Mandevilla Light

From there, I moved to the lowercase letters, and sought simplicity to balance the embellishments in the uppercase letters. From there the tendrils spiralespecially in the uppercase letters, with their echoes of nautilus shells we held to our ears to hear the oceanand embrace slender, airy ascenders that tenderly but determinedly rise heavenward. A set of swashes offers both upper and lowercase variations, with an especially rich selection for each lowercase letter. Mandevilla includes a downloadable User's Guide, 950 glyphs, and 210 alternates, including sets of uppercase and lowercase letters both swash and standardthe standard are listed in the User's Guide as Titling Alternates , and 3/4 uppercase alternates listed as small caps. To view the User Guide that shows all of the features and what's included, visit: NOTE: For questions, including how to use this font and access alternates, please visit the FAQs page on my website: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Creation of this typeface for titling, display, and logos was inspired by my exploration and drawing of forms found in nature. How would this theme work its way through the alphabet? Refined, quiet and elegant, yet quirky enough to employ slim filaments that somehow are not faint of heart, Mandevilla is named for the verdant tropical vine. As I sketched, I played with curliques, beginning with the uppercase A. They are useful for all uppercase settingsused together, they maintain a sense of a word shape because they are smaller and less ornamented than the initial cap and are serif-free. The sturdy plant has firm footing in the soil, then climbs, curving around trees, stretching toward the light, bridging earth and sky. Round, open, friendly, warm, with just a whisper of the Art Deco period, they soften the more ornate letters yet confer a touch of clarity. Thirty-eight ornaments complete the package. Small caps are typically the size of a lowercase letter, but these 3/4 caps are about 80% of the height of the uppercase letters. The sweep of my pencil both interrupted and completed the diagonal stems of the A and the K, and this idiosyncrasy intrigued me. Mandevilla began as a sans-serif, but its footing, in the form of tiny round lachrymal terminals, roots it and transforms it into a semi-serif. They're useful in some larger text settings or simply if the design calls for a more standard look. May your type rise up to meet you as you work! My process usually begins with lowercase letters, but I was fascinated by the spirals and the references to nature, and how that swirl swept around the A, B, and Q, giving each a delicately different personality, within a softly stated whole. When I was finished, I sensed spun sugar, or the vines of a delicate plantand thus its name, Mandevilla. Born as sans-serif shapes, their terminals now carry a hint of drops of dew, shifting them to semi-serifs. ALTERNATES Alternates are included to allow for versatility, so each design has your unique twist. Access them in the Open Type panel as Titling Alternates, as seen in the User's Guide. While the Mandevilla default is decorative, the titling set is unadorned and non-stylized, yet still capturing the airiness of the typeface. Also included are a 3/4 size set, listed and found as small caps.

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