Rosart
Font Review Journal · Katharina Köhler · 2016
Katharina Köhler's 2016 revival of Jacques-François Rosart's Baroque types, retaining scalloped serifs, ball terminals and the forward spur on the G whilst imposing a straight-line discipline that gives the design crisp modernity.
About
Distributed by Camelot, Rosart occupies the transitional ground between Old Style and Modern, honouring the eccentric details that many revivals in this genre discard: the scalloped serifs on the E, F and T, the goatee spur on the G, and the pronounced ball terminals. The constraint of using straight lines wherever possible – visible in the leg of the R and the beaks of the S, C and G – reduces the fragility inherent in the originals without erasing their theatrical character. The italics carry a gentle forward slant on most letters but preserve the wind-sheared tilt on the A, V and W by default, with more conventional alternates available.
Classification
A Baroque serif situated between Old Style and Modern, drawing directly on the work of Jacques-François Rosart and Johann Fleischman. Characterised by scalloped double serifs, prominent ball terminals and a transitional stress, with a modernising constraint of straight lines wherever possible.