(RELEASE  INFO)                       ████     RELEASE DATE: 03/06/2008
SiZE iN MB  : 03 x 1.44MB
FONT NAME : META SERIF 1
PUBLISHER : FontFont
PRIZE     : 199 Euro                TYPE        : PostScript

(RELEASE  NOTES)

The most influential sans serif typeface of the
digital revolution just got a serif sister.

Introducing: FF Meta Serif

It took three years and three designers to develop FF Meta Serif:
Erik Spiekermann, Christian Schwartz and Kris Sowersby. All
through the nineties, Erik Spiekermann had made several attempts
at designing a companion for his original Meta. Colleagues had
frequently been asking him which serif face would best fit to
FF Meta. He recommended Swift, Concorde, Minion, FF Clifford and
others until he realized that he should just make his own serif

At the beginning of 2005 Erik finally admitted to himself that
he was stuck - all of his sketches looked like Meta with serifs
added, not like a serif typeface that could survive on its own.
He needed fresh eyes, so he got Christian involved who, in turn,
asked Kris to take on some of the workload. Obviously, a serif
Meta would need to fit in with the existing Meta family. After
drawing the first weights the designers saw that there was still
something wrong: the serifs were too strong so that both families
didn't really go well together in the same line, despite identical
x-heights. The theoretical approach obviously hadn't worked well
enough, so they decided to trust their experience instead. They
changed the metrics so that the letters are not mathematically
identical, but optically the same. Now what you see is what you
get. And they discarded the idea of a tighter spacing to make
it appear darker. After much trying, comparing, generating fonts
and printing out samples, the final formula for a new Meta was
found: two percent heavier and two percent more condensed than
the sans.

Erik van Blokland's sophisticated technology "Superpolator"
helped to extend the family, although manual corrections were
always necessary: the spirit of a typeface can still not be
delegated to software.

While it is a typeface that can stand up on its own in a wide
range of applications, the extra benefit is its close relation-
ship to the original Meta, its sans serif sister. The two
families can be mixed in the same line and one can be used to
accentuate the other. Using both on the same page adds variety
and meaning to a text.

(GROUP  INFO)

Founded in 2004, SCRIPTUM is trying to bring you both, the
most expensive and the finest fonts available. All of our
members are in the scene for a long time and share many years
of experience. Through our close contact to other font
releasing groups, we can always make sure that our releases
are unique and the best that the scene has to offer.

We're currently looking out for:
- People who can get their hands on latest font releases
- Suppliers that can supply us with something useful
- HQ Sites

E-Mail: scriptum.fonts(at)googlemail.com

Appreciate the work of font designers! Do not share this font
on the web or in public P2P networks! Furthermore, this release
is for private use only!

(GREETINGS  TO)
ACME   DEV   DWP   EQX   F4CG   LCD   Lz0   META