Design a typeface
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- Melvetica
What about a group of us designing a typeface together. Someone could start by creating a design for "Aa", then pass it along to another to create the next character in sequence. The alphabet would change and morph from person to person. The final typeface might look like crap, but it could be a fun excercise...
Anyone interested in doing this?
- NegativeSpace0
I'd be up for that.
- Melvetica0
Cool! Once we have some more names, we can use Limmy's "RaffleKing" to decide who gets to make the "Aa"!
http://www.limmy.com/playthings/…
- gramme0
count me in Mel :)
- Melvetica0
It's just the three of us then. NegativeSpace, you've won the honour of creating the Aa.... If you choose to pass up this fantastic opportunity, then I suppose I could do it. Let me know...
- emokid0
are you guys using something like fontographer or just making it in any vector application?
- Melvetica0
Sheesh. Haven't thought that far ahead. I usually design my fonts in Illustrator, then put them in Fontographer, but my Fontographer is ancient, so maybe there's something shiny and new might be fun to try out.
- gramme0
I think there's a new OSX version of fontographer that just came out.
- NegativeSpace0
FontLab seems to be the best way. I guess we could all post jpgs of our letters, and then afterwards, we could post the ai's or whatever somewhere and have someone compile them in fontlab to make it usable if people actually wanted to use it.
I just drew Aa but I am not crazy about it:
I gotta finish off an exchange application, if I come up with some better I will post again .
- MrDinky0
me me me
but can we use something more classical?
modefying something classic for individual interpertation
- NegativeSpace0
I didn't start the thread but I don't see why not. Not like we are making a commercial typeface.
- gramme0
NegSpace, lemme know when you get that A done proper & I can try my hand at Bb.
k?
- NegativeSpace0
You want me to put my Aa into an illustrator file and setup some guides, and then the next person can work from that?
That could work but then it sucks if I determine everybody's x-height/cap height.
If I do do that what format is good for everyone? Illustrator CS2 or Cs ?
- MrDinky0
cs or cs2 should work in both
- gramme0
I'm in CS
- Melvetica0
I was thinking more that each designer interpret what the next character should look like, so there wouldn't be too many guidelines. I'm all for organic.
Just wanted to get something going in here that would be a bit of a project...
So... shall we figure out a rota for the characters to see who is doing what?
- nRIK0
can anyone participate in this, or just type designers?... ive made a pixel font (if that counts :S)
if not, you can count me in
- ivan_cook0
I'm in if you need more people.
Just shoot me an email and let me know.
- 305artist0
Id like to help.
- Melvetica0
Cool!!! The more the merrier.
Negative Space has created the Aa, I think MrDinky wants to do the Bb, I'll do the Cc, and... we'll pass it along as each letter gets created.
- DavidFelt0
Ill be up for this, suggestion though; how about we come up with a theme, or a reasoning, so that everyones glyph has a reason to it and is more thought out. Might lend for a better finished typeface????