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Re: modern text font without kerning or with just a few kerning pairs
This is a bit of a non-issue—although Bellefair’s lack of kerning is an integral part of its design, a feature not a bug, so the fact that it’s been f**ked up once out of my hands is somewhat annoyin…8 -
Re: modern text font without kerning or with just a few kerning pairs
I designed Bellefair with none. Like Georgia, targeting screen use. While original, it’s classic, not modern in the sense of style.3 -
Re: (attempt at) a true reverse contrast Roman
Ha! Now that I see the capitals, it reminds me of this.Which might be why I recommended the “optical” adjustment that used to be made for this old “Shadow” genre of typefaces, although I wasn’t makin…2 -
Re: (attempt at) a true reverse contrast Roman
I suggest that you thin the problematic heavy strokes of v, w, k and y slightly to accommodate how we are conditioned to see stems angled in this manner as thicker than they really are.2 -
Re: Latinized Greek
I didn’t consider the variants of my Scotch Modern Greek to be levels of Greekness, but degrees of historicism. At top is the base, below that a stylistic set with a more scripty look, its alternates…2
