Try Jean François Porchez's http:// Ambroise

thank you, but too vert/horz contrasted for my purpose. is very similar to didot elder without the devilish elements. i'm ready to consider other style also.

http://Tribute could be an option. DTL Paradox is probably less distinctive in comparison, but still may be worth looking at.

tribute is a good serif font. there is something of more original?

Have a look at Hercules. The reg. is nice and thin but the text version has a good heavy feel and no quirky details. Very short descenders. Maybe not enough personality for you.

I'm actually trying to manually edit curves from an existing font. I think my meaning of original is hard to describe. When finished done i'll post some screenshot.
So far, thank you to anyone.

I feel exactly the same as you do about Didot Elder. I knew the arrow serifs would prevent it from being widely used. Ambroise is really your best alternative.

Leitura Display and http://Freight Big and/or Display are pretty good (understatement).

Odile

http://vllg.com/Kontour/Odile/mudTyper+Weights/

Oneleigh

http://www.fontshop.com/fonts/downloads/fontfont/ff_oneleigh/

Incognito

http://www.fountain.nu/catalogue/incognito.asp

Thank you to everyone, so far.
I'm currently working to preview of my work.
Feedback expected :)

What about http://Trajan?

4tm, due to your first Didot Typeface preference, I´ve tried Didot from H&FJ ... What do you think?

Regards,

TypoPT

Eidetic Neo has deliciously quirky details and a remarkable italic.

What about that one:

http://www.dstype.com/andradepro.html

Andrade Pro from DSType

@ TypoPT: I take Didot Elder because his "strange" glyphs, and I was searching for something that could be original in the same way, but not devilish. Plain version of Didot is interesting but not so original...

Andrade Pro is awesome. I think all of DSTYPE are awesome.

By the way, I manually edited a font to create some original serif, and you can see it now :

Almost forgot http://Perla.

You might use a lot of "g's" but "z's". look at the big picture the characters you will most use.

4tm, you are right about DSType, Dino dos Santos is a portuguese typographer, so i know quite well his work! He has lot a sucess here at PT.
Your "manual" exercise is almost there ... see again the "n", i think you must "condense it" a little more! But its just my eyes! :))

I used Eplica for a project a little while back and really liked it.