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Re: Eau de Garamond — a sans distilled from the essence of Garamond
Hmmm, you probably have a point there. I've made some test O's with –9 (current), –11, –13, –15 points of overshoot. I'm leaning towards the middle two. Perhaps I should go with –12?1 -
Re: After playing with letters for years, here's my first serious attempt at type design - Advices?
I think you can get away with a little more thinning in /b/p/. You'll also need more in /a/, especially in the middle join.The main problem of /b/p/ now is that they seem to have a bump at the 7…2 -
Re: My take on Garamond
There are not that many libre Garamonds yet, and since EB Garamond regressed with its change of leadership, I'm happy to see another attempt. If you're serious about making this a Garamond,…3 -
Re: principles for designing Greek "italics" (aka slanted Greek)
Looks like Gerry fully approves of the two-stroke alpha. Interesting!BTW, Rafael: Like any Greek typeface, mine will be reviewed by an expert upon ingestion into Google Fonts. Looking forward to that!1 -
Re: principles for designing Greek "italics" (aka slanted Greek)
The /a/-like alpha smacks a bit of Latinization to me, and I hate it when I use an alpha in Latin text and it looks like an /a/ (e.g. Minion).3
