New fonts: Eggad and Ribbonetter

I continue to search for ways to create interesting typefaces that use alternating letter sets. Two new efforts are Eggad and Ribbonetter. Eggad has letters in eggs and the contextual alternatives feature of OpenType alternates big-bottomed eggs with little-bottomed eggs. Eggad comes in hollow and solid styles and the two can be used in layers to create colored eggs, as the example shows.

Ribbonetter alternates letters in ovals with letters in a shape that connects the ovals.

I have not found anyone else who is using the contextual alternative feature in the way I am and that is a reason that I continue to search for more ideas for alternating letter sets.

In both of these typefaces, the alternating letters can be voided by turning off the contextual alternative feature. If you are using a program that does not support contextual alternatives, the alternating sets will not appear automatically but will have to be created by alternating upper and lower case keys.

Ribbonetter  and Eggad are available on fontspring.com.