On 13 October 2013 12:31, Pablo Impallari <impall...@gmail.com> 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. -- Cheers Dave
