Based on the mini creating type workshop, I tried to build upon the basics we learnt from Dave.

I sketched out the letters 'n', 'o', and 'a' as we did in the workshop but this time I was opting for a sans-serif outcome.

Although I could see an improvement from the ones made during the workshop, I did not like how some of the letters turned out so I sketched a bit more.

After a dew sketches I was getting a hang of it and learning from my mistakes thus I was able to have a better control of how I wanted the letters to look like, I was initially leaning towards a narrow sans-serif type but decided after a few trial and errors to not make it too narrow.

I chose to move further with the sketches on the first row of the 'n', 'a', and the second 'o' as it was more cohesive (putting into mind C.R.A.P) with the bowl of the 'a' rather than the first narrow 'o'.

Using Fontforge to create my type, I traced out the letters I wanted to use. This was a bit tricky as I am not accustomed to the software yet and took a bit of exploring with the tools.

With the letter 'o', I changed the direction of the inner circle to counterclockwise so that the software understands that it is a 'cut-out' and not to fill it.

Using some of the aspects of some letters, I was able to create other letters, such as using components of the letter 'n' to make and 'm', and rotating it to make a 'u'.

Also using the letter 'o' to make the bowl of the letter 'a'. Therefore making the type more coherant.

The metrics help to change the kerning of the type and make them read better.

Coincidentally the letters spelt the word 'umano' meaning 'human' in Italian, or 'possibly' in Filipino.

Here is my font generated and ready to install :).

It is far from perfect and it does not include all the characters yet, but through this exploration I was able to grasp a better understanding and acquire more knowledge on how to work with the software and create fonts in general.