Alverata Greek

Designed by Gerard Unger. Released 2014.

Alverata Greek is a contemporary, eclectic typeface inspired by type from medieval Europe. Capital inscriptions are the basis for this face, which can be seen in its short, thorn-like serifs and flared forms. Alverata Greek also experiments with the characters themselves by exchanging straight lines for curves and vice versa, becoming resolutely modern in the process. Alverata performs beautifully in both digital and physical applications, delivering excellent openness and legibility in small text and proving lively and attractive at large sizes.

  • ISTD 2014
  • Typeface Design of 2014, Communication Arts
  • Rutenia 2014
  • Fontshop’s Best of 2014 
  • Typographica’s Notable Releases of 2014
  • Gold, 2015 European Design Awards
  • Honourable mention, Print Magazine
  • Yearbook of Type II, 2015
  • TDC Tokio: Type Design Prize 2016
  • 50 best typefaces,  étapes magazine 2014 

Παραδοσιακα Κεραμικα

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Λειτουργεί υπό την επίβλεψη του αγγειοπλάστη Γιώργη Δαλαμβέλα, ο οποίος με μεράκι, αγάπη και ακολουθώντας την παράδοση δημιουργεί αληθινά έργα τέχνης.

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Το «Κεραμείον» διαθέτει δυο ξυλοκαμινα. Το ένα είναι ο βασικός τύπος καρμινίου που επικρατεί σε όλη την Κρήτη από την αρχαιότητα μέχρι σήμερα, ανοδικής καύσης, όπου έχει κυλινδρικό σχήμα με ανοικτή οροφή και χωρητικότητα 1 κυβικό περίπου .Και το άλλο είναι μικρότερο, με χωρητικότητα 200 λίτρα περίπου, είναι κιβωτιόσχημο και είναι καμίνι γαλλικού τύπου κατασκευασμένο εξολοκλήρου με πυρότουβλα. Και τα δυο καμίνια ψήνουν σε χαμηλές θερμοκρασίες μέχρι 1050c περίπου.

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Το χωριό Μαργαρίτες είναι ένα από τα μεγαλύτερα κεραμικά κέντρα στην Ελλάδα. Οι παλιές και οι νέες τεχνικές συνυπάρχουν αρμονικά ανάμεσα στα 20 εργαστήρια-εκθεσεις κεραμικής που κατασκευάζουν παραδοσιακά και μοντέρνα κεραμικά. Οι επισκέπτες του χωριού μπορούν να θαυμάσουν την παραδοσιακή αρχιτεκτονική, τις παλιές εκκλησιές, το μοναστήρι του Σωτήρος Χριστού ,τον Υστερομινωικό θολωτό τάφο του 1350 π.Χ. και την διαδρομή του μονοπατιού Ε4 που οδηγεί στην αρχαία Ελεύθερνα.

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The Backstory

Alverata Greek

A contemporary, eclectic font family drawn from roots in Romanesque Europe.

Alverata is Dr Gerard Unger’s resolutely modern font family inspired by his doctoral research on Romanesque type in 11th and 12th century Europe. Capital inscriptions are the basis for this face, which can be seen in its short, thorn-like serifs and flared forms. Alverata also brings in secondary considerations from the early 20th century model, but tweaks them to prevent blandness and imitation.

 
Alverata stretches conventional letterforms without disturbing readers with unfamiliar details. Its primary Romanesque forms are robust while refinement is shown through myriad details, such as how the curves meet stems and how terminals of curves are resolved. Alverata comes in three styles to serve a wide audience (Regular, Informal, and Irregular), each with their own purpose and feel. The Regular sets the overall tone while the Informal style introduces an unexpected softness with such things as a single-story ‘a’ and calligraphic terminals.
 
The Irregular style is where real distinction lies because it’s made for scenarios where combining uniqueness with eclectic historical reference is the primary goal. Curved shapes prevail in the conventional Latin lowercase, whereas straight lines and angles dominate in the uppercase. Alverata Irregular exchanges these characteristics, experimenting with the characters themselves rather than increasing their weight or creating an accompanying sans.
 
The secondary characteristics of the early 20th century model, mentioned earlier, are seen mostly in details and familial relation: Alverata has a large x-height, is slightly condensed, and has large interior spaces within letters. By attending to these details, Alverata performs beautifully in both digital and physical applications, delivering excellent openness and legibility in small text and proving lively and attractive at large sizes.
 
To complete the Alverata family, Dr Unger collaborated with Gerry Leonidas (University of Reading) and Irene Vlachou (Athens) to develop the Greek version, and with Tom Grace on the Cyrillic version. All three styles of Alverata, along with our entire catalogue, have been optimised for today’s varied screen uses.