20559811
Published: 28th October, 2008
Last edited: 19th November, 2008
Created: 28th October, 2008
This Fontstruction was produced after plugging in the Atari 2600 the other night and falling in love all over again with the minimalist simplicity of the game Breakout.
A little Jobs/Wozniak drama from the development story of the game Breakout:
"Breakout, a discrete logic (non-microprocessor) game, was conceptualized by Nolan Bushnell and Steve Bristow, after the latter had "rejoined" Atari after the merge of Atari subsidiary Kee Games.
"Al Alcorn was assigned as the project manager, and began development with Cyan Engineering in 1975. The same year, Alcorn assigned Steve Jobs to design a prototype. Jobs was offered USD$750, with an extra $100 each time a chip was eliminated from the prospected design. Jobs promised to complete a prototype within four days. Jobs noticed his friend Steve Wozniak—employee of Hewlett-Packard—was capable of producing designs with a small number of chips, and invited him to work on the hardware design with the prospect of splitting the $750 wage.
"The original deadline was met after Wozniak didn't sleep for four days straight. In the end 50 chips were removed from Jobs' original design. This equated to a $5000 USD bonus, which Jobs kept secret from Wozniak, instead only paying him $375."
3094155346
Published: 29th September, 2008
Last edited: 22nd June, 2009
Created: 3rd August, 2008 The Slurpee Font - Created and fueled by an unhealthy summer obsession with the world's greatest beverage you can drink/eat with a straw. A little interweb research gave some hints at a few more glyphs than the initial six glyphs in the 'Slurpee' logo. In some cases, like with the 'c' glyph, I noticed that it had been drawn differently in different usage. See here and here.
Being that the current Slurpee logo is Unicase, I decided to try and make uppercase and lowercase alternatives that can be mixed and matched for the unicase feel.
See also Chank Diesel's wonderful font Cosmic, which draws from the old school Slurpee branding.
P.S. The Monster Black Ice flavor that came out this summer was ridiculously awesome.
486737
Published: 23rd September, 2008
Last edited: 7th February, 2009
Created: 23rd September, 2008
Lithe is my attempt to build something modular with a hint of flair.
222101618
Published: 16th September, 2008
Last edited: 16th December, 2008
Created: 14th September, 2008
The Chesterfield Royal Family was formed from my desire to add new weights to the original Chesterfield typeface. In the process of drawing these new weights, I began modifying some of the forms of the new glyphs away from the original Chesterfield glyphs in order to build a more flexible brick/grid structure for the development of various weights. The most noticeable difference between these three new faces and the original is the lowered x-height. That said, there are still some compromises between the different weights and because of that I've given them these royalty names instead of the normal practice of light, regular, and bold weight names. One of the biggest compromises occurs in the Prince weight, where I was unable to add the notch where bowls and shoulders meet stems (see King and Queen weights) without adding too much extra black weight to those parts of the glyph.
A work in progress for sure. Any help/thoughts/repulsions/bile appreciated.
16119814
Published: 16th September, 2008
Last edited: 3rd November, 2008
Created: 14th September, 2008
The Chesterfield Royal Family was formed from my desire to add new weights to the original Chesterfield typeface. In the process of drawing these new weights, I began modifying some of the forms of the new glyphs away from the original Chesterfield glyphs in order to build a more flexible brick/grid structure for the development of various weights. The most noticeable difference between these three new faces and the original is the lowered x-height. That said, there are still some compromises between the different weights and because of that I've given them these royalty names instead of the normal practice of light, regular, and bold weight names. One of the biggest compromises occurs in the Prince weight, where I was unable to add the notch where bowls and shoulders meet stems (see King and Queen weights) without adding too much extra black weight to those parts of the glyph.
A work in progress for sure. Any help/thoughts/repulsions/bile appreciated.
1371988
Published: 16th September, 2008
Last edited: 3rd October, 2009
Created: 14th September, 2008
The Chesterfield Royal Family was formed from my desire to add new weights to the original Chesterfield typeface. In the process of drawing these new weights, I began modifying some of the forms of the new glyphs away from the original Chesterfield glyphs in order to build a more flexible brick/grid structure for the development of various weights. The most noticeable difference between these three new faces and the original is the lowered x-height. That said, there are still some compromises between the different weights and because of that I've given them these royalty names instead of the normal practice of light, regular, and bold weight names. One of the biggest compromises occurs in the Prince weight, where I was unable to add the notch where bowls and shoulders meet stems (see King and Queen weights) without adding too much extra black weight to those parts of the glyph.
A work in progress for sure. Any help/thoughts/repulsions/bile appreciated.
17712614
Published: 11th September, 2008
Last edited: 3rd November, 2008
Created: 11th September, 2008
Clone of Eclat Weave.This is a clone of Eclat Weave
14512612
Published: 11th September, 2008
Last edited: 3rd November, 2008
Created: 11th September, 2008
Clone of Eclat Weave Rounded White.This is a clone of Eclat Weave Rounded White
30772625
Published: 8th September, 2008
Last edited: 22nd June, 2009
Created: 8th September, 2008
Just a fun one I did last night while watching tennis and reading the latest DWR catalog (see page 72). This is a pattern Fontstruction based entirely on the Anni Albers textile pattern of the same name.
"Anni Albers began a three decades long collaboration with the internationally recognized design company Knoll in 1951. During the course of this partnership, Knoll released five of Anni's designs: Track, Rail, Lattice, Jhet and Eclat. Originally designed in 1974 as an upholstery pattern, Anni Albers' Eclat, was first produced printed on a cotton/ linen ground in various scales and color combinations. Reintroduction into the market as part of Knoll's 60th anniversary archival collection celebration in June 2007, Eclat, renamed Eclat Weave, is now produced as a woven, rather than printed, upholstery."
632199878
Published: 4th September, 2008
Last edited: 24th June, 2009
Created: 4th September, 2008
Good evening and welcome to the Steeplechase, Fonstruct's premier jazz club. Be-bop on over to the bar and order your favorite libation. The show is about to start.
305520615
Published: 28th August, 2008
Last edited: 15th June, 2009
Created: 28th August, 2008
Clone of Pullchain. Bolder, and with a few optical corrections on the characters.This is a clone of Pullchain
5761617547
Published: 13th August, 2008
Last edited: 22nd June, 2009
Created: 11th August, 2008
jet-ti-son
-verb
1. to cast (goods) overboard in order to lighten a vessel or aircraft or to improve its stability in an emergency.
2. to throw off (something) as an obstacle or burden; discard.
-noun
1. the act of casting goods from a vessel or aircraft to lighten or stabilize it.
582974
Published: 5th August, 2008
Last edited: 16th June, 2009
Created: 13th July, 2008
The stars align and pile up to create this font. Perfect for when you want to serrate celebrities, denticulate dignitaries, or simply eviscerate the competition.
The star terminal is the new ball terminal.
501394
Published: 16th July, 2008
Last edited: 22nd June, 2009
Created: 15th July, 2008
Letters built from letters!
Warning: Do not stare at the font too much or you may get a headache :)
Enjoy!
And don't forget to rate/comments.
Thanks...This is a clone of Traffic Light
1183523
Published: 7th July, 2008
Last edited: 15th June, 2009
Created: 1st May, 2008
The second in my series of May or May Not be Inspired by a Real Typeface That May or May Not Actually Exist.
590804
Published: 7th July, 2008
Last edited: 16th June, 2009
Created: 20th June, 2008
This really has to be set in AlTeRnAtInG cAsE to look good. Inspired by "tiki" style lettering of the 1950s. Includes moai-inspired ornaments and minimal punctuation.
681858
Published: 7th July, 2008
Last edited: 24th February, 2009
Created: 29th June, 2008
A monospace, unicase face inspired by Hellenic Wide.
UPDATED 24 February 2009: Now a true monospace.
391987
Published: 2nd July, 2008
Last edited: 16th June, 2009
Created: 2nd July, 2008
A fine collection of ray AND laser guns. Just the letters in the Lower Case (lc)... "Dull gernit, Bender, I tol yew not to be touchin' the crushinator!"
(Rob Meek is awesome, btw.)
20346210
Published: 1st July, 2008
Last edited: 22nd June, 2009
Created: 1st July, 2008
Inspired by the saccharine sounds of the ice cream truck, which has been making the late evening loop around these parts. Upper and lowercase letters enjoy getting all mixed up with one other like a melting Neapolitan ice cream bar. Enjoy.This is a clone of Pop Blox
41011973
Published: 27th June, 2008
Last edited: 19th July, 2009
Created: 27th June, 2008
The in-game font used by the Gameboy Advance game Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town. NOTE: I took some liberties adding a few symbols that didn't exist in the naming screen myself. If anyone has information or better symbols, please let me know. Harvest Moon is (C) Natsume Inc.
2902064
Published: 27th June, 2008
Last edited: 28th March, 2009
Created: 27th June, 2008
A slightly more classical type approach to a pixel font.
5px x-height.This is a clone of CorpoPix5
3602063
Published: 26th June, 2008
Last edited: 28th March, 2009
Created: 26th June, 2008
A very small, simple & readable pixel font.
5px x-height.This is a clone of BminiPix5