FontStruct | FontStruction Feed: Steeplechase

Comment from afrojet

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

Comment from afrojet

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

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

Comment from Stewf

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

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

Comment from afrojet

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

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.

Comment from geneus1

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

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.

Comment from intaglio

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

Wow, Saul Bellow.

Comment from intaglio

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

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

Comment from Em42

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

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. :)

Comment from kix

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

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

Comment from thalamic

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

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?

Comment from afrojet

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

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.

Comment from Axel Leyer

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

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

Comment from thalamic

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

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

Comment from B-e-n-O-F-o-n-t

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

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

Comment from thalamic

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

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

Comment from afrojet

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

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