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Re: Eau de Garamond — a sans distilled from the essence of Garamond
I guess the Italic comes with a higher level of «markedness» to begin with and can get away with a bit more attitude than the Roman.1 -
Re: Project cost
I would advise against modifying Arial, since that's no doubt highly illegal. Just start a new font file, or use a libre font as a basis if you have to.1 -
Re: After playing with letters for years, here's my first serious attempt at type design - Advices?
For the /n/: I believe you're trying too hard to preserve some of the «perfect» circular arc there. In order to look right, the arch has to be asymmetric, and its apex must lie on the right side of t…1 -
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- and…2
