Talk:Trebuchet MS

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[edit] Distinguishing characteristics

I tried to be as descriptive as I could about this font's distinguishing characteristics, but I am not a typographer, and I may have omitted some, not described some very well, or used incorrect/improper/inaccurate terminology. Please modify this section if positive improvement can be made.—Kbolino 23:36, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

• The distinguishing characteristics part looks fine to me, but one characteristic that isn't listed is that the Trebuchet MS ampersand seems to have been designed to actually LOOK like the word "Et" (Latin for "and"), the letters of which being the origin of the ampersand in the first place. The ampersand is a ligature of the letter E and letter T, but all the ampersands I've seen don't really look like it anymore, seeing how the shape of the ampersand has evolved a lot over time, causing it to look less and less like the word "Et". With the Trebuchet MS ampersand, you can easily distinguish the E and the T: &

[edit] Question

What does it mean to call a font "humanist"? That should be explained... Ibgeek 16:45, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Uppercase M

The article states that the splayed edges of the uppercase M form a 30 degree angle with a vertical line, yet on the diagram given, it is labelled as 10 degrees. Presumably one of these needs correcting (or both), but I'm not sure which is right so I won't try myself. Just thought somebody ought to know... maybe the original creator of the diagram could check up on it. --86.145.213.156 22:49, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

That would be my mistake, I'll fix that as soon as I get to my photoshop. --who-is-me 10:54, March 16 2007 (UTC)

I just measured it and my computer says 10º --who-is-me 11:19, March 16 2007 (UTC)