Typophile - Type Battle! Week 4 (2/6) - Comments

I feel remiss for not

dezcom — Sat, 18 Feb 2006 08:02:47 -0800

I feel remiss for not applauding my friend Kris’s both lovely and humorous “Dezcom diss”. Congrats Kris for putting the fun back and chimin’ the rhymin’ :-)

If I ever get down to New Zealand, I will have to buy you a cold one.

ChrisL

hey drain - i dig it.

bwhitla — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 23:26:39 -0800

hey drain - i dig it.

Thanks Jim, I really

aaron_carambula — Sun, 12 Feb 2006 14:47:12 -0800

Thanks Jim, I really appreciate it

I guess you’re right, a battle ought to be both riffing (which i think the community is awesome at) and judging. In that spirit I would like to give an award for inventiveness to Picapusher, it’s sort of an un-ligature, taking apart a letter to reconstruct it contextually. rock on man.

Bated breath for the next battle
aaron

Nobody puttin’ down votes

jazzsammich — Sun, 12 Feb 2006 13:45:57 -0800

Nobody puttin’ down votes for their faves, huh?

Here go mine, in no particular order:

1) Grant Hutchinson’s di and ct ligatures (Thicken the stem on that d and it’ll be perfect.)
2) Tim D’s gorgeous qui and Qui
3) Glen Villegas’s ctfi and stfu — Bonus points for the stfu being usable as an entity in and of itself! ^_~
4) Brendan Callahan’s spectacularly swashy In & Out
5) Jan Sandvik’s mayday, although I’d want to see a couple of those strokes thickened...
6) My own anxious entry. Big ups to me! ^_~

And although my preference is for ligatures that maintain letterspacing, much love and respect to:
7) Chris’s playful double g
8) Islam Elsedoudi’s Cthulu-esque RR.

But I gotta give top honors to Aaron Carambula.

Those ligatures (and swash) in “sticky” are sheer perfection, man.

—Jim K.

It’s been a while since

koleslaw — Sun, 12 Feb 2006 00:09:20 -0800

It’s been a while since I’ve been here at typophile. Just found out about the type battles. Great idea! Here’s a stab...even though it’s too late.

Didn’t finish in time for

aaron_carambula — Sat, 11 Feb 2006 12:36:48 -0800

Didn’t finish in time for qualification due to birthday festivities (friday deadlines? sheesh guys!), but if it’s all the same: two ligs and a swash for good measure.

———- nc

istitch — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 16:17:27 -0800

———-
nc

yes, yes I like it. pd

fractal — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 15:36:39 -0800

yes, yes

I like it.

The first “ahight” was

jazzsammich — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 14:24:31 -0800

The first “ahight” was better. How’s this one as sort of a compromise?

—Jim K.

well, I don’t know. pd

fractal — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 12:18:48 -0800

well, I don’t know.

Thanks! I liked the ah right

fractal — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 12:02:20 -0800

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.

dg, BRILLIANT :-) Fractal,

dezcom — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 05:59:05 -0800

dg,
BRILLIANT :-)

Fractal, the “ah” and “ht” are worth saving for real use!

ChrisL

Just a quick easy one for

typotheticals — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 04:25:13 -0800

Just a quick easy one for some fun

Yes, yes… I’m coming to

fractal — Thu, 9 Feb 2006 22:09:40 -0800

Yes, yes… I’m coming to bed dear.
I’ll be there soon, ahight?

I really loved seeing the

Jared Benson — Thu, 9 Feb 2006 22:09:16 -0800

I really loved seeing the ’a ligature - I can imagine that one actually in use.

Type Battle! Week 4 (2/6)

Jared Benson — Mon, 6 Feb 2006 18:37:58 -0800

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.