Fontstructions tagged with “Ink”

7 0301 Published: 5th November, 2022
Last edited: 5th November, 2022
Created: 31st October, 2022

Inspired by the idea of how newspapers are printed to protect us, I've created my first fontstruction for the start of my UWE graphic design course. I drew the letters by hand using black ink and a quill that sort of created this idea of the ink that is used in newspapers. Therefore, creating this abstract font design.

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5 02162 Published: 17th January, 2022
Last edited: 17th January, 2022
Created: 9th January, 2022

A smooth font inspired by the shimmer and glare of a water droplet.

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273 55034 Published: 3rd May, 2018
Last edited: 3rd May, 2018
Created: 13th April, 2018

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89 0529 Published: 25th October, 2016
Last edited: 25th October, 2016
Created: 11th October, 2016

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43 0330 Published: 25th October, 2016
Last edited: 29th November, 2016
Created: 24th October, 2016

My theme was messy. I began looking into paint and the effect it can give when the ink runs out towards the end of the stroke. This led me to looking into graffiti and the 'messy' appearance it can give a place. I took photographs on my way home from Arnolfini of any typographic graffiti I came across and I traced the ones I was fond of. I particularly liked this one that had drips at a slight angle as it was written on a slant so I reproduced my own interpretation of it.

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11 0361 Published: 24th October, 2016
Last edited: 24th October, 2016
Created: 10th October, 2016

The font is based around the theme 'messy'. Each letter is inspired by messy paint/ink strokes; therefore no letter is exactly the same as another. However they all work well as a whole complementing eachother with small similarities. The font is designed to be used for headers, for example art posters or flyers. It could be used for big bodies of text, however slightly less suitable as it may become harder to read if it's made too small. The font could also be used in any colour and still grab attention!

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52 0265 Published: 17th October, 2016
Last edited: 22nd October, 2016
Created: 13th October, 2016

Based on the relationship between ink and water, experimenting with the way the two liquids merge and the variation of patterns they create. The font does not follow one distinct pattern, it displays the variation of impressions these two fluids can create. The typeface is a display font, not designed to be used for large bodies of text.

26 Glyph Wonder

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1 0362 Published: 27th October, 2015
Last edited: 27th October, 2015
Created: 21st October, 2015
Inspired by the word 'fluid', I looked at marks made by ink and water to create this spacious yet urban looking font. The heavy use of circles combined with illustrative ink splatters and irregular shapes create a spontaneous, fluid and messy typeface.

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11 0300 Published: 26th October, 2015
Last edited: 7th December, 2015
Created: 20th October, 2015
This font is the showing the fluidity of ink descending in water, having no container but taking gravity into consideration. Shapes are not predictable and form characteristic paths, where the letters are revealed within the negative space. Designed to be confusing to the eye this ‘trippy drippy’ font holds a sense of ambiguity which can be looked at from different perspectives, giving it a range of liquid based designs from juice packaging to water parks.

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1 01013 Published: 2nd July, 2015
Last edited: 3rd July, 2015
Created: 2nd July, 2015
Designed to be scribble.

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2 1110 Published: 11th January, 2015
Last edited: 11th January, 2015
Created: 11th January, 2015
Be Bubbly. Status: Incomplete Completed: 11%

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517 53752 Published: 30th October, 2014
Last edited: 3rd November, 2014
Created: 25th October, 2014
This is my first typeface, it is based around the theme of "fluid". I was initially inspired by foreign alphabets/symbols/logograms. In particular, Arabic characters in a Chinese calligraphic style. While this start point could have lead to more experimental outcomes, I have chosen to keep the look simple so that it would be more versatile.

Brush

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16 0314 Published: 27th October, 2014
Last edited: 10th November, 2014
Created: 3rd October, 2014
This typeface was based on the theme 'Messy'. I tried out a few experiment through sketches and rendering, trying to get as messy as I can and also at the same time challenge myself in creating something messy. I looked up on the word messy for different sort of meanings to it, and I also rendered down all sorts of images to get the right font to the theme. I did mini cut outs, played around with colours, tried using all sorts of lines and rendering. I finally came up with a way to portray the theme, using ink/ paint. We always encounter smudges and splatters in our work and it becomes a big mess. I also found the inspirations through several artist, especially Paul Jackson Pollock who did abstract paint pouring.

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22 91162 Published: 4th July, 2014
Last edited: 18th April, 2019
Created: 16th April, 2014

W.i.P.

Clone of Sketchy [the font here was previously named Zmoothed Zketchy, & 'Zketchy Zmoothed Caps (Preview)' was spawned from it, but I decided I liked 'Sketchy Ink' to make it a sort of family name].

Sketchy Ink font is Copyright Doug Peters (https://www.Doug-Peters.com or https://Dougs.Work) of Symbiotic Design (https://www.SymbioticDesign.com). Released under the Creative Commons Attribution Required Share-alike license allowing you to use it for personal or commercial use as long as you credit me with an attribution for my work on this font (on your website, in your blog, or even on social media). I do prefer crediting me using a link to one of my websites (your choice).

Credit for my contribution to this work IS greatly appreciated. Donations are super-appreciated and even more encouraging.

Type: Hand/mouse drawn/sketched.
I guess I would classify this one as: Casual or Cartoon style Novelty font.
Weight: Regular.
Web font: Yes.
Commercial use: Yes!
Derivatives: Yup. Go for it.
Redistribution: Anywhere.

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This is a clone of Sketchy *FS

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0 621313 Published: 1st December, 2013
Last edited: 2nd December, 2013
Created: 30th November, 2013
This font was created with the intent to simulate some liquid ink on a paper, and writing it down with a brush.

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12 2305 Published: 1st October, 2013
Last edited: 26th September, 2013
Created: 7th September, 2013
Autumn is a provisional small resolution approach to italic disconected fonts. I'll redo this when I'm happy with the results in a bigger grid so you can enjoy this in its curvylicious delight.

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41 75313 Published: 1st October, 2013
Last edited: 22nd October, 2013
Created: 3rd September, 2013
Harmond is another gothic revival that tries to mimic the inky spirit of the original. I'm working on some decorative caps, till then...

Blackletter

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15 9746 Published: 6th November, 2012
Last edited: 13th November, 2012
Created: 5th November, 2012
First of all i was looking at architecture and the curve designs on the collumns of buildings, then moving on with my idea i started by experimenting with ink, looking at how it reacts in water, and filming ink being dropped into water. I then moved onto simply dropping ink into and page to see how it fell, then using the dropplets i created this font.

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20 1417 Published: 28th October, 2012
Last edited: 15th November, 2012
Created: 17th October, 2012
Negative Chaos is the end result of a typography project at Uwe. My theme word was 'chaos' I began exploring the meaning of this word. This led to several experiments exploring how I could use marks or patterns to express chaos. My favourite experiment used the stencil of the letter and then used drops of ink, the negative space of the letter was left once the stencil was removed and surrounding this were random drops of ink. Each letter was therefore unique so there was already an element of chaos in the typeface, but I also felt the effect of ink created an energetic feeling which felt chaotic.

Monospaced

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47 631613 Published: 11th March, 2012
Last edited: 28th May, 2013
Created: 11th March, 2012
Written by me, D-Sheep, with a 0.4 mm STABILO pen on a regular notebook paper, scanned @ 300 dpi on full contrast and copied to FS. ---And yes, I write all caps.

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40 59817 Published: 13th June, 2011
Last edited: 28th June, 2011
Created: 13th June, 2011
This is a pixel font made for the purposes of horror pixel art and similar things. :B

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4709 5632717 Published: 5th November, 2010
Last edited: 6th November, 2010
Created: 4th November, 2010
This is my first FontStruction while currently studying graphic design at Bristol UWE. Lots of experimentation solely using paints; quick hand movements and flicks to produce a messy, unrefined effect. Working in less than 1 second for each letter (with real paints), used as reference. Inspired by East Asian calligraphy.

Brush

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12 0931 Published: 13th October, 2010
Last edited: 27th October, 2010
Created: 12th October, 2010
A dark and squidy text for all your underwater needs.

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87 95542 Published: 5th July, 2010
Last edited: 5th July, 2010
Created: 24th June, 2010
Little experiment of mine, trying to design a script font that really connects all the letters. As you might guess from the quality of the uppercase, I started with lowercase and had quite some trouble finishing the uppercase... And I know there are (obviously) always the connection strokes peaking out at the end any word, but funnily this imperfect look has started to grow on me during the fontstructing.

I also know there are still lots and lots of inconsistencies and letters that badly need a rework, but I thought the constructive criticism of my fellow fonstructors might be more helpful and efficient at improving this... So I'm grateful for any suggestions!:)

Oh, and yes: The kerning is very painful at times, but I can't see how I can improve that under the constraints of the script and the character forms. And obviously the script thing doesn't work with uppercase only text.

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101 1312439 Published: 28th May, 2010
Last edited: 24th July, 2010
Created: 28th May, 2010
A script font, intended to emulate broad pen nib strokes.

Script

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12 0983 Published: 15th February, 2010
Last edited: 16th February, 2010
Created: 24th January, 2010
My first fontstruction, I tried to keep it simple yet classy with a clean, keen style using a tablet. Full block only.

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8 0262 Published: 12th February, 2010
Last edited: 12th February, 2010
Created: 21st November, 2009
Font resembling the spills that can happen when writing letter forms with cartridge pens.

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20 2860 Published: 10th December, 2009
Last edited: 10th December, 2009
Created: 9th December, 2009
A puffy little font great for titles. I made this using only 5 different font bricks.

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28 0264 Published: 9th November, 2009
Last edited: 6th November, 2009
Created: 4th November, 2009
Run, ink, run!! This FontStruction simulates running ink and dripping wetness from its bold sans-serif letters.

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2535 7756686 Published: 6th November, 2009
Last edited: 4th January, 2010
Created: 29th October, 2009
I produced this for my "communicating with words" first year module on the BA(Hons) Graphic Design course at UWE Bristol, England. It pays homage to Ralph Steadman and is a true testament to what you can do on fontstruct, if you’re willing to spend a week in front of a computer in your underpants. Recently reviewed on P.C World Downloads www.laurieguy.co.uk

Grunge

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1256 5884229 Published: 4th June, 2009
Last edited: 20th April, 2018
Created: 1st October, 2008
This took me many, many hours of trying, learning, erasing and restarting. Especially the design of the caps was hard; sooo many possibilities! However, i'm proud to present you my first real blackletter font :) I would like to add some more glyphs to the "more latin" set, but the size seems to be close to the download limit. It's downloadable yet, but i had to erase some glyphs... ps: there's an alternate "a" on "@", and some decorative stuff on "#" and "*". cheers

Blackletter

Gothic

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37 51048 Published: 24th March, 2009
Last edited: 10th June, 2012
Created: 17th March, 2009
My first FontStruct! Simulation of a pen running out of ink.

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