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Re: Thick Display
Overshoots are fine IMO, but that S needs work. You cannot get all the space you need from thinning the middle. You'll have to thin the top and bottom a little bit, and make the middle a little …2 -
Re: Getting a Basis for Specific Optical sizes
Why do you even want optical sizes to begin with? If I were you, I would just start with designing a very nice text OR (exclusive or!) display face. Once that works, you can always try to translate i…2 -
Re: Getting a Basis for Specific Optical sizes
First, I don't think you can estimate these things from a single l. You need running text at the intended sizes. Second: optical sizes are about more than just contrast, another reason a lone l …7 -
Re: Overbold: Ignoring Eric Gill's Advice
A bit exagerated here IMO, but the concept seems to work, yes.1 -
Re: Regis, a new serif font
d and q still look awkward. Have you tried vertically flipping their bowls? (but keeping the bowls of b and p the same!) Also, g is falling backwards (s do c and e, actually), and the diagonal thins …1
