Mongrel

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by chr.s
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I was a little bit bored, and this is what happened. The name is because I have no idea what the origin is, and it's a little ugly.

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this is great. so simple, yet it has a wonderful brush stroke feel. swirls can easily be imagined where you place circle bricks. although it could be used as text, the joy here is viewing this at a larger size and marveling at the artistry and craftsmanship. very nice.
Comment by funk_king 10th june 2010
Some cracking letters. Really love the S,g,k. Not sure bout the G's leg though.
Comment by djnippa 10th june 2010
Very cool. It has almost an Art Nouveau Faux Oriental look to it.
Comment by LexKominek 10th june 2010
I also like this design. Can you add numbers to this font?
Comment by jimhv 10th june 2010
I honestly wasn't expecting many positive comments on this, thanks.

I've altered the G, added numbers and tweaked a few other letters to make averything a little more cohesive.
Comment by chr.s 10th june 2010
Following Penkala, this is another nice font with some smart solutions. Your glyphs look so effortless and natural. It would deserve a decent demo pic. 10/10
Comment by Frodo7 10th june 2010
Perhaps half decent.
Comment by chr.s 10th june 2010
Each new time I look at this font I like her more. Perhaps some glyphs might be a little more stylized, but the set works very well together at short distances. Are you planning to add other, more to the font (@, #,%, &, ",, N, C, accented vowels, etc.)? It would be very rewarding, please.
Comment by elmoyenique 10th june 2010
This is really good. My faves are the e, g, and y.
Comment by aphoria 11th june 2010
Very nice one, Bravo

love that g

The work of Underware foundry come to my mind when I see Mongrel

Comment by Michel Troy ~UrbanPixel~ (Upixel) 12th june 2010
Excellent.

My only (teeny) quibble is with the sharp angles on the M and W ... they stand out against the other more sinuous glyphs. Still gets a 10 though :)
Comment by p2pnut 13th june 2010
Congratulations! FontStruct Staff have deemed your FontStruction worthy of special mention. “Mongrel” is now a Top Pick.
Comment by afrojet 14th june 2010
Congratulations! FontStruct Staff have deemed your FontStruction worthy of special mention. “Mongrel” is now a current Featured FontStruction.
Comment by Rob Meek (meek) 17th june 2010
Any chance of some more European characters on this one i.e. öäüÖÄÜß etc. ?
Comment by Rob Meek (meek) 17th june 2010
Congratulations on Mongrel becoming the Featured Font :)
Comment by p2pnut 17th june 2010
I guess I'd better get cracking on those other European characters then!

Many, many thanks Rob - I'm a little surprised, very humbled and more than pleased to have my first featured font. And thanks for everyone's comments, as always.

Some of the extra characters are likely to prove problematic - due to the small grid and 'odd' width of the letters - but I'll do my best. For example, the current @ symbol is already a little over the top, but all I could manage given the constraints of the grid.

To answer your quandary p2pnut, I tried a few alternatives to the M and W; dispite them being a little in more in keeping with the other characters, none of them were quite as satisfying to read as these, so I opted to compromise in favour of legibility.
Comment by chr.s 17th june 2010
this is a cool font! I downloaded it. But why is this the only free font that comes up on the side?
Comment by rexy19456 18th june 2010
Congrats on the featured fontstruction. The quirkiness makes it look like it shouldn't work, but the sample really sells it.
Comment by geneus1 20th june 2010
I'm flabbergasted. This is superb. I don't care what its balanced rating is, it's an eleven to me.
Comment by intaglio 1st july 2010
Every time I see your font, so excellently built, I get why I should continue doing in FS, things that I call "fonts". Jokes aside, excellent work, it's great to have great teachers like you here.
Comment by elmoyenique 1st july 2010
That'S Brill .. VerY , VerY GooD...
Comment by Bethh' (ILoveDancing) 3rd july 2010
wow...!
i didn't know you can make something great like this with fontstruct.
really awesome!!!!!
Comment by Caroky 5th july 2010
nice~~!!!!
Comment by cooltomboy 17th july 2010
nice~~!!!!
Comment by cooltomboy 17th july 2010

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