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One thing you can do is use ligatures so that specfic combinations of letters look different. It won't be random, but at least there'll be variation. E.g. 'A'
by m_eiman 4y ago
One thing you can do is use ligatures so that specfic combinations of letters look different. It won't be random, but at least there'll be variation.
E.g. 'A' followed by 'n' could have one ligature that looks like "An", and 'A' followed by 't' could have another ligature that looks like "At" where the A part is different (and the 't' too, of course).
Edit: here's an article about the concept: https://terrianncreative.com/using-ligatures-to-enhance-handwritten-font-displays/ https://terrianncreative.com/using-ligatures-to-enhance-hand...
- muhehe 4y agoThat's a neat trick!
- tigerlily 4y agoI've always wondered how many ligatures would be needed to get a font to look just right? There can be so many permutations... Edit: that is an amazing website btw, thanks for sharing :)
- ranting-moth 4y agoThey're 15, according to the book "The Art of writing" by John Jenkins, from the year 1813 (yes, 1813) according to archive.org. Although In the book there's a text saying it's printed 1818. In the book he lists 15 groups of them and shows two examples for each. https://archive.org/details/JenkinsArtOfWriting/page/n25/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/JenkinsArtOfWriting/page/n25/mod... (page 26 in the built in browser, plate 33 in the book)