zpecularisus eYe/FS

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by elmoyenique
Cloned from Wiggly Wumpus by jonrgrover. See also Arame by Sukiasyan Arame.

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When I first saw jonrgrover's Wiggly Wumpus, I told the author my first impressions about the font. After a few days, I finally decided to do it myself, and that's how these glyphs you see were born (thanks for the creative impulse, Jon). Achieving a smooth, sinuous curve has been a bit more laborious than expected, and there are some letters of complicated construction and I'm not 100% happy with the current look of some of those. But here they are, dancing infront of your eyes as if reflected in a fairground mirror. Btw, "Specula risus" (latin) means "Mirror of laughter", that kind of mirrors that visual and comically deforms our bodies... Hope you like them.

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When I first saw jonrgrover's Wiggly Wumpus, I told the author my first impressions about the font. After a few days, I finally decided to do it myself, and that's how these glyphs you see were born (thanks for the creative impulse, Jon). Achieving a smooth, sinuous curve has been a bit more laborious than expected, and there are some letters of complicated construction and I'm not 100% happy with the current look of some of those. But here they are, dancing infront of your eyes as if reflected in a fairground mirror. Btw, "Specula risus" (latin) means "Mirror of laughter", that kind of mirrors that visual and comically deforms our bodies... Hope you like them.

Comment by elmoyenique 9th may 2023
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Comment by elmoyenique 9th may 2023
Comment by elmoyenique 9th may 2023

I wonder what this would look like without the wiggliness in the letters… Nice concept.

Comment by Bryndan W. Meyerholt (BWM) 9th may 2023
Comment by elmoyenique 10th may 2023

@Bryndan W. Meyerholt: Thanks a lot. It was more funny on this way :). But i will think about that.

Comment by elmoyenique 10th may 2023

Great brick layout diagram that shows the power of faux-Bézier in all its glory.

When done properly the possibilities become unlimited, and a surprisingly user-friendly way to break away from much of FontStruct's traditional limitations.

Comment by Sed4tives 10th may 2023

@Sed4tives: You make me blush, compa😊. Thank you so much! I remember that the ancient Greeks said that a curve was nothing more than the succession of a multitude of small straight lines...

Comment by elmoyenique 10th may 2023

me building exclusively with squares while this guy is building his fonts out of a hundred shapes for each glyph

really nice work

Comment by w7n 11th may 2023

@w7n: Thank you very much!

Comment by elmoyenique 11th may 2023
Congratulations! FontStruct Staff have deemed your FontStruction worthy of special mention. “zpecularisus eYe/FS” is now a Top Pick.
Comment by Rob Meek (meek) 12th may 2023

@meek: Thanks a lot for this new and encouraging pink special mention, Jefe!

Comment by elmoyenique 12th may 2023

Beautiful, so smooth!

Comment by four 12th may 2023

Nice Post

Comment by Henley Rose (henleyrose) 13th may 2023

@four & @Henley Rose: Thank you very much for your kind comments!

Comment by elmoyenique 17th may 2023

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Comment by Madzenia 19th may 2023

Cool! Downloading and installing it right now!

Comment by ROCKERNAN89 GAMING 20th may 2023

@ROCKERNAN89 GAMING: Thanks! Glad you like it.

Comment by elmoyenique 20th may 2023

Knight Story

Comment by wouaigc 23rd may 2023

nice

Comment by carsuperstore 24th may 2023

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Comment by james44 29th may 2023
Comment by elmoyenique 19th june 2023

🌞 Summer is coming!

Comment by elmoyenique 19th june 2023

Glad I inspired you. You  did it better than me.

Comment by jonrgrover 1st july 2023

@jonrgrover: Thanks a lot.

Comment by elmoyenique 3rd july 2023

SURTA

Comment by leandropicci 8th july 2023

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