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I am typesetting business cards and have come across a small problem. A person's name is Illingworth, and they specifically requested an "I" with serifs so one can differentiate it from the double L that follows. How would you go about doing this?
Although the I is slightly thicker than a lowercase L, I certainly understand why this person would be annoyed, but I'm kind of at a loss. Here is how the kerning looks.
(Top = normal; bottom = kerned.)

10 Feb 2011 — 3:32pm
Use a character from a font with serifed I, such as Verdana. If the weight and height aren't quite right, adjust them with horizontal and vertical scaling.
Alternatively, choose a sans font which has some contrast between I and l, either with caps that clearly have a greater stem width, or one where ascenders are taller than cap height.
10 Feb 2011 — 3:33pm
I would try simply raising the ascender line by just outlining the type and using the Direct Selection Tool to raise the two l's, i, t and h playing with different variations. It shouldn't be too difficult to arrive at a solution that differentiates the double l problem, although it will inherently be more subtle than that of a serif. Just look at some other sans that have more extreme ascender heights for comparison.
10 Feb 2011 — 3:50pm
I would just go and make the cap I a tiny bit smaller (basically what Nick said in his 2nd sentence, assuming you HAVE to use Univers.)
Nice example BTW! :)
10 Feb 2011 — 4:12pm
Thanks for the feedback. I will try decreasing the cap height. Not sure why I didn't try that in the first place!
13 Feb 2011 — 2:41am
As the ‘I’ in Univers is a perfect rectangle, you don’t have to convert it to outlines – you can simply scale it vertically.