Now working on a serif font design.


Actually, perhaps serif is an inadequate term for this level of decoration.

Anyway, I was playing with design ideas for a serif typeface, and after a few rounds of messing around, this is where I landed for the first glyph, a lowercase a.

Update: After doing the next couple of characters, I realized that the a is too tall: I inadvertently designed it to the cap height. That probably means that the character would need to be redesigned if I decide to go ahead and finish the font.

Thoughts? Is this worth turning into an entire typeface?
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3 comments:

  1. AndyOctober 24, 2009 at 11:28:00 AM EDT

    I can't imagine a use for it in my professional work, but , then, that's also a function of the place I work.

    This definitely falls under the category of a "specialty" font.

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  2. JonadabOctober 25, 2009 at 9:37:00 PM EDT

    What, you didn't ever want to typeset cuneiform text with a bunch of baroque decorations on the characters?

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  3. AndyNovember 12, 2009 at 10:58:00 AM EST

    Baroque cuneiform... now there's an idea. I think I just found my April 1 special. Feel like doing a little font development? I can dig up books of sign lists on a few minute's notice...

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