Repro Design Features
Repro Design Features
This is an article about Repro’s design features and a guide to modulating its visual output on the web.
Stylistic Alternates
Repro includes a wide range of alternatives. The majority of the alternatives can be assigned to the categories “sharp” and “soft”. In addition to these groups, the classic two-story a and the space s can also be found.
Repro R
Repro → Repro
double-story a
a → a
soft 2
2 → 2
soft 6 & 9
1986
soft percent
100%
soft G
G → G
soft u
u → u
soft y
y → y
space S
Space Odyssey
sharp t
t → t
sharp l
l → l
sharp j
j → j
Advanced Punctuation
corner punctuation
Äil’ŗl· → Äil’ŗl·
Special Positioning
The main function of Repro is to circulate information in a second, newly defined and and adapted, font size. Here differentiate standalone characters [isol] with combination characters [init, medi, fina] which are controlled by OpenType.
white circle
A → A AAA
white circle
B1 Infopoint 200m
ARRIVAL GATE A1-29
Baggage Claim B2 →5
The second font size can also without the encircling, in three positions. This allows for further typographic distinctions.
bottom positioning
A → A
center positioning
A → A
top positioning
A → A
center positioning
WORLDS HEAVYWEIGHT
THE THRILLA IN MANILA
ALI VS FRAZIER
1975 CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHT
bottom positioning
HAND BAKED CHOCOLATE
COOKIES 5 Pieces
top positioning
Daily Special Menu
900–1230
CONTEXTUAL ALTERNATES
double questionmark & exclam
Yes?? No!!
care of
c/o Studio → c/o Studio
Numero
No.47
Arrows
<- ←
-> →
Special Characters
web specific characters
✓
graphic forms
extended arrow set
←↑→↓ ↖↗↘↙ ↤↥↦↧
⮨⮩⮮⮯ ⮬⮭⮪⮫ ↺↻ ⥀⥁
⇤⇥ ⮌⮍⮏⮎ ⇄⇅