JL Joseleen
Jung-Lee Type Foundry · Josse Pyl, Jungmyung Lee · 2016
A wedge-serif developed from Josse Pyl's earlier 'Permeke' drawing, distinguished by floriated terminals and three sets of stylistic alternates that shift the typeface's character from ornate to austere.
About
Descended from a 2013 drawing by Josse Pyl called Permeke, Joseleen pairs a Roman with an Italic and offers three stylistic alternate sets alongside its default. The default and figure 2 alternates lean into floriate, almost calligraphic details — particularly visible in the K, R, Q and lowercase r — while figure sets 1 and 3 adopt harder, downward-sloping legs for a more direct tone. Latin coverage spans Basic Western European, Central European and South Eastern European scripts.
Classification
Joseleen features prominent wedge-shaped serifs as its defining structural characteristic, combined with floriated terminals that give it an ornamental, calligraphic quality distinct from transitional or old-style classifications.