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Inspired by something Ole just wrote, I figured to ask this trivial little question:

What's the glyph you most love?

If you're a type designer, please choose one you've made. Here's mine:
Brutaal_g
hhp

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Brilliant idea, Hrant
And a hard one... Probably either

arkudisk

or

replywoodr

Respectably a bold k from 'Arkudius' and a bold alternate r from 'Replywood'.
Thank God for Bouma ;-)

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A logo for a Goth band called 95 Grams?


very nice G

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Since I have to choose one of my own, I choose this:



Choosing one that I actually still like has been a humbling experience. I guess my best work is yet to come...

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> This is an impossible task.

You just haven't met the right glyph yet. ;-)

hhp

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I'm quite happy with this one from an upcoming design tentatively called Curio.

Curio � Grant Hutchinson

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This is difficult, but favourite among my own designs is probably the lowercase alpha from Clio:

Clio Greek alpha

Picking a favourite glyph designed by someone else might be even more difficult, but Giovanni Mardersteig's Dante family deserves mention for containing two glyphs I really love: the lowercase roman a and the lowercase italic g.

Here's an even more difficult question: what is your favourite whitespace between two glyphs that you have designed?

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Hey, that alpha is pretty sexy.

> your favourite whitespace between two glyphs

Now you're getting really esoteric! :-)
I haven't designed any notable whitespace yet. But I remember once seeing an "ft" space that was amazing - I forget where.

hhp

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Ets
The ampersand from Oneleigh Italic (left) was inspired by, among other things, the Monotype Garamond ampersand (right), something Les Usherwood once said about the ampersand beign a character he liked to get his teeth into (or words to that effect), and of course all those pages people used to put together showing ampersands from a variety of fonts.

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Couldn't decide between the g or the w, so placed the 3 letters I did for this logo I'm currently doing (the eternal s problem.. I think the s is not finished yet):

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This was my fist g for this work:


on the same flavour as Kenn's g :-)

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Ha! The whitespace between glyphs. I wish. Not that
good yet. Indeed, how wonderfully esoteric.

kris.

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Aww, can't do one. I'll cheat and do 3.
a - Kowhai
5 - Kelburn
g - Klim Sans

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It is a good idea Hrant!

I love this one
Legacy book italic from Ronald Arnholm

Nikoleg.gof

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G-force! This is a g from a cursive that i made several years ago.

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Sorry for my previous post screw-up.

My favorite glyph is the "Bliss-ful lower case "g" which I hope will attach without error this time.

Chris

Lower case g in Bliss

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From Tourmaline, a face I did a couple of years ago.

2

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a 2! But it would be a fun Q...

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Ok this is my first post. I'll just try to figure out this deal ...

Let's seeeee.
s

Allright it's a lower case "s" from my font Black Stencil.

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Magnus,
Looks interesting. Would you post a sample of vthe rest of "Black Stencil"?

Chris

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Hrant > is that first "g" you put up yours? Is there more to that family? I love it.

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Yeah, that "g" (the nastiest glyph I've ever made - it makes me want to go out and pillage something) is from Brutaal (of Daam Entity): http://www.themicrofoundry.com/s_latin.html

hhp

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Hmmm. So many to choose from since I've never designed an actual functioning typeface.

I'll do 3 as well.

3 fav glyphs

- Filosofia's regular 2
- Mantinia's alternate R
- Mrs Eaves' italic w

Runners-up not shown: Trajan Q and Bernhard Modern q.

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love this �� D ��!
the D

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Here are some of mine:

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Hey, Crispin looks amazing already! Great name too.

hhp

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Couldn't decide, but I'm keeping with the lowercase g trend.

g_love

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