This is my attempt to make an ornate blackletter typeface, but pixelated! I really enjoyed adding all of the swirls and firls to adorn the font itself, so i hope you all enjoy it :-) 

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I designed this type font for a project in college, and found myself really connecting deeply with the themes I represented in this font. Ideally, this wouldn't be used for a novel, but rather a graphic novel or comic. Please send me an email if you choose to use this font, and I hope you share your work with me!

-Soap

This ornate typeface was designed with the intention to give every part of a letterform some curve. The end result was a typeface that mirrored the rounded shape of old-fashioned wood spindles like one might find on an antique dinning chair or an elaborate staircase in an ancestry home. Spindles like these were handcrafted and born from the finest lumber a proud wood worker could find. This same type of pride went into the crafting of Simple Spindle.

Version 0.5

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A font made for a LuneKnight, a Terraria mod by yours truly. It gets its name because parts of it remind me of halberd, partisan, and/or axe heads. I designed this to have the vaguely authoritation look of a Didone as well as a borderline-gaudy look that prevents this from being taken too seriously. These changes lent some much-needed character to the prototypical Didone from which this design evolved. The uppercase letters are more heavily ornamented, as if to suggest that they are letters from an illuminated manuscript.

The main texture is a diamond pattern inspired by vent holes in medieval armor. These were often made with a square punch, and help the font look more handmade. Actually, most of the quirks this font possesses are present to help present a handmade look.

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Notes

The wider letters are incised, which seems to lessen their perceived wideness by breaking up the shapes. For me this effect lent a more natural flow to the reading.

The ornamentation rules are complicated and factor in lettershapes, English letter frequency, and the existing design parameters. One thing I can concisely explain is that glyphs which normally look fairly plain are ornamented to such an extent that they make others look plain instead (CGJLT1 among others).

A more patterned version of Jungle High. This will be used for the title screen text.

It also gives me a bit of a "casino" feeling with its diamond pattern and ornate appearance.

A blackletter gothic style font, dark and mysterious.

Version 1.1: All 144 glyphs accounted for, changed to monospaced.

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A style of writing based on Orcish architecture, culture, and mythology. The main design rule was "no diagonals".

The name is inspired by Beogh, god of orcs in the Dungeon Crawl: Stone Soup video game.

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Original size: 6.75pt (use multiples of this size for pixel perfection)

This font was designed around the theme word Elegant.  I was inspired to create a typeface that was ornate and palatial; it is a ode to Baroque design.

I have tried to emulate columns for the body of the font and created a crowned frieze for some of the letters with decorative toppers for the remaining characters.

A completely 8-Bit type face inspired by western cowboys and extra-terrestial aliens. Font is free for for all ranchers, cattlemen, geeks, E.Ts and Jovians.

A semi-smoothed over cousin of AlienGaucho-80

An ornate Goud with lots o' thorns! Now with MORE THORNS.

A chimera (fusion) of Lounge Lizard, Minishark, and Zigourat.

A formally-dressed Zigourat. :D

A more "organic" or "biomechanical" version of Cybernaut. Looks best at sizes that are powers of 2.

A "glitchy" or "fried" Cybernaut. Looks best at sizes that are powers of 2 (try 2x or 4x Pixel size)!

Cybernaut turned inside-out! The result is mostly illegible except when used at multiples of the original size and with antialiasing turned off. At the original size (2x Pixel size), it's capable of some magnificent cybernetic aesthetics.

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Original size: 21pt (use multiples of this size for pixel perfection)

Cybernaut with finer lines. It must be used at twice the size of the original.

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Original size: 42pt (use multiples of this size for pixel perfection)

A greatly altered Cybernaut!

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Original size: 21pt (use multiples of this size for pixel perfection)

Experimental cyberpunk robot mosaic thing.

It gives me a strong "system font" feeling and seems like something that might be included with the OS of some futuristic tech deck. If the Fairlight Excalibur from Shadowrun Returns had its own font, this could be it!

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Original size: 21pt (use multiples of this size for pixel perfection)

The Zephiest of designs - a gaggle of Roman columns with gongs stacked on them.

Pixelated demake of Nirvanite Fossil. It introduces more size variation than its predecessors, and proves even harder to read. The size variation was necessary to prevent these sprites from being too large and to make them more unique from the glyphs in Nirvanite Fossil.

Original size: 25pt (use multiples of this value for pixel perfection)

Alternate take on Nirvanite, this time with bullseyes rather than solid circles as the large segments.

This one is a lot more organic than its predecessor, but also a lot more confusing. Looks like clusters of alien tadpole eggs to me!

Experimental mosaic... or maybe a new mineral species?

This one started as a doodle. I began placing circles to see what kinds of complex shapes I could make, and this was the result.

It achieves a new visual effect at almost every size up to the original. Also try slowly moving the zoom slider for some interesting animations!

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This font is now nearly 1MB in size! I guess it has to do with the intrinsic complexity of circles.

Version 1.1

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A fusion of art deco- and Navajo-style design. Well, many civilizations used a square zigzag pattern such as this, but "Navajo" always comes first to mind when I look at this design.

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See also: Badwolf

Version 2.6

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Inspired by a comment by jonrgrover.

I built diamonds sized according to the Fibonacci series, then made a segmented display out of them. The design was then carved away to make the glyphs you see here. I used the members 1, 2, 3, 5, and 8. These sizes proved most feasible to work with in this sort of arrangement.

I gave the terminals a flared appearance which I think makes the glyphs look slightly Celtic. The design also makes me think of beach sand and things found on the beach - shells, pretty rocks, and so on.

EXPERIMENTAL BLACKLETTER THING or EBT (codename "Chimera Spine") first came into AMFA custody on July 23, 2018. As of this time it is still considered to be non-dangerous. Study of EBT has proven that there is a relationship between its venomous barbs and English letter frequencies, with more common letters being especially likely to have these barbs. The venom itself, while not lethal to any known form of biological tissue, has [REDACTED] effects on the human psyche.

I started with an omega symbol, then bent and twisted it many times. This is the result. Is Weirdo English my new calling?

Original size: 5.25px (use multiples of this value for pixel perfection)

Segmented display + Pixel art + Embroidery stitch = this.

"Acanthi Requiem" = "Antique Chimera".

Original size: 8pt (use multiples of this value for pixel perfection)

The "TB" stands for "tuberculosis", which is probably what this font has. Still, it was fun to try to create authentic blackletter on such a small grid!

Original size: 9pt (use multiples of this value for pixel perfection)

A set of decorative tiles for use as dividers, to call  for attention when placed in texts, to use as web backgrounds, etcetc.

UC is 8x8,  LC is  7x7.

Reverse in the  visual context can mean many things. I decided to create letters and mirrored them, attaching them to a spine.The letters looked like filigree jewellery  pendants.

I know that the I , T and W don't follow the design rule; I tried to align them on a spine but the result was unsatisfactory.

I "aged" my Biscuit de l'Ouest font for a friend who wants it for a website about her old English breed of cattle.