Osgiliath

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Balanced Rating: 8.08
Average Rating: 8.09
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by Frodo7

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Gothic pixel font inspired by Old English and RM Albion.
Info:

Created on 13th March 2011. Last edited on 14th February 2012.
License:

All Rights Reserved. No download available.
Categories:
- Pixel Optimized
- Blackletter
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22 Comments

Well, the minuscules are ready. I'm working on the capitals. For best result use the PXL view. Comments, suggestions are welcome.

Comment by Frodo7 14th march 2011

a very joyous occasion. elegant and efficient. remarkable in the amount of details achieved for a pixel font. good to see you back in fine form.

Comment by funk_king 14th march 2011

Very nice...I'm looking forward to the rest.

Good to see you again...it's been awhile.

Comment by aphoria 14th march 2011

Gorgeous! Very simplistic and yet beautiful.

Comment by Logan Thomason (xenophilius) 16th march 2011

Both the 'h' and 'a' are fantastic! Very nice work.

Comment by Zarvon 17th march 2011

Add caps! Add caps!

9/10! 9/10!

Comment by BanjoZebra 17th march 2011

Comment by Frodo7 24th march 2011

Master even at pixel size! Chapeau!
Üdvözlet minden csodálattal adózom! (Greetings with all my admiration!, Is it well written in Hungarian? I'm using Google).

Comment by elmoyenique 24th march 2011

outstanding font. incredible how you were able to synthesize and digitize your influences to create this gem. i love using the slider and watching the glyphs pop while viewing the sample text. is this the same Pippin that inspired the Broadway show? nice job.

Comment by funk_king 24th march 2011

Wow! it's a masterpiece
:)

Comment by Michel Troy ~UrbanPixel~ (Upixel) 24th march 2011

This is a truly beautiful bitmap font. Terrific work, Frodo7!

Comment by Goatmeal 24th march 2011

Ahh! The caps are gorgeous! Very traditional and beautiful.
I wonder if I can change my 10 vote to an 11 vote?...

Comment by Logan Thomason (xenophilius) 24th march 2011

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

Comment by Rob Meek (meek) 24th march 2011

Thank you for your comments and generous ratings. I am happy to publish something new on FS after a long pause. There are some glyphs I am still not happy with, there are some kerning problems too. This version is optimized for the sample text. I continue to add special characters, and maybe some diacritical marks to make the set as complete as possible.

@meek: Thank you very much for the special mention. The Pixel Preview feature in Fontstructor was of great help to give me instant feedback as I fine-tuned the letters.

@funk_king: Thank you for your kind words. I was surprised too, when I saw the amount of detail pixels can reproduce. Like many FS project, this one started with research, collecting samples of similar or relevant works. The next stage was the synthesis, as you pointed out, to create something different, and perhaps something better. Sorry I didn't see the Broadway musical.

@aphoria: Thank you. I hope you like the caps too.

@elmoyenique: Thank you for your comment. Google Translate didn't really excel this time. Hungarian is particularly elusive to machine translation as it uses far too many affixes to modify the meaning of the basic word. I appreciate your kindness, and only hope to have better luck with Spanish translation.

@Goatmeal: Praise from the bitmap font expert. Thank you.

@Xenophilius: Thank you. I am glad you like the capitals. You are no slouch when it comes to pixel fonts. Do you plan to add caps to serutagil?

Comment by Frodo7 27th march 2011

thats nice init

Comment by stmarys1 4th april 2011

@Frodo: I might add caps... but 1) I am too freaking lazy and 2) I am using some of the caps for ligatures. That's basically a way to get lazy and shove some ligatures in the way of your capitals so you don't have to make any real caps.

Anyway, I cannot stop expressing my absolute love for this, the crowning jewel of all pixel fonts.

Comment by Logan Thomason (xenophilius) 27th april 2011