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Pixel fraktur
Posted by kris in
28 Sep 2002 — 2:32am
28 Sep 2002 — 2:32am
to satisfy my current pixel fetish, i have banged
up a blackletter pixel face. i have just reached
the point where one questions the validity of such
a venture - apart from type for type's sake!
(a vision of goths 'txt'ing each other just made
me giggle...)
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28 Sep 2002 — 9:58am
Great start!
But I would use 2 pixels for the stems - for one thing, the darkness would be more characteristic.
hhp
28 Sep 2002 — 4:47pm
Really nice work. I especially like the "g" study
30 Sep 2002 — 1:11am
kris
this is really great! Go on! Send some Textphrases. Both 1 and 2 Pixel stem. Really like it!
Greats Jens
30 Sep 2002 — 10:01am
I agree with you kris, there is something overtly delicate about the 1 pixel stems. I would definitely keep going with both weights.
my suggestion would be to keep the width between left and right stems a little more consistent - at 2 px instead of 1 - especially with e,n,u,v,y... they seem too thin when it's looked at as a whole
also specifically I would work on the "c" more... I like the last variation you have, just in terms of legibility. I would also work on the "s" more as it seems to sit uncomfortably above the baseline.
but many of the letters I find to be exquisite... the "i", the 5th and 6th "g" sketches, the first four "h" sketches on the second row. in all very fine work you are doing, can't wait to see more
18 Feb 2003 — 8:12pm
nearly home!
i might call it klim, or maybe zaum.
21 Feb 2003 — 3:58pm
here we are. no caps though.
fire away, if you don't mind.
21 Feb 2003 — 5:48pm
> yipyop
Wow, is that hypercool opening page or what.
hhp
10 Jan 2004 — 12:33pm
Pixel Fraktur is a nice typeface with the alternate characters, an artist can mix or match characters for different letter combinations.
Does Pixel Fraktur have any capitals and any word on the release of this type face at Myfonts.com?
Yours truly,
Robert
10 Jan 2004 — 10:46pm
Robert, to tell you the truth, I had actually forgotten about this! But now that I am living at the beach with my all my time free to pretty much design type I may just get around to finishing it off. Except I don't quite know how to optimize pixels for screen use by using outlines.
kris
11 Jan 2004 — 3:24pm
You know, there is a serious dearth of tutorials for making pixel fonts...unless I'm just not searching for the right thing. Did find these though:
http://www.ex-ess.s-p-a-c-e.co.uk/PixelFonts/
http://www.iamcal.com/misc/fonts/pixfonttut/part1.php
11 Jan 2004 — 4:23pm
Those are ok at a glance, but I am using FontLab, and I am not too sure if the settings for Fog will work properly. Thanks for the links, Chris!
kris
11 Jan 2004 — 10:05pm
You know what you can do, find a pixel font at the size you want, then open it in FL and see how it's put together.
Maybe some settings from those links might carry over. Sorry I couldn't find more.
21 Feb 2003 — 4:19pm
See also Mike Langlie's beautiful pixel fraktur in use at yipyop.