4132627355
Published: 18th February, 2010
Last edited: 25th June, 2019
Created: 24th January, 2010
something i've been working on recently. i'm still looking for a solution to virtually increase my screen resolution, so i would have more grid space. i don't know if the line strength is consistent and i propably won't start with the capital letters until then. anyway i thought i might as well throw this in to see what you guys think about it so far.
5388712
Published: 14th February, 2012
Last edited: 21st February, 2012
Created: 27th September, 2011
Please see the sample in the comments.
I haven't released any fontstructions in months, but I've constantly been trying to find new methods of fontstructing more sophisticated shapes. This is the result. Not yet finished though. Feedback welcome.
The subtle roundings give it a somewhat handpainted look which i quite like.
76122731
Published: 13th May, 2010
Last edited: 13th May, 2010
Created: 12th May, 2010
trying to break the grid once more... composite is a great feature... still running into a lot of problems though. in had a great start with this one. i think the squeezed curves create great shapes but i don't know if it's worth creating upper case letters for. this is more like an extended experiment.
unfortunately spacing is aweful once again...
5085712
Published: 6th May, 2010
Last edited: 12th May, 2010
Created: 11th July, 2009
This has been in the making for quite some time and I was only able to work on it because of the new fontstruct features. all bricks i used for this fontstructions were half-sized bricks. i mean half-circles, half-sized blocks and so on. also i worked with 1.75 scaling. thanks to this kind of setup i was able to create roundings, that go a little over or below flat-shaped letters. see the sample. also lower case letter like l, k, h and so on are a little taller than upper case letters, like in "real" fonts.
the disadvantage is seen on M,W,m,w where the stem in the middle is a little too short... i had to use a very weird workaround for these 3-stem letters, so this is as good as it gets, unless fontstruct is going to have an empty space brick, that would allow me to create a fitting composite. i used lots of composites and lots of stacking. also the spacing isn't very nice, i'll see if i can do anything about that.
225264
Published: 28th December, 2009
Last edited: 28th December, 2009
Created: 28th December, 2009
another experiment.
using a hexagon with rounded edges as the base of every glyph. i try to break the grid and achive new forms by using odd filter settings.
536275
Published: 24th December, 2009
Last edited: 24th December, 2009
Created: 24th December, 2009
an experiment with italic script-like shapes. many flaws left.This is a clone of sloped
8843012
Published: 6th December, 2009
Last edited: 5th December, 2009
Created: 5th December, 2009
it's been a long time since i released a fontstruction. today i felt like doing one again. it features smooth transitions from diagonals to roundings, notable on the S and Z.
506696
Published: 11th August, 2009
Last edited: 11th August, 2009
Created: 11th August, 2009
resubmission of the original fontstruction. added capitals and tweaked the overall readability.This is a clone
21482714
Published: 16th July, 2009
Last edited: 16th July, 2009
Created: 15th July, 2009
Please see the samples in the comments.
Using a new technique that combines 1.8 scaling and diagonals.
15124119141
Published: 21st September, 2008
Last edited: 29th June, 2009
Created: 19th September, 2008
just for fun. i will propably update this from time to time.
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Published: 16th January, 2009
Last edited: 23rd June, 2009
Created: 16th January, 2009
to draw the outlines i used overlay images of real maps.
you can recommend a country for me to do next if i can finde the time.
See borders 2 for more countries.
A - Germany
B - France
C - United Kingdom
D - Italy
E - Russia
F - Spain
G - USA
H - Canada
I - Japan
J - China
K - Indonesia
L - Portugal
M - Australia
N - New Zealand
O - Philippines
P - Mexico
Q - Europe
R - Denmark
S - India
T - Asia
234279
Published: 12th June, 2009
Last edited: 22nd June, 2009
Created: 11th June, 2009
my first try on blackletters. used my 2.0-1.11 scaling again. this is still work in progress but i thought i should get some feedback meanwhile. i don't have a clue where to start with the capitals.This is a clone of sloped
292163126
Published: 10th March, 2009
Last edited: 22nd June, 2009
Created: 9th March, 2009
it looks so simple but this one was so hard to do. because of the high resolution i was working on my browser used to freeze several times during process.
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Published: 22nd February, 2009
Last edited: 22nd June, 2009
Created: 22nd February, 2009
That's my handwriting. Scanned a piece of paper with a handwritten alphabet and redraw it as exactly as possible. I know it's sloppy but that's the effect I wanted and my handwriting is in fact very sloppy.
14463219
Published: 18th March, 2009
Last edited: 15th June, 2009
Created: 15th March, 2009
imitating lead lettering
this took an awful lot of time again :/ i know the letters should actually be mirrored like on real lead letters but i prefered readability. i'm not that happy with the result. but i guess it's as good as it gets.
use "_" for a filling glyph. may take some time till the download starts, i used a LOT of bricks. :o
With this one I tried to get as close as possible to the fantastic "Manicotti" by David Jonathan Ross. See http://www.djrtype.com/manicotti.php for more information.
384903
Published: 13th September, 2008
Last edited: 4th November, 2008
Created: 12th September, 2008
a serious attempt to create a useable typeface for headlines and text.