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To me thius represents the difficulty of working with small grids and 2:2 filters ... which is why I steer well clear of it.
More power to those of you who try, and 10/10 for this one.
But how do we define minimalism? That’s a deeper point of comparison, which is what I wanted to bring up.
To me, adhering to the default bricks is not the key to “pure minimalism”. The majority of the default set can be understood to already be built out of a surprisingly small handful of unique “primitives” – shapes that cannot be constructed out of other shapes. In creating theses defaults, Rob has used rules similar to stacking- and compositing, so ruling out stacks and composites from a font like this doesn’t make sense to me. Complexity is relative!
“Sometimes imitation is the best way to gain skill.”
and
“If you've got nothing nice to say, don't say anything at all.”
and
“Do unto others what you want them to do to you.”
I don't mean to be hostile, just saying that if you don't like something, it's usually better to keep it to yourself. Beginners need to have some source of inspiration. Also, shouldn't we, in the art world, be able to do whatever we want? Again, I mean no harm.
Em argued that adding any new bricks to the fontstructor only serves to clutter the interface, encourage lazy design solutions, and diminish the elegance of the fontstruct platform. Of course, he is also hilariously self-aware of this stance – or at least being known for it.
Sure, using only default bricks represents a kind of minimalism. Is it “pure”, like FB noted and queencat invoked to disqualify thalamic’s helpful suggestion?
I say No!, but that’s my problem. I take issue with absolute terms, and have to admit that the arguments that often stem from them are usually a waste of time and energy. I am certain that FontBlast meant no offense to literalists out there with his choice of words.
If we look at the tags FB included, his own self-depricating thoughts on the outcome of this experiment are revealed.
Carry on.
Isn't it fun when font geeks argue? :-)
I also have a few sayings:-
"Sometimes the truth hurts, but the truth is always better than the lies"
"If you can't handle the truth then don't display your work on a public site"
"I always expect people to be honest, I can deal with honesty. It's deception and falsity that I can't deal with".
My old man always used to say:-
"Always speak your mind. If you can't say something nice, then at least say something honest and constructive. If you don't say anything at all, people will believe they're doing it right"
I feel my 3/10 is justified, although I never actually clicked the vote button. :-)
On the flip side, praise or otherwise, all are one person's opinion which are easily dismissible if they are disagreed with.
@thalamic Thanks for your suggestions, however I'm just keeping the I, as I don't do composites for now.
@AFT Very good!
I included tags like 'Faliure' and 'Poor' to show that it wasn't my best font.
Yet I hope Stakar will be better.
Maybe I'll make a 'Minimal Export 2' based on AFT's design.
In the meantime, please enjoy my other fonts, my latest are 'Crest Sans' & 'Cofmugg'.
Enjoy, and keep FontStructing!
In that respect, your work is awesome. Keep going.
All composites
@FontBlast // I've inadvertently started other arguments on fonts, so sorry to bring it here. By the way, it's a good attempt! Everyone must experiment with styles they may or may not like, so they know what they want to create. I like the F here, a whole font on a bigger grid scale based on that F would be cool... :-)
CONGLATURATION !!!
You've won the award for "Smallest Font Ever!"
(Actually, you didn't, but I feel like this should get the award for "Smallest Font Ever.")
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