51367626
Published: 20th April, 2008
Last edited: 24th June, 2009
Created: 20th April, 2008
The goal was to make a blackletter font with the fewest blocks necessary. I need to add all the other symbols. Not too happy with those Z's.
4965959
Published: 13th April, 2008
Last edited: 22nd June, 2009
Created: 13th April, 2008
A rip off of "Black Slabbath" by You Work For Them. Big chunky slabs. A personal favorite.
21015320
Published: 19th April, 2008
Last edited: 19th June, 2009
Created: 19th April, 2008
This started as one of my first fonstructions, but I never got around to finishing it. The capital letters proved too vexing. But the lower case came out well enough.This is a clone
178131912
Published: 31st July, 2008
Last edited: 22nd June, 2009
Created: 27th July, 2008
Like Masphalt, the original inspiration for this one comes from Stefan Kjartansson's Black Slabbath. I think I played enough with it to make it my own. Like the two-story lowercase g and lowercase a. Squishing that middle stroke really gave this one a personality. I kept all the counters rectangular, try not to hide the hard edges. This is my first time going through the diacritics to give me a holler if you see something wrong.This is a clone
156110113
Published: 20th April, 2008
Last edited: 22nd June, 2009
Created: 20th April, 2008
Font idea taken from the typography from posters for the Smashing Pumpkins Arising tour, back in 1999. As williaum has pointed out, that font is Ironwood. It occurred to me that it would make a very easy Fonstruction. And it was! It's the perfect font for your iron-on Motorhead t-shirt decal. Named after the curmudgeon monk in "Pillars of the Earth" by Ken Follet.
133110114
Published: 11th May, 2008
Last edited: 22nd June, 2009
Created: 11th May, 2008
Remigius wasn't metal enough. Added another pixel of vertical line width and cut the counters to just one pixel. Now it's ready for the that MAYHEM tattoo you always wanted. Clone of Remigius. Rip of Ironwood.This is a clone of Remigius
9331535
Published: 25th November, 2008
Last edited: 15th June, 2009
Created: 16th November, 2008
My take on Hellenic Wide, which I first saw in a Frank Chimero illustration. Some of his work looks ripped right out of the 50's and I love it. The capitals all fit pretty well into the FontStruct schema. I'd like to revisit this one sometime to see if it would work with a lighter stroke and skinnier character width.This is a clone
9101605
Published: 15th May, 2008
Last edited: 22nd June, 2009
Created: 15th May, 2008
Close of Rosslyn Regular. Bumped up the grid size to 16x16 so I could squeeze in lowercase characters.This is a clone of Rosslyn Regular
552532
Published: 29th June, 2008
Last edited: 22nd June, 2009
Created: 29th June, 2008
When the half-angle blocks were first introduced I thought I would be the last one to produce an old style or transistional sans-serif typeface. Looking through the gallery, I still don't see any attempts. Creating a serif font with blocks is very much a square peg for a round hole, but I enjoyed the challenge. I tried to emphasis all the minor details, like angled stress, or the bottom terminal of the lowercase b. I spent a lot of time on this months ago, but after a while, just lost the drive to complete all the characters. Maybe you're up to the task.
512782
Published: 15th May, 2008
Last edited: 16th June, 2009
Created: 15th May, 2008
Thinking of a geometric typeface, a la Gotham. Lowercase F, P, T, V, W, and Y are combo-ed with A for proper kerning.
8x8 grid
4821749
Published: 13th March, 2009
Last edited: 16th June, 2009
Created: 28th February, 2009
Pixel font = relaxation. Less blocks to worry about makes for more fun.This is a clone
351982
Published: 12th May, 2008
Last edited: 15th August, 2008
Created: 12th May, 2008
Inspired by the cursive aesthetic from pauldhunt's lovely Structurosa Script. I tried to play around with the kerning so there's the illusion of a continuous line.