I think it's a good project; there's a certain 'genericity' in certain characters (BPRf, for example) but I guess it's just a matter of tweaking the curves, etc. There's a lot of inconsistencies in color (weight); and overall it seems a bit too light (specially the thins). You're right about the bdpq. The bowls need more weight.

Other comments:
- O: the inner shape looks 'squarish';
- Q: tail is too odd and thin;
- W: that white shape in the middle (where the two strokes cross each other) is too small, enlarge it or remove it;
- X: top heavy;
- g: extremely odd shape for this typeface;
- y: it needs the inner left serif (IMHO).

Hi leigh

i agree with all eduardo

Leigh,
You have to decide if you are going to make a great contrast between thick and thin like your o, c, e, or not so much like your h, m, n.
Also, the weight of the vertical straights is wider in feel than the curves (the stem of the b, d, p, q) versus the adjacent curves

Disculpa que haya intervenido tu pdf, pero me interesaba que comprendieras algo que en Chile se ha estado estudiando. El efecto pescado.

El efecto pescado es un defecto que producen las tipograf

Nice, Juan.

Thanks everyone. I have a bit of work to do. It is good to get a lot of the problem areas acknowledged in writing. There was even a few there that I was not aware of.

The grand plan is for the family to include a Katakana, Hiragana and Arabic character set. I have a contact for the Arabic development of the typeface, but I have been unable to locate any Japanese typographers willing to offer some feedback. If anyone has any leads, I would really appreciate it.

*L*

I can comment on your Japanese fonts (although I never attempted making one myself).

Good to know... The katakana is almost ready for discussion. Watch this space.

*L*

look here

http://www.typophile.com/cgibin/show.pl?30/42469 for more fish effect.

thanks for that link, very useful