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.
ΣΎΝΝΑΔΑ ΣΎΝΝΑΔΑ -
Brill
8 static fonts or 2 variable fonts for scholarly publishing, harmonising text styles and complex typography across many languages and humanities subjects.
Balatonfüred Balatonfüred -
Cambria
4 fonts designed for text in both screen and print documents, plus a professional math layout font.
Altenkirchen Altenkirchen -
Castoro
8 static fonts or 2 variable fonts derived from the Latin subset of Tiro Indic fonts, extended for additional language support.
Gyöngyöspata Gyöngyöspata -
Castoro Titling
Single font set of display capitals based on the Castoro text roman, re-cut to the proportions of classical inscriptional letters.
Ełk Ełk -
Constantia
4 fonts in a freshly distinctive typeface optimised for reading on screen and in print.
Hajdúsámson Hajdúsámson -
Constantia Display
2 fonts in an elegant design for titling and display sizes.
Славута Славута -
Euphemia
8 static and 2 variable fonts providing a comprehensive bilingual typeface for Latin and Canadian Syllabics.
ᐧᐅᑕᑓ ᐧᐅᑕᑓ -
Gabriola
Single font display typeface with multiple stylistic sets referencing increasingly exhuberant historical calligraphic styles.
Ἀνίων Ἀνίων -
Nyala
NewSingle font, unified Ethiopic and Latin typeface, derived from a common pen angle and parallel manuscript traditions.
መቐለ መቐለ -
Sitka
36 static fonts or 2 variable fonts in six text weight/styles and six size-specific designs from Small to Banner.
Кирово-Чепецк Кирово-Чепецк -
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.
Vestmannaeyjar Vestmannaeyjar -
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.
Hafnarfjörður Hafnarfjörður -
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.
Anû Kathâ Îpa Anû Kathâ Îpa -
STIX Two
9 (plus 2 variable) fonts serving the needs of scientific and technical communities, from document creation through final publication.
Sátoraljaújhely Sátoraljaújhely -
Tiro Bangla
2 fonts in traditional Bangla (Bengali) book style, following manuscript traditions of letterform construction.
আসানসোল আসানসোল -
Tiro Devanagari Hindi
2 fonts in northern Devanagari style with broad proportions and robust strokes suitable for both print and screen reading.
हिसार हिसार -
Tiro Devanagari Marathi
2 fonts in western Devanagari style with many traditional vertical conjunct forms for Marathi literary texts.
नागपूर नागपूर -
Tiro Devanagari Sanskrit
2 fonts featuring an extensive set of traditional conjunct ligature forms in a western Devanagari style.
इन्द्रपुर इन्द्रपुर -
Tiro Gurmukhi
2 fonts that reintroduce traditional manuscript stroke modulation to Punjabi typography.
ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤਸਰ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤਸਰ -
Tiro Kannada
2 fonts featuring organic forms inspired by diverse Kannada metal types of the 19th and 20th Centuries.
ಭದ್ರಾವತಿ ಭದ್ರಾವತಿ -
Tiro Malayalam
Two sets of 2 fonts supporting, respectively, traditional and reformed orthographies of Malayalam.
രാമനാട്ടുകര രാമനാട്ടുകര -
Tiro Sinhala
2 fonts inspired by 19th Century handwritten forms and metal types.
යාපනය යාපනය -
Tiro Telugu
2 fonts with generously proportioned shapes for good legibility and elegant, traditional forms, able to display complex conjuncts.
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