PROCESS / FORMAT—FULL CHARACTER SET (256) TYPEFACE THAT INCLUDES ALL ACCENTED LETTERS USED IN THE FRENCH LANGUAGE. ACCENT CHARACTERS (A, E, I ETC.) WERE DESIGNED FIRST, WHICH DICTATED THE OVERALL STYLE OF THE TYPEFACE AND SPECIFICALLY THE FORM OF THE NON-ACCENTED EQUIVALENT LETTERS. SIZE—N/A : QUANTITY—250 : DATE—03 / 2005 PUBLICATION—PROMOTIONAL ITEMS, DISK ART. |
DESCRIPTION—MONTRÉAL'S (& NUMEROUS OTHER CITIES) PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION BUSSES FEATURE FLIP SIGN DISPLAYS THAT ALLOW FOR DESTINATION NAMES TO BE DISPLAYED TO THOSE WAITING FOR THEIR SPECIFIC BUS. THESE SYSTEMS DO NOT ACCOMMODATE NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE ACCENTS BECAUSE OF THE CONSTRAINTS OF THE MODULAR SYSTEM. THE TYPEFACE MNTRL WAS DESIGNED TO ACCOMMODATE ACCENTED LETTERS WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF A MODULAR GRID WHILE RETAINING MAXIMUM READABILITY. MNTRL PACKAGING INCLUDES DETAILS ON THE BASIC ELEMENTS OF THE LETTERFORMS (MODULAR UNIT AND GRID STRUCTURE). THE BOOKLET SHOWCASES THE STYLISTIC ELEMENTS OF THE TYPEFACE IN COMPARISON TO OTHER MODULAR TYPEFACES AND ALSO FEATURES REJECTED LETTERFORMS THAT WERE NOT INCORPORATED IN THE FINAL FONT. © 2013. |
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