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Re: Type design hot takes
Those historical ligatures of c_t and s_t with a big extra arc that makes them look like an ampersand should not be in fonts at all, not in dlig or anything. There is no reason for them. They pop up …6 -
Re: Critique Request for an Oldstyle multilingual typeface
The subversion of the expected intersection in /y is rather unusual for text, and I suspect Greek readers would find the same in /lambda even more so.3 -
Re: Some interesting magazine typography from 1988 .
This is almost certainly phototype, with which overlap would be possible, but yeah, these were proper ligatures, and Avant Garde came with a whole lot of them. Digital type hadn't reached that level …5 -
Re: Reviving an old project
When small, because the cut underneath goes so high, the bend between stem and tail of /a seems very abrupt, and the tail looks like a loose chunk that has been knocked to the right. And I'm afraid d…1 -
Re: First timer here, looking for an honest review !
Overall, you know that if you fix everything in Maar you'll just have Helvetica, but the serif Laura has its own potential. Mostly in the capitals. The wider capitals and the narrower romanji-like lo…3
