Inter: Feature Request: Add more stylistic alternates

[Derpitron]

I have a few stylistic alternates I'd like to see:

• Alternate lowercase 't' without the curve
• Alternate '@' symbol, which has an uppercase 'A' minus the crossbar in it.
• Alternate lowercase 'y' without the curve
• Alternate punctuation with squares instead of circles
• Alternate lowercase 'j' without the tail
• Alternate uppercase 'Q' and 'R' with undulating tails
• Alternate lowercase and uppercase 'o & O' that look a bit more like a circle than an oval

A few of these ideas came from my own pet peeves about other fonts (I'm looking at you, Arial)

[eiszfuchs]

If we're talking about pet peeves, I'd like to throw the traditional variant of ß into the mix. I can't stand the Sulzbacher variant.

[Derpitron]

Well, I'm not well versed in German typographical quirks, so I can't say anything about this .

[Derpitron]

What does the 'icebox' label mean?

[eiszfuchs]

@Derpitron
There has been a change request before in the code-targeted monospace font, Iosevka. https://github.com/be5invis/Iosevka/issues/141
Though it was the other way around, street signs with the traditional ß still exist, are somewhat iconic to some German cities and the traditional ß is way more distinguishable from the Greek letter Beta than the "modern" one. But it's a stylistic choice after all.

[rsms]

So not this existing alt? https://rsms.me/inter/glyphs/?g=germandbls.1

[gmosx]

• Alternate lowercase and uppercase 'o & O' that look a bit more like a circle than an oval

I would love to have this alternate (also with 'G', etc). Would make Inter a great Futura (or Google Sans) alternative.

[Derpitron]

I have another idea for variants. It's definitely impossible, but I would like to see atleast a specimen of Inter with the curves at the ends of characters like "t" being 45 degrees or 90 degrees. It's been an idea in my head for quite some time now.

I think we need to give @rsms a break! 😅😅😅

[eiszfuchs]

@rsms Ah, sorry. No, not like this alternative. The traditional variant is more or less composed from ſ and ʒ.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9F#/media/Datei:Berliner_Strassenschilder.jpg