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Meanwhile, I am fascinated by how these extreme fidelity constraints yield some intriguing display possibilities for this serif font. I think letters like the g and æ exhibit some great modular and pattern-like constructions. Even how the serifs run into each other here and create solid lines contrasts in a compelling way the “disappearing” serifs of iSlab set small, and evokes beauty. It whispers for some tastefully stroked or decorated treatment, ala AnTyp.
More to come :).
It’s been done well and long before me, but I know what I want to try out later on! : )
Even as an adult I wasn’t cognizant of Susan Kare’s work until you pointed me back to it. However, having grown up with the Macintosh platform, I certainly was steeped in some of her work as a young computer user. Doubtlessly, it influenced my certain likes and dislikes of bitmap fonts that went on to inform decisions I made about this very pixel structure.
She was compelled by the same solutions for i and j which match my ascender height one pixel taller than the cap height (8 total pixels tall, by your assessment). The effective pixel profile for the basic latin set is quite similar, then, though her font is ultimately more vertically compact.
I like to see where I gave myself the rare liberty to create wider characters vs. her choices. Her inventive x trumps my g, I think. Overall, I think she succeeded in generating greater legibility. I won on space efficiency. I decided early on to go with a different genre of serif type, though my results ended up so similarly slabby to hers
I am pretty happy to see where the creative constraints lead me. I take it that minimums lead to different ways in each and every case.
@thalamic: I agree, it is great! It took me half an hour to translate your short remark. But why did you write it with Hiragana?
@will: どう いたしまして。
I will be away from the my computer for the rest of the week – just wanted to quickly thank you all for the kind words of support (including all who have commented on the other permutations I am experimenting with).
Have a beautiful week!
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