Augustine

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Balanced Rating: 8.24
Average Rating: 8.29
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by laynecom

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I wanted to create a light serif typeface that is clear and readable and at the same time sort of elegant. Don't know whether I did all this, really...
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Created on 11th March 2015. Last edited on 14th April 2015.
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Creative Commons
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21 Comments

Comment by laynecom 16th march 2015

Pretty! I like the subtle contrast. It reminds me a bit of SuperBrugsen's font, except Augustine is much more elegant. Just look at SuperBrugsen's ugly and inconsistent top serifs here: http://intersite.dk/Clubs/CommonDrive/Components/GetWWWFile.aspx?fileID=39448

I rate this a 10/10!

Comment by Christian Munk (CMunk) 16th march 2015

Very nice jo0b with the consistency.

Comment by Ivy Meadows (Isaiah Garcia) 16th march 2015

Beautiful and very usable. Perhaps L is a tad wide. Excellent work... once again. 10/10

Comment by fugitiveglue 17th march 2015

I've uploaded a making of video: https://youtu.be/FqZYBX_-Rjw

Some of the characters you see are no longer the same in the current version, though...

Comment by laynecom 17th march 2015

Congratulations! FontStruct Staff have deemed your FontStruction worthy of special mention. “Augustine” is now a Top Pick.

Comment by Rob Meek (meek) 17th march 2015

Great video by the way!

Comment by Rob Meek (meek) 17th march 2015

Thanks a lot! :-)

Comment by laynecom 17th march 2015

You have succeeded in creating a clear, light and readable face.
Excellent video - it displays the creativity and patience required for this type of design.

Comment by p2pnut 17th march 2015

Wow! Such a consistent, legible, and downright beautiful typeface! Every glyph looks perfectly in its place.

May I suggest adding slight curves to the inside of terminals on letters like C, S and a? To me, these letters look a tiny bit "dry" without them. Of course, it depends on what you think would be best.

Comment by ETHproductions 18th march 2015

Great to see follow your process in the video and what a beautifully crafted font!

Comment by four 18th march 2015

Thanks for all your feedback.

I adjusted the L and the ð.

@ETHproductions: I'd rather let the terminals stay like they are, I hope you understand.

Comment by laynecom 18th march 2015

What a beauuuty! My 10 is for you, as usual. BTW I want to propose you another way to make the "a". What do you think about it?

Comment by elmoyenique 21st march 2015

again another great font in your portfolio

Comment by Michel Troy ~UrbanPixel~ (Upixel) 27th march 2015

Ooooh...

So nice. Love it!

Comment by SymbioticDesign 31st march 2015

I'm curious how you do those smooth curves spannung several blocks! I guess there are still some functions to learn; is there an advanced tutorial on how to do these?

Comment by unci 19th june 2015

Thanks y'all, sorry for the late replay.

@elmoyenique Interesting proposal. I think that it looks slightly more bulky and thus fits less into the overall character of the typeface.

@unci You can span bricks over more that one grid element by switching on the Expert Mode (upper right in the FontStructor) and then going to Menu > View > Filters. I usually set the Brick Size to 2 in both directions but of course everyone is free to play around with that. Hope that helped.

Comment by laynecom 22nd june 2015