Minuta: a typeface for small text sizes
Hello everyone,
I’m designing a text face for setting text in small sizes. I dream of setting a dictionary one day with this typeface. ¿How do you like it?

Hello everyone,
I’m designing a text face for setting text in small sizes. I dream of setting a dictionary one day with this typeface. ¿How do you like it?

22.Feb.2008 3.24pm
Very Beautiful!!!
22.Feb.2008 3.31pm
Very nice. I’d love to see a print sample. Really like the f, and the e looks to be breaking up a bit, but this is on screen.
22.Feb.2008 4.19pm
Reminds me of freight micro. I like it a lot. I think the e may have problems.
23.Feb.2008 8.51pm
An odd dream, though.
25.Feb.2008 10.57am
Be carefull with those lowercase ’e’s... the horizontal stress needs to be balanced. Since you’re saying that this is meant to be read in small sizes, it will tend do disapear.... ;)
28.Feb.2008 1.14am
I almost forgot... I LOVE the lowercase g!!!
:-)
6.Mar.2008 10.59pm
Minuta con sus respectivos pesos y variaciones podría ‘correrle la butaca’ a la Ambroise del Periódico El Espectador. Digo yo...
Saludos,
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Carlos Fabián Camargo G.
27.Apr.2008 7.23pm
Looks great—alot like Greta Text but a little more contrast and personality, i’d say
Greta Text
10.Jul.2008 11.21am
“Reminds me of freight micro. I like it a lot. I think the e may have problems.”
I think the Freight Micro vibe is coming from the squared counter moments, which is a dwiggins move, and an inspiration source for Mr. Darden.
12.Jul.2008 9.19am
Your lowercase x will give you problems when it gets smaller. The lowercase g will also be a problem, not enough space between the upper and lower bowls. It looks ok in display, but that is not its intended use.
As will the default spacing which seems way too tight for its intended use. Both the word and the inter-character spacing. Kinda weird to me to design a typeface intended for small sizes and not show a sample of it at small sizes.
You should proof the design at its intended size, and not get too concerned with what it looks like large. Also, all those soft edges may render strangely in small sizes, you better pay close attention to how you hint it.
21.Aug.2008 10.17am
More formal version of Ludwig Übele’s Marat to me. Pretty cool though