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Sans Serious I
by afrojet
This%20FontStruction%20was%20selected%20by%20FontStruct%20staff.
Last edit: 02.10.2009
Tags: Jurriaan Schrofer, Bauhaus, Industrialization, Modular, Simplification, Standardization, Measurability, Visualrhythms, Functionality, Proportion, Monospace
Category: Pixel Optimized, Sans Serif, Display
12%20Downloads12
11%20Comments11
62%20Glyphs62
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Tags: Jurriaan Schrofer, Bauhaus, Industrialization, Modular, Simplification, Standardization, Measurability, Visualrhythms, Functionality, Proportion, Monospace
Category: Pixel Optimized, Sans Serif, Display
Slink
by geneus1
This%20FontStruction%20was%20selected%20by%20FontStruct%20staff.
Last edit: 30.06.2009
Tags: Josef Albers, Saberrider, Afrojet, Leafy, Stencil, Accidental, Surprise
Category: Display
45%20Downloads45
10%20Comments10
42%20Glyphs42
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
Tags: Josef Albers, Saberrider, Afrojet, Leafy, Stencil, Accidental, Surprise
Category: Display
Lame, Dude!
by shasta
This%20FontStruction%20was%20selected%20by%20FontStruct%20staff.
Last edit: 23.06.2009
Tags: Graffiti, Street, Style, Drops, 3d
Category: Display
500%20Downloads500
8%20Comments8
75%20Glyphs75
Little%20experimental%20graffiti-style-font.%20Begin%20every%20word%20with%20an%20upper%20case%20letter%2C%20then%20write%20on%20with%20lower%20case%20letters.%20Use%20%29%20to%20end%20words%2C%20and%20add%20an%20asterik%20for%20some%20additional%20style...%0D%0Ahope%20all%20ya%20graffiti%20bros%20out%20there%20like%20it%21%3B%29
Tags: Graffiti, Street, Style, Drops, 3d
Category: Display
fs Industrial
by thalamic
This%20FontStruction%20was%20selected%20by%20FontStruct%20staff.
Last edit: 23.06.2009
Tags: V10, Experimental
Category: Display
113%20Downloads113
4%20Comments4
69%20Glyphs69
Tags: V10, Experimental
Category: Display
fs Blueprint
by thalamic
This%20FontStruction%20was%20selected%20by%20FontStruct%20staff.
Last edit: 14.10.2009
Tags: -
Category: Display
68%20Downloads68
3%20Comments3
81%20Glyphs81
Alternate%20character%20glyphs%3A%3Cbr%3E%3Cbr%3E%40%20%3D%20e%3Cbr%3E_%20%3D%20e%3Cbr%3E%23%20%3D%20e%3Cbr%3E%2B%20%3D%20x%3Cbr%3E-%20%3D%20x%3Cbr%3E%3C%20%3D%20E%3Cbr%3E%3E%20%3D%20F%3Cbr%3E%3D%20%3D%20k%3Cbr%3E%5B%20%3D%20s%3Cbr%3E%5D%20%3D%20z%3Cbr%3E%5C%20%3D%20M%3Cbr%3E%5E%20%3D%20v%3Cbr%3E%7B%20%3D%20K%3Cbr%3E%7D%20%3D%205%3Cbr%3E%7E%20%3D%205%20%28experimental%29
Tags: -
Category: Display
Mingle Minx
by minimum
This%20FontStruction%20was%20selected%20by%20FontStruct%20staff.
Last edit: 03.08.2009
Tags: Experimental, Overlap, Pattern, Fauxmoire, Orthogonal
Category: Display
44%20Downloads44
1%20Comments1
44%20Glyphs44
Tags: Experimental, Overlap, Pattern, Fauxmoire, Orthogonal
Category: Display
Convention
by JoeAllison
This%20FontStruction%20was%20selected%20by%20FontStruct%20staff.
Last edit: 03.09.2009
Tags: Convention, Joeallison, Repetition, Angular, Experimental, Upper Case, Lowercase, Brighton Forms, Bristol, Uwe
Category: Display
310%20Downloads310
12%20Comments12
59%20Glyphs59
Tags: Convention, Joeallison, Repetition, Angular, Experimental, Upper Case, Lowercase, Brighton Forms, Bristol, Uwe
Category: Display
Modular 4
by crizzle
This%20FontStruction%20was%20selected%20by%20FontStruct%20staff.
Last edit: 20.11.2009
Tags: Sans Serif, Display, Experimental
Category: Display
85%20Downloads85
3%20Comments3
46%20Glyphs46
ist%20in%20eim%20vierer%20raster%20angelegt.%20die%20idee%20stammte%20aus%20%C3%BCberlegungen%20zum%20goldenen%20schnitt.%20es%20wurde%20nur%20eine%20form%20benutzt%2C%20die%20h%C3%B6chstens%20viermal%20in%20einem%20buchstaben%20vorkommen%20darf.%20ausnahmen%20bilden%20das%20m%20und%20q.
Tags: Sans Serif, Display, Experimental
Category: Display
Lovestruc
by afrojet
This%20FontStruction%20was%20selected%20by%20FontStruct%20staff.
Last edit: 22.03.2009
Tags: Experimental, Contrast
Category: Display
232%20Downloads232
4%20Comments4
47%20Glyphs47
An%20experimental%20face%20focusing%20on%20contrasting%20shapes%20and%20color.
Tags: Experimental, Contrast
Category: Display
Quint City
by nemoorange
This%20FontStruction%20was%20selected%20by%20FontStruct%20staff.
Last edit: 26.06.2008
Tags: Experimental
Category: Display
22%20Downloads22
75%20Glyphs75
Experimental%2C%20dealing%20with%20basic%20shapes.
Tags: Experimental
Category: Display
Typonine Stencil Pro
by Typonine
Some fonts you just can’t FontStruct.
Try a non-modular typeface from FontShop.com
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