Chocobot Dark SolidThis FontStruction was selected by FontStruct staff.This%20FontStruction%20was%20selected%20by%20FontStruct%20staff.

by SquarePeg
cloned from Chocobot Dark by LexKominek, and Chocobot Stacked by LexKominek


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Description:
Dear Human, try this solid version of our Chocobot Dark product. Caution: may make you feel full. Inspected by Chocobot CBV-36.
Stats:
78 characters, 85 downloads
Created:
Sat, 18th July, 3:33 AM 2009
Last Edit:
Sun, 19th July, 3:59 AM 2009
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http://fontstruct.fontshop.com/fontstructions/show/204715
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Discussion

SquarePeg
SquarePeg Sun, 19th July, 4:41 AM

gferreira
gferreira Wed, 22nd July, 4:17 PM

Great additions to the ChocoBot family.

Your solid versions reveal a slight stress in the letter shapes (top-right and bottom-left corners have more 'mass') – something I had not noticed in the original design.

SquarePeg
SquarePeg Wed, 22nd July, 6:34 PM

Thanks, Gustavo. When you say stress, do you mean the slightly thicker lines that give the illusion of volume in the original FontStructions? I couldn't see the stress in my own sample, but it's definitely visible in the Fontstruct-generated sample. I suppose it's a result of adding the shadow/volume of the original drawings to the body of each character... I actually considered making a highlight version in which white lines would be drawn along the edges that are prolonged with a shadow. It would look something like this:

Thanks, Gustavo. <strike>When you say stress, do you mean the slightly thicker lines that give the illusion of volume in the original FontStructions?</strike> I couldn't see the stress in my own sample, but it's definitely visible in the Fontstruct-generated sample. I suppose it's a result of adding the shadow/volume of the original drawings to the body of each character... I actually considered making a highlight version in which white lines would be drawn along the edges that are prolonged with a shadow. It would look something like this: <br/> <br/>
gferreira
gferreira Mon, 27th July, 3:21 PM

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

funk_king
funk_king Mon, 27th July, 4:57 PM

congrats on the top picks dude. that's like a triple header :) thanks for sharing this sweet tasty suite :)

SquarePeg
SquarePeg Mon, 27th July, 8:39 PM

Thanks, funk_king. Truthfully, all I did was take Lex's FontStructions and fill in the insides of the existing shapes! :-)

LexKominek
LexKominek Tue, 28th July, 12:23 AM

The "stress" comes from my optical correction for the shadows in the original stacked font. Basically I started with five different "tiles" - one with a square on the top layer, and four with triangles in the top layer (for each corner angle). I then built the lower two layers around that. So the distortion on the dark layer is more pronounced, since it is a shadow surrounding a shadow, surrounding a shadow. I hope this makes sense :-)

LexKominek
LexKominek Tue, 28th July, 12:24 AM

Ricardo - I like your highlight version. Are you going to take a stab at it, or should I? :-)

SquarePeg
SquarePeg Tue, 28th July, 1:56 AM

I was hoping you'd ask, Lex! I am honored, and would love to give it a try. :-)

I don't want to give the highlight versions mile-long names, though... How does "Chocobot Dark Highlight" sound to you?

LexKominek
LexKominek Tue, 28th July, 3:36 AM

That's probably what I would have called it anyway :-)

SquarePeg
SquarePeg Tue, 28th July, 3:41 AM

Okay then! Sounds like a plan. Stay tuned...