All characters were carefully designed with the proper weight in order to sustain harsh printing conditions (on special papers), a situation which affects mainly the light connecting parts of calligraphic typefaces. Small caps and their alternate forms were designed to replace the capitals which disrupt the flow of text within a sentence with their extravagant swashes. Four sets of alternate swashed capitals as well as a plethora of ornaments and frames (117) was included. Several characters were stripped-off their connecting lines in order to enhance legibility. lowercase characters were designed so they are less inclined, have a higher x-height and are less condensed than the original. An attempt was made to design a contemporary script typeface with classic roots, by following certain guidelines, i.e. These alternates are either applied automatically through an advanced programming scheme, or manually through several OpenType features. Furthermore, a wide selection of alternate forms and ligatures is included for all languages, in order to accommodate diverse design aesthetics. Developed over a period of two and a half years, each one of the 2 weights is loaded with 4300 glyphs(!), offering simultaneous support for all European languages based on the Latin, Greek and Cyrillic scripts. It is based mainly on the manuscripts of the 18th century English calligrapher Joseph Champion. This typeface was first presented in June 2007 at the 3rd International Conference on Typography and Visual Communication (ICTVC) and was met with rave reviews.
Most recently, it received another award from the 3rd International Eastern Type Design Competition - Granshan Awards 2010. It received an award for Excellence in Type Design from the International Type Design Competition ‘Modern Cyrillic 2009’ which was held in Moscow. PF Champion Script Pro is perhaps the most advanced and powerful calligraphic family ever made.
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