| Cotillion and its
Small Caps, Italic, and Italic Small Caps family was designed
by Jim Rimmer in 1999. The intent was to produce a look that
would be suitable for many types of social print or for use
in advertising anything from jewelry to fine automobiles. The
typeface’s very short x-height and its tall ascenders
is reminiscent of a number of typefaces that emerged in the
late 1920’s period. Many foundries made close copies of
Bernhard Modern in a rush to capitalize on the commercial success
of that type. In the case of Cotillion, the designer used the
unusual dimensions of Bernhard, but did not refer to it in the
process of designing this face, intending to make a letter of
the same general bearing, but preferring to take an individual
approach to the design. |
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