Continuation of Typography Workshop

During our type workshop i decided to look at the counters within the lower case a, i found some similarities between different font styles and so decided to research this further. I looked at two letters from four different font families.

The counters within slab serifs are very narrow and tall, this gives the body of the letter a wider fill therefore making it big and bold. Geometric types are very open and therefore require a much bigger counter than those of a slab serif. Transitional types aren't as symetrical as geometric ones so they are taller than they are wide similar to the orientation of the characters. Script fonts are sleek and slanted so the counter of the lower case a mimics this.