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Dear Human, here is our latest confection: a delicious version of Chocobot Milk. Don't believe the rumors that Chocobot Labs uses human ingredients in its products. Inspected by Chocobot CBM-91.
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Sun, 16th August, 11:15 PM 2009
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Fri, 28th August, 6:54 PM 2009
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SquarePeg
SquarePeg Sat, 22nd August, 5:19 PM

Frodo7
Frodo7 Sat, 22nd August, 7:47 PM

Very nice. Could you do one filled with marzipan cream? Or with hazelnuts? :)) I very much like the clean shapes of your letters. The Stacked version now looks quite different from its siblings. One minute critique, if I may: the diagonal part of the Z looks a bit thinner than the rest of the strokes. Consider some fine optical adjustment. Congratulations. 10/10

SquarePeg
SquarePeg Sat, 22nd August, 8:10 PM

Thanks for your feedback and vote, Frodo7!

The clean shapes of the letters are actually the work of Mr. Kominek; I have not changed them at all. :-)

As for diagonal lines looking thinner in FontStruct; you are quite right. I've never been happy with that either, and in my early FontStructions I mostly avoided using diagonals. I'll have to think about how to make fine optical adjustments, as you suggest.

SquarePeg
SquarePeg Tue, 25th August, 4:46 PM

One minute critique, if I may: the diagonal part of the Z looks a bit thinner than the rest of the strokes. Consider some fine optical adjustment.

Update: Frodo, I tried doing this on the White Highlight version I am currently working on. However, as you can see from the screenshot below, I ran into some trouble! I would need a brick shaped like the red shape in the image to optically adjust the drop shadows. Thanks for the suggestion, though! It was worth trying.

<em>One minute critique, if I may: the diagonal part of the Z looks a bit thinner than the rest of the strokes. Consider some fine optical adjustment.</em> <br/> <br/>Update: Frodo, I tried doing this on the White Highlight version I am currently working on. However, as you can see from the screenshot below, I ran into some trouble! I would need a brick shaped like the red shape in the image to optically adjust the drop shadows. Thanks for the suggestion, though! It was worth trying. <br/> <br/>
SquarePeg
SquarePeg Tue, 25th August, 4:56 PM

Maybe I spoke too soon... After my last comment, I went back and made the shadow a bit thicker... The only catch is that now the diagonal looks slightly thicker! Ah, well, nothing is perfect, I guess. Now I have to decide whether I will adjust the diagonals, but at least I know it can be done. :-) Thanks again, Frodo, for pushing me to improve this FontStruction.

Maybe I spoke too soon... After my last comment, I went back and made the shadow a bit thicker... The only catch is that now the diagonal looks slightly thicker! Ah, well, nothing is perfect, I guess. Now I have to decide whether I will adjust the diagonals, but at least I know it can be done. :-) Thanks again, Frodo, for pushing me to improve this FontStruction. <br/> <br/>
LexKominek
LexKominek Tue, 25th August, 5:01 PM

I ran into the same problem when I was designing the original. I opted for the thinner diagonal, though I suppose mathematically, the thicker one is closer to what it should be.

Looking good, though :-)

SquarePeg
SquarePeg Tue, 25th August, 5:09 PM

Thanks, Lex. It's good to know that you considered that solution. I am hesitant to modify the shapes even the slightest bit, which is why I will probably stick with the thinner diagonals.

Frodo7
Frodo7 Wed, 26th August, 5:20 PM

@SquarePeg: to increase the width of diagonals by small increments was never a problem with FS. I'm glad you have found the right solution. In some cases the diagonal stroke (of S,Z,N etc.) is
a bit wider than their vertical or horizontal counterparts. This is especially true for modern grotesque, neo-grotesque or humanist sans serif type faces (e.g. Akzidenz Grotesk; Helvetica,
Univers; Frutiger, Meta, respectively). There are exceptions, as always (e.g. Gill Sans, Metro, ITC Kabel). The rule to follow is what LexKominek have already concluded: what is "looking good" is good, regardless of exact point numbers.