Based on a font that I made years back, this “Reverse” contest has been a good excuse to revisit that project and fine tune the letters heavily. Here the challange has been using a single brick, in the case the arrow pointing back, and making the shapes bold and (ok, you have to squeez your eyes a little) legible.
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Published: 6th October, 2013
Last edited: 13th October, 2013
Created: 5th October, 2013
As usual, this is not what I set out to do. But it had merit of its own, so, as usual, what the heck principle was internally said and employed.
Uses only the square brick.
With only 45° cuts, this fs was not as clear-cut as evident. Much -fun- pains were staked to get things to line-up and combine and gel and connect and whatnot.
There are two types of connectors: internal and external. These can be used to connect letters together at the second rhombus level for external connectors and third rhombus level for internal connectors. Furthermore, each connector comes in horizontal and vertical variants. All connectors have a zero width, meaning typing any does not advance the character. This allows for connectors to be placed betwixt letters without manual adjustment. Further-furthermore, the horizontal and vertical connectors can be stacked one-on-top-of-another for a heavier connector action. Further-further-furthermore, there are larger connectors available for tricky letters with extra gaps, such as the T. Each of the larger connectors have the same properties as the smaller connectors. Further-further-further-furthermore, the larger connectors have 1×2 and 2×2 options. There's a little bit of system to this madness. Once you start typing, it starts to become second-nature quite quickly.
{ = Small Horizontal External Connector
[ = Small Vertical External Connector
} = Small Horizontal Internal Connector
] = Small Vertical Internal Connector
* = Large 2×2 Horizontal External Connector Left
( = Large 2×2 Vertical External Connector Left
) = Large 2×2 Vertical External Connector Right
_ = Large 2×2 Horizontal External Connector Right
~ = Large 1×2 Horizontal External Connector Left
` = Large 1×2 Vertical External Connector Left
< = Large 1×2 Horizontal External Connector Right
> = Large 1×2 Vertical External Connector Right
Then there are the heavier grills that come in 1, 2, 3 or 4 column varieties. All grills are negative widths, meaning typing any stacks the grill over the previous letters, without advancing the character forward. Furthermore, a four column half grill is available which makes a faux 3D effect.