@Frank: I suppose Minion looks more like Times than this glyphs look like Sassoon... :)

@nhood: Very nice, although /a/ will need a spur/terminal/tail to distinguish it from /o/. But otherwise these letters are very promising. Keep on drawing. But don't draw them too geometrically (look at /b/ for instance) but rather visually. /c/ for instance is pointing upwards even thou the top of it is probably geometrically level.

Hey litera,

thanks for the critiques. Would you suggest curving the top of the 'c' and 'b' down slightly?

Don't start with “abcde”. You're just playing with variations on one simple form of letter and not really pushing into a typeface. Move on to H,O,h, and o. Then move on to test words like SHOPS and hoggles. After that work on HANGLOVES/handgloves to fill out your basic forms. Once you finish that it's time to flesh out the alphabet.

@nhood : for fonts, licencing means defining area of uses for your typeface ; unless you target branding market, your licence should be as permissive as possible, because then your typeface is meant to convoy information and as you know information is everywhere, in print, in website, withing e-books, and people need typeface which allow embedding and great freedom of use (except of use, claiming the design as their own, and sell the typeface at your expense).
most typefaces are under restrictive licences for paranoid and/or outdated conception of what a typeface is supposed to be.
But with open source, Google Fonts & allii shouting around, type industry is shifting around. As a challenger, your advantage is be proactive relative to this aspect.
See linked file below (licencing policy compared across +40 type foundries, sorry, it's in French) :
http://www.fadebiaye.com/type/comparatif_licences.pdf

hi nhood, it's quite simple in fact.

1. is it for branding or for text ? both is making things trickier

2. if for branding, control-freak copyright and at best, sell it as an exclusive corporate typeface

3. if for text, prepaid copyleft ; set a souscription and then release it under OFL licence ; do not run after piracy, it's a waste of time and money ; be sure to determine how much you want to earn, be paid and then release the tiger!

More information on the OFL licence here:
http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&id=OFL

Hi Jens,

i appreciate your input very much. What exactly is an exclusive corporate typeface?

Yes, it would make sense to finish the font before selling it. I suppose i shouldn't concern myself with licensing until i'm finished.