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Halberdia 

by zephram
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55131014 Published: 19th September, 2019
Last edited: 22nd September, 2019
Created: 9th July, 2019

Version 0.5

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A font made for a LuneKnight, a Terraria mod by yours truly. It gets its name because parts of it remind me of halberd, partisan, and/or axe heads. I designed this to have the vaguely authoritation look of a Didone as well as a borderline-gaudy look that prevents this from being taken too seriously. These changes lent some much-needed character to the prototypical Didone from which this design evolved. The uppercase letters are more heavily ornamented, as if to suggest that they are letters from an illuminated manuscript.

The main texture is a diamond pattern inspired by vent holes in medieval armor. These were often made with a square punch, and help the font look more handmade. Actually, most of the quirks this font possesses are present to help present a handmade look.

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The wider letters are incised, which seems to lessen their perceived wideness by breaking up the shapes. For me this effect lent a more natural flow to the reading.

The ornamentation rules are complicated and factor in lettershapes, English letter frequency, and the existing design parameters. One thing I can concisely explain is that glyphs which normally look fairly plain are ornamented to such an extent that they make others look plain instead (CGJLT1 among others).

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        Organics 

        by zephram
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        89913611 Published: 27th November, 2019
        Last edited: 30th November, 2019
        Created: 26th November, 2019

        Small-grid doodle which creates new combinatorial forms.

        I considered this design rather rough and unappealing until I gave it negative spacing. This caused the forms to merge together in unpredictable and interesting ways. The lesson here is that sometimes the metrics, not the aesthetics, are what "make" or "save" a design.

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            Toshiba 9500 11px 

            by romphonix
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            601370 Published: 10th April, 2022
            Last edited: 10th April, 2022
            Created: 10th April, 2022

            All characters that you can type on the Audiovox (Toshiba) CDM-9500 in 11px size.

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                Toshiba 9900 Med 

                by romphonix
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                901111 Published: 13th April, 2022
                Last edited: 13th April, 2022
                Created: 11th April, 2022

                All characters that you can type on the Toshiba CDM-9900/9950/VM4050 in the "Medium" font style.

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                      Kibble Cipher 

                      by zephram
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                      303374 Published: 2nd June, 2018
                      Last edited: 5th June, 2018
                      Created: 2nd June, 2018

                      A cipher/code used by the Kibble Cabal, a mostly animal-based team of misfits and food thieves in the game Trap Farmer Brer Brah. This code is very similar in application to the "Hobo Code" from the United States in the late 1800s. It makes a pretty good cipher, as well!

                      Original size: 8pt (use multiples of this value for pixel perfection)

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                          Clockwork Macguffin 

                          by zephram
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                          611715 Published: 18th September, 2018
                          Last edited: 17th December, 2018
                          Created: 18th September, 2018

                          Version 1.1

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                                Nurvusystem 

                                by zephram
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                                201854 Published: 5th January, 2019
                                Last edited: 12th February, 2019
                                Created: 4th January, 2019

                                Welcome to Orwellian Barcode Prison, antithesis of Chicken Wire. The only thing to do here is squint.

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                                      __CONSOLE__? 

                                      by 88int
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                                      501420 Published: 3rd April, 2022
                                      Last edited: 3rd April, 2022
                                      Created: 1st April, 2022

                                      A random console font.
                                      It has characters to draw 16-segment displays, boxes, and text.
                                      NOTE: When drawing with the weird characters you will need to separate sections with a space.

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                                            Vampire Nation 

                                            by zephram
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                                            38122049 Published: 18th July, 2018
                                            Last edited: 9th December, 2018
                                            Created: 18th July, 2018

                                            Font made for the logo of a particular project/video game of mine.

                                            Some kerning pairs are imperfect... I can only bring them 10 bricks closer together, so a bit of space remains...

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                                            Current Version: 1.9

                                            See also:Dynablaze

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                                                  Cornucopia of Bad Things 

                                                  by zephram
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                                                  1403504 Published: 6th July, 2018
                                                  Last edited: 16th May, 2019
                                                  Created: 4th July, 2018

                                                  Bookish pixel font designed for general reading. Made for use in my own future web designs.

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                                                        Brick Basket 

                                                        by zephram
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                                                        164114 Published: 16th August, 2018
                                                        Last edited: 23rd January, 2019
                                                        Created: 16th August, 2018

                                                        149 custom bricks for your perusal! Only custom bricks are in the palette, so you can clone this and easily start drawing right away.

                                                        I'll definitely be adding more with time. I love this sort of experimentation!

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