Estoc

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by Kummaeno

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A condensed "blackletterish" exercise. Oldstyle with modern FontStructed conformity. Works for short words in big sizes. HEAVILY inspired by the calligraphic fontworks of Bulgarian designers J Jelew and S Simow. One could say it´s more or less a FontStruct adaptation of their fine "Grant Deco", I have no problem with that. I wanted to see the "Grant" glyphs a little less "tall and hansome". ("Estoc" is an old type of long sword, similar to rapier or foil.)
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Created on 21st July 2011. Last edited on 22nd July 2011.
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6 Comments

Comment by Kummaeno 22nd july 2011

Please see this Fontstruct I created a while ago. NCD Neopolicia Harlequin

It caused a huge discussion.

Comment by djnippa 22nd july 2011

"Same same but different". One could say it is basically a remix of "Grant" by those fantastic Bulgarians ("Heavily inspired" by Jelev and Simov – as stated in the description). I just structed it for fun – not for cred. ;)

Comment by Kummaeno 23rd july 2011

If you read the comments on my version. You'll see why you should say that this is a version of Grant.
I was given a Top Pick for my version. It was then retracted for being too similar to Grant. I'd only seen the jpeg with Grant written on it, then made the rest of the font. Yours is obviously based on Grant, Even you "E" is exactly the same.

Comment by djnippa 23rd july 2011