Riminy is a serif typeface that embodies my ideals and aspirations as a designer. My goal was to craft a comprehensive set of Latin alphabet glyphs, complete with ligatures and custom ampersands, demonstrating my dedication to precision and elegance in type design.

 

The first step was to establish a clear goal for the typeface I wanted to create. I brainstormed ideas, envisioning a design inspired by Garamond with curves reflecting a botanical and organic mood. The result would be a mid-weight, mid-contrast, super-elegant serif—rich with ampersands and ligatures to enhance its character and sophistication.

 

I brought some elegant visuals from Garamond such as:

 

- Gently curved serif from “n”.

- Humanistic influences like tilied axis on the letter “o”.

- unique style “W” with two overlapped ‘V’ shapes.

 

At the same time I go diffrent approches such as:

 

- Different style serif of 'G' and 'S'.

- Different style of 'a'.

- More curved, soft tail instead of a nip-pen-like stroke tail.

 

I incorporated softly curved tails, rounded terminals, and fluidly linked ligatures, drawing inspiration from the graceful forms of botanical structures, such as stems and leaves. These elements add a natural elegance and organic flow to the typeface.