John Hudson
John Hudson is a type designer and co-founder of Tiro Typeworks. Since 1997, he has specialised in the design and development of custom fonts for multilingual computing and publishing. In addition to his type design activities, John writes and lectures on font technology issues. He was the recipient of the Golden Buki award (1999) for his ‘outstanding contribution to the development of Cyrillic typography and international typographic communication’, and an Emmy Innovator Award (2022) for his ‘significant contributions to OpenType complex script layout and many other parts of the standard’.
Typefaces
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Athena Ruby
Single font typeface for diplomatic transcription of Byzantine seals and coins.
ΜΕΛΑΝΤΙΡΣ ΜΕΛΑΝΤΙΡΣ -
Brill
8 static fonts or 2 variable fonts for scholarly publishing, harmonising text styles and complex typography across many languages and humanities subjects.
Ἀτλάντις Ἀτλάντις -
Cambria
4 fonts designed for text in both screen and print documents, plus a professional math layout font.
Fljótsdalshreppur Fljótsdalshreppur -
Castoro
8 static fonts or 2 variable fonts derived from the Latin subset of Tiro Indic fonts, extended for additional language support.
Holstebro Holstebro -
Castoro Titling
Single font set of display capitals based on the Castoro text roman, re-cut to the proportions of classical inscriptional letters.
Schelowat Schelowat -
Constantia
4 fonts in a contemporary wedge-serif style ideal for online journals and ebooks, and corporate communications.
Габрово Габрово -
Constantia Display
Constantia Display is a companion to the Constantia text family intended for titling, headlines, and other larger uses.
Várpalota Várpalota -
Euphemia
8 static and 2 variable fonts providing a comprehensive bilingual typeface for Latin and Canadian Syllabics.
ᖃᑯᖅᑐᑦ ᖃᑯᖅᑐᑦ -
Gabriola
Single font display typeface with multiple stylistic sets referencing increasingly exhuberant historical calligraphic styles.
Θυρέα Θυρέα -
Nyala
NewSingle font, unified Ethiopic and Latin typeface, derived from a common pen angle and parallel manuscript traditions.
ቢሾፍቱ ቢሾፍቱ -
Sitka
36 static fonts or 2 variable fonts in six text weight/styles and six size-specific designs from Small to Banner.
Alcoy Alcoy -
Skeena
12 static fonts or 2 variable fonts, in a humanist sans serif style with modulated stroke thicknesses, in six weights from regular to black.
Bełżyce Bełżyce -
Skeena Display
8 static fonts or 2 variable fonts in a high-contrast sans serif style intended for titling, headlines, and other larger size text.
Stege Stege -
Skeena Indigenous
12 static fonts or 2 variable Latin fonts for North American Indigenous orthographies, in a humanist sans serif style with modulated stroke thicknesses, in six weights from regular to black.
Tsuu T’ina Tsuu T’ina -
STIX Two
9 (plus 2 variable) fonts serving the needs of scientific and technical communities, from document creation through final publication.
Gabriola Sands Gabriola Sands -
Tiro Bangla
2 fonts in traditional Bangla (Bengali) book style, following manuscript traditions of letterform construction.
পুরুলিয়া পুরুলিয়া -
Tiro Devanagari Hindi
2 fonts in northern Devanagari style with broad proportions and robust strokes suitable for both print and screen reading.
देवास देवास -
Tiro Devanagari Marathi
2 fonts in western Devanagari style with many traditional vertical conjunct forms for Marathi literary texts.
नांदेड नांदेड -
Tiro Devanagari Sanskrit
2 fonts featuring an extensive set of traditional conjunct ligature forms in a western Devanagari style.
कोङ्गीनगर कोङ्गीनगर -
Tiro Gurmukhi
2 fonts that reintroduce traditional manuscript stroke modulation to Punjabi typography.
ਬਟਾਲਾ ਬਟਾਲਾ -
Tiro Kannada
2 fonts featuring organic forms inspired by diverse Kannada metal types of the 19th and 20th Centuries.
ರಾಣಬೆನ್ನೂರು ರಾಣಬೆನ್ನೂರು -
Tiro Malayalam
Two sets of 2 fonts supporting, respectively, traditional and reformed orthographies of Malayalam.
മട്ടന്നൂർ മട്ടന്നൂർ -
Tiro Sinhala
2 fonts inspired by 19th Century handwritten forms and metal types.
ශ්රී ජයවර්ධනපුර කෝට්ටේ ශ්රී ජයවර්ධනපුර කෝට්ටේ -
Tiro Telugu
2 fonts with generously proportioned shapes for good legibility and elegant, traditional forms, able to display complex conjuncts.
జహీరాబాదు జహీరాబాదు