Fedra Serif Display
Fedra Serif Display complements text versions of Fedra. It has been specifically made to suit the needs of editorial design – in which strong, compact headlines are important.
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Design concept
Fedra Serif Display has been designed to complement text versions of Fedra. It has been specifically made to suit the needs of editorial design – the conditions of newspaper print or catalogues in which strong, compact headlines are important. The display series keeps the vertical proportions of the Fedra family, but makes the spacing and kerning tighter, thus more economic. The contrast between thick and thin has been increased. While the text versions of Fedra have modern character proportions with even letter widths, the Display set takes inspiration from Roman inscriptional capitals and increases the width differences between letters. This results in a more classical appearance despite the fact that Fedra Serif Display has a very large x-height.
Unicase
Special small capitals were designed for the family, which match the stem widths and x-height of the lowercase letters, and therefore can be mixed in headlines to achieve the effect of unicase type. They are available only as an OpenType layout feature. Additionally, special superior and inferior capital letters were designed, which can be used next to capitals and lowercase letters.
Compact headlines
Fedra Serif Display also includes plenty of alternative characters that improve flexibility for headline use and increase the expression value of the font. The family also provides smart substitution of letters which allow the choice of appropriate alternative glyphs. For example, if a ‘g’ is followed by a character that has a serif on its left side, an alternative ‘g’ with its ear pointing up is used, allowing tighter spacing and accommodation in headlines.
Ornaments
Fedra Serif Display includes dozens of ornaments and border elements which can improve overall look of typesetting.
Ligatures
Fedra Serif Display includes over 300 ligatures, some of which are employed to eliminate some particular collisions in text setting, for example fi, fl, ffi, fk, fh, etc. Other ligatures, however, simply lend uniqueness to text setting. With the help of the contextual OpenType layout substitution, using these ligatures is easier than ever before.
