Taking Handwriting Fonts to the Next Level with Color Font Technology | Ulrike Rausch | ATypI 2020

Numerous ligatures and alternative letterforms combined with sophisticated OpenType programming add just the right analog touch to handwriting-style fonts. Yet, Ulrike Rausch was challenged to find ways to reproduce handwritten messages even more realistically. With her latest font release LiebeHeide, Rausch demonstrates how color font technology can authentically reproduce the writing of a ballpoint pen–hardly being recognizable as a digital product anymore. Presentation by Ulrike Rausch. *** In 2009, Berlin-based type designer Ulrike Rausch founded her own type foundry called LiebeFonts, providing high-quality typefaces with a charming personality and obsessive attention to detail. Her growing portfolio of quality fonts has been used in publications, advertisements, and websites all around the world. When Rausch is not busy with her next font release, she enjoys teaching at art schools and giving type design workshops in her studio. Last year, she teamed up with lette