oh lovely. very happy to see you reveling in typographic details. yes the counterform space created between upper case A and lower case is indeed nice. and this counterform space looks more pleasing when set with a good humanist serif face like Bembo or even Baskerville. also A, Y, E and R are good forms to design an ex-libris stamp. will look good if you make a composition with A and Y on top and E and R below.
On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 10:42 AM, Rishab Ghosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 09:51:21AM +0530, Abhishek Hazra wrote: > > were you already reading A.J Ayer then? > > please elaborate on "typographic attraction" > > yes, but that's not the name i picked! Aiyer looks much nicer than Iyer, i > think (i don't think Ayer is popular among tambrams). the upward slope of > the A is parallel to the downward slope of the y in many typefaces, > especially when nicely kerned. in Iyer the I stands upright at an awkward > angle to the y. don't you think? > > > -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - does the frog know it has a latin name? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
