Once I went through all the specimens, Britt asked me to fix on one specimen and understand its construction.
The intent was to understand what and how the glyph is made to be able to make other letterforms.

I chose this type specimen because the stark contrast was really intriguing, alongside it gave me enough information about the characteristics to be able to design other letterforms.

Transitional Serifs

Hairline with styled Apex

Closed Apertures

Beak and Arm

Stylized Terminal

Vertical Stress with high contrast

High contrast

Large x-height

curved terminal

Britt asked me to then carefully mark the characteristics and the salient features of the letterforms. The intent was to understand the language and style, to be able to design other letterforms