Aften Screen

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Release Year
2012
Country of Origin
Norway
Classification
Sans Serif, Grotesk
Original Format
Digital
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Tags
display, grotesque, hand-hinted, humanist, sans serif, screen, text, web

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Whereas most grotesques are aimed for titling use, Aften clearly departs. Its angled Akzidenz Grotesk-like terminals becomes a method of opening apertures, the round shapes contrast Helvetica’s surface-filling squares. Its vertical proportions and spacing are that of a text face and gentle flares sets a warm tone. It has fairly narrow capitals, and the small caps intended for contemporary typesetting are noticeably taller than the x-height.

Aften is a modest marriage of the humanist and grotesque genre, a text font that just plain works.

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Last edited by DNAtkinson on April 30, 2013, 11:23am EST

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