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vote: what font to create first?
Posted by Josh Force in
18 May 2011 — 6:59pm
18 May 2011 — 6:59pm
I working with Tim Botts http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Botts on converting some of his calligraphy to fonts.
Initially, we're going to take one font through the creation process just to get a feel for the process. So, I'd like to start with a good one. Beyond the initial posting, this will help to give me an idea of what to create next as well.
Here are the options that I'm selecting from. The image below is a composite of Tim's calligraphy and Barry Smith's http://studiosmith.blogspot.com/ design work.
If you care to vote, I'd be interested in hearing on the following...
- which is your favorite
- what font would you be most likely to buy, and why
Thanks for you help!
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18 May 2011 — 11:40pm
the 2nd.
19 May 2011 — 12:31am
definately
19 May 2011 — 1:28am
#4
19 May 2011 — 5:35pm
#3. They're all amazing, though. You're going to keep the rough, hand-drawn quality, right?
20 May 2011 — 7:25am
Thanks Joshua - yeah - definitely keeping the hand-drawn quality.
20 May 2011 — 3:35pm
I would change your criteria.
Start with four, as it has the easiest shapes—allowing you to concentrate on how to handle the "distress".
All the others will require some sort of contextuality, which is a whole new ball game.
21 May 2011 — 12:44am
Number 4.
21 May 2011 — 9:13am
Nick is right - start with Number 4 - it will be a good one to learn on. Plus Four has solid sales appeal. This looks like a great collection Josh.
22 May 2011 — 7:44pm
Before doing a whole font of any of them, I'd think you'd want to prototype all of them — perhaps just converting the current samples to individual digital letters — to see which best tolerate the limitations of the font environment.
#4 may have the simplest shapes, but it has the most complex surface treatment (looks like it was created with an ink roller?) You will inevitably find there's a tradeoff between simplicity of drawing & the visual character of the result.