credits to elmoyenique
NORMAL: abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz()'",.;:$
PICTURE: ABCDE return FGHIJ return KLMNO return PQRST return UVWXY return Z{|}~ return [\]^_ (these letters are for the name)
PIC CHAR: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ{}[]~^|_
This is a clone of zpiekermann eYe/FSNumbersComp's brief saids: "As always, please do interpret the theme as loosely, literally or figuratively as you wish – it’s there only to inspire, not to confine." That's my point. Here in FS, we can also draw with NUMBERS (= brick coordinates). This is a tribute: my humble fontstructization of a linear portrait of the great Master Erik Spiekermann made by Bill Dawson (©2015). To get the full image, please type: ABCDE (return) FGHIJ (return) KLMNO (return) PQRST (return) UVWXY (return) Zabcd (return) efghi -these last five glyphs are for the name, if you want add it-. And don't forget to adjust the line spacing if you want a good result when printing it. Thanks for sharing it.
My version of Jan Tschichold’s “Schmale Grotesk - Leicht und schnell konstruierbare Schrift” (narrow grotesque - font that is easy and quick to construct), from 1930.
Turns out it isn’t always “quick and easy” to translate a pen and straightedge approach to constructed letters into Fontstruct’s prefabricated bricks setting.
In expanding the glyph coverage, I tried to remain true to the spirit of the original self imposed limitations, both in terms of grid (e.g. the cramped space for the uppercase diacritics), and of tools (see the solution for superscripts et similia).
The font covers all of Google Fonts Basic set and, given the c-caron present in the source, all of Czech orthography. I may try to add other Eastern European languages in the future.
For different takes on the same source, you can look at Serious, here on Fontstruct, or at Iwan Reschniev, for an extensive expansion in weights and typographic features.
As always, comments and suggestions are welcome :-)
A narrowed zrebmun version, trying another different point of view for the original font. Let me know what do U prefers, please.
This is a clone of zrebmun eYe/FSThe NUMBERS were the origin: This font has been created from the design of glyphs 0, 2 and 4, which was then extrapolated to the rest of the characters. Unicase with alternates. Thanks @AidenFont for the vertical stripes idea.
modified to look more like elmoyenique's sample
This is a clone of numerical extMy rendition of the UKTV channel-specific on-demand services font.
This is a clone of züricher eYe/FSMy second entry for the Numbers competition.
This one has actually been sitting there for a while already, I haven't published it before because of the terrible kerning and some awful letter solutions. But I think the numbers are quite cool, so...
A set of numbers in nassk style. Digit 7 looks like a cane with a small cane, mimicking digit 7 with a diagonal stroke
This fontstruction was also made for the Numbers Competition running currently in FontStruct and as such, it only includes the bare minimum for numbers (Digits, Plus Sign, Comma, Fullstop and Latin letter E)