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293 characters, 10 downloads
Created:
Thu, 24th September, 9:44 AM 2009
Last Edit:
Thu, 24th September, 12:44 PM 2009
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Tags:
Bold, Military, Geometric, Strong, Block, Industrial, Cyrillic
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Discussion

anTyp
anTyp Fri, 25th September, 7:22 PM

Frodo7
Frodo7 Fri, 25th September, 9:18 PM

anTyp: you are a Star. You are a Pro. They are quite quite perfect to my eyes. Your demo pic is dazzling. I'm going to learn a lot by these examples. Thank you for sharing Skipper Tight. 10/10

p2pnut
p2pnut Fri, 25th September, 10:18 PM

Great work - both the font and the sample.

will.i.ૐ
will.i.ૐ Fri, 25th September, 11:16 PM

The Skipper family is a stone-cold fontstruct classic and I’m really digging that sample.



I tried to dissect the effectiveness of your image. Its somehow possesses an extra-optical quality, beyond the deftly chosen shadow angles and vibrant, minimized palette of complementary and secondary colors.


I identified but could not explain how you came to omit self-shadowing and an intermediate shade for the orange diagonal faces! And I had to try it myself to find out why in this case – and perhaps other similar flat shaded extrusions – less is so much more. I really like how the Rs pop out from the screen, exude an unhazed glow and subtly ‘float’ on top of the ‘page’. All of which is diminished or lost by a more ‘realistic’ approach.



Keep pushin’ it!

The Skipper family is a stone-cold fontstruct classic and I’m really digging that sample.<br /> <br/><br /> <br/>I tried to dissect the effectiveness of your image. Its somehow possesses an extra-optical quality, beyond the deftly chosen shadow angles and vibrant, minimized palette of complementary and secondary colors.<br /> <br/><br />I identified but could not explain how you came to omit self-shadowing and an intermediate shade for the orange diagonal faces! And I had to try it myself to find out why in this case – and perhaps other similar flat shaded extrusions – less is so much more. I really like how the <i>R</i>s pop out from the screen, exude an unhazed glow and subtly ‘float’ on top of the ‘page’. All of which is diminished or lost by a more ‘realistic’ approach.<br /> <br/><br /> <br/>Keep pushin’ it!
anTyp
anTyp Sun, 27th September, 3:00 PM

Thanks guys! I appreciate it.

Frodo7:
If I’m a Star, where is my Limo?! :-) And I’m certainly not a Pro yet. I don’t know what you can learn from these but I’m glad that you liked it.

will.i.ૐ
Thanks for attesting it as classic :-)
Reality is an abstraction on this picture. And if you apply self-shadowing you shouldn’t leave the colors flat. They just cannot be as flat as they are when you adding halftones in shades. But then you’ll get an imitation of reality. Abstraction for me is better. Thanks for meditating on it anyway!

p2pnut
p2pnut Sun, 27th September, 4:23 PM

I have just realised what your samples remind me of ... narrowboat art.

For those who don't know of them, narrowboats are long (up to 70 feet), narrow (less than 7 feet), boats derived from the commercial carrier boats on the UK canal system. They were always highly decorated and well sign-written.

minimum
minimum Sun, 27th September, 4:41 PM

You sample makes me want to fontstruct again. Thank you.

anTyp
anTyp Sun, 27th September, 4:44 PM

p2pnut: You absolutely right!
It is my fantasy—seeing it on a side of a boat or locomotive.
Or as building sign. Thanks for mentioning it.

anTyp
anTyp Sun, 27th September, 5:58 PM

You’re welcome, minimum!

gferreira
gferreira Fri, 2nd October, 4:30 PM

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

intaglio
intaglio Sat, 3rd October, 10:13 PM

It's a pity sometimes about the new voting. I so want this to be a 10.

Frodo7
Frodo7 Sat, 3rd October, 10:42 PM

You are modest, that's fine. You may not be a pro, unless type face design is your main source of income. But your designs are oozing quality. 10 of 11 Top Picks (the one left out is part of a bigger family, already a TP). I'm going to learn how to design a proper cyrillic set. I know the Russian set well enough, but I'm not familiar with the rest (Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Serbian, etc.). Your exemplary works could help me to fill that hiatus.