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  • A font that is just about legible when characters are 5px tall (although the lower-case needs some work). It also looks sort of OK at larger sizes.
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    Created on 31st December 2011. Last edited on 2nd January 2012.
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Why aren't there descenders?
The font should have some letters going below the baseline.

Those letters are g j p q y. And try to fix the tall a and e and short i and j. For the i, j you can probably bring the main stem all the way up to where the dot is, and put a new dot higher. Also make the w wider.

I think to make this font legible at small sizes, these are the changes that need to be made.

Sorry if I've been too harsh.

adl
Comment by Agent Demonic Ladybug 31st december 2011
It has the makings of a good font. 8/10. See my clone 3x5 {by djcsdy}.
Comment by Agent Demonic Ladybug 31st december 2011
Why aren't there descenders?
The font should have some letters going below the baseline.

Those letters are g j p q y. And try to fix the tall a and e and short i and j. For the i, j you can probably bring the main stem all the way up to where the dot is, and put a new dot higher. Also make the w wider.

I think to make this font legible at small sizes, these are the changes that need to be made.

Sorry if I've been too harsh.

adl
Comment by Agent Demonic Ladybug 31st december 2011
@adl My intention was to make a font that can fit into 3×5 pixels. That’s why there are no descenders and the lower case is generally very weird.
Comment by Daniel Cassidy (djcsdy) 31st december 2011
oh ok. Well, i still think you should consider my a e M W m w and other characters. I also think the x height should be 4.
Comment by Agent Demonic Ladybug 2nd january 2012
I’m inclined to agree about the x-height, and some of your characters are definitely better than mine. I’ll have another play with it shortly.
Comment by Daniel Cassidy (djcsdy) 2nd january 2012
There we go, I made some changes, mainly to the lower case. I’m happier with it than it was, but there’s still work to do. Thanks adl for the suggestions.
Comment by Daniel Cassidy (djcsdy) 2nd january 2012
At pixel size, now a is too similar to o.
Comment by riccard0 2nd january 2012
Wow! Better! but I agree with @riccard0. The a should be two-storey.
Comment by Agent Demonic Ladybug 2nd january 2012
OK, I’ve changed the lower-case ‘a’ back to two-storey, with a similar design to 'e' and 'g'. Thanks again for the comments :).
Comment by Daniel Cassidy (djcsdy) 2nd january 2012

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