![]() Contrast to the soft round forms is provided by the points of all characters derived from the triangle: v w z, and especially the capitals A M N V W Z. And so a font with pleasant rhythmic proportions was created and is extremely comfortable to read, especially in large amounts of text but, it is also reader-friendly under adverse typographic conditions on the monitor.A terse character is the f, having a shortened ascender and managing without the usual sweeping bow in reading order.The determining element in the appearance of Faber Sans is seen in the wide round forms of b c d e o p q and C D G O Q, and this formal characteristic is even more emphasized with the use of the round a and g of the stylistic alternates. ![]() The Roman Capitalis provided the model for the classically proportioned capital letters and the harmonic shapes of the humanistic minuscule for the lower case characters. The »basic typeface« is a sans serif in the classic-modern style of type creations of the early 20th century - godfathered by Futura from Paul Renner and Gill Sans from Eric Gill. ![]() ![]() Two fonts in one: a classic-modern sans serif appearing in two forms - ”standard“ and a ”stylistic alternate“ with uncial script-orientated characters which give the font a completely different ”look.“A uniqueness of Faber Sans is that it is actually composed of two fonts. ![]()
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