Jos Buivinga did something slightly similar.
http://www.exljbris.com/geotica.html

> Reinstaedt.

I recommend you first working on the basic letterforms in order to get them sound. Then apply modification (engraving).

lowercase is ready.

what do you think?

I like the new slanted counter. But then s should be revised accordingly.
And I liked the previous contrast better.

I was thinking something with this kind of construction:

@riccard0 I will definately try to make it work...

:-)

Dificult to say seeing it so large, but maybe it's a bit top-heavy.
Also, some curves could use some smoothing.

(quotes by Mark Twain)

Why k and g?

Very helpful feedback.

Drop adain in a couple of days to see the result.

After I redesined the "f" and the "v", the typeface started looking like a cursive one. And that seemed like the right direction, so I decided to redesign some more characters to fit the new look and then slant it a little.

I also started working on some alternative characters in order to make my tipeface more interesting. I am really curious to hear your comments.

Might be a good idea.

Do you have something specific in mind?

I originally had similar ligatures with b, d, k, l. I dropped then, because I couldn't make them work, but I still think they were a good idea.

Thinking about redrawing the "t" (it is too different from h, b etc.). Any ideas?

To me it is the /o/ that feels odd because of the strong back slant.

Thanks to all, who participated. All your opinions were considered and all characters are finished. Take a look at the pdf specimen.

This is coming along nicely.

Caps height strikes me as quite short.

Top ball terminals of /3/ and /6/ look too big to me.

/E/ and /F/ crossbar is awfully short!

/G/ might need more of a crossbar - looks like a /C/ to me.

I wonder if the ampersand should be caps height instead of ascender height.

Did you try an /@/ with the ring staying thin all the way around?

Inline whites of asterisk are too small.

Thicks of /O/ and /Q/ look too heavy to me.

Are those connector pieces added with OpenType code? How does it look without them?

One more specimen.
(this was done before I updated the "o")

Connectors are part of automatic stylistic alternatives. You can see an example of my typeface without them, around the middle of this thread(an earlier version).

Didone or not?

Share your opinion.

@DieBuche You managed to spot all my faults. "t" was a challenge from the beggining, in fact, if you scroll up, you will see that this is the third redesign The first version looked good, but didn't look like a "t" at all, and the second seemed perfect as an individual letter, but less so in comibination with other characters i.e in "th"). I am with you on 1 and 7 too, but I couldnt come up with better ideas.

/Space/ is too wide. Ouch...

My typeface is featured in the Typedia blog. Thanks again for all who helped me with their feedback.

Come to think of it, I really can...