Re: [GFD] Tom Phinney on Libre Fonts

On 13 October 2013 12:31, Pablo Impallari <[email protected]> wrote:
> One more Thomas, sorry to be a pain in the ass, but....
>
> You say:
> "I should be clear that when I say “quality” I am not talking about matters
> of mere taste. There are objective aspects of font quality. For example, in
> spacing a typical sans serif, if the cap H and N have straight sides, and
> the white space (sidebearings) allocated to the left and right sides of the
> cap H are significantly different values, and those in turn differ from the
> sidebearings of the cap N, then the font is simply badly made."
>
> But... on the Extensis WebINK homepage, there is a banner of the Aston Font
> (aka Photolettering Jeanette), that looks like this
> http://cl.ly/image/0B3m2W2Q033K
>
> And since you are mentioning sidebearings, this is how it is supposed to
> look if properly set:
> http://cl.ly/image/132N3H1C2w3L
> (This is the Photollettering GonzalesJeanette 1993 digital version)

TP did say, "Easily 30–40% of commercial fonts leave me thoroughly
unimpressed." Perhaps that is one.

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Cheers
Dave