Typophile - Type Battle! Week 5 (2/13) - Comments

Is there going to be a new

dewitte — Tue, 21 Feb 2006 09:54:51 -0800

Is there going to be a new battle?

They are all brilliant. Why

dberlow — Tue, 21 Feb 2006 04:56:19 -0800

They are all brilliant. Why don’t we spec. actual jobs here so I can spend more time at the beach!?

whoa. my vote’s for

koleslaw — Mon, 20 Feb 2006 06:26:17 -0800

whoa. my vote’s for dtw’s greek alphabet...very cryptic & cool.

Thanks Zara. I’d second

dtw — Mon, 20 Feb 2006 02:57:27 -0800

Thanks Zara. I’d second Dan(pica pusher)’s comment about feeling that John’s Arabic gets top vote for originality, despite not knowing whether Arabic readers would find it legible or not!

I finished the rest of the Greek during the week, btw if anybody’s interested:

Await the new week’s challenge with baited breath...

Ever since I chose to block pop-ups, my toaster’s stopped working.

of course….

david hamuel — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 18:15:10 -0800

of course....

Care to share your

Zara Evens — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 17:42:42 -0800

Care to share your ideas?

typophile@punchcut.com

> Any ideas for future

david hamuel — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 17:03:31 -0800

> Any ideas for future battles?

of course

I feel so out of touch with

Zara Evens — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 16:25:03 -0800

I feel so out of touch with the type battle this week.

There have been some very cool entries, kudos to all.
John definitely gets my vote this week. Those are some lovely characters and much credit for submitting something non-latin. The same goes for Dave (dtw) — it is very refreshing to see other alphabets!

Any ideas for future battles?

I liked Delicious; I could

pica pusher — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 16:06:21 -0800

I liked Delicious; I could see a face based around that consistent black blob hanging out in the lower-left corners of the characters. I have a feeling, though, that if I read Arabic John would get my vote for top honors. Wonder how a magnetic reader would do with that puppy...

dewitte — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 05:38:35 -0800

I don’t actually read

John Hudson — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 00:51:18 -0800

I don’t actually read Arabic. I know how to pronounce the individual letters, but without vowels I can’t pronounce words.

I just selected three words at random from a BBC Arabic news story. They were not even consecutive words, so if they do express anything meaningful it is entirely by chance.

Why so few entries this

pica pusher — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 14:28:27 -0800

Why so few entries this week?

John i am assuming you read

alya — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 01:30:09 -0800

John i am assuming you read Arabic, right? it’s a very good one in terms of readability.
Mark, it says: i created tension

Dan & Mark -

Geoff Riding — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 18:52:43 -0800

Dan & Mark - http://www.printerm.com/micrdef.htm

This page may explain the purpose of the thick/thin patterns.

It seems that the MICR readers detect the presence of the magnetic ink over time. I suppose the thin/thick patterns of the E-13B helps differentiate each figure in order to increase the speed and accuracy of the face. The page I linked above seems to provide a technical explaination for the varying widths of the characters.

Also, it is interesting to see how different the other MICR typefaces are, especially the CMC-7 below. It even has an accompanying alphabet !

Image from www.morovia.com

Dan —

Mark Simonson — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 18:01:40 -0800

Dan — http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MICR

There’s quite a bit there, although they don’t explain exactly what the rationale of thick and thin pattern is.

Type Battle! Week 5 (2/13)

Jared Benson — Sun, 12 Feb 2006 23:08:18 -0800

TYPE BATTLE: Week 5 (13 Feb)

Here’s your chance to stretch your type muscles on a weekly basis. Each game kicks off on Monday with a new challenge, and closes at midnight PST on Friday. 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.

Winner take all, no holds barred. May be the best designer win.

Link directly to this thread: http://www.typophile.com/battle05

Requirements:

- Size: 600 width x 400 height. 72 dpi
- Color: Black and white only
- Format: Please save your graphics as PNG
- Only respond with the characters posted in the challenge.

// THIS WEEK’S CHALLENGE:
// Using ONLY the following MICR specimen as reference, design 5 characters of an accompanying alphabet.