Opening day of Marvel's Black Panther 2: Wakanda Forever!
I started this late and suffered the consequences, but had to release something. This took a long time and didn't look like how I wanted it to or as good as I wanted it to, but there it is. WIP as I attempt to clean up and adust stuff.
The heavy version of Capsaicin released back in 2020. Adding thickness wasn't that straightforward due to brick limitations. Alternate construction methods were implemented on the glyphs to create similar inktraps without sacrificing the innate qualities of the typeface.
I would like to continue working on it to make it more visually consistent, but I'll stop at this moment or else it might be a perpetual WIP.
I love these kinds of fonts that have geometric puzzle-solving quality in the design. I was quite happy with how the lowercase found a way to be connected. Then I thought let me not mess with anything else. But a Z is so much like a 2, so I created the 2 out of the Z. Then when 2 was done, I was aprehensive of tackling the 1 because the vertical stem would be off by one brick, and how would that be resolved. Reluctantly I tried it...and it worked. 3 can be created from the B, but the B hasn't been created yet. OK, I guess I have to do the uppercase. A was easy. B was surpringly easy. Which gave me motivation to go on. And surprisingly soon, the whole thing came together. The hardest letters to shape were X and S. Not all letters are very successful, but they are distinctive enough to be recognized as themselves. Not sure about the =, but it will do, I suppose. In any case, no kerning required.
This font was initially done as a combination of CMYK colors. Although a lot of time was spent in creating that font, the vibrancy of the letters in a mixture of those colors was a garish nightmare which was difficult to look at. Hence, it is gone.
Still there's a font here somewhere. Hence this toned-down, Not (¬) CMYK version—all of the geometry, less of the disturbia.
PS: AaBbCcDdEeFfGgHhIiJjKkLlMmNnOoPpQqRrSsTtUuVvWwXxYyZz0123456789!?@&*(){}[]|/\.,;:'"‘’“”«»<>-+=%|
Every possible permutation of the above glyphs generates 9,025 kerning pairs to be tested. I've only tested 2,994 kerning pairs. Then I lost steam. Whether I got them right or not is a whole another can of worms.
This is a cloneThe design process is typical in its atypicality (yes, it is a word, or, at least, should be!).
The atypicality necessitates the telling of the story behind it.
Looking for something to do...something easy to do, I came across the font shown 5th from the top in this article on Dieline. "I can do this," thought I. I did a 2 that looked similar. Based on that, did the 3. 5 6 9. 0 8. 1 7. "Hmm." Add the horizontal stripes. 7. 4? "No." Re-4? "No. Another 4? Perhaps thinner sides?" "Even thinner." "Hmm." Redo 1 2 3 5 6 7 8 9. "Maybe this is better. OK, lets do the letters." Start with Z because it is almost a 2 with minor curve tweak. Do the S. B because 3 is done. A. V. C. E. F L. J. Etc.
The glyphs so far have a 3 horizontal band appearance. Do the lowercase. a is two bands. b is two bands...but how high should the ascender be? Also, the x-height seems wrong. Off somehow. "Can I do a 2 band uppercase with the letter slightly taller. Maybe 2 bricks taller?"
Redo A. Redo B. "No this B is not working." Redo B. Redo B. Redo B. "Hmm. Maybe." Redo C D. Redo E F L. "OK, this might work." Redo to all uppercase letters.
Do the lowercase. "Yes I like the new f." Redo other letters to include the flip. Most of the letters are the same width. "Maybe I can make this a mono-space font." Redo m. Redo M. W. V. "The A looks odd." Redo A. And so on.
The font may have started as a simple thing but it is very different now. "I'll just publish it." "No, I should at least do the basic punctuations." "No this hyphen is too thick." Redo. "Now it is too thin." Redo. "Now it is too wide. But this is mono-space font. The width cannot be altered." +. "That just looks weird." Redo +. Now the - looks off. Redo -. Now they both don't fit with the rest of the font. Redo + -. "No. I'll come back to them." Do [. "No that's too heavy top and bottom." Redo [. Do (. "This needs a different curve." Redo (. "Can I use this new curve somewhere else?" Redo @. "Hmm." Do ©. Do ®. Do ™. Do “. "I can't make this so wide." Do ‘. "Definately cannot make it mono-space." Redo all punctuation to be their natural width. "This is no longer a mono-space font. Should I redo M m W w to be more natural?" Redo do m. "No this is too much work. I can't be bothered anymore. Let the m's and w's be."
"The punctuation looks niiice. Should I do a font to match these?"
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G1 ThunderGawd. Opening day for Marvel's Thor Love and Thunder movie AND final day for the FS HeavyComp! Time to kill two birds with one stone, or maybe feed two birds with one scone.
HeavyComp entry #3. This font features...
• Microserifs
• 7 Color layers
• Chamfered Bevels
• Interconnected Celtic knot patterns with shaded underlayments
• Full weaving pattern on uppercase/numbers, vertical patterns on lowercase
• Thor's hammer Mjolinr on the +, broken hammer on the -
Can't wait to watch another film of Thor in the Taikaverse. Feels like I'm going to watch it about 50x, just like Thor Ragnarok.
Thanks to this competition, this font brought the challenge out of me. Believe it or not, this is the simplified version of what I wanted to make. Really nice set of submissions in quality and quantity from everyone for the Heavycomp.
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This is a cloneСaps more Rock, lovercase more futuristic. Lc letters O and Q connect with other letters, uc O Q is slightly larger and does not.
See more:
https://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/628973/sorrier_statements
https://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/1694938/cryostasis-vempire-1
https://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/1702409/voron-2
https://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/1922854/moroz-4
https://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/480702/en_zelo
https://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/178543/bevelicious
https://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/48054/rosslyn_metal
https://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/332122/sentinel_3
Gildor: A high elf from Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. He met Frodo, Pippin, Merry, and Sam on their journey to Rivendell. Gildor Grotesk: I considered the alliteration.
Voron means Raven in Russian. Alternative A H K M in russian А Н К М.
See more:
https://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/141323/kenaz_cyr
https://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/1694938/cryostasis-vempire-1
https://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/604263/viking-younger-space-viking-runes-bold
https://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/44785/greif_bleit
https://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/2138878/rockfest
https://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/2011132/lofty-2-1
https://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/1460015/kuliboni-punk
https://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/1594082/satana-1
https://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/2197826/goth-44
https://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/1018353/knossos
VEROORDEELD - A geometric slab serif
This is a small type family with two style variations, see links bellow!
• Display Bold contrasted display version ◄- U are here!
• Text Light weight monostroke version
Accidental Fontstruct remake of Senator by Emigre. Initially reconstructing the lettering seen on this book cover, later found out about it being an existing comericial font. I decided to completed it anyway. But for this reason it will not be available for downloading. Sorry...
A revamp of a Winty5 Original from January 2013, my first Top Pick ever, now featuring a full Basic Latin Character Set and real lowercase.
This is a clone of 5GoldminerA spur-of-the-moment project. An exploration of geometric silhouette conformation and fun Futura-based alternates (specifically, using the circles as strokes).
Glyph alternates can be accessed under the Cyrillic characters.
Motter Ombra, Chwast Artone... and Chemical X? Though it can't defeat the forces of evil, this typeface decides to become one of such a force. All wedgy, spiny, and slice-y, Salamander is an unnerving remix of 70s display classics. If you love alternative things, this is for you! Nothing says "I'm edgy" more than the multiple edges this typeface can serve with its strategic nooks and crannies.
About the name Salamander, this typeface's like an Axolotl, it's cool yet strange.
Inspired by KD Experiments 02 by architaraz
Angas is a cool, bold and thick lettered display font. It will look stunning on any poster, flyer or print.
Use this font for your futuristic designs and explore its endless possibilities.
A rigid all-caps font, display/signage style. No curved shapes - I wanted something in the same spirit as "ITC Machine" (Designed by R Bonder and T Carnase in 1970). Thus with a little less compact approach, making it more versatile. Zoomed out, It’s like an edgy, bold and slightly condensed neo-grotesque.
(This fontstruction may be part of a client project, therefore it is fully licenced - at the moment. Hopefully I´ll make it downloadable under the fontstruct licence.)
WORK IN PROGRESS! SUGGESTIONS AND TOP PICK ARE WELCOME
See more:
https://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/44117/mad_decent
https://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/1739315/baldiozh
https://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/1725534/ermak-1
https://olohgram.gumroad.com/
https://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/1745326/beast-under-the-bed
https://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/1631323/robots-in-space
https://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/1243391/speed-shop
https://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/1292787/brambled-metric