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.
ΒΕΛΕΣΤΊΝΟ ΒΕΛΕΣΤΊΝΟ -
Brill
8 static fonts or 2 variable fonts for scholarly publishing, harmonising text styles and complex typography across many languages and humanities subjects.
Aśvatthanagara Aśvatthanagara -
Cambria
New4 fonts designed for text in both screen and print documents, plus a professional math layout font.
Кириши Кириши -
Castoro
8 static fonts or 2 variable fonts derived from the Latin subset of Tiro Indic fonts, extended for additional language support.
Pandrup Pandrup -
Castoro Titling
Single font set of display capitals based on the Castoro text roman, re-cut to the proportions of classical inscriptional letters.
Crato Crato -
Constantia
New4 fonts in a contemporary wedge-serif style ideal for online journals and ebooks, and corporate communications.
Fânzeres Fânzeres -
Constantia Display
NewConstantia Display is a companion to the Constantia text family intended for titling, headlines, and other larger uses.
Osoyoos Osoyoos -
Euphemia
8 static fonts or 2 variable fonts supporting Latin and Canadian Syllabics scripts in a harmonised design.
ᐊᒥᐢᐠ ᓵᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ ᐊᒥᐢᐠ ᓵᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ -
Gabriola
NewSingle font display typeface with multiple stylistic sets referencing increasingly exhuberant historical calligraphic styles.
Русе Русе -
Sitka
New36 static fonts or 2 variable fonts in six text weight/styles and six size-specific designs from Small to Banner.
Vestmannaeyjar Vestmannaeyjar -
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.
Jyllinge Jyllinge -
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.
Ustka Ustka -
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.
We'kwistoqnik We'kwistoqnik -
STIX Two
9 (plus 2 variable) fonts serving the needs of scientific and technical communities, from document creation through final publication.
Fljótsdalshérað Fljótsdalshérað -
Tiro Bangla
2 fonts in traditional Bangla (Bengali) book style, following manuscript traditions of letterform construction.
কোচবিহার কোচবিহার -
Tiro Devanagari Hindi
2 fonts in northern Devanagari style with broad proportions and robust strokes suitable for both print and screen reading.
गिरिडीह गिरिडीह -
Tiro Devanagari Marathi
2 fonts in western Devanagari style with many traditional vertical conjunct forms for Marathi literary texts.
पनवेल पनवेल -
Tiro Devanagari Sanskrit
2 fonts featuring an extensive set of traditional conjunct ligature forms in a western Devanagari style.
अयुज्झपुर अयुज्झपुर -
Tiro Gurmukhi
2 fonts that reintroduce traditional manuscript stroke modulation to Punjabi typography.
ਮੋਹਾਲੀ ਮੋਹਾਲੀ -
Tiro Kannada
2 fonts featuring organic forms inspired by diverse Kannada metal types of the 19th and 20th Centuries.
ಹಾಸನ ಹಾಸನ -
Tiro Malayalam
Two sets of 2 fonts supporting, respectively, traditional and reformed orthographies of Malayalam.
കോട്ടക്കൽ കോട്ടക്കൽ -
Tiro Sinhala
2 fonts inspired by 19th Century handwritten forms and metal types.
රත්නපුර රත්නපුර -
Tiro Telugu
2 fonts with generously proportioned shapes for good legibility and elegant, traditional forms, able to display complex conjuncts.
అనంతపురం అనంతపురం