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Close up of a photograoh of my screen showing gooby at '60' demonstrating light seepage, or haleation, which is the way I experience most fonts on large screens. Larger sizes feel more 'crisp' because the fuzz' doesn't merge them.
A test of readability might be the gradual degradation in comfort as a font reduces in size (design changes) or increases in fuzziness (simulate macro degeneration changes)
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Another rule to guide my student behaviour. Proofs are delivered in light mode - white background dark text. The astute people amongst you will have noticed that I prefer dark mode. I suspect the mode that you review-in will influence the designs you make. I will switch between modes, working in Dark and showing proofs in light as requested.
I think this is a little of what it feels like to mask - when your comfortable, authentic self is not accepted because of some historically determined (paper is white, printing will be dark text on white) is taken to a place where it isn't needed - Gooby is for digital use, not printing, for the light sensitive.
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I just noticed Playfair Display uses x-height numerals. For display fonts, it creates a very elegant, subtle statement—perfect for subtle, text aligned page numbers or pricing.
Other serif designs use different techniques to avoid the "Ally/a11y" misreading, but given the context and cultural usage, it’s rarely a functional issue. I’m wondering, if, and how, to use this for variations in Gooby. 🎨✨
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