Typophile - Using a lowercase "p" as a question mark? - Comments

OF COURSE I was just joking

aszszelp — Tue, 3 Jun 2008 12:18:37 -0700

OF COURSE I was just joking ;-)

Just don’t forget to remember me.

Szabolcs

[minor addition/edit not to flood the thread]

Write me your billing

aszszelp — Tue, 3 Jun 2008 07:47:01 -0700

Write me your billing address. If you feel unconfortable posting it publicly, you can use private messaging.

I see what you mean now, I

knownspace — Tue, 3 Jun 2008 05:44:27 -0700

I see what you mean now, I think it works really well like that. You’ll have to send me an invoice! :-P

Looks fantastic vectored up!

I wouldn’t connect the

aszszelp — Tue, 3 Jun 2008 02:39:26 -0700

I wouldn’t connect the descender with the dot though...

That would take the ?-mark’s easy recognisability, and I think the “broken” as you call it descender is not necessary: you can interpret it as a small-caps P as well...

But it’s up to you :-)

And I’m happy you like it, I’m happy I could help.

aszszelp: That does look

knownspace — Tue, 3 Jun 2008 02:01:24 -0700

aszszelp: That does look great! I’ll try it with the descender intact on the p.

Sharon: I’ll give that a go as well, you might be right.

FWIW, I think aszszelp’s

theanorak — Mon, 2 Jun 2008 10:40:17 -0700

FWIW, I think aszszelp’s suggestion is right on target.

About your second entry -

Sharon Van Lieu — Mon, 2 Jun 2008 09:54:01 -0700

About your second entry - would it benefit being just a tiny bit looser? I like your concept.

Sharon

How do you feel about

aszszelp — Mon, 2 Jun 2008 07:57:51 -0700

How do you feel about this?

—- Just brainstorming....

I have, it looks very empty

knownspace — Mon, 2 Jun 2008 05:52:53 -0700

I have, it looks very empty and loses the rigidity. I also tried horizontally flipping the c but again it lacks that solidity.

Have you tried using the p

Chipman223 — Mon, 2 Jun 2008 05:36:26 -0700

Have you tried using the p but cutting out the back of the stem where it meets the bowl?

Using a lowercase "p" as a question mark?

knownspace — Mon, 2 Jun 2008 05:29:23 -0700

After a long time sketching, testing, searching and starting from scratch repeatedly I have settled on what I feel to be a suitable logo for myself when doing freelance work (as a client I am a pain in the ass). The only problem is that I can’t seem to turn my lower-case “p” into a question mark without losing the awesome sci-fi retro curves of Magistral Extra Bold OT. The standard ? that is part of the character set is no help as it in turn looks nothing like a “p”.

Terrible attempts at conversion (and the original ?)

Any ideas? About anything I mean, I’m at the point now where I feel I might have “settled” for Magistral when something better is out there waiting!