I'm not sure whether a symmetric /Dzhe-cy would make sense in the context of the Titling cut, since it embraces handwriting-style letterforms, and handwritten /dzhe-cy is based on the handwritten /u shape as far as I can tell. It might also look too much like /Ustrait-cy or even /U-cy if it were symmetric. The regular cut of Quinoa has a symmetric (and angular) /Dzhe-cy, of course.
As for /dje-cy, I'm not sure what you mean... would you make it more circular? I don't know enough about the letter to know how far I'm allowed to tweak it. I do like its current shape, as it happens.
My Latin /S was too open to serve as an Armenian /Տ, so I drew a more closed version. I love that new shape, but I think I can't promote it to become the new /S, since it doesn't fit as well with the other Latin caps, especially the /C... I guess I'll just have to start a new Latin font to accommodate that /S. (Bottom is the Armenian /Տ)
I don't think the /R has any say in what either /S or /C look like in most typefaces... and I rather feel that my typeface started out too flamboyant; when I started adding the more well-behaved alternates, I felt the whole family become more and more usable.
Alright! After a few intense iterations with Hrant's consulting, the Armenian is finally in shape for shipping. Phew!
I'm only waiting for the new Glyphs version with the kerning bug fix to come out now...
(BTW, the collision between լխ up there wouldn't occur naturally, since there's a contextual alternate for that. The screenshots were taken from within Glyphs without contextual alternates activated.)
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Congratulations, Christian. I think Quinoa would look very good as a text font, especially in a glossy magazine. It gives the text a very uncluttered look.
Hmmm... revisiting Quinoa after a long rest, I find the lack of very dark weights rather noticeable. I feel tempted to add a Black master now... (Even though it means redrawing 4000 glyphs...!)
Good point, thanks! I originally made the /c so wide because it stuck out as narrow among the other letters, but I changed it back now and like it this way. I also made the /s wider.
As it happens, I had reduced the overshoots shortly after posting that «Barleywine» sample, based on some feedback from the typografie.info forum. Is it better in the current version?
Overshoots look fine to me. I think the new ae is better, but I'm no expert. It's design could use some finetuning, though, as I'm sure you're aware. Its 'a' looks awkwardly back-slanted.
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As for /dje-cy, I'm not sure what you mean... would you make it more circular? I don't know enough about the letter to know how far I'm allowed to tweak it. I do like its current shape, as it happens.
(Bottom is the Armenian /Տ)
To put it another way: this typeface might be more flamboyant than you may be allowing it to be.
I'm only waiting for the new Glyphs version with the kerning bug fix to come out now...
(BTW, the collision between լխ up there wouldn't occur naturally, since there's a contextual alternate for that. The screenshots were taken from within Glyphs without contextual alternates activated.)
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/catharsis-fonts/quinoa/
Thanks again to everyone who helped make this possible!
https://www.myfonts.com/newsletters/rs/20160810.html
Also, for some reason I didn't have a spurless /r to go with the round style. Now I do.
Good point about /v, thanks.
BTW, is this new /ae (middle) better than the old one, even though there's no two-storey /a in the typeface?