... - Weight seems to be one single quadratic curve. - Stroke contrast looks... hard to describe right now. To be fair, I guess ... seem strange that there would be optical adjustment of stroke weight and contrast but not of extenders But note that the ...

Forum topic - gerald_giampa - 27 Aug 2003 - 7:03am - 101 comments - 0 attachments

... few Bodoni letters and a few Garamond-ish forms to discuss stroke axis. Then I told them that this comes from the cant of a chisel-tip ... movements, etc. I followed with a few points about stroke contrast. Then, I pointed out x-height and character width. I used this ...

Forum topic - dan_reynolds - 28 Jun 2004 - 4:26am - 67 comments - 0 attachments

... grotesque style is almost a cliche in itself. Minimum stroke-contrast, closed shapes, horizontal terminals, all these ... this the square marker effect since you get this sort of stroke modulation from drawing with a fat square sharpie) - The v, w, ...

Forum topic - aquatoad - 12 May 2003 - 11:36am - 20 comments - 0 attachments

... TWEAK -- C, go a little more traditional on the heavy stroke; D, not sure about the tiny little corner; H, not loopy enough; K, could ... lines; S, again a little more traditional on the darker stroke WORK -- MWZ all three are a little too wacky. but hey. this is ...

Forum topic - danielw - 16 Aug 2002 - 1:34am - 24 comments - 0 attachments

... 2 pixel stems (which will give you the needed room for stroke contrast too). If it becomes too dark, increase the size even more. ... had a little bit of an extension of the lower stem/stroke? I love the UC 'Q'. Very nice. You certainly are a detail ...

Forum topic - Miguel Hernandez - 15 Jan 2003 - 11:25pm - 61 comments - 0 attachments

... wow, i like it a lot Super! The diagonal stroke on the z is too light, but then again it isn't. I guess what I'm ...

Forum topic - Christian Robertson - 22 Jan 2004 - 12:29am - 8 comments - 0 attachments

... i think your font can work with a ultra mega black stroke. Strokes look almost like Hebrew script. It's an ... to be a difference in behavior on the inside of the lower stroke. Also, I'd make the horizontal bar flare more, not less, the greater ...

Forum topic - pille - 20 Apr 2004 - 1:55pm - 38 comments - 0 attachments

... It looks too much like a "v" with a diagonal stroke pasted on it. I also liked the "o" but it still looks a bit ...

Forum topic - titus n. - 26 May 2004 - 2:43am - 50 comments - 0 attachments

... than the thin. For instance, compare the shared stroke weights on a black to that of a thin. It's common to slightly reduce the stroke weight on letters like e and a in the black but not in the thin. ...

Forum topic - Eben Sorkin - 22 Jan 2004 - 6:50pm - 27 comments - 0 attachments

... with itself, and the two p's dont carry the same entry stroke as the i. Why was the serif dropped on the top of the right stem on the ... crossbar on the H and put serif feet on any vertical stroke of the H that isn't swashed. Blah, blah, blah.... This ...

Forum topic - cgonzalez - 22 Jan 2004 - 7:58am - 56 comments - 0 attachments