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Description:
An optical trick applied to my Escaptionist fontstruction.
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26 characters, 2129 downloads
Created:
Tue, 23rd September, 2:13 AM 2008
Last Edit:
Mon, 29th June, 5:09 PM 2009
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Discussion

Em42
Em42 Sun, 21st December, 2008

Click the image for more samples.

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thalamic
thalamic Sun, 21st December, 2008

Excellent, you magician, you!

anonymous
anonymous Sun, 21st December, 2008

That is outstanding Em42. Amazing job.

kix
kix Sun, 21st December, 2008

wow. this is an unbelievable great work!

afrojet
afrojet Sun, 21st December, 2008

Diabolical! I want to wallpaper my bathroom with it.

icare
icare Sun, 21st December, 2008

oh... my eyes...
I try this whith colors...

Em42
Em42 Mon, 22nd December, 2008

Thanks for your comments!

@afrojet: why the bathroom? :)

jmarquez
jmarquez Mon, 22nd December, 2008

Very nice work!
Not easy on the eyes, specially on screen, but must look great on paper.

afrojet
afrojet Mon, 22nd December, 2008

@Em42: Because its smallness of size would amplify the effect. Which I imagine to be, like a boxing match between claustrophobia and vertigo.

geneus1
geneus1 Tue, 23rd December, 2008

Mindbending, Em! I can't stop staring at it. I'm hypnotized! How do you make it stop?

Em42
Em42 Tue, 23rd December, 2008

@Icare, Jmarquez & Gene: the font was closeted in my FontStruct lab for quite a long time because I was not sure about how much disturbing the optical effect was: personally I find it is funny to get lost for a few split seconds in it, but not longer!

@Afrojet: a wallpaper like this in a small room? It would really drive anyone crazy...

Giac5000
Giac5000 Tue, 20th January, 4:00 PM

INCREDIBLE FONT!
I want to make a poster with it for my living room! How would I use this in Photoshop or Flash? Is it possible? I can see it in "Fontbook" (I have a Mac), but not in those other applications ... help?

Em42
Em42 Wed, 21st January, 3:09 AM

@Giac5000: Thanks for your comment!

As concerning the font installation, I have no issue. Once downloaded, unzipped and installed, the True Type font is available in my applications.

Anyone else can help?

verdeviola
verdeviola Tue, 27th January, 1:59 AM

cool!! OMG my eyes....

how can you fill in the empty space?

leo.borelle
leo.borelle Tue, 27th January, 6:24 AM

Genious!

andyinthe
andyinthe Fri, 30th January, 7:13 AM

very good.

Em42
Em42 Mon, 2nd February, 1:44 AM

Thanks for the comments!

cayo
cayo Mon, 2nd February, 1:14 PM

klinkhart
klinkhart Tue, 3rd February, 12:42 PM

Brilliant Font! Perfect for an "Under Construction" image on websites...

I need to figure it out in large print but that is one I wil do with my cutterplotter and put on the side of my car....

Em42
Em42 Wed, 4th February, 1:26 AM

@Cayo: thanks!

@Klinkhart: I would love to see examples of this font in action. If you put it on the side your car, be aware of possible crashes! :)

xenius
xenius Sat, 7th February, 1:48 PM

Oh my god. Simply amazing

Dollydaydream
Dollydaydream Tue, 10th February, 11:32 AM

That's insane! I almost didn't see the letters at first, then I was like "wait a sec..." haha. good work!

narani
narani Fri, 13th February, 12:39 AM

Absolutely great! I really love this font, but do you know why I can't be able to activate it? It says the font is corrupted for me. Im using a mac and suitcase fusion. But overall, this is just amazing!

narani
narani Fri, 13th February, 12:39 AM

Absolutely great! I really love this font, but do you know why I can't be able to activate it? It says the font is corrupted for me. Im using a mac and suitcase fusion. But overall, this is just amazing!

Em42
Em42 Fri, 13th February, 10:45 AM

@Xenius and Dollydaydream: thanks!

@Narani: I can download and use it on my Mac, but I don't use Suitcase Fusion. Try to install it directly from the font file and see if it works...

beate
beate Sat, 21st February, 10:56 AM

That's a verry nice font
Ça fait tourner l'esprit! C'est magique
db

emepar7
emepar7 Sat, 21st February, 2:49 PM

Really impressive. I humbly request a "thinner" version with more white space between the lines for increased visibility at smaller sizes.

Em42
Em42 Sun, 22nd February, 2:02 AM

@Beate: Merci!

@Emepar7: thanks for the suggestion! Unfortunately with the current FontStruct bricks it is possible to get a thinner line only by increasing the grid size and starting the work from scratch... I have to think about it! :)

BALSECA
BALSECA Sun, 22nd February, 12:54 PM

Nice try of "Victor" Font http://www.gestalten.com/fonts/detail/?id=be0db8100e909556010ee783163e000e&path=fonts.experimentalfonts&count=15

jmarquez
jmarquez Wed, 25th February, 3:01 AM

@Em42 & Balseca

Another case like Enanitos VS Satriani VS Coldplay ?

http://bluetypo.com/site/experimental/type-directors-club-2009/

One of the winners of the TDC2 2009

@Em42 & Balseca
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<br/>Another case like Enanitos VS Satriani VS Coldplay ?
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<br/>http://bluetypo.com/site/experimental/type-directors-club-2009/
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<br/>One of the winners of the TDC2 2009
Em42
Em42 Wed, 25th February, 3:45 AM

@Balseca and JMarquez: all these fonts, mine included, are based on the same (known) optical trick usually seen in library of optical illusions. I was not aware of the Victor font, and I saw the Optica font on I love typography when Dioptical was almost finished (check the creation date).

Yet each set seems to be quite different and to have its own peculiarities.

If you check the comments on the Optica page you may discover that that are other creations sharing similarities with Optica and Dioptical.

I'm really surprised that different people came out with a similar idea in the same period without being influenced one another. I'm sure there is a specific word for this phenomenon, but now I can't rememeber it. :)

jmarquez
jmarquez Wed, 25th February, 4:10 AM

I understand.
That is why I mentioned the Satriani case, besides Originality is always a case of applying influences no matter how small they are, even if you are not aware of them. But it would be interesting if you got the award with your fontstruction instead of the Mexican dude. :)

afrojet
afrojet Wed, 25th February, 8:59 AM

A tipping point of optically challenging typefaces perhaps? The Fontstruct DNA mutating and infecting next generation typographers? Either way, they are all wonderful and big props to TCD2 for recognizing Guerrero's work. I see Guesrrero's win here as a victory for Fontstruct as well. Let's get weird with these bricks.

antonie
antonie Tue, 3rd March, 2:42 AM

@em42 I think you're looking for the word synchronicity... horrible to read the font, but intriguing nonetheless...

cloud4197
cloud4197 Tue, 3rd March, 2:37 PM

Make it go away! evil genius!

emepar7
emepar7 Wed, 4th March, 6:14 PM

Would you mind if I shamelessly applied this technique to my Agora font?

Em42
Em42 Fri, 6th March, 12:46 AM

@Jmarquez: I would have never submitted this font to the award as I would have never expected a font like this to be under consideration for the TDC...

@Afrojet: I'm glad you got weird with these bricks as well!

@Antoine: thanks for telling the right word!

@Claud9147: just follow what is suggested in the sample images... :)

@Emepar7: no problem, but I'm sure you could add a tweak or two of your own to create something original!

eamonnfoy77
eamonnfoy77 Fri, 13th March, 8:46 AM

EM42, I am freelance designer, I would love to use this font on a project I have coming up for a council. Would that be ok?

Em42
Em42 Sat, 14th March, 2:50 AM

@Eamonnfoy77: I'm sorry but you can use this font for personal use only and no commercial use is permitted. Thanks for asking.

kits
kits Mon, 23rd March, 11:23 PM

great job...

assono
assono Tue, 21st April, 9:52 PM

Excuse me, but what is the stroke weight that you used in order to create this awesome font?

:D

Em42
Em42 Wed, 22nd April, 7:47 AM

The only one available in FontStruct! ;-)

WhoaNellie
WhoaNellie Mon, 27th April, 7:00 PM

Ohhhh nice! I have Vista 64 bit and this is the only font I have trouble downloading. Any suggestons?

bdhirsch
bdhirsch Tue, 5th May, 11:53 PM

This is the only font I'm unable to download as well ('Font Generator Error').

kix
kix Wed, 6th May, 5:14 AM

as some of might have noticed... there are many undownloadable fontstructions!
The strange thing about THIS ONE is, that everything worked fine for this (and others) until FS did his server movement...

Em42
Em42 Wed, 6th May, 7:54 AM

I'm sorry I overlooked this issue...

@Kix: thanks for your remark!

I'll contact Rob Meek and I'll let you know as soon as possible.

Axel Leyer
Axel Leyer Tue, 12th May, 11:07 AM

Incredible what you did here, a perfect op-art style font!
It moves!

Em42
Em42 Mon, 18th May, 12:15 PM

The font should download now, as Rob fixed the issue. Thanks Rob!

@Axel: thanks, and don't try to work with it, as it really hurts the eyes!

atomy
atomy Wed, 20th May, 7:01 AM

YAY

Machoman
Machoman Tue, 9th June, 3:08 PM

you are cool and plese vote for
my Fontstruct bbecause i download
youre Fontstruct

whdh
whdh Sat, 20th June, 7:03 PM

i can't seem to be able to use it on photoshop. hmm

whdh
whdh Sat, 20th June, 7:26 PM

i can't seem to be able to use it on photoshop. hmm

eing6888
eing6888 Mon, 22nd June, 7:17 AM

Thx for awesome job.

ukwarboy
ukwarboy Tue, 23rd June, 1:39 AM

does anyone know if there any similar fonts to this that can be used in commercial project?

Em42
Em42 Mon, 29th June, 5:04 PM

@whdh: I have no issue in using the font in Photoshop. Note that only uppercase letters are available.

@ukwarboy: check the Optica font by BlueTypo mentioned above.

Em42
Em42 Mon, 29th June, 5:09 PM

House42 used the font to create artwork for the Skineskin laser-engraved leather covers for Moleskine notebooks.

Click below for more images.

House42 used the font to create artwork for the <a href="http://www.skineskin.com">Skineskin</a> laser-engraved leather covers for Moleskine notebooks.
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<br/>Click below for more images.
geneus1
geneus1 Thu, 2nd July, 5:07 AM

Very cool product, Em!

Em42
Em42 Thu, 2nd July, 5:36 AM

Thanks Gene! :)

mguerrero
mguerrero Fri, 3rd July, 6:35 PM

Hello EM42, I like your leather cover. Congrats!

mmester
mmester Fri, 21st August, 3:11 PM

how to create empty space? just lines.. no letter

elpoderdelasideas
elpoderdelasideas Wed, 23rd September, 1:50 PM

ELPODERDELASIDEAS

Em42
Em42 Sat, 26th September, 12:48 PM

Dioptical is featured in the book Type Fontbat.

Dioptical is featured in the book <a href="http://www.bnn.co.jp/books/title_index/material/type_fontbat2.html">Type Fontbat</a>.
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Kaiserresidenz
Kaiserresidenz Fri, 16th October, 2:22 PM

Real interesting

toastedbutter
toastedbutter Wed, 28th October, 10:57 PM

amazing concept! great work ^_^

ew.
ew. Sat, 7th November, 12:05 AM

omg HOW DID YOU DO THAT?