FF Scala

The FF Scala is designed by Dutch typeface designer Martin Majoor integrated family, which consists of the individual based on the same principle of form families FF Scala and FF Scala Sans. The writing is part of the FontFont library of FSI FontShop International.

Formation

Martin Majoor started in 1987 with the design of Scala. He worked at this time as a graphic designer for the music center Vredenburg in Utrecht, which was one of the first agencies that worked with DTP systems. None of it available there 16 existing PostScript fonts included small caps, or ligatures, but he needed for his work. He decided to make their own script for his employer, which satisfied his demands.

He named the font after the famous opera house, Teatro alla Scala in Milan. Three reasons contributed to this trend: the at this time for opera performances and very active concert house of his employer, the historical roots of the famous idol, ranging as that of his writing in the 18th century, and the further meaning of the word Scala (spectrum). This Majoor wanted to point out the scope of the integrated family, which includes both a serif and a sans serif version, each in font styles from light to black and is suitable for both formal as well as for decorative typographic design tasks.

FF Scala

The FF Scala is a serif Renaissance Antiqua, which was published in 1990 as the first text fonts of the newly founded FontFont label and has since been expanded, most recently in the OpenType conversion. How many contemporary Dutch Antiquas it is not a revival of a single historical writing, but shows influences of various models. Martin Majoor was influenced in the design of humanistic fonts like Bembo and writings of the French typographer Pierre Simon Fournier the mid 18th century. In contrast to these models, however, he strove for a weaker contrast and stronger serifs, as most PostScript fonts were too thin in his view. The roots of the Italic FF Scala are even older origin, they are inspired by works of the Italian type designer Ludovico degli Arrighi Vicentino ( 1475-1527 ).

FF Scala Sans

The FF Scala Sans is a humanist (dynamic ) linear sans with Renaissance character, which was published in 1993 as a counterpart to the Serif. When designing the finishing strokes of FF Scala were separated and have adjusted their contrast. Still based on the same basic shape, so both families can be used well combined. This made the font family at graphic designers and typesetters very popular and made widely available, there were a few families digitally available, which were so well developed and optimized for digital typesetting. FF Scala Sans also has true small caps, different digit shapes and numerous ligatures.

1997 also a decorative special form of capital letters was published, the FF Scala Jewels. She is influenced by Dutch decorative capitals from the Baroque period.

Examples of use

The FF Scala is used in many ways. By simply combining the two families together and with other fonts it finds particularly often as typeface use. So it is, for example, the

  • Typeface of the Humboldt -Universität zu Berlin
  • Typeface of the town of Lauscha
  • Typeface of the Danish municipality Gladsaxe
  • Typeface, the Norwegian University of Environmental and Life Sciences
  • Typeface of the School of Pharmacy at the University of Maryland
  • Typeface of the Johnson School at Cornell University
  • Typeface of BBBank
  • Typeface of the Germany radio
  • Font of the national Dutch newspaper AD
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