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CombiStruct

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by cayo


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Description:
Combis (or Micros) are really small vans used as local Transport in Lima, my hometown.
They have a wide range of scripts that are manually painted to the sides to indicate the main streets or avenues the route includes.
Styles vary from combi to combi, even in the same company, as I believe they hire different letterers for the job.
I'm working on a little project to make some of them into a font set called Combi Stylus & I created a flickr set to show my inspiration sources.

This one is my FontStruct version for the set & it needs a lot of kerning, but well...
Enjoy!
Stats:
198 characters, 47 downloads
Created:
Sat, 17th October, 4:03 AM 2009
Last Edit:
Thu, 7th January, 8:51 PM 2010
Permalink:
http://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/243398
Tags:
Combistylus, Script, Display
Categories:
Script, Display
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Discussion

cayo
cayo Tue, 5th January, 2010

Frodo7
Frodo7 Tue, 5th January, 2010

A brand new font that oozes quality. Despite the small grid it has delicate features and smart solutions. The spacing, tracking may be a bit too generous, but I know the limitations you face with small fontstructions. The K and X are too similar. Full extended set with some really nice pieces (eg.: dagger). Congratulations. 10/10

cayo
cayo Tue, 5th January, 2010

Thanks for pointing it out, Frodo.
I was so busy with other details that I forgot to worry about the X.
I see what I can do to solve the issue.

PS I just made a minor change to accentuate the Xs waist. Not perfect, but better.

afrojet
afrojet Wed, 6th January, 2010

Great flickr set. Thanks for showing your inspiration. I think you've captured the spirit of the hand lettering marvelously.

intaglio
intaglio Wed, 6th January, 2010

wow. like.

chr.s
chr.s Wed, 6th January, 2010

Very cute curves...
...which sounds like such a wrong way to describe a font.

p2pnut
p2pnut Wed, 6th January, 2010

A great set, based on an interesting inspiration. 10/10

funk_king
funk_king Wed, 6th January, 2010

very flavorful :)

cayo
cayo Wed, 6th January, 2010

These are indeed the best rewards one can receive: Nice comments from my fellow FSors.
Thanks, guys!

geneus1
geneus1 Thu, 7th January, 2010

Very clean handwritten style. I think it adds a lot of depth when you include cultural relativity with a creative work. Thanks for sharing your culture as well as your font. Greetings to you in Peru, cayo!

cayo
cayo Thu, 7th January, 2010

Thank you, Gene. It´s quite ironic when one is a sans serif grotesque kind of guy; Boy, I loved my childhood exchange programm to the Bundesrepublik where helvetica rules the transport system, but here I'm exposed to this. So I think I have grown it in me to start liking it. :)

BTW I just remapped everything to match a better tracking, but still some glyph pairing might require individual kerning.

shasta
shasta Thu, 7th January, 2010

Maravilloso! It's quite hard to bring something new on such a small grid, but you did it... And almost none of the 198 (respect!) characters looks like it was just "the only possible solution to complete the set".

Awesome flickr set, too. I'm about to make a similar collection of Berlin U-Bahn station shields. Might also serve as inspiration. :)

afrojet
afrojet Fri, 8th January, 2010

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

zen_killa
zen_killa Fri, 8th January, 2010

really like your typeface and your inspiration set gives inspiration !
i really like it to !

cayo
cayo Sat, 9th January, 2010

@shasta muchas gracias!
"Almost none" :D
And I can't wait to see that flickr set you have on the works to keep the inspiration sources comming!

@afrojet así que sudando la camiseta, ¿no?
Thanks for the pink dot. I hope you did not get biased on my tweeter extorsions & on behalf of our friendship I'm going to delete all those pictures involving you and the midget bearded lobster lady in the amsterdam red light district :) nah!

@zen_killa they are so many styles. Maybe one of them gets your creative juices flowing. Enjoy!

GTRayz
GTRayz Sat, 9th January, 2010

1 Word.... AWESOME

Sniper09Omega
Sniper09Omega Mon, 15th February, 2010

Beautiful font! This was the only one that poped out on the page.

Levn27
Levn27 Sat, 18th September, 2010

YC Levn

Levn27
Levn27 Sat, 18th September, 2010

YC Levn