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Description:
Basmachi is a Central-Asian flavoured typeface inspired by Cyrillic titling fonts in popular use in Kazakhstani public schools.
Stats:
176 characters, 4 downloads
Created:
Fri, 9th October, 6:32 AM 2009
Last Edit:
Fri, 23rd October, 2:14 AM 2009
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Discussion

will.i.ૐ
will.i.ૐ Fri, 23rd October, 12:07 AM

This is awesome. Fantastic ’structing!

Some feedback:
• Would you alter (or add some alternates for) the F, f, and r,? Lacking a heavy calligraphic semi-serif (e.g. as in the i) they appear too light and break from the brushstroke rendering that makes this font so grand.
• The f might benefit form a descender and maybe a heavy ascender echoing the h.
• I think your t is certainly unique, but could benefit from some asymmetry to go with the brisk right-leaning movement of the set.
• I really like how the a, b, d, p, q have unique counter shapes...but perhaps there’s another variation that will finesse that g.

Still – brilliant!!!

aphoria
aphoria Fri, 23rd October, 12:13 AM

Really cool. Great numerals.

naverhtrad
naverhtrad Fri, 23rd October, 12:25 AM

Thanks, will.i.aum and aphoria. I'll see what I can do with some of the letters you mentioned, if tweaking them would help them fit better. (For that matter, the Cyrillic Р, Г and Ғ might need some tweaking also.)

gferreira
gferreira Fri, 23rd October, 1:28 PM

Very interesting to see the inverted contrast typical of eastern scripts applied to the latin and cyrillic alphabets.

p2pnut
p2pnut Fri, 23rd October, 3:27 PM

A fascinating font :)