Advertisements

RM Albion

 This FontStruction was selected by FontStruct staff.This%20FontStruction%20was%20selected%20by%20FontStruct%20staff.

by p2pnut


Details

Description:
Based on an Old English font - with a few personal tweaks here and there
Stats:
207 characters, 131 downloads
Created:
Wed, 8th July, 11:49 AM 2009
Last Edit:
Mon, 2nd November, 10:46 AM 2009
Permalink:
http://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/201340
Tags:
Blackletter, Old English, Traditional, P2pnut
Categories:
Blackletter
Rate it:
  • Currently 8.4933
8.5Balanced%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22weighted_value%22%3E8.5%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EAverage%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22rating_value%22%3E8.6%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EClick%20for%20more%20information%20about%20this%20rating. 48 votes
sign in to vote.
Shared:
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported License.

Discussion

p2pnut
p2pnut Sat, 11th July, 2009

I undertook this font to find out how to create curves using FS. The curves look fairly smooth up to around 36 point ... then the angles start to show up.

Still, I enjoyed the challenge and hope the result isn't too bad.

aphoria
aphoria Sat, 11th July, 2009

Wow! It's beautiful. The $ is wicked.

Frodo7
Frodo7 Sat, 11th July, 2009

Magnificent! I even like the rugged polyginal look. It appears as if the letters had been forged from iron. Very skillful.

jmarquez
jmarquez Wed, 15th July, 2009

this is great work!

gferreira_admin
gferreira_admin Wed, 15th July, 2009

Wow, impressive work.

I agree with Frodo7 – the geometric traces of FontStruct give this design a very particular, interesting finishing.

Still, the non-alphabetic glyphs look as if they were made later, as an afterthought – I feel that they are not well integrated into the basic design style.

Maybe it helps to have a look at samples of other letters in the same style?

p2pnut
p2pnut Thu, 16th July, 2009

Thanks for the positive comments, it is really satisfying to get one's efforts rated in this way. The peer-review aspect of FS is great and can only help to sharpen the creative 'pencil'

Thank you as well Gustavo for the constuctive criticism ... I must admit I made up the non-alphabetic stuff 'on the hoof'. Not having a design background I am always grateful for any guidance :) Unfortunately the link didn't work and I would love to follow this up. Perhaps you would be kind enough to post it again.

gferreira_admin
gferreira_admin Fri, 17th July, 2009

...the link didn't work...

Oops, sorry about that. It was just a search for ‘Old English Letters‘ on Google Images:

http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=old+english+letters

jinx
jinx Sat, 8th August, 2009

Very cool. The B and $ are great!

minimum
minimum Sun, 4th October, 2009

Wow! How did I miss this? It's superb.

igorrossi
igorrossi Sun, 4th October, 2009

Amazing job, as always! I love the S.

p2pnut
p2pnut Wed, 7th October, 2009

Thank you both - it was one of my early attempts that seems to have been a 'sleeper'.

Thank you both - it was one of my early attempts that seems to have been a 'sleeper'. <br/> <br/>
cayo
cayo Sat, 31st October, 2009

I had notseen this one before.
Great job, P2pnut.
I`m jealous, but in a good way :)

fontcollector
fontcollector Sun, 1st November, 2009

This font is stupendous! Even without a design background, you have certainly earned your place among FontStruct's elite. 10!

Frodo7
Frodo7 Mon, 2nd November, 2009

I've recently browsed the list of Top Picks again, the best 1000. Judging by the technical merits Albion should have a place in that list: it could well be in the first 100, or even in the first 10. Originality is another question. It is based on Old English, and thanks to FS limitations it's a bit rough around the edges, and differs significantly from the original. As I said before, I very much liked this poligonal, crude, unpolished quality.

aphoria
aphoria Mon, 2nd November, 2009

I agree, I can't see how this one has been missed as a Top Pick.

Out of 20 votes, it has 19 10s!

p2pnut
p2pnut Mon, 2nd November, 2009

Thank you all for your encouraging comments :)

More Latin diacritics etc. added. Hopefully this will be enough. I am always happy to add any glyphs that are required for languages other than English ... and to correct any faults that anyone may notice.

Thank you all for your encouraging comments :) <br/> <br/>More Latin diacritics etc. added. Hopefully this will be enough. I am always happy to add any glyphs that are required for languages other than English ... and to correct any faults that anyone may notice.
p2pnut
p2pnut Tue, 9th February, 2010

I couldn't resist a quick toot on my own trumpet ...

I couldn't resist a quick toot on my own trumpet ...
funk_king
funk_king Tue, 9th February, 2010

congrats p2p. wonderful to see your work being so well received here at FS and elsewhere. keep up the great work :)

funk_king
funk_king Fri, 16th April, 2010

wow. over 10,000 downloads on 1001fonts. congratulations.

funk_king
funk_king Fri, 16th April, 2010

p2pnut
p2pnut Fri, 16th April, 2010

This one does seem to have struck a chord at 1001 doesn't it?

It's strange because all my other fonts on 1001 Fonts seem to be around the 1000-3000 download mark.

afrojet
afrojet Fri, 16th April, 2010

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

afrojet
afrojet Fri, 16th April, 2010

Wow. 10,000 downloads and not even a 'top pick' here, where it was born. That needs to be corrected.

Frodo7
Frodo7 Fri, 16th April, 2010

At last, you've got the pink badge. Surely, it's been overlooked, because of FS' linear fashion as it displays fonts. At the same time your font jumped to the top of the Top Pick list with very strong ratings. I hope it will stay there for long. Congratulations.

kix
kix Sat, 17th April, 2010

10gees?
well ithink this is comes close to playing in royal class ...

thalamic
thalamic Sat, 17th April, 2010

10,000 downloads?

Holeymoley!

You need to stop giving it away for free.

Even at $1 each and a 10th of downloads then, that's a $1000. Or at $10 each and 1% of previous downloads, that's still a $1000. For no additional work.

Might I recommend myfonts.com.

thalamic
thalamic Sat, 17th April, 2010

Not that I've ever sold anything. So...

thalamic
thalamic Sat, 17th April, 2010

Also, on a more fs related note: Top Picked but no where to be found in the What's New list. This is because What's New sorts fontstructions based on first shared date and NOT first TP awarded date. Kinda unfair to the overlooked fontstructions.

p2pnut
p2pnut Sat, 17th April, 2010

Cheers for the Top Pick aj :)

Thanks all for your support. I must confess I hardley ever look at the TP or What's New lists (nor had I been checking 1001 Fonts recently) so this is all quite a surprise ... and a great pleasure.

jokerrabit
jokerrabit Tue, 15th June, 2010

I was just trying to make this font or one like it. I have the old Speedball book right here in front of me. in the book it's called Speedball Engrosser'"Old Enlish". guess I'll try something else now. good job btw