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Type Battle! Week 4 (2/6)
Posted by Jared Benson in
6 Feb 2006 — 6:37pm
6 Feb 2006 — 6:37pm
TYPE BATTLE: Week 4 (6 Feb)
Here's your chance to stretch your type muscles on a weekly basis. Each game kicks off on Monday with a new challenge, and closes at midnight PST on Friday. Anyone may submit a design response to the challenge. You may enter as often as you wish. Post anytime. Critiques and comments are welcome throughout the game, from participants and spectators alike. Smack talk is encouraged.
Winner take all, no holds barred. May be the best designer win.
Link directly to this thread: http://www.typophile.com/battle04
Requirements:
- Size: 600 width x 400 height. 72 dpi
- Color: Black and white only
- Format: Please save your graphics as PNG
- Only respond with the characters posted in the challenge.
// THIS WEEK'S CHALLENGE:
// Design two ligatures for Cooper Black and set them in context. Bonus points for any ligature no one's seen before.
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7 Feb 2006 — 6:56pm
Yo be diss this and kiss this
from yo southern exposure
I be takin' what yo makin'
needs a non-diss-closure
You can take it on the Lamb yo New Zealand jam
don't get soggy eaten froggy from Souvlaki man!
ChrisL
7 Feb 2006 — 11:51pm
That froggy Gee is just outstanding!
wow - you guys are blowing my mind
pd
8 Feb 2006 — 1:12am
I tried to do 'gg' but gave up!
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Ever since I chose to block pop-ups, my toaster's stopped working.
8 Feb 2006 — 4:15am
guess, had a similar idea as dezcom...
8 Feb 2006 — 7:21am
I really can't get the hang of this smack talk business.
Tim
8 Feb 2006 — 7:30am
wwwhat was that?
These are nice guys - I like jujube's ky and there are definite bonus points due for the "k!" as I never would have considered that combo and I even failed to notice that it was a ligature until the third time I looked at it.
But, all your efforts pale against the majusculigatures...
8 Feb 2006 — 7:55am
I guess I wasn't quick enough on the trigger to get my own "quick" out there first. It is different at least. Amazing how different the same word can be to 2 different people.
ChrisL
8 Feb 2006 — 8:02am
dg,
Your AG is smoothe, nice flow.
Since you did the MB, how about add an A and make those Harvard MBA folks want one?
ChrisL
8 Feb 2006 — 8:03am
Thanks Fractal!
ChrisL
8 Feb 2006 — 8:52am
8 Feb 2006 — 9:05am
This battle its' a great and simply idea !!
8 Feb 2006 — 9:55am
I'm late on this...couldn't decide on the t/u lig so I did 3 diff. versions.
8 Feb 2006 — 10:10am
Very nice stuff everybody.
8 Feb 2006 — 3:03pm
how do i post my entry
8 Feb 2006 — 4:10pm
Forrest, in order to upload an image you need to have the Flash 8 player installed. You'll then see an "insert image" link below the comment field.
Please upload a B&W PNG, 600px in width.
8 Feb 2006 — 4:19pm
holy smokes - ligature #2 is gorgeous David.
Sorry, can't trash-talk.
That ga combo... sheesh - this is humbling, but moreover, it is educational/inspirational for me.
pd
8 Feb 2006 — 4:27pm
Dan, I love the interrobang.
Pica, great AG lig.
So far, Tim's www is my very favorite. Well done. There is something about the pattern Cooper creates, as in this ligature -- chunky, squishy, soft and a quite lovable. Looks a bit like something you could rest on. :)
As I said in the Franklin Gothic Swash battle, I really enjoy seeing those entries which have the potential of working quite well in the existing typeface (which is what I consider to be one of the most important factors in this battle).
z
8 Feb 2006 — 5:05pm
holy smokes - ligature #2 is gorgeous David.
Sorry, can’t trash-talk.
That ga combo… sheesh - this is humbling, but moreover, it is educational/inspirational for me.
pd
Thanks! :-D The only thing I see now that I would change is making the connection on the li lig a bit heavier to match the Black weight of the typeface as a whole. I had some fun with this week's battle...I'm glad I could be educational/inspirational. It's usually the other way around...I haven't even finished school yet! This community is a great place.
There's a lot of other ligs in this thread that are great as well...I can only hope to reach the level of some of the designers here, someday. :-)
8 Feb 2006 — 5:11pm
WOW! Everybody really went off on this one.
Do these count as vertical ligatures?
8 Feb 2006 — 5:22pm
hmmm...?!
8 Feb 2006 — 5:29pm
Fabulous ur lig Joe! and the e? is boumaing :-)
ChrisL
8 Feb 2006 — 5:32pm
I thought I would post the tree of my 2 and 3 glyph ligs that I made to keep track of them:
ChrisL
8 Feb 2006 — 5:43pm
One more try with no attempt at vertical ligatures.
8 Feb 2006 — 5:47pm
Duncan, now add snap and crackle :-)
ChrisL
8 Feb 2006 — 5:59pm
Hey Duncan, just a tip for ya! When you create ligatures the area of combined strokes should only be as heavy (weight-wise) as a single stroke. Ligature does mean 'joined' but if you look at a standard æ lig it looks like it's just one stroke down the middle that is both the right side of the a glyph and left side of the e glyph. Your ligatures right now for the most part are doubly wide where they join. It draws the eye directly to that part of the combination because it is optically darker than the rest. Take a look at some of the other examples and I think you'll see what I'm saying! :-D Of course I'm no expert, just trying to help!
8 Feb 2006 — 6:03pm
I figured I'd throw in a few deep south inspired ligatures.
Bob
Edit: fixed "y'all"
8 Feb 2006 — 9:08pm
quick stab at it
8 Feb 2006 — 9:08pm
8 Feb 2006 — 9:57pm
David,
Thanks for the advice. I am on here to learn. I have no formal education in the field of typography, so I welcome any advice that you or anyone else on here has to offer.
Also, Dezcom, thanks for the encouragement.
Here's what I came up with...
Duncan
8 Feb 2006 — 10:26pm
I went slightly overboard with my first post here. ;)
I love all the work you've all done in the previous Type Battle!(s), I am wayy out of my league here.
EDIT: Posted image of a different version of the 'ed' ligature
Comments are welcome.
9 Feb 2006 — 4:18am
Can anybody still read this? Bit too much maybe.
9 Feb 2006 — 4:28am
found cooper black on my old computer...
9 Feb 2006 — 4:49am
drain
It is hard to read but kudos for the extra effort! This is the way we learn.
ChrisL
9 Feb 2006 — 5:09am
Duncan,
Now you are a cerial killer :-)
ChrisL
9 Feb 2006 — 5:42am
9 Feb 2006 — 6:27am
9 Feb 2006 — 7:56am
aw... I'm jut not a morning person.
Joe> I like your "drain". It may not be easily to read, but the challenge makes it interesting. Maybe it would serve better as a logo?
9 Feb 2006 — 12:02pm
Mr Lozos, will you license the gg ligature? Never found a good solution for gg myself ... ;-)
9 Feb 2006 — 2:44pm
Sure Karsten, I would be happy to. :-)
ChrisL
9 Feb 2006 — 4:46pm
First post, throwing some spanish on ya.
Suggestions welcome please!
Mr. Double R is a bit grumpy.
9 Feb 2006 — 8:55pm
when I saw the www I knew I had to figure out a way to make one of these:
9 Feb 2006 — 10:09pm
I really loved seeing the 'a ligature - I can imagine that one actually in use.
9 Feb 2006 — 10:09pm
Yes, yes… I'm coming to bed dear.
I'll be there soon, ahight?
pd
10 Feb 2006 — 4:25am
Just a quick easy one for some fun
10 Feb 2006 — 5:59am
dg,
BRILLIANT :-)
Fractal, the "ah" and "ht" are worth saving for real use!
ChrisL
10 Feb 2006 — 12:02pm
Thanks!
I liked the ah right away, but the ht…
Well maybe I shouldn't cross that t until it exits the h.
I'll see about that.
pd
10 Feb 2006 — 12:18pm
well, I don't know.
pd
10 Feb 2006 — 2:24pm
The first "ahight" was better. How's this one as sort of a compromise?
--Jim K.
10 Feb 2006 — 3:36pm
yes, yes
I like it.
pd
10 Feb 2006 — 4:17pm
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