Fractions without fraction glyph

Sander Pedersen
Sander Pedersen Posts: 33
in Type Design Technique & Theory
I spotted this feature in Matthew Carter’s Alisal. It seems to work in this case because of the strong horizontal design of the numerals (and the font is more suited for text than formulas). Bell Centennial has this as well, but they’re arranged diagonally. Are there other typefaces with similar fractions, or is this rather unique?



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  • André G. Isaak
    André G. Isaak Posts: 637
    Gilles Le Corre seems fond of this.

    e.g. 1584 Pragmática Lima


    1350 Primitive Russian



    André
  • Andreas Stötzner
    Andreas Stötzner Posts: 826
    I did 3 different sorts of fractions in Andron (Mega). For composing text on musical notation I use those vertically adjusted glyphs without a stroke, this fashion is usual for depicting measure numbers.
  • AbrahamLee
    AbrahamLee Posts: 263
    Andreas Stötzner said:
    this fashion is usual for depicting measure numbers.
    I think you mean time signatures.
  • Nathan Zimet
    Nathan Zimet Posts: 76
    Removing the vinculum is mathematically incorrect.
  • Sander Pedersen
    Sander Pedersen Posts: 33
    Obviously you wouldn’t want to set technical or scientific texts using these fractions, but I think Alisal’s could be handsome in a literary text.

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