Quill Font: Manfred Klein’s FF Quill and Its Figure System

The FontFont publisher account credits Manfred Klein and dates FF Quill to 1994. It lists Light, Demi and Extra. Make three copies of “Dinner at eight”, holding size and line spacing constant while changing only the named weight. Compare the internal spaces and the balance between letters rather than assuming Extra means a particular numerical weight. Preserve the complete FF-prefixed family name in your project record; a similar script category does not identify the same font.

The publisher specifies proportional oldstyle figures. Include both “24 October” and “19:30” in your test, and compare the digits’ varying outlines with the adjacent lowercase. Do not assume that the figure feature supplies equal-width columns: the documented figures are proportional. If you need vertically aligned quantities, inspect the actual font resource for an appropriate option or choose a suitable companion face. Keep the date readable at its final size rather than judging the numerals only as an enlarged character chart.

FontFont documents ligatures and case-sensitive forms. Set your actual invitation title with its punctuation, then compare feature settings one at a time in an application that exposes them. Check the glyphs that visibly change; do not assume an option must affect every character. Inspect the original FF Quill specimen for the original drawing. Allura and Sacramento here are independent scripts for comparing a title’s rhythm. They do not promise FF Quill’s figure shapes, punctuation adjustments or metrics.