FontStruct | FontStruction Feed: Meltdown

Comment from funk_king

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

wtf. awesome dude.

Comment from intaglio

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

Hilarious! Oldenburg defontstructionism in action.

Comment from Frodo7

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

Yes, it is awesome. Some of the letters remind me Salvador Dalí's work, e.g those melted clocks. I wonder, do we use the same tool set?

Comment from thalamic

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

Haha. Great adaptation. They really do look melted. Way to make it yours. Love it.

Comment from p2pnut

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

:-) I stand no chance of keeping up with the standard of the amazing geometric 'structions that some of you designer types come up with, so I just play around with interesting shapes. Actually, Mrs pnut suggested a melted font some time ago and I thought this would be a good chance to experiment. Next, an original, fully melted effort perhaps.

Comment from Magic Sam

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

This is cool, but by taking a look at the sample text I thought that maybe it would be even cooler if you would rework b and l. The b looks like a strange v and l seems to be a r/f-hybrid. Everything else seems to fit..just a suggestion ;-)

Comment from Electricgator

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

Yeah it's a great font but you should look into the "b" it looks a little too melted

Comment from starburst

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

Wow, that's great. :) I like it.

Comment from cayo

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

LOL! My regards to the muse that inspired this version. It seems like Thal started a new trend, but you put your clone too close to the oven.

Comment from jinx

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

Cool. I love the p! fantastic job.

Comment from gferreira_admin

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

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

Comment from gferreira_admin

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

Instant FunStruct classic. :-) Thanks to Thalamic for starting this remix series. It's amazing to see all different solutions born from Clone it. Make it better. I think there is a little spacing problem with the l (too much space on the right). One idea: you could use the uppercase to create variations of the lowercase letters, with shapes melted differently. Combining this variations would allow a more organic melted text image. :-)

Comment from Magic Sam

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

@GFerreira: Yep, I like that idea!

Comment from p2pnut

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

Worked on the b and l ... and altered the spacing on the l - cheers all for your input :) This one started out as a laugh - but, from the response, it looks like I had better finish the job. I only hope I can do the UC up to thal's standard (before I start on it with the blowtorch)

Comment from thalamic

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

It's your font now, pnut. Your font, your standards. After seeing Entrees, your standards are better than mine. :-) But, I think what gf was saying was that you should do lowercase again in the uppercase slots, only melted differently than the lowercase. This way, if someone was to type out text in this font, they can choose between two variants of each character, randomly using one or the other, giving the text a more, uh, realistic, melted feel. Am I right, gf?

Comment from p2pnut

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

Aha! the penny has dropped ... all is revealed etc. Thanks for pointing that out thal. OK, alternative lc it is :-)

Comment from gferreira_admin

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

Yes, Thalamic, that's what I meant. Just a humble suggestion. Thanks for explaining it better than I did. :-)

Comment from p2pnut

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

Your explanation was fine Gustavo ... it was my reading that was wonky. Have got the alternative lc ready to melt - I ended up virtually redoing thal's original. I like to see what I am deconstructing :-)

Comment from jmarquez

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

lol, great stuff!

Comment from p2pnut

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

Alternative lowercase now fully melted and available (on the u/c keys) ... enjoy :-)

Comment from Presiouspearlx3

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

wow thats nice i like it