FontStruct | FontStruction Feed: Stencikal

Comment from cayo

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

Comment from p2pnut

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

Nice work. All this filter stuff going on ... I'll have to get my head aroun it. Not sure about glyph abuse though ... sounds dodgy to me :)

Comment from djnippa

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

Great work. Lovin the sample, but I got to admit, I'm a bit gutted. I don't want to take anything away from you and please don't take this the wrong way, but I've been working on a very similar font to this, which I started on August 9th. I've been doing so many variations (the possibilities seemed endless) that I've yet to make it public. I also used 1.78 filter. Here's a small sample. I'll delay releasing mine.

Comment from djnippa

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

Another variation.

Comment from cayo

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

@p2pnut I knew I had to choose my words more carefully to explain myself better. I meant I found myself using the brick combo over & over again... poor glyphs. @djnippa A philosopher once told me: Ideas are like worn coins: they come around from everywhere, passed from hand to hand & sometimes you spend them, sometimes you lend them. I do not take this the wrong way at all. Quite the opposite, I think it shows that we have influences & perspectives alike: we might create something that might like or inspire the other on our own & be creating similar things as a result of this. We are following our own trend unconsciously, so to speak. I like your samples & dig how you solved some situations in a different matter. That's also very enlightening when you been pushing bricks the same way. Looking forward to see your FontStruction released.

Comment from afrojet

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

Great result Cayo. I really like the staggered quality to the horizontal stencil lines. It gives the words a fun rhythm. The whole category of stencil typefaces seems to be evolving nicely. I used to associate stencil typefaces only with things like the military, construction, and DIY punk rock but many contemporary stencils (like this one) are, dare I say...cute.

Comment from cayo

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

I agree. We can dare to say it ended up pretty cute like the lot of other new stencils around, even some not really labeled as stencil, but stencil-able like your Sessions or Playtime. As for the lines I thought playing with horizontal cuts would be quite more interesting than the typical vertical ones. The option for which one went up or down was chosen with the a and e; that line actually helped their terminals so I use that stagger pattern all around to give it some flow. I only doubted it with the s since the traditional flow of this glyph would be counter-wise, but it would have lost the roundness it preserves this way, so there I had 2 good reasons to keep up with the choice of stagger for it.

Comment from funk_king

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

very modern and fresh. your sample shows how nice it is and most of all fun :)

Comment from gferreira_admin

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

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

Comment from cayo

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

You're right, FK: The Fun Factor drove me around as I discovered this one's possibilities. Extending it is going to be delightful. And than you, Gustavo: Pink suits it nicely.