![]() With the slightly rounded corners of the Brandon Grotesque von Döhren is not just counteracting the cool and formal character of the structured sans serif, but is giving a warm complexion to the noble character of the font, produced by the low x-height. Nevertheless anyone who prefers the closed "a" can obtain it as an alternative via the format sets of the Open Type font. With the open common "a" and the looptail "g" von Döhren is coming closer to the forms of the Antiqua than those of a structured sans serif. Thus, for example, the "c" clearly shows that its prototype is the circle, while the arches in "b" and "d" tend more to recall a humanist sans serif with a very slight variation in the stroke width and a Renaissance Antiqua as prototype. However, von Döhren reworked the structured forms with legibility in mind. Hannes von Döhren took the structures sans serif fonts of the 20's and 30's in the 20th century as his inspiration for the Brandon Grotesque. In this font von Döhren skilfully combines the forms of the structured sans serif fonts of the 1920's and 30's with elements of contemporary typography. With his Brandon Grotesque font, the type designer Hannes von Döhren has shown that he does not just have the knack of designing display fonts such as Snoogle™ or elaborate Antiquas like Opal™. ![]()
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