Semi-wild guess: stencil?

hhp

And here I thought it had to do with that rather unusual fellow with an objection to the letter K whom you once assisted.

The highlight of my career.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/48413419@N00/5224762001/in/photostream
He assisted me right back, so I didn't mind.

hhp

Interestingly, most fonts are crossless. This being an exception: http://gracehastings.dioceseny.org/images/BaptismalFont.JPG

LOL, Jacob!

Also, my imagination had this to say:

crossless t?

Joking apart, could it be sans-serif faces? The best would be to get from the original querent a list of which faces are crossless and which aren't..