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.
ΚΑΒΑΣΣΌΣ ΚΑΒΑΣΣΌΣ -
Brill
8 static fonts or 2 variable fonts for scholarly publishing, harmonising text styles and complex typography across many languages and humanities subjects.
Caravaca Caravaca -
Cambria
New4 fonts designed for text in both screen and print documents, plus a professional math layout font.
Quy Nhơn Quy Nhơn -
Castoro
8 static fonts or 2 variable fonts derived from the Latin subset of Tiro Indic fonts, extended for additional language support.
Annopol Annopol -
Castoro Titling
Single font set of display capitals based on the Castoro text roman, re-cut to the proportions of classical inscriptional letters.
Kandarapura Kandarapura -
Constantia
New4 fonts in a contemporary wedge-serif style ideal for online journals and ebooks, and corporate communications.
Rüdesheim am Rhein Rüdesheim am Rhein -
Constantia Display
NewConstantia Display is a companion to the Constantia text family intended for titling, headlines, and other larger uses.
Blönduós Blönduós -
Euphemia
8 static fonts or 2 variable fonts supporting Latin and Canadian Syllabics scripts in a harmonised design.
ᙤᑐᗭᐪ ᙤᑐᗭᐪ -
Gabriola
NewSingle font display typeface with multiple stylistic sets referencing increasingly exhuberant historical calligraphic styles.
Clearwater Clearwater -
Sitka
New36 static fonts or 2 variable fonts in six text weight/styles and six size-specific designs from Small to Banner.
Самара Самара -
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.
Unterschleißheim Unterschleißheim -
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.
Dobrodzień Dobrodzień -
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.
kiʔlawnaʔ kiʔlawnaʔ -
STIX Two
9 (plus 2 variable) fonts serving the needs of scientific and technical communities, from document creation through final publication.
Ивањица Ивањица -
Tiro Bangla
2 fonts in traditional Bangla (Bengali) book style, following manuscript traditions of letterform construction.
জলপাইগুড়ি জেলা জলপাইগুড়ি জেলা -
Tiro Devanagari Hindi
2 fonts in northern Devanagari style with broad proportions and robust strokes suitable for both print and screen reading.
मेदिनीनगर मेदिनीनगर -
Tiro Devanagari Marathi
2 fonts in western Devanagari style with many traditional vertical conjunct forms for Marathi literary texts.
मुंबई मुंबई -
Tiro Devanagari Sanskrit
2 fonts featuring an extensive set of traditional conjunct ligature forms in a western Devanagari style.
मदनेशसागरपुर मदनेशसागरपुर -
Tiro Gurmukhi
2 fonts that reintroduce traditional manuscript stroke modulation to Punjabi typography.
ਜਲੰਧਰ ਜਲੰਧਰ -
Tiro Kannada
2 fonts featuring organic forms inspired by diverse Kannada metal types of the 19th and 20th Centuries.
ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು -
Tiro Malayalam
Two sets of 2 fonts supporting, respectively, traditional and reformed orthographies of Malayalam.
പാലക്കാട് പാലക്കാട് -
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.
సంగారెడ్డి సంగారెడ్డి