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Three dimensional letters look as if carved out of blocks of diagonally layered black and white material. -
Info:Created on 10th May 2014. Last edited on 15th May 2014.
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Work in progress.
Thank you for your comments and generous ratings. It gives me plenty of encouragement and inspiration to read your feedback.
A few weeks ago I stumbled upon a picture showing just one letter of a very similar design: it was a sans serif F with diagonal stripes. That gave me the final push to start this project. Needless to say, designing a fully working typeface is quite a different challenge from creating one simple letter. It took me a lot of experimentation to arrive to the present formula: a block of 15.5 by 23.5 stripes (counting both black and white) to accommodate the features of most letters. For maximum impact I had to keep the number of stripes to a minimum, yet maintain the same visual effect across the whole set down to the smallest element, the simple dots/umlaut.
Working with black and white stripes have taught me to be humble; for they have thwarted my attempts several times to work out the best solution for the corners and diagonals.
The other thing - and it never stops to amaze me - is the way the 3D effect is created by simple parallel and perpendicular stripes. The illusion is perfect. Yet, the third dimension is not created on the print or the LCD display, but in our brain. It takes human intelligence to translate an abstract image of black and white stripes into three dimensional blocks of letters.
@h1k765: Yes, I tried the solid black version, but it didn't look very good. I also tested a corner with stripes. It looked better, but it violated the basic geometry of the set (see the picture).
Have you try this kind of shadow ? maybe it's work your the concept you had in your mind
Sorry for my bad english I push Submit without reviewing my sentences
I meant: maybe it works WITH the concept you had in your mind
@meek: Thank you very much for the special mention.
@Upixel: Your solution looks OK, but it doesn't agree with the basic concept: when you cut a slab of material made of black and white layers, and your "knife" runs parallel with the layers/stripes, then the cut surface is going to be either black or white. I know, my solution is not perfect, for it leaves an empty area at the corners, but at least it reinforces the basic concept. The rest depends on the viewer's brain to complete the missing (white) parts (see an illustration to the point). This is an Op-Art font designed not for speed reading, but to pause and make people contemplate.
@iFutureMix: Yes, there are even more similar fonts, but I didn't do a full research.
a beautiful type
a beautiful type
You. Are. Genius.
Where do you get the ideas you have?
under construction
Why are you an illiterate who can't read the notice above the comment box telling you not to request download access?
I think someone is eager to get blocked on fontstruct...
ilike the stripy corner one. too funny. but maybe can you try greek
can you add more diratics????
@brynda1231: Yes, the version Upixel suggested looked the best. Actually, I've built a version of Zebroid with those striped corners already, but did not publish it, until now. I thought, nobody were interested.
Diacritics: I plan to add a limited number of diacritical marks in the future.
It looks like a very simple striped font but I discover that simple ideas for unusual fonts involve very hard work and a lot of time. You are a talented and patient designer.
@Frodo7 Look at the 3rd letter, too funy, right
ROSTIGER
tremenda
I saw the striped corners meet in a point in your image. It made me laugh so hard... Can you create one with that kind of corner... I wonder what it would look like...
Good Enough I will rate it to 1000 / 10
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