Tobias Sommer (shasta): FontStructions

Disparador Stencil

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Stencil version of Disparador... Thanks for the idea, Gustavo!

Defrostletter

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Just stumbled upon this in my unpublished fonts collection. Don't know why I never published it, I think it's relatively complete and probably a worthy variation of the original Frostletter. Have fun!

Apodosa

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Hey FontStruct! Long time no see! :)

This is what one would unfortunately have to call a lukewarm comeback. It's been almost 2 years since my last release, and what I come back with is a not overly creative design with an uncomplete character set and an unsatisfying name. But this has been collecting dust for too long in my unreleased fonts collection, and I sort of like the uppercase... So I thought maybe someone else does, too.

Western european diacritics and more punctuation marks will hopefully come soon, so don't download yet.

Cheers!

Punched Out

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Well, apparently everybody here likes building letters... And I'm sure everybody got told at least once to finally shut down that damn computer while fontstructing. Here's how you can go on tinkering fonts even with the computer unplugged!;)

I had carried this idea around with me a long time ago, doing some sketches, but abandoning it cause I thought all the thin and dotted lines would go beyond fontstruct's possibilities. Until funk_king proved me wrong... Thanks for the re-inspiration!

I think this is pretty self-explaining. Cut along the solid lines, fold along the dotted lines and put some glue on the shaded parts, put it all together, and there you go with your new toys!

Unfortunately it was impossible to fill all the inner sides of all the counters, but I tried to leave them open where you'd see it least. There might also be some bugs, I haven't tried them out yet. Pure brainwork so far... (My brain's still in the freezer to cool down a bit) In case someone ever actually uses them and finds something wrong, please let me know!
Hope you like it!:)

Check out the fill font if you wanna print your own custom-made design on the letters!

High Voltage

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Another script experiment, again with a pinch of blackletter, but also with a solid lacing of rock'n'roll... For the fun/easiness of it, this was done with pre-2.0-features only. Funny how this already gives is an old-school feel. :)

A lot of refinement is still to be done... Suggestions are, as always, welcome!

And I will probably add some more latin characters soon...

For some more samples, check my blog!

Scrambled Script

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Little experiment of mine, trying to design a script font that really connects all the letters. As you might guess from the quality of the uppercase, I started with lowercase and had quite some trouble finishing the uppercase... And I know there are (obviously) always the connection strokes peaking out at the end any word, but funnily this imperfect look has started to grow on me during the fontstructing.

I also know there are still lots and lots of inconsistencies and letters that badly need a rework, but I thought the constructive criticism of my fellow fonstructors might be more helpful and efficient at improving this... So I'm grateful for any suggestions!:)

Oh, and yes: The kerning is very painful at times, but I can't see how I can improve that under the constraints of the script and the character forms. And obviously the script thing doesn't work with uppercase only text.

Frostletter

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

This is my first humble attempt at something blackletterish. It's the third clone of the initial starting point which was based on another blackletter attempt I did some time ago... Seems like I'm not much of a blackletter natural.:) I'm not completely happy with this one neither, but just pumping it out because i don't currently find any motivation or creativity to improve it.

Any suggestions for improvement are welcome! Especially for the T, that one gives me the creeps... And yes, I know kerning can get quite messy and is best done by hand.

More and/or higher resolution samples on my blog!

Circle Cult

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Thought I might just also join the party of 2.0 curves. This is based on an attempt to come as close as possible to a perfect circle, trying to beat Gene in the competition for the most accurate circle before he pumps out another of his miracles...;) The "o" of this font is in that respect my entry to the competition. Just made it into a whole lowercase set for fun...

I suggest everyone who has his own circle for the competition somewhere in a font, tags it with "circle competition". Absolute accuracy shouldn't be the only criteria; if you manage to get an accurate circle on a small grid size, it should be rewarded as well. Mine has a 20 pixel stroke width and a 116 diameter, so I'm sure smaller solutions are also possible.

Due to its pretty large grid size this is getting dangerously close to the limits of the preview widget, so be patient when previewing it.

By the way: djnippa's swiss army knife of composite bricks came in very handy here. Thanks!

Punchline Filled

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

If Punchline doesn't look heavy enough to you, try his brother: This guy has filled counters for real heavy duty tasks.

Punchline

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Ultra heavy slab serif uppercase only face, subtly celebrating the 4x1 diagonals of fontstruct 2.0... I hope some people will find more stylish uses for this than on college shirts/jumpers. It actually wasn't intended to have that standard college slab serif look, and I desperately believe that there's still a nuance of difference, but that might be an illusion.

I btw just copied the uppercase letters on lowercase slots to make it more convenient. So don't be too impressed by the character count.;)

Pixel Pandemonium

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

This technique certainly has the potential for more than this, but right now I don't have the time for experimenting a lot. But how about using it for a handwriting-on-rough-paper font?

And yep, I'll do a more complete character set soon...

Tradita

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

This feels very bad; it's the first time I'm betraying my oath never to use the grid to feign bezier curves, and one of the few times I betray my principle only to publish complete character sets. At least there is a chance to make amends on the second treason, but this font still deserves it's name: Tradita. (Italian for betrayed)

Alternative a and z on the lowercase. I'll probably add more characters soon enough, but it's unlikely to get an uppercase set.

Nicotiana

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Feels like years since I've shared my last fontstructions...
This one's been lying around in the private box for quite a while because I didn't find the inner peace to do an extended character set. Originally I just trying to get an acceptable A using a 2x1 filter setting, but somehow it grew to a whole typeface. (That makes any word written in capital letters look like a tobacco brand, hence the name...)

Sample coming after a few hours of sleep!

(My favourite letter is by the way the ß... Inspired by Berlin street signs.)

Exempla Slab Medium

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

slab serif version of Exempla Sans Strict... Not so sure about the the capital A yet, any suggestions are welcome! Hope you like it!

Exempla Sans Medium

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

clean sans serif typeface with technical look, built with high readability and wide usability in mind... so not a really creative font, but i somehow like it anyway.:P Update: extended latin A is complete now... Take a look at the stencil version and the slab serif version (my current favorite) as well!

Exempla Slab Ultra Light

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Meet the Exempla family's youngest daughter: Exempla Slab Ultra Light. Nice for clean geometric designs, and as always with complete Basic Latin, More Latin and Extended Latin A sets. (Though I must admit I've started to regret the huge amount of characters I have to do for each new addition. I'm sure the family would be growing quite a bit faster with a reduced character set. Well... sometimes perfectionism comes at high a price.)

Hope you like it, feedback is as always very welcome!

Fat&Lazy

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Look at this lazy bastard... Has been lying around in my backyard for 1 1/2 years now without doing anything. No wonder it has ended up this fat.

Exempla Sans Ultra Light

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

The ultra light sister of Exempla Sans Medium... Sharp eyes will see that it's not the exact sister yet; I modified some details here that I didn't like and will also modifiy them in Exempla Sans Medium soon to make the family genetically homogeneous.

Hope you like it... Definitely one of my most useful fontstructions. And I got dangerously close to the brink of madness when I had to do every circumflex and every caron of the extended latin set with brickstacking... ;)

Cupra

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Update: I've remodelled this one completely on a 1x1 filter, with some minor changes on basic latin, redesigned diacritics and extended character set for most roman languages.

Escheresk

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

I intended to make some sort of an M.C.Escher tribute here. I'm sorry this isn't very complete and far from being perfectly well done, but it somewhat started to make me feel dizzy...;) And even though I'm not very convinced by this, I don't think I'd come up with a way better execution soon.

I hope for Mr Escher that there are better tribute fonts for him out there! He'd definitely deserve it...

It was by the way funk_king's Impossible Alphabet that reminded me of this unfinished thing laying around in my messy unpublished fontstructions box, and made me take it out and finish it. (If you can call 42 characters "finished".)

Also check out Frodo7's Hommage à Escher, geneus1's IsoMatrix 3D, and funk_king's Soma for some other great Escher-esque fontcrafting!