FS Dark Shogun

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by kix

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+++work in progress+++ The hardest one was "z" until i saw theres a cool solution made out of "a" :D However this in NOT inspired by 60ies, i was more thinking about Tattoo Art, or some kind of a slashing Samurai thingy... Thats maybe why i changed the name from "Dark Matter" to "Dark Shogun"
Info:

Created on 10th July 2014. Last edited on 25th November 2015.
License:

Creative Commons
Categories:
- Script
Sets:
- Jagged
- Connected
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21 Comments

Very wow! Very promising! Very 60s!

I can imagine the z is hard but have you tried doing it with descender? This might fit to the rest. You know like a blackletter z.

Looking forward to seeing the uppercase.

Comment by laynecom 11th july 2014

A very effective lowercase - can't wait to see what you do with the UC.

Comment by p2pnut 11th july 2014

WOW! This is gonna be a winner. Great balance and style. There are some really brilliant shapes, and it's got usability stamped all over it. 10/10

Comment by djnippa 11th july 2014

I'm with the guys. BTW, you could joint the right arms of v and w in an only piece with the rest of the glyph. About the z, I send you another point of view to make it.

Comment by elmoyenique 11th july 2014

Lower case is looking very good! Excellent suggestion for z.

Comment by four 11th july 2014

Hey Folks! Thank you so far, i'm on it :) Thank you elmo as well, but i dont think your suggestion works for me. It's quite good but i think, but it's not close enough to the "rules" of the font. As you can see in e.g. "i", i'm trying to give the FS a feel of being drawn by a quill or pen with the form of a diacritical mark called Acute accent. Your design kind of "doubles" the stroke at the ends of "z"... I did some exeptional changes from the "rules" in "a" and "z", but that was only cause it looked so cool :) i think i will stay to this "z"...for now. My new sorrow is "x" :P

Comment by kix 11th july 2014

Yay. I just found out you dont need a ligature for "tt"... just take "H" :D
Plus: I changed "v" and "w". The older versions are still cool, so i keep em anywhere in the font. "t"'s stroke fitted to "H"

Comment by kix 11th july 2014

OK, compañero. Please, look at some lost brick on C and c.