After designing Anklebiter, I decided to expand the typeface. The first step in this process was designing numbers. Below are the numbers 0-9, created with the same things in mind as the original typeface: consistent serifs, varied styles, and representation of many different types of people.
While consistency was important and maintained in the serifs, it was also important to me that the numbers be easy to tell apart from the letters. For this reason, all numbers are shorter than the tallest letters and have exaggerated serifs which include large rounded serifs on some letters.
While consistency was important and maintained in the serifs, it was also important to me that the numbers be easy to tell apart from the letters. For this reason, all numbers are shorter than the tallest letters and have exaggerated serifs which include large rounded serifs on some letters.
After the number set was designed, I designed punctuation and diacritic marks. Since the letters and numbers were already full of characters and activity, these marks are made up of the toys that you might expect to find anywhere with many kids.
A new color has been used for the punctuation to help readability. Punctuation is designed slightly larger than usual so that it is balanced with the type. Multiple commas are included so that they do not become repetitive.
The brackets and parentheses, since they encase the characters, are large play sets and stages. Options are once again offered for the slashes, so that web addresses do not become visually boring.
Options are once more offered for the asterisks and bullet points. Less commonly used marks are singular. The different punctuation throughout is kept generally to scale. Punctuation that is larger than the characters is made up of items that should be that large. Smaller punctuation is made up of smaller items.
Diacritic marks are included to expand the number of children who can spell their names with this typeface. Options exist for the acute, grave, caron, and circumflex so that they don't have to be reused when both similar marks are used within one text.
