Didot Thinline
Graphic Design

A typeface concept design based around the structure of Didot (1784–1811).

 

Year
2006-2007

Studio
Personal

My role
Visual Designer

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I wanted to create a hairline monoline weight of Didot but struggled with how to incorporate the tapered serifs of the font. I decided to follow the core 'skeleton' of the typeface, deviating only where the serifs terminate, following the curved inner line. The result is a thinline typeface with some interesting quirks, particularly on the upper case characters such as E, F, L, T and Z.

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A diagram showing how design and construction choices were made in comparison to the original Didot typeface.

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