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Avería: The Average Font (2011)

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Re: Avería: The Average Font (2011)

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That's clever, but: I've been called out previously here for having unknowingly introduced some undefined terms to readers, and which they found to be perplexing. And I took that to heart, because I don't want my words to be perplexing. I instead want them to be clear and easily understood. In my corner of the world, I haven't held a mimeographed document in my hands for ~35 years. I found it reasonable to assume tha…

> I've been called out previously here for having unknowingly introduced some undefined terms to readers, and which they found to be perplexing. i wasn't criticizing putting in a link; just put it in, it doesn't need layers of boiler plate [in this instance] like, if i use the word sesquipedalian https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sesquipedalian [in this instance] the square brackets add nothing but noise

I am appreciative of your criticism and have taken it under advisement.

However, I have noted that you do not pay me. It therefore does not behoove me to try to emulate your particular writing style.

Kindest regards.

Re: Avería: The Average Font (2011)

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Does this font simply ... Not look good to anyone else? It is visually kind of uncomfortable to behold. Maybe it's because it's a bit blurry feeling. It sort of suggests to me that there's a lot going on with typeface design that we take for granted. Edit: on closer inspection, the letter forms are kind of all over the place. The humps on the 'm' are lopsided, letter heights are sort of random. I think it's an intere…

Try the GWF Serif variant. It has more satisfying symmetry. Other than 4.

This actually is a charming font. With the random letter form sizing fixed, it reminds me of scans of old print publications. Thank you.
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