Typophile - New serif - 2 styles of g. - Comments

Wow, really nice...how much?

jt_the_ninja — Fri, 1 Aug 2008 17:54:35 -0700

Wow, really nice...how much? I feel like using it to help me compose some poetry...

Peace,
JT

I love this face. To me, the

eliason — Fri, 1 Aug 2008 06:17:44 -0700

I love this face. To me, the arm of the k looks a bit fragile, and the bowl counter of the a in the latest weight is too pinched.

I’ve narrowed the V and W

Nick Cooke — Fri, 1 Aug 2008 03:59:51 -0700

I’ve narrowed the V and W - I had also thought they were too wide.

Now the heaviest weight is UltraBlack. I’ve also altered the lower case s and u. There’s almost a touch of Blackletter about this typeface, although it’s not too Teutonic looking. Besides I think I’m too late to jump on that Blackletter bandwagon, it has already driven past.

Nick Cooke

Lovely matching caps. To me

William Berkson — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:41:39 -0700

Lovely matching caps.

To me the V and W feel too wide in relation to the rest of the caps, though.

Hi Nick Very nice design, I

malcolm — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:13:11 -0700

Hi Nick

Very nice design, I bet you could be even harder on the shape of the lc g, it still looks ’a tad’ soft compared to the other letters.

Are you looking at this as a text design for use below 14pt? Some years ago I remember doing some work on a font with a similar shape lc u (flat top serifs) and it made some word shapes look a bit awkward in small sizes. I’ll try and find some more detail of what it was.

Thanks for the comments so

Nick Cooke — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:40:07 -0700

Thanks for the comments so far.

Now I’ve done the caps, I’ve tried to inject as much character into them as possible - I think they work pretty well with the lower case.

These new g shapes will

Eben Sorkin — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:24:22 -0700

These new g shapes will probably fit in with their family better because these have more of the funky stress’ of the other letters. What Jelmar is saying about being less smooth is exactly right I think. It is hard to really know without seeing them set en masse but I think this seem promising indeed.

Don’t hold your breath

Nick Cooke — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 09:56:03 -0700

Don’t hold your breath Katharina!

Nick Cooke

Looking forward to the

Katharina — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 03:18:34 -0700

Looking forward to the release!

I think the new g has

Quincunx — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:55:37 -0700

I think the new g has improved. Although I didn’t think the other one was wrong per se. But the less smooth oval fits better with the rest of the face, I think.

I think the (apparent)

eliason — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 05:46:45 -0700

I think the (apparent) symmetrical regularity of the outside contour of the upper bowl of the g could be the culprit in making it look like it didn’t belong.

Neither do I Tiff, but what

Nick Cooke — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:41:30 -0700

Neither do I Tiff, but what the hell? I like the new one as well. Thanks.

I don’t understand what

Miss Tiffany — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 10:06:47 -0700

I don’t understand what was wrong with the old ’g’. What am I not seeing?

Nick this is really wonderful. The more I see it the more I like it.

Maybe these new g’s are

Nick Cooke — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 05:07:31 -0700

Maybe these new g’s are better?

The new ones are on the right.

I like the u as it is - it’s not too wide, and the top serifs are OK - they fit in with k, v, w, x and y and add to the overall rhythm.

Nick Cooke

i like the feel of this a

Bendy — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:32:33 -0700

i like the feel of this a lot, especially with the asymmetry.
the lowercase u looks too wide, and i wonder if the top left serif should be the same as the top serif on the n (beaky shape).
it’s really nice :)

New serif - 2 styles of g.

Nick Cooke — Wed, 21 May 2008 04:54:07 -0700

This is something I’ve been playing around with for a few days. After my last script font Olicana was so well received I started thinking about a calligraphically influenced serif - something with plenty of movement. What are your thoughts of it so far? Maybe I’ll do an infant ’a’ to go with the alternate ’g’ for a different stylistic variation.

Is it worth pursuing this? I have no idea if something like this exists already - does it? and is this different enough?

This is the Extra Black style, I’ve also done some Light glyphs. There will probably be 6 weights (if the response is fairly positive, otherwise I’ll abandon it and come back to it when I’ve finished all my other half-finished projects).