Champagne & Limousine
What really makes me appreciate this font is the aesthetic and functional consistency.
The aesthetic consistency is really obvious because you can easily notice how each character inspires an other:
- the d is actually a a with an ascender
- the C is a O cutting - so the bowl is exactly the same
- the p is a o with a descender and a q is a reflection in mirror of the p
- the n uses the exact same bowl than the u, reverse it and add a ascender to create the h
- the f and the t are pretty similar except the ascender slightly curve for the f
- etc.
You can pretty much link absolutely all characters.
The functional consistency is in the simplicity of those letters. The curves are pure, no useless decoration elements.
All the letters share the same height between the baseline and the x height and it's quite clear when you have a look on the lower-cases.
The creator kept only the ascenders/descenders/arms/cross bars relevant for the recognition of the letters.
Moon Flower
My observations above about the functional consistency are quite relevant here as well.
The only difference here will be about the aesthetic consistency. Actually, if you look at the bowls, or the curves, it' s quite irregular. Per example, the bowls and counter of the B P R or C, G O Q are slightly different.
But the simplicity and the consistency in the thinness of the line, the aperture and wildness built a relevant aesthetic consistency where the irregularities are actually a form of consistency. This consistency in the irregularities is one of the main part of the style cause it gives this hand writing aspect.
Can't Write Quickly on Winter
Even if this font had the most ''hand writing'' style, it shows more aesthetic consistency than the previous one:
- h l and k share the exact same ascender
- f g y share the exact same descender
- etc.
Like Champagne & Limousine, you can pretty much link absolutely all characters reagarding different elements.
Create a font with a ''hand writing'' style is pretty challenging regarding the functional consistency and the readability. I do think the creator did here a good job. Of course it's less easy to read than Time New Roman but it's part of the compromise.
What really help the readability and strengthen the hand writing aspect is the consistency in the creating process: all lower cases posses an extension of the stroke in the end but not at the beginning. This will create an illusion of continuity once your place the characters next to one another.
