Apart from working on new typefaces, I have to keep expanding the existing families. OpenType not only represents the Latin alphabet, but can also include other character sets. Meta has long since had Greek and Cyrillic versions. MetaHeadline and MetaLight have not, however, been expanded to include those character sets.
Now, finally, two type designers in Athens have finished the first weight, MetaLight Greek. Thin and Hairline will follow.
Dear Eric,
All the sycophantic kudos aside (your work for BVG amongst many other things has been a huge inspiration), the letters in the Greek alphabet above are not so odd. They are very similar to the basic shapes of Porson Greek, and the sigma is simply the terminal version that appears at the end of words ending in sigma. The other is used within words. Anyone who reads the Loeb classics or a USB New Testament will be familiar with these forms.
Congratulations for your massive success!
Chris
You’re right, the Sigma is pretty normal, i shouldn’t have made it yellow. I do like the Beta though.
I have a plan for a more contemporary Greek alphabet which i hope to design very soon, with the help of friends in Greece.
Greek alphabet is great, thanks!
Who do you work with in Greece to develop the Greek typography? Another type studio or a linguist/translator?
Right now I am working with Eva Masoura and her friend Natasha Raissaki.