I opened up a pen tool tutorial for Adobe Illustrator and fiddled around with it until I grasped the basics. So I opened up FontLab Studio and started making a sans. I made the lowercase r by modifying previous sketches of a serif face. Some modifications later, the lowercase n was born, and so was the lowercase h. The lowercase l and i followed suit, and then o and w. Shortly afterwards, I finished the apostrophe. I had a hard time with m because it was so hard merging paths by copy-pasting while maintaining the angles and the forms of the outline.

This is my first time in attempting to create a typeface that is not in pen and paper, and I would say time really flies fast when you’re doing it. The overall experience is gratifying though, but I’m not very confident about what I’m making, so I need feedback. I wanted this to be a display face, so I should probably put more contrast next time. However, I’m still working without any guidelines as to what it will actually look like. As some glyphs follow logically from others (like n to m, and vice versa), there is an unconscious guideline that shapes the whole typeface.

Here is a screenshot of the typeface in action:

First few glyphs of a sans typeface I'm making

I’m still a bit worried about the r and the w, so feedback is greatly appreciated. I would love to hear constructive criticisms and suggestions.