SwiftedStrokes

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by Mike Lee (badgerkins)

See also HCTrees by macossin, SwiftStrokes + by Gene2, Swifting by DLyons123, Maria by Maria Rigueira.

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This is my first FontStruction while currently studying graphic design at Bristol UWE. Lots of experimentation solely using paints; quick hand movements and flicks to produce a messy, unrefined effect. Working in less than 1 second for each letter (with real paints), used as reference. Inspired by East Asian calligraphy.
Info:

Created on 4th November 2010. Last edited on 6th November 2010.
License:

Creative Commons
Categories:
- Display
- Pixel Optimized
Sets:
- Brush
Tag:
- Uwe(1046)
- Paint(26)
- Ink(41)
- Motion(32)
- Fast(42)
- Swift(4)
- Strokes(13)
- Brush(36)
- Oriental(29)
- Thick(360)
- Bold(2056)
- Messy(124)
- Trails(3)
- Wet(8)
- Dripping(14)
- Calligraphy(135)
- Natural(23)

57 Comments

WOW very nice, we fell the brush

WELCOME to FS
with a strong entry like this it's promising

Comment by Michel Troy ~UrbanPixel~ (Upixel) 6th november 2010

Where's the Top Pick, already? Genius! 10/10

Comment by Logan Thomason (xenophilius) 6th november 2010

Superb.
Have you thought of increasing the SPACE key using Advanced > View > letter Width. And then adjusting the green vertical line as desired. Usually half of a letter, but it depends on the font.

Comment by djnippa 6th november 2010

Great work!

Comment by elmoyenique 6th november 2010

superb effect!

Comment by naveenchandru 6th november 2010

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

Comment by Rob Meek (meek) 6th november 2010

thanks for the comments everybody :)

djnippa: i'll be sure to check that out.

Comment by Mike Lee (badgerkins) 6th november 2010

what a great font. natural and organic. great technique. i imagine that you used a tablet to do this? and also some type of tracing technique? very advanced skills for a beginner :) well done.

Comment by funk_king 6th november 2010

also, thanks for allowing us to clone this and view your technique. incredible. i played around a little by changing your filter settings from 1X1 to 2X2 and also replacing the original brick that you used with the different circle bricks. this results in some interested moire effects which you may want to experiment with yourself. again, really nice work.

Comment by funk_king 6th november 2010

This is fantastic mate, definitely worth spending less time on Left For Dead.. great font!

Comment by adumdee 6th november 2010

@Fk. Lets see your results then. :-)

Comment by djnippa 7th november 2010

well..ok, since you asked :) i only did these (yes, more than one :) to see how changing the original brick would affect this incredible font. i'm sure these effects can be achieved using various graphics apps, but you know i always like to experiment and see the results of what if...

Comment by funk_king 7th november 2010

WoW. We think it's really really cool . How did you do this ?
Can you tell us? Please?

Comment by barbiegirl 30th november 2010

WOWW '' Nice workk

Comment by melon27 25th february 2011

cool how did u did it plz tell me

Comment by ker3111 9th march 2011

This is amazing! This must have taken a long time to finish!

Comment by MarioLuigi2010 12th march 2011

If I imagine designer's endless 'dot' work,
there is nothing I can do except crying.

Comment by lailju1979 7th may 2011

gracias soy mexicano esta muy bien el font que has creado amigo

Comment by Armin-8 12th june 2011

Nice effect! Good Work.

Comment by José Miguel Carvalho Cardoso (zemiguelcardoso@gmail.com) 17th june 2011

AWESOME!!!! A FUCKING ARTIST!!!

Comment by munchcduck 20th june 2011

This font has been stolen. http://www.dafont.com/the-calligraph.font
someone tries to take credit for this font.

Comment by naveenchandru 10th january 2012

He has also stolen this font :- http://www.dafont.com/forge-of-the-cyclops.font

Comment by djnippa 10th january 2012

how do i go about reporting this mr.banerjee on dafont?

Comment by Mike Lee (badgerkins) 11th january 2012

@badgerkins
You can contact the webmaster of Dafont.com

Comment by cablecomputer 11th january 2012

Stolen is a strong word for distributing a font under the CC-Share-Alike-Licence:

You are free:
to Share — to copy, distribute and transmit the work
to Remix — to adapt the work
to make commercial use of the work

Comment by cam.ill 11th january 2012

The only thing you must do is credit the original creator. You can't claim the work as your own.

Comment by riccard0 11th january 2012

moraly i fully agree, but i think under the share-alike it is not mandatory..this would be the cc-by-licence..no?

Comment by cam.ill 11th january 2012

It is. The attribution (or "by") is part of any and all cc licenses.

Comment by riccard0 11th january 2012

Ah, thanks..didnt knew that. But Is the mentioning of the creator mandatory for re-distribution only or also for the use of the font?

Comment by cam.ill 11th january 2012

this is amaxing...wow

Comment by hyunjung 26th february 2012

Very nice. Lowercase letters would be awesome, but I don't wanna rush you, and I doubt I could make them myself.

Comment by shelbymead 22nd march 2012

I'm not understanding what shapes you used to get the brush affect? Seems all the ones on here available to us don't match up or seem compatible? And when you say quick movements and flicks, what does that mean, or how do you do that?

Comment by oceanamber 10th april 2012