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blobdon
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Neue Haas Grotesk (2011)
Was the double a (“aa”) intentional?
bbotond
on Sept 27, 2020
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If you mean in the red text, yes. Those are two different variants of the same character.
blobdon
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Aaah, now I see it, thanks!
blobdon
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TIL that fonts can include alternates. Now I wonder...are there some underlying principles used to design the font that don’t determine which “a” or “R” to include alone?
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