From: Michael Everson (everson@evertype.com)
Date: Fri May 11 2007 - 11:56:31 CDT
At 12:30 +0200 2007-05-11, Andreas Stötzner wrote:
>>I understand. Currently the glyph at 3f in
>>http://www.evertype.com/standards/iso10646/pdf/capital-sharp-s.pdf
>>is the favourite "vanilla" glyph.
>
>A decision about the favourable default glyph
>should be based on samples in which the rhythm
>of dark and light strokes are applied
>appropriately. This is, sorry for that, not the
>case with many of the glyphs Michael E. presents
>here. Therefor they look unsatisfying.
Of course many of them are unsatisfying.
>As for the code chart I strongly recommend to
>stick to the glyph presented by DIN on p.1 of
>the proposal (N3227r) for this choice is a
>result from considerations based on extensive
>historical and graphical research, undertaken by
>myself and others.
Well, we cannot just pop in an Andron glyph into
the code charts, which is why I have been
exploring designs for the Times-like font I am
using. The glyph 3f in my document is a Dresden
glyph as you recommend.
-- Michael Everson * http://www.evertype.com
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