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Rieven

Posted on June 10, 2013 by

Rieven Uncial retains a richness and elegance found in traditional uncial forms but it has been carefully tempered to be much more versatile. The accompanying Italic works perfectly well with its uncial cousin despite being structurally quite distinct from it. The trick is to make the contrast with the uncial be one of narrow to wide rather than straight to slanted.

Rieven italic slants only five degrees. To make it relate to the uncial form, it was given ‘knuckles’ which suggest the branching direction of the uncial while, in fact, it actually branches from the bottom like a cursive. The two different forms have been carefully brought together into a single family with the flexibility one has come to expect for general text work.

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