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A Humanist/  /April 04, 2006

This is a font I made, called Bryson (big ups to ll for making that possible). It's a humanist sans-serif along the lines of Optima, but jumping off in several places. It's a bit too light for setting text, although it may work a bit better if I could figure out how to do hinting [1]. I'd be interested in feedback (in the comments, or email ezra at this domain).

I've had a lot of trouble with the numbers; in my defense they were much worse before.

Here's what it looks like:


If I can work it out a little better, I'll release it under a Creative Commons license.

[1] Does anyone understand hinting? I play with the hinting tools all day long and it doesn't seem to make a shade of difference: the stem of the F is solidly on a pixel boundary, but the stem of the T is split half and half between two. I think my app (TypeTool) offers hinting but doesn't really do anything with it.

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Graceful and crisp, sort of like stinging nettles (a sensation i--uniquely perhaps--enjoy).

Symbols? Ligatures? I always look at the ampersand and the virgule before I buy.

—posted by Jim at April 4, 2006 7:32 PM

Looks very nice.

Why "Bryson"?

—posted by Desultor at April 6, 2006 8:27 AM

Thanks, guys

—posted by Ezra at April 8, 2006 9:09 AM
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