gotham font

a variant of the singspiel font, the gotham font is an experimental typeface which continues this site’s focus on the improved legibility and readability of its dyslexia focused fonts.

With a simple unconventional glyph shape change—replacing the familiar rounded double arch lower case m (singspiel’s earless-corner, notwithstanding) with an angular flat-bottomed m (very much a small cap)—the lower case m now stands out more distinctly from the very common single arch n..

This glyph shape choice will appear initially out of place (despite the commonality of similar x-height characters to their capitals with the c o s u v w x and z) due to the ubiquitous presence of the rounded arch m with most typefaces. But its vertical sides and angular connectors render—despite its narrower cell width—more distinctly than the familiar three legged double arch glyph (which is most apparent with words containing both the m and n, and even more so when doublets of the letters are present).

The arched m does visually “flow” more pleasingly (personal aesthetic) than the straight m, though, the latter does offset this loss with its tighter cell width and added contrast to the eared n. After awhile, the extended width (for stem separation and legibility) of the arched glyph begins to feel more apparent and exaggerated in comparison.

As for the font’s name, the straight m compliments the font’s unique ascenders (and descenders), adding to the printed line’s “skyline”. “Goth”ic emphasizes its sans serif leanings (albeit, subtly tuned for dyslexia and visual flow)—it remains an exceptionally “clean” typeface.

The gotham font has found its place in my reading (font) rotation—notably with the singspiel font—offering a visual change up for these eyes and, importantly, maintaining a similar word page density for the KOReader layout i impose on my content consumption.

As always, YMMV.

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This font may be found on OneDrive.