The tail on the Q is quite stubby. I want to put a little notch above it to make it read better. Some little bulb shaped ink traps in the tight angles might help too.

A nice tall gothic overall. the little blobs on the stroke corners almost make this a serif font. It could easily be one if they were exaggerated a touch more.

Given that it feels to be a very strong display face, a lowercase may not be all that important.

It definitely has a nice personality.

The only nitpik that I have is that there is some inconsistency with how the edges of the counters are treated. Some are rigid and straight, some are bowed in, and some (like on the B) are a mix. I'm not saying that's good or bad...just that it's something that seems to stick out.

I agree with cuttlefish and eliason's comments as well. Do more with the Q and maybe vary a few of the others. The C might not need such large stems on the open side.

have you tried setting some words/sentences with it?

hey all. here's some text set int it. see anything that jumps out at you?

hmm. i've tried lining them up like that before, and you can definitely notice that the 'O', 'C', etc look a lot shorter in comparison

Did you consider making an A with vertical sides?

this one is slightly bigger than that, but smaller than the original:

I think the "smallest overshoots" version is best (2.46pm).

I would look at the letter that have diagonals coming into those seriffy nubs - I think you should reduce the size or otherwise knock back the obviousness of those nubs (I'm looking at the top of A and bottom of W). The greater change of direction resulting from the diagonal makes them too prominent compared to the ones on the vertical strokes.

This is coming along nicely :) I like the V and W
I think the E could be a bit narrower (compare with the H) and the hood of the G could be longer (more down). Can the top of the A be opened wider so the sides are not vertical but less white space around them? I think I'd move the knee of the R down a bit and bring the top of the leg out away from the stem slightly.
hope that's helpful ;)

hey all, here's an update on where i am at with this.

the @ symbol is proving to be a nightmare. any suggestions or ideas there? also not sure how great i feel about the % and & symbols. let me know if you have any ideas or solutions.

here you go (and i also attached a .pdf yay!!) ;)

heuemond pdf

getting closer!

i changed the @, made a new &, fixed all the slashes (which i just realized you can't see in this gif, and made the asterisk a bit smaller (still might be a bit big?)

also, still not sure if i'm completely satisfied with the @.

overall i'm really liking it at this point though. notice anything else that bothers you ?

thanks so much !

hey eliason!

The ampersand still needs work - the long horizontal in the middle isn’t serving you well.

that is exactly what is bothering me as well, but i haven't come up with any solution yet. i will play around some more tonight.

I think I preferred the previous @.

i don't really like either of them right now. this one is driving me crazy!

The bottom two strokes of the 2 look heavy to me.
Is the middle of 2 and S truly horizontal? I suspect it is, but it appears “overtorqued” as an optical illusion from the treatment of the corners, etc. I’d be curious to see what those glyphs would look like if you rotated the center to get an optical horizontal.

Another thing you could consider would be redrawing the 2 with a diagonal (so the bottom is more like Z).

VERY interesting point on the "overtorqued" middle. i actually had not noticed that at all, but now that you've pointed it out it's obvious. i'm gonna try tweaking that.

i originally did draw a diagonal 2, but i just didn't like how it looked. i might give it another go, though.

thanks for the help, again!

What about pulling the G crossbar to the same (or similar?) height as the E crossbar? The gap between the top and bottom still looks a little wide to me. I think the top crossbar of the E could be slightly less wide than the bottom crossbar. I'd make base of L narrower too, to reduce the white space around it.
I preferred the previous &, sorry ;)