SquarePeg: FontStructions

Ligne Claire

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

I could have called this "Ribbon Triline"... But there are enough differences with Ribbon Inline to merit giving this FontStruction a new name. For example, it has a proper lower case, and the cap height is slightly beneath the ascender line, to increase legibility.

Chocobot Milk Highlight

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Dear Human, here is our latest confection: a delicious version of Chocobot Milk. Don't believe the rumors that Chocobot Labs uses human ingredients in its products. Inspected by Chocobot CBM-91.

Chocobot White Highlight

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Dear Human, we bring you another fine Chocobot product, derived from Chocobot White. Ignore the fact that all other brands of chocolate have mysteriously disappeared from stores.

Chocobot Dark Highlight

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Dear Human, only the finest cacao was used to produce this variation of the Chocobot Dark product. It will provide you with plenty of antioxidants, so indulge yourself. The machine revolt will take place anyway. Inspected by Chocobot CBV-79.

Strata Blocks Caps

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

I finally got around to upgrading Strata Blocks. I wasn't very happy with the lowercase letters, which could not show a full gradation (unless they had ascenders). And I felt that many characters could be improved, too. The result is Strata Blocks Caps, which boasts a full set of Basic Latin and More Latin characters.

Strata Dots Caps

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

I finally got around to upgrading Strata Dots. I wasn't very happy with the lowercase letters, which could not show a full gradation (unless they had ascenders). And I felt that many characters could be improved, too. The result is Strata Dots Caps, which boasts a full set of Basic Latin and More Latin characters.

Chocobot Dark Solid

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Dear Human, try this solid version of our Chocobot Dark product. Caution: may make you feel full. Inspected by Chocobot CBV-36.

Chocobot Milk Solid

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Dear Human, here is another tasty confection from Chocobot Labs: a solid version of Chocobot Milk. Let the consumption begin! Inspected by Chocobot CBM-47.

Chocobot White Solid

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Dear Human, this is the solid version of Chocobot White, which brings you even more tantalizing flavours. Inspected by Chocobot CBW-25.

Bonset

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

I.K. Bonset was the pseudonym that Theo van Doesburg used to publish Dada poetry in his magazine De Stijl.

This FontStruction is loosely based on van Doesburg's alphabet of 1919. I have not followed his strict grid of 25 x 25 (unlike Freda Sack and David Quay's revival, Architype Van Doesburg, or P22's De Stijl Regular) -- in other words, some of my caps and numerals deviate from van Doesburg's original design. Also, I've added a lower case and diacritics (which I am currently updating).

Strata Dots

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Based on Strata Blocks; I swapped the squares for circles.

Completed Basic Latin set of characters: April 3, 2008. Began adding diacritical marks: April 5, 2008.

Prometheus (Basic Set)

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Clone of Prometheus Light (Basic Set), which is based on condensed Grecian typefaces by Darius Wells and William Hamilton Page. Many Grecian wood type samples lack lower case characters or numerals (or both!)... hence my sampling of different sources.

After several modifications, this FontStruction has become so big that I had to split it in two to make downloading possible! The Basic Set (this half) features all of the Basic Latin and More Latin (a.k.a. Latin-1) characters, while the Extended Set has all of the Extended Latin A and several Extended Latin B characters (Latin-based diacritics for the Central European, West European, Baltic, and Romanian languages, plus special characters for Croatian, Slovenian, and Livonian, among others).

Prometheus Light (Basic Set)

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Based on condensed Grecian typefaces by Darius Wells and William Hamilton Page. Many Grecian wood type samples lack lower case characters or numerals (or both!)... hence my sampling of different sources.

After several modifications, this FontStruction has become so big that I had to split it in two to make downloading possible! The Basic Set (this half) features all of the Basic Latin and More Latin (a.k.a. Latin-1) characters, while the Extended Set has all of the Extended Latin A and several Extended Latin B characters (Latin-based diacritics for the Central European, West European, Baltic, and Romanian languages, plus special characters for Croatian, Slovenian, and Livonian, among others).

Blob

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

My take on a blocky, rounded face. Completed upper case and numerals: April 11, 2008. Completed lower case: April 13, 2008. Still in progress.

BriteLite Caps

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Clone of BriteLite, which was inspired by Lite-Brite. Caps only, to keep things simple -- no pesky ascenders or descenders!

BriteLite

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

More fun with vintage technology (a.k.a. Lite-Brite). This version has complete upper case, lower case, and numerals, plus basic punctuation.

TapeWriter

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Partly inspired by those DYMO LabelWriters that were ubiquitous in the 1970s... This is not yet complete; I still have to add lots of punctuation. Diacritics might be coming, too... Stay tuned.

Strata Blocks 2.0

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Clone of Strata Blocks -- and, I'm hoping, an improvement of same. I used the advanced controls to reduce the brick dimensions to 0.85 in both directions, eliminating the continuous band of black that formed at the top of Strata Blocks 1.0.

Ribbon

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Clone of Ribbon Inline. It's an all-caps typeface, but A, B, R, V, and W have alternate glyphs in the lowercase keys.

Ribbon Inline

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

This one began as a few doodles in my sketchbook. I've adapted them to FontStruct. It's an all-caps typeface, but A, K, V, W, X, and Z have alternate glyphs in the lowercase keys.

UPDATE: I've tried adding punctuation, but the double lines tend to make things tricky in this regard! Still working on it.