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Oldstyle figure height for currency symbols?
Posted by cuttlefish in
23 Mar 2010 — 2:04pm
23 Mar 2010 — 2:04pm
It's something I've never thought much about but I've seen it in a few fonts of late. Some fonts with oldstyle figures include currency symbols at or near the smallcap/OSF height. It seems like a good idea if you're going to have oldstyle numbers, but how frequently is this done? And which symbols should correspond to which of the varying number heights?
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23 Mar 2010 — 5:16pm
Depending on the font, I make up all the currency symbols, a numbersign, and the arithmetic operators. Size & position to fit comfortably with all the old-style numbers -- a bit of compromising is involved. Switched with the numbers in the lnum and onum features.
Also a colon, so, for example, 12:24 spaces better than the with the text colon. I include i, v, and x in the conditional set to include front matter roman numerals.
Again depending on the font, I may make up a tabular comma and period as well.
23 Mar 2010 — 10:15pm
My recent practice has been to include three sets of currency symbols:
If I am feeling particularly ambitious, I also include superior currency symbols:
(The fonts cost a bit more than that.)
24 Mar 2010 — 9:19am
> (The fonts cost a bit more than that.)
Just as long as they don't cost 158 Euros in Europe, 158 pounds in England, and $158 in the US.
24 Mar 2010 — 9:40am
The Mod Suite fonts are U.S. $78 each.
The way things are going, that will be €78 and £78 pretty soon, not to mention Canadian $78, which it is already.