For this font, SMN Florentine, I was inspired primarily by some of the type in Stazione Santa Maria Novella:
Secondarily I was inspired by the unique Florentine serifs:
Here are some preliminary sketches I made before outlining in Illustrator; exploring the serifs and x-height:
Experimenting with the letterforms not in my reference images, and exploring the orientation of the serifs:
Working on some of the more difficult letters, as well as the entire lowercase which will probably never make it to the computer:
Outlining the remaining letterforms:
If anyone actually wants it I can just email it or something. Ciao!
Cory
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