[NTLK] Installing new fonts?

[Grant Hutchinson]

On 2011-11-30, at 4:34 PM, Max Smith wrote:

>> Note too that Verdana actually has two serifed glyphs, the cap I  
>> and the number 1. Nice little break from the all-sans mold, and a  
>> necessary one too.
> 
> When I saw this, I immediately opened Font Book to see it. I had  
> never noticed it before (I'm more of a grotesque or geometric sans  
> kinda guy, humanist typefaces don't do much for me.) but I do think  
> the inclusion of the serif I and 1 works very nicely.

Matthew Carter designed Verdana with characteristics that specifically "... emphasized distinctions between similarly-shaped characters [...] to increase legibility." [1]

As is the case with many sans serif typefaces, these three characters are often indistinguishable from one another due to their single stroke structure and similar ascender/cap-heights.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verdana#Description

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Grant Hutchinson

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