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Steeplechase

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Good evening and welcome to the Steeplechase, Fonstruct's premier jazz club. Be-bop on over to the bar and order your favorite libation. The show is about to start.
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98 characters, 370 downloads
Created:
Thu, 4th September, 10:23 AM 2008
Last Edit:
Wed, 24th June, 12:39 AM 2009
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http://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/96154
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Tall, Rounded, Irregular, Jazz, Bebop, Swing, Saul Bellow
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afrojet
afrojet Thu, 4th September, 2008

afrojet
afrojet Thu, 4th September, 2008

The inspiration for this font came from these panels at the playground I take my kid to.

The inspiration for this font came from these panels at the playground I take my kid to.
Stewf
Stewf Thu, 4th September, 2008

Really nicely done, afrojet. I especially enjoy seeing your inspiration. It's the ideal format for a FontStruction.

afrojet
afrojet Thu, 4th September, 2008

Isn't it though. Being under the spell of Fonstruct makes you see the world a bit differently sometimes. When I looked at that playground panel, I immediately saw the word 'zis'. Which isn't really a word but a beginning. I snapped it on my camera phone. Went home and drew the panel's cutouts verbatim using Fontstruct - things quite naturally fell into place after that.

geneus1
geneus1 Thu, 4th September, 2008

Jazzy sweet! Each new creation of yours is distinctively on purpose and on point. I can almost hear the music in the background from the sample image.

intaglio
intaglio Thu, 4th September, 2008

Wow, Saul Bellow.

intaglio
intaglio Fri, 5th September, 2008

I always get my basses and bellows mixed up. Oh well.

Em42
Em42 Fri, 5th September, 2008

The sample image is just great! It shows very well how much expressiveness the font has.
And thanks for sharing the inspiration as well!

@intaglio: I got whom you were referring to, even without noting the mistake at all. :)

kix
kix Fri, 5th September, 2008

brilliant sighting!
very sweet and cheesy execution!
simply great!
good decision to set the heigth of the cabs that way. tight!

i peed myself!
:P

thalamic
thalamic Sat, 6th September, 2008

As subtle as your inspiration is; as cool as the resulting font is; it is, without a doubt, your ability as a designer that surpasses them both. Good font, excellent execution...as usual! You are quickly becoming one of my design heroes. Any chance to see some of your other work...somewhere?

afrojet
afrojet Mon, 8th September, 2008

Thanks folks for the encouraging words.

@Kix: You really need to see a doctor about your bladders explosive predilection for fonts.

@Intaglio: I tried to incorporate some of Saul Bellow's Trotskyist leanings into Steeplechase. So you're perception is correct no matter what Saul you lead with.

@Thalamic: I'm blushing! Stop...No go on...No stop, really. Sadly, I'm about as bad a case of 'the cobblers children have no shoes' as there can be. But if I ever get around to putting an online portfolio together I'll let you know.

Axel Leyer
Axel Leyer Thu, 11th September, 2008

Wow! excellent work...I can really hear the rythm over this sincopated jazzy font...
Cool

thalamic
thalamic Thu, 26th March, 2009

The new sample preview highlights how awesome some fonts really are. For instance, this one.

B-e-n-O-F-o-n-t
B-e-n-O-F-o-n-t Tue, 11th August, 2009

This is one of the nicest fonts I've ever seen, very, very, very, very, very, very nice!

thalamic
thalamic Fri, 28th August, 2009

Looks like they used your idea and then tweaked it. Or mayhaps, you did it for them?

afrojet
afrojet Fri, 28th August, 2009

Ha. Nope. I got nothing to do with that. It looks like a real typeface to me.