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“Ligne Claire” by SquarePeg

Sat, 03 Oct 2009 10:19:30 +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.

“Prometheus Shadow (Basic Set)” by SquarePeg

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 14:00:02 +0000

I've added a side shadow to Prometheus. The inspiration was a typeface from the French type foundry Peignot. Identified as "No. 1229" in their Lettres Fantaises of 1896, it sports a very fine side shadow, which I've attempted to re-create here. (I found the "No. 1229" sample on Hoefler & Frere-Jones' blog - fifth image from the top.) This FontStruction is split in two to make downloading possible. The Basic Set (this half) features all of the Basic Latin and More Latin 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).

“TapeWriter” by SquarePeg

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:04:34 +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 Dots” by SquarePeg

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:13:22 +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.

“BriteLite” by SquarePeg

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:23:22 +0000

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

“Ribbon Inline” by SquarePeg

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:22:18 +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.

“Bonset” by SquarePeg

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 04:57:31 +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).

“Ribbon” by SquarePeg

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:26:45 +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.

“Strata Blocks 2.0” by SquarePeg

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:31:37 +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.

“BriteLite Caps” by SquarePeg

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:59:30 +0000

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