573902
Published: 30th July, 2008
Last edited: 22nd June, 2009
Created: 30th July, 2008
I derive a lot of amusement extracting round forms from straight sections. Don't ask me why.
1712611
Published: 5th August, 2008
Last edited: 3rd November, 2008
Created: 3rd August, 2008
Only any use in small sizes. It looks unspeakable up close. Particularly the caps. I'm gutted.
123231445
Published: 19th August, 2008
Last edited: 23rd June, 2009
Created: 18th August, 2008
A cross between a slab and an I-don't-know-what. Works surprisingly well as a text face. Although it's quite quirky, setting it in a block seems to iron out the strangeness.
2311743
Published: 21st August, 2008
Last edited: 30th June, 2009
Created: 20th August, 2008
I've not finished my previous font but I can't help myself. This one has bricks scaled 2x2. Caps to follow.
255741
Published: 23rd August, 2008
Last edited: 22nd September, 2008
Created: 22nd August, 2008
Getting towards a believable humanistic modular design. Well, to me at least...
200601
Published: 30th August, 2008
Last edited: 27th September, 2008
Created: 28th August, 2008
Lately I seem to have been obsessed with right-leaning ovals so this is an attempt to rein myself in. It never ceases to amaze me how important tiny details are, as well as broad strokes. Not that I'm saying I've got all or even any of them right...
249742
Published: 1st September, 2008
Last edited: 11th November, 2008
Created: 30th August, 2008
THIS WAS GOING TO BE A TITLING FONT ONLY but I'm weakening... L/C may follow...
15757313
Published: 4th September, 2008
Last edited: 15th June, 2009
Created: 3rd September, 2008
2x2 upscaled. If only all the glyphs could be equally nice. Then I'd be happy. I would.
112251
Published: 12th September, 2008
Last edited: 3rd November, 2008
Created: 11th September, 2008
A font doesn't have to be beautiful for me to waste a lot of time on it. Take this one, for instance. I'm over it already and I haven't even finished. 6 glyphs short of a full set. That's me...
However, those Cooperish rounded terminals are sultry. I might see if I can pinch that idea for something else. See, it wasn't wasted after all.
150271
Published: 12th September, 2008
Last edited: 13th September, 2008
Created: 9th September, 2008
A completely mad font. I do know better, believe me. But certain letters look triffic. To me, anyway.
2571941
Published: 16th September, 2008
Last edited: 22nd September, 2008
Created: 14th September, 2008
Whole lot of stackin' going on. Approx 8 stacks per glyph, I'm sick to death of it.
I've done quite enough "grasping at straws" fonts for the time being so here's one where I've curbed my instinct to intagliate my favourite glyphs.
I'm trying to incorporate all the things I fancy in this sort of font without violating where FontStruct is willing to go.
This is where most of my fonts fall down (and probably this one, too). Eventually I'll pare away all my affectations and I'll end up with a font that looks like... Helvetica.
2371951
Published: 18th September, 2008
Last edited: 11th November, 2008
Created: 18th September, 2008
All that slaving away with the stacked bricks paid off. It's given me the flexibility, with a little cheating here and there, to strike a fairly convincing bold version that manages to hold the look of the original despite having a weight of 4h x 3v bricks instead of 2h x 1 1/2v. Not quite pound-for-pound. I cheated by raising the whole thing one brick height as well. Otherwise I would have struggled with the tighter glyphs.This is a clone of Plain James
131692
Published: 24th September, 2008
Last edited: 16th January, 2009
Created: 23rd September, 2008
It's not until you set a few lower-case sentences that the dystopianism comes into play.
171661
Published: 25th September, 2008
Last edited: 11th November, 2008
Created: 24th September, 2008
An economical little number with just the one unseemly glyph, lower-case s, namely.
242101009
Published: 26th September, 2008
Last edited: 23rd June, 2009
Created: 25th September, 2008
I started out quite enthusiastic about this one but now I've cooled somewhat.
1812763
Published: 1st October, 2008
Last edited: 23rd June, 2009
Created: 30th September, 2008
Sticking with Bill's wimmin theme.
Using deeply uncompliant angles he attempts to wrest something appealing from the grid.
119252
Published: 8th October, 2008
Last edited: 4th November, 2008
Created: 6th October, 2008
I didn't realizing I was (badly!)impersonating Herman Zapf until about five minutes ago. And of course flares are out out out.
There's lots of things to sort: the character spacing is rooly bad and the weight of some of the glyphs is still off, but I'm having fun with it.
Trying to settle on a balance between stickiness and smoothness. It's great fun.
131382
Published: 16th October, 2008
Last edited: 30th October, 2008
Created: 15th October, 2008
Warbling away to the same hymnsheet. I figure if I'm going to fritter away time on these fractured faces I might as well make them super economical. Get them out quicker. Ha ha. Hence I don't think there's enough headroom for a convincing lower case.
3075586
Published: 17th October, 2008
Last edited: 23rd June, 2009
Created: 19th August, 2008
Here's one I've had on the back burner for ages but last night I had the brainwave to soften nearly the whole thing and it's gelled a bit more. Gelled or gummed, whichever takes your fancy.
160422
Published: 19th October, 2008
Last edited: 23rd June, 2009
Created: 18th October, 2008
Outlandish because I've made some fairly ludicrous decisions to get round the one-and-a-half-brick problem. I have done better, ha ha.
5617783
Published: 30th October, 2008
Last edited: 16th June, 2009
Created: 30th October, 2008
If at first you don't succeed...This is a clone of circleplay
227771
Published: 1st November, 2008
Last edited: 4th November, 2008
Created: 1st November, 2008
I suppose I should press on and do the caps. Almost can't be bothered, it's so hard to use. Believe me, this doesn't look pretty without kerning.