This is wildly incorrect typography that a French speaker would perceive as a spelling error.
- The size of the letter should be the same whether it has an accent or not. The
A
in à should be identical to theA
in image and la. - The squiggle above the
A
is an apostrophe. An accent can have variable thickness throughout its length, but it’s almost never curvy (the only fonts I can find with curvy accents are Comic Sans and fonts that simulate handwriting). - An apostrophe is slanted in the direction of an acute accent (
'
→´
, ‘ → ´), but it should be a grave accent (ˋ
).
This is horribly wrong typography. Whether it’s due to ignorance or sloppy execution or an artistic statement is off-topic here.
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