This looks really nice. I don't know if I count as "smarter people" but I did notice that the 9 feels like it's rotated to the left a few degrees.

Here it goes the most recent upgrade to Novena, including some major adjustments.
Be evil!

Thank you, Altaira: you don't need to apologize by no means. I use to read your comments and I think they are very shrewd.
I completely redesigned the 9 and the 6 in this new version, and I guess they look much better than before.
Actually, all serifs are curvy, but in the A, K, M, N, U, V, W, X and Y I tried a variation (dismissed now in uppercases, still in progress for lowercases) by pushing the inner vertex up or down accordingly. As you say, it doesn't work well.
So, take a look at this rearranged model (in addition, I'll put a PDF for inspection in my Typophile blog).
Thanks again, sharp buddy.

Hi Marcelo,
I looked at your latest pdf. I'm certainly a beginner as well so feel free to ignore everything I write :)
The overall effect is very nice, with the shapes and colour pretty consistent and harmonious.
There are a few things that don't quite look right to my eye. The c looks a bit as if it were modelled on the e, and I think the bottom half could curve in more, as it looks a bit flat. I like e. I'd make the ear of the g heavier (longer and fatter), and perhaps lose some weight off the inside of the upper curve to balance the colour. j looks a little incomplete somehow. I think the diagonal leg of the k could be lighter. r,s and t are especially good. Maybe try stronger serifs on the z?
As for capitals, the stem of D looks a bit thin compared with the bowl. E and F and nice, but I think the lower bar of E could be too far out. The tail of the J is very heavy and will look weird if next to a C for example. M could be a bit too narrow. Tail on Q is too light I think. S and T look to be different weights.
I like your numerals. I suspect 1 will need much heavier serifs and its head may need to be wider. 3 and 5 need to harmonise a bit more. 4 looks light. 6 and 9 may be a bit too wide. 9 needs more space. It also still looks rotated!
Your punctuation is pleasant. I think £ may be out of place and need a base like your E. € could be narrower.
I hope that's useful, I'm only making suggestions so see what you think and try them out if you like.

Really good! Your typeface has a playful and light-hearted demeanour, yet it retains its text-setting qualities. If I were to criticise anything, I'd say the arm serifs of E and F are a little light. I'd also consider doing something to tame the ascender serifs a little, but I guess that's a question of taste. They work just fine as they are.

Are you planning on making a display version of Novena as well?

Getting better?
More on PDF in my blog.

Dear Eliason,
perhaps these close views or that PDF render better than the previous picture. Tell me what you think.

Some additional ideas:

- make B's lower bowl bigger in relation to the top bowl.

- Where bowls come off stems in the caps (BDPR), consider using the same "cupping" you do for the stem-only serifs. This Goudy sample is an exaggerated version of what I'm talking about:

See how the bowl at the top swoops up before it circles down? Without that, your serifs (which are rather long) on the left sides of those letters look bent outwards.

- K's leg doesn't look as stable as it should.

- take another look at the humps of m, n, and u. Something's off on the drawing there - I think they thicken too fast coming out of the stem? I think that contributes to the topheavy sense of m and n that I was addressing before by suggesting heavier bottom serifs.

- your cedilla has an italic slant to it - I'd make it more upright.

Seek opinions from others on these ideas, too - I'm not an expert.

Unspaced sample, just to see how chars work together.