In reply to A faithful sans version of Garamond?:
"I've made the eye of the |e| a bit larger and smoothed the curves a bit; is it less awkward now? I'm afraid a little awkwardness will have to remain if I'm to stay true to the original. I bet |e| wasn't Claude's favorite letter."
Yes it looks better, but it's hard to tell as it is a way bigger pic. Can you render out a pic of it at the size it is in your previous pic where you showed all 5 weights?
To me the akwardness isn't in the counter per se, but in the curve in general at about the 1 o'clock position. It just looks a bit sharp, a bit cramped there.