Scarange, a grid-but-human font
This was my very first font (I know I said Satinwood was my first, but this was kind of easy compared to that). I actually made it a few years ago. I’ve tried to balance the regularity and simplicity of the font with something —- well, I don’t think it could be called humanism —- perhaps life, spirit or just warmth.
Have I succeeded? Any suggestions?
| Attachment | Size |
|---|---|
| sample.pdf | 6.79 KB |
| scarange.png | 2.39 KB |
| sample.pdf 14 Sept 2007 (with new curves) | 8.13 KB |
| sample.pdf 9 Oct 2007 (new _t_, hinted) | 12.53 KB |
16.Aug.2007 2.02am
I think the R is quite nice, but I think it might a bit more quirks and variations on the module to make it more ’human’.
16.Aug.2007 9.03am
I like the curve at the end of the “r”. Pehapsyou could work something like that into the apetures of the “a” “s” and “c” too. Overall I like it though, and it seems that it would have a host of applications.
16.Aug.2007 9.18am
I like it, but I agree with Queneau that it should have a bit more variation or flair.
24.Aug.2007 11.17am
I realise now I overstated my case a bit. “humanism — perhaps life, spirit or just warmth” — yeah, right.
Anyway, I’ve been a bit busy the past few weeks, so I’ve only started looking into your suggestions. I’ve quickly drawn up an alternative _a_, inspired by your suggestions, and I’d like to know what you think.
EDIT: Once more with attachments:
Thank you for your words so far, and I’m looking forward to more.
25.Aug.2007 11.26am
The ’a’ is great. What about making the curve of the h, p (and similar letters) meet the vertical stroke at a bit of an angle? Also, what about terminating the ends of the stroke in the a, r (and similar) at a slight angle instead of right angles?
-matt
11.Sep.2007 3.52pm
Wow, I really like the new ’a’ a lot. If you could work some of the personality of that ’a’ into some of the other characters, I’d say you’re definitely onto something. I’d also like to see a lc e with some of those same features. Maybe start with the ’a’, rotate it 180 degrees and acquire some inspiration from that...?
13.Sep.2007 8.01am
Thanks ytknows. I’ve been a bit lost on this... I haven’t really had any ideas for variation.
I’ll probably post something new in a few hours.
Good to know people are still looking at this. Thanks.
14.Sep.2007 3.20am
Posted updated pdf, with new curves.
16.Sep.2007 11.26pm
It may be that I’m a bit biased to my suggestion, but I think that helped to spread some of that angle goodness around.
17.Sep.2007 6.17pm
Wow. Much better.
-m
17.Sep.2007 6.20pm
At first it looked dime-a-dozen to me, but that is looking good now.
18.Sep.2007 1.32am
Thank you all. Any more suggestions, or is it polish time? I need to place my diacritics more carefully (maybe redraw the circumflex?), check the spacing, add some kerns, etc.
19.Sep.2007 1.13pm
I like it as is, but a few things I would experiment with if I was working on it would be:
- trying to make the descenders on the lc letters more interesting. maybe more of that ’a’ angle?
- the lc t feels a little boring to me
- the serifs on the uc I bother me a little bit. Perhaps they’re too large? Maybe my mind would change to see more text typeset in the font.
9.Oct.2007 5.13am
I’ve got a new ’t’, and fixed up some spacing. I’ve generated TT hints, but I’m not sure if PDFs use them.