My final entry in the competition. Inspired by Mazey, zlabyrinths eYe/FS, and wavelength. Each glyph has its own maze, and each maze connects with the next. Tilde ~ and low line _ connect words, grave ` closes beginnings and ends, and the left and right arrows < > are for the start and end. There are also some alternates in Extended Latin A. Suggestions and critiques are welcome. Thanks!
UPDATES:
04/06/14 The whole font has been updated to be one brick taller, and thus properly fit onto a grid. Also, some characters have been redesigned. V2.0
05/13/14 All punctuation has been modified to continue a word maze. V2.1
07/05/14 1000 downloads! Hooray! As a 'thank you', I've completed more of More Latin. V2.2
08/22/14 I've made the accents part of the maze. I've also changed a few characters, and added Œ and œ. V2.3
08/04/15 Added Polish support with Ą, Ć, Ę, Ł, Ń, Ś, Ź, and Ż. Tweaked a few characters as well, and added a crossbar to the ð. V2.4
06/18/16 Added support for multiple languages with more Cyrillic chars and punctuation. Also tweaked a few chars.
Letters based on the brand logo of CalpamSMD Olie B.V. a Dutch oil company.
Enjoy!
This is a clone of STF_COOLPAMWIP
See more:
https://www.fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/1720896/goldie-2
https://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/1411844/fs-quickconnect
https://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/1419531/disco-everyday-value
https://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/1410025/neoline
https://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/1418818/crocosmia
https://www.fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/1669601/funkytown-plain-1
https://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/1762037/lotline
See more: https://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/1301132/ps2-logo
https://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/178834/octastruct
https://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/686035/vermin_vibes_diet
https://www.fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/895197/geometric_96
This is a clone of LazzaroSee more:
https://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/1450250/treetops
https://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/1294710/mx-hbs-alt
https://www.fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/473688/shishoid
https://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/1593059/codework-1
https://www.myfonts.com/fonts/justanotherfoundry/mashine/
https://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/773915/drum_and_bass_ldr
https://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/87805/pyramid_1
https://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/203704/tagliana
https://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/178834/octastruct
https://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/1576255/f77-blockie
https://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/619723/the_45_alt_01
https://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/217312/track_filled
https://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/249112/ncd_phusion_bold
https://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/207773/comitto
https://www.fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/1572485/f77-handwrite-1
https://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/229356/thm_thin
This is a clone of DigitalisSome kind of great big ol' chain.
In retrospect, I think it looks like a jewelry chain from a dwarven civilization. Perhaps the hypothetical jeweler cut and ground the stones in an imitation of some dwarven font!
When glyphs are used in isolation, they somewhat resemble carved signets or seals. Increasing the letter spacing allows you to create a variation of the design. (This is something that must be done in-software since the font will render as monospaced by default.)
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12SEP2018: Added lowercase... the low resolution combined with the design method make it very difficult to render distinctive lowercase versions of every letter, but I'll keep working on it. There's a lot of similarity between pairs like S/5, Z/2, etc., so this font is most effectively used in forms of writing wherein context suffices to inform the reader as to the identity of each glyph (lists, prose, and technical writings). If you want to use this in a password system or something, I recommend using one case's glyphs only.
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Design Rules:
1. Negative spaces will be areas of 0.5 bricks' effective length or width.
2. Negative spaces may exceed the 0.5 measurement only by increments of 0.5 and in only one dimension at a time.
3. Glyphs will fill their framed canvasses to the greatest extent possible while adhering to the other rules.
~This "is" MC font, except it has two times better quality and I added much more glyphs! Please tell me what characters should I add next :)
Update log
18/08 - Added "Basic Greek" letters and fixed some mistakes.
20/08 - Added Coptic and the rest of Greek; completed "More Latin."
21/08 - Added breve to small and capital A-Breve; completed Latin-A; added Hebrew letters; whole IPA supplement
06/09 - Fixed some mistakes
05/10 - Added Georgian and Arabic single letter forms
7&9/10 - Fixed some mistakes
21/11 - Added Arrows and UCASE
22/11 - "Extended Latin-B" Completed!
24/11 - Added Katakana and redid the "§" symbol.
10/02 - Added Armenian; ę's ogonek is now more to the left.
WHAT SHOULD I MAKE NEXT?
Decorative or Cyrcus font? Just a simple font with Cyrillic. Track changes (short slider) for connecting letters. Bala is the first part of the word balalaika and Balagan, an early Russian cyrcus or an open-air theater (https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0% B3% D0% B0% D0% BD)
See more: zylone 0,6 EYE / FS
http://www.psyops.com/crucible/
https://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/479802/effigy
TSA
Experimental 24-segment display or massive monochrome Mondrian matrix. Pixel compatible!
The thinking behind this one was that with incongruously sized segments arranged in the proper way, I would create a design which was effectively 5x5, but which accomodated more glyphs than 5x5 usually does. Negative space is incorporated into the structure of many glyphs, though not enough to classify this as an IVO design.
"Qualtron" is the name of an imaginary entity that a friend believed in - a being meant to represent the result of "a mathematical equation that can rule the universe". I didn't inquire further about it... :D
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Design Rules:
1. Segments can have interior length/width of 2 or 5.
2. The central 2x2 square must always remain open.
3. Square bricks and 90-degree angles only.
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Original size: 20.75pt (use multiples of this value for pixel perfection)