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steep

 by saberrider
 
steep
  • Currently 8.03291
8.0Balanced%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22weighted_value%22%3E8.0%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EAverage%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22rating_value%22%3E8.7%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EClick%20for%20more%20information%20about%20this%20rating. 9 votes
Last edit: 19.06.2009
Category: -
16 downloads16%20downloads165 comments5%20comments531 glyphs31%20glyphs31A favorite of 1 userA%20favorite%20of%201%20user1introducing a new brick scale system:h 2.0v 1.11this allows smooth gradiation from roundings to diagonalsi know the z might look strange on first look but a straight line would break the conceptintroducing%20a%20new%20brick%20scale%20system%3A%3Cbr%3Eh%202.0%3Cbr%3Ev%201.11%3Cbr%3E%3Cbr%3Ethis%20allows%20smooth%20gradiation%20from%20roundings%20to%20diagonals%3Cbr%3E%3Cbr%3Ei%20know%20the%20z%20might%20look%20strange%20on%20first%20look%20but%20a%20straight%20line%20would%20break%20the%20concept

Slink

 by geneus1
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Slink
  • Currently 7.71894
7.7Balanced%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22weighted_value%22%3E7.7%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EAverage%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22rating_value%22%3E8.0%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EClick%20for%20more%20information%20about%20this%20rating. 16 votes
Last edit: 30.06.2009
Category: Display
65 downloads65%20downloads6510 comments10%20comments1042 glyphs42%20glyphs42A favorite of 12 usersA%20favorite%20of%2012%20users12A tribute to Josef Albers: inadvertently inspired by saberrider and afrojet. 

This font totally happened by accident. Recently, saberrider created steep, which uses a 2.0 x 1.11 filter setting to smoothly blend the quarter-circle bricks into the triangles. After saberrider created his experimental variable scale fontstruction, it lead me to revisit an abandoned work I did from last year that was done in a similar scale. After getting over the initial disgust of looking at the dismal failure, I started tweaking. Then I decided to tweak the letters instead. It became apparent that I could create a stencil type font that also looked like Josef Alber's font. Coincidentally, Saberrider also has a variation with fontstract,
and of course, that Stewf guy has his own family of Leaflets. ;-) Afrojet's sessions came into play in creating some of the letter forms, especially the numerals. The final filter setting became 1.638 x 1.08, which created a nice fusion of the curved and triangular bricks, but was also naturally inclined to necessitate the vertical divide on each glyph. The rest flowed rather easily from there. Here's to more happy accidents. =)

The sample is also a tribute to Alber's color theory, showing the names in identical colors, which, when juxtaposed over contrasting colors tricks the eye into thinking the bottom name is darker than the top.

The following Josef Albers quote can relate to all things creative, like fontstructing, not just color: 

"It should be clear by now that our way of studying color does not start with the past - neither with works of the past nor with its theories.

As we begin principally with the material, color itself, and its action and interaction as registered in our minds, we practice first and mainly a study of ourselves.

Thus, we replace looking backward by looking first at ourselves and our surroundings, and replace retrospection with introspection."

- Josef Albers
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Capitalia

 by shasta
This FontStruction was selected by FontStruct staff.This%20FontStruction%20was%20selected%20by%20FontStruct%20staff.  
Capitalia
  • Currently 7.53502
7.5Balanced%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22weighted_value%22%3E7.5%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EAverage%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22rating_value%22%3E8.0%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EClick%20for%20more%20information%20about%20this%20rating. 8 votes
Last edit: 08.08.2009
Category: Sans Serif
34 downloads34%20downloads3411 comments11%20comments11196 glyphs196%20glyphs196A favorite of 3 usersA%20favorite%20of%203%20users3This is the result of my frustration of never getting capital A's with diagonals steep enough to go all the way down without getting way too wide: A tall font with 2x1 grid stretch, with - guess what - a capital A whose diagonals aren't steep enough to go all the way down without being too wide... Well, whatever! :P

Maybe somebody likes it anyway!


Alternate ampersand on 1/4.This%20is%20the%20result%20of%20my%20frustration%20of%20never%20getting%20capital%20A%27s%20with%20diagonals%20steep%20enough%20to%20go%20all%20the%20way%20down%20without%20getting%20way%20too%20wide%3A%20A%20tall%20font%20with%202x1%20grid%20stretch%2C%20with%20-%20guess%20what%20-%20a%20capital%20A%20whose%20diagonals%20aren%27t%20steep%20enough%20to%20go%20all%20the%20way%20down%20without%20being%20too%20wide...%20Well%2C%20whatever%21%20%3AP%0D%0A%3Cbr%3E%0D%0AMaybe%20somebody%20likes%20it%20anyway%21%0D%0A%3Cbr%3E%0D%0A%3Cbr%3E%0D%0AAlternate%20ampersand%20on%201%2F4.

Geronimo

 by dwhite
This FontStruction was selected by FontStruct staff.This%20FontStruction%20was%20selected%20by%20FontStruct%20staff.  
Geronimo
  • Currently 7.39188
7.4Balanced%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22weighted_value%22%3E7.4%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EAverage%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22rating_value%22%3E7.7%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EClick%20for%20more%20information%20about%20this%20rating. 10 votes
Last edit: 29.11.2011
Category: Display, Pixel Optimized, Slab Serif
34 downloads34%20downloads344 comments4%20comments4188 glyphs188%20glyphs188A favorite of 11 usersA%20favorite%20of%2011%20users11A badass slab serif reminiscent of the West, 60's rock posters, and the digital world. A%20badass%20slab%20serif%20reminiscent%20of%20the%20West%2C%2060%27s%20rock%20posters%2C%20and%20the%20digital%20world.%20

Steep

 by CMunk
This FontStruction was selected by FontStruct staff.This%20FontStruction%20was%20selected%20by%20FontStruct%20staff.  
Steep
  • Currently 6.47572
6.5Balanced%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22weighted_value%22%3E6.5%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EAverage%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22rating_value%22%3E6.3%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EClick%20for%20more%20information%20about%20this%20rating. 3 votes
9 downloads9%20downloads93 comments3%20comments3393 glyphs393%20glyphs393A favorite of 1 userA%20favorite%20of%201%20user1I'm just playing around with some diagonals and monospace, and it ended up as this strong and legible typeface.I%27m%20just%20playing%20around%20with%20some%20diagonals%20and%20monospace%2C%20and%20it%20ended%20up%20as%20this%20strong%20and%20legible%20typeface.

Rama Slab E Regular OT

by Flat-it Type FoundryFontShop.com
Rama Slab E Regular OT
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