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fs Dry Flat

 by thalamicThis FontStruction was selected by FontStruct staff.This%20FontStruction%20was%20selected%20by%20FontStruct%20staff.
  • Currently 7.90568
7.9Balanced%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22weighted_value%22%3E7.9%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EAverage%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22rating_value%22%3E9.0%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EClick%20for%20more%20information%20about%20this%20rating. 9 votes
Last edit: 29.08.2009
Tags: Dots
Category: Pixel Optimized, Display, Sans Serif
9 Downloads9%20Downloads99 Comments9%20Comments983 Glyphs83%20Glyphs83For use at pixel level.   Also works at 32pt×x, where x=1,2,4,8,etc.-----This font has been a long time in the making. The dots are such that the curved shapes and squared-off letters just would not resolve to an equal height no matter what I tried. Then after the mixed x-height that came about in yesterday's la Cross, it occurred to me to just let the letters be as tall as they wanted to be. It seems to work for some odd reason. Can someone please explain why it works?For%20use%20at%20pixel%20level.%3Cbr%3E%26nbsp%3B%26nbsp%3B%26nbsp%3BAlso%20works%20at%2032pt%C3%97%3Ci%3Ex%3C%2Fi%3E%2C%20where%20x%3D1%2C2%2C4%2C8%2Cetc.%3Cbr%3E-----%3Cbr%3EThis%20font%20has%20been%20a%20long%20time%20in%20the%20making.%20The%20dots%20are%20such%20that%20the%20curved%20shapes%20and%20squared-off%20letters%20just%20would%20not%20resolve%20to%20an%20equal%20height%20no%20matter%20what%20I%20tried.%20Then%20after%20the%20mixed%20x-height%20that%20came%20about%20in%20yesterday%27s%20%3Ca%20href%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Ffontstruct.fontshop.com%2Ffontstructions%2Fshow%2F218334%22%3Ela%20Cross%3C%2Fa%3E%2C%20it%20occurred%20to%20me%20to%20just%20let%20the%20letters%20be%20as%20tall%20as%20they%20wanted%20to%20be.%20It%20seems%20to%20work%20for%20some%20odd%20reason.%20Can%20someone%20please%20explain%20why%20it%20works%3F

Staring at The Sky

 by chr.sThis FontStruction was selected by FontStruct staff.This%20FontStruction%20was%20selected%20by%20FontStruct%20staff.
  • Currently 7.97101
8.0Balanced%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22weighted_value%22%3E8.0%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EAverage%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22rating_value%22%3E8.7%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EClick%20for%20more%20information%20about%20this%20rating. 14 votes
Last edit: 06.08.2009
Tags: 60s, Mono Height, Serif, Art Nouveau, Curved
Category: -
34 Downloads34%20Downloads3416 Comments16%20Comments16202 Glyphs202%20Glyphs202A 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...A%20mono-height%2C%2060s%20inspired%20font.%0D%0AI%27m%20not%20100%25%20sure%20about%20some%20of%20the%20uppercase%20characters%20-%20mostly%20the%20later%20ones...%20so%20all%20comments%20are%20gratefully%20recieved.%0D%0AOh%2C%20and%20more%20latin%20characters%20are%20on%20the%20way...

Slink

 by geneus1This FontStruction was selected by FontStruct staff.This%20FontStruction%20was%20selected%20by%20FontStruct%20staff.
  • Currently 7.51733
7.5Balanced%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22weighted_value%22%3E7.5%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EAverage%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22rating_value%22%3E8.2%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EClick%20for%20more%20information%20about%20this%20rating. 12 votes
Last edit: 30.06.2009
Tags: Josef Albers, Saberrider, Afrojet, Leafy, Stencil, Accidental, Surprise
Category: Display
45 Downloads45%20Downloads4510 Comments10%20Comments1042 Glyphs42%20Glyphs42A tribute to Josef Albers: inadvertently inspired by saberrider and afrojet. 

This font totally happened by accident. Recently, saberrider created steep, which uses a 2.0 x 1.11 filter setting to smoothly blend the quarter-circle bricks into the triangles. After saberrider created his experimental variable scale fontstruction, it lead me to revisit an abandoned work I did from last year that was done in a similar scale. After getting over the initial disgust of looking at the dismal failure, I started tweaking. Then I decided to tweak the letters instead. It became apparent that I could create a stencil type font that also looked like Josef Alber's font. Coincidentally, Saberrider also has a variation with fontstract,
and of course, that Stewf guy has his own family of Leaflets. ;-) Afrojet's sessions came into play in creating some of the letter forms, especially the numerals. The final filter setting became 1.638 x 1.08, which created a nice fusion of the curved and triangular bricks, but was also naturally inclined to necessitate the vertical divide on each glyph. The rest flowed rather easily from there. Here's to more happy accidents. =)

The sample is also a tribute to Alber's color theory, showing the names in identical colors, which, when juxtaposed over contrasting colors tricks the eye into thinking the bottom name is darker than the top.

The following Josef Albers quote can relate to all things creative, like fontstructing, not just color: 

"It should be clear by now that our way of studying color does not start with the past - neither with works of the past nor with its theories.

As we begin principally with the material, color itself, and its action and interaction as registered in our minds, we practice first and mainly a study of ourselves.

Thus, we replace looking backward by looking first at ourselves and our surroundings, and replace retrospection with introspection."

- Josef Albers
A%20tribute%20to%20Josef%20Albers%3A%20inadvertently%20inspired%20by%20saberrider%20and%20afrojet.%20%0D%0A%0D%0AThis%20font%20totally%20happened%20by%20accident.%20Recently%2C%20saberrider%20created%20%3Ca%20href%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Ffontstruct.fontshop.com%2Ffontstructions%2Fshow%2F185027%22%3Esteep%2C%3C%2Fa%3E%20which%20uses%20a%202.0%20x%201.11%20filter%20setting%20to%20smoothly%20blend%20the%20quarter-circle%20bricks%20into%20the%20triangles.%20After%20saberrider%20created%20his%20experimental%20variable%20scale%20fontstruction%2C%20it%20lead%20me%20to%20revisit%20an%20abandoned%20work%20I%20did%20from%20last%20year%20that%20was%20done%20in%20a%20similar%20scale.%20After%20getting%20over%20the%20initial%20disgust%20of%20looking%20at%20the%20dismal%20failure%2C%20I%20started%20tweaking.%20Then%20I%20decided%20to%20tweak%20the%20letters%20instead.%20It%20became%20apparent%20that%20I%20could%20create%20a%20stencil%20type%20font%20that%20also%20looked%20like%20%3Ca%20href%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.p22.com%2Fproducts%2Falbers.html%22%3EJosef%20Alber%27s%20font.%3C%2Fa%3E%20Coincidentally%2C%20Saberrider%20also%20has%20a%20variation%20with%20%3Ca%20href%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Ffontstruct.fontshop.com%2Ffontstructions%2Fshow%2F90140%22%3Efontstract%2C%3C%2Fa%3E%0D%0Aand%20of%20course%2C%20that%20Stewf%20guy%20has%20his%20own%20family%20of%20%3Ca%20href%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Ffontstruct.fontshop.com%2Fgallery%2F2%2Fall%2Fhighest_rated%2F0%2Fleaflet%22%3ELeaflets.%3C%2Fa%3E%20%3B-%29%20Afrojet%27s%20%3Ca%20href%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Ffontstruct.fontshop.com%2Ffontstructions%2Fshow%2F178441%22%3Esessions%3C%2Fa%3E%20came%20into%20play%20in%20creating%20some%20of%20the%20letter%20forms%2C%20especially%20the%20numerals.%20The%20final%20filter%20setting%20became%201.638%20x%201.08%2C%20which%20created%20a%20nice%20fusion%20of%20the%20curved%20and%20triangular%20bricks%2C%20but%20was%20also%20naturally%20inclined%20to%20necessitate%20the%20vertical%20divide%20on%20each%20glyph.%20The%20rest%20flowed%20rather%20easily%20from%20there.%20Here%27s%20to%20more%20happy%20accidents.%20%3D%29%0D%0A%0D%0AThe%20sample%20is%20also%20a%20tribute%20to%20Alber%27s%20color%20theory%2C%20showing%20the%20names%20in%20identical%20colors%2C%20which%2C%20when%20juxtaposed%20over%20contrasting%20colors%20tricks%20the%20eye%20into%20thinking%20the%20bottom%20name%20is%20darker%20than%20the%20top.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe%20following%20Josef%20Albers%20quote%20can%20relate%20to%20all%20things%20creative%2C%20like%20fontstructing%2C%20not%20just%20color%3A%20%0D%0A%3Ci%3E%0D%0A%22It%20should%20be%20clear%20by%20now%20that%20our%20way%20of%20studying%20color%20does%20not%20start%20with%20the%20past%20-%20neither%20with%20works%20of%20the%20past%20nor%20with%20its%20theories.%0D%0A%0D%0AAs%20we%20begin%20principally%20with%20the%20material%2C%20color%20itself%2C%20and%20its%20action%20and%20interaction%20as%20registered%20in%20our%20minds%2C%20we%20practice%20first%20and%20mainly%20a%20study%20of%20ourselves.%0D%0A%0D%0AThus%2C%20we%20replace%20looking%20backward%20by%20looking%20first%20at%20ourselves%20and%20our%20surroundings%2C%20and%20replace%20retrospection%20with%20introspection.%22%0D%0A%3C%2Fi%3E%0D%0A-%20Josef%20Albers%0D%0A

StarRoars-MP

 by fontqueen100
  • Currently 6.0221
6.0Balanced%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22weighted_value%22%3E6.0%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EAverage%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22rating_value%22%3E8.0%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EClick%20for%20more%20information%20about%20this%20rating. 1 vote
Last edit: 15.07.2009
Tags: Display, Stars, Patriotic
Category: -
8 Downloads8%20Downloads867 Glyphs67%20Glyphs67Experiment using a curved shape to form the glyphs. Comments and suggestions are welcome!Experiment%20using%20a%20curved%20shape%20to%20form%20the%20glyphs.%20Comments%20and%20suggestions%20are%20welcome%21

Boxy 2

 by marksimThis FontStruction was selected by FontStruct staff.This%20FontStruction%20was%20selected%20by%20FontStruct%20staff.
  • Currently 7.08853
7.1Balanced%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22weighted_value%22%3E7.1%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EAverage%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22rating_value%22%3E7.2%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EClick%20for%20more%20information%20about%20this%20rating. 48 votes
Last edit: 22.06.2009
Tags: -
Category: Display
903 Downloads903%20Downloads9032 Comments2%20Comments264 Glyphs64%20Glyphs64This is another one of my modular alphabets from my college days (c. 1975). This one uses a larger grid space than the Boxy 1 and introduces a curved element that can be used on the NE or SW corners. Otherwise it follows similar rules.This%20is%20another%20one%20of%20my%20modular%20alphabets%20from%20my%20college%20days%20%28c.%201975%29.%20This%20one%20uses%20a%20larger%20grid%20space%20than%20the%20Boxy%201%20and%20introduces%20a%20curved%20element%20that%20can%20be%20used%20on%20the%20NE%20or%20SW%20corners.%20Otherwise%20it%20follows%20similar%20rules.

Miniature Monocle

 by Elementalist
  • Currently 5.86759
5.9Balanced%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22weighted_value%22%3E5.9%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EAverage%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22rating_value%22%3E6.5%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EClick%20for%20more%20information%20about%20this%20rating. 4 votes
Last edit: 21.02.2009
Tags: Pixel, Monospace, Mono
Category: -
13 Downloads13%20Downloads131 Comments1%20Comments1316 Glyphs316%20Glyphs316This is my first font that I feel is "usable."  Miniature Monocle is a 6-pixel-wide monospace font (each character is at most 5 pixels across, plus one padding column) with a maximum height of 10 above the baseline, 13 including descenders.  It is most readable when sized at 16 pt.  I aimed for readability, but I embellished a little on the curved lower-case letters like h, r, b, and especially a, which looks a little strange.  The monospace limitations led to an unusual TM character, possibly illegible copyright and registered symbols, and really tightly-squeezed ligatures, AE characters, and characters with additional strokes.This%20is%20my%20first%20font%20that%20I%20feel%20is%20%22usable.%22%20%20Miniature%20Monocle%20is%20a%206-pixel-wide%20monospace%20font%20%28each%20character%20is%20at%20most%205%20pixels%20across%2C%20plus%20one%20padding%20column%29%20with%20a%20maximum%20height%20of%2010%20above%20the%20baseline%2C%2013%20including%20descenders.%20%20It%20is%20most%20readable%20when%20sized%20at%2016%20pt.%20%20I%20aimed%20for%20readability%2C%20but%20I%20embellished%20a%20little%20on%20the%20curved%20lower-case%20letters%20like%20h%2C%20r%2C%20b%2C%20and%20especially%20a%2C%20which%20looks%20a%20little%20strange.%20%20The%20monospace%20limitations%20led%20to%20an%20unusual%20TM%20character%2C%20possibly%20illegible%20copyright%20and%20registered%20symbols%2C%20and%20really%20tightly-squeezed%20ligatures%2C%20AE%20characters%2C%20and%20characters%20with%20additional%20strokes.

krummbein

 by saberrider
  • Currently 5.71179
5.7Balanced%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22weighted_value%22%3E5.7%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EAverage%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22rating_value%22%3E5.8%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EClick%20for%20more%20information%20about%20this%20rating. 10 votes
Last edit: 13.03.2009
Tags: Sans Serif, Italic, Curved
Category: -
8 Downloads8%20Downloads83 Comments3%20Comments352 Glyphs52%20Glyphs52

Kettle Kurve

 by benji123
  • Currently 5.50632
5.5Balanced%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22weighted_value%22%3E5.5%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EAverage%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22rating_value%22%3E5.7%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EClick%20for%20more%20information%20about%20this%20rating. 6 votes
Last edit: 04.01.2009
Tags: Curved, Sans Serif, Bold
Category: -
9 Downloads9%20Downloads91 Comments1%20Comments169 Glyphs69%20Glyphs69

Out of Context Redux

 by diskursThis FontStruction was selected by FontStruct staff.This%20FontStruction%20was%20selected%20by%20FontStruct%20staff.
  • Currently 5.4096
5.4Balanced%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22weighted_value%22%3E5.4%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EAverage%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22rating_value%22%3E5.5%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EClick%20for%20more%20information%20about%20this%20rating. 6 votes
Last edit: 15.06.2009
Tags: Pixel, Curved, 2 Tiles, Stripes, Vertical, Narrow, Display, Sans, Tiles, Rounded, 3x2, 4x3, Analogies To, Fonstruct, Logo, Bauhaus, Stencil
Category: Display
44 Downloads44%20Downloads44344 Glyphs344%20Glyphs344Derived from «Out of Context». Just stripped the Capitals.

Intended to be used mainly in lower case. Based upon a context-free-design-grammar-font (cfdg) I made earlier for «Context Free».Derived%20from%20%C2%ABOut%20of%20Context%C2%BB.%20Just%20stripped%20the%20Capitals.%0D%0A%0D%0AIntended%20to%20be%20used%20mainly%20in%20lower%20case.%20Based%20upon%20a%20context-free-design-grammar-font%20%28cfdg%29%20I%20made%20earlier%20for%20%C2%ABContext%20Free%C2%BB.

RoundFiveMono

 by fontcollector
  • Currently 5.30453
5.3Balanced%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22weighted_value%22%3E5.3%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EAverage%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22rating_value%22%3E5.3%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EClick%20for%20more%20information%20about%20this%20rating. 3 votes
Last edit: 12.11.2008
Tags: Monospaced, Rounded
Category: -
5 Downloads5%20Downloads5154 Glyphs154%20Glyphs154Like several of my other FontStructions, this one consists of characters that are five bricks wide.  Most of the curved corners are unfilled on the inside, and the straight lines generally have rounded tips.Like%20several%20of%20my%20other%20FontStructions%2C%20this%20one%20consists%20of%20characters%20that%20are%20five%20bricks%20wide.%20%20Most%20of%20the%20curved%20corners%20are%20unfilled%20on%20the%20inside%2C%20and%20the%20straight%20lines%20generally%20have%20rounded%20tips.

Carmen

by TyperepublicFontShop.com
Carmen
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