New Sandringham

2023


New Sandringham is a serif typeface inspired by Lining Sandringham, a font family introduced in the mid-1920s by the London-based foundry R.H. Stevens & Co. Ltd. Comprising 117 glyphs in a single weight, New Sandringham features dramatic contrast and ornamental ligatures, making it ideal for striking displays such as posters, books, and large-scale advertisements.

The project began as an effort to digitise and optimise Lining Sandringham Old Style to suit modern applications. However, due to inconsistencies in the original specimen, other variations of Lining Sandringham and related typefaces were referenced.

Research and expert input suggested that this typeface could be an alternative to Cheltenham, a typeface designed in 1896 by Bertram Goodhue and Ingalls Kimball. Despite Lining Sandringham Old Style inherits specific ligature details and fused elements of old style and transitional faces, its overall structure is notably narrower compared to Cheltenham.

Drawing heavily from these two font families, New Sandringham faithfully restores the serif details and structural elements of its predecessors. It also introduces essential punctuation, symbols, and improved kerning for enhanced usability. As a result, New Sandringham is presented as a distinctive revival of a classic design and is now ready to show its abundance again in the digital era.


New Sandringham 是一款襯線字體,其設計靈感源自 1920 年代中期由倫敦字體鑄造廠 R. H. Stevens & Co. 發行的字體家族 Lining Sandringham。由單一字重組成,New Sandringham 共包含 117 個字符。其字形設計擁有強烈的對比與精緻的裝飾性連字,適合用於海報、書籍封面以及大型廣告等需要強烈視覺衝擊的展示性應用情境。

該專案最初目標是將
Lining Sandringham Old Style 進行數位化並加以優化。然而,原始字集收錄不全且細節不一致,使得專案不得不擴展研究範圍,納入更多字重及其他類似字體進行參考。最終,文獻與專家意見顯示,Lining Sandringham 很可能是 Cheltenham 字體的衍生版本,這也使得 Cheltenham──這套早在 1896 年發表的字體──成為專案中的重要參考對象。

儘管
Lining Sandringham 繼承了 Cheltenham 的連字設計,並忠實重現其融合舊風格(old style)與過渡風格(transitional)的外觀,其整體比例較 Cheltenham 更為窄長。而 New Sandringham 不僅在兩者之間找到了平衡,重新展現了其獨特風格,還補全了常用標點符號與特殊符號,並改善了字間微調細節,以確保字體的實用性。作為一個風格的復興,New Sandringham 已準備在數位時代大展風采。


SECTOR

Art + Culture

DISCIPLINE

Book
Typography

SPECS (TYPEFACE)

1 style with 117 glyphs
OTF, TTF

SPECS (SPECIMEN)

180x230 mm, 28 pages
Digital CMYK printing
Softcover with embossing
Saddle stitch bound

DESIGN + EDIT

孫廷睿 Memphis Sun

CONSULTANCY

Edwin Pickstone
Ellmer Stefan

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