{"id":3768,"date":"2021-03-25T04:42:56","date_gmt":"2021-03-25T11:42:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fontstruct.com\/news\/?p=3768"},"modified":"2021-04-10T12:34:42","modified_gmt":"2021-04-10T19:34:42","slug":"twenties-comp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fontstruct.com\/news\/2021\/03\/25\/twenties-comp\/","title":{"rendered":"Twenties Comp"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dear FontStructors,<\/p>\n

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

It\u2019s been a while, too long, since we last raised the gates to unleash FontStructor versus FontStructor in mortal combat.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s also been a while since we had a competition, so<\/p>\n

Let the bricks be levied!
\nLet the grid be burnished bright and the curtains drawn!<\/p>\n

It\u2019s time to compete.<\/p>\n

Competition Brief<\/h3>\n

We would like you to build one or more FontStructions which are somehow connected to our competition theme.<\/p>\n

The theme for this competition is \u201cTwenties<\/strong>\u201d (thank you beate<\/a>!). We chose it from among many great suggestions<\/a>, firstly because it\u2019s suggestive of an exciting era in typography, but also because it can be interpreted in a much broader and abstract fashion.<\/p>\n

So please interpret the theme as loosely as you wish \u2013 it\u2019s there only to inspire, not to confine.<\/p>\n

\u2013 You might well be inspired by the Art Deco and modernist typography of the 1920s, but you might also choose to work on a 20×20 grid, or you could look to any aspect of our own peculiar decade for inspiration. You could turn your thoughts to the 1820s, the 1720s, or even the first XXs CE.<\/p>\n

So, the image at the top of this post is there only for decoration. It does not indicate any expectations or a given direction. You won\u2019t be judged on how \u201ctwenties-ish \u201d your design is.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re really struggling for ideas, you could explore some of our curated Sets, such as \u201cBauhaus Inspired<\/a>\u201d, or \u201cArt Deco<\/a>\u201d.<\/p>\n

Competition Time Period<\/h3>\n

Thursday, 25th March 2021 \u2013 Friday 9th April, 2021<\/p>\n

Competition Rules<\/p>\n

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  1. You must be a registered FontStruct user.<\/li>\n
  2. Your submission(s) must be posted and made \u201cpublic\u201d between 25th March 2021 and 9th April, 2021. Although you are encouraged to share your submission(s) at any time between these dates, your FontStruction submission(s) must be public (marked \u201cshare with everyone\u201d) no later than 9th April, 2021 at 11pm PST. Additionally, your submission(s) must remain public at least until 17th April 2021 in order to give the judges enough time to review all qualifying entries.<\/li>\n
  3. Your submission(s) must be tagged with a \u201cTwentiesComp\u201d tag. (For fairness, during the competition time period, no FontStruction with the \u201cTwentiesComp\u201d tag will be awarded a Top Pick.)<\/li>\n
  4. Your submission(s) must be downloadable. If your FontStruction cannot be downloaded, the submission will not be\u00a0including in the judging.<\/li>\n
  5. Your submission must be a newly published FontStruction. Simply adding the \u201cTwentiesComp\u201d tag to an already published font is not allowed.<\/li>\n
  6. For each submission, you must post at least one sample image in the comments of the FontStruction.<\/li>\n
  7. No letters in each submission can be MORE THAN 48 grid squares\u00a0high.<\/li>\n
  8. FontStruct cloning is permitted but the judges will be looking for original work.<\/li>\n
  9. You may enter up to three FontStructions to the competition.<\/li>\n
  10. This is a friendly competition. Cheering, favoriting and fun banter is encouraged but cruel and uncivil behavior will not be tolerated.<\/li>\n
  11. No rules regarding licensing. You may choose any license you like for your FontStruction. (but it needs to be downloadable!)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Judging and announcing the winners<\/h3>\n

    All qualifying FontStructions will by judged by the FontStruct staff and a guest judge* between April 10th and April 17th. Three prizewinners will be chosen. One of these will be the FontStructors\u2019 Favourite. Winners will be announced in a FontStruct Blog post on Monday April 19th 2021.<\/p>\n

    *UPDATE: We\u2019re delighted to confirm Nick Sherman as our guest judge for this competition. Nick runs HEX<\/a> a typographic company that makes fonts and websites. He\u2019s a founder and designer of v-fonts.com<\/a> and Fonts In Use<\/a>, and art director of the Typographics<\/a> design festival. Nick is a graduate of the Type@Cooper Extended Program in typeface design and has served on the Type Directors Club board of directors, the Adobe Typography Customer Advisory Board, and the Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum artistic board.<\/p>\n

    Prizes<\/h3>\n

    Each winner can choose a t-shirt printed with a FontStruction glyph of their choice.<\/p>\n

    FontStructors’ Favourite<\/h3>\n

    The valid entry with the highest number of legitimate<\/strong> favourites (yes we check) at 11pm PST on 16th April 2021 will be one of the three prizewinners.<\/p>\n

    Questions?<\/h3>\n

    If you have questions just add them as comments to this post.<\/p>\n

    May the best FontStruction win.<\/p>\n

    \n

    FontStructions in the image at the top, from innermost to outermost: Cabaret<\/a> by blu.<\/a>, Half Deco<\/a> by Wataru Aiso<\/a>, fs When We Were Young<\/a> by thalamic<\/a> and Folletto AllaModa<\/a> by blu.<\/a><\/p>\n

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    FontStruct would like to heartily thank our principal sponsor: Glyphs<\/a> and our many FS Patrons<\/a> for supporting FontStruct.<\/p>\n

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