Here is a new one. Aloe started out as a MM experiment, with weight and serif as the axis.
Here is a pdf. Does anyone else get server time-outs every time they try to post an image?
I think the "full serif" version is wonderful. But the sans is mundane, and the "stubby serif" cut isn't working at all it seems... :-( I think interpolating serifs can work (look at Penumbra), but it might be easier with flaring (as opposed to stubby) serifs.
I love the angled serif cuts in the "full serif" version! It seems that they're helping avoid that dreaded "backslant syndrome" that fully upright half-serif designs have - nothing short of a small breakthrough on your part. And the caps are really singing. It's like a butch Avance.
(More soon...)
hhp
OK, some concrete suggestions for the "full serif" cut:
Overall:
Shorten descenders.
Caps slightly too dark.
Work on spacing.
Make a Black weight.
lc:
a: too wide.
b: Make the spur the delicate kind.
f: longer foot serif; shift bar right; smoothen ascender.
g: narrower head; stronger ear; I don't get that trap.
k: not sure about that upkick thing.
o: too dark.
q: give it a delicate ear.
r: longer foot serif.
t: shift bar right.
UC:
A: a bit too wide; left diagonal too dark.
D: make wider.
G: needs work.
J: needs work.
L: too wide.
Q: I don't get that trap.
S: a bit too wide.
X: too wide.
numerals: the 4 looks wrong.
Keep it up!
hhp
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