Letterpress typeface

I created a new typeface to enable quicker production of animation, however the end result has lost detail particularly of texture, so I may well resort to printing by hand. The following pdfs show my original submission to a type converting website and the end results.

The exercise of creating alphabet has reminded me of the reason why I selected letterpress in the first place and the importance of observation and attention to detail. I am interested in the pursuit of subtlety and inference rather than over emphatic responses. The instant I replaced original letterpress or wooden type blocks with the new letterpress digitised fonts, my response to the work was negative because the words looked synthetic and fake. Having read a book about human perception and 'thin slicing', human intuition will not be easily foiled.

I have decided to use the digitised letterpress type as a 'blocking in' exercise that will be replaced.