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Re: Baguettes ... early days
The personality comes through most clearly in the heaviest weights. Hood of /f/ thins out too much in all weights.1 -
Re: The middle spur of the minuscule “l” in French type designs, historically up to today.
I've heard the story Nick said, about the romain du roi, a story just seductive enough to make me suspect it's apocryphal. Does Mosley mention the issue in his work on the romain du roi? An analogous…3 -
Re: The middle spur of the minuscule “l” in French type designs, historically up to today.
Sécante, c'est moi!2 -
Re: Elstob: a Fell-based font
What you've identified as "regular" seems pretty light to me. The source pics show capital stem weights as much heavier than lowercase stems. Even if you don't want to go as far as that I s…2 -
Re: Regis, a new serif font
I'd suggest thickening the end of the loop of /g/ (i.e. the lower left). /f/ and /t/ crossbars read as thick. Maybe reconsider the treatment of bottom left of /b/ and top right of /q/. I find the con…1