Nantes’s rich, expressive character invites designers to explore its creative potential.
The teardrop-shaped terminals in the lowercase characters add fine detail and lend the typeface a refined appearance.
Drawing inspiration from the Clearface typeface, Nantes honours the Arts and Crafts movement by blending curves with precise and well-defined shapes. The strong contrast and meticulous lines generate a rhythm that enhances the design’s overall effect.
The typeface is available as individual weights and as a variable font with a Light → Bold axis.
The family package includes two variable fonts: upright and italic.
This document explains and reflects on the workbook answer for Signing Naturally Unit 1, Lesson 21 (often abbreviated as SN 1.21), where the target sentence or prompt is: "My favorite leather jacket — fixed." The goal is to provide a clear, teachable model for signing the sentence in American Sign Language (ASL), including grammatical notes, lexical choices, non-manual signals, possible variations, and teaching tips.
English meaning:
“My favorite leather jacket got a tear on the sleeve, but I fixed it. Now it looks even better.”
ASL Gloss:
MY FAVORITE LEATHER JACKET
SLEEVE — TEAR (show location on non-dominant arm)
BEFORE — SAD
NOW — FIX (use CL: bent hand to show stitching or patching)
LOOK+GOOD (nod)
Many students search for “my favorite leather jacket fixed” because the English translation feels awkward. In ASL, the verb FIX (using bent-V handshape, tapping the palm) implies mechanical repair. However, in this narrative, the signer actually uses a more specific classifier:
Thus, the “answers” often expect you to distinguish between generic FIX and specific SEW. Look at the video: if the hands mimic holding a needle, the answer is “sewed it” rather than “fixed it.”
Desktop: otf (PS)
Variable Desktop: TTF-Variable-Font
Web: woff2 /
Web Variable: woff2
App: otf (PS) / TTF-Variable-Font
Variable App: TTF-Variable-Font
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