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Johan Kallas and Mihkel Virkus

Johan Kallas is credited on five families in the library. The first was added in 2010 and the latest in 2012. By class: three display faces, two handwriting faces. Mihkel Virkus shares the credit on 4 families of them, so both names lead to this page.

The familiesIn order of addition, each name set in its own outlines

ViburHandwriting · 2010 · weights 400
Concert OneDisplay · 2011 · weights 400
EwertDisplay · 2012 · weights 400
RevaliaDisplay · 2012 · weights 400
Meie ScriptHandwriting · 2012 · weights 400

Range of the work

The lowercase runs from Meie Script, the shortest at 297 units per 1,000 em, to Revalia at 557. In width, Vibur is the narrowest (368) and Ewert the widest (736). Measured against the medians of their own classes, one of the four families with ascenders have a taller x-height, three of all five set a wider lowercase and three a darker one.

Against the class medianDifferences from the median of each family’s class, per 1,000 em; ink in percentage points

FamilyClassx-heightWidthInkWeightsSubsets
RevaliaDisplay+50+197−3 pts4002
Concert OneDisplay−19−31+15 pts4002
ViburHandwriting−31−50+20 pts4001
Meie ScriptHandwriting−148+12+3 pts4002
EwertDisplayno ascenders+230−7 pts4002