Comments on: Simplified Latin Alphabet

By: cody

cody — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:38:05 +0000

Carla, I think the lower case ones are still supposed to be smaller than the uppercase… so your example doesnt really work.

By: Carla

Carla — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 13:55:14 +0000

I’m a book designer, and I disagree. Well-defined capitals and ascenders and descenders help the reader identify words quickly because they recognize the shape. This alphabet would set like cap/small cap, notoriously difficultto read and quite tiresome for anything longer than display text or headings. Disturbance has never been used to set a 300-page book, for good reason, I think. This would be ok for display, but not for long text.

I’M A BOOK DESIGNER, AND I DISAGREE. WELL-DEFINED CAPITALS AND ASCENDERS AND DESCENDERS HELP THE READER IDENTIFY WORDS QUICKLY BECAUSE THEY RECOGNIZE THE SHAPE. THIS ALPHABET WOULD SET LIKE CAP/SMALL CAP, NOTORIOUSLY DIFFICULT TO READ AND QUITE TIRESOME FOR ANYTHING LONGER THAN DISPlAY TEXT HEADINGS. DISTURBANCE HAS NEVER BEEN USED TO SET A 300-PAGE, FOR GOOD REASON, I THINK. THIS WOULD BE OK FOR DISPLAY, BUT NOT FOR LONG TEXT.

See what I mean?

By: Breck

Breck — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 14:07:16 +0000

I’ve always loved this. I think though that we can get away with far less of a drastic difference in scale between the miniscule and majiscule. “Caps” can be more subtle to serve the purpose. Subtle extenders can also help with recognition, which Tankard has a good handle on with Disturbance. As does Migraine. Somewhere in the middle of these lies the potential for something really successful, I think.

By: Justin Ruckman

Justin Ruckman — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 04:29:08 +0000

I imagine it helps for people w/ dyslexia.

By: Lila

Lila — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 03:17:40 +0000

Most of this makes sense, except for the B. It would drive me a bit mad to put double-loop b’s in lowercase form.

By: electro^plankton

electro^plankton — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 11:39:10 +0000

Redesigning The Alphabet…

In 1950, Bradbury Thompson proposed a redesigned alphabet called Alphabet 26 that unified the characters in favor of uppercase forms with large and small variations to be used as capitals are. He argued having some letters look completely different……