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Stylistic Alternates

Started by Fortes · 10 months ago

Bickham Script Pro is a very sophisticated OpenType font, with very nice and . What sets Bickham apart is the alternate forms it provides — here are the ten (10!) different versions of the lowercase letter “h” available in the font:

In Avalon, you can choose ... Continue reading »

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  • Hmmm. Actually, only forms #1 and #8 are intended for the beginning of a word. All the others have vestigial connecting strokes that lead to some previous letter. Most of these will get automatically chosen depending on context, and perhaps some more as a combination of context and "swash" being on.

    But it's still very cool, regardless! :)

    Cheers,

    Thomas Phinney
    Adobe Systems

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