Eastern Divide Oktoberfest Stein
Contributed by Meaghan Dee on Sep 23rd, 2020. Artwork published in
September 2020
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David Jonathan Ross’s Clavichord (Font of the Month Club) on the Oktoberfest Steins for Eastern Divide Brewing.
Photo: Meaghan Dee. License: All Rights Reserved.
5 Comments on “Eastern Divide Oktoberfest Stein”
First spotting of Clavichord in the wild!
It’s interesting to learn that the American use of the term stein extends to glassware. In the original German meaning, a Stein (literally “stone”) is a beer mug made out of stoneware. If this mug can hold (exactly) one liter, it’s a Maß (or Maßkrug) in German – Maß meaning “measure”.
It seems that the real-life usage on the beer glass seems to have lesser stroke contrast than the digital font file. Strange. I’m guessing it could have been due to some ink bleeding or a faux bold.
Good eye! Clavichord does come in three optical sizes; Small, Medium, and Large styles (plus a variable font with Optical Size axis). But yes, even the “Small” version is quite delicate. There’s a good chance that the designer added a slight stroke, so that the letterforms hold up when being (screen?) printed on the mugs.
Good eye Thomas and great guess Florian! There is a very thin stroke (I know, type crime!) but it was indeed so the letterforms would hold up during printing.
Oh, I wouldn’t call this a type crime! It’s rather a sensible intervention made in respect to the production.
Thanks for confirming.