5b. Soane Sans U&lc - Type Specimen

<p><em><strong>Soane Sans U&lc</strong></em><strong> - Type Specimen</strong></p> <p><br></p> <p>Photograph: Jon Melton, emfoundry.com</p> <p><br></p> <p>2 of 2 Research Type specimens</p> <p><br></p> <p><em>(Type specimens are defined as typographic designs that showcase a typeface design, its context and use.)</em></p> <p><br></p> <p>The Soane Sans lower-case were derived from the 'soanean' inscriptional capitals found on the Gate-house Lodges at Langley Park in Norfolk - from what is likely the earliest surviving extant example of a Soane serif-less inscription. Their distinctive bold modelling has been utilised in extending the full character set of the font ETRVSCA Sans.</p> <p><br></p> <p>The research and development of Soane Sans was presented and explained at ATypI18 Antwerp in September 2018, and was submitted within a Portfolio to the REF21. </p> <p><br></p> <p>Research Question(s): How will engaging in practice-based research inform the development of a new primal sans typeface, lead to new insights into the context of the serif-less letterforms of the eighteenth-century?</p> <p><br></p> <p>  </p> <p>ARRO: <a href="https://arro.anglia.ac.uk/view/creators/Melton=3AJon=3A=3A.html" target="_blank">https://arro.anglia.ac.uk/id/eprint/704771/</a></p> <p> <br> Researcher's Website: <a href="http://emfoundry.com/" target="_blank">http://emfoundry.com</a></p> <p><br></p>