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Description:
Based on an Old English font - with a few personal tweaks here and there
Stats:
207 characters, 39 downloads
Created:
Wed, 8th July, 11:49 AM 2009
Last Edit:
Mon, 2nd November, 10:46 AM 2009
Permalink:
http://fontstruct.fontshop.com/fontstructions/show/201340
Tags:
Blackletter, Old English, Traditional, P2pnut
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Discussion

p2pnut
p2pnut Sat, 11th July, 6:59 PM

I undertook this font to find out how to create curves using FS. The curves look fairly smooth up to around 36 point ... then the angles start to show up.

Still, I enjoyed the challenge and hope the result isn't too bad.

aphoria
aphoria Sat, 11th July, 7:17 PM

Wow! It's beautiful. The $ is wicked.

Frodo7
Frodo7 Sat, 11th July, 11:49 PM

Magnificent! I even like the rugged polyginal look. It appears as if the letters had been forged from iron. Very skillful.

jmarquez
jmarquez Wed, 15th July, 2:52 PM

this is great work!

gferreira
gferreira Wed, 15th July, 3:10 PM

Wow, impressive work.

I agree with Frodo7 – the geometric traces of FontStruct give this design a very particular, interesting finishing.

Still, the non-alphabetic glyphs look as if they were made later, as an afterthought – I feel that they are not well integrated into the basic design style.

Maybe it helps to have a look at samples of other letters in the same style?

p2pnut
p2pnut Thu, 16th July, 10:39 AM

Thanks for the positive comments, it is really satisfying to get one's efforts rated in this way. The peer-review aspect of FS is great and can only help to sharpen the creative 'pencil'

Thank you as well Gustavo for the constuctive criticism ... I must admit I made up the non-alphabetic stuff 'on the hoof'. Not having a design background I am always grateful for any guidance :) Unfortunately the link didn't work and I would love to follow this up. Perhaps you would be kind enough to post it again.

gferreira
gferreira Fri, 17th July, 2:50 PM

...the link didn't work...

Oops, sorry about that. It was just a search for ‘Old English Letters‘ on Google Images:

http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=old+english+letters

jinx
jinx Sat, 8th August, 10:41 PM

Very cool. The B and $ are great!

minimum
minimum Sun, 4th October, 2:52 PM

Wow! How did I miss this? It's superb.

igorrossi
igorrossi Sun, 4th October, 3:23 PM

Amazing job, as always! I love the S.

p2pnut
p2pnut Wed, 7th October, 11:19 AM

Thank you both - it was one of my early attempts that seems to have been a 'sleeper'.

Thank you both - it was one of my early attempts that seems to have been a 'sleeper'. <br/> <br/>
cayo
cayo Sat, 31st October, 8:53 PM

I had notseen this one before.
Great job, P2pnut.
I`m jealous, but in a good way :)

fontcollector
fontcollector Sun, 1st November, 3:10 PM

This font is stupendous! Even without a design background, you have certainly earned your place among FontStruct's elite. 10!

Frodo7
Frodo7 Mon, 2nd November, 12:44 AM

I've recently browsed the list of Top Picks again, the best 1000. Judging by the technical merits Albion should have a place in that list: it could well be in the first 100, or even in the first 10. Originality is another question. It is based on Old English, and thanks to FS limitations it's a bit rough around the edges, and differs significantly from the original. As I said before, I very much liked this poligonal, crude, unpolished quality.

aphoria
aphoria Mon, 2nd November, 1:03 AM

I agree, I can't see how this one has been missed as a Top Pick.

Out of 20 votes, it has 19 10s!

p2pnut
p2pnut Mon, 2nd November, 11:50 AM

Thank you all for your encouraging comments :)

More Latin diacritics etc. added. Hopefully this will be enough. I am always happy to add any glyphs that are required for languages other than English ... and to correct any faults that anyone may notice.

Thank you all for your encouraging comments :) <br/> <br/>More Latin diacritics etc. added. Hopefully this will be enough. I am always happy to add any glyphs that are required for languages other than English ... and to correct any faults that anyone may notice.