Here's an English word that "should" have three l's in a row, but only has two: fully (full + ly) There are probably others. So I guess English does this. (View Post)
FYI, here is what the outline font looks like for the above samples: The "pixels" are slightly inset from the grid to avoid overlapping nodes. (View Post)
I would guess that the reason most fixed-width fonts (and therefore coding fonts) have large x-heights is related to the fact that all glyphs are the same width. In proportional fonts, designs with s… (View Post)