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Hey-Guess What? YET ANOTHER NEW FONT IN THE WORKS!

Terraformer_AuthorTerraformer_Author Newcomer
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Hi guys...

I would like to take this time to humbly, and respectfully apologize for this bizarre font making kick that I am in lately, lol. Allow me to explain ; Whenever I switch into a creative mode like this - I have to run with it and "vent the steam" until it runs it's course - and I switch to doing something else, otherwise I'll knaw my own paw off, lol. I blame a childhood head injury incurred during a rock fight, lol :}

ANYWAY (you guys get that this is a poor excuse for an attempt at inciting chuckles, right?) Below is an example of the next map font that I'm working on for you guys - free of charge - which should be posted relatively soon. I call it "Elementary Gothic" - and it looks like it's coming along rather nicely. Stay Tuned.
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  • Terraformer_AuthorTerraformer_Author Newcomer
    edited April 2012
    One of the major pains about doing fonts is the "kerning" - i.e. - The metric spacing between letters. You might assume that this would be the EASIEST of the font making chores - but it's definitely not. It's actually easier for me to hand draw the letters on a note pad and clean them up digitally - than it is to actually space them out to where they look halfway decent. This font I wanted to look just as good in all caps as in using the smaller lower case - as a result - an anomolous - but rather nifty separation factor occurred between the capitol "T", and the lower cases whenever a word begins with a capitol "T". I can't really compromise this too much by re-adjusting the kerning on the capitol "T" in an effort to "fix it", because then the "T" would crash into other capitol letters if, for instance, a place name on a CC3 map were designated to be labelled in all capitol scaled letters that are closely spaced.

    I'm also trying to get this to where it looks good if written out on a path curve.
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  • Terraformer_AuthorTerraformer_Author Newcomer
    edited April 2012
    Here's an example of a variant that I'm doing called Elementary Gothic Bookhand, it will be included in the zip:
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  • Simon RogersSimon Rogers Administrator, ProFantasy Traveler
    Thanks for creating these. Ther hand-crafted look will benefit fantasy maps, particularly the Pete Fenlon style.
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  • Terraformer_AuthorTerraformer_Author Newcomer
    edited April 2012
    Posted By: Simon RogersThanks for creating these. Ther hand-crafted look will benefit fantasy maps, particularly the Pete Fenlon style.
    Thank you Simon - yes, if I can get these right then they should compliment quite a few styles because this is just one example of the fonts that I'm working on - and the ones that I have released already. If I can get enough done - I can either distribute a free fonts package separately - or package them up with my symbols set when they're done. All the while - I'll be posting them here. I'll figure something out eventually as far as finding a permanent home for them :).

    BTW - sorry about not answering sooner - I was asleep, doin the whole "nighty night" thing, lol.

    These fonts are all hand drawn and then digitized. I clean them up in GIMP, MS PAINT, and INKSCAPE.
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  • Kendall-DMKendall-DM
    These are awesome. I'd like to see a font that isn't quite so fluid for handwritten maps, like someone gets a hold of a nice map, but scribbles his/her own notes onto it. A scrawl, so to speak. Keep up the good work!
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  • Terraformer_AuthorTerraformer_Author Newcomer
    edited April 2012
    Actually Kendall I've been thinking along those lines lately.
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