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I have to agree with elmo. I find that the most interesting glyphs are the partially filled ones. I like the letters that are fractalized on their most defining features. The contrast is more prominent and therefore augments the aesthetic. Boundlessly inspirational.
Thank you very much for your feedback and generous rating. This work is not a sudden idea, but has a history. It goes back to 2011, when I first came across with this beautiful fractal pattern on the internet. I thought, I could replicate it in Fontstruct and make some complex patterns.
After building several versions, I considered the possibility to use it for decorative letters. However, that idea proved to be elusive. After many failed attempts I put the project in to my "drawer" to work on it later.
In the meantime, the new advances of FS tools, e.g. new bricks, composite bricks, made it possible to reduce the size by half while retaining the same level of detail.
It was this spring when I finally cracked the problem and created Elbereth. After the first letters, I realized, it would take a lot of work to complete the basic character set. I decided to publish it as it is, unfinished, so as to force myself to work on it with redoubled efforts.
My design using this fractal pattern is only one of many possible designs. I wish, that some of you would experiment with the pattern and create something different. You may find the Fractal Patterns 5 here.
(to be continued...)
At first, I wanted to fill the letters with the pattern completely. However, I realized soon that the partially filled ones look even better, as you pointed out. They also can be arranged to emphasize the character of the particular glyph with their spiral tails or straight borders.
Therefore, I have introduced the outline to define the overall shape. The outline itself is less than perfect, having the diagonal strokes slightly thinner than the orthogonal ones. (I've worked out a nearly perfect formula for same width 45 degree lines, using composite bricks and stacking, but it was not suitable for concave polygons.) You may have also noticed, there is a slightly wider gap between the edge of the fractal pattern and the outline at the diagonal strokes compared to the horizontal and vertical ones. This is not lack of precision, but a consequence of the geometry and the inherent limitations of Fontstruct to replicate the same pattern at smaller and smaller scale: there are 6 iterations towards the orthogonal borders, and only 5 iterations towards the diagonal borders. The true distance between the pattern and the outline is represented at places where there are large solid black fields facing the border. The rest of the pattern would reach out that far only in case of infinite number of iterations.
At present, I am happy with C,F,H,I,L,O, S,Z,Y, 0,1,2,5, and the period. I think, I'll make 2-3 versions for each letter, and the user may pick and choose the one that suits the job best.
You can think in fractals.
Unbelievable!
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