Typophile - gd ligature - Comments

Maybe not practical, but

Ehague — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 13:54:19 -0800

Maybe not practical, but consider that there already exists the phonetic ligature for the digraph ng.

I would pull the ear of the

Eben Sorkin — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 12:30:40 -0800

I would pull the ear of the g higher to echo what you are doing in the Ki lig. I think the gd lig is getting lost as it is. Also what about not doing a ligature & doing a differrent ear - maybe one like this:

or this

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lwr/384074365/

or this

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lwr/1561493861/

or this

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lwr/483572226/

here’s what I’ve done so

G T — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 08:39:13 -0800

here’s what I’ve done so far.

Something just bugs me about it.

The one above is the one my mate did, below my own version.

Maybe you could merge the

Ehague — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 08:36:34 -0800

Maybe you could merge the top bowl of the g and the bowl of the d. You’d have to figure out how to elegantly reconcile their sizes, positions, and stresses, though.

You might get quite an

writingdesigning — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 08:35:56 -0800

You might get quite an amusing bespectabled form :)

With a little work it

James Puckett — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 08:31:58 -0800

With a little work it wouldn’t be too had to find a good way to bring the ear over to the bowl of d.

gd ligature

G T — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 08:14:22 -0800

Hi everyone.

I am helping a friend out with a magazine logo tweak and wondered if anyone could advise on the best way to construct a gd ligature with Adobe Caslon.

Does anyone know of this being done before, regardless of the typeface?

Thanks,

Graham