About ITC Silvermoon
ITC Silvermoon was inspired by the handwritten headlines in a fashion magazine of the 1930s, says designer Akira Kobayashi. “I wanted to design a very thin, almost fragile, display type to match illustrations such as Erte's.” He gave his typeface the long, vertical movement of Art Deco illustrations or architecture. “To achieve the elegance of this fashionable period, I made the letterforms very slim, and added a curlicue to some letters, such as O, a, and m,” he says. “The flow of the curlicue softens the overall look of the typeface.” The regular weight is monoline, a single thin stroke, but for the bold Kobayashi added dramatic shading to create contrast between thick and thin strokes, “to go with less high-key illustrations and photos.” |
