Hello,
I have thoroughly enjoyed reading this forum. Humbled by the expertise here.
This is my first post, so a little about me and my typeface. I am a graphic designer by trade with a love for type and typography. About a year ago, I started designing what would become the attached typeface. Originally inspired by old school Didones and later by display fonts like Miller Banner and Harriet.
This is my first attempt at type design and I'm completely self taught so open to all comments constructive or otherwise. Thanks in advance.
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Impressive for a first go, for sure!
Craig, I struggled a lot with the leg of that /K/. Not sure why. I'm thinking about trying a more organic version like /R/. Thanks again for the comments!
I've made (very slight) adjustments per Craig's comments in the attached pdf. I also increased the width of the /M per Christian. Thoughts?
The new /K is nice.
/3/ is lovely but may be a bit too wide.
Is the top of /t/ a bit too blunt given the sharpness of the serifs?
The leg of the lowercase k seems a bit unsure. It's too think at the joint for starters. I would try to make it more smooth at the bottom.
Not sure about the g The eye get's ugly where it meets the bottom part, the 'horizontal' part seems a bit too thick, and the entire thing seems to fall backwards.
In s, maybe raise the bottom right part of the curve a bit.
The terminal in r could be larger, I think.
The z could be wider.
I would open up the serifs in W and w, but maybe that's a personal thing.
The bowl in 'a' could be smaller (as in, less tall).
B could be narrower.
Try making N pointy at the bottom-right, though this may cause problems as you get to thicker weights.
K looks a bit drunk to me. Might be nice for whiskey packaging, but I would tone t down a bit, making it look more like the R.
The bottom-right serif in F P f and r could be a bit wider for stability.
The bowl in 6 and 9 could be smaller. The 8 seems too wide to me, and the 7 too curvy.
Good luck, you're off to a great start!