Baka Expert was designed by Neil Summerour and published by Positype. Baka Expert contains 1 style.
Why Baka Expert?
There’s actually a simple answer. The original Baka was done as an experiment of sorts. I wanted to quickly capture a rough, frenetic handwriting style that broke normal conventions. Commercially, it was successful, received some accolades … but I wasn’t completely satisfied, so I went back to the master art and the lettering explorations and produced Baka Too. This addressed some of the line items I wanted to refine in Baka. I liked it.
Each font has been out for a few years now, and I have seen them in use. I’m very critical of my work, and I could still see things-modulations of strokes, angle of the nib, ink swell, and so on-that I wanted to change, refine, and reorder.
For me, it is typographic indulgence, but I wanted to take this handwriting ‘font’ and turn it into a robust ‘typeface.’
So I did just that and a bit more by adding back more of my initial flourish concepts; attaining tighter, consistent control of the modulation; optimizing points; adding titling options; and expanding the character language set. Baka and Baka Too had to exist to produce this entirely new re-envisioning of an old friend … and they all play well together 🙂
