Hurin
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Info:Created on 15th May 2011. Last edited on 24th May 2011.
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I had been planning to make a very bold font with ultra-thin slits. Now I don't have to waste my time attempting to create it, because yours is so much sleeker and more appealing than mine could ever have been. Congratulations! 10/10.
@neurone error: Professional career is not on my list at present. I create fonts because it's fun.
@Adien Gunarta: "Is it safe?" - it's a famous quote from the movie Marathon Man (1976) starring Dustin Hoffman, Laurence Olivier, Roy Scheider, etc. I needed something short and provocative.
@fontcollector: Your excuse is unacceptable. I started working on Hurin after I saw a demo pic of Nagasaki, a similar font designed by Tom Muller. (Here is a link to Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/25207407@N04/5709457643/in/photostream/ ) It's a cool font with perfect proportions. I thought, I could do it in Fontstruct, but there was no point to reproduce it. Thus, I started to experiment with angles and corners to build something new.
You should double your effort and continue to work on your idea. You may learn something invaluable in the process.
I'll give it a generous vote as well: 10/10, and keep the change. Because I voted it an eleven.
Anyway, maybe I'll try to work on the idea that was on my mind when you published Hurin.
I updated and extended the character set and modified the demo pic (grunge added).
PS: Trolls keep pestering my FS presence.
@elmoyenique: It's a great season for both of us.
The following fontstructions specially selected as MY FAVEs disappeared from public display:
soma, whipped cream, alphabots, woodcut, tessellation 2 by funk_king; fs Helix, fs Etched [Bare] by thalamic; fs Bevel by minimum
Could anyone provide information on their whereabouts? Silent font rapture?
Very beautiful font in Latin. In the Cyrillic alphabet, I would pay attention to a kratka over й, maybe I would add bevels to ф ш щ и й, I would make ш щ ц with a flat bottom. Descender of д and л should rather have bevels, б be round at the bottom.
@Dmitriy Sychiov (Sychoff): Thank you for your comment. You are right about a lot of things. This font was made 9 years ago - feels like a lifetime. Tools and bricks were limited compared to what is available today. I have also learned a lot about typeface design since then. Hurin is on my list of fonts I plan to rework, refine and extend when I have some time. I'd like to redesign the diacritical marks, the punctuation (e.g. the parentheses with thin lines and curves), some of the special characters with thin lines too, and the Cyrillic set, of course. Your suggestions will be invaluable.
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