I always wanted to draw a fairly simple squarish didone like font. It’s called Questa and is still in progress. I will finish Calluna first btw 
October 19, 2008...12:51 pm
[in progress] Questa
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October 19, 2008 at 1:32 pm
Ooh I love seeing a didone like font with ligatures
October 19, 2008 at 3:09 pm
Moins Didot, più Bodoni!
(Less Didot, more Bodoni!)
October 19, 2008 at 5:11 pm
Looks good! The ligatures are great!
October 19, 2008 at 6:10 pm
Hello,
Recently, I was looking for a serif font with many ligatures (often one is missing). Your work may be what I want…
Ciao,
October 20, 2008 at 1:35 am
This looks great so far. I love all of your fonts. =D
October 20, 2008 at 10:56 am
Simply beautiful. Looking forward to be able to use it.
Also, I see that you have 2 alternatives here, I wonder if you are doing both.
October 20, 2008 at 11:59 am
Thanks all!
ceci – Well spotted
Standard a, c and s will have half ball terminals. The full ball terminals will be available as (OT) stylistic alternatives.
October 20, 2008 at 12:11 pm
Love the “sp” and “st” ligatures! Beatiful.
October 20, 2008 at 1:35 pm
this is the a.k.a. squidot?
October 20, 2008 at 1:48 pm
Felipe – Thanks!
MattiaC – Indeed
Questa was formerly known as Squidot (Square Didot).
For those interested: here’s the Squidot link to Typophile -> http://typophile.com/node/49685
October 20, 2008 at 2:42 pm
Your ‘Q’ slays me.
October 20, 2008 at 5:42 pm
This looks fantastic!
October 21, 2008 at 6:08 am
you maded me drool!
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October 21, 2008 at 4:56 pm
Awesome guys! Thanks!
October 22, 2008 at 9:11 am
This is lovely work, please let me know when this font is ready for release, I would love to use it.
October 22, 2008 at 9:21 am
Thank you Simon.
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October 22, 2008 at 8:24 pm
Hey there! I just wanted to say, you are an amazing typographer. Your fonts are of astounding quality. I just purchased Museo 100 and Anivers Italic and I’m in love. I follow your fonts now with great anticipation!
October 24, 2008 at 8:33 am
bel ouvrage…
October 24, 2008 at 10:09 pm
Hello Jos!
I love your Fontin typeface after getting linked by a friend to your page and was wondering if I could get your permission to use it in my university newspaper which is currently looking at getting a redesigned logo (and possibly more, fingers crossed!). I know that you’ve stated that it is free for personal and commercial use but thought that it would be proper to ask you for permission first! Cheers, Mag x
p.s. I just have to say this – the rest of your work is FANTASTIC. Looking forward to seeing more!
October 26, 2008 at 4:01 am
Great!! Thanks!
October 26, 2008 at 11:24 am
Brendan Nice! Thank you!
Magz Sure, no problem. Thanks for asking & please keep me posted.
October 27, 2008 at 7:59 pm
Thanks so much, will defo keep you posted, it’s a logo competition haha!
October 29, 2008 at 8:43 am
Если будете продолжать писать на эту тему, мне будет интересно посещать вас чаще
October 30, 2008 at 9:22 am
Magz – Good luck!
Yulia1988 – Please do
December 1, 2008 at 5:48 pm
this is looking beautiful! those ligatures are so elegant
December 2, 2008 at 8:33 am
Thanks Matthew. BTW You’ve got some very nice typographic designs on your Flickr page.
December 12, 2008 at 11:58 am
Looks beautiful, Jos! But I’d be lying if I didn’t say I’m really, really looking forward to your finishing Calluna.
December 13, 2008 at 9:17 am
Thanks Steve! Calluna will be the first thing I will finish. Working really hard.
February 10, 2009 at 1:06 pm
This looks great! Keep up the good work! I look forward the release.
February 17, 2009 at 9:48 am
Thanks!
February 27, 2009 at 12:24 am
Your work is stunning!
i can’t wait to use it on my next album art design
-joel
March 17, 2009 at 9:03 am
Thanks, Joel… it will take a while befor it’s finished. I hope before the end of this year.
April 8, 2009 at 2:07 am
[...] working very hard on Calluna and Calluna Sans. Also, I’m working on Questa which is a square typeface like Didot and something I always wanted to do. And the one I mentioned [...]
April 22, 2009 at 9:40 am
I like didone and i definitely (will) love this fresh-looking one!
I definitely felt in love with ‘Q’, ‘c’ and ‘a’ glyphs. Awesome.
April 29, 2009 at 7:30 am
Thanks! I hope I can reveal some great news about Questa shortly
May 23, 2009 at 5:16 am
now I’ll be tuned..
June 5, 2009 at 2:01 pm
[...] Questo is an in-progress typeface from exljbris font foundry, which also brought us Museo and Anivers. The details look amazing, especially those ligatures—can’t wait to see the full set. [...]
June 22, 2009 at 11:55 am
Now online(!) :: the Questa project
http://thequestaproject.com
June 22, 2009 at 12:30 pm
Whao!
You and Martin Majoor together! I expect great things to come!
June 22, 2009 at 12:55 pm
I hope so
I can reveal a little more about the project soon.
September 4, 2009 at 10:58 pm
[...] Majoor and I had a great day today working on Questa. We’re still in the middle of determining and testing lowercase italic shapes for the text [...]
September 26, 2009 at 12:39 pm
i’d love to use it someday