From: John Hudson (tiro@tiro.com)
Date: Sat Apr 17 2004 - 12:03:55 EDT
Michael Everson wrote:
> I have had suboptimal connectivity over the last while, and so have
> missed some of this discussion. As a type designer I personally consider
> the middle dot to be ordinary punctuation that should harmonize with
> other punctuation marks. My solution to this is to treat it as the top
> dot of a colon. So for me, MIDDLE DOT is to COLON as MODIFIER LETTER
> HALF TRIANGULAR COLON is to MODIFIER LETTER TRIANGULAR COLON.
This would make the mid-dot too high. The top dot of the colon usually sits toward the top
of the x-height; the *mid*-dot should sit lower, optically midway up the x-height (which
means slightly higher than the actual halfway mark). The top dot of a colon is typically
closer to the height of the Greek ano teleia, which aligns with the x-height (and which
should align with the cap height in all-cap settings, and with the small-cap height in
smallcap settings).
John Hudson
-- Tiro Typeworks www.tiro.com Vancouver, BC tiro@tiro.com I often play against man, God says, but it is he who wants to lose, the idiot, and it is I who want him to win. And I succeed sometimes In making him win. - Charles Peguy
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