At least to some extent, all letters should be recognizable! Here I’d say a stylistic set isn’t much use: the top Ff with the round elements are too illegible to use at all, and the bottom Ee with mo… (View Post)
The mottled and overlapped hat in the same ink suggests to me this was lithographed, not letterpressed. I would guess there won't be a metal-type "smoking gun" here. (View Post)
I may be misunderstanding you, but what you're describing sounds like named instances which can already be included in variable fonts. Or at least, named instances seem like they'd accomplish what yo… (View Post)