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by nemoorange


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Like Masphalt, the original inspiration for this one comes from Stefan Kjartansson's Black Slabbath. I think I played enough with it to make it my own. Like the two-story lowercase g and lowercase a. Squishing that middle stroke really gave this one a personality. I kept all the counters rectangular, try not to hide the hard edges. This is my first time going through the diacritics to give me a holler if you see something wrong.
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319 characters, 86 downloads
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Slab, Heavy, Bold, Serif, Slabserif
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Discussion

williaum
williaum Fri, 1st August, 2:15 AM

Excellent Esses. The x is actually mind boggling. Kickin’ font, man!

Have you tried using OS X’s Characrer Palette to browse the various Unicode ranges and see samples of each glyph for all the installed fonts on your computer that support it? Just switch the View to Code Tables. It's a great way to quickly scan a wide range of standard and unique solutions for a given glyph.

williaum
williaum Fri, 1st August, 2:21 AM

Sorry, that’s Character. Oh, and I'm no expert, but I didn’t notice anything in error in the diacritics. Maybe the tilde’s are a tad too pointy?

williaum
williaum Fri, 1st August, 2:34 AM

Ok, I looked again and revised my thoughts on the diacritics. I think that all the basic accents except the macron and the breve are slightly too small and would benefit from a few additional bricks.

williaum
williaum Fri, 1st August, 12:08 PM

Here's my again, but in graphic form. The tilde remains elusive.

Truly impressive what you managed with in a minimal grid!

P.S. This really should have been one well-considered post instead of four scattered ones. Next time, I promise I’ll try streamlining my comments!

Here's my <a href="http://fontstruct.fontshop.com/fontstructions/show/squabble_accent_suggestion"suggestion</a> again, but in graphic form. The tilde remains elusive. <br/> <br/>Truly impressive what you managed with in a minimal grid! <br/> <br/>P.S. This really should have been one well-considered post instead of four scattered ones. Next time, I promise I’ll try streamlining my comments!
williaum
williaum Fri, 1st August, 12:10 PM

Gosh, that was supposed to read: Here's my thoughtagain... I give up! X[

nemoorange
nemoorange Fri, 1st August, 4:55 PM

@william: Thank you so much for looking at this one. All the attention is certainlly appreciated. Yes, I am using the Character Palette in OSX. Having all the font variations is terrific. I wanted to make sure I wasn't going against the grain on any weird doo-hickies.

So I've look over your suggestion and I've beefed up the accents. That's the first I ever heard of a "macron" and "breve." The tilde was a bit pointy, I think I found something that fits. Thanks again!