Trilby

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Like my earlier design, Manicotti, Trilby’s jumping off point is the nineteenth century French Clarendon. This genre is characterized by its backwards arrangement of thicks and thins: the typically-dominant vertical stems are lightened, and the thick horizontals and serifs create a railroad track effect across the page.

While Manicotti is cheesy, over-the-top, and stereotypically Western, Trilby isn’t. In Trilby, I pushed aside the French Clarendon’s usual showy excess, and focused on the effects of unconventional weight on an open, contemporary letter structure.

Trilby’s subtlety also makes it surprisingly versatile. While most reversed stress faces are limited to a few words on a poster, Trilby can set paragraphs. It is cuter and quainter than your average slab, and transcends mere novelty as a wholly useful contemporary design with offbeat charm and subtle wit.

MOUNTAIN
Beachcomber
PLURALIZE
Discontinued
ORCHARDS
Hairsbreadth
RECEIVING
Knuckleballs
EXPLOSION
Reverberation
GIGABYTES
Simultaenous
FRESHMEN
Enchantment
DREAMERS
Neoclassicist

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Full Series Package

$100 Mini license
  • Trilby Variable. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs. Var Trilby Variable
  • Trilby Variable Italics. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs. Var Trilby Variable Italics
  • Trilby Regular. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs. Trilby Regular
  • Trilby Italic. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs. Trilby Italic
  • Trilby Medium. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs. Trilby Medium
  • Trilby Medium Italic. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs. Trilby Medium Italic
  • Trilby Bold. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs. Trilby Bold
  • Trilby Bold Italic. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs. Trilby Bold Italic
  • Trilby Black. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs. Trilby Black
  • Trilby Black Italic. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs. Trilby Black Italic

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Additional information

  • Desktop Format: OpenType CFF Format (Postscript OTF)
  • Web Formats: Web OpenType Font Format (WOFF & WOFF2)
  • App Format: OpenType TrueType (TTF)
  • Cases: Uppercase • Lowercase • Small Caps
  • Figures: Lining • Tabular Lining • Text • Small Caps
  • Other: Superiors • Inferiors • Fractions
  • Stylistic Alternates: Schoolbook ‘a’ and ‘g’ • Barred ‘A’
  • Variable Axes: Weight
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