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Re: Which typeface is better: Helvetica or Akzidenz Grotesk?
It is hard to tell if we don’t define “better” first. Linotype Helvetica has more weights, so in that aspect is “better” than Akzidenz, but I like more some details of individual letters in the Regul…3 -
Re: Under- and overshoot
Definitely I’d go for slightly bigger overshoots, above and below the x-height. Look at “rincomincia”: the first three letters (“rin”), as they have serifs, settle a precedent about where is the base…1 -
Re: italic ӕ in neogrotesque
I’d go for a double-storey “æ”, just like in this Futura Oblique, even if it has a single-storey “a”. It looks more clear to me. Alternative: add a stem, like Avant Garde.[I am aware that my examples…7 -
Re: Font management with Apple Librofont
I guess Librofont is the Italian name for Font Book. For some reason, Apple changes the name of its font manager depending on the language you work with. In Spanish it is called “Catálogo Tipográfico…4 -
Re: A collaborative typefaces developed with students
It looks good. It reminded me the typeface that Lance Wyman designed around 1968 for the Mexico City subway.1
