Typophile - Type Battle 23: Typographic Love Child - Comments

Thanks Zara, sent

aleksander — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 03:50:41 -0700

Thanks Zara, sent it.

@aleksander: If you have any

Zara Evens — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:00:16 -0700

@aleksander: If you have any Type Battle recommendations, please send them to typophile punchcut com.

Good job everyone! So glad to see people coming out of the woodwork to participate. Based on creativity, talent and the ability to follow all the rules, I hereby declare Christian the winner. And I’m not just saying that because he has a Nerf gun on his desk and could easily shoot me from across the room.

Stay tuned for the next battle…

WOW, Wiewauters, that’s

D. Wiewauters — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:04:56 -0700

WOW, Wiewauters, that’s very nice!!!
nice to see a less literal, but clearly influenced version.

Well Paul, I’m glad you like it! Though I must admit that I slightly cheated. The font I showed were two weights (medium & bold) from 6 of the displayfonts of my graduationproject. These displayfonts are based upon my textface and NOT Garamond.

I just thought, well heck, why not, I’ve never showed any work on typophile and it fit’s in this battle, maybe its time ... but to be honest I think the victory should go to Christian, he did it in the correct timespan.

Dries

Can I suggest a challenge?

aleksander — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:36:55 -0700

Can I suggest a challenge? How does it work?

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WOW, Wiewauters, that’s

paul d hunt — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 02:19:48 -0700

WOW, Wiewauters, that’s very nice!!!
nice to see a less literal, but clearly influenced version.

The insert image link has

redsil — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 15:32:09 -0700

The insert image link has reappeared (perhaps it’s a Safari thing). Anyway:

I know you wrote “from scratch”, but I couldn’t resist. However, my money is on Natecox.

For me, D. Wiewauters wins

Sebastian Nagel — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 14:32:53 -0700

For me, D. Wiewauters wins this one.

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D. Wiewauters — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 13:23:57 -0700

Oh! Just in time... I come

AGL — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 09:24:03 -0700

Oh! Just in time... I come in here few days ago and I thought: OH! Garawood is the answer! Aha! But Roger’s faster response left me with this quick and with updated name, Ladies, Gents, I give you:

GARWOOD Lettering

¡ he he !

Heh, it looks like a

eeblet — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 09:06:12 -0700

Heh, it looks like a psychadelic circus font now - those fat feet remind me of Crumb’s truckin’ dudes.

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Here’s an improvement to

dtw — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 03:12:13 -0700

Here’s an improvement to mine. I deleted the “unadulterated-Garamond” bits from the top, so it’s proper “from scratch” as requested now (except possibly the crossbar on the G, now I think of it). Had enough time to add a certain amount of 3D now too. Phew! (Surely “from scratch” should have been in the instructions for battle 22!!!!)

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

It was late and I.... And

redsil — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 21:25:16 -0700

It was late and I.... And I’m more sorry than sihep.

http://ilovetypography.com/img/ze-bra.png

How to embed the image?

johno

I’m new here and I just

Justo — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 13:23:56 -0700

I’m new here and I just discovered these competitions... I’m definitely going to have to get in on this next week!

...ah, well, the “from

dtw — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 01:53:38 -0700

...ah, well, the “from scratch” bit is probably going to trip me up though: must admit I hadn’t read the instructions thoroughly enough! Still, this was a bit of a rush-job anyway (what with painting a birthday card for my mum and an ambigram on a mug for a leaving colleague this week I don’t feel I’ve had much creative time left...)

Drew the lower bits of the characters myself though (suppose that comes from actually having Garamond but not Zebrawood)!

I assumed that Zebrawood’s 3D and spots were recessive genes, but the fat wobbly bottom was dominant... ;-D

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While I did not modify

Jongseong — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 18:50:08 -0700

While I did not modify Garamond outlines directly, I did stick them in the background and retraced them with minimal alteration. So much of that being automated, though, I’m becoming less sure if that counts as drawing from scratch.

If I had the time, though, I would have created a freer variation on the theme like Christian has. If you look closely at my entry’s background white, you can see artifacts of combining layers to create the chromatic effect, indicating what a rushed bang-up job it was.

Type Battle 23: Typographic Love Child

Zara Evens — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:05:47 -0700

Here’s your chance to stretch 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 thread: http://www.typophile.com/battle23

// REQUIREMENTS

- Image size: 550 width x 400 height. 72 dpi
- Color: Black and white
- Format: Please save your graphics as PNG

// THIS WEEK’S CHALLENGE:

Garamond and Zebrawood walk into a bar, they have a few drinks and one thing leads to another… (yes they were hanging out at the same bar, believe it or not).

Create from scratch, the typographic love child of:
Garamond and Zebrawood

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