Polygonal ii

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by William Leverette (will.i.ૐ)

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My mother asked me to design a non-intersecting (no counters) polygonal alphabet for her to use as a teaching tool in her fourth graders’ math class. Of course, I immediately thought of fontstruct!
Here is a (somewhat refined) departure/sequel to the example design I created to help inspire their projects. :)
Alternates are included in the lowercase. Just letters for now...
Bump the zoom up a few notches in the preview widget to get proper hairline spacing. Enjoy!
Info:

Created on 2nd January 2011. Last edited on 6th April 2011.
License:

Creative Commons
Categories:
- Display
Sets:
- Heavy
- Filled Counters
Tag:
- Fat(329)
- Face(28)
- Black(641)
- Ultra(22)
- Poly(2)
- Gonal(1)
- Modular(263)
- Block(963)

11 Comments

Comment by William Leverette (will.i.ૐ) 6th april 2011

Here’s the fontstruction I created for my mom’s class. It’s a very different design, largely out of respect for the original brief.

Comment by William Leverette (will.i.ૐ) 6th april 2011

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

Comment by Rob Meek (meek) 7th april 2011

This looks quite organic despite its origins. The alternates are a very nice touch. My mother is a (former) maths teacher too!

Comment by Rob Meek (meek) 7th april 2011

The photoshoppery defuses the stunning impact of a topnotch design. Cease and desist with those alluring filters! You can't do better than black and white. Shall I go take a jump now?

Comment by intaglio 7th april 2011

@intaglio: you are spot on about my excessive (and in this case exceedingly lazy) photoshop chicanery. sample rectified – now all i need is a decent name for this thing.

@meek: thanks, my friend. and long live all the teachers in our lives!

fontstruct is itself such an accessible and powerful (and more and more widely used) teaching tool, i can only imagine your mother is quite proud of your continued accomplishments.

happy 3rd birthday, fontstruct! :)

Comment by William Leverette (will.i.ૐ) 7th april 2011

very black industrial ;) love this one

Comment by Michel Troy ~UrbanPixel~ (Upixel) 8th april 2011

The font looks very juicy, maybe you could try a tiling with it. (Incidentally, my wife is also a teacher of mathematics at a high school. I think there are a few women involved in mathematics teaching near some of us. A warm greeting for them.)

Comment by elmoyenique 8th april 2011

wow nice
i'd rate u 9/10

Comment by PurpleCoin 24th april 2011

as always, i need to lift my hat!
whatever you touch, it's magically straight to an aim. you are a genious. and there's not much I'd say that to. wonderful to know you

Comment by kix 27th april 2011