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Belfalas

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by Frodo7


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Description:
A slab serif face with minimal design and pixel font roots.
Stats:
178 characters, 16 downloads
Created:
Fri, 23rd October, 7:03 AM 2009
Last Edit:
Sun, 8th January, 5:51 PM 2012
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Discussion

Frodo7
Frodo7 Sat, 31st October, 2009

It is an exercise, something quick and simple.

It is an exercise, something quick and simple.

will.i.ૐ
will.i.ૐ Sat, 31st October, 2009

Excellent!

Who else here is still pining for a toggle button to turn on/off the 1 px stroke that appears on fontstruct preview samples above a certain size? I find it to be unfortunately deceptive. It improves certain designs in a way they simply cannot mimic out of the box, while others have their previews hobbled by it.

I know the decision itself was a compromise to deal with the hairline gaps that would otherwise sometimes appear between abutting bricks scaled to certain sizes in the preview windows. And I know this issue is somewhere on the roadmap...I will simply dream both that font mortar becomes a display subroutine (possibly requiring a gigantic cache file, I know) and that this “fattening up of the fragile details with an outline stroke” becomes a definable aspect of the font mortar pipeline. A new filter, in fontstruct parlance.

Again, it’s probably already under consideration, but what a boundary-expanding (and perhaps also cutting edge?) feature that will be?

Pardon the puns ;) And great font, Frodo. This one deserves an extended character set for multi-lingual support. I’ve been wondering if a similar treatment would yield good results for Haldir. Not as straight-forward, but could be cool!


will.i.ૐ
will.i.ૐ Sat, 31st October, 2009

Oh, sorry for the unintentional italic attack :/




Frodo7
Frodo7 Sat, 31st October, 2009

@will.i.ૐ: thank you for your comment(s). Don't bother to post it again. I like Italics. I provided the demo samples because the preview sometimes not faithful enough. Yes, I thought about the extended character set, and perhaps a limited extension for Haldir.


intaglio
intaglio Sat, 31st October, 2009

Very, very accomplished, Frodo. The large block of text setting shows just how good it is. What a miraculous evenness of tone for such a large grid.


igorrossi
igorrossi Sun, 1st November, 2009

Excellent work, I dig the J and K.


p2pnut
p2pnut Sun, 1st November, 2009

Minimal design maybe ... but maximum effect. A really satisfying font.


gferreira_admin
gferreira_admin Mon, 2nd November, 2009

Simple and strong. Reminds me a bit of Cholla Slab.


gferreira_admin
gferreira_admin Mon, 2nd November, 2009

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


Frodo7
Frodo7 Mon, 2nd November, 2009

@gferreira: Cholla Slab? Well, that's a compliment.
Thank you for the special mention.

(Sorry for the Italic. It's a software glitch.)


Frodo7
Frodo7 Mon, 2nd November, 2009

intaglio, igorrossi, p2pnut: Thank you very much for your feedback. I think, I have to take this font more seriously and complete the full Latin set.


superhuasteco
superhuasteco Sat, 6th February, 2010

I love this font.


Frodo7
Frodo7 Sun, 21st February, 2010

The character set has been extended.

The character set has been extended.