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Draw lowercase angled glyphs

Draw lowercase angled glyphs

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Draw lowercase angled glyphs

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- [Instructor] Begin the lowercase angled letters with the lowercase V. It should be visually equivalent in width to the lowercase N. If the apex at the bottom is pointed, it should extend below the baseline in an overshoot similar to the O or other round letters. Angled strokes should be marginally thinner than the vertical strokes. The right stroke of the V should be thin, matching other thins in the font. The serifs should be slightly shorter on the outside left and right to allow the letter to sit closer to it's neighbors. Use the V to begin construction of the W. Two Vs overlapping will make an overly wide W. Making the angle slightly steeper will slim it down. The Y can take the shape and angles of the V. Extend the thin stroke down to the descender line and add a ball seriff similar in shape to the F, R, and C. The X like the V should be visually similar in width to the lowercase N. The thick stroke is continuous from the top left to the bottom right and is capped at either end…

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