Christopher Slye

slye.bsky.social

14 April 2026 09:17

Erik van Blokland (and friends), giving me a micro-tour of Berlin, points to the former residence of Trixie… yes, THAT Trixie.

Lie-Gruppe

lie-gruppe.bsky.social

03 April 2026 21:22

Yeah, I tried first at 10pt and it did not look "right" -- Also not as a long text on my screen in larger sizes. 9pt and 8pt seemed good. This will stay as a test folder (and print) until I run into a use for it.

Linotype Pilgrim

symbo1ics.bsky.social

03 April 2026 21:22

Subjectively I avoid too much monolinearity for text, tho of course it does help at sizes like 9pt & smaller. I'd worry about this at 12pt, a little more contrast feels nicer to me at least in long form. In advertising copy it might work, where the design feature might be an asset not a distraction.

Lie-Gruppe

lie-gruppe.bsky.social

03 April 2026 21:22

I think it might work as a text cut, 9pt on paper gives a thick and compact text. (I downloaded the test files with minimal character set.)

Linotype Pilgrim

symbo1ics.bsky.social

03 April 2026 21:21

Yes, I enjoyed playing with it in the type tester! Seems to have very good bones, but probably only for display in this cut. Maybe a text cut will be done one day??