Hi y’all. Thanks for all the praise and cheers! ^_^

@djnippa: True, kerning as of yet still can’t be finessed here : (. Non-integer global spacing adjustments also blurs pixel rendering, so I cut my losses and locked the default letter spacing to 0. The resulting serifs that touch look a bit weird at all but the smallest preview zooms. However, I am particularly pleased with the pixel rendering it enables.

Check out the Gallery view zoomed exactly one notch above the “pxl” size to test drive iSlab with very sharp and sturdy pixel rendering. The two-brick stroke thickness (same as 16pt sample above) reveals the fontstruction’s use of 2x2 scaled bricks. Yet underneath these 2x2 bricks is a grid half the size. Put another way, the 8pt sample, a smaller sharp pixel rendition, has an x-height of only four pixels. The serifs melt with buttery goodness into the letter spaces at this scale by literally becoming them.

@Frodo7: I will work on creating the extended latin set, here. Thanks for encouraging me to give iSlab a professional polish. It’d be a fantastic start to have some kerning pairs in place for basic functionality, but this is no reason to end there ; ) .

Really, though, thanks for the inspiring vote of confidence. I will let all you typophiles know if I take this somewhere.

@p2pnut: I do have fun exploring the compelling field of small scale geometry and the unexpected possibilities they open up. My hat’s off to you for your awe-inspiring work that pushes another limit, that of rendering texture and irregularity within fontstruct. I still can’t believe what you achieved with RM Old Typerighter. If my experiments and innovations benefit you, I am happy for it. : )

@ chr.s: Thanks for the like. Props also for your work highlighting the elemental curves of the bricks. Bobolink is full of wonderful promise and I look forward to seeing more of it!

Haha, your and gentleman and a poet, Gene! :D That really did put a big smile on my face. All you guys, I am so glad you all can appreciate this. Afrojet, your questions are inspired and on point (no pun intended) and I look forward to responding in detail. Minimum, you are very welcome and please continue to know how well I respect your contributions which also expand the horizons of what we fontstruct even in spite of me not always communicating it with as consistent grace and honor as yourself.

I wanted to recognize you all for being a great community that really grasps this playful craft and with underlying passion for typography can thus truly ‘get it’. As well, I hope this inspires others who are just getting it. And thanks so much for the constructive criticism, Gene – In some ways it is even more appreciated that you took the time to work on improving this. Just briefly for now – I must be away from my computer and will respond later on tonight or tomorrow – I also just wanted to say ‘thanks’.

Ah, my first one vote for this one. Actually, in this case I feel it is somewhat deserved because I have been so slow to post some answers to afrojet’s questions above. Sorry! I’m getting to it! I am doing my best to describe a rather lengthy process, since what I tried to accomplish (and came pretty dang close) with iSlab are some of my earliest design goals with fontstruct. So, I keep trying to condense what I am saying, but realized just the other day that you all will probably bear lengthy prose if I get to saying something interesting.

Tune in tonight for something more substantial. Sorry, again for testing everyone’s patience. ¡^ ^

p.s. Thanks kix for the superlative compliments and appreciating what I did here!

p.p.s Ah, no it looks like someone swept through and rearranged all the top pick scores with a spray of high and low votes. Happens, s’cool.

Ata, I simply can’t imagine suspecting you of manipulating the fs top twenty.

The only thing your fontstructions are implicated in is being 10/10s. :^)