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Re: Grid Test of Letters
The right side of u is often a constant, but because it isn’t symetrical in a serif type, with serif at both top and bottom, there are designs in which uv uw uy might kern.3 -
Re: Small Capitals
You probably want to modulate the amount of width gain in smallcaps across the weight range. Your heaviest weight uppercase letters are already proportionally much squarer than the lighter weights, s…1 -
Re: Grid Test of Letters
Heh. It never crossed my mind to use a pair of letters as spacing keys, but I can immediately see the benefit: nuanubnucnudnuenufnugnuhnuinujnuknulnumnu...2 -
Re: Grid Test of Letters
For reviewing primary (non-kerning) spacing, I find the best test to be between key glyphs that do not usually require kerning. For Latin uppercase, this is usually HAHBCHDHEHFHGHHHIHJHKHLHMH... Lati…3 -
Re: Small Capitals
With regard to petite caps, it is worthwhile to consider the nature of the typefaces for which Zuzana Licko designed them, such as Mrs Eaves, which had a short x-height. The smallcap / petite cap dis…3
