#17 Bakewell by Kimmy Design
Q1: What should graphic communicators look for when choosing a typeface family for a specific project? What kind of typeface designs are best for pairing with your typeface?
Ans: It’s important to choose a typeface that fits with the tone of the project. Even within a specific genre there are nuances that make the project unique. Coming up with that message BEFORE searching for fonts will remove the urge to just pick something trending or that shows up in early searches.
Bakewell is a low-contrast (monolinear) version of the Winslow and Madley-type family. Because the basic skeleton is the same, it pairs very nicely with each of those typefaces. In general, it is a great text typeface to accompany any modern-style or 18th-19th-century style serif font, but also works well as a display typeface paired with a delicate line script font, such as Winslow Script or any other signature style script typeface.
Q2: What were your goals when designing the typeface? What is the one or two most important things graphic communicators should know about the typeface, or how will the family of fonts help them create better design?
Ans: At first Bakewell was purely an exploration in taking the skeleton of a modern-style serif typeface (Winslow) and removing the serifs and reducing contrast. As it developed it was more of an opportunity to create a unique sans-serif with non-traditional features.
The most important thing to know about it is that it works great as both a display typeface and as a text typeface. I use it as the paragraph type on my website and as headline type on specimen images and posters. There are lots of extras and special features to play around with and make it unique to your project.