Personal URL | www.parallax.net.nz |
Fontstructing since | 15th February, 2017 |
Fontstructions | 77 shared, 5 staff picks |
Shared Glyphs | 11386 |
Downloads | 2549 downloads made of this designer’s work |
Comments Made | 674 |
ALTERNATIVES CAN BE FOUND IN THE LOWER CASE TO CHANGE THE NOISE DISTRIBUTION.
I WASN’T REALLY THINKING ABOUT THE CYRILLIC ALPHABET WHEN I DESIGNED IT, SO THE LETTERS: “А” AND “Л” AND “Н” AND “П” ARE THE SAME.
THERE YOU GO, @bluemon . I DID THE BEST THAT I COULD WITH THE CYRILLIC (THE ONLY THING THAT I TOUCHED). I’M REALLY PROUD OF THE CAPITALS. MOST OF THE LOWER CASE IS OKAY, BUT A LOT OF LOWER-CASE CYRILLIC LETTERS HAVE THEIR OWN “SUB-X-HEIGHT” IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, SO THEY’RE BASICALLY JUST THE CAPITALS BUT SMALLER. THAT WAS QUITE HARD TO WORK AROUND, SINCE THAT FEATURE IS COMPLETELY NONEXISTANT IN THIS FONT (SEE YOUR LETTER: “s”). SO I’M NOT VERY HAPPY ABOUT “э”, AND KIND OF RESORTED TO THE HANDWRITTEN FORMS FOR: “в”, “д”, “з”, “и”, “й”, “у”, “ц”, “ш”, and “щ”. I DON’T KNOW, MAYBE @Dmitriy Sychiov (Sychoff) CAN POLISH IT OFF!
OH, AND I DIDN’T KERN ANYTHING, THERE’S A LITTLE PRESENT FOR YOU :D
This is a clone of IDKWIAATHIS IS BASED ON MY HANDWRITING. NOT MY REGULAR HANDWRITING — THAT DOESN’T ALLOW FOR LOWER-CASE LETTERS; SO WHENEVER I NEED TO WRITE SOMETHING WITH LOWER-CASE LETTERS (SUCH AS IN EXAMS.), I USE THIS STYLE.
I KNOW THAT IN PLACES IT LOOKS A BIT BROKEN. BUT AT THE SMALL SIZES OF BULK TEXT, IT SHOULDN’T BE TOO NOTICEABLE; IT’S NOT REALLY DESIGNED AS A DISPLAY FONT.
AND I ALSO KNOW THAT SOME SERIFS AND STROKES AREN’T EXACTLY COMMONPLACE (SEE THE UPPER SERIFS ON THE LETTER: “u”). IT’S JUST HOW MY HANDWRITING TURNED OUT.
INTENDED LANGAUGE SUPPORT
• ENGLISH
• RUSSIAN
• TE REO MĀORI
“WHAKAITI” IS A MĀORI WORD MEANING “TO MAKE SMALL”. IT’S ROUGHLY PRONOUNCED: “ɸɑkɑiti”.
This was featured inside my font: Pelagic Octopus.
Some alternative (less intrusive) forms are found in the capital section.
Use a size of thirteen point in order for the pixels to match up.
PRESS THE “PIXEL” BUTTON ABOVE FOR THE BEST RESULTS.
WELL, IF I WASN’T CRAZY BEFORE, I DEFINITELY AM NOW.
I WOULDN’T RECOMMEND DOWNLOADING THIS FONT. IT WOULD PROBABLY CRASH YOUR COMPUTER OR SOMETHING.
CLASSES
• “A”:AMBASSADOR CLASS
• “B”: OBERTH CLASS
• “C”: CONSTELLATION CLASS
• “D”: DEFIANT CLASS — U.S.S. DEFIANT (STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE)
• “E”: EXCELSIOR CLASS
• “F”: FREEDOM CLASS
• “G”: GALAXY CLASS — U.S.S. ENTERPRISE D (STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION)
• “H”: GALOR CLASS CARDASSIAN WARSHIP
• “I”: INTREPID CLASS — U.S.S. VOYAGER (STAR TREK: VOYAGER)
• “J”: TYPE VI SHUTTLECRAFT
• “K”: TYPE VII SHUTTLECRAFT
• “L”: LUNA CLASS
• “M”: MIRANDA CLASS
• “N”: NEBULA CLASS
• “O”: OLYMPIC CLASS
• “P”: PROMETHEUS CLASS
• “Q”: K'VORT CLASS KLINGON BIRD OF PREY
• “R”: SOVEREIGN CLASS
• “S”: SOYUZ CLASS
• “T”: TYPE XV SHUTTLECRAFT
• “U”: DANUBE CLASS
• “V”: VOYAGER’S AEROSHUTTLE
• “W”: D'DERIDEX CLASS ROMULAN WARBIRD
• “X”: NOVA CLASS
• “Y”: BORG CUBE
• “Z”: NEW ORLEANS CLASS
• SPACE: ACTUAL SPACE
THIS IS MY INTERPRETATION OF THE ROMULAN LANGUAGE OFF STAR TREK. ORIGINALLY, THE CREATOR OF THIS LANGUAGE MADE IT SO THAT IT COULD FIT ON A SIDEWAYS SEVEN-SEGMENT DISPLAY.
THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT ROMULAN:
- IT IS WRITTEN FROM TOP TO BOTTOM, THEN LEFT TO RIGHT.
- THERE ARE NO SPACES BETWEEN WORDS.
- SPACES ARE BETWEEN PHRASES.
- THERE IS NO PUNCTUATION.
- THERE IS NO "C" OR "Q."
- "SH" AND "TH" DIGRAPHS CAN BE MADE BY USING THE CAPITAL VERSIONS OF "S" AND "T."
- NUMBERS SHOULD BE PRECEEDED BY A "#."
JUST A SIMPLE 3×5 PIXEL FONT. THE CAPITALS HAVE A WHITE STRIKETHROUGH.
CHANGELOG
• 2017:03:10 — FIRST RELEASE.
• 2017:12:17 — ADDED QUITE A LOT MORE LATIN CHARACTERS, BRINGING THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF CHARACTERS TO SEVEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-SEVEN.
• 2017:12:18 — ADDED TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FOUR CYRILLIC CHARACTERS, BRINGING THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF CHARACTERS TO A THOUSAND AND FORTY-ONE.
• 2017:12:20 — ADDED FIFTY ARABIC CHARACTERS, BRINGING THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF CHARACTERS TO A THOUSAND AND NINETY-ONE.
• 2018:01:05 — UPDATED THE CYRILLIC “И” AND “Й.”
• 2018:01:06 — ADDED TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SIX GREEK AND COPTIC CHARACTERS, BRAILLE AND OTHER SYMBOLS, BRINGING THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF CHARACTERS TO 1357. ALSO UPDATED THE CYRILLIC “Й.”
CLICK ON THE “PIXEL” BUTTON TO MAKE IT LOOK, LIKE, A BAJILLION TIMES BETTER.
INTENDED LANGUAGE SUPPORT
• ENGLISH
• MĀORI
• SLOVENIAN
• RUSSIAN
THINGS THAT FONTSTRUCT NEEDS
• A DITHERING TOOL
• AN ELLIPSE TOOL
• RECTANGULAR- AND ELLIPTICAL-OUTLINE TOOLS.
• A BUCKET FILL TOOL
• RULERS
• A SKEWABLE GRID
• A MASS KERNING FEATURE (OR EVEN AUTOMATIC KERNING, THAT’D BE NICE)
• SUPPORT FOR MULTIPLE FAMILIES WITHIN ONE FILE
• A TERMINAL FOR PROGRAMMING ALGORITHMS TO AUTOMATE REPETITIVE, PREDICTABLE ASPECTS, AND A WAY TO REFERENCE THE GRID SQUARES AS AN ARRAY OF SOME KIND
DON’T THINK THAT I’M SHOUTING ABOUT THIS. I JUST DON’T LIKE LOWER-CASE LETTERS!
This is a clone of Some fonts you just can’t FontStructAN 8×8 PIXEL FONT.
THIS FONT CONTAINS THE LATIN, GREEK, CYRILLIC, ARABIC, AND HEBREW ALPHABETS.
CHANGELOG
• 2018:02:10 — FIRST RELEASE WITH SIX HUNDRED AND NINETY-FIVE CHARACTERS.
This is a clone of PARALLAX-SYSTEM-FONT-1AN 8×8 PIXEL FONT.
CHANGELOG
• 2018:01:09 — FIRST RELEASE WITH NINETY-FOUR CHARACTERS.
• 2018:01:11 — ADDED LOWER-CASE LATIN CHARACTERS. ADDED A FEW SYMBOLS. UPDATED “G,” “V,” AND “W” CHARACTERS.
• 2018:02:02 — UPDATED THE “'” AND “"” CHARACTERS.
CAPITAL LETTERS HAVE A WHITE STRIKETHROUGH. LOWERCASE LETTERS ARE COMPLETE.
ALSO SEE THE THREE-DIMENSIONAL VERSION OF THIS FONT, “PARADOXICAL-VORTEX.”
This is a clone of PARADOXICAL-VORTEXCAPITAL LETTERS HAVE A WHITE STRIKETHROUGH. LOWERCASE LETTERS ARE COMPLETE.
TO GET THE PARALLAX LOGO (MY WEBSITE), TYPE “%.”
ALSO SEE THE TWO-DIMENSIONAL VERSION OF THIS FONT, “PARADOXICAL-VORTEX-FLATTENED.”
CHANGELOG
• 2017:11:30 — PUT THE STRIKETHROUGH ON THE CAPITAL ACCENTED CHARACTERS. ALSO FIXED A SPACING ERROR WITH THE “$” SYMBOL.
• 2017:12:01 — DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND, I HAVE ADDED A HUNDRED AND FIFTY NEW AND ACCENTED CHARACTERS.
• 2017:12:02 — ADDED EIGHTY-SIX MORE CHARACTERS, BRINGING THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF CHARACTERS TO THREE HUNDRED AND FORTY-ONE. ALSO UPDATED THE “¥” SYMBOL AND THE SINGLE ACCENTS.