nice entry. the slick smoothness of your work belies the challenges in successfully creating an italics font in Fonstruct. congrats.

Oooh, look at that powerful lean. I don't know...with an edge that sharp, Funk King might have to guard those soccer balls ;-)

You may call it humble, but it is a very capable font with great potential in sport magazine typesetting. The clean-cut shapes, sharp corners and forward leaning of the letters suggest something speedy. 10/10

I admire the strength and simplicity of these glyphs. The lack of optical correction brings tension to glyphs containing diagonal stroke prior to italicization. But they lean out of line a lot less than other italic jobs I have seen here :) And I think they turned in some of your coolest characters!

Try narrowing the c a little bit. Oh, and I don’t think you need to include SportsComp in the name of the font, just the tags.

I really dig the little corner detail defining the D. Did I miss that at first, or is it a new addition? In any case, I wanted to suggest you try cutting some of this font’s ‘square’ corners just like that. Particularly these obtuse ones like in the D (though you could try both), and even more specifically the ones on the top left of certain lowercase characters (c, e, o, m, n, etc.).

If you like the idea, if it’s really as slick and contemporary as I imagine, please try it on a clone (of course if you haven’t already). TheItalicJob has a great voice and needs very little tuning as it is.

This design feels so timeless and solid. I look at your sample and feel like I am about to experience a classy commercial selling the Swiss version of a sports watch. Perhaps I am responding in part to the word “Synchronized” (funny that you chose this over “Speed Skating”, though I see why you wanted to included y). Still, I notice throughout this palpable measured regularity. It’s a precisely engineered, if coldly calculated, quality as if this were designed by metronome.

Kudos on the impressive consistency and usability!

A really dynamic piece of work jm.

Do they have to wear lots of make-up and nose clips in sychronized skating? ..... Oh no ... that's synchronized swimming isn't it? :)

I think I cut my finger on this!
I've always loved sharp fonts, and this one is on the edge! 10/10

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