10774622
Published: 2nd June, 2015
Last edited: 3rd June, 2015
Created: 17th January, 2012
This fs was started in January 2012. I didn't remember that of course, I just checked the created date. Similarly, who-the-fun can remember what the inspiration was for it. All I know is that it has gone through many iterations to reach this state. It only uses the one square brick but oh so many of them. Even though all it contains are straight lines, still a pain to build brick by square brick. I am so glad it is over. I will not be doing much more than this on it. Bye bye, Build. Pester someone else.This is a clone
526828
Published: 28th July, 2014
Last edited: 28th July, 2014
Created: 17th July, 2014
This fs may be used on it's own, but it is designed to be used in conjunction with fs Stack Overflow so any two letters may be stacked one on top of another to create interesting word shapes and unconventional flow.
It looks simple but the execution was surprisingly involved. The idea was to do the letters in as few bricks as possible. Filters. 1.75...to be exact. Again, the geometry did not work out because custom bricks had to be formed to create the fine breaks and they did not line up with the assumed filter. A little bit of algebra later (yes kids, algebra does help in real life) 1.6 was determined as the proper filter setting.
Having built the letters as desired, with many a tweak before finalization, it was on to Overflow, which necessitated a reduction of the letters in half. That was easier said than done because of the filters. Some of the letters just did not translate exactly at half scale at 1.6 filter. Had to scrap the whole thing.
The only option remaining was to double the size and use the double size glyphs for Stack and move the existing Stack glyphs to Overflow. Doubling allowed finer glyph construction. Plenty of diversions later, what came out as reasonable was a strict following of my own grid. Figures.
It is now to the point where I can send it out in the world. I must do that before I do the sample because both thalamic and minimum accounts give a 500 Server Error when attempting a download. Luckily, I have yet another secret account which I will use to attempt download. I hope that works because I am in no mood to build words by taking screenshots and copy/pasting individual letters.
This was supposed to be a simple idea with a simple execution. It should not have taken this long. I'm really curious to see how successful the idea was. Here goes...
74137316
Published: 6th October, 2013
Last edited: 13th October, 2013
Created: 5th October, 2013
As usual, this is not what I set out to do. But it had merit of its own, so, as usual, what the heck principle was internally said and employed.
Uses only the square brick.
With only 45° cuts, this fs was not as clear-cut as evident. Much -fun- pains were staked to get things to line-up and combine and gel and connect and whatnot.
There are two types of connectors: internal and external. These can be used to connect letters together at the second rhombus level for external connectors and third rhombus level for internal connectors. Furthermore, each connector comes in horizontal and vertical variants. All connectors have a zero width, meaning typing any does not advance the character. This allows for connectors to be placed betwixt letters without manual adjustment. Further-furthermore, the horizontal and vertical connectors can be stacked one-on-top-of-another for a heavier connector action. Further-further-furthermore, there are larger connectors available for tricky letters with extra gaps, such as the T. Each of the larger connectors have the same properties as the smaller connectors. Further-further-further-furthermore, the larger connectors have 1×2 and 2×2 options. There's a little bit of system to this madness. Once you start typing, it starts to become second-nature quite quickly.
{ = Small Horizontal External Connector
[ = Small Vertical External Connector
} = Small Horizontal Internal Connector
] = Small Vertical Internal Connector
* = Large 2×2 Horizontal External Connector Left
( = Large 2×2 Vertical External Connector Left
) = Large 2×2 Vertical External Connector Right
_ = Large 2×2 Horizontal External Connector Right
~ = Large 1×2 Horizontal External Connector Left
` = Large 1×2 Vertical External Connector Left
< = Large 1×2 Horizontal External Connector Right
> = Large 1×2 Vertical External Connector Right
Then there are the heavier grills that come in 1, 2, 3 or 4 column varieties. All grills are negative widths, meaning typing any stacks the grill over the previous letters, without advancing the character forward. Furthermore, a four column half grill is available which makes a faux 3D effect.
247488
Published: 22nd November, 2012
Last edited: 22nd November, 2012
Created: 21st November, 2012
Clone of fs Lead (Pb).This is a clone of fs Lead (Pb)
64289116
Published: 19th August, 2011
Last edited: 23rd August, 2011
Created: 19th August, 2011
Clone of fs Arc Test 1:1, which was started on Fri, 27th August, 11:59 AM 2010.
As simple as this fs may appear to be, it was much more complex to pull off. The curves and angles just did not match. The original version was at filter 1:1. Today--after a long time--I had enough free time to play around. Cloned and upped the filter to 2:2 (well, 1.75:1.75 to be exact). The 0.25 offset was initially put into place for the creative process, just so I know which brick was where. The breaks became a design element somewhere along the way. That caused additional brick placement problems. A full 2:2 filter would have made things much easier. Regardless, I am reasonably satisfied with the outcome. Needless to say, each glyph went through a whole bunch of iterations before settling on what's currently visible. Not all turned out good. The 'V', for instance. Who knows, better solutions may exist.
Take a square, split it horizontally, vertically and diagonally. This gives just 16 line segments to work with. I have a book where the author lists every possible combination of those 16 line segments. That gives a staggering 65535 total possibilities. And that's just straight lines. I mention this because the uppercase grid here is 6×8=48 bricks (counting one 2:2 brick as 4 1:1 bricks). Then there is the possibility of using a whole slew of 4×4 brick shape. I am not even going to attempt to figure out how many total possible combinations that makes but I am sure it is a number much larger than 65535.
The point is, with so many possible brick combinations, better solutions most probably exist. I just may be too narrow-minded to visualize them.This is a clone
183366
Published: 10th June, 2011
Last edited: 10th June, 2011
Created: 16th February, 2010
There is a demoscene group called farbrausch. One of their demo (fr-052: platinum) used this basic idea for the glyphs here.
49622113
Published: 6th January, 2011
Last edited: 5th January, 2011
Created: 25th August, 2010
An on-going project. More glyphs will be added periodically.
93136732
Published: 18th August, 2010
Last edited: 18th August, 2010
Created: 17th August, 2010
Well, there was this way to go.This is a clone of fs SquaredUp (and nowhere to go)
42913515
Published: 12th August, 2010
Last edited: 26th August, 2010
Created: 12th August, 2010
The bulk of this took less than an hour to do. The rest was just tweaks (and me playing Legend of Zelda elsewhere ;-).
With that level of attention paid to it (read: very little), I'm surprised how legible it is at small sizes...and quite a nice cadence to the coming together of letters in words.
PS: Sorry for the burst of sharing and posts. I'm on semester break these days...and just a tad bored. :-)
71114626
Published: 23rd May, 2010
Last edited: 23rd May, 2010
Created: 23rd January, 2010
An unoriginal idea that's been sitting around for a while. Don't go by the January 2010 creation date, no; this is a clone of a clone of a different idea (which may see the light of day yet...or not, whichever comes first ;).This is a clone