OUGD404 Design Principles - Font Family

We were asked to modify an existing typeface in a way of our own choosing for one of the design principles study tasks. We had to trace the existing typeface and then add our modifications. I chose to modify Georgia. We were told to think about; what we are going to modify, how we are going to modify it, how bold can bold be, how light can light be and also whether there could be an italic?
I decided to try and make Georgia friendlier by adding rounded edges where there was previously sharp angles. I also wanted to make a light and possibly extra light font as Georgia does not have one. I also decided to make the terminals more circular as I think this will make the type look friendlier and more playful.

I started by tracing the current type in my sketchbook and then modified the line weight, the terminals and the angles. I did this with both uppercase and lowercase A, B, C, X, Y and Z. 

I scanned it my sketches and placed them in Illustrator. 

I attempted to trace directly from the sketches but the result was uneven and messy. It didn't look at all professional. I think this was partly because i drew the sketches onto paper so it was difficult to trace accurately. I traced the letters again onto tracing paper.

I then added all the modifications again. I thought that because these sketches are much more accurate they would be easier to trace. However I still had difficulty making the characters even.

I decided to place the original typeface over these sketches and add the modifications directly onto the original typeface.

I used the pen tool, the shapes tools and the pathfinder tools to add the modifications. 

Shown below is the lower case a finished with regular, bold, light, italic and extra light versions.

I then repeated this process with all of the letterforms and put them into a grid which is shown below.