In reply to The Death of Serif Fonts:
@hrant:
They often have what are basically serifs that are in fact so long they often get confused by non-natives for horizontal bars!
Hmm. Maybe this explains why some Armenian capital letters - or initials - have horizontal strokes so thin that they're actually nonexistent.
So some strokes that are believed by outsiders to be elements of the character are actually just large serifs? Then, indeed, serifs on serifs would create a confusing fractal effect...
Although if the Armenians in Armenia are happy with thoroughly Latinized typefaces, and only those in the diaspora, under the pervasive influence of other scripts (but, on the other hand, the Arabic script, the main outside influence on Armenians in Lebanon, unlike the Latin script, would seem to be less likely to have a corrupting influence...) value the distinctive characteristics of Bolorgir... then one might despair of finding anywhere an authentic authenticity of Armenian visual sense.
So I suppose one will have to venture to contact Armenians in Lebanon to find out their typeface style preferences... although they likely have far more pressing concerns.
