John Hudson

  • Re: Small Capitals

    You probably want to modulate the amount of width gain in smallcaps across the weight range. Your heaviest weight uppercase letters are already proportionally much squarer than the lighter weights, s…
  • Re: Grid Test of Letters

    Heh. It never crossed my mind to use a pair of letters as spacing keys, but I can immediately see the benefit: nuanubnucnudnuenufnugnuhnuinujnuknulnumnu...
  • Re: Grid Test of Letters

    For reviewing primary (non-kerning) spacing, I find the best test to be between key glyphs that do not usually require kerning. For Latin uppercase, this is usually HAHBCHDHEHFHGHHHIHJHKHLHMH... Lati…
  • Re: Small Capitals

    With regard to petite caps, it is worthwhile to consider the nature of the typefaces for which Zuzana Licko designed them, such as Mrs Eaves, which had a short x-height. The smallcap / petite cap dis…
  • Re: Feedback wanted

    I considered that too, but I suspect the forms may be more stable as they are now, and will also make the t construction I suggested trying easier. Flipping the lower terminals creates a lot more mot…
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