Carapace

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by chr.s

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Fimbriae is apparently irretrievable - so this is the latest incarnation, largely faithful to the original. I'm not yet happy with the V and W, but I need to step back for a while. As always, hints and suggestions are most welcome.
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Created on 25th November 2009. Last edited on 5th February 2010.
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10 Comments

With some generous spacing adjustments, it can look fairly decent. The sage advice is due to my predicament at the time of completion.

Comment by chr.s 6th december 2009

Some of the letter shapes are just gorgeous; g q x and & are beyond gorgeous; text block is a nice even gray. Although I'm not sure you need those notches on the b d h k and l, it's an interesting quirk to leave in. Love it.

Comment by thalamic 6th december 2009

As thal says there are some beautiful characters here. I don't quite understand why the numbers are so much smaller than the Caps ... I tried my Post Code and it looked a wee bit odd.

Comment by p2pnut 6th december 2009

Thanks guys - I see what you mean about the numbers though. I'd started to increase them by one square in each axis, but I still don't think that's enough - I'll have to resume that task at a later date. To be continued...

Comment by chr.s 6th december 2009

I could only repeat what others wrote above: beautiful work. And now comes the less sexy part, to meticulously adjust and polish the glyphs to perfection. 10/10

Comment by Frodo7 7th december 2009