Hi there,
sorry for the delay. Along with some other issues I had to recover my
webpage.
I think the input from the mailing list was productive input so far.
But the latest idea to use a non-latin character turns out to be more
problematic.
I tried to fit many non-latin characters to the book, but all characters
that are too big in width just don't fit in well. Nor do almost any
other characters with a round bottom fit into the groove of the book.
This narrows things down quite a bit.
But that isn't my main reason for staying with the "f".
A non-latin character certainly has the charme of a certain place in the
world where it is used. But in the end it can and will be interpreted in
a way that excludes many people. An "ö" would exclude non-german
speaking people, the "ñ" would exclude non-spanish speaking people and
so on...
Then there is the problem that a too venturesome character runs the risk
of not being noticed as such. If there is only one strange character,
people might just think it is a broken "W " or a bent "P" or whatever
just to be "unique!", or it might even be seen as some abstract form
like the nike-hook.
Reflecting on all of those issues - and the fact that the "f" fits
nicely to the book and to the meaning "f"ont (and the open library
beneath it), I would prefer to stay with the standard f that everybody
knows and uses.
non-messed up links to the latest mockup:
http://mray.de/openfontlibrary4.png
..and the SVG:
http://mray.de/OFL-logo.svg
greetings from Germany,
Robert
