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New 'a' 'm' 'n' 'r' 't' variants #669

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Zhern opened this issue Aug 17, 2020 · 10 comments
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New 'a' 'm' 'n' 'r' 't' variants #669

Zhern opened this issue Aug 17, 2020 · 10 comments

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Zhern commented Aug 17, 2020

I like the new VXBO-like variants of the 'b' 'd' 'g' 'p' 'q' chars (kind of "soft" corners, not round, but without the tail), and I think it could be extended to the 'a' 'm' 'n' and 'r' chars.
Out of this scope but still an idea, I think a right-side-only-straight-'t' char could be nice.

What do you think?

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A right-side only curved t like in the main Ubuntu font (not Ubuntu Mono) would also make sense.

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The earless variants of b d g p q are about circle-bar joining, and it also applies single-storey a. For m, n and r, extending it to arch-bar joining might be considered stylistic set change.
For t, I do not see such shape occured in non-decorative fonts.
Could you please find more programming fonts that has the shapes you requested to further justify this request?

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Zhern commented Aug 19, 2020

I never saw these variants in other fonts (a m n r and t) and could not find any, all this could be technically considered as decorative. It is an idea to have something homogeneous with the earless (a m n r) and straight (t) variants.

Personally I find this (the m is a little bit messed-up, that's a quick prototype)
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more elegant than this
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be5invis commented Aug 20, 2020

@Zhern I am confused what is the m you are expecting — is it something like Monotype's Biome, or a simple m with the ear removed?
(Yes I can add all of them, but it will introduce 16 12 variants for a single letter...)

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Zhern commented Aug 20, 2020

I am more expecting a MonotypeBiome-like variant.

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