Curved endings
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María Ramos
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I am having some problems with the alignment of the curved endings of typeface design. If I align the corners below de cap height and above the baseline the result when I print them is unpredictable, and some stems look shorter than others.
On the other hand, if I align the corners with the cap height and the baseline, the letters that end with vertical stems look bigger than those ending in horizontal strokes.
I have thought about including an alignment zone below the cap height and above the baseline, but I suppose that would result in too many alignment zones.
Any advice? Thanks!
![Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5019405/uploads/editor/wo/8xnpcfo96a2i.png](https://us.v-cdn.net/5019405/uploads/editor/wo/8xnpcfo96a2i.png)
On the other hand, if I align the corners with the cap height and the baseline, the letters that end with vertical stems look bigger than those ending in horizontal strokes.
I have thought about including an alignment zone below the cap height and above the baseline, but I suppose that would result in too many alignment zones.
Any advice? Thanks!
![Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5019405/uploads/editor/wo/8xnpcfo96a2i.png](https://us.v-cdn.net/5019405/uploads/editor/wo/8xnpcfo96a2i.png)
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Couldn't you have a single alignment zone that starts below cap height and ends above it?
It's what I'm currently doing in my Bold to manage the slanted stem tops:
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Easy! Thank you @Christian Thalmann, when one is working for a long time in something any small inconvenient seem bigger than it really is0
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