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Lila
Posted by spiral in
6 Jan 2002 — 10:31pm
6 Jan 2002 — 10:31pm
my first attempt at bitmap font design, so i'd appreciate the feedback.
Lila is loosely based on my mother's handwriting (as based as a thing as tiny as that can be ;), so i'm trying to recreate a handwritten fill...
\image{first draft of Lila}
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6 Jan 2002 — 10:34pm
hmmm... apparently the image thing didn't work, sorry!
7 Jan 2002 — 8:31am
1. I like the uncialish caps.
2. Text block, please!
hhp
7 Jan 2002 — 2:15pm
here it goes. made some modifications, but no kerning, punctuation, or numerals yet
9 Jan 2002 — 10:52am
The lc looks great!
>> but some letters (o,g,y,j,y) are really producing some black dirt I think.
And an italic version?
9 Jan 2002 — 12:56pm
Cool.
But like G said those closed loops are standing out too much.
hhp
11 Jan 2002 — 10:16am
new version:
Corrected (i think) the problems with the lc y, g, j, and o. Changed the lc e and R, and started with numerals and punctuation
thanks for the feedback!
11 Jan 2002 — 10:31am
Much nicer! The main problem left (for me) is the lc "o" - for one thing, it's a lot like an "e".
hhp
29 Jan 2002 — 5:45pm
latest version. more puntuation, slight changes...
31 Jan 2002 — 8:32am
and here's the bold version.
i'm not too crazy about it, feel there's too much contrast between thick/thin strokes, but I can't find another solution at this scale...
31 Jan 2002 — 8:50am
Grayscale.
hhp
9 Jan 2002 — 2:14pm
Fun.
Perhaps there's a way to 'optically' close those
loops (rather than literally)... Same problem
with the o, it's pretty dark. I'd also point out the
bowl of the cap R is too small. Open it up like
the P.
What if the finishing stroke on characters like
the h,m,n dropped a pixel below the baseline?
//joe
12 Jan 2002 — 9:29pm
Pardon me for getting presumptuous... I couldn't
resist. (I'm only bothering because I think this
has a lot of potential.)
Here's some thoughts I had about the o--agreeing
w/ Hrant that the o is a bit of a stretch--as
well as my earlier suggestion for the m and n.
//joe
13 Jan 2002 — 12:23am
I wouldn't mind seeing the apex of the lc "s" overshoot the x-height by a pixel as well. That might help it stand apart from the lc "a" and "o".
Aside from this (and Gregory, Hrant and Joe's suggestions), it's a very interesting face, and I agree with Joe that it has great potential. It reminds me pleasantly of the old whimsical script-mimicking typewriter fonts, from the daisywheel and ball typewriter days.
Very nice work! Keep it up!
David
22 Mar 2002 — 6:23am
all of the descenders seems too dark in your roman(roman? un-bold?) version. maybe remove the center pixel in the lc "q"'s cross.
Lc "f,g,y" look off to me aswell. possibly remove the center pixel in the "g" an "y" at the cross. and maybe the bottom most pixel of the descender on each.