Font Shop International: FF Eureka Mono CE Medium

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ff Eureka Mono CE Medium
version 01.1 |
November 2007
FONT & DESIGNER
INFORMATION
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about ff eureka mono ce medium
about
peter bil'ak
The original drawings for ff Eureka date from 1995 when it was designed
for the bilingual text of “Transparency”. The typeface works especially
well for languages with accented characters. Many contemporary western
typefaces have large x-heights which leave little room to accommodate
accents, the result is that they are small and cramped. However, in many
languages the accents are an integral part of the alphabet and shouldn’t
be reduced in size and importance. In order to maintain a proper rhythm
in the text, Bilak adjusted the proportions of the typeface. The height of
the ascenders and descenders is 1.7 times the x-height. This relatively
small x-height leaves room for longer descenders and ascenders which in
turn better accommodate accents and punctuation, it also gives the
typeface its distinctive character. The large serifs visually balance the
larger accents. Eureka’s proportions result in an economic typeface and
allow the letters to be spaced more loosely. This is important for, as Bilak
says: “it is the white space that we unconsciously read, not the actual
letterforms. Looser spacing helps to avoid the typographic noise inside a
text, and retains the individuality of the letters.” ff Eureka Mono extends
the Eureka family by a monospaced version.
Peter Bilak was born in Czechoslovakia and now works in The
Netherlands, in the field of graphic and type design. In 1999 he started
his type foundry Typotheque. In 2000, he co-founded DOT DOT DOT
magazine. He teaches typography part-time at the postgraduate course
Type & Media at the Royal Academy of Arts in The Hague. In 2004,
together with a dancer Lukas Timulak, he directed a modern dance piece
inspired by typography.
ff Eureka Mono CE Medium
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TYPE SPECIMENS
ff Eureka Mono CE Medium
Shag pile i13
AaBbCcDdEeFfGgHhIiJjKk
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
FF Eureka Mono CE Medium 14/16 pt
Karel Čapek Attila Ráno přinesl posel z kraje
lesa zprávu, že na jihovýchodě plála v noci
ohnivá záplava. Toho dne zase sychravě mžilo,
FF Eureka Mono CE Medium 12/14 pt
Karel Čapek Attila Ráno přinesl posel z kraje lesa
zprávu, že na jihovýchodě plála v noci ohnivá záplava.
Toho dne zase sychravě mžilo, mokrá polena nechtěla ani
FF Eureka Mono CE Medium 10/12 pt
Karel Čapek Attila Ráno přinesl
posel z kraje lesa zprávu, že na
jihovýchodě plála v noci ohnivá
záplava. Toho dne zase sychravě
mžilo, mokrá polena nechtěla ani
hořet; tři lidé z houfce
ukrytého v rokli zemřeli na
krvavou stolici. Protože už
FF Eureka Mono CE Medium 8/10 pt
Karel Čapek Attila Ráno
přinesl posel z kraje lesa
zprávu, že na jihovýchodě
plála v noci ohnivá
ff Eureka Mono CE Medium
záplava. Toho dne zase
sychravě mžilo, mokrá
polena nechtěla ani hořet;
tři lidé z houfce ukrytého
v rokli zemřeli na krvavou
stolici. Protože už nebylo
co jíst, vypravili se dva
muži k pastýřům v zálesí;