7798734
Published: 31st May, 2010
Last edited: 1st June, 2010
Created: 29th May, 2010
Another stencil font...with obvious influences from Glaser Stencil (because I love it so!). But to be fair, Glaser Stencil was not referenced even once in the making of this fontstruction.
Allow me to wax technical about FontStruct 2.0 for a bit. A lot of my fontstructions have been even thickness all around. However, the evenness have been approximated thus far—not so anymore. First there were the 45° bricks; then came the 26.57°/63.43° bricks. With the 2.0 Make Composite feature, 14.04°/75.96° angles became possible. These two additional angles provide a finer tune of thickness of stems. The preview does not do justice to the font, but I tested the thicknesses of stems in Illustrator—horizontals/verticals/diagonals. Each stem now is as close in thickness to other as possible. This really is an even stroke font[struction]. Other 2.0 features are also used (but may not be obvious at a glance). See that 'o'? That's just one quarter curve created and then rotated three additional times. Very handy. The horizontal and vertical flips were used extensively throughout the creation process. Quarter-ing of angled bricks became necessary when it became evident that the only even thickness of a stroke is possible at x.5 thickness when combined with a curve. This meant that each vertical/horizontal stem is 5.5 bricks thick, which in turn made it necessary to use angled bricks at a quarter scale, which, of course, was made possible with the Make Composite feature. The only place I couldn't get the brick I wanted was in 4 (zoom in to see the slight misshape). It was a joy to work on this fontstruction to get what I really wanted almost every time. Great update, Rob. Cheers!
As long as I am on the soap box: What's up with diaeresis? I understand the reason for their existence, but are they the best possible way to handle various additional sounds? Also, are they even necessary? For example, café in French means a particular thing. But does cafe (without the e with the grave on it) mean something else? If not, wouldn't the French automatically know how to properly pronounce café (with or without acute on the e) the correct way whichever 'e' is used? It helps in the pronunciation for the uninitiated but are languages really designed for the novice? There are 26 letters in the English alphabet but they cover the gamut of up to 44 different sounds (according to some). Improbable as it may seem, it does not stop people to choose the correct pronunciation of letters. Hop has one sound for the 'o' and adding an 'e' at the end does not add the 'e' sound at the end of 'hop' but changes the sound of the middle 'o'. Convention. Sure. What I am trying to get at is that written script functions much better with distinct shapes without the flow-interrupting addition of the diaeresis. So unless there are two words spelled the same with the only difference being the kind of diacritic on the letters, the diacritic are redundant, no? If there is a real need for certain letter+diacritic combo, wouldn't a new shape be better? There are no shortage of additional shapes in the scripts of other languages. Can't do without an 'é'? Replace it with, say, 'ө' from the Greek script...or whatever. It bears repetition: What's up with diaeresis?
182197680
Published: 29th May, 2010
Last edited: 13th June, 2010
Created: 28th May, 2010
This is my first humble attempt at something blackletterish. It's the third clone of the initial starting point which was based on another blackletter attempt I did some time ago... Seems like I'm not much of a blackletter natural.:) I'm not completely happy with this one neither, but just pumping it out because i don't currently find any motivation or creativity to improve it.
Any suggestions for improvement are welcome! Especially for the T, that one gives me the creeps... And yes, I know kerning can get quite messy and is best done by hand.
More and/or higher resolution samples on my blog!This is a clone
173717
Published: 28th May, 2010
Last edited: 13th January, 2010
Created: 17th December, 2009
A heavy stereoscopic font made for an exhibition CI of the Kasseler Kunstverein.
112365
Published: 27th May, 2010
Last edited: 27th May, 2010
Created: 27th May, 2010
As you can probly tell from my previous fonts, i love blocks:P..the simplictiy you can get with amazing legibility is a winner for me every time, anyway i think this is probly my most powerful as ll the characters look as about as consitent as I can make them :)
105107281
Published: 26th May, 2010
Last edited: 11th December, 2014
Created: 25th May, 2010
052610. Another quick experiment with thin bricks. 1920's Broadway feel.
121114. Revisited the curves and smoothed out everything using subtle nudges.
8168139
Published: 24th May, 2010
Last edited: 31st December, 2018
Created: 12th May, 2010
Renovare S2. Solution 2 or Serif 2. Clone of Renovare S1.
In contrast to Renovare S1, a thickening of the serif makes way for efficient curved brick usage leading to a smoother and more natural slabtastic appearance.
Revamped from a corrupted version of Renovare S1 and may suffer from the same instability. Handle with care. Downloaded normally for me. Please let me know if there are any problems. Thx.
052410
Edit 011915. Cap S and lc s smoothed out using nudged bricksThis is a clone
471817369
Published: 20th May, 2010
Last edited: 13th October, 2010
Created: 19th April, 2010
I decided to make a stencil version of my NCD Amphibian font.
I didn't have to change too much.
Slightly influenced by Afrojet's superb Whoopee which reminded me of NCD Amphibian when I first saw it.
There's still some tweaking to be done, so all comments welcomed.
This is a clone of NCD Amphibian
129137635
Published: 19th May, 2010
Last edited: 16th November, 2011
Created: 8th January, 2010
Sturdy, yet smooth, connected script font with swashes.This is a clone
1731813377
Published: 17th May, 2010
Last edited: 18th May, 2010
Created: 20th April, 2010
Another idea that bubbled in my head: a font defined by their shadows, a memory of years ago, when my eyes moved quickly to see everything and I marveled at all.
5002819096
Published: 13th May, 2010
Last edited: 13th May, 2010
Created: 12th April, 2010
Ultra heavy slab serif uppercase only face, subtly celebrating the 4x1 diagonals of fontstruct 2.0...
I hope some people will find more stylish uses for this than on college shirts/jumpers. It actually wasn't intended to have that standard college slab serif look, and I desperately believe that there's still a nuance of difference, but that might be an illusion.
I btw just copied the uppercase letters on lowercase slots to make it more convenient. So don't be too impressed by the character count.;)
76122731
Published: 13th May, 2010
Last edited: 13th May, 2010
Created: 12th May, 2010
trying to break the grid once more... composite is a great feature... still running into a lot of problems though. in had a great start with this one. i think the squeezed curves create great shapes but i don't know if it's worth creating upper case letters for. this is more like an extended experiment.
unfortunately spacing is aweful once again...
2151317
Published: 13th May, 2010
Last edited: 16th May, 2010
Created: 12th May, 2010
I like bolds too! This font is not entirely mine (really, it's based on the Nate Piekos' Lowrider, arranged in several glyphs and many others created entirely now).
127106640
Published: 12th May, 2010
Last edited: 6th April, 2020
Created: 12th May, 2010
A quick test of the new fractional composites. And to see if there are any abnormalities that come up.
84148410
Published: 12th May, 2010
Last edited: 12th May, 2010
Created: 6th May, 2010
70's style font, disco lights and dance music... "zententas" sounds like "70's" in Spanish. I present you another design of this font, circled it, you see: "zetentas light". (The low case is in the kitchen.)This is a clone
85167127
Published: 11th May, 2010
Last edited: 8th September, 2015
Created: 7th May, 2010
051010. Unintentionally Serpentinesque with composited and stacked bricks galore.
080815. Ss redone. Numbers added
511214856
Published: 9th May, 2010
Last edited: 1st January, 2014
Created: 17th April, 2010
This is my attempt to create a robust, almost military grade slab serif stencil. The whole project was largely inspired by the music clip bearing the same title by Nathalie Cardone (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqYHeX0i0NU&feature=related). It is a work in progress, glyphs may change in the final version.
5085712
Published: 6th May, 2010
Last edited: 12th May, 2010
Created: 11th July, 2009
This has been in the making for quite some time and I was only able to work on it because of the new fontstruct features. all bricks i used for this fontstructions were half-sized bricks. i mean half-circles, half-sized blocks and so on. also i worked with 1.75 scaling. thanks to this kind of setup i was able to create roundings, that go a little over or below flat-shaped letters. see the sample. also lower case letter like l, k, h and so on are a little taller than upper case letters, like in "real" fonts.
the disadvantage is seen on M,W,m,w where the stem in the middle is a little too short... i had to use a very weird workaround for these 3-stem letters, so this is as good as it gets, unless fontstruct is going to have an empty space brick, that would allow me to create a fitting composite. i used lots of composites and lots of stacking. also the spacing isn't very nice, i'll see if i can do anything about that.
3735078119
Published: 1st May, 2010
Last edited: 19th May, 2011
Created: 30th April, 2010
Yesterday afternoon I was sipping Coke on a sunny terrace and thinking about life, and the universe, when an idea came out of the blue about a new stencil font. The idea was so simple, I almost felt ashamed not having it much earlier. Back home I started to work on it, and created the first set of letters. It's a work in progress, fraught with imperfections, including the usual spacing-kerning problems. Remolino is a Spanish word for vortex.This is a clone
3994413
Published: 29th April, 2010
Last edited: 29th April, 2010
Created: 28th April, 2010
This technique certainly has the potential for more than this, but right now I don't have the time for experimenting a lot. But how about using it for a handwriting-on-rough-paper font?
And yep, I'll do a more complete character set soon...
81229523
Published: 28th April, 2010
Last edited: 24th December, 2023
Created: 16th April, 2010
(Not finished yet.) 50s' style font, white over squared background.
173265240
Published: 18th April, 2010
Last edited: 25th April, 2010
Created: 18th April, 2010
This is and experimental work to create a strong stencil face with a distinct character. It is a work in progress. Some glyphs may change. If you know prior art(s) very similar to this, please let me know. This is a clone
7431939317
Published: 10th April, 2010
Last edited: 10th April, 2010
Created: 27th December, 2009
Because you can never have enough ball terminals...This is a clone
3344645
Published: 1st April, 2010
Last edited: 20th March, 2012
Created: 28th March, 2010
this dot font suffers from being a little too ambition:) as a result, a few of the glyphs have inconsistent heights. however i do think it sort of works with the overall style of the font - retro, maybe 60s or 70s. although this is the original file, it is not the original version - which was cloned and named Domestic Bliss Serif. this version was modified by removing the end dots from the glyphs, making it a 'sans serif.' i did this mainly just to see what it would look like. doing so resulted in a more open, fresh design.
28157716
Published: 16th March, 2010
Last edited: 22nd March, 2010
Created: 13th March, 2010
well Sportcomp is over. what a great party. thanks to all those who participated or otherwise supported the fun. seems like i had at least one more, but perhaps this one is best to be released now, sort of like for the after-party. thanks to fs staff for the fun.This is a clone of Break
213143469
Published: 12th March, 2010
Last edited: 12th March, 2010
Created: 2nd March, 2010
Wypeout: Gradient Halftone Slab Serif. This took the longest time to get to download.
Less Than = Start Gradient Fade
Greater Than = End Gradient Fade
( = Start Hard Fade
) = End Hard Fade
OK. I'm done.
Larger sample image here.This is a clone
3391633261
Published: 12th March, 2010
Last edited: 9th June, 2010
Created: 10th March, 2010
This is done under pressure of time.
There will be some more alternate glyphs, but i got to leave the PC now :(
Hope it's a well competitor though...
7468320
Published: 12th March, 2010
Last edited: 12th March, 2010
Created: 16th February, 2010
A font to celebrate Canada's Gold Medal Hockey win at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, and the record they set for most Gold Medals in a single Winter Olympics. Go Canada!
Apologies for the screwy maple leaf. It's hard enough to draw one without the oblique :-)