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Avenir Ultralight Homebrew
Posted by Chipman223 in
27 Feb 2008 — 1:37pm
27 Feb 2008 — 1:37pm
Hi all,
I work in-house, where Avenir is the typeface of our identity. I've been playing with this Ultralight weight in my "spare" time. I realize that I can't license it or anything, and that it's not as difficult as creating a face from scratch, but I wanted to know what the 'philes think....
Caps only as of right now, halfway through digits...
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27 Feb 2008 — 2:14pm
Just in case you weren't aware, Frutiger and Kobayashi completed a revision of Avenir 4 years ago called Avenir Next. The expansion of weights includes an Ultra Light.
27 Feb 2008 — 3:07pm
wow...don't i feel silly. and i was so pleased with myself.
Are you guys gonna take away my typophile card?
27 Feb 2008 — 3:58pm
Naw - keep your card… =P I think it looks very good!
Now you can go buy Avenir Next, and pat yourself on the back, saying "I could've done that..." ^.^
27 Feb 2008 — 8:58pm
No card revocation. Linotype might take away your license, though. ;) (According to their EULA, you're not supposed to modify the font data.)
27 Feb 2008 — 10:08pm
Why are your proportions different? Your B and a few other look a bit long compared to the rest.
28 Feb 2008 — 5:55am
To answer Dan...I was at first overlaying letterforms from the Heavy to Light weights to see how much the widths of the individual characters decreased. I think in a few places I wasn't sure exactly where the characters should begin and end. I'm not sure how well I can explain myself.
To answer Stephen... Maybe I'll should re-title this typeface as "moot point" to get away with it. I don't think a 26-character face would do too well...
Thanks all!