Hi everyone, I would like to have your opinion on my new font, it’s called Forma and it is a redesign of an old font of mine, I am trying to make an editorial/corporate font out of it.
thanks in advanced.
Hi,
me as a non-typedesigner would disturb your design of the § and the &, for me should be much more conventional. I know that the Ampersand is an “valid Et”
I have 2 thoughts: I find this looks too close to Neo Sans. It also reminds me of other square sans designs like Apex, Amplitude and Stainless. Which brings me to my second thought: There are so many square sans designs out there. It’s a saturated area in type.
Also: The more mechanical a typeface looks, the more anonymous and undifferentiated I find it. Is there something really fresh or distinctive you can do with this? Right now it doesn’t seem like it has its own identity.
Yes, your right. I know from the start is not anything new, but i’ve been wanting to make a font like this for a while. I guees it more a question of resqueing an old design.
well, thanks:)
Hi,
I quite like this. With all the other modern sans designs out there, it might not be easy to make it a commercial success, but perhaps that’s not the reason you are making this.
I like this ampersand, its forms and proportions are neat.
For me, the D and N are a bit wide. I wonder if the bottom right leg of the k could be chopped like the top (not horizontal ending). I think the tail of the Q could move right a bit?
j might need a longer base. y looks too narrow and needs more space, and the brackets () too thin and pointy (this kind of tapering is not seen in any other glyph).
I like the @.
Just some ideas...see what you think :)
Very nice. Your ampersand is quite like the Linotype Univers ampersand with its very definite horizontal bar.
I wouldn’t worry too much about this being a very saturated market, unless you earn a living from it it is just nice to craft something you can be proud of. I particularly like the curved base on the lowercase ’v’ and ’w’. I can see this working really well in a corporate situation as it is very distinctive without being over-bearing.
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7.Aug.2008 1.26am
Hi,
me as a non-typedesigner would disturb your design of the § and the &, for me should be much more conventional. I know that the Ampersand is an “valid Et”
7.Aug.2008 9.19am
Hi Rui,
I have 2 thoughts: I find this looks too close to Neo Sans. It also reminds me of other square sans designs like Apex, Amplitude and Stainless. Which brings me to my second thought: There are so many square sans designs out there. It’s a saturated area in type.
Also: The more mechanical a typeface looks, the more anonymous and undifferentiated I find it. Is there something really fresh or distinctive you can do with this? Right now it doesn’t seem like it has its own identity.
7.Aug.2008 9.44am
All I’ll say is I love your ampersand, as well as the half-rounded endings on the letter strokes.
Peace,
JT
7.Aug.2008 10.59am
Yes, your right. I know from the start is not anything new, but i’ve been wanting to make a font like this for a while. I guees it more a question of resqueing an old design.
well, thanks:)
3.Sep.2008 6.40am
Hi,
I quite like this. With all the other modern sans designs out there, it might not be easy to make it a commercial success, but perhaps that’s not the reason you are making this.
I like this ampersand, its forms and proportions are neat.
For me, the D and N are a bit wide. I wonder if the bottom right leg of the k could be chopped like the top (not horizontal ending). I think the tail of the Q could move right a bit?
j might need a longer base. y looks too narrow and needs more space, and the brackets () too thin and pointy (this kind of tapering is not seen in any other glyph).
I like the @.
Just some ideas...see what you think :)
5.Sep.2008 1.20am
Very nice. Your ampersand is quite like the Linotype Univers ampersand with its very definite horizontal bar.
I wouldn’t worry too much about this being a very saturated market, unless you earn a living from it it is just nice to craft something you can be proud of. I particularly like the curved base on the lowercase ’v’ and ’w’. I can see this working really well in a corporate situation as it is very distinctive without being over-bearing.