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  • Christian Thalmann
    Christian Thalmann Posts: 1,994
    edited January 2017
    Samara Keller said:

    The /ß based on the /longs+/z sounds like a really cool concept, we‘ll have to try  it out. We don‘t know it it‘ll fit conceptually though, as we want to show how the initial letters developed. It might be a more abstract solution to the concept though.

    I was actually suggesting a /ß based on /longs+/s, which is certainly a historical combination, albeit not the earliest. In fact, since you seem to like /longs, you could even consider a /ß glyph composed of a distinct /longs and /s... («anſtöſsig»).

    But using /longs+/z with a modern, grot-style /z could also make for some nice cognitive dissonance and fit the grot flavor of the typeface well.

    BTW, on the numbers: Is perhaps /2's head too large and /5's too small? /7 too wide and light?

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