Leaf Tech

Name	Leaf Tech
Version	1.371
Latest release	28th July 2021
Inception	March 2021
Supported scripts	Latin, Vietnamese (all tones)
Other glyphs	Numbers, some punctuation and some basic symbols
Issues	Stroke is basic and unstyled. Perhaps too thin.
GitHub	github.com/fazzaan/font-leaftech
Behance	-
Font sites	-

This was going to be a showcase, but creating this portfolio has helped me discover all the unfinished aspects of each of my projects. Now, it is instead a catalogue, a) to showcase my work, and b) as a project tracker to develop my project management skills.

Leaf Tech is the second-ever font that I made as a digital & installable font file. Thus, it does not feature any NewEng letters, and it is not well-formed. However, it does feature full support for Vietnamese.

Letters

Uppercase alphabet

Lowercase alphabet

Full alphabet

Diacritics

Vietnamese UPPERcase glyphs

Vietnamese LOWERcase glyphs

Diacritics — UPPERcase, single layer

This was going to be a showcase, but in creating this portfolio, it's allowed me to discover all the unfinished aspects of each of my projects. Now it is instead a catalogue, a) to showcase my work, and b) as a project tracker to take control of my project management.

Vowels

Consonants

Diacritics — LOWERcase, single layer

This was going to be a showcase, but in creating this portfolio, it's allowed me to discover all the unfinished aspects of each of my projects. Now it is instead a catalogue, a) to showcase my work, and b) as a project tracker to take control of my project management.

Vowels

Consonants

Diacritics — UPPERcase, double layer

"Double layer" means that some languages combine two diacritics onto the same letter. This poses some challenges in font design: diacritic shape, diacritic size, diacritic positioning, combined positioning; letter kerning alterations; line-height.

Vowels

Consonants

In NewEng, double-layer diacritiqued consonants include: S̈̌ Ç̌ Ẍ̌

Diacritics — LOWERcase, double layer

"Double layer" means that some languages combine two diacritics onto the same letter. This poses some challenges in font design: diacritic shape, diacritic size, diacritic positioning, combined positioning; letter kerning alterations; line-height.

update October 2025: I have recently learned how to use FontLab and diacritic anchors are WAY easier in there so I'll rebuild all of this stuff in the future if* & when I do a remake of Leaf Tech.

*("if" because I'm not sure if I even like this font tbh.)

Vowels

Consonants

In NewEng, double-layer diacritiqued consonants include: s̈̌ ç̌ ẍ̌

Numerals

To do

• Dozenal numerals: ↊ ↋

• Vector image of dot-derived numerals

Sample words

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To Do

Further development

• common diacritics

• NewEng letters

• NewEng diacritics

• Dozenal numbers

• add a few more ligature glyphs

Fixes

• fix up diacritics for Vietnamese

• improve kerning

• improve ligatures with more-customised glyph variants for legibility

Variants

• different line thicknesses for vertical and horizontal strokes

• light-weighted variant with different stroke thicknesses

• heavy-weighted font variant

• italicized

• serifized

• more-organic one — this current typeface is very geometric, and only simple at that.

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