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by afrojet
cloned from poff by saberrider


Details

Description:
This is a Sessions flavored remix of Saberrider's wonderful Poff font.
Stats:
43 characters, 111 downloads
Created:
Thu, 25th June, 7:28 PM 2009
Last Edit:
Thu, 23rd July, 4:03 PM 2009
Permalink:
http://fontstruct.fontshop.com/fontstructions/show/197382
Tags:
Bauhaus, Albers, Josef, Modular, Thick, Bold, Saberrider, Poff, Stencilpotential
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Discussion

afrojet
afrojet Wed, 22nd July, 5:37 PM

djnippa
djnippa Wed, 22nd July, 7:32 PM

Those little tweaks have added style add legibility, to produce a very happy and cool looking carnival font.
Top marks.

djnippa
djnippa Wed, 22nd July, 7:35 PM

I'd maybe look at the Z, and swap the bricks so the sharper edge is a the top. Lovin the 2 & 4.

thalamic
thalamic Wed, 22nd July, 8:38 PM

I think what I like best about your work is that it seems you have a fairly good idea of what the finished font will look like before you start. I admire that.

cayo
cayo Wed, 22nd July, 10:45 PM

you had me at h

afrojet
afrojet Thu, 23rd July, 4:25 PM

@djnippa: Great suggestion. You have a special gift for turning alphabet lemons into alphabet lemonade. I appreciate your editorial skills.

@thal: Thanks! This one came together quite quickly. I saw the Poff font and thought, "I bet this would look cool with this kind of treatment". Beyond that I just wanted it to have a happy summery vibe. That more then anything influenced each specific character. For instance, I thought using a lowercase 'i' was more 'poppy' then an uppercase 'I'.

gferreira
gferreira Mon, 27th July, 4:21 PM

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

saberrider
saberrider Tue, 28th July, 5:26 AM

Another beautiful fontstruction by afrojet. I really agree with thamalic. There are no letters that seem to be out of place or random. You just know how to work with white space and weights. For a trained eye it's easy to see that this is the work of an experienced graphic designer. And still it's not just a rigid construction but hase those little characteristic features, that make an interesting font. Like the dot on the I and how the bar of the T is seperated from the stem. My favourite is propably the Y, so simple yet so interesting to look at.

gferreira
gferreira Fri, 25th September, 4:30 PM

Congratulations! FontStruct Staff have deemed your FontStruction worthy of special mention. “Slug” is now a current Featured FontStruction.

afrojet
afrojet Sun, 27th September, 11:07 PM

will.i.ૐ
will.i.ૐ Thu, 8th October, 10:51 PM

Geez, what does one do when a commercial font comes along and swipes the name off a fontstruction? I must say that the name sticks better here!

afrojet
afrojet Thu, 8th October, 11:37 PM

@will That is an interesting question. What do you suggest? A good old fashion duel perhaps? Pistols at dawn kind of thing? Will you be my second?

I'm sue it's just a coinkidink, but I agree that the name is better suited here.

irischichi
irischichi Sun, 11th October, 2:17 PM

aaa

will.i.ૐ
will.i.ૐ Sun, 11th October, 3:16 PM

Oh, hey – sorry about spacing a reply. I wouldn’t make a good second if I didn’t show up at the appointed hour!

But, hmm, how to settle this contest? Clearly you’re the one packing the real slugs, so pistols might be slightly ungentlemanly, though not entirely unwanted ;)

How about dueling samples? Kinda like a visual rap battle. You know, kerning the dozens. We’ve seen your bold and fitting style – and it’s truly off the chizzle – but how about a sample* from the other guy’s myfonts page and we let the people decide? Technicolor yawn, anyone?

* this image has been modified to fit on two lines instead of the original one, but otherwise remains unchanged :)

Oh, hey – sorry about spacing a reply. I wouldn’t make a good second if I didn’t show up at the appointed hour! <br/> <br/>But, hmm, how to settle this contest? Clearly you’re the one packing the real slugs, so pistols might be slightly ungentlemanly, though not entirely unwanted ;) <br/> <br/>How about dueling samples? Kinda like a visual rap battle. You know, kerning the dozens. We’ve seen your bold and fitting style – and it’s truly off the chizzle – but how about a sample* from the other guy’s myfonts page and we let the people decide? Technicolor yawn, anyone? <br/> <br/>* this image has been modified to fit on two lines instead of the original one, but otherwise remains unchanged :)