20359811
Published: 28th October, 2008
Last edited: 19th November, 2008
Created: 28th October, 2008
This Fontstruction was produced after plugging in the Atari 2600 the other night and falling in love all over again with the minimalist simplicity of the game Breakout.
A little Jobs/Wozniak drama from the development story of the game Breakout:
"Breakout, a discrete logic (non-microprocessor) game, was conceptualized by Nolan Bushnell and Steve Bristow, after the latter had "rejoined" Atari after the merge of Atari subsidiary Kee Games.
"Al Alcorn was assigned as the project manager, and began development with Cyan Engineering in 1975. The same year, Alcorn assigned Steve Jobs to design a prototype. Jobs was offered USD$750, with an extra $100 each time a chip was eliminated from the prospected design. Jobs promised to complete a prototype within four days. Jobs noticed his friend Steve Wozniak—employee of Hewlett-Packard—was capable of producing designs with a small number of chips, and invited him to work on the hardware design with the prospect of splitting the $750 wage.
"The original deadline was met after Wozniak didn't sleep for four days straight. In the end 50 chips were removed from Jobs' original design. This equated to a $5000 USD bonus, which Jobs kept secret from Wozniak, instead only paying him $375."
3089155346
Published: 29th September, 2008
Last edited: 22nd June, 2009
Created: 3rd August, 2008 The Slurpee Font - Created and fueled by an unhealthy summer obsession with the world's greatest beverage you can drink/eat with a straw. A little interweb research gave some hints at a few more glyphs than the initial six glyphs in the 'Slurpee' logo. In some cases, like with the 'c' glyph, I noticed that it had been drawn differently in different usage. See here and here.
Being that the current Slurpee logo is Unicase, I decided to try and make uppercase and lowercase alternatives that can be mixed and matched for the unicase feel.
See also Chank Diesel's wonderful font Cosmic, which draws from the old school Slurpee branding.
P.S. The Monster Black Ice flavor that came out this summer was ridiculously awesome.
486737
Published: 23rd September, 2008
Last edited: 7th February, 2009
Created: 23rd September, 2008
Lithe is my attempt to build something modular with a hint of flair.
222101618
Published: 16th September, 2008
Last edited: 16th December, 2008
Created: 14th September, 2008
The Chesterfield Royal Family was formed from my desire to add new weights to the original Chesterfield typeface. In the process of drawing these new weights, I began modifying some of the forms of the new glyphs away from the original Chesterfield glyphs in order to build a more flexible brick/grid structure for the development of various weights. The most noticeable difference between these three new faces and the original is the lowered x-height. That said, there are still some compromises between the different weights and because of that I've given them these royalty names instead of the normal practice of light, regular, and bold weight names. One of the biggest compromises occurs in the Prince weight, where I was unable to add the notch where bowls and shoulders meet stems (see King and Queen weights) without adding too much extra black weight to those parts of the glyph.
A work in progress for sure. Any help/thoughts/repulsions/bile appreciated.
16119814
Published: 16th September, 2008
Last edited: 3rd November, 2008
Created: 14th September, 2008
The Chesterfield Royal Family was formed from my desire to add new weights to the original Chesterfield typeface. In the process of drawing these new weights, I began modifying some of the forms of the new glyphs away from the original Chesterfield glyphs in order to build a more flexible brick/grid structure for the development of various weights. The most noticeable difference between these three new faces and the original is the lowered x-height. That said, there are still some compromises between the different weights and because of that I've given them these royalty names instead of the normal practice of light, regular, and bold weight names. One of the biggest compromises occurs in the Prince weight, where I was unable to add the notch where bowls and shoulders meet stems (see King and Queen weights) without adding too much extra black weight to those parts of the glyph.
A work in progress for sure. Any help/thoughts/repulsions/bile appreciated.
1371988
Published: 16th September, 2008
Last edited: 3rd October, 2009
Created: 14th September, 2008
The Chesterfield Royal Family was formed from my desire to add new weights to the original Chesterfield typeface. In the process of drawing these new weights, I began modifying some of the forms of the new glyphs away from the original Chesterfield glyphs in order to build a more flexible brick/grid structure for the development of various weights. The most noticeable difference between these three new faces and the original is the lowered x-height. That said, there are still some compromises between the different weights and because of that I've given them these royalty names instead of the normal practice of light, regular, and bold weight names. One of the biggest compromises occurs in the Prince weight, where I was unable to add the notch where bowls and shoulders meet stems (see King and Queen weights) without adding too much extra black weight to those parts of the glyph.
A work in progress for sure. Any help/thoughts/repulsions/bile appreciated.
631199878
Published: 4th September, 2008
Last edited: 24th June, 2009
Created: 4th September, 2008
Good evening and welcome to the Steeplechase, Fonstruct's premier jazz club. Be-bop on over to the bar and order your favorite libation. The show is about to start.
305520615
Published: 28th August, 2008
Last edited: 15th June, 2009
Created: 28th August, 2008
Clone of Pullchain. Bolder, and with a few optical corrections on the characters.This is a clone of Pullchain
5761617547
Published: 13th August, 2008
Last edited: 22nd June, 2009
Created: 11th August, 2008
jet-ti-son
-verb
1. to cast (goods) overboard in order to lighten a vessel or aircraft or to improve its stability in an emergency.
2. to throw off (something) as an obstacle or burden; discard.
-noun
1. the act of casting goods from a vessel or aircraft to lighten or stabilize it.
582974
Published: 5th August, 2008
Last edited: 16th June, 2009
Created: 13th July, 2008
The stars align and pile up to create this font. Perfect for when you want to serrate celebrities, denticulate dignitaries, or simply eviscerate the competition.
The star terminal is the new ball terminal.
590804
Published: 7th July, 2008
Last edited: 16th June, 2009
Created: 20th June, 2008
This really has to be set in AlTeRnAtInG cAsE to look good. Inspired by "tiki" style lettering of the 1950s. Includes moai-inspired ornaments and minimal punctuation.
391987
Published: 2nd July, 2008
Last edited: 16th June, 2009
Created: 2nd July, 2008
A fine collection of ray AND laser guns. Just the letters in the Lower Case (lc)... "Dull gernit, Bender, I tol yew not to be touchin' the crushinator!"
(Rob Meek is awesome, btw.)
20346210
Published: 1st July, 2008
Last edited: 22nd June, 2009
Created: 1st July, 2008
Inspired by the saccharine sounds of the ice cream truck, which has been making the late evening loop around these parts. Upper and lowercase letters enjoy getting all mixed up with one other like a melting Neapolitan ice cream bar. Enjoy.This is a clone of Pop Blox
560983
Published: 26th June, 2008
Last edited: 3rd August, 2008
Created: 26th June, 2008
Jointed version of my font "I Love U". Please use tilde to start a word. For example: ~I ~Love ~$This is a clone of I Love U
420982
Published: 25th June, 2008
Last edited: 20th October, 2008
Created: 25th June, 2008
A Dark version of my "I Love U" font.This is a clone of I Love U
19741084
Published: 24th June, 2008
Last edited: 3rd November, 2008
Created: 24th June, 2008
More gangster than Gill with more gold than Garamond, Summer Grillz is type jewelry for your mouth. All letterforms are diamond-kut using the finest type constructing software on the market today.
Customize your grill with different fills. For extra bling and total street-hustle krunk, layer the star fill on top of the base pave set. Color that s#it gold, son.
Put your type where your mouth is.
Note: kerning subject to da gaps yo teef.
392982
Published: 24th June, 2008
Last edited: 16th June, 2009
Created: 24th June, 2008
Express your love. Using ~ to start a word.
Example: ~I ~LOVE ~$
Enjoy!
and please do leave a comment.This is a clone of I Love U
421473
Published: 19th June, 2008
Last edited: 29th June, 2008
Created: 19th June, 2008
Caps and numerals only. Alternatives for E, F, K, M, N, Q, S, X, Y and Z under the lowercase keys.
683986
Published: 17th June, 2008
Last edited: 15th June, 2009
Created: 17th June, 2008
Construct a "crane" of words. "[" to begin each crane. "\" for a space within the crane. And "]" to end the crane.This is a clone of Bloct
21135011
Published: 13th June, 2008
Last edited: 15th June, 2009
Created: 13th June, 2008
Catch it while you can, it's gone with speed of light!
Upper case letter only!
690765
Published: 12th June, 2008
Last edited: 25th February, 2009
Created: 12th June, 2008
A beveled font that has a mid-20th-century vibe to it. Layer the upper and lower cases in different colours.
Upper case is highlight, lower case is solid. Numbers are solid, their corresponding punctuation is highlight. Period and comma go with colon and semicolon.
UPDATED 25 February 2009: Fixed spacing on X, Y, and 7 so lowercase and uppercase line up.This is a clone of Chromatose
1285766
Published: 10th June, 2008
Last edited: 15th June, 2009
Created: 10th June, 2008
A beveled font that has a mid-20th-century vibe to it. Layer the upper and lower cases in different colours.
Upper case is highlight, lower case is shadow. Numbers are shadow, their corresponding punctuation is highlight. Period and comma go with colon and semicolon.
UPDATED 25 February 2009: Fixed spacing on X, Y, and 7 so lowercase and uppercase line up.
607627
Published: 10th June, 2008
Last edited: 6th March, 2009
Created: 10th June, 2008
Upper and lower case, plus numbers. Like riveted brass on wood.