That feature (probably inspired by a particular section of the book "Counterpunch" by Fred Smeijers) most certainly does not help reading. Letters don't need to sit, they don't need to "point" in the reading direction, and making the "j" more like the "i" is the opposite of what one should do.

If they don't fix it soon, you should fix it –or get it fixed– yourself.

As for others fonts with this feature, there are some rare historic designs that have it (although AFAIR more prominent in the capital "J") but usually much more subtle than this.

hhp

the " Jj " is just eccentric and calls too much attention to itself - you might look at the fonts below that have some of the same feel but not that problem:

Jersey BQ from Berthold
Whitman from Font Bureau
Minion from Adobe
Gamma ITC from ITC
Hawkhurst LT from Linotype

hrant and bojev, thanks for the confirmations.
and the suggestions :)

Stef

Geronimo has a similar "feature" on both the J and the U.
http://www.teff.nl/fonts/geronimo/index.html

That's one I had in the back of my mind. It's notable that the lc "j" is not given that treatment.

Related: http://typophile.com/node/80991

hhp

Add this to the mix...

http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/nicksfonts/ingvaeonic-oldestyle-nf/

In the case of Geronimo it looks like a badly placed point problem, not a design feature. On Nick's font it becomes more of a design element and works better as it alters the shape of the whole character rather than looking stuck on.

It's very unlikely that a TEFF font features such glaringly bad point placement, especially when presented on their own site, especially as a rendered image.

hhp

I did not mean it was a bad point placement - I meant it looks like a bad point placement even if intended.

Oh. With that I might actually agree (although I hope most people would know TEFF knows better).

hhp

Oof, that's jarring.

Geronimo's /U reminds me of Satyr's, except that the latter is doing it right.

Found this image in my innerweb travels...