FontStruct | FontStruction Feed: Escheresk

Comment from funk_king

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

you have created some intriguing geometry here. and yes i started getting vertigo myself and had to look away but can't help from looking :)

Comment from djnippa

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Amazing. Totally Brilliant. The X is freakin me out! love it 10/10

Comment from djnippa

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Any chance you could do a comma? Plus I think 7 could be more like the X & Y. At the mo it looks like a backward F.

Comment from SquarePeg

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

shasta, this is really excellent. I'm sure M.C. Escher would be pleased. :-)

Comment from Frodo7

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Brilliant work. I especially like the C,G,O and S. And the $ is very good too. They nicely capture the essence of M.C.Eschers' impossible geometry. It is a strange coincidence, but my next font - soon to be released here - is also inspired by the Dutch master.

Comment from intaglio

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

What a great movement this font has! And what is wrong with the execution? It looks perfect to me! I really like the V/W too. Ten ten ten.

Comment from Em42

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Ha ha, great! You developed the concept very consistently in each gliph!

Comment from jmarquez

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Great Escher Tribute! ps: you were a bit shy with "4"'s width...

Comment from shasta

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Thanks, everybody... Wow, looks like you like it better then I do. :) @djnippa: I've added a comma. Shame I can't really do an impossible comma. I tried, but it would end up way too big. As for the 7, I'll try something new there too... @frodo: Can't wait to see it... :) @intaglio: Maybe the execution of this particular concept isn't so bad, but I've tried a lot of different things trying to get a better 3d look, like diagonal perspective, shadow/light only etc, but I always failed as soon as it got to the "impossibleness". (Sounds somewhat logic, doesn't it?) So this particular design is just the only way I could do a complete set, but it looks too flat in my opinion. I'm also not very happy with the cheap solution on B, K, R and 8... I'll see if I can make something better there. @jmarquez: Corrected the 4's width... Good eye! :) This was again the old consistency trap, I wanted to keep all the characters on the same width.

Comment from gferreira_admin

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

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

Comment from gferreira_admin

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Superb!! It could be nice to try out a wireframe variation.

Comment from gferreira_admin

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Congratulations! FontStruct Staff have deemed your FontStruction worthy of special mention. “Escheresk” is now a current Featured FontStruction.

Comment from geneus1

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Twisty 3D! If this is far from being perfectly well done, I'd like to see how you could improve it. The flatness you mention only adds to the illusion of three dimensionality. There is a simultaneous 2D/3D quality that is implied. If you zoom into any character, it has proper 3D attributes. But when you pan to another section of the same character, the dimensionality shifts. Very Escheresque! I'm convinced, and I have a diagonal 3D shaded version.

Comment from p2pnut

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Incredible!!!! I love MC Escher - In my office I used to have a pen and ink that I did in an Escheryish style, with the legend 'Do Not Adjust Your Brain, There's A Fault In Reality' Not sure what my clients thought of it (I was a mental health social worker)

Comment from Magic Sam

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Yeah, very unique. Like the $.

Comment from laurelwreath

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Very nice. I will enjoy looking it over. Thanks for sharing.

Comment from bbonas

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Oh! That's nice! That's brilliant! Congratulations! Very hard work!

Comment from shasta

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Thanks for the kind comments everyone! Glad you like it! I've just modified B, K, R, 3 and 8... I found the previous solutions too cheap, now they're a bit more wicked on the eye.;) Might add a lowercase if I find some time next week, and maybe do a lighter version of this.

Comment from p2pnut

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

It looks even easier on the eye now. Looking forward to the l/c.

Comment from shasta

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

The Escheresk Sample as shown in my FontFeed mini-interview... Note: this one is with the old version of R.

Comment from SimonRobertson

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

just wonderful! the sample fromt he fontfeed really helps it shine!

Comment from maximus

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

amazing work dear, you can defenitly come up with greater ones. The geometry, symmetry and balance can be achieved in small caps as well....you can do it.

Comment from elajaguar

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

i installed the font on my mac but it does not look like the sample. my says its the "regular" version and is all black. did i do something wrong?

Comment from shasta

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

No, you didn't. Font files never contain any colour, they're vector only files and thus black and white. You'll have to do the colouring yourself with the graphic program of your choice... (I used Illustrator's Live Paint tool for the job.)

Comment from elajaguar

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

thanks shasta

Comment from p2pnut

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Just found this

Comment from gferreira_admin

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Congratulations! FontStruct Staff have deemed your FontStruction worthy of special mention. “Escheresk” is now a current Featured FontStruction.

Comment from art2r

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

excellent.......... dobleces de papel

Comment from pain219

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

that's some damn nice work.

Comment from urielnegro

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

the font for a real shirt!.

Comment from cam.ill

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Really a nice headline-font.. i used it for a poster for a goa-party. (NC of course:) Thanks, shasta!

Comment from cam.ill

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Really a nice headline-font.. i used it for a poster for a goa-party. (NC of course:) Thanks, shasta!

Comment from Frodo7

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

@shasta: I've seen the pictures of Deep Surface. Wonderful application of your font. (Unfortunately, I couldn't visit the exhibition itself.) Congratulations.

Comment from elmoyenique

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

@cam.ill: Beautifull poster!