{"id":4728,"date":"2022-07-19T04:43:55","date_gmt":"2022-07-19T11:43:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fontstruct.com\/news\/?p=4728"},"modified":"2024-05-11T13:42:14","modified_gmt":"2024-05-11T20:42:14","slug":"heavy-competition-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fontstruct.com\/news\/2022\/07\/19\/heavy-competition-results\/","title":{"rendered":"Heavy Competition Results"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dear FontStructors,<\/p>\n

The \u201cHeavy\u201d competition has ended and, once again, the staff at FontStruct Towers were overwhelmed by your creativity. Sixty amazing entries<\/a>! I hope that everyone had fun taking part, and took pleasure in designing and sharing your work. I\u2019m only sorry that we will feature only a few FontStructions in this post.<\/p>\n

With judging a more daunting prospect than ever, we sought and found the assistance of a genuine typographical heavyweight. As well as being the managing editor<\/a> at Fonts in Use<\/a> and founding partner of design agency Kaune & Hardwig<\/a>, Florian Hardwig has been a FontStruct supporter since its earliest days. (Of our 2.1 million+ registrations, he is number 99<\/a>!) He\u2019s also used FontStruct as a tool in his teaching practice in the past, even smuggling FontStruct right into the Bauhaus Archive itself<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Without further ado, Florian\u2019s favourites:<\/p>\n

Winner #1 db HeavyLight by beate<\/h3>\n

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

Florian wrote:<\/p>\n

I\u2019m fond of FontStructions that embrace the limitations of the grid and explore an idea without dialing up the resolution endlessly. db\u00a0HeavyLight<\/a>\u00a0is a great example. The square glyphs with their monospaced width and unconventional weight distribution seem to channel the\u00a0lettering made by Chris Lebeau in the 1920s<\/a>. In their playfulness, they also remind me of\u00a0Ben Shahn\u2019s work<\/a>.\u00a0The ingenious thing about db HeavyLight is that the lowercase holds alternate caps, shown white against black. By mixing positive and negative glyphs, one can unleash a fascinating play of figure and ground, of light and dark.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Winner #2 tm about a square by thalamic<\/h3>\n

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

Florian wrote:<\/p>\n

Blocky typefaces of very heavy height tend to look clunky and boring. It helps to add a dash of white, to open up the black surface a little, and also to hint at counters and stem boundaries. One clever and minimalist way of doing so is to overlay the glyphs with fine lines. In\u00a0True Cross Fire<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Watzlcross<\/a>, two film faces from the 1970s, this resembles\u00a0cross hairs. In\u00a0tm About a Square<\/a>\u00a0 I see a more peaceful and\u00a0pleasant analogy: each glyph looks like a gift, wrapped in paper and tied with a ribbon!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Winner #3 Metaal by four<\/h3>\n

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

Florian wrote:<\/p>\n

I had a hard time deciding between Metaal<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Zwaar<\/a>, another\u00a0compelling entry by the same contestant. In the end, Metaal\u2019s fun and (seemingly) simple concept won me over. Basic letterforms defined by monolinear strokes for contours and counters, abutted against each other \u2013 just like we used to draw them on graph paper during lesson, while dreaming of the next festival weekend. What makes Metaal so cool is its steep angle. Together with the diagonal terminals that oscillate around the baseline and x-height, it yields a\u00a0wicked look. This font is a machine for making instant band logos.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Colour Winner: KD Kalyn by architaraz<\/h3>\n

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

As it turned out, Florian\u2019s choices were all monochromatic although he did admire the colour entries, picking out this one in particular. KD Kalyn<\/a> by architaraz<\/a> was also my favourite from among the polychromatics. It\u2019s wonderful that it works, both as a plain single colour design, and as this chunky array of escheresque facets.<\/p>\n

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The People\u2019s Choice<\/h3>\n

The People\u2019s choice was Zwaar<\/a>. So double well-done four<\/a>!<\/p>\n

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Honorable Mentions<\/h3>\n

I seriously recommend that everyone takes a close look at each and every entry<\/a> \u2013 ideally download them and try them out. But here are a few more which I particularily enjoyed:
\nG1 Defkhan<\/a> by geneus1<\/a>, cicmankaputAB4028ii<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0jirinvk<\/a>, <\/span>Moon Machine A<\/a> by\u00a0V. Sarela (Yautja)<\/a>, <\/span>Tennessine Slab<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0Frodo7<\/a>, <\/span>corpus opulentia<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0tortoiseshell<\/a>, <\/span>Ailurophilia FS<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0Haley Wakamatsu<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Thank you!<\/h3>\n

Thanks again to everyone who took part.<\/p>\n

Thanks to our generous sponsors Glyphs App<\/a>, the world\u2019s leading desktop font editor for OSX. Glyphs continues to quietly and kindly support FontStruct in 2022.<\/p>\n

Last but not least, thanks to our guest judge Florian Hardwig<\/a>, for gifting us his time and expertise.<\/p>\n

Have an idea for our next competition theme? Please add it in the comments.<\/p>\n

Happy FontStructing!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dear FontStructors, The \u201cHeavy\u201d competition has ended and, once again, the staff at FontStruct Towers were overwhelmed by your creativity. Sixty amazing entries! I hope that everyone had fun taking part, and took pleasure in designing and sharing your work. I\u2019m only sorry that we will feature only a few FontStructions in this post. With […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,7,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-competition-results","category-competitions","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fontstruct.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fontstruct.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fontstruct.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fontstruct.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fontstruct.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4728"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/fontstruct.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4728\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4760,"href":"https:\/\/fontstruct.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4728\/revisions\/4760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fontstruct.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fontstruct.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fontstruct.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}