Titus Schulz understands what makes a good text typeface legible. Drawing on 25 years of experience as a book designer and inspired by his own calligraphic handwriting, which he got introduced to at ArtEZ Academy of Arts Arnhem, he designed Merwede.
Merwede is not a revival. Many of its features are unconventional and unique. They stem from Schulz’s dissatisfaction with details in classic book typefaces, like italic capitals. (In Merwede, the italic capitals stand one degree more upright than the lowercase so they don’t appear to lean against the lowercase.)
A unique feature of Merwede is the full set of musical chord symbols, which Schulz finds unfavourably designed in almost all music books. ‘Why are the sharp, flat and all necessary chord symbols missing in typefaces? Almost all music books are miserable shaped when it comes to these symbols.’
All this, plus an extensive set of OpenType features make Merwede a true, very charming workhorse.
Bold Monday is an independent Dutch type foundry established in 2008 by Paul van der Laan and Pieter van Rosmalen. Our catalog encompasses custom typeface design for high-profile, international clients, as well as state-of-the-art retail fonts for discerning designers. Bold Monday is specialised in creating original, sometimes slightly offbeat typefaces that are always produced with great care and attention to detail.
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font-family: {{familyCtrl.selectedVariation.family.css_font_stack.replace('"', '').replace('",', ', ')}};
font-style: italicnormal;
font-weight: {{familyCtrl.selectedVariation.font.web.weight}};
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