Further to this previous discussion;
https://typedrawers.com/discussion/2418/which-g/p1I have developed the family further, but I'm undecided about the style of punctuation. I had started with the round tittles and punctuation, but I'm now veering towards the diamond shapes. I think it fits the overall design better. Any thoughts?
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What I'm really curious about are your question marks; they're squiggly in a not-so-squiggly looking face. It's apparently intentionally, so I guess I'm wondering about your reasoning.
John: I get what you're saying, and I definitely don't want the design to feel archaic, but maybe if the dots were a bit rounder as per Jasper's suggestion? I don't really see them as having an old-fashioned appearance, just a different style. I'll see what they look like in the lighter weights, and the Display and Italic styles. Maybe I'll have to do two versions for the tittles and punctuation, until I stop dithering.
Nick: glad you like the question mark. I makes me think of Arabic type, maybe it's just the stress of it.
(I suspect the logo of Pacific University is evidence: it uses a logo-designer–crafted single-story “a” instead of the Hypatia Sans typeface’s two-story default. But Hypatia Sans *has* a perfectly good alternate single-story “a”—the designer presumably just didn't realize it so they made one instead. I like the one from the typeface better.)
I was already thinking of a stylistic set, half knowing I'm just making work for myself and it would be a futile task anyway but powerless to stop myself.
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