cayo, FontStructions

Graphic & Web Designer, sometimes Developer.
Font lover and enthusiast.
(And I can still kickflip my skateboard when the sun shines)

Personal URL	http://cayonavarro.com
Fontstructing since	26th June, 2008
Fontstructions	32 shared, 16 staff picks
Shared Glyphs	6174
Downloads	3035 downloads made of this designer’s work
Comments Made	337

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106 1919844 Published: 5th January, 2010
Last edited: 7th January, 2010
Created: 17th October, 2009
Combis (or Micros) are really small vans used as local Transport in Lima, my hometown.
They have a wide range of scripts that are manually painted to the sides to indicate the main streets or avenues the route includes.
Styles vary from combi to combi, even in the same company, as I believe they hire different letterers for the job.
I'm working on a little project to make some of them into a font set called Combi Stylus & I created a flickr set to show my inspiration sources.

This one is my FontStruct version for the set & it needs a lot of kerning, but well...
Enjoy!

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951 39165187 Published: 9th September, 2009
Last edited: 11th November, 2009
Created: 6th September, 2009
This my recreation of my own handwriting fontstructed with a vertical line/stripe pattern (I know it's bad calligraphy, but don't tell Claude Dieterich I did it, please).
I used a fountain pen 1.1mm stroke to get my samples written down in order to have a basis.
My UC leans slightly to the left and my lc to the right; must be the graffiti influence from way back in the day. No wonder I only type nowadays...

13.09.09 alternative s added.
located instead of the long s → Unicode:017f (Alt + 0383)

14.09.09 More Latin Diacritics added.

Handwritten

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130 1220124 Published: 2nd September, 2009
Last edited: 6th September, 2009
Created: 30th August, 2009
Clone of FS Mini which started as an alternative with UC & filter set at 2 to gain half brick positions. I changed the filter to 1.78 after not being satisfied with it & got amazed by the possibilities. Even when I came to some brick limitations I found myself redesigning some glyphs to abuse~~them~~ of these new found possibilities & maintain a certain harmony within the whole set.This is a clone of FS Mini

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34 02046 Published: 29th August, 2009
Last edited: 30th August, 2009
Created: 28th August, 2009
Clone of logo.
Jenjes232's fontstruct (logo) got me interested on all the variations of the FS logo fontstruction.
After checking many of the available versions (specially Pauldhunt's Structurosa) I thought it would be fun to clone Meek's logo and update it with the bricks available now (logo is numbered 96 & this clone is 218867, Structurosa is 7294).
I originally liked Meek's x but ended up just using it as the asterisk and the c and s got slimmed down to match the actual FS logo design.
g and y came from Structurosa, which also influenced the e, x and k. And from Jenjes232's FSion I took the v.
The rest just popped out while figuring out the possibilities.

I liked the process so much that while making the superscript numbers I thought of making FS Mini, a smaller variation.This is a clone of logo

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23 42075 Published: 23rd August, 2009
Last edited: 8th December, 2009
Created: 23rd August, 2009
Unicase Clone of NuevoSolStile.
I thought I might also need a unicase version, so I sacrified all ascending and descending glyphs to get this result.
I made up my unicase μ so it wouldn´t be just another M.
08.12.09 y redesigned (a more lc-ish concept)This is a clone of NuevoSolStile

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97 3316828 Published: 19th August, 2009
Last edited: 22nd August, 2009
Created: 19th August, 2009
My first try at FontStruct Calligraphy.
(on a non-pixel optimized font)
A very rational/FS grid.
:)

21.09.09 Added Upper Case.
Next Step: Ligatures

Script

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67 1710216 Published: 16th August, 2009
Last edited: 17th August, 2009
Created: 5th August, 2009

A bold & funky font with inside lines.
Based on a 1.78 filter so the rounded corner squares would fit with the quarter circles. Diagonals end up narrowing the inside lines, so I tried to used them as less as possible.
Accents designed in case they are absolutely necessary; suggestions are welcome on how to improve them.

17.08.09 Modified j and added an alternative j instead of ® and also a special dj ligature instead of ©. Question marks redesigned.

Display

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73 1520714 Published: 4th August, 2009
Last edited: 20th August, 2009
Created: 12th May, 2009
This one likes steel machines that run on boiling water, because my girl is a steam punk rocker!!!
I took some liberties with the serifs: they might not be where they are intended to be or missing where they should be. And, although the lc has ascenders and descenders, the uc is set at x-height.

Serif

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160 820725 Published: 31st July, 2009
Last edited: 23rd August, 2009
Created: 17th May, 2009
A mutated Eurostile/Microgramma x-Height Caps Clone.
This one has been deep underground in my hidden fontstruct stash for a while, but I thought it should see the light before I start another one.
Named after the peruvian currency since I have finished it while on Fiestas Patrias' Holidays.

04.08.09 % refontstructed.
23.08.09 T,F and r letterspace corrected.

Sans Serif

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74 4755 Published: 10th July, 2009
Last edited: 23rd July, 2009
Created: 22nd February, 2009
A big, fat, funky font to use only at huge sizes!
I had the original concept for this one a while ago, but was not satisfied with the dots on the i and j, so I tweaked the filters a bit to set them at the same height as the ascends.
I recommend using it at really big sizes so it won't lose detail, since letter spacing is so narrow to balance the dot distance.
Only ~~Spanish Glyphs~~ LC so far, plus some basic punctuation.
21.07.09 redesigned all numbers plus e,f,s,z,$ and added ﬁ, ﬂ and & (sounds redundant, huh?^_^)
23.07.09 expanded it some more...

Stencil

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23 11592 Published: 29th May, 2009
Last edited: 18th June, 2009
Created: 29th May, 2009
A monospace clone of pxlNotSqr.This is a clone of pxlNotSqr

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258 453714 Published: 1st May, 2009
Last edited: 30th June, 2009
Created: 12th April, 2009
A sans serif computer related font inspired by bitmap fonts like Chicago and Charcoal, but it evolved with some of Fontstruct's "Design Limits" in mind:
I left the lower right corner slab of the N to add some rhythm to the "uncrossing" X's slabs (also present in the K), which to my perspective balances the V's impossibility of a straight angle from top to bottom.
I also used a 2x2 grid filter, that I've learned from williaum's a ll e g o r i c a, just to correct some punctuation issues and to make a narrower c. djnippa's Brick Stacker Tutorial also came in handy, THX2uBoth!

My favorite feature: the crossbar in Z,z and 7.

This is my humble tribute to the Woz.

07.05.09 Expanded Latin Chars
16.05.09 Redesigned Cedillas, Breves and Inverted Breves.

Sans Serif

Sans Serif (2475)

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252 1220712 Published: 25th March, 2009
Last edited: 24th June, 2009
Created: 17th March, 2009
A heavy, tight & bold display font.
Kinda funky, kinda techy.

Display

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158 61598 Published: 24th March, 2009
Last edited: 16th June, 2009
Created: 18th March, 2009
A minimalistic font: My first public fontstruction that is not pixel optimized, ~~(but only uses)~~ it originally only used the triangular bricks plus the classic square one, now it also uses the squares with the triangle cut at a side. I intended it to be all caps, but lowercase was possible within the designRule(:P) so I added them too ~~(though only lowercase spanish accents, ü, µ, @ and some basic punctuation gliphs are included for the moment being)~~.
25.03.09 grid tripled. I also added more accents and symbols :P
26.03.09 T,X,x and 9 totally modified.
29.03.09 B redesigned
21.04.09 All Yy reshaped
11.05.09 Ampersand and Currency Symbols added.
29.05.09 ß added.

Display

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21 02040 Published: 7th March, 2009
Last edited: 24th April, 2009
Created: 7th March, 2009
A lighter clone of gridnPix75: a grid pattern pixel font with 7grid caps height and 5grid x-height (one grid every 2 pixels in x-axis and y-axis).
Original letter-width mantained.This is a clone of gridnPix75

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14 02041 Published: 7th March, 2009
Last edited: 24th April, 2009
Created: 7th March, 2009
A clone of gridnPix75 (and gridnPix75 Light): a grid pattern pixel font with 7grid caps height and 5grid x-height (one grid every 2 pixels in x-axis and y-axis).
Most glyphs are redesigned to a 4grid letter-width to keep more design consistency with the original font (n stands for narrow).This is a clone of gridnPix75 Light

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104 02043 Published: 6th March, 2009
Last edited: 15th June, 2009
Created: 5th March, 2009
A grid pattern pixel font with 7grid caps height and 5grid x-height (one grid every 2 pixels in x-axis and y-axis)
23.04.09 M and W updated for better legibility.
24.04.09 Ø and f modified.

Dot Matrix

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21 01984 Published: 24th February, 2009
Last edited: 28th March, 2009
Created: 12th February, 2009
A OCR-A inspired monospace pixel font.
6px x-height.

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18 02060 Published: 13th January, 2009
Last edited: 28th March, 2009
Created: 3rd December, 2008
Clone of sCapsPix4.
x-height 4px, caps height 5px.
My name can also be read upside down :DThis is a clone of sCapsPix4

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18 0641 Published: 1st July, 2008
Last edited: 25th August, 2009
Created: 1st July, 2008
A Blackletter Square Bastard Font with no pencil stroke but a modern pixel/brick in mind.
Something dug up from the archives of my first attempts at non pixel FostStructions. I figured it should see the light as I noticed Cmunk's Simple Fraktur, which has better classical approach.
I will probably give it more work now, like better uc details and some proper letterspacing, since this was created before the letter width tool got implemented.

Definitely a work in progress, so all feedback is welcome.

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121 824314 Published: 30th June, 2008
Last edited: 25th August, 2009
Created: 30th June, 2008
A handwriting pixel font.
5px x-height.

Latin Expansion (A+B) in process...

Pixel Optimized

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20 22061 Published: 28th June, 2008
Last edited: 28th March, 2009
Created: 28th June, 2008
Clone of MicroPix4 sans the lowercase.
Smallcaps height at 4px.
(4px x-height)This is a clone of MicroPix4

Pixel Optimized

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37 22063 Published: 27th June, 2008
Last edited: 18th September, 2009
Created: 27th June, 2008
A serified pixel font.
6px x-height.

24.08.09 g redesigned

Pixel Optimized

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19 02071 Published: 27th June, 2008
Last edited: 28th March, 2009
Created: 27th June, 2008
A monospace clone of CorpoPix6.
5px x-height.
7px caps height.This is a clone of CorpoPix5

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29 02064 Published: 27th June, 2008
Last edited: 28th March, 2009
Created: 27th June, 2008
A slightly more classical type approach to a pixel font.
5px x-height.This is a clone of CorpoPix5

Pixel Optimized

Pixel (7387)

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25 22061 Published: 26th June, 2008
Last edited: 28th March, 2009
Created: 26th June, 2008
A tiny pixel font.
4px x-height.

Pixel Optimized

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36 02063 Published: 26th June, 2008
Last edited: 28th March, 2009
Created: 26th June, 2008
A very small, simple & readable pixel font.
5px x-height.This is a clone of BminiPix5

Pixel Optimized

Pixel (7387)

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31 22067 Published: 26th June, 2008
Last edited: 13th June, 2009
Created: 26th June, 2008
A Bimini (or Bauhaus) inspired pixel font.
5px x-height.

Pixel Optimized

Pixel (7387)

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30 0726 Published: 10th September, 2024
Last edited: 20th January, 2010
Created: 13th January, 2010
A high contrast serif with fancy ball terminals and no diagonals (until now).
Dedicated to Mr. Frodo7, and his Cyrillic 02, because of the many unconscious similarities :)

Warning: Needs kerning!

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19 02041 Published: 10th September, 2024
Last edited: 13th August, 2009
Created: 1st August, 2009
A monospace techy font.
Very similar to Woznian, but not cloned, so the results are different (specially while trying to fit everything in monospace).

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34 313510 Published: 10th September, 2024
Last edited: 6th September, 2009
Created: 29th August, 2009
I though about this concept while designing the superscript numbers of FS Remix.
It is basically the same grid filter with one brick narrower and one shorter.

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32 52015 Published: 10th September, 2024
Last edited: 31st August, 2009
Created: 25th August, 2009
Inspired by Afrojet's Gaga Regular &
Saberrider's Pluto:
Negative use of FS bricks for reverse glyph building.

Inverted

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