6931509
Published: 16th July, 2010
Last edited: 24th February, 2011
Created: 16th July, 2010
It's been a while since I've published anything, and I have a few font projects going, but here is one that I just came up with and made in a couple hours. It's a stencil font that uses a horizontal line to open all the bowls.
18583236
Published: 5th November, 2010
Last edited: 5th November, 2010
Created: 4th November, 2010
Typeface initially based on the theme of decay, getting inspiration from the look of old, rotten, decayed wood. Created for my first year project at UWE Bristol, and my first fontstruction.
70138418
Published: 30th September, 2010
Last edited: 28th October, 2010
Created: 30th September, 2010
The rules: rounded terminals, small grid, no contrast, no cross-strokes or intersections. The effect: neon tube, router groove, cake icing, live bait.This is a clone
471817369
Published: 20th May, 2010
Last edited: 13th October, 2010
Created: 19th April, 2010
I decided to make a stencil version of my NCD Amphibian font.
I didn't have to change too much.
Slightly influenced by Afrojet's superb Whoopee which reminded me of NCD Amphibian when I first saw it.
There's still some tweaking to be done, so all comments welcomed.
This is a clone of NCD Amphibian
4049812
Published: 23rd September, 2010
Last edited: 23rd September, 2010
Created: 23rd September, 2010
This one evolved as I was working on it. Originally intended to be a slab serif using the new bricks but no filters, stacks, or composite bricks. I found that the letters looked cooler when some of their shapes were implied.
If I can get around to stencilling this, I'll enter it in the handmade competition.
1392216410
Published: 12th February, 2009
Last edited: 26th August, 2010
Created: 12th February, 2009
IF YOU WANT THE FULL FONT WITH EUROPEAN CHARACTERS, THEN PLEASE:-
Make a donation of $5 via PAYPAL to djnippa@hotmail.com
(Please put which font you require in the subject box).
I will send the full font immediately.
Many Thanks.
Stenciled version NCD Blagger.This is a clone
989598329230
Published: 6th April, 2008
Last edited: 18th August, 2010
Created: 6th April, 2008
I wasn't satisfied with either of the current logo expansions, so i made my own. With Cyrillic characters.
IF YOU LIKE THIS FONT, PLEASE GIVE IT A GOOD RATING!
7798734
Published: 31st May, 2010
Last edited: 1st June, 2010
Created: 29th May, 2010
Another stencil font...with obvious influences from Glaser Stencil (because I love it so!). But to be fair, Glaser Stencil was not referenced even once in the making of this fontstruction.
Allow me to wax technical about FontStruct 2.0 for a bit. A lot of my fontstructions have been even thickness all around. However, the evenness have been approximated thus far—not so anymore. First there were the 45° bricks; then came the 26.57°/63.43° bricks. With the 2.0 Make Composite feature, 14.04°/75.96° angles became possible. These two additional angles provide a finer tune of thickness of stems. The preview does not do justice to the font, but I tested the thicknesses of stems in Illustrator—horizontals/verticals/diagonals. Each stem now is as close in thickness to other as possible. This really is an even stroke font[struction]. Other 2.0 features are also used (but may not be obvious at a glance). See that 'o'? That's just one quarter curve created and then rotated three additional times. Very handy. The horizontal and vertical flips were used extensively throughout the creation process. Quarter-ing of angled bricks became necessary when it became evident that the only even thickness of a stroke is possible at x.5 thickness when combined with a curve. This meant that each vertical/horizontal stem is 5.5 bricks thick, which in turn made it necessary to use angled bricks at a quarter scale, which, of course, was made possible with the Make Composite feature. The only place I couldn't get the brick I wanted was in 4 (zoom in to see the slight misshape). It was a joy to work on this fontstruction to get what I really wanted almost every time. Great update, Rob. Cheers!
As long as I am on the soap box: What's up with diaeresis? I understand the reason for their existence, but are they the best possible way to handle various additional sounds? Also, are they even necessary? For example, café in French means a particular thing. But does cafe (without the e with the grave on it) mean something else? If not, wouldn't the French automatically know how to properly pronounce café (with or without acute on the e) the correct way whichever 'e' is used? It helps in the pronunciation for the uninitiated but are languages really designed for the novice? There are 26 letters in the English alphabet but they cover the gamut of up to 44 different sounds (according to some). Improbable as it may seem, it does not stop people to choose the correct pronunciation of letters. Hop has one sound for the 'o' and adding an 'e' at the end does not add the 'e' sound at the end of 'hop' but changes the sound of the middle 'o'. Convention. Sure. What I am trying to get at is that written script functions much better with distinct shapes without the flow-interrupting addition of the diaeresis. So unless there are two words spelled the same with the only difference being the kind of diacritic on the letters, the diacritic are redundant, no? If there is a real need for certain letter+diacritic combo, wouldn't a new shape be better? There are no shortage of additional shapes in the scripts of other languages. Can't do without an 'é'? Replace it with, say, 'ө' from the Greek script...or whatever. It bears repetition: What's up with diaeresis?
63914625
Published: 25th May, 2010
Last edited: 26th May, 2010
Created: 25th May, 2010
A quick experiment playing with the possibilities of overshoot, using the composite brick function.
6858814
Published: 18th May, 2010
Last edited: 18th May, 2010
Created: 18th May, 2010
I'm not really sure how this one came about. It conforms to stencil criteria, but it's not really about that. It also reminds me of pseudo-blurry typefaces, but again that's purely coincidental.
Make of it what you will.
173265240
Published: 18th April, 2010
Last edited: 25th April, 2010
Created: 18th April, 2010
This is and experimental work to create a strong stencil face with a distinct character. It is a work in progress. Some glyphs may change. If you know prior art(s) very similar to this, please let me know. This is a clone
7431939317
Published: 10th April, 2010
Last edited: 10th April, 2010
Created: 27th December, 2009
Because you can never have enough ball terminals...This is a clone
165127974
Published: 1st April, 2010
Last edited: 1st April, 2010
Created: 22nd August, 2009
Two years already!?!
Time flies when you're having fun.
Based on the FontStruct Logo that could have been.
;-)
36173287
Published: 9th March, 2010
Last edited: 18th March, 2010
Created: 9th March, 2010
A chunky stencil font inspired by Communist Russia. Sorta going for the cosmonaut look. Extensive alphabet set with many Latin characters.
177167550
Published: 17th February, 2010
Last edited: 19th February, 2010
Created: 16th February, 2010
Prog is a condensed, geometric, modular display typeface with a contemporary sci-fi aesthetic. The design draws from a multitude of influences. Specifically I was inspired by: mathematics, Japanese space-rock, the movie MOON (directed by David Bowie's kid), and the Funk King's wonderful molecular work here on FontStruct.
The principle building block for the design is an obtuse angle segment that's cloned, reflected, and rotated to create an entire letter. Mapping the technique to the whole typeface was a challenge and there are some compromises (see D and U). As is frequently the case with these strict modular exercises the T is the stand out ugly duckling.This is a clone
118144145
Published: 30th October, 2009
Last edited: 7th November, 2009
Created: 30th October, 2009
Maybe shifting to CCAN licensing will discourage pilferers from trying to make money out of my designs. Cheek!
128305843
Published: 6th September, 2009
Last edited: 6th September, 2009
Created: 5th September, 2009
Minimal stencil font. lowercase, numerals and some punctuation. More on http://typerider.wordpress.com/This is a clone
1251120124
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 abusethem of these new found possibilities & maintain a certain harmony within the whole set.This is a clone of FS Mini
16464042281
Published: 29th July, 2009
Last edited: 4th September, 2009
Created: 10th May, 2009
I intended to make some sort of an M.C.Escher tribute here. I'm sorry this isn't very complete and far from being perfectly well done, but it somewhat started to make me feel dizzy...;) And even though I'm not very convinced by this, I don't think I'd come up with a way better execution soon.
I hope for Mr Escher that there are better tribute fonts for him out there! He'd definitely deserve it...
It was by the way funk_king's Impossible Alphabet that reminded me of this unfinished thing laying around in my messy unpublished fontstructions box, and made me take it out and finish it. (If you can call 42 characters "finished".)
Also check out Frodo7's Hommage à Escher, geneus1's IsoMatrix 3D, and funk_king's Soma for some other great Escher-esque fontcrafting!
239174337
Published: 22nd July, 2009
Last edited: 23rd July, 2009
Created: 25th June, 2009
This is a Sessions flavored remix of Saberrider's wonderful Poff font.This is a clone of poff