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I've added a side shadow to Prometheus. The inspiration was a typeface from the French type foundry Peignot. Identified as "No. 1229" in their Lettres Fantaises of 1896, it sports a very fine side shadow, which I've attempted to re-create here. (I found the "No. 1229" sample on Hoefler & Frere-Jones' blog - fifth image from the top.)

This FontStruction is split in two to make downloading possible. The Basic Set (this half) features all of the Basic Latin and More Latin characters, while the Extended Set has all of the Extended Latin A and several Extended Latin B characters (Latin-based diacritics for the Central European, West European, Baltic, and Romanian languages, plus special characters for Croatian, Slovenian, and Livonian, among others).
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207 characters, 170 downloads
Created:
Tue, 14th October, 5:57 AM 2008
Last Edit:
Wed, 27th May, 1:02 PM 2009
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http://fontstruct.fontshop.com/fontstructions/show/110850
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Chamfered, Condensed, Grecian, Shadow, Slab, Slab Serif, Wood Type, Basic Latin, More Latin
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afrojet
afrojet Fri, 14th November, 2008

May the whole Prometheus Family continue to grow and prosper. The introduction of the hairline shadow is fantastic. Well done Mr. Peg.

SquarePeg
SquarePeg Fri, 14th November, 2008

Thanks, Mr. Jet. :-)

After the mammoth task of re-sizing the two existing weights, Prometheus Shadow has been a kind of warm-up exercise for the two remaining weights I have planned. I am already working on the new Bold weight.

By the way, here's the sample that inspired Prometheus Shadow:

Thanks, Mr. Jet. :-) <br/> <br/>After the mammoth task of re-sizing the two existing weights, Prometheus Shadow has been a kind of warm-up exercise for the two remaining weights I have planned. I am already working on the new Bold weight. <br/> <br/>By the way, here's the sample that inspired Prometheus Shadow: <br/> <br/>
anonymous
Fri, 14th November, 2008

Nice. Compared to the sample, I really like what you did with the 'E' and 'F'.

SquarePeg
SquarePeg Fri, 14th November, 2008

Thanks. Prometheus itself is based on a typeface known as Grecian Condensed, of which there are different versions. And of course, I've had to adapt the original shapes to the FontStruct grid... the most notable difference is in the way I constructed the capital M and N.

afrojet
afrojet Fri, 14th November, 2008

I think the 'M' and 'N' of Grecian Condensed become too black in the diagonals but with Prometheus, the limitations of the Fontstruct grid force a more uniform approach.

JoeAllison
JoeAllison Mon, 17th November, 2008

Exellent work!

SquarePeg
SquarePeg Mon, 17th November, 2008

Thank you, Joe! :-)

geneus1
geneus1 Wed, 19th November, 2008

Excellent execution of the shadow, Ricardo. Nice character set too. I think its the first to break the FS generator by the sheer number of glyphs.

I wanted to ask you about the diagonal line blackletter font on your website that spelled out 'high priority.' Was that your design, because it would make a mighty fine fontstruction.

SquarePeg
SquarePeg Wed, 19th November, 2008

Thanks, geneus1... Yeah, the diagonal line "High Priority" lettering is an idea I had for a blackletter typeface, but I have to say that the letter shapes are based on Matt Desmond's excellent Brauhaus, which is all 45 degree angles and straight lines... It is something I have in the works... When I came up with that idea FontStruct did not exist yet! But who knows... Maybe... :-)

SquarePeg
SquarePeg Mon, 23rd March, 5:23 PM

Update: I just set the space character for Prometheus Shadow (Basic Set and Extended Set).

SquarePeg
SquarePeg Wed, 27th May, 1:02 PM

Another update: I've improved some of the lowercase characters. The z is a good example; here's a before-and-after image.

Another update: I've improved some of the lowercase characters. The <strong>z</strong> is a good example; here's a before-and-after image.