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Re: My text face wish list
Very clever. Those are remarkably similar to the primes in the Symbol font—but easier to navigate to than via a glyph palette.1 -
Re: Geometric Blackletter
As Jean Cocteau once said (more or less, and in French), develop what people dislike in your work, because it is you. Of course blackletter caps are at the dark end of the legibility scale, especiall…2 -
Re: Replace ß by smallcap eszett or smallcap ss?
Yes, I was wrong, it’s not the Zehlendorf. But I do think it’s quite distinct from the Dresden; so I will call it the “Orangeville” (where I have my studio).3 -
Re: Numerals and distinction between capital O and number 0
Not to my knowledge. Usually it’s in the other direction, with default lining figures being “three quarter” (shorter) than caps. But precedent is no reason not to pursue a novel idea! Give it a try, …3 -
Re: Replace ß by smallcap eszett or smallcap ss?
One thing I note from this discussion is that the Dresden style, as used in the Typedrawers font, looks too much like the lower case ß. When I first started adding this character to my typefaces, at …3
