What do you call this part of an /r?

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  • Vasil Stanev
    Vasil Stanev Posts: 784
    edited May 2019
    Let's vote on it.
    Does Vanilla allow polls?
  • Adam Jagosz
    Adam Jagosz Posts: 689
    edited May 2019
    More importantly, does it allow multiple answers?
    From Anatomy of Type (the one linked here), “bar” seems to be a generic name for a horizontal part of a letter. It could work well for r in Dax or Ubuntu, not sure if it would ring any bells at all with a Didone though.
  • Paul Miller
    Paul Miller Posts: 273
    Before these posts appeared on this forum I called this part of the 'r' an arm and the point where it joins a shoulder.
    I will continue to call them that.
    I think most people with opinions here will continue to use the nomenclature that they are comfortable with, whatever the outcome of this thread.
  • Hrant Հրանդ Փափազեան Papazian
    Hrant Հրանդ Փափազեան Papazian Posts: 2,044
    Paul Miller said:
    I think most people with opinions here will continue to use the nomenclature that they are comfortable with, whatever the outcome of this thread.
    Internally it's indeed a non-issue.
    The issue is when you have to talk to other designers, especially when you're teaching, and don't want your students stuck on your personal communicative island... What I do with my students is tell them the term I think they should use (and sometimes why) but also what other designers might call it.
  • Thomas Phinney
    Thomas Phinney Posts: 2,958
    Bhikkhu Pesala said:
    Maybe I am going out on a limb here, but I think arm

    I just about lost my drink when I read that.

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