Rieven Roman Set | Desktop

This package includes Rieven Roman Regular, Rieven Roman Italic, and Rieven Orna­ments (3 font files total) for Desktop use.

Designer Steven Skaggs ex­panded the Rieven family by cre­ating a Roman version that can be used hand-in-hand with its pre­deces­sor, Rieven Uncial. Although they share some glyphs in common, the key differences include: replacing the uncial-specific forms in U, a, e, f, and r with more conventional forms. Curved strokes in h, m, n, u, v, and w were revised to be straight. More subtle adjustments were made to g, s, t, et al for consistency with the new roman glyphs.

The accompanying italic works perfectly well with its Roman counterpart, despite being structurally quite dis­tinct from it. Virtually all traces of the uncial forms are removed in the lowercase. Sufficient dif­fer­entiat­ion be­tween the italic and the upright forms of the Roman has been applied to achieve a balanced contrast in text set­tings, which allows for more efficient reading.

Use Rieven Roman for lengthier passages of text in maga­zines, books, and websites. Let the distinctive spirit of Rieven shine in packaging, signage, and games. Use it in tan­dem with Rieven Uncial for a con­sistent style, with optimal readability.