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Sprue
Posted by gypsy_kat in
17 Aug 2003 — 8:04pm
17 Aug 2003 — 8:04pm
I'm working on this font for display and packaging with nothing going under 20 pts and no body text. As a newbie in font design I would really appreciate any comments or earned wisdom. Especially thoughts on the v,w, and x and on the 8 which is giving me grief.
thanks
ka
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17 Aug 2003 — 10:06pm
Cool, it's like a synthetic hindu script.
17 Aug 2003 — 10:11pm
I think this is promising, but it's gonna take a lot of effort to make it really sing.
hhp
19 Aug 2003 — 7:39am
Kathrin: Your font looks interesting, but it's difficult to tell what's going on at the size you posted. I see a number of inconsistencies, but perhaps they are intentional. Are you presenting alternate characters in "Sprue Regular"? My initial suggestions would be to a) do some caps, b) give the characters some air (they are way too tight), c) settle on a basic character set for "Regular", then expand from there.
Another thought would be to concentrate on the basic letter forms in "Sprue Less", then adapt it later to "Regular".
My first thoughts are that you are too scattered. Try to simplify your processes. It will take a lot of effort, but keep at it and you may be surprised at how fast it starts taking shape.
PS. I am especially fond of the lc "q".
12 Nov 2003 — 7:44pm
sorry it's been so long. your feedback is very helpful. i've finally made a pdf of just the sprue-regular. there have been a few changes since i last posted. any comments are greatly appreciated.
sprueregular.pdf (98.9 k)
8 Mar 2004 — 12:46am
Hi Kathrin. Nice work. Most of the transliteration type fonts I see, especially in the Indian flavor have hard lines. This is much softer, original and I like it a lot.