Specimen & User Guide

RIDEWELL INTRODUCTION

Vintage Woodtype
Ridewell is a wood type inspired typeface filled with
an amazing range of OpenType features. It has a
wonderfully warm, friendly and authentic letterpress
vintage look and is delivered in two styles, a regular and
a printed/weathered style.
Both styles feature a full uppercase and lowercase
set but also a variety of OpenType goodies that make
Ridewell unique and expand each style into a huge
superset. With over 1800 glyphs per style you can take
full creative control of stylistic alternates, contextual
alternates, discretionary ligatures, standard ligatures,
numerators and denominators. The combinations are
just endless.
Ridewell is delivered in OpenType TTF format and
supports Wester, Central and Eastern European
languages.

Ridewell supports a variety of

OpenType features giving you
a range of alternative letter
combinations.

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Using opentype
To use all of Ridewells features you will need a program
that supports OpenType such as Adobe Illustrator,
Adobe InDesign, CorelDraw and Quark XPress. The
following example is for Adobe Illustrator.

LETS START
In this example we have
set our text in uppercase.
The first step is to open
the Opentype / Character
Panels from window>type
or command + t.
For starters make sure
you have all settings
deactivated and the
Position set to Default
Position.

STYLISTIC
ALTERNATES
(SALT)
With the text selected,
activating Stylistic
Alternates (Titling
Alternates in InDesgin)
will enable alternative
glyphs, such as R & L in the
example.

DISCRETIONARY
LIGATURES (DLIG)
By activating
Discretionary Ligatures
you access the second set
of alternates.
(Remember to keep the text
selected and to deactivate the
Stylistic Alternates.)

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CONTEXTUAL
ALTERNATES
(CALT)
By activating Contextual
Alternates you access the
third set of alternates,
like the WE you see in the
example.
(Remember to deactivate the
Discretionary Ligatures.)

DLIG & SALT

By activating both
Discretionary Ligatures
and Stylistic Alternates
you access the second
set of alternates plus the
alternates of the second
set (fourth set). The
combination of glyphs
that exist in this case are
RI and LL.

TAKE CONTROL
Lets start again and take
this to the next level.
Select the word and be
sure to deactivate all of
the OpenType features.

Using your Type Tool

select R and I and activate
Discretionary Ligatures
and Stylistic Alternates.

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Now select W and E
and activate Contextual
Alternate.

Move on and select

D and E and activate
Discretionary Ligatures.

Finally select LL and

activate the Discretionary
Ligatures and Stylistic
Alternates.
You can try different
letter combinations and
features to see what
happens, or just browse
through the full character
set and select the
glyphs you want to use.
(type>glyphs)

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NUMERATORS
Select all the text and
click on the flyout menu
Position and select
Numerator. Adjusting
these options will change
the position of the glyphs
relatively to the baseline.

DENOMINATORS
Again, select all your text
and click on the flyout
menu Position and choose
Denominators. Adjusting
these options will change
the position of the glyphs
relatively to the baseline.

LOWERCASE
Set a word in lowercase.
Open your Character Panel
(window>type>character).

SMALL CAPS
From the flyout menu on
the top right of the panel
activate Small Caps.

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STANDAR
LIGATURES
When setting type in
lowercase and you wish
to activate the Standard
Ligatures from the
Opentype Panel ffi in
this example choose only
these characters.

Avoid activating the

Standard Ligatures, when
setting type in Uppercase,
you may get some
unwanted results.

STANDAR
LIGATURES MAGIC
There are three ways to
access the preset words
(and, since, from, to, etc.)
Start by typing a word in
lowerace.

If you activate the

Standard Ligatures you get
the lowercase result of
the preset word.

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Now if you activate Small
Caps from the Character
Panel youll access the
first Uppercase word
variation.

To access the second

uppercase preset word
variation, set your type in
uppercase.

Now activate the standard

ligatures from the
OpenType Panel. This
will access the second
uppercase preset word.

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HEIGHTS
So far weve covered the
uppercase, lowercase and
small caps. Here you can
see the Uppercase and
Small Caps R.

There are two more

Uppercase alternatives
(different character
heights) which can be
accessed via: window> type>
glyphs in Illustrator or in
InDesign: character panel>
opentype> stylistic sets> set1
& set2. Select SS01 from the
Show dropdown. Double
click on any glyph to
insert it in your text.
You can also select SS02
from the Show dropdown.
Double click on any glyph
to insert it in your text.

This is how all the

Uppercase variations
relate to each other. From
left to right: Uppercase,
Small Caps, SS01, SS02,
Numerator, Denominator.

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FRACTIONS.
Fractions are also
available via the Opentype
Panel. Set your number in
the following format xxx/
yyy.

Activate the Fractions

button.

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Character Set
UPPERCASE

LOWERCASE

ABC
DEFG
HIJKL
MNO
PQRST
UVW
XYZ

abc
defg
hiijk
lmno
pqrs
tuvw
xyz

PUNCTUATION

NUMBERS AND MATH SYMBOLS

!"#%&'()*,-./:;?\[]| 0123456789+=<>
}{
$

_
*@
^`

CURRENCY

SYMBOLS

DIACRITICS

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SMALL CAPS

!#%():;?[]{}01
23456789a
bcde
fghi
jklmn
opqrs
tu
vwxyz

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CONTEXTUAL ALTERNATES

AA AB AD AH AK AL AM AN AP AR ATA ATE
ATI ATO ATU ATY AT AV AW CA CH CK CM CN
CR DA DH DM DN DR ETA FA FH FK FN FP FR
HA HD HE HH HK HL HM HN HP HR HT HU
HW ITA JA JR MA MB MD ME MF MH MK ML
MM MN MP MW NA NB ND NE NF NH NK NL
NM NN NP NR NT OA OB OE OF OH OK OM
ON OO OP OR OTA PA PE PF PH PN PP PR QA
SK SH ST TA TE TH TK TN TP TR UA UB UD
UE UF UH UK UM UN UP UR UTA UT VA VB
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R VE VH VK VM VN VP VR VT WA WB WD WE
STUVWXYZ
WF WH WK WM WN WP WR WT YA YB YE YF
YH YK YN YP YR YTA
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQR
STUVWXYZ
STYLISTIC SET 1

STYLISTIC SET 2

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DISCRETIONARY LIGATURES

AA AB AC AD AE AF AG AH AI AJ AK AL AM AN AO AP
AQ AR AS ATA ATE ATI ATO ATU ATY AT AU
AV AW AX AY AZ BA BB BC BD BE BF BG BH BI BJ BL
BN BO BR BS BT BU BV BW BY BZ CA CB CC CD CE CF
CH CI CK CL CM CN CO CP CR CS CT CU CV CW CY CZ
DA DD DE DF DG DH DI DJ DL DM DN DO DR DS DU DV
DW DY EA EB EC ED EE EF EG EH EI EJ EK EL EM EN
EO EP EQ ER ES ETA ETE ETI ETO ETU ETY ET
EU EV EW EX EY EZ FA FC FE FF FG FH FI FJ FK FL
FM FN FO FP FR FS FT FU FW FX FY FZ GA GB GD GE
GF GG GH GI GL GM GN GO GP GR GS GT GU GV GW GY
GZ HA HC HD HE HH HI HJ HK HL HM HN HO HP HQ HR
HS HT HU HV HW HY IA IB IC ID IE IF IG IH IJ IK
IL IM IN IO IP IQ IR IS ITA ITE ITI ITO ITU
ITY IT IU IV IW IX IY IZ JA JE JI JJ JO JR JU JY

KA KB KD KE KF KG KH KI KJ KK KL KM KN KO KP KR
KS KT KU KV KW KY LA LB LC LD LE LF LG LH LI LJ
LK LL LM LN LO LP LQ LR LS LT LU LV LW LX LY LZ
MA MB MC MD ME MF MH MI MJ MK ML MM MN MO MP
MR MS MT MU MV MW MY NA NB NC ND NE NF NG NH
NI NJ NK NL NM NN NO NP NQ NR NS NT NU NV NW NX
NY NZ OA OB OC OD OE OF OG OH OI OJ OK OL OM ON
OO OP OQ OR OS OTA OTE OTI OTO OTU OTY
OT OU OV OW OX OY OZ PA PB PC PD PE PF PG PH PI
PJ PK PL PM PN PO PP PR PS PT PU PV PW PX PY PZ
QA QE QI QO QU QW QY RA RB RC RD RE RF RG RH RI
RJ RK RL RM RN RO RP RQ RR RS RT RU RV RW RX
RY RZ SA SB SC SD SE SF SG SH SI SJ SK SL SM SN
SO SP SQ SR SS ST SU SV SW SX SY SZ TA TB TC TD
TE TF TG TH TI TJ TK TL TM TN TO TP TQ TR TS TT

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DISCRETIONARY LIGATURES (cont...)

TU TV TW TX TY TZ UA UB UC UD UE UF UG UH UI UJ
UK UL UM UN UO UP UQ UR US UTA UTE UTI UTO
UTU UTY UT UU UV UW UX UY UZ VA VB VC VD VE
VG VH VI VJ VK VL VM VN VO VP VR VS VT VU VV VY
VZ WA WB WC WD WE WF WG WH WI WJ WK WL WM WN
WO WP WR WS WT WU WV WY WZ XA XC XD XE XF XG XH
XI XJ XK XL XM XN XO XP XQ XR XS XT XU XW XX YA
YB YC YD YE YF YG YH YI YJ YK YL YM YN YO YP YQ
YR YS YTA YTE YTI YTO YTU YTY YT YU YV
YW YX YY YZ ZA ZB ZC ZD ZE ZF ZG ZH ZI ZK ZL ZM
ZN ZO ZR ZS ZT ZU ZV ZW ZY ZZ

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STYLISTIC (& TITLING) ALTERNATES

AA AB AC AD AE AF AG AH AI AJ AK
AL AM AN AO AP AQ AR AS AT AU
AV AW AX AY AZ BJ CA CB CC CD CE
CF CH CI CK CL CM CN CO CP CR CS CT
CU CV CW CY CZ DJ EJ ET FA FC FE FF
FG FH FI FJ FK FL FM FN FO FP FR FS FT
FU FW FX FY FZ GA GB GD GE GF GG GH
GI GL GM GN GO GP GR GS GT GU GV GW
GY GZ HA HC HD HE HH HI HJ HK HL
HM HN HO HP HQ HR HS HT HU HV
HW HY IJ JJ KA KB KD KE KF KG KH
KI KJ KK KL KM KN KO KP KR KS
! & ( ) + , - . ? 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C KT KU KV KW KY LA LB LC LD LE LF
D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V LG LH LI LJ LK LL LM LN LO LP LQ LR LS
WXYZ
LT LU LV LW LX LY LZ MA MB MC MD
NUMERATORS

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STYLISTIC (& TITLING) ALTERNATES

DENOMINATORS

ME MF MH MI MJ MK ML MM MN MO
MP MR MS MT MU MV MW MY NA
NB NC ND NE NF NG NH NI NJ NK NL
NM NN NO NP NQ NR NS NT NU NV
NW NX NY NZ OJ PA PB PC PD PE PF
PG PH PI PJ PK PL PM PN PO PP PR PS
PT PU PV PW PX PY PZ RA RB RC RD
RE RF RG RH RI RJ RK RL RM RN RO
RP RQ RR RS RT RU RV RW RX RY
RZ R SJ TA TB TC TD TE TF TG TH TI
TJ TK TL TM TN TO TP TQ TR TS TT
TU TV TW TX TY TZ UJ VJ WJ YA YB
YC YD YE YF YG YH YI YJ YK YL YM
YN YO YP YQ YR YS YT YU YV YW
YX YY YZ A F H K L M N P Y

!&()+,-.?0123456789ABC
DEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUV
WXYZ

(cont...)

STANDARD LIGATURES

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This type specimen is set in Ridewell Regular and Print and Adagio
Serif designed by Mateusz Machalski and released in 2014 by Borutta.

Special thanks to my wife,

Ageliki Lefkaditou for being my
inspiration, my hero and the
light of my life.

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