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Basmachi

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by naverhtrad


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Description:
Basmachi is a Central-Asian flavoured typeface inspired by Cyrillic titling fonts in popular use in Kazakhstani public schools.
Stats:
176 characters, 88 downloads
Created:
Fri, 9th October, 6:32 AM 2009
Last Edit:
Mon, 10th December, 3:24 PM 2012
Permalink:
http://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/239537
Tags:
Cyrillic, Central Asian, Titling, Russian, Kazakh
Categories:
Script
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Discussion

will.i.ૐ
will.i.ૐ Fri, 23rd October, 2009

This is awesome. Fantastic ’structing!

Some feedback:
• Would you alter (or add some alternates for) the F, f, and r,? Lacking a heavy calligraphic semi-serif (e.g. as in the i) they appear too light and break from the brushstroke rendering that makes this font so grand.
• The f might benefit form a descender and maybe a heavy ascender echoing the h.
• I think your t is certainly unique, but could benefit from some asymmetry to go with the brisk right-leaning movement of the set.
• I really like how the a, b, d, p, q have unique counter shapes...but perhaps there’s another variation that will finesse that g.

Still – brilliant!!!

aphoria
aphoria Fri, 23rd October, 2009

Really cool. Great numerals.

naverhtrad
naverhtrad Fri, 23rd October, 2009

Thanks, will.i.aum and aphoria. I'll see what I can do with some of the letters you mentioned, if tweaking them would help them fit better. (For that matter, the Cyrillic Р, Г and Ғ might need some tweaking also.)

gferreira_admin
gferreira_admin Fri, 23rd October, 2009

Very interesting to see the inverted contrast typical of eastern scripts applied to the latin and cyrillic alphabets.

p2pnut
p2pnut Fri, 23rd October, 2009

A fascinating font :)

architaraz
architaraz Thu, 15th December, 2011

I'm kazakh, and this one's just like a present for me. Thx )))

meek
meek Thu, 15th December, 2011

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

meek
meek Mon, 10th December, 2012

Congratulations! FontStruct Staff have deemed your FontStruction worthy of special mention. “Basmachi” is now a current Featured FontStruction.

architaraz
architaraz Mon, 10th December, 2012

Yeap, totally deserved!

It certainly works for me, for I am kazakh, but does letter "T" look like a "T" for latin alphabet users?

naverhtrad
naverhtrad Mon, 10th December, 2012

Dear architaraz, meek, p2pnut and gferreira_admin,

Many thanks for your comments and support!

architaraz, that's true. I was really heavy into the 'authenticity' of the font at the time, I think. Perhaps I might make a more 'Latin-friendly' variant with just the right-hand descender?

UPDATE: Yeah, just the right-hand descender looks kind of weird. I used the tail end, though, on the main stem; looks a lot better now. Also, will.i.aum - you were right, the asymmetric 't' looks a lot better. Now the real toughie - do I replace the Cyrillic equivalent or not? I rather like my top-heavy 'т'...

architaraz
architaraz Wed, 12th December, 2012

Don't change cyrillic T,т, they work very well like that!
Would flipping latin "T" horizontally be more suitable?

vbezzerides
vbezzerides Sun, 10th February, 12:00 AM

LIKE IT!

RdManebog
RdManebog Wed, 20th February, 7:47 AM

Oh i like it! I'm new!