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by chr.s


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Description:
A mono-height, 60s inspired font. I'm not 100% sure about some of the uppercase characters - mostly the later ones... so all comments are gratefully recieved. Oh, and more latin characters are on the way...
Stats:
202 characters, 34 downloads
Created:
Thu, 4th June, 12:21 AM 2009
Last Edit:
Thu, 6th August, 5:50 PM 2009
Permalink:
http://fontstruct.fontshop.com/fontstructions/show/189801
Tags:
60s, Mono Height, Serif, Art Nouveau, Curved
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Discussion

chr.s
chr.s Wed, 1st July, 1:14 AM

All lowercase so far - I'm still unsure whether to do uppercase, or perhaps a different weight for the capitals.

All lowercase so far - I'm still unsure whether to do uppercase, or perhaps a different weight for the capitals.
afrojet
afrojet Wed, 1st July, 4:03 PM

Nice style. Digging the '&' and the brackets. Maybe pull down the joint on the '9' so the bowl height is the same as the '6'. Maybe pull the '7' down a little too.

chr.s
chr.s Wed, 1st July, 4:08 PM

Thanks afrojet, you're right about the numerals - bit of a late night oversight there. 7 and 9 are now fixed.

Incidentally, the '&' was the one I had most trouble with - glad you like it.

kix
kix Thu, 2nd July, 12:56 AM

whowsa!
this is a totally real 60 's typeface.
it looks so sweettly curvd, i wouldn't think it was done with our app.
supernice!
in the year 2525...

gferreira
gferreira Wed, 15th July, 2:26 PM

Very beautiful psicodelic / art nouveau lettershapes.

I find adding uppercase glyphs in the same style a good idea.

One suggestion to make it more readable: increase a bit the space between the letters & reduce a bit the space between the words. ;-)

chr.s
chr.s Thu, 16th July, 7:17 PM

Yeah kix, that quote was exactly the kind of look I was aiming at- glad you like it.

And thanks for the suggestion(s) gferreira - I hadn't even considered the spacing on this one, but you were dead right.

As for the caps, I've made a start but I think it'll be a staggered process. I'd intended to include either caps or a heavier weight, but caps it is. They're proving a tricky bunch though and I've had to extend below the baseline and above the capsline(? - you know what I mean) to gain some balance. Plus it's more in-keeping with the 'feel' of the font, despite restricting it's useability in all caps.

intaglio
intaglio Fri, 17th July, 4:40 AM

Wow. I bet you were pleased with that ht combination. Lovely ampersand. All lovely, nothing unlovely.

gferreira
gferreira Wed, 22nd July, 1:39 PM

Great work on the caps – the swash parts extending below the baseline add a lot of movement to the text image.

chr.s
chr.s Wed, 22nd July, 2:04 PM

I greatly appreciate the feedback, thanks guys.

I must still admit that I'm not totally convinced about some of the glyphs - mostly uppercase - but I'll stop obsessing and put it down to the inherent limitations.

Overall, I'm pretty pleased with it. I think the fact that it's by far the most complete typeface I've ever made, in any software, must mean I have a fondness for it.

Next on the agenda will be a better sample... tbc...

shasta
shasta Wed, 5th August, 12:48 AM

a true beauty! and so impeccably well executed... every character seems to be a pearl. I also admittedly felt pretty dumb looking at some of the characters, cause I couldn't really figure out how you did them even after a few zoom-ins... Must be some true fontstruct mastery behind them!
Respect!

(If you add the more latin set this will be one of the few fontstructions that will get a 10 from hypercritical me! ;) )

p2pnut
p2pnut Wed, 5th August, 2:58 AM

Drop dead gorgeous ... it gets better and better as you increase the size

intaglio
intaglio Wed, 5th August, 5:29 AM

Surely this deserves an honourable mention? It's far better than plenty of mine that have received the dot of approval???

gferreira
gferreira Thu, 6th August, 3:42 PM

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

gferreira
gferreira Thu, 6th August, 3:51 PM

Thanks for the reminder, intaglio. ;-)
And sorry for the delay, chr.s!

I think the percent sign looks a bit weird; it should be consistent with the fractions.

starburst
starburst Tue, 11th August, 9:08 PM

Very beautiful work. It has a nice style to it.

igorrossi
igorrossi Sun, 6th September, 11:35 PM

I've just discovered your work : truly beautiful. I wouldn't change anything.