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Afrotype / tac

Revival expansion of the Festac 77 wordmark
SIL Open Font License 1.1
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lowercase z needs redraw #3

Closed tphinney closed 9 months ago

tphinney commented 9 months ago

The lowercase “z” needs a redraw, for sure. The cap and lowercase S use the same form, the lowercase z could look like the cap and it would be fine. The current reversed s shape is not working so well.

tphinney commented 9 months ago

It would also be OK to try some other treatment entirely. Just saying that the current version is not working so well.

Afrotype commented 9 months ago
Screenshot 2023-11-23 at 12 09 34 AM

Hi @tphinney. I worked on two variations of different widths. Do any of these work any better? I prefer the one on the right.

Afrotype commented 9 months ago

We tried a smaller, more traditional lowercase z some iterations back and it felt distant from the visual language of the rest of the letters.

Here's a screenshot of all three. @tphinney

Screenshot 2023-11-23 at 12 23 26 AM
Afrotype commented 9 months ago

I think lowercase z is in a good place now @tphinney. Thanks for all your feedback. Can you please take a look at the proof and let me know what you think?

tphinney commented 9 months ago

I think it looks pretty good. My only concern is that the lowercase z seems to lean left a bit, both in general, and compared to the cap Z. That is easily tweaked, though.

Afrotype commented 9 months ago

Thanks @tphinney! I agree and I've made adjustments. Gonna upload a more up-to-date proof later today. Lots of updates!