Type Battle 40 // Typophile's 10th Anniversary
This week's battle: Draw the number 10, to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Typophile.
To celebrate our 10th anniversary, we are inviting everyone to draw the number 10! After collecting the best entries, we plan to incorporate them back into our logo for this year and then perhaps even create some limited edition artifacts for the community.
Winner take all, no holds barred. May the best designer win.
// REQUIREMENTS
- Solution must be typographic and contain only the numerals "1" and "0".
- Numerals must be custom drawn. No use of existing fonts!
- Image size: 550 width x 400 height. 72 dpi*
- Color: Black and White
- Format: PNG, GIF or JPG (Preferred in that order. Make sure there are no spaces in the name)
- Please keep an EPS or other vector formatted file on hand in the event we choose your design.
*Please try to keep your file sizes to a minimum! 50k per file max.
// ABOUT TYPOPHILE TYPE BATTLES
This is your chance to flex your type muscles on a weekly basis. You have one week to create and submit your entry. Anyone may submit a design response to the challenge. You may enter as often as you wish. Post anytime. Critiques and comments are welcome throughout the game, from participants and spectators alike. Smack talk is encouraged.
As with any street battle, there is no panel of judges and no prize — only the ability to call yourself the best on the block.
Link directly to this battle: http://www.typophile.com/battle40
Link to the battle directory: http://www.typophile.com/typebattles




16.Apr.2010 11.53am
My first battle! Hello everybody.
16.Apr.2010 12.50pm
My first battle, as well!
16.Apr.2010 2.01pm
first battle for me, too.
designed with »sinews« form 26plus-zeichen.de
designed with »edelsans«
designed with »fracmetrica black«
16.Apr.2010 2.06pm
10 / t (for typophile!)
Solution must be typographic and contain only the numerals "1" and "0".
Erm... would you believe this is a discretionary ligature?
16.Apr.2010 2.07pm
10
16.Apr.2010 2.08pm
Couldn't resist... Thanks for the inspiration from #1 and #2.
16.Apr.2010 2.17pm
Couldn't figure a way to include Bo Derek :-)
ChrisL
16.Apr.2010 2.22pm
The way it used to be.
16.Apr.2010 2.27pm
If others are including subliminal messages, then so can I:
16.Apr.2010 2.41pm
Better:
16.Apr.2010 2.44pm
@eliason: I think you found the perfect way to bend the rules :)
16.Apr.2010 2.56pm
Hello everybody! I thought that maybe it's time to post first post here ;)
So it is :)
10 times 10!
16.Apr.2010 3.03pm
> designed with »sinews« form 26plus-zeichen.de
Fill the white areas with the background color and it should start looking even more interesting.
16.Apr.2010 3.05pm
Let’s see. Any rules I didn’t bend? Eh, no.
16.Apr.2010 3.40pm
Happy birthday, Typophile. With love.
16.Apr.2010 5.12pm
16.Apr.2010 5.41pm
16.Apr.2010 11.00pm
Slight spin on Jacob's idea with Edelsans:
17.Apr.2010 12.37am
Compulsive rule breaker:
Thank you Punchcut!
17.Apr.2010 12.43am
Iteration one (the geometric bare minimum):
Iteration two (a more recognisable zero):
17.Apr.2010 1.41am
17.Apr.2010 1.48am
My first type-battle ever!
17.Apr.2010 2.44am
@keady I’m always a sucker for concentric rings. Reminds me a bit of an entry of mine from an earlier Type Battle.
@riccard0 I really like those. Nicely done.
17.Apr.2010 2.46am
Dang, I wish we could use colour …
http://dribbble.com/shots/16175-Typophile-10
17.Apr.2010 6.38am
Thanks Grant! (your colorised variations are yummy :-)
Here’s another one:
(slanted 10° by the way ;-)
17.Apr.2010 7.00am
your colorised variations are yummy
That was just the adjective I was going to use. Nice work!
I also like gingerbeardman's, Mans's first one, and keady's.
17.Apr.2010 7.47am
Sorry eliason for not acknowledging your creation as inspiration for my last one!
Also, Grant’s one remembers me of eastern arabic numerals. And since the rules state: - Solution must be typographic and contain only the numerals "1" and "0"., I think would be good to see some other than western arabic numerals:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glyphs_used_with_the_Arabic_numeral_system#...
17.Apr.2010 9.53am
17.Apr.2010 11.21am
Something like this? :P
17.Apr.2010 11.29am
Or...?
17.Apr.2010 11.46am
Maybe...
17.Apr.2010 12.38pm
Here goes
17.Apr.2010 1.26pm
17.Apr.2010 1.29pm
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17.Apr.2010 5.01pm
I haven't seen the X already in this post. Maybe this is the first stone, make some ripples.
17.Apr.2010 5.40pm
Happy 10th Anniversary. This place has seen many battles, this just the latest. :)
pbc
17.Apr.2010 7.01pm
The key to success, Paul!
17.Apr.2010 7.34pm
Agreed dezcom - the moderators and the people that "be" need to be congratulated for allowing people like me, and all others who want to express their opinions, latitude. It's a wonderful site.
pbc
17.Apr.2010 8.53pm
Stripes, stripes, stripes... ;)
DavM, yours 10 is great for me! Also I very like heart from Grant, gingerbeardman's minimal and starry 10 by EN.
I will like battles here. I'm sure of it :)
17.Apr.2010 9.02pm
And fast one inspired by DavM's work ;)
17.Apr.2010 9.25pm
First battle here:
18.Apr.2010 3.11am
Chinese, or just 90° art deco?
18.Apr.2010 4.31am
18.Apr.2010 7.55am
ihoff, I did not copy your black circle idea- after reading about the contest and starting my design, I scrolled down and there was your nice design!
18.Apr.2010 1.06pm
Vladimir, thanks for the comment. I wouldn't think it was a copy, it's very different. But, you've definitely inspired my entry – let's call it a joint one, shall we?
18.Apr.2010 1.12pm
...and this one. Inspired by Vladimir.
18.Apr.2010 2.06pm
And another one. Or another ten ;)
18.Apr.2010 2.27pm
18.Apr.2010 4.09pm
London cockney rhyming slang for 10.