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Charmer

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by aphoria
see also Charmer Black by aphoria


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74 characters, 47 downloads
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Thu, 11th June, 2:44 PM 2009
Last Edit:
Sat, 18th July, 1:29 AM 2009
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Sans, Display, Outline
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Discussion

aphoria
aphoria Mon, 29th June, 2009

Not much of a sample, but...

Not much of a sample, but...
funk_king
funk_king Mon, 29th June, 2009

funky new stlye. i like that thumb action on the F and G :)

aphoria
aphoria Mon, 29th June, 2009

Thanks funk_king.

I forgot to mention there are a few alternates...a, e, and 0. I also forgot to put them in the sample.

afrojet
afrojet Tue, 30th June, 2009

Nice one Aphoria. I could see some fun fills with this one. Dig that @ symbol.

thalamic
thalamic Tue, 30th June, 2009

This is very well done, aphoria. Love the 1 and the G. The join at the C looks like it's puckering up to kiss you. :)

The @ is gorgeous...but it is supposed to have the single bowl a in it...I think.

intaglio
intaglio Tue, 30th June, 2009

I'm running out of superlatives. I need to go to the store and get some more.

What have I got left in the box? Charming indeed. Subtle. Absolutely beautiful colour.

jmarquez
jmarquez Tue, 30th June, 2009

really cool solutions on this one.
great "@"!
are you gonna try an ampersand"

jmarquez
jmarquez Tue, 30th June, 2009

really cool solutions on this one.
great "@"!
are you gonna try an ampersand"

aphoria
aphoria Tue, 30th June, 2009

Thank you all. Your compliments and comments are very appreciated.

@thalamic You got me thinking about the @. I thought I'd surely seen some like this, but couldn't think of any names. So, I looked through all the fonts on my computer. I found a handful:

Thank you all. Your compliments and comments are very appreciated. <br/> <br/><b>@thalamic</b> You got me thinking about the @. I thought I'd surely seen some like this, but couldn't think of any names. So, I looked through all the fonts on my computer. I found a handful:
aphoria
aphoria Tue, 30th June, 2009

Here are the alternates.

] = a
~ = e
` = 0

Here are the alternates. <br/> <br/>] = a <br/>~ = e <br/>` = 0 <br/> <br/>
aphoria
aphoria Tue, 30th June, 2009

@jmarquez I'll ponder a &. :)

I don't know why the alternates image is appearing on this post, but I can't get rid of it.

<b>@jmarquez</b> I'll ponder a &. :) <br/> <br/>I don't know why the alternates image is appearing on this post, but I can't get rid of it.
thalamic
thalamic Tue, 30th June, 2009

Aha! That Museo @ is tasty. So there are precedents. And Corbel is an Ascender Corp. font, so I guess there's research behind it. But...from my own Buddha thinking, the 'at the rate of' symbol must have been developed a long time ago, pre-publishing (?), maybe. The point is, the one bowl @ can be written in a single stroke, while the typeset a requires two strokes. Since the purpose of @ was, probably, to reduce the writing out of the same stuff over and over in accounting ledgers and balance sheets, it only makes sense if it was single stroke.

That's all aside. Since the real purpose of writing is to communicate, and since both a @ do the same thing effectively, I suppose it is OK to use either.

/me off to research @

aphoria
aphoria Tue, 30th June, 2009

I added an alternate, more traditional @, just for thalamic. :)

It's on the ^.

I added an alternate, more traditional @, just for thalamic. :) <br/> <br/>It's on the ^.
thalamic
thalamic Wed, 1st July, 2009

From History of the 'at' symbol

"History tells us that the @ symbol stemmed from the tired hands of the medieval monks. During the Middle Ages before the invention of printing presses, every letter of a word had to be painstakingly transcribed by hand for each copy of a published book. The monks that performed these long, tedious copying duties looked for ways to reduce the number of individual strokes per word for common words. Although the word "at" is quite short to begin with, it was a common enough word in texts and documents that medieval monks thought it would be quicker and easier to shorten the word "at" even more. As a result, the monks looped the "t" around the "a" and created it into a circle-eliminating two strokes of the pen."

Thanks for my very own @. :)

aphoria
aphoria Wed, 1st July, 2009

I added an & and an alternate & on the (. They are basically the same but the alternate is thinner.

Thoughts?

I added an & and an alternate & on the (. They are basically the same but the alternate is thinner. <br/> <br/>Thoughts? <br/> <br/>
aphoria
aphoria Wed, 1st July, 2009

Thanks for the history thalamic. :)

Thanks for the history thalamic. :)
geneus1
geneus1 Thu, 2nd July, 2009

I thought this was thalamic's when I first saw it. Good work, aphoria. I like the overlaps.

aphoria
aphoria Thu, 2nd July, 2009

Thanks geneus1, it's an honor to be confused for thalamic. :)

janking
janking Thu, 2nd July, 2009

Wow a lot of very clever work.
Has a similar look to FT Roundabout.

Wow a lot of very clever work. <br/>Has a similar look to <a href="http://new.myfonts.com/fonts/fenotype/ft-roundabout/">FT Roundabout</a>.
aphoria
aphoria Thu, 2nd July, 2009

Well, I've never seen FT Roundabout, but that probably just got my Top Pick revoked before I even got it.

thalamic
thalamic Thu, 2nd July, 2009

@aph: LOL! True.

aphoria
aphoria Fri, 10th July, 2009

I guess I was right.

gferreira_admin
gferreira_admin Wed, 22nd July, 2009

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

gferreira_admin
gferreira_admin Wed, 22nd July, 2009

Sorry for the delay, aphoria – Somehow I overlooked this one. :-/

Wonderful, as everyone said. My only comment is about the j – I think it creates a big whole inside of words. You could try to make it more like the g and the y.

(And maybe the 7 could use the spine of the ? :-)

cayo
cayo Wed, 22nd July, 2009

today i feel a more educated and inspired man, but that's one heck of a cool @!

aphoria
aphoria Thu, 23rd July, 2009

Thanks for the pink dot Gustavo. It's always a good feeling to get some official recognition. :)

I'll explore your suggestions and see what I can come up with.

aphoria
aphoria Thu, 23rd July, 2009

Thanks cayo. The @ is definitely one of my faves in this font.