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Roslindale.
Roslindale is a text and display serif that takes its inspiration from De Vinne, a typeface named for the famed nineteenth century printer and attributed to Gustav Schroeder and Nicholas Werner of the Central Type Foundry. De Vinne was an oldstyle that couldn’t shake its Victorian sensibilities, designed in a time that was so immersed in the upright Modern style that folks seemed to forget what diagonal stress actually looked like. Roslindale smooths out the clunkiness of the original and dials up the contrast, flirting with the slickness of 1970s interpretations such as ITC Bernase. Sure it can be a bit cheesy at times, but aims for a creamy brie instead of a stinky bleu.
Read more about Roslindale’s development here, here, here and most recently, here.
Get Roslindale in Beta!
Even though the Roslindale family is still in progress, you can order what I’ve got, and get a free upgrade to the released version once it’s ready! Many styles of this family are also available at a discount as back issues of the Font of the Month Club. Is there something you need that’s missing? Let me know!