In true hip hop form:
- There will be no judges and no prizes. Everybody involved will know who the winner is, solely based on who laid down the quality work.

- Anybody can talk smack, but it will only be taken seriously if you also post your own stuff.

I am not sure what this game is all about, not having participated before, but here is an "Entry" that I don't even know is qualified as a Slab Blackletter (whatever that is).
I figured one hour would be my time limit:

ChrisL

I am not sure what this game is all about, not having participated before, but here is an “Entry” that I don’t even know is qualified as a Slab Blackletter (whatever that is).

That is because it is a new game, and you are one of the very first participants! I'm not sure I know what a Slab Blackletter is either, but I think we shall soon find out. :)

Nice work, I might have to join in on the fun.

I should mention that I have been kicking around the idea of a geosans blackletter for a long time, so it wasn't a big leap to geoslab blackletter.

I'll see if I can sketch something up and scan/digitize it tomorrow at work. No desk in my apt to work at :(

Not extremely battle-ish, but I just spent WAY too much time on this to not post it.

I want to play.

> anybody can smack talk, but it will only be taken seriously if you also post your own stuff

Awww! :^(

O:^)

:^P

:^D

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Zara,
That's gorgeous!
The battle-axe "L" is a nice touch.

ChrisL

You know I had to.

Whats look really like battle... like tank tracks. :-)

--astype.de--

Ooh, James, bringin' the heat.

bombs away!

Haha. Nice stuff to wake up to. James is that Super Duty Blackletter?

Made this a little more difficult for myself...Slab Serif, Black Letter, Ambigram! (I'm not entirely happy with the 'b' of the b/e combo but I gotta get back to work! I'll post an update later.

James is that Super Duty Blackletter?

i'll answer that: it's Gothic Gothic customized by the designer.

Oooooh. David. Nice.

Show-off. :^P

Where's the slab people?

The battle-axe “L” is a nice touch.

Thanks! Better to cut my opponent's stems off.

Ha! In true hip-hop form.

you want slabs, Christian? I got your slabs!

> Where’s the slab people?

Yup, that's what I was wondering myself. Some of these entries are in danger of being disqualified for conspicuous lack of slab serifs. :^/

Can I participate with a grunge-style remix?

Dav,
I'm lovin' it! Make that one into a new typeface?
But fix the "a" so it looks less like an "o"?

ChrisL

"Ha! In true hip-hop form."

What is Hip-Hop form?

ChrisL

Thank you, Chris
( I never even thought about doing a blackletter typeface, maybe I should :)

My personal favourites so far would be the ones by Gabriel, David ( Bailey ) and Zara, of course :)

Dav

A little more serify:

What is Hip-Hop form?

This is what you might experience in a free-style rap battle (because, you know that is totally my thing), where competitors call each other out with lots of verbal "b*tch-slapping."

"free-style rap battle"

Now I see, I am too out-of-it a geezer to have heard any of it but I get it.
In the 1950s, we called this a "Capping Battle" where two guys would face off and say evil things about each other's mother like, "Yo' momma 'so ugly, she look like she been in a hatchet fight and forgot to bring a hatchet!"

I see some things don't change (except for what it is called).ChrisL

The lowercase is a little ho-hum, but I kinda like the B.

Ooh, James, bringin’ the heat.

Christian, I gotta give you props for yours, both slab and black. And on a curve for style points. I think mine may be lacking some slabness.

David H... nice.

… and Zara, of course :)

Dav, do you say this out of the fear you have for my intimidating and oh-so-sharp & and dangerous l?
:)

I sure do :)
( Nah, I really think, at that time, those were the ones I liked the most )

Dav

A little more slabby, perhaps...

This is a nicely remastered version, James :)

Dav

Ooh, DB had to invoke the ambigram. Hence, I must throw down.

oooh, very nice Kevin.

Nice Kevin..seems a little more grafitti-esque though. Here's my last tweak to hopefully make the letters a little more authentic to the black letter style, I'm heading home. It's still not perfect but it'll do!

Here's my version: