Parnaso

Parnaso brings up to date the first generation of revivals that occurred by the end of the 19th century when type foundries started to showcase their own rejuvenated versions of the so-called Old Style Roman types. This was a reaction against the work of Firmin Didot & Bodoni and their Modern type model, that completely dominated the typographic scene at the time and that was considered unreadable or boring by some printers. These new typefaces were often presented as Antiqua, Ancienne Romain or Elzévirs (a frenchified form of the Dutch ‘Elsevier’). To design Parnaso, I started by looking at the “Série XVIIe Siècle «Elzévier»” showed in the Fonderie Gustave Mayeur’s 1894 and 1912 editions of the Spécimen-album of the Fonderie Gve Mayeur, Allainguillaume&cie, succrs. The Roman and the Italic styles are both directly based on that particular face but with some tweaks of my own, like a completely different set of numerals. Other typefaces that I studied while working on Parnaso include some presented in the Catalogo Fundição Tipográfica Gini, Manuel Guedes Lda. (Lisboa, 1938).

Parnaso has been conceived to fulfill the needs of contemporary magazine and advertising design. Its capital letters, with their sturdy proportions, retain a certain spirit and geometry of the Didot model but with shorter and wedge-shaped serifs. The lowercase letters are more condensed and closely fitted, offering a very unique style and a distinctive type color. The italics are vivid and generous with a great amount of angle variation and that ‘je ne sais quoi’ inherited from classical French baroque italics including a set of titling swash capitals. The Parnaso collection consists of five optical sizes with six weights for each, along with matching italics. Additionally, there is a mono version in a single weight and a matching italic. With its sharp details, Parnaso shines as a display typeface in editorial or advertising work.

Trial fonts


Specimens

Parnaso pdf


2017

Hairline: 12 styles
Display: 12 styles
Standard:12 styles
Small: 12 styles
Petit: 12 styles
Mono: 2 Styles



Parnaso Hairline family — 12 styles, €400,00
Parnaso Display family — 12 styles, €400,00
Parnaso Standard family — 12 styles, €400,00
Parnaso Small family — 12 styles, €400,00
Parnaso Petit family — 12 styles, €400,00
Parnaso Mono family — 2 styles, €80,00
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both classical and popular

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An unusual geological

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Information was already

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The National Park of

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Etymologies have been

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The construction of the

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Influenced by a diverse set

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Dionysian Mysteries

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Compositions that he

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Scholars have suggested

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The purpose of sending

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It was suggested by

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Either course of events are

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Effects of such codifications

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Seen as the most beautiful

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The same process is under

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Became identified among

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A standard variety can be

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Consulted before setting

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Terminology is a discipline

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specially during the 5th

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They are analysed from

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were his primary duties

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Terms are used to denote

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One of the most important

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The first modern city plan

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Scholars assume that major

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Daily average highs for July

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Arcadocypriot apparently

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The main dialect groups are

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the Dionysian mysteries

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Doric notably had several

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It spreads over three

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Regarding the speech of

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Name of the mountain

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Originally intended as

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They had good views

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in different regions

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Apollo became fond

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These would pave the

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The Park comprises

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Oldest known human

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Many of its ancient

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According to the ancient

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Assuming the Dionysus

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Wine includes other

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The gulf is in tectonic

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The trance induction

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In the winter the entire

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Desfina Peninsula on the

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Economically its rolling

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Delphi remained just

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a major international

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Paralia Distomou

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In the winter the entire

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Archaeological dates of

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especially valuable to

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Phocians from ancient

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And other cultural sites

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Built on the site that

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Especially from the

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The mountain is

 

Parnaso brings up to date the first generation of revivals that occurred by the end of the 19th century when typefoundries started to showcase their own rejuvenated versions of the so-called Old Style Roman types. This was a reaction against the work of Firmin Didot & Bodoni and their Modern type model, that completely dominated the typographic scene at the time and that was considered unreadable or boring by some printers. These new typefaces were often presented as Antiqua, Ancienne Romain or Elzévirs (a frenchified form of the Dutch ‘Elsevier’).

To design Parnaso, I started by looking at the “Série XVIIe Siècle «Elzévier»” showed in the Fonderie Gustave Mayeur’s 1894 and 1912 editions of the Spécimen-album of the Fonderie Gve Mayeur, Allainguillaume&cie, succrs. The Roman and the Italic styles are both directly based on that particular face but with some tweaks of my own, like a completely different set of numerals. Other typefaces that I studied while working on Parnaso include some presented in the Catalogo Fundição Tipográfica Gini, Manuel Guedes Lda. (Lisboa, 1938).

Rather than staying faithful to the standard type family structure, with a regular progression of weights and widths, Parnaso comes in a set of eight assorted styles of various weights and widths that can be combined together or used independently. Hence, the design of the bolder and narrower styles is mostly a result of my own imagination than a straightforward interpretation of any other typeface. With its proportions, high contrast and numerous styles, Parnaso has been conceived to fulfil the needs of contemporary magazine and advertising design. Its capital letters, with their sturdy proportions, retains a certain spirit and geometry of the Didot model but with shorter and wedge-shaped serifs. The lowercase letters are more condensed and closely fitted, offering a very unique style and a distinctive type color. The italic is vivid and generous with a great amount of angle variation and that ‘je ne sais quoi’ inherited from classical French baroque italics. Unlike the original Mayeur’s typeface Parnaso comes with lining figures as default but a set of old styles figures is also included. Both exist in proportional and tabular widths. All fonts come with some alternates, arrows and ornaments. The Italic style also features an extra set of titling swash capitals.

Designed by Mário Feliciano, 2015 — 2019

 

OpenType Features:

Case-Sensitive Forms
Standard Ligatures
Proportional Lining Figures
Proportional Oldstyle Figures
Tabular Lining Figures
Tabular Oldstyle Figures
Numerators
Denominators
Fractions
Ordinals
Stylistic Alternates
Inferiors
Superiors

 
Uppercase / Lowercase
Accented Characters
Alternates / Ligatures
Numerals / Fractions
Punctuation / Symbols

Italic

Uppercase / Lowercase
Accented Characters
Swash / Alternates / Ligatures
Numerals / Fractions
Punctuation / Symbols

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