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Re: Height of straight and curly quotes marks
I’ve put angled “straight” quote glyphs in several typefaces, and made them identical to “curly” quotes. I figure that the only reason they are vertical (or “neutral”, according to Unicode) is becaus…2 -
Re: Uppercase and Lowercase style differences – other examples?
For many centuries, the upper and lower case Latin C/c of the common serifed text types were given a different treatment, but not S/s. Jakob Erbar’s Candida (1937) broke with that convention, with it…10 -
Re: PSA: A guide on how to draw a proper capital Eszett (ẞ)
Tim and Christian—this is perhaps why I have usually gravitated towards the “Orangeville” style (flat and curved top), a compromise between your differing opinions.1 -
Re: Why so many coding typefaces with large x-height?
I don’t think so. Large gaps around “i” and tightness around “m” are unavoidable. However, as i, l and t are such common letters compared to m and w, there is always more gappyness in monowidth text …1 -
Re: Contextual alternates in latin sans-serif
I’m post-ironic. One never knows whether one’s silly ideas will amount to anything, or where they will lead, until one tries them out. Thank you for “taking the ball and running with it”!2
