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Technobabble

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Description:
A scifi-inspired type design. Upper and lower case. Expands on some concepts from some of my other Fontstructions: Power Grid and Transmission.
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184 characters, 23 downloads
Created:
Mon, 2nd November, 2:52 PM 2009
Last Edit:
Sun, 27th December, 3:01 AM 2009
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Discussion

Sketchbook B
Sketchbook B Wed, 4th November, 2009

Here's a sample setting of Technobabble.

Here's a sample setting of Technobabble.

p2pnut
p2pnut Wed, 4th November, 2009

Looking good - heading for warp speed :)


aphoria
aphoria Wed, 4th November, 2009

Very nice. Maybe increase the width of the space character a tad.


Sketchbook B
Sketchbook B Wed, 4th November, 2009

I think you are right, aphoria. Originally, I had the space too wide and think I over-corrected. I added a little more space...


afrojet
afrojet Wed, 4th November, 2009

Very smartly executed and well balanced. Nice job Sketchbook.


djnippa
djnippa Wed, 4th November, 2009

I love it all, apart from the 'W' & 'w'. Never been a fan of that solution.
It reads extremely well though, and like a dream at low pixel size.


shasta
shasta Wed, 4th November, 2009

Great work! I'm a fan of clean geometric fonts with a technical flair about them, and this one definitely is a worthy addition to the genre. I wouldn't even see it in the science fiction corner too much, this is pretty widely usable.
Cool that you took the time for the More Latin set too...


gferreira_admin
gferreira_admin Mon, 9th November, 2009

Congratulations! FontStruct Staff have deemed your FontStruction worthy of special mention. “Technobabble” is now a Top Pick.


gferreira_admin
gferreira_admin Mon, 9th November, 2009

(I agree with djnippa about the Ws though.)


will.i.ૐ
will.i.ૐ Mon, 9th November, 2009

No love for the trident-like Ws? They definitely give this more of a techno feel than if Sketchbook B had merely inverted the M (another option for the capital). I guess I see their point, in this case...B, you could try something really out-of-place but cool: separating the middle stroke from the rest of the letterform by deleting a choice brick...Hmm, this implies the stencil possibilities. I suggest dropping the crotch of the Vs a half brick below the baseline for a tad more optical accuracy. Medium and bold weights would also be nice.

Good work : )


Sketchbook B
Sketchbook B Tue, 10th November, 2009

Hey everyone. Thanks for the feedback. There is absolutely no love for the "trident" W's. I was going for a techno/futuristic look...

I showed it to my (normally very supportive) wife and she declared that it looked like "saggy butt cheeks." So I changed it but moved the old W's into another slot... stylistic alternative, I guess :)

Good call on the optical correction on the V/v. I went ahead and made the change.

I am working on a few variants. Definitely a bold and a set of small caps...