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Threethree ID

 by david t
 
Threethree ID
  • Currently 8.05387
8.1Balanced%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22weighted_value%22%3E8.1%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EAverage%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22rating_value%22%3E9.5%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EClick%20for%20more%20information%20about%20this%20rating. 4 votes
Last edit: 24.01.2010
Category: -
5 downloads5%20downloads52 comments2%20comments2136 glyphs136%20glyphs136A favorite of 1 userA%20favorite%20of%201%20user1Robert Bringhurst, in his "Elements of Typographic Style", says that "type is idealized writing".  With this in mind, i set out to create a font based on my own handwriting, except "idealized", in other words normalized it so that it becomes usable as type (within the contraints of the FS engine of course, making for a somewhat blocky font).  This taught me a few interesting things about how apparently similar letters (b/d, p/q, etc.) are actually "drawn" very differently on paper, & for this reason should probably be designed differently when turned into actual type.  So I don't know if this font is really usable -- for me it was more of an exercise but I'm happy with the result so far, so there it is.Robert%20Bringhurst%2C%20in%20his%20%22Elements%20of%20Typographic%20Style%22%2C%20says%20that%20%22type%20is%20idealized%20writing%22.%20%20With%20this%20in%20mind%2C%20i%20set%20out%20to%20create%20a%20font%20based%20on%20my%20own%20handwriting%2C%20except%20%22idealized%22%2C%20in%20other%20words%20normalized%20it%20so%20that%20it%20becomes%20usable%20as%20type%20%28within%20the%20contraints%20of%20the%20FS%20engine%20of%20course%2C%20making%20for%20a%20somewhat%20blocky%20font%29.%20%20This%20taught%20me%20a%20few%20interesting%20things%20about%20how%20apparently%20similar%20letters%20%28b%2Fd%2C%20p%2Fq%2C%20etc.%29%20are%20actually%20%22drawn%22%20very%20differently%20on%20paper%2C%20%26%20for%20this%20reason%20should%20probably%20be%20designed%20differently%20when%20turned%20into%20actual%20type.%20%20So%20I%20don%27t%20know%20if%20this%20font%20is%20really%20usable%20--%20for%20me%20it%20was%20more%20of%20an%20exercise%20but%20I%27m%20happy%20with%20the%20result%20so%20far%2C%20so%20there%20it%20is.

linja

 by id-demarco
 
linja
  • Currently 7.05671
7.1Balanced%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22weighted_value%22%3E7.1%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EAverage%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22rating_value%22%3E9.0%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EClick%20for%20more%20information%20about%20this%20rating. 1 vote
Last edit: 15.12.2011
Category: -
5 downloads5%20downloads53 comments3%20comments327 glyphs27%20glyphs27

Classic Max Miedinger

 by anassousa
 
Classic Max Miedinger
  • Currently 7.62391
7.6Balanced%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22weighted_value%22%3E7.6%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EAverage%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22rating_value%22%3E9.0%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EClick%20for%20more%20information%20about%20this%20rating. 3 votes
Last edit: 06.06.2010
Tags: -
Category: -
17 downloads17%20downloads178 comments8%20comments8181 glyphs181%20glyphs181A favorite of 1 userA%20favorite%20of%201%20user1




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Foldstruct

 by emepar7
This FontStruction was selected by FontStruct staff.This%20FontStruction%20was%20selected%20by%20FontStruct%20staff.  
Foldstruct
  • Currently 8.8794
8.9Balanced%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22weighted_value%22%3E8.9%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EAverage%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22rating_value%22%3E9.0%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EClick%20for%20more%20information%20about%20this%20rating. 122 votes
Last edit: 29.06.2009
Tags: Line, 3d, Paper
Category: Display
1259 downloads1259%20downloads125917 comments17%20comments1740 glyphs40%20glyphs40A favorite of 262 usersA%20favorite%20of%20262%20users262Inspired by "Inbetween"
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Sans Serious I

 by afrojet
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Sans Serious I
  • Currently 8.28239
8.3Balanced%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22weighted_value%22%3E8.3%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. 16 votes
47 downloads47%20downloads4711 comments11%20comments1162 glyphs62%20glyphs62A favorite of 25 usersA%20favorite%20of%2025%20users25The ‘Sans Serious’ Series is a group of tribute typefaces meant to honor Dutch designer and typographer Jurriaan Schrofer.

Along with Wim Crouwel and Josef Albers, Jurrian Schrofer (1926 - 1990) was among the Bauhaus pioneers of grid-based modular typography and design. 

Schrofer's work experimented with type, light, and color and focused on mathematical shapes and pattern.

From the book ‘Dutch Type’ by Jan Middendorp:

“Schrofer made several attempts to create complete typefaces - one of which was wittily called Sans serious - but this was never his goal. ‘Is it necessary’, he wrote, ‘to make complete alphabets with upper- and lowercase, figures, diacritics and seriously adorned with a name, when the aim is merely a formal investigation into basic recipes’ Schrofer's domain was never the design of typographic alphabets, to be used by other designers, but always the creation of letterforms ‘made to measure’ as part of his own designs of - mainly - book covers and postage stamps. He created a rectangular alphabet as the basic element of his ever-changing covers - each based of the same grid but colored differently - for a series of scientific books, ‘Les textes sociologiques’ from Mouton Publishers. He made sophisticated pixel-based letters, all drawn by hand, and experimented with photographic screens as a means of distinguishing simplified letterforms from the background. He created logotypes built from custom-made letterforms, based on rectangular grids.”

“In his booklet ‘Letters op maat’ (‘Type made to measure’, 1987), Schrofer presented many of his experimental alphabets from the 1960s and '70s. The booklet was part of a series of goodwill publications edited by Wim Crouwel for Lecturis Printers, Eindhoven.”

Read more from ‘Dutch Type’.

Image from Letters op matt.

More images of Jurriaan Schrofer's work on Flickr:

Schrofer in Total Design book.

Cover for European Journal of Social Psycology

Museumjournaal, design Jurriaan Schrofer

Die Internationale Avant-Garde

Jurriaan Schrofer - Fodor catalog

Note: for all fonts in the ‘Sans Serious’ Series, the alphabet is the same for upper and 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Imprinted

 by emepar7
This FontStruction was selected by FontStruct staff.This%20FontStruction%20was%20selected%20by%20FontStruct%20staff.  
Imprinted
  • Currently 7.55656
7.6Balanced%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22weighted_value%22%3E7.6%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EAverage%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22rating_value%22%3E7.8%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EClick%20for%20more%20information%20about%20this%20rating. 20 votes
Last edit: 23.06.2009
Category: Display
209 downloads209%20downloads2094 comments4%20comments4101 glyphs101%20glyphs101A favorite of 15 usersA%20favorite%20of%2015%20users15Some alternates in the caps. Mainly more space on the right to prevent some letters from crashing into punctuation like in the sample above :) Can also be used at the end of words or just to mix it up.
Based the g and y off of Basic Light ltdSome%20alternates%20in%20the%20caps.%20Mainly%20more%20space%20on%20the%20right%20to%20prevent%20some%20letters%20from%20crashing%20into%20punctuation%20like%20in%20the%20sample%20above%20%3A%29%20Can%20also%20be%20used%20at%20the%20end%20of%20words%20or%20just%20to%20mix%20it%20up.%3Cbr%3E%3Cbr%3E%0D%0ABased%20the%20g%20and%20y%20off%20of%20%3Ca%20href%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gestalten.com%2Ffonts%2Ffreefonts%2Fdetails.html%3Fid%3D18%22%20target%3D%22blank%22%3EBasic%20Light%20ltd%3C%2Fa%3E

GENAROTYPE1

 by tpd
 
GENAROTYPE1
  • Currently 6.19613
6.2Balanced%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22weighted_value%22%3E6.2%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EAverage%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22rating_value%22%3E5.5%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EClick%20for%20more%20information%20about%20this%20rating. 2 votes
Last edit: 01.12.2010
Tags: -
Category: -
47 downloads47%20downloads47341 glyphs341%20glyphs341A favorite of 2 usersA%20favorite%20of%202%20users2http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=21648&id=121521884573401http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Falbum.php%3Faid%3D21648%26id%3D121521884573401

carmack

 by saberrider
 
carmack
  • Currently 5.551
5.6Balanced%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22weighted_value%22%3E5.6%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EAverage%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22rating_value%22%3E5.0%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EClick%20for%20more%20information%20about%20this%20rating. 7 votes
Last edit: 26.09.2008
Category: -
17 downloads17%20downloads173 comments3%20comments352 glyphs52%20glyphs52A favorite of 1 userA%20favorite%20of%201%20user1this is a recreation of a font that is used on the book cover of "masters of doom" (see comments) which tells the story of video game producers id software and their head john carmack. hence the name.

I also want to thank all of those who supported me lately while I had   some problems with my motivation. Your words helped me a lot.this%20is%20a%20recreation%20of%20a%20font%20that%20is%20used%20on%20the%20book%20cover%20of%20%22masters%20of%20doom%22%20%28see%20comments%29%20which%20tells%20the%20story%20of%20video%20game%20producers%20id%20software%20and%20their%20head%20john%20carmack.%20hence%20the%20name.%0D%0A%0D%0AI%20also%20want%20to%20thank%20all%20of%20those%20who%20supported%20me%20lately%20while%20I%20had%20%20%20some%20problems%20with%20my%20motivation.%20Your%20words%20helped%20me%20a%20lot.

Slipgate Complex

 by Teratoma
 
Slipgate Complex
  • Currently 5.61358
5.6Balanced%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22weighted_value%22%3E5.6%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EAverage%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22rating_value%22%3E2.0%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EClick%20for%20more%20information%20about%20this%20rating. 1 vote
Last edit: 21.11.2010
Category: -
4 downloads4%20downloads41 comments1%20comments198 glyphs98%20glyphs98Based on ID Software's Quake character set.Based%20on%20ID%20Software%27s%20Quake%20character%20set.

biatch

 by dnaberlin
 
biatch
  • Currently 5.61406
5.6Balanced%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22weighted_value%22%3E5.6%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EAverage%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22rating_value%22%3E2.0%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EClick%20for%20more%20information%20about%20this%20rating. 1 vote
Last edit: 20.03.2010
Category: -
2 downloads2%20downloads283 glyphs83%20glyphs83bored, so i thaught id make a new one!bored%2C%20so%20i%20thaught%20id%20make%20a%20new%20one%21

Kryptoid Hex Style A OT

by PsyOps Type FoundryFontShop.com
Kryptoid Hex Style A OT
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