anotherSerif(1.0)

anotherSerif is a retail typeface, for licensing please go to notyourtypefoundry

There are so many serif typefaces—today Xiaoyuan is adding one more to the pile: anotherSerif.

This is her first attempt at a serif typeface—well, mostly serif. Most glyphs follow serif conventions, but some don't. anotherSerif is a typeface that explores irregularity and inconsistency, qualities often overlooked or under appreciated. Each glyph has its own size, sometimes breaking all conventions: for example, the uppercase P is smaller than lowercase p. As a dot matrix-based typeface, this irregularity surprisingly helps readability at small sizes.

The challenge was finding the right rhythm within this chaos. There were technical constraints when bitmap fonts were introduced. Now we don't have those constraints anymore—wouldn't it be nice to do something weird?

After commonSans, it felt natural to make anotherSerif. :)