Bir by Yonca Karaben Sözer
Contributed by Gareth Hague
on Jan 19th, 2017. Artwork published in
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The title of Yonca Karaben Sözer’s novel Bir (Doğan Kitap) is Turkish for “one”. Geray Gençer designed a set of four cover variations, with different decorative 1s — customised, based on FF Scala Jewel Diamond, Moku 26 Birch, Bodoni Ornamental, and Ziggurat. Sabre is used for the text and also appears on the back cover.
Geray Gençer. License: All Rights Reserved.
Back cover
Geray Gençer. License: All Rights Reserved.
Detail of front cover type
2 Comments on “Bir by Yonca Karaben Sözer”
Wonderful designs. However, caution is advised with regard to the Scala Jewel cuts. The inner free spaces are not round and the anchor points are shifted. There are also overlaps of the handles.
I requested an update yesterday.
When you have made a name for yourself as a designer, one might think that the work is of high quality. That doesn’t seem to be the case with Martin. After all, lines of the Scala Jewel are shifted in their anchor points and imprecise, curves are fatally unbalanced. Good to see on the number two when zoomed in. Unfortunately, the two isn’t the only glyph with this problem. Shame about this font, especially when one know I’ve been requesting an update for years but nothing is happening. I requested the last update from Linotype on August 7th, but still nobody cares.
Then one shouldn’t be surprised as a designer that the font isn’t used more often.
The glyphs of the Scala Jewel Saphir are particularly affected.