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by LexKominek
see also Chromatose Solid by LexKominek


Details

Description:
A beveled font that has a mid-20th-century vibe to it. Layer the upper and lower cases in different colours. Upper case is highlight, lower case is shadow. Numbers are shadow, their corresponding punctuation is highlight. Period and comma go with colon and semicolon.
Stats:
76 characters, 44 downloads
Permalink:
http://fontstruct.fontshop.com/fontstructions/show/62924
Tags:
Chromatic, Sign, Colour, Bevel, Shadow, Highlight
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Discussion

chough
chough Wed, 11th June, 12:33 AM

Very nice work!

williaum
williaum Wed, 11th June, 1:01 AM

That's absolutely awesome! Nice work, Lex.

williaum
williaum Wed, 11th June, 4:04 AM

That‘s odd how the illusion makes the ‘1’, ‘4’, and ‘7’ (but not really the ‘5’) appear to stick up above the small cap height because of the shadows cast in the bevel of their apexes. Maybe bump up all the other numerals to optically match?

LexKominek
LexKominek Wed, 11th June, 10:40 AM

It's really meant to be used as both parts overlapping, so I didn't really worry about that.

williaum
williaum Wed, 11th June, 3:15 PM

Ah, teaches me to read for comprehension :)

People, download thisand try out the beautiful two-tone effect for yourself (just remember to manually kern if the layers don't quite match – it's seamless when you got it)! I like mine with shadow & highlight reversed for a killer engraved look.

LexKominek
LexKominek Wed, 11th June, 3:20 PM

Yeah, it's too bad FontStruct won't let you change the metrics.

williaum
williaum Wed, 11th June, 5:01 PM

Someday the promised metrics controls will be unleashed...and then our free time will really be in trouble ;)

LexKominek
LexKominek Thu, 12th June, 5:40 PM

I just made a couple of minor tweaks to the '2' and '6' characters. Please download again if you've already got it.

chough
chough Tue, 24th June, 7:58 AM

Really nice work. Appreciate all the effort you've gone to!