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Re: Critique an amicable glyphic serif face for long-form text.
This is quite a difficult genre in my opinion, but I think you did a pretty good job! 1. The proportions are sometimes a little bit off, I think. The e, k, D, G, and K are quite narrow, EFLT are wide…1 -
Re: Slow Learner Needs More Advice
Why are you showing the glyphs with those boxes around them? It would be much more inviting to just show some samples at a large size. From the pdf, my main comment is that the spacing needs a lot of…2 -
Re: Sans serif display fonts theory
The x-height thing has always seemed interesting to me. If you ask me, titles need a large x-height to look like a nice 'block' of text that fits comfortably in a layout, whereas small text forms blo…2 -
Re: Notes on the rendering of Garamond and Caslon typefaces when set at small sizes. Also, a request.
Given the Plantin reference, also have a look at Galaxie Copernicus1 -
Re: Q: What are the basic and advanced principles of turning body text sans into serif and vice versa?
Aha, I see what you mean now. But to me, the two types in your top example only look aligned because they are close to each other. If I pull my focus away from the horizontal center of the image, the…1
