| Mommie The new spencerian script |
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In the early 1980s, at the start of my career, I worked in a print shop with classic lead setting. In those days I would study issues of U&lc magazine. What really caught my attention were letterings in the Spencerian style. I’ve been fascinated by this American penmanship tradition ever since. A few years ago I developed a font. Boris Bencic used it when he was redesigning L’Officiel magazine in Paris. I took these initial forms and developed them into the font “Mommie” when I started my own foundry. Although I usually design text typefaces, working on “Mommie” taught me how complex it can be to create a script headline font. Characters need to overlap in harmony and I can’t remember how many versions I did for the caps. The biggest challenge in this process has been to keep it alive and fresh.   L\\\'Officiel magazine in Paris in 2003.    Stephen Coles sent me this link to the magazine Wedding and their use of Mommie    |
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