I think this is a great idea, and well executed - it just needs polish (and I don't mean ogoneks), and of course that tricky OpenType stuff (which I agree is central to your idea).

In terms of letterforms, the lc is the hardest part... more soon.

(BTW, maybe put this under "Display", no?)

hhp

Hello Hrant,

thanx for the comment.

Think the "Display" Topic has more experimental fonts than "seriously" ones. :-) ...and the Crayfish is a serifed font.

Here is an other sample

http://www.grundsatz.de/aseidel/stock/design/crayfish/crayfish_thb_pre.GIF

I really love how the letters fit together -- when they do. For instance, the D and the I, the O and the P. They nestle together so well. But in other instances they clash: the C and the D.

I wonder if there would be a way to either make them always fit or never fit. Having the letters SOMETIMES fit is very distracting for me.

> Having the letters SOMETIMES fit is very distracting for me.

This is *exactly* the problem with making a tightly-spaced bitmap font, and the impetus behind spawning Verdana out of Tahoma.

hhp

Uh, I got my wires majorly crossed - sorry! :-/

hhp

Hello Glutton,

thanx for the comment - I have done a rekerning of font. But I think "CD" fits very well - like a logo - but of course, C produces a lot of white space. But C is also an essential character for this font - a "face letter". So it`s is more a question of personal taste I think.

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new kerning sample

cray2.swf crayfish_thb.swf (33 k)

I like it, the LC r is sort of distracting though... Nice texture, I wouldn't set bodycopy in it though