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Knots

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by LexKominek
see also Pixular by LexKominek


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Description:
Celtic knotwork in an insular style. Based on lettering from the Book of Kells. Some alternates in the lower case, some ligatures in the "More Latin" set, and a "construction kit" on ~ so you can create your own knotty fonts :-) UPDATE June 3 2010: Removed some artefacts from the 'E' and 'e'. Please re-download.
Stats:
89 characters, 87 downloads
Created:
Thu, 15th April, 6:55 PM 2010
Last Edit:
Mon, 15th November, 7:55 PM 2010
Permalink:
http://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/313542
Tags:
Celtic, Knot, Insular, Irish, Viking, Uncial, Unicase
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Discussion

riccard0
riccard0 Sat, 29th May, 2010

Let the embroidery begin! ;-)

thalamic
thalamic Sat, 29th May, 2010

That is some crafty and impressive brick work.

Frodo7
Frodo7 Sat, 29th May, 2010

A new shining example for the Celtic theme. The knots are wonderfully crafted. Interesting to see how you handled the different angles with different combinations of knotworks. Kudos for the x-ligatures. 10/10

LexKominek
LexKominek Sat, 29th May, 2010

Thanks everyone!

I actually started this one before Pixular, but I found that representing each letter as pixels, then converting to knots was the way to go.

After seeing some of Frodo's knotwork fonts, I decided to make a fill version of this. It will take a while, but is in the works :-)

Abneurone Fluid Types
Abneurone Fluid Types Sat, 29th May, 2010

Wow, just WOA! This is art, no doubt, iI also see it as a tremendously elegant way to treat what finally is a bitmap font in its core

Abneurone Fluid Types
Abneurone Fluid Types Sat, 29th May, 2010

@LexKominek : as you authorized to clone, I began playing with filterings and i found one that in my opinion makes see this design in new interesting way: the filters must be those : H: 0,720 V: 0,510.
I made a private clone, I will not publish it even if you don't like and don't want to integrate it in your series, it is definitely your design, I would just eventually use this clone in my artwork one day

LexKominek
LexKominek Sat, 29th May, 2010

@neurone error - Go ahead - publish it! I love the whole collaborative aspect of FontStruct, and would love to see your unique take on this design :-)

afrojet
afrojet Mon, 31st May, 2010

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

cheinwai
cheinwai Tue, 8th June, 2010

Very nice font! :)

Taringtartar
Taringtartar Tue, 29th June, 2010

Very artistic font. It must of taken alot of time.

BanjoZebra
BanjoZebra Thu, 23rd December, 2010

Perfect. 10/10.

xenophilius
xenophilius Tue, 12th April, 2011

Oh my goodness. I don't know how you did this, but this is glorious. Excellent use of the Insular style.
Such an incredibly original work deserves a 10 and fave.

LexKominek
LexKominek Tue, 12th April, 2011

Thanks! I basically figured out a way to make the knot pattern, then after making a letter or two, determined it would be better to have a plan of some sort - this is where the "Pixular" font came in.

I've been working on a fill version of this since I made the original - that one is taking a lot of time as well, but should be ready soon :-)