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by bent hamm
see also Queen Mab Small Caps by bent hamm, and Queen Mab CE by estrella1974


Details

Description:
Taking advantage of the advanced ratio controls, this is a slightly more open serif typeface. This is one step closer to my goal of making a legible text face in FontStruct. Oldstyle figures.
Stats:
192 characters, 632 downloads
Permalink:
http://fontstruct.fontshop.com/fontstructions/show/1967
Tags:
Serif, Oldstyle, Ligatures
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Discussion

Kottis
Kottis Sun, 6th April, 4:40 AM

It's brilliant, i like it a lot! But why did you go with lowercase forms on the uppercase M and N? Also, the ring on “å” is a bit too big.

bent hamm
bent hamm Sun, 6th April, 7:03 AM

Thanks! It took some playing around but I finally managed to get a more uppercase form for M and N. I'm still fond of the the err... unicase versions so I threw them in before the f-ligatures. Bear with me, it's a work in progress.

I'm totally digging the crit, by the way, keep 'em coming.

Kottis
Kottis Sun, 6th April, 8:09 AM

I tried setting some text and played around a bit, it works really well. It's got surprisingly even color considering the limitations, and it's definitively legible. Keep up the good work!

Stewf
Stewf Tue, 8th April, 9:44 PM

You should enter this in this week's Type Battle on Typophile!

grant
grant Wed, 9th April, 11:02 PM

Man...This is cool. An instant classic !

Roger S. Nelsson
Roger S. Nelsson Thu, 10th April, 11:44 AM

An original and working serif design - AND a large character set! A perfect 10 :)

bent hamm
bent hamm Sat, 12th April, 10:30 AM

You guys are gonna make me blush.

kagnie
kagnie Sun, 13th April, 2:18 AM

So cool that you named this font creation "Queen Mab"!! I actually recognized the reference - stumbled on it while re-reading Shakespeare last week! What inspired the naming convention? Nice job, btw!

bent hamm
bent hamm Sun, 13th April, 3:12 PM

Oh it's probably my favorite passage from R&J. Since it's about a tiny fairy queen, I thought it applied well to the tiny pixel-based nature of this fontstruction.

meek
meek Mon, 14th April, 7:32 AM

A great FontStruction, and indeed the most aptly and evocatively named.

kagnie
kagnie Sat, 26th April, 12:00 AM

R&J (Romeo and Juliet) - exactly :) I agree with Meek... great naming convention!