I developed this hand-designed font below for a typeface project for my graphic design class. It is called SHARD since it is based on wood chippings and has an illusion to their appearance. Since it's more graphic and thick, I believe this font would be great for titles, signs, etc. opposed to large bodies of text.  

The pangram "Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs" below shows each letter, how it can be kerned, and how it would look. 

I started out by brainstorming a bunch of ideas through sketching. I tried different letters and ultimately found that I was most attracted to capital letters and decided to make a font of all caps. I also found that I was most drawn to the sharp-edged letters opposed to ones with rounded sides. The font I ultimately developed seemed to reflect this as well as my love for woodworking and nature. Upon reflection, I also realized that I have doodled various versions of this font for years. 

Although I love the sort of random wood-chip feeling, I tried to make it more uniform by repeating the same sized elements, angles, and groupings to create each letter. I also tried to make them a similar size by making them within a grid (as shown below).  

I paid specific attention to the U, V, S and X since those were the hardest to create due to their roundness (S, U) or thinness in comparison to height (V, X). 

PDF link to full, kerned alphabet: file:///C:/Users/sophi/OneDrive/Desktop/a%20thru%20f%20PDF%20font%20creation%20kerned.pdf