Create the dialog font (italics and some special characters & diacritics for expression)

[jonathandavidlewis]

italics and some special characters & diacritics for expression

Fonts directory: https://github.com/Church-of-Crice/cationarytail/tree/main/project/ui/fonts Fonts directory upload: https://github.com/Church-of-Crice/cationarytail/upload/main/project/ui/fonts

[jonathandavidlewis]

@mia-riezebos Can you add what you know about the dimensions of the font (specifications)? min / max height etc. into the description of the task? This will help others plan around spacing like words and lines in a dialog box.

[mia-riezebos]

@jonathandavidlewis Dialog font will be the smallest font (not counting outline/stroke) of all the fonts.

The x-height of the dialog font is 3px (lowercase o is 3x3 px), the ascender is 2px (uppercase letters will mostly be 5px tall), and the descender will be another 2px (the lowercase g, p, q, etc. will extend 2px below the bottom of say a lowercase o)}

At least this is what I had in mind so far.

[jonathandavidlewis]

@mia-riezebos is there a chance that this will be hard to read? Are you confident there will not be an accessibility issue, particularly for people who have any reading difficulty such as dyslexia or low vision?

Something like this would be challenging, for example:

While this seems easier to read. I think it's 5px x-height?

I don't make fonts, so looking for your expertise here.

[jonathandavidlewis]

The latest version of the font design:

[mia-riezebos]

[mia-riezebos]

While this seems easier to read. I think it's 5px x-height?

I don't make fonts, so looking for your expertise here.

@jonathandavidlewis looks like a 4px x-height, but specifically the lowercase e has a descender that i dont really like.

[jonathandavidlewis]

@mia-riezebos No worries, we got your design.

[mia-riezebos]

To elaborate some concepts

• Baseline is the imaginary line that the bottom of "resting" characters touch.
• Cap height is the space where capital letters reside, above the baseline
• x-height is the space between the baseline and "meanline", which touches the top of lowercase characters such as c, e, o.

Any part of a glyph that extends beyond the x-height (specifically in lowercase letters, since capital letters reside within the cap-height), is either an ascender or descender, depending on whether it extends up or down, respectively Typically, ascenders extend either to the exact cap height or slightly above. Descenders typically extend down slightly less than ascenders extend up. This introduces a tiny bit more visual weight to the negative space between lines, making it more legible.