FontStruct | FontStruction Feed: fs grayletter

Comment from thalamic

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Can't download. What's going on, admins? FontStruct has been very flaky lately.

Comment from djnippa

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Brilliant, once again. Do you think the 's' looks like it belongs to the italic version? Spoke to Rob Meek regarding problems lately. They've just transferred servers, and are obviously having more than a few technical problems. 1. Unable to save. 2. Unable to download 3. Unable to see fonts 4. Slow loading times Rob sent me these messages:- Hi djnippa, The FontStruct website has moved to a new server and there are some general technical problems. It may take a few days to fix things. Once they are fixed, everything should work fine. Sorry for any inconvenience. Let me know if the problem is still there when the site comes up again. Regards, Rob Hi Nippa, regarding downloading fonts. We're working on it. The font generator is as you have noticed simple not working. We'll get it back up asap. cheers, Rob

Comment from jmarquez

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

must be a problem with the server, you should contact FS staff. BTW: the font looks Outstanding!

Comment from aphoria

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Beautiful.

Comment from thalamic

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

@djnippa: Thanks. The s does not fit, I agree. I tried about 15 different s shapes--this is the one I disliked the least. I also don't like the 4. @jmarquez: I'm sure they'll fix it sooner or later and probably have their hands full at the moment. I'll let them be. Thanks for liking the font. It is always nice to get positive feedback. @aphoria: Your constant support always leaves my heart aphlutter. Thanks.

Comment from aphoria

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

@thalamic lol I agree about the s, but I think the 4 is ok.

Comment from thalamic

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

The image below is the font I was trying to develop that transformed into this font.

Comment from aphoria

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Your starting font is very digital, while your end font is very organic.

Comment from meek

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

amazing work! we are still working on the server problems. thanks for your patience everyone!

Comment from kix

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

hey, calm down :D this is after all, completely free! none of us is in the position to DEMAND for anything! you'll get this boat shipping

Comment from djnippa

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Here's a possible for the 's'. I'm sure you've already tried similar. It still needs a bit of tweaking and balancing, but I think it fits better than the current 's'. I also tweaked the 'c' as that looked odd shooting off into space.

Comment from Axel Leyer

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Great work here Thalamic! I'm agree that the 's' loooks a little bit out of place, also some adjustments on 'c' and perhaps 'e' I like the djnippa suggestion for 'c' and 's', this way, I think, matches better with the other glyphs. Otherwise I like this one a lot :)

Comment from gferreira

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Congratulations! FontStruct Staff have deemed your FontStruction worthy of special mention. “Grayletter” is now a Top Pick.

Comment from gferreira

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Another example of an overlooked Top Pick... a lovely bold script design. I agree with djnippa and Axel Leyer that some characters are asking for small adjustments. Any plans to continue working on this one?

Comment from saberrider

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

it's exciting to see what happens when traditional lettering meets digital modular displays. works very well for this one.

Comment from intaglio

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Can I join the party? I've been squirreling away in my corner instead of checking the posts. What a beautiful job, thal. I like nippa's suggestion for the s but I think you should keep your one as an alternate. As for the c: I'm all for whimsy (surely not, I hear you say).

Comment from thalamic

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Thanks, guys. I did this a while ago, and I have, more or less, lost all interest in it. There are many disturbing things about this font. For example, the curve of the third leg of m (and many other characters) appears to be smaller than the other two. The solution could either be to smooth-out the first two legs or lower the third leg. Tried that...it created additional problems of curve connectivity to the next letter. I thought this sweep of the curve worked well so I based everything on that. But if I change that, the whole thing will have to change. Furthermore, I have no idea what I was thinking when I did the horizontal strokes on z 5 7 and the flippy c is too quirky. That 4 does not match the flow of the other numbers and the downward sweep of the 9 is not smooth. There are certain characters here that work but others fail miserably. To be honest, I do like the idea of this, but in its current state its not quite working, is it? Maybe, someday, I'll take it up again. Thanks for the support, everyone.

Comment from thalamic

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Tweaked.

Comment from funk_king

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

always liked this one. i agree with saberrider, it's like a mashup with traditional lettering and didgital type. cool :)