I should try the vertical stems on the M.

Though I really like the proportions of the R, I guess having a bigger lower bowl (B, P,and R) would help some spacing issues especially when P is next to A.

I was also thinking of an alternate version that would have more personality, which is something I wanted to avoid at the very beginning. Here's A,K, and Q, alternate version. I guess the angular aspect of the A, and Q should be in V, X and Y too.

Thanks

Something was bugging me in the S, here's the improved version.

Have you considered making the stems of the M perfectly vertical?

I thought of it but I won't do it. Since it's a monospace and that M is already wider than H the angle makes the spacing a lot better.

Your new S has a stronger and longer diagonal than the original S. Why is this better? Does it match the other letters in a better way? Not that I disagree, but I want to better understand what makes a good S. I find it a very difficult letter to design.

I think the rest of the letters look quite nice.

Dear sgh

I'm not able to explain it in a rational way. To me type design has something really intuitive. I think that I tried to make the curves of the first S almost the same, probably thinking the result would be more coherent to all the other characters. What happened is that the first S was too rigid. In the new S, curve 1 is related to curve 4, while curve 2 is related to curve 3: the result is more fluent.

I don't have the recipe of what makes a good S. Usually, my first sketches are always rolling forward or backward. But, what's important is: trust your eyes. If you're lost because your working at it for too long, put it aside and come back later or ask someone.

I hope this comment helped.

Nice diagram!

The dropped bar is more typical of those boeing letters - or at least as I recall them.

What you did with the S in part was to add tension I think. It could be that by adding a subtle curve to the M & W's straight lines you could add some tension there too. Did you adjust the B & C too in the example above? They look less heavy slightly & seem to have more tension. Or am I seeing things just because of the dropped bar?

I don't know if anything I have done in the monospace I am aming can be of help or not. It's here:

http://typophile.com/node/29761

And actually; I would love to have a critique from you as well.

Cool. That shows me how every detail in a type design effect every other one. Probably the slight difference in the rendering crispness confused me too.