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Type Battle 28 // Defiant alphabet
// TYPE BATTLE 28
1. Create an alphabet Draw the letters in the word 'defiant' where the stem width is 1/2 the x-height.
2. Then, design the word "defiant". Extra points for creating an fi ligature.
Winner take all, no holds barred. May the best designer win.
// REQUIREMENTS
- Image size: 550 width x 400 height. 72 dpi
- Color: Black and White only
- Format: JPG or PNG
// ABOUT TYPOPHILE TYPE BATTLES
This is 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.
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10 Nov 2008 — 8:09pm
10 Nov 2008 — 11:33pm
Good thing defiant doesnt have an s in it.
11 Nov 2008 — 12:01am
Or perhaps:
11 Nov 2008 — 3:13am
11 Nov 2008 — 3:26am
Nice battle. If I have time I'll make something. :)
11 Nov 2008 — 3:51am
Bah... so sad when my fi is an h... too tired to fix it and my kerning though... must... sleep... sloppiness... prevails. [/last gasp]
11 Nov 2008 — 4:30am
11 Nov 2008 — 8:55am
11 Nov 2008 — 11:46am
11 Nov 2008 — 2:30pm
Love Jos Buivenga's first submission (the plump and yummy one)! Will we see more of this alphabet when the fury of the battle has ceased?
11 Nov 2008 — 3:38pm
11 Nov 2008 — 3:42pm
Randy, Great entry. (Perhaps not the second image. LOL.)
Alex, liking this one a lot.
Jos, great as usual.
11 Nov 2008 — 3:43pm
Ooh, Randy, I didn't see your new one. That's great.
11 Nov 2008 — 4:35pm
Randy with the mad skilzes…
11 Nov 2008 — 4:42pm
Here's one I'm working on...
Will try some more later in the week ;)
11 Nov 2008 — 5:23pm
Jos, that first one is great!
11 Nov 2008 — 5:53pm
love the handdrawn one Randy! and nice work all around.
working on one
11 Nov 2008 — 6:48pm
based on Caramel, a typeface in progress...might look like Randy's a bit, or perhaps reminiscent of the Esquire logo or maybe even Ricola. :)
11 Nov 2008 — 8:03pm
Wow! I think you guys should develop the entire set of these and release them even though you might not win the competition. They are really great!
Jos, I kind of like your second one too. The "fi" blend in really well...
11 Nov 2008 — 8:19pm
Time to jump in...
and the 'fi' has to be a ligature or else the
i would be negative and the whole conceit falls apart...
11 Nov 2008 — 8:50pm
or low x-height...
11 Nov 2008 — 9:06pm
I am
about spending the time it would require to make this better.
11 Nov 2008 — 10:10pm
ChrisL
12 Nov 2008 — 12:21am
12 Nov 2008 — 12:26am
Thanks all! My favorite still is the first entry from Randy. Not the skinny one ;-)
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Love Jos Buivenga’s first submission (the plump and yummy one)! Will we see more of this alphabet when the fury of the battle has ceased?
It is based on this, but I'm not sure if I will finish it.
12 Nov 2008 — 12:55am
another
12 Nov 2008 — 1:29am
12 Nov 2008 — 3:50am
*smack talk mode ON*
I'll be back. Some guys found it was okay to copy me before I even submitted my entry. I'll have to come up with something more “original”.
*smack talk mode OFF*
xD
12 Nov 2008 — 4:34am
Wow - these are all amazing! I started writing a list of my favourites, but it turned out it was practically all of them... So I'll just humbly say well done instead!
(If I did have to pick a favourite, it'd probably be Beejay's latest one, for what it's worth...)
[semibad]
12 Nov 2008 — 4:35am
presenting the "gebrochene stiefelknecht". i know the stem width is not 1/2 the x-height but anyway. hope you enjoy.
12 Nov 2008 — 5:38am
12 Nov 2008 — 7:00am
Go easy on me...
12 Nov 2008 — 7:06am
Really like the hand drawn one, Randy. That's sweet.
Enjoying yours eliason!
rubenDmarkes - those are both great.
12 Nov 2008 — 7:24am
This is the Black/Ultra weight from a typeface I've been working on. Not exactly 1/2 of x-hight, but still quite heavy. :P
12 Nov 2008 — 7:45am
Still a bit wonky … but this was a lot of fun. I like fat faces.
12 Nov 2008 — 7:58am
Wow, a lot to learn – there are some awesome submissions here! I'm a big fan of Randy's first posting and I think all of those from Jos.
12 Nov 2008 — 8:20am
ChrisL
12 Nov 2008 — 12:05pm
ChrisL
12 Nov 2008 — 12:23pm
Damn, ChrisL... only 249 characters to go. No time to waste. Go go go!
And do not be defiant! I expect the final designs on my desk by Tuesday of next week.
Michael
12 Nov 2008 — 12:34pm
Ok so my e doesn't fit with the others...
12 Nov 2008 — 12:40pm
Chris, STEP AWAY FROM THE COMPUTER.
Don't listen to Michael. Finish those other fabulous fonts first! We want Froggy, Now, Boulder, etc.
Your latest are just horrible! Don't look at them :)
12 Nov 2008 — 1:51pm
LOL!!! Thanks Michael and Bill!
Now I have more "in the works" than I can remember. I am trying to get one out the door but keep stopping myself!
ChrisL
12 Nov 2008 — 2:01pm
So, Randy, is that 2nd one tattooed on your chin? :-)
Nice lettering at any rate.
ChrisL
12 Nov 2008 — 2:03pm
A bit odd, but now it's done and I'm not going to waste it!
12 Nov 2008 — 2:07pm
12 Nov 2008 — 2:14pm
Made some small caps. With an i-dot that defies all the rules.
12 Nov 2008 — 2:21pm
Nice, Altaira!
internal brackets in the E A could be lightened a little at the bottom ...
12 Nov 2008 — 2:23pm
Chris, because there is stubble that has to be my chin? Ewwwww.
12 Nov 2008 — 2:23pm
these are all looking great!
beejay: i'm drooling over the caramel-ly one
rubenDmarkes & altaira: nice to see some caps in here
12 Nov 2008 — 2:28pm
"there is stubble that has to be my chin?"
I assumed it wasn't a bikini wax at least :-)
ChrisL