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Re: Would you recommend being a type designer?
I think about the relationship of script and language system in terms of general and specific:A script is a collection of graphical elements with general rules about how they are laid out and combine…1 -
Re: Need a pair of eyes on these numerals
I think Andreas is suggesting an entirely new shape, in which the parts that are thin and thick are different. It could be something like this very rough sketch.1 -
Re: Need a pair of eyes on these numerals
Can we see some year names using only one form of 4, rather than mixing them like this? Having the two forms present is distracting and makes it difficult to judge each individually.1 -
Re: On the appropriateness of small-cap-specific symbols
If find the height overshoot of the smallcap ! and ? distracting. I think one should aim for these to have the same vertical relationship to the smallcaps as the full size versions have to the caps, …4 -
Re: Need a pair of eyes on these numerals
That reads as a 4 now. I am not so sure about the other form, with the turned up nose.I find setting the names of past years to be a good test of numerals, e.g. 1453, 1944, 2024, because we are condi…1
