Neue Haas Grotesk (2011)

Re:Neue Haas Grotesk (2011) by blobdon on Sunday September 27, 2020 @04:53AM (#24605212)

Was the double a (“aa”) intentional?

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Re:Neue Haas Grotesk (2011) by bbotond on Sunday September 27, 2020 @04:57AM (#24605230)

If you mean in the red text, yes. Those are two different variants of the same character.

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Re:Neue Haas Grotesk (2011) by blobdon on Sunday September 27, 2020 @05:07AM (#24605271)

Aaah, now I see it, thanks!

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Re:Neue Haas Grotesk (2011) by blobdon on Sunday September 27, 2020 @05:17AM (#24605316)

TIL that fonts can include alternates. Now I wonder...are there some underlying principles used to design the font that don’t determine which “a” or “R” to include alone?

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