Re: Sentico Sans Dt Free
Lilly Rosenau
The Eurostle Candy family is a kind of spinoff from the Eurostile Next project. I liked its simple form, open counters, and general roundness. The DIN Next family has two variations, sans and rounded. For the DIN Next project, I wanted to create the rounded version because the original drawings made by the Deutsches Institut für Normung (the German Institute for Industrial Standards) simply looked very cool. The DIN Next sans version also has slightly rounded edges. This rounding-off of the corners was my solution for making the DIN design friendlier to the eye. I did not want it to appear too sterile.
Akko Pro and Akko Rounded Pro reflect two current trends: squarish sans serifs and sans serifs with softened features. A quick online search came up with Klavika (2004), Etelka (2005), PF Beau Sans Pro (2006), Sentico Sans DT (2008), Gesta (2009), Sone (2009), Great Escape (2010) and Vinkel (2010) in the first category; and Cashback (2006), CR2 (2006), Houschka Rounded (2008), Sommet Rounded (2008), Tame (2009), Apex Rounded (2010), and Museo Sans Rounded (2011) in the second one. Both of these trends suggest a quasi-return to the 1970s, the decade that gave us both the techno fonts of Letraset and the soft, friendly types from ITC. Of course, that was also the period that produced VAG Rounded, the granddaddy of many of these new typefaces.
For the most part, I am not enamored of either squarish or rounded sans serifs but I have to admit that Akko Pro and Akko Rounded Pro are among the best fonts in their genres. Certainly, Akko Rounded Pro is heads above the weird Eurostile Candy.
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