Letterform Reconstruction: Video Spang

Letterform Reconstruction of phrase "Video Spang"

For this project, we studied Roman type engraved by Francesco Griffo for Pietro Bembo's De Aetna which was printed by Aldus Manutius in Venice in 1496. * The objective was to understand the details and structure of that type and how it can be interpreted to make modern letterforms (Roman, sans serif & other styles). This was completed with a 3B pencil - an ideal tool for understanding historical Roman type. The starting point for the work is blown-up photos of the original De Aetna type.