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Freestyle

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by Magic Sam


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Description:
Freestyle is not a usual font, as you see. The concept was inspired by the "How very Tokyo"-poster by Spin (I posted it in the comments). I liked the idea of cutting every letter into pieces so it looks artistic but is still readable. Freestyle consists of three parts: the whole letter at the top and in the middle/at the bottom there are parts of it, cut vertically. Upper- and Lowercase are different. Under construction, more glyphs to come. This can be used e.g. for posters or magazine layouts. What do you think about this experiment? < = alt.I > = alt.I * = alt.space # = alt.space
Stats:
91 characters, 23 downloads
Created:
Sat, 8th August, 4:30 PM 2009
Last Edit:
Sun, 13th September, 2:54 PM 2009
Permalink:
http://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/211070
Tags:
Magicsam, Free, Freestyle, Artistic, Art, Cut, Parts, New, Concept, Magic, Sam
Categories:
Sans Serif, Display
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Discussion

Magic Sam
Magic Sam Tue, 11th August, 2009

The inspiration: "How very Tokyo" by Spin.

The inspiration: "How very Tokyo" by Spin.
Magic Sam
Magic Sam Thu, 13th August, 2009

That´s how it goes:

That´s how it goes:
funk_king
funk_king Thu, 13th August, 2009

wow guy. very innovative and eye-catching. i like how the glyphs appear to deconstruct. a very engaging font :)

shasta
shasta Thu, 13th August, 2009

Cool... Would definitely make a very nice poster! I know the bauhaus-ish style is intended here, but maybe I'd still try to make K and R with complete diagonals, not just a cut out block. Or then just fill the counters anyway? (Same for U.) That wouldn't hurt the deconstruction concept, but maybe please the eye a bit more...:)
This btw reminds me of a typo experiment I did back at university:

Cool... Would definitely make a very nice poster! I know the bauhaus-ish style is intended here, but maybe I'd still try to make K and R with complete diagonals, not just a cut out block. Or then just fill the counters anyway? (Same for U.) That wouldn't hurt the deconstruction concept, but maybe please the eye a bit more...:) <br/>This btw reminds me of a typo experiment I did back at university:
jinx
jinx Thu, 13th August, 2009

cool. in a weird way.

Magic Sam
Magic Sam Thu, 13th August, 2009

Thanks guys! When I started creating this I didn´t know if it would work out, but it seems to function...
@Shasta: Yeah, I know that K and R are not perfect. I will try out a few alternate solutions later.
Nice typo experiment btw :-)

p2pnut
p2pnut Thu, 13th August, 2009

Very interesting and innovative. In the sample the words cut through the 'noise'

Magic Sam
Magic Sam Thu, 13th August, 2009

K&R vote: Which one do you like? I think I´ll take 2 or 3...

K&R vote: Which one do you like? I think I´ll take 2 or 3...
jffry101
jffry101 Thu, 13th August, 2009

i'll take 3, i dont like 1, 2 and 4 :)

cayo
cayo Thu, 13th August, 2009

this is great, Sam!
I'm a fan of the tokio poster myself, and this fontstruction would make ReadyMade posters anytime.
K&R vote: 3

p2pnut
p2pnut Thu, 13th August, 2009

I'd go with 3 as well.

Magic Sam
Magic Sam Thu, 13th August, 2009

Yep, you´re right, as always:-)
Here´s another sample (featuring the new K&R):

Yep, you´re right, as always:-) <br/>Here´s another sample (featuring the new K&R):
cayo
cayo Thu, 13th August, 2009

great sample & awesome quote!

cayo
cayo Fri, 14th August, 2009

Yesterday i used that quote as my FB status & it seems to have touched a lot of hearts. so in order to reveal my sources i'm going to screenshot your sample & credit you.
Hope you don´t mind me taking such liberties.

gferreira_admin
gferreira_admin Mon, 17th August, 2009

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