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Re: Uneven/unbalanced serifs?
This kind of asymetry (some serifs onger to the right) is more visible in early venetian romans, due to their dynamics which is closer to the formal scripts of these times. Even Nicolas Jenson use it…3 -
Re: Sculptural Beauty: an invitation to participate
Here are pictures of my process : the first one shows Gustine ligatures in FontForge, the second one is an explanation I gave on FaceBook about the third one which was an exemple of the memory aids I…1 -
Re: Geranium : inspired from Venetians
Geranium at work in my selfpublished novel "Le jour d'essaim". That's the first time I see it printed in offset. The size is 10.5 pts (because of its 620 pages ; I didn't want to force the …3 -
Re: Question: Why are foot serifs cupped?
@"Peter Baker" Thanks for the Jazz ! I love it (I played clarinet a long time ago). Geranium is far from beeing perfect, that's a fact. But that was my first try to draw a roman text font… …1 -
Re: Question: Why are foot serifs cupped?
@"Mark Simonson" I think the crisp effect is caused by the vibration of cupped serifs. In my font Geranium, which has no angles and only very short straight lines, I designed cupped serifs …2
