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Torinus

Project type

Typography

Date

October 2021

Client

Self-Initiated

Software

Adobe Illustrator CS6, FontForge, Adobe Photoshop CS6

Mark Michael Jacoby's second font inspired by Geoffroy Tory's "Champfleury" (1529): Torinus, featuring different weights and italics this time.

How the typeface poster for Torinus would look IRL.

How the typeface poster for Torinus would look IRL.

Torinus is the name of a humanist serif typeface created by Michael Jacoby, his second font inspired by Geoffroy Tory's “Champfleury” (1529) following Vitruvia Titling (2016). Whereas the latter typeface was a flared all-caps display face, Torinus has enhanced and extra features like proper serifs, lowercase letters & small caps in addition to capitals, both historical & modern ligatures, and punctuation marks. The font's name comes from the Latinized version of Geoffroy Tory's name, Godofredus Torinus.

The capitals are based upon Tory's original designs. The remaining characters were inspired by Adobe Garamond Pro, Centaur (particularly the diamond tittles in the i and j), and another typeface called 1529 Champ Fleury, a rough-looking font based upon the original lettering used in Tory's actual book designed by Gilles LE Corre, with the Æ and the section symbol (§) being major inspirations from the latter font. The italics were also inspired by cursive writing to give the style a calligraphic look.

The final Torinus font can be used not just for displays and logotypes, but is also suitable for massive text bodies, like in a novel or book, a magazine article, or a brochure.

Torinus is the name of a humanist serif typeface created by Michael Jacoby, his second font inspired by Geoffroy Tory's “Champfleury” (1529) following Vitruvia Titling (2016). Whereas the latter typeface was a flared all-caps display face, Torinus has enhanced and extra features like proper serifs, lowercase letters & small caps in addition to capitals, both historical & modern ligatures, and punctuation marks. The font's name comes from the Latinized version of Geoffroy Tory's name, Godofredus Torinus.

The capitals are based upon Tory's original designs. The remaining characters were inspired by Adobe Garamond Pro, Centaur (particularly the diamond tittles in the i and j), and another typeface called 1529 Champ Fleury, a rough-looking font based upon the original lettering used in Tory's actual book designed by Gilles LE Corre, with the Æ and the section symbol (§) being major inspirations from the latter font. The italics were also inspired by cursive writing to give the style a calligraphic look.

The final Torinus font can be used not just for displays and logotypes, but is also suitable for massive text bodies, like in a novel or book, a magazine article, or a brochure.

Extra accented characters present in Torinus.

Extra accented characters present in Torinus.

Torinus in three dimensions.

Torinus in three dimensions.

Tory's drawings from "Champfleury," with my vectorized copies of his letters.

Tory's drawings from "Champfleury," with my vectorized copies of his letters.

Inspired by the letterforms of Frenchman Geoffroy Tory (c. 1480 – c. 1533) and the fonts Centaur and Garamond, this humanist serif face can be used for both headline text & logotypes and body text, too!

Inspired by the letterforms of Frenchman Geoffroy Tory (c. 1480 – c. 1533) and the fonts Centaur and Garamond, this humanist serif face can be used for both headline text & logotypes and body text, too!

Examples of Torinus text on a mockup business card and body text.

Examples of Torinus text on a mockup business card and body text.

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