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Re: Hilfea : first step on Francesco Griffo typefaces
I'd say the same here as I've said on previous threads of yours: seems light and delicate, which makes it lovely at larger sizes but perhaps less useful for running text sizes. I like these threads b…1 -
Re: On the logic of bearing for Italic
Here's a thread from 15 years ago that mostly just demonstrates to me how glad I should be that modern font editors have slanted boxes and do the math for you, but also might explain why italics shou…2 -
Re: The Number sign—now and then—across languages.
In my experience, the written form when it is meant as "number" is often small and high, like an asterisk. But typographically its density asks for a larger rendering, and I think that work…1 -
Re: Critique my Wes Wilson style variable font!
Is the monospacing (or actually severely unitized spacing) necessary? Seems to me like a constraint that isn't adding value, and for this psychedelic style it feels kind of, well, square. Of the lett…2 -
Re: You are slashing your way into the Papa New Guinean jungle...
Interestingly, a 1960 recounting by Zapf indicates that it was not designed as a text face, but that potential was realized after the fact:1
