How do you advise that in situations when a page set with the font you make (a typeface in which every letter, retail and proportion are your original assumption) look like set with an existing, well-known font?
You could change the colour by changing the rhythm of the verticals.
The important ratio is the vertical strokes in "i_n".
Either they are even, or the space inside n is larger/smaller than the space between glyphs.
So compare yours to the "classic" and do otherwise.
(Note this difference between Adobe Caslon and Caslon Old Face.)
You could also change x-height and cap height relative to ascenders.
It's because I made the bowls rounder than I planned first, for better legibility at small sizes. Having that, I started to "pay to" these forms, changing existing features to fill the gaps.
I posted the thread, because when I saw a test printout on my desk, I first thought it was a page from one of articles on typography that probably had fallen down from the shelf ;)
I have prapared an image, but there is a problem with uploading today...
I don't see a problem here, as they are quite different in the details. I think you could make it even sharper in the details. I like it. There are a lot of oldstyle serifs around, but I think a more modern sharp interpretation does fill a gap, as far as I know. Lots of typefaces look simular when set in small sizes, but are quite different when looking at the details. I think the image above does not give a correct picture of how it will look in hires print, as the details (and thus the differences) will be much more visible.
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