Hi everybody,
I was wondering this: In a bold the x-height is often slightly increased to optically match the x-height of the regular. However, this will cause the ascenders to look shorter (compared to what they look like without increasing x-height). Shouldn't the descenders be made shorter too, to match the acsenders? Any examples/advise is much appreciated.
Cheers,
Jasper
Well, technically the ascenders not only look but actually are shorter when you increase just the x-height. So conversely, one might increase not just the x-height but also ascender height (and possibly cap height) plus descender depth as well, to keep extenders the same length. See for instance Adobe Caslon, example image in this thread: http://typophile.com/node/65057 (Shifting Vertical Metrics for Darker Weights)
Thanks! That's a cool thread!
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