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That’s a good point. Something close to a "properly fitted proportional version of iA Quattro" might be Nitti Grotesk. https://www.boldmonday.com/typeface/nitti

• systemvoltage 4y ago
  It's like this: A) Here is an unbaked cake. B) Here is a half-baked cake. But, the argument they are making is B) is better than C) Fully baked cake. No fully baked cake is presented for evaluation. You can't use Nitti Grotesk, a cookie batter, to make an argument here either for a fair comparison. It's an entirely different thing. In order to do a proper comparison, they should finish the kerning job and present their arguments fairly and squarly. The image I am talking about is: https://i0.wp.com/blakewatson.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/ia-writer-quattro-comparison.jpg?w=1388&ssl=1 https://i0.wp.com/blakewatson.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022... It needs a 3rd line "iA Writer Proportional". Looking at the word "next" in iA Quattro, the fitting looks really bad which is a known trade-off in monospaced typefaces, but not an excuse to leave it like that in a proportional typeface.
  • joemi 4y ago
    Similarly, the image with Input Mono caught my eye: https://i0.wp.com/blakewatson.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/input-comparison.png?w=1327&ssl=1 https://i0.wp.com/blakewatson.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022... The word "chain" looks more like "cha in" which just makes the font seem unfinished to me.
    • systemvoltage 4y ago
      This stuff is like nails on a chalkboard to me. It is extremely unpleasant :-) It makes me appreciate good typefaces more, my favorites being anything designed by Matthew Carter. Legendary: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Carter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Carter