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by Frodo7


Details

Description:
A slab serif face with minimal design and pixel font roots.
Stats:
101 characters, 4 downloads
Created:
Fri, 23rd October, 7:03 AM 2009
Last Edit:
Tue, 10th November, 11:30 PM 2009
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Discussion

Frodo7
Frodo7 Sat, 31st October, 3:21 PM

It is an exercise, something quick and simple.

It is an exercise, something quick and simple.
will.i.ૐ
will.i.ૐ Sat, 31st October, 4:14 PM

Excellent!

Who else here is still pining for a toggle button to turn on/off the 1 px stroke that appears on fontstruct preview samples above a certain size? I find it to be unfortunately deceptive. It improves certain designs in a way they simply cannot mimic out of the box, while others have their previews hobbled by it.

I know the decision itself was a compromise to deal with the hairline gaps that would otherwise sometimes appear between abutting bricks scaled to certain sizes in the preview windows. And I know this issue is somewhere on the roadmap...I will simply dream both that font mortar becomes a display subroutine (possibly requiring a gigantic cache file, I know) and that this “fattening up of the fragile details with an outline stroke” becomes a definable aspect of the font mortar pipeline. A new filter, in fontstruct parlance.

Again, it’s probably already under consideration, but what a boundary-expanding (and perhaps also cutting edge?) feature that will be?

Pardon the puns ;) And great font, Frodo. This one deserves an extended character set for multi-lingual support. I’ve been wondering if a similar treatment would yield good results for Haldir. Not as straight-forward, but could be cool!

will.i.ૐ
will.i.ૐ Sat, 31st October, 4:35 PM

Oh, sorry for the unintentional italic attack :/

Frodo7
Frodo7 Sat, 31st October, 4:52 PM

@will.i.ૐ: thank you for your comment(s). Don't bother to post it again. I like Italics. I provided the demo samples because the preview sometimes not faithful enough. Yes, I thought about the extended character set, and perhaps a limited extension for Haldir.

intaglio
intaglio Sat, 31st October, 10:24 PM

Very, very accomplished, Frodo. The large block of text setting shows just how good it is. What a miraculous evenness of tone for such a large grid.

igorrossi
igorrossi Sun, 1st November, 12:54 AM

Excellent work, I dig the J and K.

p2pnut
p2pnut Sun, 1st November, 2:06 AM

Minimal design maybe ... but maximum effect. A really satisfying font.

gferreira
gferreira Mon, 2nd November, 7:47 PM

Simple and strong. Reminds me a bit of Cholla Slab.

gferreira
gferreira Mon, 2nd November, 7:47 PM

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

Frodo7
Frodo7 Mon, 2nd November, 8:31 PM

@gferreira: Cholla Slab? Well, that's a compliment.
Thank you for the special mention.

(Sorry for the Italic. It's a software glitch.)

Frodo7
Frodo7 Mon, 2nd November, 8:35 PM

intaglio, igorrossi, p2pnut: Thank you very much for your feedback. I think, I have to take this font more seriously and complete the full Latin set.