Inspired by a type identification request over at Typography.guru.
During developement, the tool has taken over, also helped by the scarcity of letters available in the original, making the design more sans than serif, and with strong MICR vibes in some places.
The name means "shoe shop" (also shoe repair or shoe making) in Italian.
At the moment the language coverage is limited to Western Europe.
a cursive font
Upper case doesn't always connect to things
Lower case connect to left and right except for v and z
Latin , more latin(letters) completed
i'll make cyrillic(russian only)
If you don't see the letter you need in your language. Leave a comment to tell me :)
This is a small grid font I decided to make.
This originally had a completely different concept than what I have here. I was initially going with a 5x3 where the ends were split (hence the name) but I changed it to this.
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TO DO:
- Kerning
A little experiment with the "connect" bricks (and an healty dose of stacking). I wasn't referencing any specific example of the style (of which there are many), but I'm sure that, looking for solutions as I went, I ended up with something similar to already existing typefaces (and fontstructions).
Unfortunately, some connecting bricks don't align exactly, so I had to resort to approximate them, when possible, with more stacking, which didn't particularly help the already lacking consistency in construction.
But enough moaning, enjoy!
I started this... more than eleven years ago (!), and changed directions at least a couple of times along the way, so perhaps it would have been better to start from scratch.
Anyway, I thought it would be an appropriate typeface for the holiday season :-)