284187353
Published: 6th October, 2012
Last edited: 19th October, 2012
Created: 5th October, 2012
I"M BACK <3
The viewer doesn't really do this font justice. Please either download and view or make a private clone!
For this font I aimed to make a block sans with bridges in unconventional locations...and then it became a monoline semi-geometric slab~ And I sorta regret starting on this so late...
Suggestions are welcome. I know the pointy bits of W and M are wonky but I don't know how to fix those ...
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Published: 14th September, 2012
Last edited: 9th July, 2013
Created: 31st August, 2012
This one has been called Nova. That is simply due to the fact that the letters A, N, O, and V were the first that I tried out when starting this typeface.
1803210719
Published: 15th October, 2011
Last edited: 23rd October, 2011
Created: 10th October, 2011
Super pixel font based on Adobe Garamond Italic. An experimental project. Work in progress. Best at pixel view. (SP for Super Pixel)
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Published: 8th October, 2011
Last edited: 31st March, 2012
Created: 19th September, 2011
I love this kind of fonts so small, with only a few bricks in the heart. "The essence is always sent in a small jar", says the proverb. Hope you like this.
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Published: 3rd September, 2011
Last edited: 14th September, 2011
Created: 10th February, 2010
This fontstruction was started a long time ago. Yesterday, being bored (or something), I randomly clicked on page 7 of My FontStructions and found this. Being bored (or something), I clicked Edit.
Back in February 2010, I was able to take this fs only so far and came to a halt owing to geometry and FontStructor limitations. Those limitations, for the most part, seemed to have disappeared in the intervening time. I must've felt encouraged as I've been working on this fs all day today. As it turns out, when you work on something long enough, something will emerge. Et voilà. (I jest. ;)
Oh the soap box syndrome!
Visual aesthetics require two elements, namely, art and design. Let's examine each, shall we, the better to understand whence this came from and to what purpose.
Art has as many meanings as there are people giving them. For me, art is that visual that appeals to one, the stress being on 'one', and serves no practical purpose. Design, on the other hand, by definition*, must serve some purpose, must be reasonably attractive to those for who it is intended, and must stay within the limitation (whether explicit or implicit) of all that is (or will be) involved.
This and every other fontstruction, being visual in nature, has an element of art in it. Keeping the above art definition in mind, and as far as this fs is concerned, the art was my personal aspiration to try to do a diagonal stem of the A and the M and have the rest of the letters in such formation so that they fit like a glove with the A and M (without any effort on the user's part — but that jumps ahead to design). The February 2010 version of the FontStructor allowed me to achieve that very well. The art part was a start (yes, sorry, I couldn't resist the rhyme).
In my experience, any visual thing, no matter how simple or complex; no matter how involved or not; how unique or generic; how &c. and &c. may be termed art as if any one person appreciates it, it is art, albeit to that person only. So, I am satisfied how this fs looks, so the art is done. Also as per my personal experience, design is a much harder, difficult, involved element of getting something done right that also requires appropriate technical know-how to see it to fruition. The February 2010 version of the FontStructor did not allow the 'fit like a glove without user intervention' part. This morning when I started working on this fs, the September 2011 version of the FontStructor allowed me to do almost all that I wanted it to. (I say 'almost' because there were one or two custom bricks I required that I was unable to achieve, quite possibly due to my own inability).
The design confine [—if art gets a rhyme, so shall design—], with every letter overlapping just so, required quite a lot of geometric manipulation (not particularly apparent) to make sure any two letters fitted in properly. It got tedious quick fast in-a-hurry typing out manual kerning pairs (AM, ST, &c.). I had to type out all kerning pairs (AB, AC…RI, RJ, RK…SM, SN, SO…VS, VT, VY…ZZ…&c.) in Word (utilizing handy Replace functionality to speed kerning pair creation) and test every possible pair (even ones that are likely never to be used in reality—QK, for instance).
This being a design exercise, there had to be a purpose. My thinking was, staying within the limitations created by the art part, the font should work as an instant logo delivery system. Type a word in fs Instant—and, hey presto!, Logo (a gogo). It’s up to you to decide if I succeeded.
1981617190
Published: 16th June, 2011
Last edited: 2nd March, 2012
Created: 7th May, 2011
|||||Português|||||Tipografia que simula escrita gótica, com uma caneta de corte largo. A altura das letras maiúsculas é sete vezes a largura da ponta da caneta. A altura das minúsculas é 5 vezes a largura da ponta da caneta. A inclinação da caneta é de 45 graus em todas as formas, à excepção das linhas verticais com fim ornamental, que têm a espessura da caneta. Esta é uma fonte para grande quantidade de texto, com alguma preocupação pela legibilidade e leiturabilidade, mesmo para quem não está familiarizado com letra gótica. Não é adequada a nomes ou títulos, completamente escritos em caixa alta.
|||||English|||||Script typeface wich simulates gothic script with a fountain pen. The Upper case letters are seven times high the pen nib. The Lower case letters are five times high the pen nib. The tilt of the pen is 45 degrees in all forms, except for vertical lines with decorative porpose, which have the thickness of the pen. This is a typeface for great quantity of text, with some concern for the legibility and readability, even for those unfamiliar with Gothic script. It should not work well with upper case names or titles.
109109148
Published: 12th June, 2011
Last edited: 29th June, 2011
Created: 21st May, 2011
Work in progres... (I have some problems with the lower case).
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Published: 8th June, 2011
Last edited: 9th June, 2011
Created: 7th June, 2011
Kemasyuran Jawa (in Indonesian) = Notoriety of Java (in english). I think i need to tell the world that Java and Thai is different. And, enjoy the font
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Published: 25th May, 2011
Last edited: 21st June, 2011
Created: 15th May, 2011
Clone of Squarific. I did call it a font family, so here is the second member. Still a work in progress.This is a clone of Squarific
133197530
Published: 23rd May, 2011
Last edited: 23rd May, 2011
Created: 23rd May, 2011
The bold version of xe Inktrap. Had to make a whole bunch of composites to make this. See also
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Published: 21st May, 2011
Last edited: 21st May, 2011
Created: 19th May, 2011
this is inspired by quick response code. I got confuse to make it neat and unique. Any suggestion for diagonal letters (i.e K, V, X) ?
69136230
Published: 10th May, 2011
Last edited: 10th May, 2011
Created: 10th May, 2011
Based off of the legendary American Uncial. It was very difficult, as this is my first DOT font, but I am pleased with the results. I had to cheat on the x-height a few times (especially on s), but most of the letters are exactly like their counterparts in American Uncial. Please, do not use this font to write in any language other than Gaelic. Nah, just kidding. Use it however you want. Except if your language isn't based on Latin, because I only have Latin characters.
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Published: 6th May, 2011
Last edited: 6th May, 2011
Created: 15th May, 2010
9 months later... the slab version of BlaxThis is a clone of Blax
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Published: 5th May, 2011
Last edited: 5th May, 2011
Created: 27th April, 2011
too late for IlluComp :( still felt motivated :) i've had this inspiration (image below) for a while and probably should have done this as an entry. oh, well. still, this was fun; and i think, more importantly - relevant. reminiscent of Picto People, but not done on the same scale - and not quite as original or inventive.