the portfolio of steve mackley
Ian Moore for Typographica has written an excellent primer on designing type. It is specifically intended for the beginner looking to create geometric faces. While a lot of this info is available from other sources, the article is a wonderfully concise overview of the topic.
Adjusting Stroke Wdths
My name’s Steve MacKley, and I’m a creative director & designer with leadership experience in graphic, type and interactive design—plus a solid grounding in IA, strategy and research. My industry experience includes online retail, consumer electronics, as well as pharma / healthcare. I also have a strong interest in fonts and type design. Oh and I shouldn't forget to mention my bike infatuation.
This was very interesting and helpful, I am a new graphic design student and am starting to become really focused on fonts I did not understand why certain fonts looked awkward but after reading this it has pointed out to me many things that explain the thick bulky look of curtain geometric fonts. It is very interesting that the horizontal lines need to be slightly more thin than the vertical lines to make them look nice.