1993226
Published: 16th June, 2010
Last edited: 16th June, 2010
Created: 14th June, 2010
prototype for a family of fret fonts. this has been done before, but i wanted to try one. since there are so many chords, it is necessary to split according to logical groups. this is the first (AB), there will also be CD and EF. lower chords in lc and higher chords in uc. i think this organization will work, but if there are any guitar players, let me know what you think :)This is a clone
20122735
Published: 17th May, 2010
Last edited: 15th June, 2010
Created: 9th April, 2010
what is this thing? just something i felt like finishing up. the first few glyphs made me think of dinosaurs with the ridges and eyes, somehow they got wheels and therefore the caddy. sideshow came in with the oddness of it all. well anyway, just trying to have a little fun :) i think this is showing some neurone error influences.
64159221
Published: 16th March, 2010
Last edited: 7th June, 2010
Created: 29th August, 2009
The name is derived from this fontstruction trying to emulate the intaglio style.This is a clone
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?
143728
Published: 29th March, 2010
Last edited: 28th March, 2010
Created: 28th March, 2010
in celebration of the upcoming holiday and the arrival of spring :)This is a clone
28157716
Published: 16th March, 2010
Last edited: 22nd March, 2010
Created: 13th March, 2010
well Sportcomp is over. what a great party. thanks to all those who participated or otherwise supported the fun. seems like i had at least one more, but perhaps this one is best to be released now, sort of like for the after-party. thanks to fs staff for the fun.This is a clone of Break
2582915
Published: 18th January, 2010
Last edited: 17th March, 2010
Created: 16th January, 2010
another mechanical inspired font - this one from pieces of gears :)
23107316
Published: 11th March, 2010
Last edited: 11th March, 2010
Created: 11th March, 2010
dance is sport. stencil version of Balance Beam. inspired by fs GO TEAM! by thalamic.This is a clone
14205010
Published: 2nd March, 2010
Last edited: 3rd March, 2010
Created: 2nd March, 2010
my first entry in the competition :) it could be considered one of my standard pattern fonts using a soccer ball as the primary element. the ball of kind of tricky to do and is only a representation of the real thing of course.
416287848
Published: 15th March, 2009
Last edited: 28th January, 2010
Created: 10th March, 2009
well, i guess it is downloading. yay :) the other 2 versions are still available and contain alternates for some characters. i did that when the font wouldn't dl and after i split it, i did some additional work on some glyphs :) select this link to go to cranestruct a-n or cranestruct o-z.This is a clone
58226949
Published: 25th December, 2009
Last edited: 13th January, 2010
Created: 12th December, 2009
Merry Christmas. Happy Holidays to all fontstructors worldwide and the Fontstruct staff!
and Snowflakes to all.
This is a clone
600304
Published: 27th July, 2008
Last edited: 8th January, 2010
Created: 25th July, 2008
half full or half empty?This is a clone of BST Sweaty and Teary
13776610
Published: 10th July, 2009
Last edited: 2nd January, 2010
Created: 21st June, 2009
another build-out from fs collaboration 1. started with the U. changed some details. had some fun :) new and improved using comments from Gustavo. formerly disco ball, now disco salvation. thanks Gus :) This is a clone
1845819
Published: 15th December, 2009
Last edited: 13th December, 2009
Created: 12th December, 2009
you would think there are a lot of lined fonts. not really. i googled to see what was out there. i was surprised i didn't find this one. just uc for now.This is a clone
1672913
Published: 15th December, 2009
Last edited: 13th December, 2009
Created: 12th December, 2009
this was inspired by a font sample found here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/insect54/2109838957. this was shared by Afrojet when he released his San Serious series. this is from the book 'Fodor Catalogue' designed by Wim Crouwel featuring works by Jurriaan Schrofer. thanks anTyp for providing clarity :)
27383925
Published: 15th October, 2008
Last edited: 23rd November, 2009
Created: 14th October, 2008
:) other electronic fonts: microcircuitz or micro clean.This is a clone of Circuit Board Outline
9710988
Published: 15th August, 2009
Last edited: 23rd November, 2009
Created: 15th August, 2009
This started out as a 'why not'. When it showed potential, I added more glyphs to round out the character set.
— Alt. t at { for words beginning with it.
— ll (double l) lig. at } for a nicer fit.This is a clone of fs Fontsration
622706
Published: 22nd August, 2008
Last edited: 21st November, 2009
Created: 18th August, 2008
i've seen this one around, but wanted to make it look somewhat leaner.
302604
Published: 9th December, 2008
Last edited: 21st November, 2009
Created: 7th December, 2008
start your own wagon train. use [ for back of wagon, lowercase letters for text inside wagon, ] for front of wagon and 0 or 1 for the horse. use uppercase for single letters in a wagon. gittyup!