Valentin
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Harold's Fonts
Only $19.95
About:
Valentin was inspired by the work of Valentin Haüy, creator of the first books for the blind. His comprehensive plan, as outlined in
Essay on the Education of the Blind
, included instruction in both reading raised print and writing longhand with an iron stylus to create indentations; for this dual purpose a cursive style was used.
Although it may now seem a complicated design for first teaching the blind to read, it's also a beautiful but rather eccentric version of what is called a vertical French script. Working from a facsimile of the copy of
l'Essai sur l'éducation des aveugles
presented to Louis XVI on Christmas 1786 I completely redrew the font. I kept the basic form of the letters while smoothing, regularizing, and re-spacing them for better legibility by eye. Also works well italicized for more of a script feel.
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