It’s been a long time since I started drawing Manicotti, but I’m happy to report that my revision is complete and it is now available for purchase through MyFonts.
My quote from Allan Haley’s very nice piece on Trilby in February’s issue of HOW Magazine, part of an article featuring new serif faces.
Just got back from Iceland. Cool name, cooler place. Set in Trilby-Medium Italic.
Pulled from an old project for Font Aid IV.
Trilby’s open shapes and generous spacing make it well-suited for text and mid-range settings. At the same time, Trilby’s distinctive shapes can really pop at display sizes.
When setting Trilby in display, I like to make a few tweaks to help it work better. The above example shows Trilby Bold with its default settings.
Adjust tracking. Depending on the size, tightening the tracking by -25 to -35 units will usually do the trick, although I’ve used more extreme tracking with all-italics settings. I pay close attention to how the tracking affects whitespace between the serifs.
Disable ligatures. I usually turn off standard ligatures since they can create gaps once negative tracking is applied, but leave Contextual Alternates on to minimize collisions.
Try the short f. I sometimes turn on Stylistic Set 17 to replace the default lowercase f with a shorter alternate that doesn’t hang over the following letter.
Take advantage of stylistic alternates. Trilby comes with various stylistic alternates, including a barred capital A, a looped capital Q, and single story forms of lowercase a and g. Using these can give the face an entirely new look.
Type samples | fist, glyph, manicule, trilby