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Basmachi

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by naverhtrad


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Description:
Basmachi is a Central-Asian flavoured typeface inspired by Cyrillic titling fonts in popular use in Kazakhstani public schools.
Stats:
176 characters, 16 downloads
Created:
Fri, 9th October, 6:32 AM 2009
Last Edit:
Fri, 23rd October, 2:14 AM 2009
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Discussion

will.i.ૐ
will.i.ૐ Fri, 23rd October, 2009

This is awesome. Fantastic ’structing!

Some feedback:
• Would you alter (or add some alternates for) the F, f, and r,? Lacking a heavy calligraphic semi-serif (e.g. as in the i) they appear too light and break from the brushstroke rendering that makes this font so grand.
• The f might benefit form a descender and maybe a heavy ascender echoing the h.
• I think your t is certainly unique, but could benefit from some asymmetry to go with the brisk right-leaning movement of the set.
• I really like how the a, b, d, p, q have unique counter shapes...but perhaps there’s another variation that will finesse that g.

Still – brilliant!!!


aphoria
aphoria Fri, 23rd October, 2009

Really cool. Great numerals.


naverhtrad
naverhtrad Fri, 23rd October, 2009

Thanks, will.i.aum and aphoria. I'll see what I can do with some of the letters you mentioned, if tweaking them would help them fit better. (For that matter, the Cyrillic Р, Г and Ғ might need some tweaking also.)


gferreira_admin
gferreira_admin Fri, 23rd October, 2009

Very interesting to see the inverted contrast typical of eastern scripts applied to the latin and cyrillic alphabets.


p2pnut
p2pnut Fri, 23rd October, 2009

A fascinating font :)


architaraz
architaraz Thu, 15th December, 2011

I'm kazakh, and this one's just like a present for me. Thx )))


meek
meek Thu, 15th December, 2011

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