Brioni Text
Brioni Text is a contemporary serif typeface newspaper typeface, a hybrid of practising calligraphic broad-nib pen and subtle digital stroke manipulation. Available in two optical versions.
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Design concept
Brioni Text is a contemporary low-contrast typeface intended for body texts; conventional classification would describe it as being pitched between slab serif and robust serif types. Brioni developed spontaneously from practice with a broad-nib pen, but the result is a hybrid of calligraphic influences and subtle manipulation of the stroke terminals that brings Brioni Text close to sans serif models. The result is a highly functional typeface family that is easy to work with and inviting to read.
A typeface for long form text
What makes text easy to read is not just well-designed letters, but also balanced horizontal and vertical dimensions of text. Brioni is designed for continuous reading, where it is critical that the counter-shapes are inextricably related to the outside of the letters. Typefaces for easy reading feature rhythmic stem intervals, and optically interrelated space between letters that create a harmonious rhythm of the text, aiding the reading process and optimal legibility.
Numeral styles
Each weight of Brioni Text includes eight different kinds of numerals. Proportional old-style figures come as default figures in Brioni. It also, however, includes lining figures, tabular numerals (both lining and old-style), superior, inferior, circled and circled inverted numerals. For the running text, old-style figures work best; for use in capital setting, use lining figures available via OpenType layout features. When you take a licence for this font, you can choose the default numeral variants inside the fonts.
