Work in Progress: Goudy Trajan "Pro"
I'm having fun adding alternates (shown above in #1) and OpenType features to a new version of Goudy Trajan, which could easily qualify as what many foundries call a "Pro" version. The Regular weight is well under way. I'm currently working on small caps, but that is a can of worms, as all three weights of the family will support not only Central and Eastern European languages (Latin Extended A), but also Cyrillic (#3 above) and Greek (modern); so, that's a lot of small caps, not to mention all the extra kerning involved (small caps to small caps, uppercase to small caps, small caps to small-cap punctuation, etc.)! I've added over 20 ligatures for Latin and will add several for Greek and Cyrillic each. If you have any suggestions about what other goodies should be in a so-called "Pro" font, please let me know.
UPDATE: An intermediate version of Goudy Trajan Regular has just been released for beta testing. It has most of the features of the "Pro" version, but not small caps, or Greek. You can download it for free at: http://www.castletype.com/html/tipoteca/goudy-trajan-regular.html. This is a completely functional font with many improvements over the versions that have been available for the last several years. Give it a try, then feel free to suggest ways to improve it even more.
