This is a long text about the design and development of the Shantell Sans font family. Here's a summary:
Background
The Shantell Sans font family was designed by Anya Danilova, with input from Shantell Martin, an artist who uses lines and letters in her work. The font family is based on Shantell's handwriting.
Design Process
The design process involved several stages:
- Scanning and tracing: Shantell wrote sentences using a felt-tip marker, which were then scanned and used as the basis for the font.
- Modification: Danilova modified the character proportions to make them more consistent with standard fonts.
- Exploration: The team explored different design directions, including making the glyphs truly monolinear or retaining the organic, sometimes sharp shaping of the felt-marker writing.
- Variable axes: Danilova created a variable font that includes stylistic axes for Bounce and Informality, which can be used to create animated type.
Cyrillic Script
The Shantell Sans font family also includes Cyrillic script support, designed by Anya Danilova. This involved translating Shantell's Latin-based handwriting into Cyrillic characters, while maintaining the unique tone and rhythm of her writing style.
Features and Extentions
The Shantell Sans font family includes several features:
- Variable axes: The variable font allows for different stylistic options, including Bounce and Informality.
- Cyrillic support: The font includes Cyrillic script support, designed by Anya Danilova.
- Italic styles: The font includes italic styles, created using the extended stylistic range.
- Spacing axis: The font includes a new experimental axis called Spacing, which adds extra spacing between letters.
Release and Support
The Shantell Sans font family was released as an open-source project, with support from Google Fonts. The team worked with Anya Danilova to extend the font's stylistic range and add Cyrillic script support.
