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Posted by timd in
13 Dec 2012 — 10:38am
13 Dec 2012 — 10:38am
http://www.shapeways.com/model/195224/typographical-chess-set.html?ca=em...
Shame really, I see pawns in a sturdy lowercase, queens in Felix Titling (or maybe something more powerful).
Still you could upset a typographer with the chess set.
Tim
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13 Dec 2012 — 10:46am
J'adoube?
And I find this one boring...
http://gizmodo.com/5949215/this-typographic-chess-set-is-too-pretty-to-play
My typographic chess set done in Blackletter is going to kick ass!!!
n.
18 Dec 2012 — 11:41am
Neil, great idea.
hhp
18 Dec 2012 — 9:24pm
Tanks.
I decided to use a beefy blackletter ... I wish I had my own 3D printer ...sigh. My next purchase for sure!
n.
19 Dec 2012 — 1:14pm
I think you should take advantage of the third dimension, beyond a bevel
http://blog.fontshop.com/2012/12/13/type-trends-polychromatic-type/scree...
or a simple cutout
A blackletter like Wilhelm Klinspor Gotisch has a perspective quality that could represent well in three dimensions – imagine that k using depth and taper – so that it only revealed its full k-ness quality from one viewing point while also having an overall sculptural sense.
http://www.fonts.com/font/linotype/wilhelm-klingspor-gotisch
Some of the Escher or Moebius-based designs on the Shapeways site are gorgeous.
Tim
19 Dec 2012 — 1:47pm
Make one color blackletter and the other roman.