![]() (OT programmed, better if you use Adobe applications) If you plan to use the font for text, be sure to activate the less decorative capitals, which are placed in the “salt” group of alternates.ĭream Script Standard has less glyphs than the Pro one, it contains just some ligatures for a better legibility. The font works great in small, middle and big sizes and can be a great selection for magazines, wedding invitations, perfumes, and posters.ĭream Script Pro is the most complete style, it contains all the alternates and ligatures (OT programmed, better if you use Adobe applications) ![]() Place them like I did on the posters and you will have great results for sure. ![]() This makes each word look unique like it happens in calligraphy: you will find alternates for the beginning/ending of a word/phrase, some for the middle of it, some interchangeable.Īlso, to accompany the script, you will find Dream Caps, which was inspired in the eternally beautiful trajan capitals. The fact that makes Dream look alive is that it has many alternates per glyph. The rhythm has to be even, in spite of its playful look. Capitals and swashes have to be done a little faster than lowercase letters. The secret of a good looking chancery is on its subtle details: pen angle is constantly changing, even on the strokes which seem straight. However, this font rescues many aspects of handmade calligraphy: You have to look at it really close to notice it is actually a font, and that was one of my goals. Making a font out of my ink-sketches was a tough work, since they were closer of -being art- than of -being type. I have been practicing chancery in the way I learnt from those calligraphers for many years now. With Julian Waters, John Stevens and Denis Brown (just to name a few of them) (1) chancery, or italic script, was transformed into a new, exciting and very fresh style of calligraphy mainly at the end of 20th Century.ĭream Script may be that dream named above made true. ![]() Full of life, like some of the best calligraphers around the world do on their artworks. One of my dreams as a type-designer was making a good looking chancery cursive. ![]()
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