{"id":3116,"date":"2017-12-04T05:14:05","date_gmt":"2017-12-04T12:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fontstruct.com\/news\/?p=3116"},"modified":"2024-05-11T13:41:54","modified_gmt":"2024-05-11T20:41:54","slug":"serif-competition-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fontstruct.com\/news\/2017\/12\/04\/serif-competition-results\/","title":{"rendered":"Serif Competition Results"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oh FontStructors,<\/p>\n

Will you ever disappoint?\u00a0This time you were faced with what seemed, at first glance, a relatively staid and technical theme: \u201cserif\u201d. Nevertheless you rose to the challenge, with your inimitable imagination and energy \u2013 endlessly riffing, playing and transmogrifying to produce a magnificently rich and diverse array of 58 entries \u2013 a record haul for a FontStruct competition. Many thanks and congratulations to everyone<\/strong> who entered.<\/p>\n

Judging was more difficult than ever, but, thanks to the excellent input of our guest judge beate<\/a>, we finally reached consensus.<\/p>\n

First up, and in no particular order<\/em>, the four winning entrants:<\/p>\n

1. G1 Radia<\/a> by geneus1<\/a> (in red)<\/h2>\n

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G1 Radia<\/a> was a unanimous choice of the judges. With it\u2019s high-contrast strokes, ball-terminals and discreet little serifs this FontStruction genuinely radiates<\/em> a curvesome beauty, although on closer inspection one also sees intriguing traces of its cruder, modular roots.<\/p>\n

All four winners actually made multiple high-quality entries, some of which we couldn\u2019t resist including in the samples, so below G1 Radia you can also marvel at the monumental G1 Valora<\/a> \u2013 one of the serifiest serifs this side of the Pecos.<\/p>\n

2. Hoek<\/a> by four<\/a> (shown in red)<\/h2>\n

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Hoek was elected by the FontStruct community as the \u201cpeople\u2019s favorite\u201d . It obviously stems from\u00a0a clear and precise concept for a bevelled slab, thoughtfully executed in every perfect detail.
\nIn fact, the judges were even more excited by the highly-inventive \u201celza<\/a>\u201d (the second design featured above) in which wiry strokes terminate in a questioning hook-shape rather than a traditional serif or terminal. Planetarium<\/a>, also shown above, was another strong and popular slab entry.<\/p>\n

3. Cembrel B<\/a> by V. Sarela AKA yautja<\/a><\/h2>\n

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The judges were enchanted by Cembrel B: a subtle, attractive, and eminently-usable, high-contrast serif, part of a developing new family.\u00a0Nouveaumbre<\/a> was another really excellent entry from yautja.<\/p>\n

And last but not least \u2026<\/p>\n

4. AT Bals<\/a> by architaraz<\/a><\/h2>\n

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A classifier\u2019s nightmare: a slab serif concealed inside a sans! \u2013 what an innovative interpretation of the theme. Beyond the high concept, architaraz also succeeds in delivering a coherent and attractive typeface. Beneath AT Bals you can see the elegant inline \u201dAT Migdalia<\/a>\u201d with it\u2019s hairline serifs.<\/p>\n

Many, many congratulations to our four prizewinners.<\/p>\n

Some<\/em> Honorable Mentions:<\/h2>\n

tm Almost<\/a> by thalamic<\/a><\/h3>\n

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\u2013 A classic serif with an unusual calligraphic twist, created on a pin-board matrix.<\/p>\n

zlabby eYe\/FS<\/a> by elmoyenique<\/a><\/h3>\n

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\u2013 A convivial, super-chunky slab-serif, given added character by the idiosyncratic snips in certain letter-tops.<\/p>\n

atomic<\/a> by time.peace<\/a><\/h3>\n

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\u2013 Actually I’m not sure whether this is (at least in any sense known to me) a serif, but a strong, clear design nevertheless.<\/p>\n

cyclops<\/a> by funk_king<\/a><\/h3>\n

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\u2013 One of three strong entries from the master of the dotted font. Some really charming glyphs in this one.<\/p>\n

fs luxor<\/a> by ETHproductions<\/a><\/h3>\n

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\u2013 Ultra-high-contrast strokes and serifs in a stencil-flavoured entry.<\/p>\n

tyvojtoAD2820<\/a> by\u00a0jirinvk<\/a><\/h3>\n

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\u2013 Calculated, cutout crudity. Shamelessly modular and yet also wonderfully imperfect.<\/p>\n

Kuliboni Punk<\/a> by\u00a0Dmitriy Sychiov (Sychoff)<\/a><\/h3>\n

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This brutal disfiguration of an existing design by Sychoff came very close to a prize. Although tagged as punk, there\u2019s also something quite primitive and ancient going on here. I can see these glyphs scratched into the base of an amphora, or perhaps arranged in the border of a mosaic. Compare the Jekyll<\/a> to this Hyde<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Congratulations again to all winners, who will be contacted about their prizes in the next few days; thanks to our judges; and, most of all, thanks to everyone who took part. I look forward to our next competition.<\/p>\n

Happy FontStructing!<\/p>\n

Rob<\/p>\n

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FontStruct would like to thank our sponsor: Creative Fabrica<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 your number #1 source for premium design elements.<\/p>\n

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