There's this:
http://briem.net/
But don't take the chirographic aspects seriously.

character "w" in small sizes looks black, heavy, like a dot in a sea of grey lines.

Doesn't that Typographica article cover that? You need to apply what's called "modulation" to relieve the optical effect of clotting.

Related: http://themicrofoundry.com/ss_trapping1.html

You should also study Futura (just don't make another one like it).

hhp

Thanks for the link!

Doesn't that Typographica article cover that? You need to apply what's called "modulation" to relieve the optical effect of clotting.

Related: http://themicrofoundry.com/ss_trapping1.html

You should also study Futura (just don't make another one like it).

I have applied the principles in Typographica where I deemed necessary, the problem is my letters are very elongated and they look just fine at very big point sizes (the intended use)... so, any correction I make to make the "w" look better at smaller sizes destroys its basic shape and at the normal size you can no longer see the character identity. Maybe one solution is to create a special set for smaller sizes?

Thanks for the link!

Doesn't that Typographica article cover that? You need to apply what's called "modulation" to relieve the optical effect of clotting.

Related: http://themicrofoundry.com/ss_trapping1.html

You should also study Futura (just don't make another one like it).

I have applied the principles in Typographica where I deemed necessary, the problem is my letters are very elongated and they look just fine at very big point sizes (the intended use)... so, any correction I make to make the "w" look better at smaller sizes destroys its basic shape and at the normal size you can no longer see the character identity. Maybe one solution is to create a special set for smaller sizes?

Maybe one solution is to create a special set for smaller sizes?

Bingo.
In fact (although some don't agree) a font for text must exhibit a certain ugliness when set large, otherwise it's essentially not optimal for text.

Scale changes everything.

hhp

Bingo.
In fact (although some don't agree) a font for text must exhibit a certain ugliness when set large, otherwise it's essentially not optimal for text.

Scale changes everything.

hhp

That is what I thought. So, at the stage I'm in the font design process, I could basically just forget about the smaller sizes and focus on getting consistency at the "normal" size? Or do type designers typically deal with this optical sizes along with the normal weight design process?

Most typefaces remain confined to a relatively narrow size range.

hhp