Jannon T Moderne Pro

Jannon T Moderne Pro Italic

Designer: Frantisek Storm

Isn't it a good opportunity to restore more of Jannon?s innovative idea? Jannon straightens the axe of shadows, removes curves where they can be easily replaced with upright lines. He is not affraid of putting entirely static elements into a very dynamic set of Antiqua, which is apparent from most of upper-case letters. Newly and daringly he draws the italic with uneven slant angle. Our previous digital transcription, however, transfers also such Jannon?s irregularities like significantly higher lower-case z in italics (probably a typesetter?s mistake, but lovely), slight extension of middle part of vertical stems or uneven darkness of letters. In other words, it was too beautiful typeface concentrated rather on its origin, but less to contemporary needs. Jannon Text Moderne solves all the weaknesses mentioned above: hairlines are thickened and the x-height is slightly smaller than of Jannon Text. For the price of declining Jannon?s crispness we have obtained something solid and functional. Through extensive testing we have tuned up a consistent behavior of the typeface even for a transparent paper at 600 dpi ? the cheapest small publisher?s prepress method. After a crystalic and rather cooler Jannon?s attitude, we have brought our alphabet closer to late baroque, but also closer to the contemporary reader?s eye. Jannon Text Moderne is a typical body type face consisting of four basic designs, four Small Caps and Swash Italics. Naturally, old style (hanging) figures, numerous ligatures and a set of baroque ornaments are supplied along. It is released as an alternative to other post-garamondian revivals, suitable for every sort of literature and makes largest books easier for reading.