Friends, I'm asking for help! Which "R" do you prefer? The one with the straight, or curved leg? I'm split, because personally I much prefer the straight leg, but curved seems more consistent with the rest.
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The term "sidereal" (/saɪˈdɪəriəl/) refers to a measurement of time based on the position of stars.
Industrial, geometric, display, extended, modern, uniform weight. Based on a 2-brick tall grid. Inspired by Microgramma/Eurostile and the Terminator logotype.
"Prototype" means that this is not the final verison. In this case, FontStruct has been used as a fantastic preliminary design tool. But due to its limitations, the font will have to be reworked. Not by much - only the ⅝ roundings will be made circular in a traditional font editor, I'll be introducing optical improvements, and real kerning will also be implemented.
FontStruct's kerning tool is extremely rudimentary (understandable), and honestly, because of that, I left the kerning in a really messy state, it's kind of beyond repair at this point, as I don't really know what's what anymore. Oh, and also - due to limitations of the nudge tool, the ampersant (&) is offset to the right by half a brick, I tried to fix it with kerning as well, and it kinda works, but that will be fixed in the final version, outside FontStruct.
This is a cloneA tech-like font inspired (one more time) by some glyphs from Insider Bold, a work by the prolific Dmitriy Sychiov.
See more:
https://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/1604109/dojin
https://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/1511659/stf-a-s-c-communications
This is a clone of TLoF PixelSee more:
https://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/264790/paper_clips
https://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/754781/anthologic
https://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/332122/sentinel_3
https://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/1747945/stepforward-1
https://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/795996/chibby
https://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/1687576/caramba-1
https://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/1404093/blopp-1
https://www.fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/666067/quinquepuncta
https://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/92583/frieda
https://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/239418/volume_metric_lo
This is a clone of TLoF NatureWork in progress …
Planning only to track down some bugs in the FontStructor, I was suddenly struck by similarities between the random shapes I was placing on the canvas and images I had stumbled upon recently on the web – I think it was in this article in the Guardian.
The images were of Peter Womersley’s modernist design for “High Sunderland”, fashion designer Bernat Klein’s erstwhile home, near Selkirk in Scotland. I wasn’t at first drawn to the modernism, but to the promised description of the experience of living in a house which was visually so open to the outside world – although ultimately the article wasn’t especially enlightening on that point. Later I found more extensive sources of images of the building on the web.
Working on this was the first time in quite a few years that I have been possessed by my own, earnest FontStructing rush. I was very pleased to find that the FontStructor tool still works as well and simply as it ever did – allowing for a uniquely swift and unimpeded creative progress through a set of modular glyphs.
The basic grid for each letter, based on the characteristic modules of the building, is topped by a slightly heavier bar and so slightly asymmetrical in the vertical, like the structure of High Sunderland itself, but it is essentially square and consists of six parallel horizontal bars.
In the FontStruction, the emphasis is on these crossbars – with every effort made to avoid partial horizontals and additional vertical lines, especially for the basic latin alphabet. The font is essentially unicase, with some variants in the lower case.
At one point I noticed that there are some window panels in High Sutherland which do have a single, thinner vertical divider (for sliding open presumably) so I used this for the middle legs of the M and W. After completing the initial FontStruction I also noticed in photographs of the building that there is at least one window with multiple vertical subdividers, so maybe that can form the basis for a new grid and a new FontStruction (High Sutherland B).
Things started to get fun for me when I got into the punctuation and accented letters. I saw no alternative to adding additional verticals for the hash, the percentage sign and some other glyphs.
I really like the percentage sign, although I’m not sure how legible it is – but I guess ultimately that it is an issue with the whole font.
When it came to glyphs with unavoidable diagonals – such as the slash glyphs – I went for a stepped approach, which I think is basically a good one, maintaining the emphasis on horizontal lines, and suggestive of musical notation – but the steps are a bit sloppy. I probably need to revisit them.
I’m not sure about applications for this FontStruction. Maybe it would be useful to someone intending to erect their own mid-modernist dwelling in the hills, or to someone planning to put up some new shelves!
See more:
https://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/383322/zaratustra_ooooo
https://www.fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/1562369/candylander-plain
https://www.fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/851715/dolphin_sans_3
https://www.fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/1331355/circuit-thin-1
This is a clone of OuyaWIP
See more:
https://www.fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/1549017/warner-brazils
https://www.fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/1326545/elion-italic
https://www.fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/987287/fs_gfo_3
https://www.fontstruct.com/fontstructors/1104892/sychoff/favorites?tagId=9&tag=Pixel&tagType=fave
https://www.fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/32758/leiria_bold
https://www.fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/209183/raphigraphy
Do it: https://www.fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/629119/ocd_disco_round
https://www.fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/1682290/robospace-orbital
https://www.fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/372247/ecdb_1
This is a clone of Comicoolsee more: https://www.fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/239643/archityped
https://www.fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/476462/autologo
https://www.fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/1700886/hghghghgh-2-2
This is a clone of zeres eYe/FSSee more:
https://www.fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/1675680/gyroscope-1-1
https://www.fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/431934/trec_funch
https://www.fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/743755/kiova_captura
https://www.fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/823024/fs_remix01
an art deco version of "folletto"...
This is a clone of Folletto Finoa connected version of "folletto fino"...
This is a clone of Folletto Finolight version of "folletto grasso"...
This is a clone of Folletto GrassoPixel demake of Arizone Unicase. Same glyphs as the original.
A space-esque design made for a friend! The angular counters give this a simplified geometry which makes it easy to read despite its looks. Works well for small- or large-scale applications - chat, terminals, logos, and more. Supports Dutch, English, and Greek!
The original was cloned off and preserved elsewhere. The version you see here has centered glyphs.
A font inspired by the use of eggplants in video games. Many video games have unexpected eggplants in them. This is FontStruct's unexpected eggplant.
I decided to fill in the lowercase to add some variety. Hit SHIFT for shiny glyphs.
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See also: Spellforged Servitor
Telos Unicase with overzealous antialiasing applied to it. It looks as if it were automatically antialiased by 16-bit hardware - a bit smudgy, almost pencil-shaded. Check it out at 2x Pixel size!
Despite its simple looks, this font is just about the densest thing I can create on a 5x5 grid without obfuscating the letters themselves.
While using this font I discovered some unforeseen uses for shaded styles such as this. Since the "antialiasing" occurs in only one shade and never overlaps or replaces solid pixels, it can be easily mass-selected. One can quickly and easily recolor sections of the font, convert it to the non-antialiased version, or clone the layer the translucent pixels are on and achieve more interesting effects.
This is a clone of Telos UnicaseFont from the ingame marquee display of Barcade Brawl, a 2015 game by yours truly. This was made to look similar to the system fonts from old arcade boards, PC microsystems, etc. You've probably seen the fonts I'm talking about; they're everywhere and many people refer to them singularly as "the arcade font" or "the NES font".
This is 7x7 with no wasted matrix, but it looks better without monospacing since not every glyph is the same width. It also makes a decent terminal & chat font, at least for those who don't care about the case of the messages they read and write.
Feel free to use this in your games, etc.!
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Original size: 5.25pt (use multiples of this size for pixel perfection)