{"id":2054,"date":"2012-10-26T01:31:09","date_gmt":"2012-10-26T08:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fontstruct.com\/news\/?p=2054"},"modified":"2024-05-11T13:38:59","modified_gmt":"2024-05-11T20:38:59","slug":"stencil-competition-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fontstruct.com\/news\/2012\/10\/26\/stencil-competition-results\/","title":{"rendered":"Stencil Competition Results"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Stencil<\/a><\/p>\n

The Stencil competition was a resounding success. We saw a record number of entries (70!), a great diversity and originality of approach, and overall\u00a0an extremely high standard of FontStructing.<\/p>\n

I was a bit unsure about the “Stencil” theme when we chose it for this competition. I thought people might find it hard to produce something fresh with so many great stencil designs on FontStruct already. How wrong I was to underestimate the creative energy of the FontStruct community. Well done everyone!<\/p>\n

The Winners<\/strong><\/p>\n

Down to business. There was one standout winner<\/strong> which appeared in each judge’s top three, and was also chosen by the community as the “FontStructor’s Favorite”: “db Smoothie<\/a>” by beate<\/a>. db Smoothie is an unusual, but\u00a0highly usable and\u00a0technically-perfect stencil-FontStruction. Ray Larabie wrote:<\/p>\n

db Smoothie bolsters the stencil cuts by lopping tops and bottoms strategically. But it does it in a way that accentuates the differences between letters. That’s\u00a0something\u00a0that a lot of other entries missed. You can minimize without making letters look uniform and overly modular.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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In fact beate could have won several times over. Ray also enthused over “db Karton<\/a>” (seen in the image at the head of this post):<\/p>\n

db Karton avoids the usual stencil cliches and goes with a\u00a0counter-less\u00a0style. I love how the C & G avoid the commonplace “Pac Man” deco pastiche. The squared sharps allow a tight fit, which makes it really useful as a poster or headline font.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So well done beate!<\/p>\n

The second winner<\/strong> is Thorin<\/a> by Frodo7<\/a>. Ray was smitten by its subtle qualities:<\/p>\n

Thorin was my favorite entry. There are a lot of soft stencils around that would fit with a classic military theme, but Thorin has a plausible, contemporary military style. The optimal cuts and low-res polygonal flavor evoke an eerie digital\u00a0camouflage voice.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Congratulations Frodo7!<\/p>\n

The third winner<\/strong> is the brilliantly named and executed Crazy Fredericka<\/a> by four<\/a>, a fun, legible \u00a0and eminently usable\u00a0form of insanity. High five four!<\/p>\n

\"Crazy<\/a><\/p>\n

Winners will be contacted soon about their prizes.<\/p>\n

If you entered and didn’t win, please don’t be sad. You were all<\/a> amazing. And of course if you can’t wait for the next competition to win a poster, \u00a0you can still order it<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Special Mentions and Thanks<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the course of the competition we were delighted to welcome back funk_king<\/a> and geneus1<\/a> to public FontStructing. Their spectacular returns for the Stencilcomp \u00a0are one more good reason to hold competitions more often.<\/p>\n

We’ve also recently seen the welcome return of jmarquez<\/a> and, assuming I haven’t been fooled by some nifty photoshopping, congratulations on the amazing knifework for the competition sample<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Finally thank you to\u00a0will.i.\u0ad0<\/a>\u00a0for his truly incredible innovations\u00a0most recently in this competition<\/a>, his willingness to share and unsung, behind-the-scenes volunteer work on FontStruct.<\/p>\n

The Judges<\/strong><\/p>\n

Protective hats off to our guest judge Ray Larabie, and honorary staff judge Stephen Coles who gave us a lot of their valuable time for free. As you can imagine it takes to long time to have a conscientious look at 70 FontStructions.<\/p>\n

Ray Larabie<\/strong> is a Canadian font designer who has, for the past 15 years, created over 500 font families. He continues to create new fonts in his new home in Nagoya, Japan. More info\u00a0about.me\/raylarabie<\/a><\/p>\n

Stephen Coles<\/strong> is an honorary FontStruct staff member,\u00a0writer, typographer. Editor of Fonts In Use<\/a>, Typographica<\/a>, and The Mid-Century Modernist<\/a>. He lives in Oakland & Berlin.<\/p>\n

Rob Meek<\/a> designs, develops and runs FontStruct.<\/p>\n

And finally<\/strong><\/p>\n

Watch this space. We’ve got some new bricks coming soon<\/strong>.
\nIn the meantime. Happy FontStructing!<\/p>\n

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