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“Bottom of the World” by sliveress

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 05:11:26 -0800

A clone of Innocent When You Dream, made up of square blocks instead of round ones.

“FS_Minimal” by thalamic

Sun, 04 Jan 2009 13:03:50 -0800

I really like the way this one turned out. It uses minimal grid blocks to achieve the desired effect (although at ~2x2 and the slivers and the pinhole dots, there are a surprisingly large number of actual bricks used per glyph than evident at a quick glance, although not a single overlapping brick is used without express purpose). I think this is my favorite of all the ones I've done so far. It is with nervous anticipation that I let it free. Go forth and propagate, young font; it's You v World!

“Chunk-Chip” by thalamic

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:31:57 -0800

I've been seeing a lot of almost-completely-filled-blocks-with-chips-in-them kind of fonts lately. Quite well promoted too. I find most of them to be illegible. No matter what someone says about style and movement and period, to me, type exist to communicate, and legibility is the keystone of that functionality. If I can't decipher the glyph as a letter in a fraction of a second, the typeface has failed, no matter how beautiful it might be to look at as a graphic element. This is what I have tried to do here: taken a current trend and tried to make a legible typeface, staying within the parameters of said style. Most glyphs are quite legible but some are not, like s v w 0 8 9 & etc. I have failed as well. Plus I am not happy with the consistency—or lack thereof—either. It bothers me that the inside chips had to be rotated from character to character or move them about here and there. I did the uppercase as well...then deleted them all because I just couldn't resolve the similarity between H and N. I may have to find a less ______* new hobby.* stationary? senatory? Sitting around idle. What's the word am I looking for, intaglio?

“Milius” by nemoorange

Sun, 07 Sep 2008 08:10:07 -0700

The goal was to make a blackletter font with the fewest blocks necessary. I need to add all the other symbols. Not too happy with those Z's.

“Bradshaw Bold” by nemoorange

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 01:51:40 -0800

When the half-angle blocks were first introduced I thought I would be the last one to produce an old style or transistional sans-serif typeface. Looking through the gallery, I still don't see any attempts. Creating a serif font with blocks is very much a square peg for a round hole, but I enjoyed the challenge. I tried to emphasis all the minor details, like angled stress, or the bottom terminal of the lowercase b. I spent a lot of time on this months ago, but after a while, just lost the drive to complete all the characters. Maybe you're up to the task.

“Tetromino (by Piotr Klarowski)” by ecaGraphics

Sat, 03 Jan 2009 00:51:02 -0800

Letters are constructed out of 7 different blocks- tetrominoes (each one is built out of 4 squares). The font was inspired by probably the most popular video game. I hope you like it. Piotr Klarowski

“Pixel System 26” by Erik_Brandt

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:27:24 -0800

Pixel System 26: Update of Zirkel System © 1999, both experimental typefaces by Erik Brandt, Geotypografika. A typeface for a post-caucasian world. Uppercase is LIGHT and lowercase is REGULAR, no numbers or punctuation. Perfect for generating meaningful patterns, or kilim rugs. Best not to use with spaces. Try tight leading and tracking (blocks indicate tolerance). LIGHT has great moire patterns when animated.

“Playtime Rounded Bold” by afrojet

Sun, 04 Jan 2009 13:32:27 -0800

The Playtime Family. A product of being completely snowed in all weekend and spending a lot of time playing blocks and legos with the kid. Even when I'm not fontstructing I'm still playing with bricks.

“Pop Blox” by afrojet

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:53:38 -0800

Pop and lock. Uppercase and lowercase letters enjoy playing nice with one another. Like loose couples at a swingers club, let them run amuck and get dirty.

“Ben Day” by nemoorange

Sat, 08 Nov 2008 16:17:03 -0800

Conceptual. Uses just 9 blocks.