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My new font, the first to be created a bit more properly (e.g., this time it includes some kerning!). Although of course, I'm still very new to the whole font thing, so my apologies if all the hinting, kerning etc. is terrible :P.

So far only the letters are available in this font (A-Z a-z), although I do plan to finish it later and release a later version (hence the V1 in the title :P).

As with all my fonts, this font is free for personal use only.

And, also, the usual thing of, if you do use it, please send me a link so I can see, although this is a request not mandatory.
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*MartinSilvertant Dec 15, 2011  Professional General Artist
I'm not a big fan of geometric typefaces in the Bauhaus style, though for its genre I think it has quite some potential. It's quite an elegant design. I particularly like the 'G' with its almost closing loop.

Here are a few tips (and in some sense personal preferences):
- The 'R' is a bit too narrow in my opinion. Especially compared to other capital letters, but even compared to the lowercase. I would slightly expand it.
- Isn't the 't' supposed to be a bit lower than the ascenders?
- I believe the design of the 't' is common for the Bauhaus style, but don't you think it would look better if you make its bar continue on the left side a bit? Right now it looks like it's about to merge into the 'a' (or whatever letter with a stem on the right [a, d, single-story g, i etc.] you put before the 't'), though that also has to do with the tight tracking.
- I think the tracking could be a bit higher (a bit more space between the letters).
- I think I would raise the center strokes of the 'w' a little bit to distribute the weight a bit more evenly over the vertical space.
- The tittle (the name of the "dot" on letters like 'i' and 'j') is too small. Rounded forms look optically smaller, so the tittle should be a bit wider than the stem of the 'i'. The tittle is only the same width when it's a rectangle rather than a circle.

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