You're right. Curvature and direction prompt an emotional reaction. Funnily enough, it's when we slow down and pause to consider it that the sense of motion in these fonts become apparent.
For example, skeletonized watches can be quite wonderful, but I can't help but feel that wearing one would feel like having a cadaver on the wrist. I also like world time watches - a lot - but would like to see more that find a way to render the entire gl...
One that intrigues me is the Montblanc Geosphere. Its two rotating hemispheres are accurately rendered, but one would have to have a keen eye and a fine sense of geography to assign times to location.
how they “lean” into time made me realize that that similarity is probably why I also love Eastern Arabic numerals on watch dials as well. There’s also a sense of flowing artistry that I see in both types of numerals. Thanks for this insightful post. ...