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New to type design would love the critique

James Leahy0 votes

Hello my name is James leahy and this is one of my first fonts. I am trying to take inspiration for the Russian style of serif type with its sharp corners but I wanted to bring this in the san serif style and soften it up a bit in order not to look so harsh. The typeface is unnamed and I haven't started working on the spacing yet but I would really like to hear if there is anything wrong with the design or opinions about the design and style.

Joshua Krämer0 votes

Hi James,
some of your characters are rounded, some are made up of straight lines with sharp corners; some are skewed, some not. The proportions and line widths of the characters also do not match. You should stick to a common style for your letters.
My advice is to first draw simple letter forms as a beginner before you try to design a typeface with a lot of idiosyncrasies.

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