Astor | Sanserif

fontime
15.Mar.2007 1.02pm
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Dear Typo-filers:
Thanks in advance for your comments.
Astor and some example in page 2 of Astor Bold.
This project will be part of large sans serif family.

Eduardo Tunni

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clauses
16.Mar.2007 9.36am
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Hi Eduardo
It’s looking good. A few quick comments:
r seems a bit too narrow
j and y seems to acend too deep
The cut-off piece on the e is a bit distracting, but you only notice it in the very large sizes.
k upper arm is a little weak

In the bold cut I feel that the upper case glyphs are too dark compared to the lower case, and compared to the relationship between upper- and lower case in the regular cut.


Steven Wulf
17.Mar.2007 10.24am
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Am I right and you want to use the red g and w as alternates!?!

If so I would make the red w the primary letter and the other one the alternate. The red one is more humanistic and better fits to the binocular g.

I dont like the shoulder on the letters n, m (and u). I would make them a little bit rounder. The shoulder on the a is really nice.

I think it would look nice if you slant the crossbar on the e a little bit.

Greetings: Steven


alexhb
24.Mar.2007 10.27am
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This reminds me quite a bit of Whitney...


fontime
25.Mar.2007 6.36am
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Alexhb:
It’s possible, but the antecedent of this family is the serif version called “Average”.
Thanks, et