Crit my typeface please

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dave bailey
16 Mar 2006 — 5:18pm

If you're working on a text weight shouldn't you be worrying more about how well it sets in it's intended size? I don't see text being set in anything close to the size you have the 'larger' version at in the GIF.

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FeeltheKern
16 Mar 2006 — 5:21pm

Good point. As a novice type designer, I should probably be happy if I can get it to work at one size well.

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istitch
16 Mar 2006 — 5:29pm

the "n" and "h" seem inconsistent. the "e" is nice but it feels out of place…

just my two cents…

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julianne
16 Mar 2006 — 6:10pm

the bowls on the "a", "b" and "g" seem too wide compared to the "n" and the "o".

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jazzsammich
16 Mar 2006 — 6:10pm

I would suggest increasing the height of your e, and adding just the tiniest bit more contrast to the f, o, s, t, i, and v so that they're more consistent with the contrast in h, a, m, b, u, r, g, e, & n. I think it's less of a problem at the smaller sizes, but that it would help the color to be more even.

--Jim K.

edit: Perhaps o should be taller too.
2nd edit: Best. Username. Ever. ^_^

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hrant
16 Mar 2006 — 6:27pm

I don't know what you mean by "falls apart", but I actually
believe that text fonts, at least the really good ones, are
supposed to look kinda dorky when set large.

So:
1) Decide what size you intend this to be used at.
2) Tell us.
3) Prodvide a PDF.

hhp

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alexhb
16 Mar 2006 — 8:17pm

The tail of the u looks just a little short to me. I second the e being out of place. And may I say you have very nice typeface right here. I realy like your "g".

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verdiinpink
16 Mar 2006 — 8:40pm

It looks like that your letter 'v' is irrelevant compared with others, maybe a little curve at the base would emphasize the roundness style and the width of 'h,' 'u,' 'n' should be equal. Hmm... maybe the spacing between each letter should be a little extended to enhance legibility at small point size. And I personally love your 'e'.
--- pinky kinky winky ---

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cerulean
17 Mar 2006 — 9:07pm

The h looks narrow but I like the rest of it. Hard to say anything more without a closer look.

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FeeltheKern
18 Mar 2006 — 12:47pm

Thanks, I should be paying for this. All very helpful feedback, some of which I implemented.

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jake_
19 Mar 2006 — 7:30pm

i like how it makes me feel a little out of place.
queer but perfectly done!
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pantone354
19 Mar 2006 — 10:05pm

I think it looks pretty stong all around. The e doesn't seem to fit with the other letters and the h looks a little narrow as stated before. Great Job!

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pica pusher
20 Mar 2006 — 11:33am

The e is probably bothering people because it seems like it's leaning slightly and it's drawn like an italic e. I think it's important that you keep the italic structure; you've done a really elegant job of pairing it with a geometric treatment and to me that's really the promising feature of these letters. Just tilting it slightly back into balance will (hopefully) resolve that issue...