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.
ΜΟΣΥΝΌΠΟΛΙΣ ΜΟΣΥΝΌΠΟΛΙΣ -
Brill
8 static fonts or 2 variable fonts for scholarly publishing, harmonising text styles and complex typography across many languages and humanities subjects.
Hedensted-Løsning Hedensted-Løsning -
Cambria
New4 fonts designed for text in both screen and print documents, plus a professional math layout font.
Πιτάνη Πιτάνη -
Castoro
8 static fonts or 2 variable fonts derived from the Latin subset of Tiro Indic fonts, extended for additional language support.
Borgarbyggð Borgarbyggð -
Castoro Titling
Single font set of display capitals based on the Castoro text roman, re-cut to the proportions of classical inscriptional letters.
Saint-Joseph Saint-Joseph -
Constantia
New4 fonts in a contemporary wedge-serif style ideal for online journals and ebooks, and corporate communications.
Guadix Guadix -
Constantia Display
NewConstantia Display is a companion to the Constantia text family intended for titling, headlines, and other larger uses.
Świebodzice Świebodzice -
Euphemia
8 static fonts or 2 variable fonts supporting Latin and Canadian Syllabics scripts in a harmonised design.
ᐊᑎᒧᐢᑎᒁᐣ ᐊᑎᒧᐢᑎᒁᐣ -
Gabriola
NewSingle font display typeface with multiple stylistic sets referencing increasingly exhuberant historical calligraphic styles.
Vacha Vacha -
Sitka
New36 static fonts or 2 variable fonts in six text weight/styles and six size-specific designs from Small to Banner.
Farsø Farsø -
Skeena
New12 static fonts or 2 variable fonts, in a humanist sans serif style with modulated stroke thicknesses, in six weights from regular to black.
Rio de Moinhos Rio de Moinhos -
Skeena Display
New8 static fonts or 2 variable fonts in a high-contrast sans serif style intended for titling, headlines, and other larger size text.
Savigny-sur-Orge Savigny-sur-Orge -
Skeena Indigenous
New12 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.
Kuururjuaq Kuururjuaq -
STIX Two
9 (plus 2 variable) fonts serving the needs of scientific and technical communities, from document creation through final publication.
Famões Famões -
Tiro Bangla
2 fonts in traditional Bangla (Bengali) book style, following manuscript traditions of letterform construction.
হোজাই হোজাই -
Tiro Devanagari Hindi
2 fonts in northern Devanagari style with broad proportions and robust strokes suitable for both print and screen reading.
मथुरा मथुरा -
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.
कौन्दाण्यापूर कौन्दाण्यापूर -
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.
ಬೆಳಗಾವಿ ಬೆಳಗಾವಿ -
Tiro Malayalam
Two sets of 2 fonts supporting, respectively, traditional and reformed orthographies of Malayalam.
പരപ്പനങ്ങാടി പരപ്പനങ്ങാടി -
Tiro Sinhala
2 fonts inspired by 19th Century handwritten forms and metal types.
කටුනායක කටුනායක -
Tiro Telugu
2 fonts with generously proportioned shapes for good legibility and elegant, traditional forms, able to display complex conjuncts.
తిరుపతి తిరుపతి