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The height of the letter "t" is extremely short, especially in comparison to "l" and "b". This makes it very hard to read as it affects the shape of words at a
by amoss 3y ago
The height of the letter "t" is extremely short, especially in comparison to "l" and "b". This makes it very hard to read as it affects the shape of words at a glance.
- Tomte 3y agoThat‘s the traditional height, see almost every typeface that‘s used for book printing. Only in the computer world has the excessively long t been dominant.
- Macha 3y agoAnd handwriting styles that are commonly taught in schools today? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%27Nealian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%27Nealian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmer_Method https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmer_Method https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaner-Bloser_(teaching_script) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaner-Bloser_(teaching_script) All have full height t, and predate computers (significantly in the case of the latter two)
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- shever73 3y agoThe t is much shorter in comparison to b and i in Helvetica Neue and Calibri too. I didn't see that much of a jarring difference with Aptos.