Favorite FontStructions from mitterly (Sorted by Sharing Date)

“FS Histamic” by kix

Tue, 09 Jul 2013 22:33:39 +0000

Hey Ladies! I started this in march this year. I was just stoked about some work of thalamic (i don`t know which font it was, tho), so i began fontstructing this about half the height, i think. While doing that i stumbled upon old stuff like posters from the early 30ies. Somehow all this mixed up in my mind, just to explain why it`s called histamic. Apparently in progress, like always! Come on, it`s free :)

“Final Sharp.” by _BLK

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 19:24:56 +0000

My Final 'Sharp' Fontstruct that I created for my University project in Graphic Design. I thought for a long time what to do with the font and decided to try make it quite clean but different at the same time. My main focus on this Font was to make sure it was clean enough to read without any difficulties. That i think i've achieved.

“Abduco” by Jordan Pledge (PledgeDuster)

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 20:26:12 +0000

My first typeface design, created as part of my Foundation Diploma at UCA Canterbury. This is an experimental typeface following the general theme of detachment. Abduco was inspired by a one-day modular type workshop which I later adapted into a full set of characters. If you have any suggestions for improvements please leave a comment!

“NUFORM” by Sam45daw

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 00:36:41 +0000

“RMWL Uncialic” by p2pnut

Mon, 04 Jul 2011 11:41:53 +0000

A work in progress

“Drop Font ” by Micael Marques (kkwx37)

Sun, 19 Dec 2010 16:34:11 +0000

that font is ideal to small text and titles

“The New Italic.” by kieranwayne

Wed, 03 Nov 2010 14:51:00 +0000

Inspired by a lack of hard work, sitting down and laying back. Remove yourself from stress and responsibility. Despite the theme this font arrived from investigation into missing letters, bars, stems and other parts. Experiments drawing with the wrong hand, eyes closed and allowing the pen to do its own thing. 'The new italic'. A font for those who generally cant be bothered. First year Graphic Design module for UWE Bristol. Theme = Lazy. First fontstruction [Work in progress]

“nicole” by npasquar

Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:55:50 +0000

“fs hello.” by thalamic

Sun, 21 Dec 2008 20:25:19 +0000

The new spacing controls have added complications in this font. Set tracking to -64 to get the characters to join up.

“FS Scratch me if you can” by kix

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:43:07 +0000

“Scratching” is a form of vandalism apparently derived from sprayed graffiti, in which tags are scratched into windows (usually), mostly of public transportation vehicles and street furniture. This phenomenon has apparently begun in the early 1990s. In Germany, scratching is especially prevalent in Berlin, Munich and the whole Ruhr-Area where literally no public transportation train car is without scratched windows, despite traffic companies spending 12 million € on repairing and exchanging scratched windows in 2005 alone. During the 2006 FIFA World Cup, numerous visitors complained about the scratched windows." -wikipedia haha... crazy

“WPA Gothic” by Stephen Coles (Stewf)

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:39:04 +0000

This font is a free download, but some use is prohibited without contacting me first. Please abide by the readme which is included in the download! Thanks.

The Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) was the largest agency of FDR's "New Deal", employing millions of people. Over 2,000 posters were produced by the W.P.A. to raise awareness and support the arts.

I have a lot of admiration for these posters and a style of sign painters' lettering (sometimes called “gas-pipe”) that was common in the U.S. during the 1930s-'40s. WPA Gothic gets much of its inspiration from this poster in particular. This FontStruction stays true to the sample’s simple letterforms, but the FontStruct grid does present a few limitations. For more refined typefaces in this style check out DDC Hardware, Futura Display, FF Golden Gate Gothic, Refrigerator, and MVB Solano Gothic by some of my favorite type designers, two of which (Parkinson and Van Bronkhorst) are East Bay natives.

WPA Gothic has a few alternate glyphs hanging out in the Extended Latin slots with more to come.

To get a look at the typeface outside the confines of the FontStruct sampler, here's a sample poster.

May 25, 2008: Released a variation with low-waisted "deco" caps.

2019: 10 year anniversary update!
– Loosened the spacing a tad more.
– Added a few punctuation marks, including dashes, bullets, and inverted question/exclamation marks.
– Tightened ‘f’ spacing.
– Lengthened the quotes and apostrophes. They were so wee!
– And I fixed that Å! It’s not pretty, but it’s a ring.