small shopping centres which pedestrians sometimes use as shortcuts to get to other parts of the city.

Their dark corridors take you back in time, and all of a sudden you are surrounded by cassettes, piercings, and old fashioned cloth. For some reason, all these shops use monolined geometric scripts. Surely, neon strings are easier to manipulate when letterforms have simple shapes.

My very first aim with Selfie was to make a font that would serve as a company to those self-shot pictures that have become so popular nowadays.

However, the font turned into something more interesting: I realised it had enough potential to stand-alone.

Selfie proves that geometry itself can be really attractive. In this font, elegance is not achieved with the already-known contrast between thicks and thins of calligraphy, but with the purity of form.

Its curves were based in perfectly shaped circles which made the font easy to be used at different angles (some posters show it at a 24.7º angle) without having problems/deformities.

In addition to its nice performance when used over photographies; the font can be a good option for packaging and wedding invitations.

TIPS

Adding some lights/shadows between letters will for sure catch the eye of the viewer: Words will look as if they were made with tape/strings; so trendy nowadays.

Try using Selfie at a 24.7º angle so that the slanted strokes become perfectly vertical.

Having the decorative ligatures feature (dlig) activated is a good option to see letters dance.

TECHNICAL

It is absolutely recommended to use this font with the standard ligatures feature (liga) activated. It makes letters ligate perfectly and also improves the space between words.

• Nhà thiết kế: Maximiliano Sproviero
• Ra mắt: 30/9/2014
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