All the little things

[davelab6]

As per #55 I just compared the RF release vs the latest RFA2 pushed an hour ago in typeroof, and I see great progress :) Yet there are many "little details" I'd like to propose changing, such as the smoothness of the curve on the bottom edge of t that is flat in the current RFA2, the flat edge of the left most side of the counter of d and g, the flaring at the end of g, and so on.

Overall there are some changes from the RF to RFA2 design, that @dberlow says are true improvements and nudging them closer to the original (like the stroke width of e crossbar) would actually be undesirable, but that it would be best for me to go over all these little details directly with @sannorozco on a call next to discuss next week :)

[sannorozco]

@davelab6 yesss, let me know when you want to have the meeting 🙂.

[davelab6]

Looking at the latest file pushed 15h ago, at the opsz max wght max wdth max, a few things I noticed on typeroof

• tail of y can be smoother

• S looks pinched, and (with s) may be too wide in context of other caps

• C seems too wide in context of other caps

[davelab6]

With opsz max wght max wdth min, typeroof:

• Z seems too narrow in context of other caps
• the spacing of the glyphs with diagonals seems inconsistent, with some that overlap together and some that do not

• c aperture seems quite open compared to others, could be tighter to match /a/e/g

https://fontbureau.github.io/TypeRoof/#2024-08-09T17:16:15Z;RobotoAvar2%20Regular,Version%203.000;;;;opsz144,wdth25,wght100;0;12;144;l;01;;0;1;@v2:waterfall

With opsz max wght min wdth min, typeroof:

• I wonder if the avar2 approach allows us to collapse the tittles at this extreme so they are as narrow as the stem stroke thickness, and don't stick out as dark spots

It seems at wght 150 the 'dark spots' effect melts away, but even 100 has it.

With opsz max wght min wdth max, typeroof

• The G and C has a slight stroke weight thinning at the lower right, and D is slightly thicker, compared to the other strokes overall (/J/O/S). (This is already a masterpiece btw :)

[davelab6]

With opsz max wght min wdth 50, typeroof:

• K and W diagonal strokes are a little thick
• Z diagonal stroke is a little thin

• m first stem/arch join, y tail, are thin and drop out
• 4 diagonal, 8 center join, also (even when blown up big)
• 4 top is a little thick when blown up

[davelab6]

Great progress! 8 point structure at 144 151 100 still funky :)

[davelab6]

8 looking good at 144 151 100

[davelab6]

Only small thing I see now is y at 144 100 151