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RM Almanack old

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by p2pnut
cloned from RM Almanack FS 1.0 by p2pnut


Details

Description:
Alternate Ligatures: (worth copying) ¬ = ct ` = st ~ = f (s) ^ = ft (st) # = fh (sh) AE, ae, fi, fl, f (s) and the long s are in their places within the More and Extended Latin sets (thanks to riccard0 for his advice on the last two).
Stats:
128 characters, 63 downloads
Created:
Mon, 8th February, 4:09 PM 2010
Last Edit:
Tue, 16th February, 4:17 PM 2010
Permalink:
http://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/288165
Tags:
Serif, Antique, Old Face, Caslon, C18th, Old, Degraded, Worn, P2pnut
Categories:
Serif, Display
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Discussion

p2pnut
p2pnut Tue, 16th February, 2010

The 'wear and tear' on this font is designed to represent the pitting that occured, through exposure to the sea air, when Caslon's early fonts were sent to America.

This resulted in the somewhat patchy appearance of many early American documents.

p2pnut
p2pnut Tue, 16th February, 2010

Frodo7
Frodo7 Tue, 16th February, 2010

Wow! I've never thought it was possible to make such font on FS. I can't find adjectives, I'm totally overwhelmed. Perfect demo pic. 10/10

funk_king
funk_king Tue, 16th February, 2010

the distressed/weathered look you have achieved is quite random and very unique, and an amazing technical milestone. while interesting at smaller sizes, its true beauty really shines when viewed larger. and your patience is on display as this looks like a rather painstaking process and at a 1:1 filter setting and a somewhat large grid size. this work can truly be compared to the craftsmanship of what typography entailed before the digital age. kudos.

ssaamm
ssaamm Tue, 16th February, 2010

Seamless, just seamless.
I thought that your typewriter old was awesome, but _this_, this is AWESOME.
I didn't think that a font could get this perfect. Seriously.

afrojet
afrojet Mon, 22nd February, 2010

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

p2pnut
p2pnut Mon, 22nd February, 2010

Thank you aj :) I'm rather pleased with this one.

igorrossi
igorrossi Mon, 22nd February, 2010

Truly magnificent. How long did you work on this font?

p2pnut
p2pnut Tue, 23rd February, 2010

Cheers all.

@igorrossi: Ithink it took 3 or 4 days (on and off) to distress it.

intaglio
intaglio Fri, 26th February, 2010

Utterly fab.

aphoria
aphoria Fri, 26th February, 2010

I missed this earlier...very cool.

p2pnut
p2pnut Fri, 26th February, 2010

Ta very much guys :)

xenophilius
xenophilius Sat, 14th May, 2011

WOOW