Font Aid IV: Ampersand Entries
For those who have contributed to the Font Aid IV Project, I thought it would be cool to get a cheeky preview of what you lovely people submitted.
Its not necessarily a crit, just a place to see what different styles and variations you come up with. Feel free to comment how you wish tho.
I went for a simple, circley, wiggly, snowman style :)
And off course what a great thing the Font Aid team are doing to raise money for this tragedy. Good to know there's so many caring people out there.
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Joe




24.Jan.2010 2.26pm
I submitted this one today:
24.Jan.2010 3.08pm
Here's mine, modified from my Ambicase project.
24.Jan.2010 3.35pm
I fontstructed something:
24.Jan.2010 4.20pm
Want this one? Just take it...
But it is a bit calligraphic
Michael
24.Jan.2010 5.23pm
I submitted two:
24.Jan.2010 6.05pm
elaborated upon from one I'm working on.
24.Jan.2010 9.16pm
That's beautiful Michael. Email it in!
25.Jan.2010 4.16am
To whom Craig... I haven't been paying attention lately.
Michael
25.Jan.2010 4.50am
Michael — The info about the project is here:
Font Aid IV: A Call to Action
http://typophile.com/node/66544
You'll need to provide the artwork in vector format.
25.Jan.2010 6.17am
Here’s a little something quite ordinary and mundane from me.
25.Jan.2010 7.18am
Here is my contribution, a single character.
25.Jan.2010 10.20am
Loads of different styles here and all very cool!
According to Miss Tiffany; the last Font Aid appeal (Font Aid III) for raising funds to expedite relief efforts in countries affected by the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunamis, gathered more than 220 designers world wide who participated.
It would be great if we could far exceed that on this appeal and hopefully raise even more money. so spread the word!
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joe
25.Jan.2010 10.46am
I just sent in mine. Here it is:
It's based on a doodle I did back in the seventies. Never new what to do with it until now. Let's see lots more.
25.Jan.2010 12.26pm
I just submitted this – based on a doodle I did this morning.
25.Jan.2010 12.59pm
Here are 2 that I submitted a few days ago:
25.Jan.2010 1.04pm
Also, here is a link to a poster I made from one of then on my Flickr page:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dezcom/4299209642/
25.Jan.2010 1.13pm
Here's something I'm thinking of submitting after I clean up the curves:
25.Jan.2010 1.20pm
is that ok?
25.Jan.2010 1.28pm
I like it, David!
25.Jan.2010 2.19pm
It's great to see so much excitement around this. We've had close to 50 submissions so far and they have come from all over the world. I can't wait to see the final results. Thanks everyone!
25.Jan.2010 2.24pm
@Jongseong: There's something vaguely Sneetchy about yours!
@Nina:
!
25.Jan.2010 2.39pm
I'll be submtting this tonight, as seen in it's full form here: http://bit.ly/6saoO1
25.Jan.2010 3.07pm
Aw, this is lovely to see!
I wouldn't have imagined Font Aid would still be around now when I started it over ten years ago (!), but I'm glad it is and that Stuart and others have kept it going after I was in charge. I was thinking about it after the earthquake, and I'm glad to see the ball is already rolling. I'm definitely going to submit a design.
25.Jan.2010 3.32pm
I just submitted this one...
25.Jan.2010 4.18pm
25.Jan.2010 6.22pm
My submission... I liked the irony of ampersand as decorative drop cap.
26.Jan.2010 1.31am
This is how my contribution looks like.
26.Jan.2010 3.56am
Me 2
26.Jan.2010 4.26am
This is what I did (not colorized)
26.Jan.2010 6.49am
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http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=3284366&id=9755756508
26.Jan.2010 7.56am
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
from the Fontry
26.Jan.2010 8.55am
my last ampersand submission
26.Jan.2010 9.23am
26.Jan.2010 9.25am
Here's my submission, sent it in earlier today. :)
26.Jan.2010 9.26am
Glad I didn't scroll through all of those before making my modest little ampersand; I would've been too intimidated.
26.Jan.2010 9.30am
Good project, here's my submission.
26.Jan.2010 11.31am
Here is mine. Submited yesterday (in B&W, of course).
26.Jan.2010 12.02pm
Here we go then:
26.Jan.2010 1.06pm
Great project. Mine is a bit grotesque. :)
26.Jan.2010 1.25pm
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&...
26.Jan.2010 2.10pm
Nice work everyone! Over 100 designers from 18 countries have contributed so far. Keep the submissions coming! The deadline is still scheduled for Friday.
Michelle
26.Jan.2010 2.42pm
Another idea I had today:
26.Jan.2010 2.51pm
26.Jan.2010 3.16pm
Jongseong, that's an eagle!
hhp
26.Jan.2010 3.28pm
Ah, damn, I didn't notice this earlier. Perhaps I can still make a nice ampersand before the 29th.
26.Jan.2010 3.51pm
26.Jan.2010 4.01pm
andrijko: Oooooh purdy!
26.Jan.2010 4.02pm
So I have a Sneetch and an eagle. Interesting. :)
26.Jan.2010 4.20pm
26.Jan.2010 4.30pm
I noticed there is a heart theme for some of the relief efforts so this ampersand ties into that. I thought it works better as a linking border than an actual ampersand, so this may or may not be the final version.
26.Jan.2010 4.31pm
Here's mine
26.Jan.2010 4.40pm
I know he would have contributed, so I am also submitting the Ampersand from an unreleased font By Jim Rimmer. The font was going to be called "Dubloon" for an edition of Treasure Island that Jim was planning. The font will eventually be release and titled "Rimmer" with proceeds going to a worthy cause.
26.Jan.2010 4.59pm
Here's mine I just submitted based on a quick sketch tonight:
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Claire
26.Jan.2010 5.01pm
^^^ so thoughtful. (those ^s refer to two posts up)
26.Jan.2010 5.03pm
Your first one is a beauty, Mr Kegler!
26.Jan.2010 5.48pm
Howdy everyone, here's my shady roman ampersand. I enjoyed designing this for the Font Aid cause!
26.Jan.2010 5.52pm
Some off these script ones are really nice. had ago at one myself but don't think it works as well.
26.Jan.2010 5.55pm
@mightymoss, very royal mint. like it
26.Jan.2010 7.00pm
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Just a doodle study for a series of ampersand posters
planned for spring.
All proceeds to help Haiti.
26.Jan.2010 11.59pm
27.Jan.2010 2.08am
That one is truly lovely, Alexander!
27.Jan.2010 7.08am
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27.Jan.2010 8.26am
Michaelcina and Randy,
Those are SWEET!!!
27.Jan.2010 8.31am
27.Jan.2010 8.43am
*First time posting on Typophile*
It's cool to see such a strong response to a great little project.
27.Jan.2010 8.57am
27.Jan.2010 9.28am
What do you think?
27.Jan.2010 10.53am
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! We're well over 150 participants. I've been trying to keep of list of the countries we've received submissions from. I could be missing a couple, but here are the ones I know for sure:
USA
Germany
England
Finland
Brazil
Argentina
Mexico
Canada
Japan
Austria
France
The Netherlands
Venezuela
Italy
Scotland
Switzerland
Portugal
Croatia
Slovenia
Ukraine
Peru
Australia
Sweden
India
Vietnam
Siberia
Latvia
New Zealand
Argentina
27.Jan.2010 11.24am
My calligraphic submission:
27.Jan.2010 1.05pm
Phew, that's less easy than it looks like, here are some of my medicated curves:
27.Jan.2010 1.09pm
27.Jan.2010 1.11pm
CurveDoctor: very nice.
Maybe make one of the hearts a cross?
hhp
27.Jan.2010 1.16pm
My humble submission:
27.Jan.2010 1.20pm
Thanks hrant, you mean like a plus sign? Sorry I can't handle straight lines very well. Here is a more calligraphic try, indulging in my curve obsession:
27.Jan.2010 2.15pm
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27.Jan.2010 2.52pm
hrant, you really give me a headache,
27.Jan.2010 2.54pm
integrating straight lines into luscious curves, it seems impossible
27.Jan.2010 3.20pm
My inverted &
27.Jan.2010 6.42pm
Here’s a little bit of organic, grid based love.
27.Jan.2010 3.29pm
It's my first post on Typophile, so hello everyone :)
Here is one of my submissions:
more: http://www.flickr.com/photos/patty_z/
27.Jan.2010 4.56pm
One more I just finished:
27.Jan.2010 5.28pm
I see what you did there.