FontStruct | FontStruction Feed: Staring at The Sky

Comment from chr.s

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

All lowercase so far - I'm still unsure whether to do uppercase, or perhaps a different weight for the capitals.

Comment from afrojet

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

Nice style. Digging the '&' and the brackets. Maybe pull down the joint on the '9' so the bowl height is the same as the '6'. Maybe pull the '7' down a little too.

Comment from chr.s

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

Thanks afrojet, you're right about the numerals - bit of a late night oversight there. 7 and 9 are now fixed. Incidentally, the '&' was the one I had most trouble with - glad you like it.

Comment from kix

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

whowsa! this is a totally real 60 's typeface. it looks so sweettly curvd, i wouldn't think it was done with our app. supernice! in the year 2525...

Comment from gferreira_admin

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

Very beautiful psicodelic / art nouveau lettershapes. I find adding uppercase glyphs in the same style a good idea. One suggestion to make it more readable: increase a bit the space between the letters & reduce a bit the space between the words. ;-)

Comment from chr.s

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

Yeah kix, that quote was exactly the kind of look I was aiming at- glad you like it. And thanks for the suggestion(s) gferreira - I hadn't even considered the spacing on this one, but you were dead right. As for the caps, I've made a start but I think it'll be a staggered process. I'd intended to include either caps or a heavier weight, but caps it is. They're proving a tricky bunch though and I've had to extend below the baseline and above the capsline(? - you know what I mean) to gain some balance. Plus it's more in-keeping with the 'feel' of the font, despite restricting it's useability in all caps.

Comment from intaglio

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

Wow. I bet you were pleased with that ht combination. Lovely ampersand. All lovely, nothing unlovely.

Comment from gferreira_admin

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

Great work on the caps – the swash parts extending below the baseline add a lot of movement to the text image.

Comment from chr.s

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

I greatly appreciate the feedback, thanks guys. I must still admit that I'm not totally convinced about some of the glyphs - mostly uppercase - but I'll stop obsessing and put it down to the inherent limitations. Overall, I'm pretty pleased with it. I think the fact that it's by far the most complete typeface I've ever made, in any software, must mean I have a fondness for it. Next on the agenda will be a better sample... tbc...

Comment from shasta

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

a true beauty! and so impeccably well executed... every character seems to be a pearl. I also admittedly felt pretty dumb looking at some of the characters, cause I couldn't really figure out how you did them even after a few zoom-ins... Must be some true fontstruct mastery behind them! Respect! (If you add the more latin set this will be one of the few fontstructions that will get a 10 from hypercritical me! ;) )

Comment from p2pnut

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

Drop dead gorgeous ... it gets better and better as you increase the size

Comment from intaglio

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

Surely this deserves an honourable mention? It's far better than plenty of mine that have received the dot of approval???

Comment from gferreira_admin

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

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

Comment from gferreira_admin

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

Thanks for the reminder, intaglio. ;-) And sorry for the delay, chr.s! I think the percent sign looks a bit weird; it should be consistent with the fractions.

Comment from starburst

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

Very beautiful work. It has a nice style to it.

Comment from igorrossi

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

I've just discovered your work : truly beautiful. I wouldn't change anything.