Ironweaver

oogby
13.Jan.2003 5.04pm

Hi everybody,

Here's something I started a while ago, and haven't touched in a couple of years.

It's terribly thin (something I should probably fix), so you'll probably have to zoom in alot to see the details.

Any thoughts?

Ironweaver preview
\Gonk\brian\My Documents\fonts\Ironweaver 002.swf (60.9 k)

Thanks,

Brian

Stephen Coles
13.Jan.2003 6.30pm

This may be the first font that requires setting at 128 pts.
or greater. But no matter, it's beautiful.

hrant
13.Jan.2003 10.02pm

I don't have the latest Flash plug-in.
Since you're probably not using any really advanced features, could you please re-output a "lower" version?

BTW, Stephen, you're forgetting Missionary.

hhp

Stephen Coles
13.Jan.2003 10.20pm

Oops. You're right.

oogby
14.Jan.2003 7.37am

Hrant,

Looks like wierd things start to happen if I use an older version of Flash, so here are some bitmaps for you:

http://www.oogby.com/iron1.gif
http://www.oogby.com/iron2.gif
http://www.oogby.com/iron3.gif
http://www.oogby.com/iron4.gif

They're very large, but I hope that works better for you.

Brian

rcapeto
14.Jan.2003 8.00am

The .swf you linked to in your first
post is coming to me as
/__Gonk_brian_My_Documents_fonts_Ironweaver_002-4333.unk

.unk stands for unknown, of course?
It seems there's something to fix here.

hrant
14.Jan.2003 8.19am

Thanks for the GIFs.

Very elegant, ethereal. I can see certain magazines and such wanting to use it.

I think the UC "C" needs more flourish, the 1st UC "G" doesn't work, and the simpler UC "I" is better, except its symmetry is ungainly: try just moving one of the small horizontal joins down.

The lc : I think it should stay without flourishes, and you might check out the work of Gudrun von Hesse for possible guidance: http://www.myfonts.com/person/zapf-von-hesse/gudrun/

hhp

oogby
14.Jan.2003 6.32pm

Rodolfo,

I'm not sure what's happening with the link, but you can also see it at http://www.oogby.com/ironweaver.swf.

Brian

piccic
25.Jan.2003 2.01am

I love it. But why in blackletter/uncial? It's pretty epigraphic, apart from the decorated caps.
To download the flash file, just option-click and change the name to Ironweaver002.swf
It has worked for me.

johnbutler
27.Jan.2003 10.17pm

Hey! You could poke someone's eye out with that!

I see where the blackletter influences fit in. The undecorated letters remind me of Diotima, Koch Antiqua, and Nicholas Cochin.

The letters are very thin, though. Have you started bumping up against the limitations of em-square granularity? Speaking of which, also be careful of sharp, acute angles in your contours. They're usually not a problem, but can sometimes cause strange rendering artifacts on certain output devices.

Some of the decorated caps can be confusing,
since the stem widths are so close to the hairline strokes. I'll have to look at it some more before I can offer more useful advice. But you should definitely continue with it... you've got something there.

oogby
28.Jan.2003 6.15am

I'm afraid this only exists right now as a great big Illustrator file, and I don't know much about actually making font files yet. Is there a limit to how small the details can be?

I've been thinking of making eveything thicker anyway.

pablohoney77
30.Jan.2004 7.22pm

it looks like art deco meets blackletter to me, i love it! (nuffin's cooler than art deco!)

oogby
9.Aug.2007 4.19pm

Hi everybody,

Stephen noticed that the links above were broken, so here’s a repost... having seen the lovely blackletters in the 2007 TypeGallery, I’m quite tempted to pick this up again..