To me, it almost seems as though the lowercase and uppercase are from two entirely different families. I really like the caps. They sort of have a feeling close to Filosofia Grand (albeit italic), looking classic and refined, while the lowwercase have this quirky, playful characteristic about them. I think the curved terminals and ball serifs are making the rest of the letterforms seem a little more whimsical, which is not necessarily a bad thing. The kerning on the lowercases seems a little tight in most cases too. Is the "gg" a ligature? It seems as though the overlap isn't quite right. The width of the bottom loop may require it to be ligated. The bottom of the bottom loop also looks a little dark to me, along with the first vertical stroke on the lowercase w. The tittles and punctuation seem a little heavy to me as well.

Hello Max, I like it very much, I hope you can work it out.
Yes, the spacing is too tight now.
Why did you call it "Magnolia" ?

Chipman223:

I see what you mean about the caps and lowercase. Maybe I'll separate the caps out and do something different with them. Whimsy was my intention, though, so I'll work on the lowercase for now.

I'm going to work on spacing now.

You're right, the 'g' and 'w' do have weight issue. No, 'g' is not ligated -- that might change.

Thanks for your help.

Alessandro: I'm glad you like it. I'm not entirely sure why I called it Magnolia. Perhaps I was aiming for the combination of lightness, neatness and prettiness that magnolias have.

i like the contrast on the tail of g, it's attractive (maybe too attractive for body text though?) The word 'higher' looks lovely.
I might try making the t taller, k narrower on top arm (or waist more slanted), second arm of w starting a bit higher, and work on getting the shapes more even in colour and contrast.
there's a lot of potential here i think, really nice.

I've respaced, adjusted k, t, q, tittles, and added an alternative g to substitute for the second one in "gg". I'm not sure if it's the right altervative, though.

I've made dozens of tweaks since the last update (29 revisions recorded in version control). Highlights include: a complete set of numerals, an exclamation mark and a new question mark, improved spacing and a new 'w' (is this an improvement? I'm personally thrilled to be rid of the old one).

Is this going somewhere? Am I on the right track with spacing? I can't bear to look at the original now, but I don't know if the current version is acceptable either.

The sample is here: http://typophile.com/files/sample_7.pdf

"Page not found" - maybe try adding the pdf as an attachment to your top post.

Yeah, the attachment form wasn't working for me the other day. It's attached now.

All those tight curls are kind of too fiddly to my eye - I find it more attractive at small sizes where that detail drops out - but that's really a personal preference, not an objective flaw.

Shape of 'w' is improved, but its same-but-different top serifs make me do a double-take.

Spacing is much improved.

Is 'r' too wide? Should its arm branch out lower on the stem?

'4' looks less like a four and more like Prince's next name! ;-)

Should '6' and '9' have some kind of terminal on their loose ends?

Beginning and end of '8''s stroke don't relate happily to each other in position.

I think your ligatures are fantastic!

Thanks for the comments, Craig. I've changed the middle serif of the 'w' to match the left one (I think I was trying to compromise between the left and the right, but perhaps that was a bad idea). Thanks for the 'r' suggestion: I think that's a big improvement.

Beginning and end of 8's stroke don’t relate happily to each other in position.

Personally, the '8' is my favourite of the numerals; I agree that's "fiddly", but that's part of the look. Do you have any concrete suggestions on how the ends might meet more happily?

Once again, thanks for the comments.

I now have Windows-1252 coverage, as well as Latin-3 (because I'm an Esperanto speaker)

I've been kinda dissatisfied with the z for a while, so I'm trying yet another shape:

Do typophiles have a preference? They both need work, but which one should I work on?

Still experimenting: