This is the book I'm using as a reference for my historical revival project for school. It's from the 1400s. Someday it will be a downloadable font I think.
Hey guys!
https://indestructibletype.com/Jenson/
I made a little website where you can test out the progress of this revival. I will try to update it as I work on it if you are interested.
@owen How many letters would you need to recreate a font? And which letters would you want?
@B well it's funny because this was in Italy in the 1400s and they didn't have the same alphabet we have now. Can't find any k, w, z and I know for a fact they didn't have j back then and there.
@owen Yes, but what's the bare minimum you would want? And which letters? When you start sketching out a new font, I'm guessing you don't go alphabetically. What do you start with?
@B in the font design world it's often considered best practice to start with capital "H" and "O". I actually do often start with the letter "a" which is probably sacrilegious. I try and get a complete alphabet as quickly as possible because in my mind the only way to really evaluate if your letters are working is using them in words. Like with report cards, alphabetical can solve favoritism.
@B g, a are fun letters, s sucks
@owen Hmm, I hadn't thought about favoritism in regards to font design. Are there letters that are more fun to design and other letters you dread?