Typeface Design for a Print and Web Text Family

A loose interpretation, not a revival, of a Dutch metal type with origins probably dating to the early 16th century

Bara is a text typeface by Nikola Djurek, loosely interpreted from the Schefferletter (Enschedé English-bodied Roman No. 6), hand-set by Bram de Does in 1992 in a copy of The Steadfast Tin Soldier. Rather than a historical revival, it adapts characteristics of that Dutch Golden Age metal type into a practical family with multiple weights and four optical sizes. Unorthodox details such as abruptly terminated strokes on 'e' and 'c' are more apparent at larger sizes, while at text sizes the design produces a slightly darker texture.

Set in Bara