198953
Published: 2nd June, 2010
Last edited: 17th August, 2011
Created: 31st May, 2010
Clone of Goshawk Military. The lowercase f bothers meThis is a clone of Goshawk Military
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?
63914625
Published: 25th May, 2010
Last edited: 26th May, 2010
Created: 25th May, 2010
A quick experiment playing with the possibilities of overshoot, using the composite brick function.
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
6858814
Published: 18th May, 2010
Last edited: 18th May, 2010
Created: 18th May, 2010
I'm not really sure how this one came about. It conforms to stencil criteria, but it's not really about that. It also reminds me of pseudo-blurry typefaces, but again that's purely coincidental.
Make of it what you will.
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.
1301000
Published: 8th May, 2010
Last edited: 8th May, 2010
Created: 8th May, 2010
Clone of Periodica serif.
Adjusted letters and numbers for personl use for stencils.This is a clone of Periodica serif
70792
Published: 8th May, 2010
Last edited: 8th May, 2010
Created: 7th May, 2010
Clone of flopsical.
I only reconstructed "2" and "opened" 6,9 and 0, so all the numbers can be cut by a plotter to make templates for applying numbers with waterresistant ink on sails of RC-sailing boats.This is a clone of flopsical
3715078119
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
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
3539711
Published: 1st April, 2010
Last edited: 22nd May, 2011
Created: 31st March, 2010
Using a 1.8 filter, gives a nice curve.
I may add the upper case at some later stage, but they are not essential for me at the moment.
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
36173287
Published: 9th March, 2010
Last edited: 18th March, 2010
Created: 9th March, 2010
A chunky stencil font inspired by Communist Russia. Sorta going for the cosmonaut look. Extensive alphabet set with many Latin characters.
210675
Published: 22nd February, 2010
Last edited: 22nd February, 2010
Created: 22nd February, 2010
Clone of Arthur Decorates.This is a clone of Arthur Decorates
177167550
Published: 17th February, 2010
Last edited: 19th February, 2010
Created: 16th February, 2010
Prog is a condensed, geometric, modular display typeface with a contemporary sci-fi aesthetic. The design draws from a multitude of influences. Specifically I was inspired by: mathematics, Japanese space-rock, the movie MOON (directed by David Bowie's kid), and the Funk King's wonderful molecular work here on FontStruct.
The principle building block for the design is an obtuse angle segment that's cloned, reflected, and rotated to create an entire letter. Mapping the technique to the whole typeface was a challenge and there are some compromises (see D and U). As is frequently the case with these strict modular exercises the T is the stand out ugly duckling.This is a clone
3631044
Published: 19th November, 2009
Last edited: 10th December, 2009
Created: 16th November, 2009
Based on RM Playtime solid.This is a clone of RM Playtime solid FS1.0
457758
Published: 15th October, 2009
Last edited: 16th October, 2009
Created: 2nd October, 2009
A new member of the Afro-family is born: Afroblack, another version of Afrobeat without any horizontal lines. Although I changed only a couple of details it has a very different feeling. Take a look at the example! I´m not sure about the numbers, probably a few of them have need to be reworked. What do you think?
This is a clone of Afrobeat Regular
391610418
Published: 2nd October, 2009
Last edited: 19th May, 2011
Created: 1st October, 2009
Heavy crude stencil face: OIL (Operation Iraqi Liberation)This is a clone of LE Meta
35211104
Published: 18th September, 2009
Last edited: 20th August, 2018
Created: 18th September, 2009
India inspiration ?
This is my first font set (not finished)