Critique required for beginner's sans

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riccard0's picture

This is a classic approach. See, as reference:

What could be interesting in your take is the varying width of the stroke.

3phaser's picture

riccard0, thanks for your reply.

As you say I think that the varying width is the potentially interesting aspect here.

Any comments on specific alterations to individual glyphs / the overall typeface would be appreciated.

riccard0's picture

It all depends on how much you want to stick to the purely geometric construction. Otherwise, optically, s is too narrow/unbalanced, u and k are too wide, etc.

3phaser's picture

Thanks again for the feedback: this is exactly the sort of help I was hoping for. I don't really understand how one makes decisions about glyph width, etc, etc. Are there specific rules? Is it done purely by eye?

I'd be happy to sacrifice the rigidity of the geometric system in an attempt to create a much more subtle typeface, although I don't want to lose the overall geometric feel. I will try making some alterations and upload the results soon.

Gary Lonergan's picture

Varying the widths will give you much more flexibility. The lowercase k in particular would benefit from being more narrow

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