Pomfret Sizes
Pomfret is a set of titling capitals with Arts & Crafts flair. After years of encouragement from Roger Black, I began the design as an homage to the work of Bertram Goodhue, famous as the architect of the Nebraska State Capitol as well as the typeface Cheltenham. The skeletons of the letters were initially inspired by the tightly-spaced capitals (especially the restrained R and K) found on his cover for The Knight Errant. Pomfret moves beyond its source material, adopting a more contemporary finish with discretionary ligatures, razor-thin hairlines, and restrained, bracketed serifs. Pomfretâs new Micro size is sturdy, wide, and slabbyâa big departure from the delicate, slender serifs of the original Banner style.
Pomfret is a set of titling capitals with Arts & Crafts flair. After years of encouragement from Roger Black, I began the design as an homage to the work of Bertram Goodhue, famous as the architect of the Nebraska State Capitol as well as the typeface Cheltenham.
The skeletons of the letters were initially inspired by the tightly-spaced capitals (especially the restrained R and K) found on his cover for The Knight Errant. Pomfret moves beyond its source material, adopting a more contemporary finish with discretionary ligatures, razor-thin hairlines, and restrained, bracketed serifs.
Pomfretâs new Micro size is sturdy, wide, and slabbyâa big departure from the delicate, slender serifs of the original Banner style.
I began Pomfret after Roger Black encouraged me to seek inspiration in the work of Bertram Goodhue. I drew the typeface with razor-thin hairlines, which turned out to be a double-edged sword.
I loved how they glimmered at the very largest of sizes, but they could be a headache-inducing liability in practically any other context. Pomfretâs new Micro size is sturdy, wide, and slabbyâa big departure from the delicate, slender serifs of the original Banner style.
While the Micro isnât quite as elegant as the original Banner style, it opens the door to useful interpolations between the two extremes. These can take the edge off of Pomfretâs super-high contrast and ensure that its hairlines never disappear.