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“What about this

writingdesigning — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 06:04:05 -0800

“What about this ’y’?”

You’ll need to set two paragraphs; one with this version, and another with the earlier, to take a call.

The earlier version (without the curved descender) had a certain edginess which matched with the overall feel. However my guess is that the new version would be better from the readability point.

I dont know how all that

satya — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 05:34:10 -0800

I dont know how all that happened, probably it got shifted my mistake.
But now its all fine. Thanks for pointing it out.

What about this ’y’?

satya — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 05:22:19 -0800

What about this ’y’?

” no one here to teach

writingdesigning — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 05:21:24 -0800

” no one here to teach type design in NID”
That’s so unfortunate...

“Everything was self taught”
Which of course makes your work even more amazing!

“Which lc ’y’ are you talking about?”
I’m sorry, I’d responded to the first set of PDFs where there was this ’y’:

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The newer version is much better
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“I have kept the overshoot same throughout...”
Visually the ’e’ seemed lower. This is how it shows on a screenshot from one of the PDFs:

Maybe (considering the

Jos Buivenga — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 03:05:25 -0800

Maybe (considering the vertexes of ’v’ and ’w’) a Meta-like solution for the ’y’ connection?

Thanks, Arun. No, I never

satya — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 01:24:53 -0800

Thanks, Arun.

No, I never met Mahendra Patel and there is no one here to teach type design in NID. Everything was self taught. But since I did my internship at Linotype, Germany, most of the things I learnt while in those three months. It was an amazing learning overall.

Which lc ’y’ are you talking about? Because I have already changed the previous one in the recent updates. Although I liked it but since it was affecting the texture, I had to change it.

I have kept the overshoot same throughout. Does it looked lower in the ’e’?

Great work Satya, I’m

writingdesigning — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 22:17:51 -0800

Great work Satya, I’m really glad it’s coming out of NID! have you been working with Mahendrabhai?

Just one tiny gripe. The lowercase ’y’ while interesting, seems a little distracting too in smaller sizes, especially when printed out.

Also I wonder if the lowercase ’e’ should run slightly over the x-height?

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satya — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 10:26:30 -0800

Is this OK? I still find it

Jos Buivenga — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 05:12:37 -0800

Is this OK?

I still find it hard to get used to ... Perhaps something more like this?
Maybe this will fit your overall design better.

Is this OK? Jimmy cat like.

James Arboghast — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 04:11:37 -0800

Is this OK?

Jimmy cat like. This is good! An interesting new K design that fits your spunky new font.

j a m e s

reminds me of Axis by Akira

SuperUltraFabulous — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 19:52:19 -0800

reminds me of Axis by Akira Kobayashi

Is this OK?

satya — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 12:34:14 -0800

Is this OK?

Great job! I like most of

Jos Buivenga — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 12:07:43 -0800

Great job! I like most of the changes you made.

Here’s a new staccato unordered list :)

’S’ is better, but it seem to lean a tad forward now.
’G’ is great.
I like the first ’J’ better.
’M’ is fine
’Q’: tail maybe a bit the left?
I like the second ’d’ (also ’u’) most
Nice improvement on ’C’!
Think second ’r’ is better. Top maybe a bit lighter

Maybe for K/k you could consider a solution like this very rough sketch:
(K should be broader. I’ve narrowed it to do this hasty sample)

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satya — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 02:35:01 -0800

Absans: A new face up for the critique.

satya — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 05:38:45 -0800

Hello Typophiles,

Absans was initially started as a classroom project while I was still in my 2nd year. It was a simple sans designed to understand the basic proportions and how the letters work together. But now I have made some changes to give the design a new look.

I would really appreciate if you guys can spare some time and mark me some feedback on the design. I want this face to work in the text as well as in display settings.

Thanks a bunch,
Satya