Steeplechase |
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by afrojet
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The inspiration for this font came from these panels at the playground I take my kid to.
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Really nicely done, afrojet. I especially enjoy seeing your inspiration. It's the ideal format for a FontStruction.
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Isn't it though. Being under the spell of Fonstruct makes you see the world a bit differently sometimes. When I looked at that playground panel, I immediately saw the word 'zis'. Which isn't really a word but a beginning. I snapped it on my camera phone. Went home and drew the panel's cutouts verbatim using Fontstruct - things quite naturally fell into place after that.
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Jazzy sweet! Each new creation of yours is distinctively on purpose and on point. I can almost hear the music in the background from the sample image.
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Wow, Saul Bellow.
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I always get my basses and bellows mixed up. Oh well.
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The sample image is just great! It shows very well how much expressiveness the font has.
And thanks for sharing the inspiration as well!
@intaglio: I got whom you were referring to, even without noting the mistake at all. :)
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brilliant sighting!
very sweet and cheesy execution!
simply great!
good decision to set the heigth of the cabs that way. tight!
i peed myself!
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As subtle as your inspiration is; as cool as the resulting font is; it is, without a doubt, your ability as a designer that surpasses them both. Good font, excellent execution...as usual! You are quickly becoming one of my design heroes. Any chance to see some of your other work...somewhere?
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Thanks folks for the encouraging words.
@Kix: You really need to see a doctor about your bladders explosive predilection for fonts.
@Intaglio: I tried to incorporate some of Saul Bellow's Trotskyist leanings into Steeplechase. So you're perception is correct no matter what Saul you lead with.
@Thalamic: I'm blushing! Stop...No go on...No stop, really. Sadly, I'm about as bad a case of 'the cobblers children have no shoes' as there can be. But if I ever get around to putting an online portfolio together I'll let you know.
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Wow! excellent work...I can really hear the rythm over this sincopated jazzy font...
Cool
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The new sample preview highlights how awesome some fonts really are. For instance, this one.
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This is one of the nicest fonts I've ever seen, very, very, very, very, very, very nice!
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Looks like they used your idea and then tweaked it. Or mayhaps, you did it for them?
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Ha. Nope. I got nothing to do with that. It looks like a real typeface to me.
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