Escaptionist
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by Em42
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I like a lot of what you do, but considering the votes and (lack of) comments, this one is definitely underrated. The pixel preview proves how well it is done. And in larger view the 'staircase' effect is perfectly consistent and provides unexpected solutions: the K! The A! I like it very much.
By the way: your naming of structions shows you know your way around in culture high & low; Funny.
Cheers,
peter
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Thanks Typerider!
What a surprise a comment on this font, as it is one of the oldest I fontstructed, low rated, and with no Top Pick mark. :)
Some facts about Escaptionist:
- It was meant to be used to create very small captions for the pics to be posted on the house42 blog. This is why a full set is available. Later on we scrapped this idea and we preferred adding a watermark.
- As usual I preferred to put in evidence the limit of the design, instead of hiding it. The staircase effect was used to emphasize the jagged diagonals of the pixel-based letterforms.
- What I like most is the slight bold effect at such a small pixel size.
As concerning the font names, I always think a lot about it, changing them quite often, before releasing the set.
Fonts with sloppy names, even if well-designed, always lack of something.
Ayway thanks really for your comment! :)
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like this:
"As usual I preferred to put in evidence the limit of the design, instead of hiding it."
As you might have read on my blog, that's my attitude too. But this is a perfect way of putting it!
And: intriguing blog, yours. Where do you live?
