Polymoda

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by V. Sarela (Yautja)

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An abstract font, inspired by Simplenglish.
Info:

Created on 25th April 2012. Last edited on 16th May 2012.
License:

Creative Commons
Categories:
- Pixel Optimized
- Display
Sets:
- Square
- Sci-Fi
Tag:

22 Comments

My Gosh ! Beautiful! You seem to work at top speed these days and with much success. Much less abstract than Simplenglish but with all your retrofuturistic hallmarks. Excellent reappropriation.

Comment by Abneurone Fluid Types 25th april 2012

Beautiful!
Logo designers must not miss this!
10/10!

Comment by kassymkulov 25th april 2012

Thank you both!

Comment by V. Sarela (Yautja) 25th april 2012

Simple and unique. Awesome.

Comment by thalamic 25th april 2012

Great stuff! Works really well. 10/10

Comment by p2pnut 25th april 2012

One shift+click of the pxl button above the pxl level demonstrates how this fontstruction is totally geared up for bold versions. Utilizing filters and cloning, you can quickly produce a whole range of heavier weights .

Creating lighter weights within the same grid would take a more ingenious approach. But this could be done using carefully placed half-bricks and L-bricks – and even thinner versions could be made with custom composites and simple brick substitutions in the my bricks palette. Filters then allow you to scale these hypothetical versions to fill in the total range of weights from lightest to heaviest.

Then, if that’s not enough, you could take one of these L-brick versions and start to experiment with varying corner treatments. See afrojet’s Sans Serious or Micromoog series for examples of such variations.

10/10 :)

Comment by William Leverette (will.i.ૐ) 25th april 2012

Thanks for the comments!
@will.i.ૐ: Thanks for the advice, I wasn't aware of the shift+click trick. I'll see if I'll do different weights, probably a bold one at least.

Comment by V. Sarela (Yautja) 25th april 2012

Nice and futuristic. Do you think the 'r' needs work? Perhaps it would look better and less like F it it were a little shorter, or some other solution.

Comment by djnippa 25th april 2012

@djnippa: Yeah, though I'd like to keep the same width on most characters ('I' being the usual exception), but I'll try something. Thanks!

Comment by V. Sarela (Yautja) 25th april 2012

Some suggestions.

Comment by djnippa 26th april 2012

Super! You do it very well! This is so minimalist but surprisingly readable and flavored with unique styles. 10/10 of course :)

Comment by cablecomputer 26th april 2012

Comment by djnippa 26th april 2012

Kool! Very good!!

Comment by thomas0210 26th april 2012

I had the same thought as djnippa concerning the legibility of r. Here are a couple more suggestions:

Comment by William Leverette (will.i.ૐ) 26th april 2012

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

Comment by Rob Meek (meek) 26th april 2012

Thanks a lot for the comments and top pick! I changed the r.

Comment by V. Sarela (Yautja) 26th april 2012

@will.i.ૐ I cloned this to make a bold version, but I don't think it can be done without moving every brick or remaking it completely. Or do you have a specific technique in mind for this?

Comment by V. Sarela (Yautja) 26th april 2012

This was built with default filters of 1:1, correct? If so – and the previewer seems to indicate this – bumping up the filters equally anywhere between 1 and 2 for both x and y will generate a range of possible bolder weights.

Comment by William Leverette (will.i.ૐ) 26th april 2012

Yeah, now I noticed that it works if it's below 2, but increasing too much makes it too bold. 1.5 seems good. Thanks again.

Comment by V. Sarela (Yautja) 26th april 2012