The Plea (And Confession) of a Type Torturer

[eriktheplaid]

[Cross-posted from my
MovableType Blog]

Please believe me. I’ve tried. I will grant that some of those attempts may have been half-hearted, but I was weary, down-hearted. I didn’t think that I could do it (and I’m still skeptical), but I can’t live this lie, maintain this charade any longer, and so this voice cries in the wilderness, hoping

Comments

[alicelee]

I would throw Agenda out of bed on account of those Ses. Wow, they're ugly.

[eriktheplaid]

Yeah, after posting this I realized I liked Agenda a lot less than I thought I did. My problem is I can't seem to help looking for something that looks as much like FGEC as possible. This one fails.

[orb_box]

I'm guessing that similarly Optima isn't going to be the right fit either. I will keep pondering...

[orb_box]

You know, I do think I've found a good candidate:

Xheighter Condensed Bold & Condensed Bold Italic

If not, then you may want to examine the Freeset and Gothic families...

[orb_box]

Oh, and if you disagree, (or agree) I would love to hear your thoughts on why.

[eriktheplaid]

Sorry, I planned to, I just got swamped (well, meeting hell) at work and hadn't even had a chance to look yet. I sat down now to do so and just got called to dinner. Back in a bit.

[stealthymonkey]

I'm just here to say that reading this entry makes me not feel so bad for going after wine-snots who use the word 'mouth-feel' in written reviews.

Phew.