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█ (RELEASE INFO) ████ RELEASE DATE: 03/06/2008
█ ▓▓ ▐███▌ SiZE iN MB : 03 x 1.44MB
█ ██ FONT NAME : META SERIF 1
█ ██ PUBLISHER : FontFont
█ ██ PRIZE : 199 Euro TYPE : PostScript
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█ (RELEASE NOTES) ██ █
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█ ██ The most influential sans serif typeface of the ██ █
█ ██ digital revolution just got a serif sister. ██ █
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█ ██ Introducing: FF Meta Serif ██ █
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█ ██ It took three years and three designers to develop FF Meta Serif: ██ █
█ ██ Erik Spiekermann, Christian Schwartz and Kris Sowersby. All ██ █
█ ██ through the nineties, Erik Spiekermann had made several attempts ██ █
█ ██ at designing a companion for his original Meta. Colleagues had ██ █
█ ██ frequently been asking him which serif face would best fit to ██ █
█ ██ FF Meta. He recommended Swift, Concorde, Minion, FF Clifford and ██ █
█ ██ others until he realized that he should just make his own serif ██ █
█ ██ Meta. ██ █
█ ██ ██ █
█ ██ At the beginning of 2005 Erik finally admitted to himself that ██ █
█ ██ he was stuck - all of his sketches looked like Meta with serifs ██ █
█ ██ added, not like a serif typeface that could survive on its own. ██ █
█ ██ He needed fresh eyes, so he got Christian involved who, in turn, ██ █
█ ██ asked Kris to take on some of the workload. Obviously, a serif ██ █
█ ██ Meta would need to fit in with the existing Meta family. After ██ █
█ ██ drawing the first weights the designers saw that there was still ██ █
█ ██ something wrong: the serifs were too strong so that both families ██ █
█ ██ didn't really go well together in the same line, despite identical ██ █
█ ██ x-heights. The theoretical approach obviously hadn't worked well ██ █
█ ██ enough, so they decided to trust their experience instead. They ██ █
█ ██ changed the metrics so that the letters are not mathematically ██ █
█ ██ identical, but optically the same. Now what you see is what you ██ █
█ ██ get. And they discarded the idea of a tighter spacing to make ██ █
█ ██ it appear darker. After much trying, comparing, generating fonts ██ █
█ ██ and printing out samples, the final formula for a new Meta was ██ █
█ ██ found: two percent heavier and two percent more condensed than ██ █
█ ██ the sans. ██ █
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█ ██ Erik van Blokland's sophisticated technology "Superpolator" ██ █
█ ██ helped to extend the family, although manual corrections were ██ █
█ ██ always necessary: the spirit of a typeface can still not be ██ █
█ ██ delegated to software. ██ █
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█ ██ While it is a typeface that can stand up on its own in a wide ██ █
█ ██ range of applications, the extra benefit is its close relation- ██ █
█ ██ ship to the original Meta, its sans serif sister. The two ██ █
█ ██ families can be mixed in the same line and one can be used to ██ █
█ ██ accentuate the other. Using both on the same page adds variety ██ █
█ ██ and meaning to a text. ██ █
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█ (GROUP INFO) ██ █
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█ ██ Founded in 2004, SCRIPTUM is trying to bring you both, the ██ █
█ ██ most expensive and the finest fonts available. All of our ██ █
█ ██ members are in the scene for a long time and share many years ██ █
█ ██ of experience. Through our close contact to other font ██ █
█ ██ releasing groups, we can always make sure that our releases ██ █
█ ██ are unique and the best that the scene has to offer. ██ █
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█ ██ We're currently looking out for: ██ █
█ ██ - People who can get their hands on latest font releases ██ █
█ ██ - Suppliers that can supply us with something useful ██ █
█ ██ - HQ Sites ██ █
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█ ██ E-Mail: scriptum.fonts(at)googlemail.com ██ █
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█ ██ Appreciate the work of font designers! Do not share this font ██ █
█ ██ on the web or in public P2P networks! Furthermore, this release ██ █
█ ██ is for private use only! ██ █
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█ (GREETINGS TO) ██ █
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