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Found Type

I was watching Dr. Horrible’s Sing Along Blog and saw this really sweet piece of type in the background.

Unfortunate/Fortunate Discovery

To go along with A Rainbow Tale that I posted a little while back, I was developing a rainbow font. Here’s where I’m at so far

Obviously there are still some letters that aren’t quite solved. I did a quick internet search before I started and couldn’t anyone who had done something like it. Well, I was reading Grain Edit last night which led me to the site of designer Nick Dart. Lo and Behold, I found London based Nick Dart had created a rainbow font!

I concede that Nick’s font is tighter and he solved a lot of things I was still trying to work out. And it just feels more rainbow.
The fortunate part of this discovery is that Nick Dart is a really talented dude with some awesome logo types and print work. Check him out!

Form & Type by Toxi

The cover for the August issue of Print is pretty unassuming until you read about the process behind it. It’s creation involved math, science, and a sweet 3D printer. This article covers some of the technical aspects involved and the article in Print goes more into the concept behind it.

Spachemen Preview

Not sure how much longer it’ll take to complete. The fine art of kerning takes a while. Right now it has uppercase letters, punctuation, and a few currency symbols.

FontStruct - The Easy Way to Create Modular Fonts

Fontstruct is an online font creation tool by Fontshop. Fontstruct uses a grid and a few basic tools and shapes to allow you to very easily create modular fonts. After you’re done, Fonstruct generates your creation in True Type format for either PC or Mac. You’re also able to share your ‘Fonstructions’ on the Fonstruct site, or through an embeddable widget.

When I first heard about this site, I was worried that Fonstruct would lead to the devolution of the art of type creation. I can images tons of fonts being cranked out that are all really similar. However, Fontstruct seems to be aware of this as they have a section right on the front page that highlights meticulously designed typefaces.

Fontstruct is still in beta and is free for anyone to signup. I’ll be trying to create a font before the month is through. If you create a font, let me know, I would love to see it!