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Posted by Ryan Maelhorn in
26 Mar 2012 — 4:46pm
26 Mar 2012 — 4:46pm
28 hours into fonts this weekend...
I think I'm overdosing...
.... . . . . .
Is there a cure?
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26 Mar 2012 — 5:00pm
I suppose I should add that only one of these fonts existed 72 hours ago.
26 Mar 2012 — 5:02pm
If you’re looking for a cure, you’ve come to the wrong place! ;-)
Interesting experiments, by the way.
26 Mar 2012 — 5:31pm
I would love any opinions or help on these. If you think they are s**t, just please tell me why. I won't argue.
26 Mar 2012 — 5:44pm
The first one might have some Art Nouveau potential,
but it's quite a distance from being of any real value.
The second one isn't highly original, but it does have
a marketable character. Is it based on anything?
The third one looks like you took a generic sans and
tried to make it more like Yellow. I think Yellow is
a great source of inspiration, but it would be much
better to start from scratch.
hhp
27 Mar 2012 — 2:56am
You should pick one and put it on the Critique board.
31 Mar 2012 — 8:21am
This is not AA, this is like drinking frat party.
31 Mar 2012 — 9:38am
hrant, the second isnt really based on anything except perhaps the strange thread of design that started out as German Sans and ended up becoming American Urban.
The original is available here, free for anyone and all purposes except for being sold as a font:
http://www.dafont.com/mob.font
The version in the pic above is a slight refinement of the font. As well as better letter spacing and few small tweaks, I suppose the biggest factor in decided to refine it was the lower case g. I go back and fourth over whether I like the top right hand "corner" of that glyph more square, as it is in version 1.0, or more rounded as I am working on in version 2.0.
31 Mar 2012 — 9:53am
That left "g" is interesting. It makes me imagine that
implement bulges where there would be full-fledged
elements might possibly be fruitful.
hhp
31 Mar 2012 — 9:58am
Version 1. More interesting and balanced.
31 Mar 2012 — 12:58pm
That was the idea, hrant. but I think the rest of the glyphs are so rounded and smooth, the bulged g sticks out too much. Seeing them side by side though, I think I may have made the upper counter of the 2nd version g a bit too large.
1 Apr 2012 — 3:49pm
I prefer the 1.0. It's how I like my eggs.
1 Apr 2012 — 7:20pm
I tried using diagonal cuts in a sans like that before. Not sure if I still have it around.... I can't find it.
Anyway, Argon is somewhat related:
http://typophile.com/node/82830
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ohbendy/sets/72157625196184681/
2 Apr 2012 — 1:39pm
Hmmm, everybody likes version 1 better. Maybe I'm ruining it. :D
2 Apr 2012 — 3:41pm
Yes, it has tension.