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Bencraft

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by laynecom


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Description:
I though that the new bricks were perfect to imitate the logo of The Guardian. Then, this is what I came up with ;-) Down for some time for major corrections, thanks to everyone commenting, I appretiate your input.
Stats:
171 characters, 21 downloads
Created:
Thu, 8th November, 1:14 PM 2012
Last Edit:
Fri, 23rd November, 1:34 PM 2012
Permalink:
http://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/732580
Tags:
Semi Serif, Bold, Serif, Playful, Guardian
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Discussion

demonics
demonics Mon, 19th November, 2012

Solid! I like it. My only problem: those new bricks make the font have very extreme stroke contrast, which is fine, but then the (semi) serifs should reflect that and not be so thick. 10/10

Umbreon126
Umbreon126 Tue, 20th November, 2012

Nice :) With subtle inktraps! 10/10! Although it seems disrupted somehow in "uvw", and the width of x could be reduced a bit ;)

fugitiveglue
fugitiveglue Tue, 20th November, 2012

Love it. Definitely some "traditional" contrast inconsistencies, but they're fairly evenly distributed so that the overall personality/color works quite nicely. Inspiring stuff.

fugitiveglue
fugitiveglue Tue, 20th November, 2012

Love it. Definitely some "traditional" contrast inconsistencies, but they're fairly evenly distributed so that the overall personality/color works quite nicely. Inspiring stuff.

laynecom
laynecom Fri, 23rd November, 2012

architaraz
architaraz Fri, 23rd November, 2012

This is PRO stuff, and we amateurs should fave this :) I won't be surprised if it'll be a featured fontstruction, people need to see this.
10/10!

laynecom
laynecom Fri, 23rd November, 2012

Wow! Thanks, architaraz.

To be honest, I'm not at all satisfied with quite a lot of details in the typeface. It started out as a imitation of the Guardian titel typeface. When I published it, I saw its flaws and demonics, Umbreon126 and fugitiveglue pointed out some of them aptly. I took it down again to rework and now I published it again. I'm now more satisfied, it reminds me a lot of Ohm Run Slab, although its aim is something else altogether. Still, there's something about this font that still needs improvement, I hope I can get to that some day.

As a suggestion for the inktraps in e.g. the p, I'm also posting a screenshot. It's really a nice thing to have those new bricks, although they might not be apparent in this fontstruction at first sight.

Wow! Thanks, architaraz. <br/> <br/>To be honest, I'm not at all satisfied with quite a lot of details in the typeface. It started out as a imitation of the Guardian titel typeface. When I published it, I saw its flaws and demonics, Umbreon126 and fugitiveglue pointed out some of them aptly. I took it down again to rework and now I published it again. I'm now more satisfied, it reminds me a lot of <a href="http://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/ohm_run_slab">Ohm Run Slab</a>, although its aim is something else altogether. Still, there's something about this font that still needs improvement, I hope I can get to that some day. <br/> <br/>As a suggestion for the inktraps in e.g. the p, I'm also posting a screenshot. It's really a nice thing to have those new bricks, although they might not be apparent in this fontstruction at first sight.
p2pnut
p2pnut Fri, 23rd November, 2012

Very nice ... and what a level of complexity you go to with those composites! A definite 10/10

Just one thing though - it isn't at all like The Gnauriad ... all the sample text was spelled correctly :-)

four
four Sat, 24th November, 2012

Love the ink traps and what a sample!

thalamic
thalamic Sun, 25th November, 2012

A.

winty5
winty5 Sun, 25th November, 2012

This is just beautiful. One of the best on FS. 10/fave

meek
meek Mon, 26th November, 2012

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

laynecom
laynecom Mon, 26th November, 2012