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just practice. - recme - 03-06-2012

[Image: Qtuxr.png]

It was intensional to make it look like this.

any c+c?

RE: Test - Shade - 03-06-2012

What are we supposed to crit?

RE: Test - BynineB - 03-06-2012

If it looks like what it's supposed to look like then I guess it's perfect at being what it is.

which is

um

a word.

RE: Test - Unlucky Cloud - 03-06-2012

You kinda need to say a little bit more
The sprite is simply a banner with some pixel art letters, you said it was supposed to look like this, but look like what exactly?
To let us give you a good criticism, we need to understand what you wanted to do with this / where you wanted to take this to.
Or at least so in my opinion

RE: Test - Previous - 03-07-2012

Get some Linux (I suggest Ubunu/Xubuntu) and FontForge and make this a real computer font then we'll talk thank you! Genki ^_^

RE: Test - recme - 03-07-2012

My bad, I was in a hurry.

I didn't need help on looking up a font. I want crits on the word. like if there was any jaggies or somethin.

RE: Test - Cobalt Blue - 03-07-2012

could hardly tell. considering these are over a transparent background, it would depend entirely on the forum skin people is using.

on a dark background they would simply merge and disapear. if you want to use these as a test for readbility and technique, i sugest you using multiple backgrounds with multiple color sets for each one. otherwise, all we can say is that it just looks like a regular, non-antialiased text.

RE: Test - Britt - 03-08-2012

(03-07-2012, 08:34 PM)Meta Wrote: could hardly tell. considering these are over a transparent background, it would depend entirely on the forum skin people is using.

Its not transparent, just plain white.

RE: Test - Cobalt Blue - 03-09-2012

mybad, its true. though the point of using different backgrounds still applies.

RE: Test - Gors - 03-09-2012

This doesn't show much skill, tbh. They're as interesting as...um, a word.

Though you can then use this as a practice. Try making it 'hand-made'; Use antialiasing in the right spots to make it look like brush strokes. Emulating traditional art with pixels is hard, but it's always good to try.

RE: Test - Chris2Balls [:B] - 03-09-2012

Typography isn't easy.

What you should have in mind is that to create an effective font, you have to work around a concept/formula which each letter follows.
I think your current issue is that your word doesn't look like a whole, as in, each letter may as well be from a different font, despite their similarities.
On the other hand, if you're going for something like graffiti writing, then yes, you're going in the right direction but it lacks dynamic force: think more about the composition of the letters, how they interact with each other as a whole, which letter(s) you want to emphasize on, and the message you want to convey, of course.

Here's a suggestion:
[Image: 0dlpL.gif]

You may notice I gave all the small letters the same size (except the "l"), aligned them, tried to give a continuity to the shapes and thickness, some... regularity. Smile

Creating fonts/letters isn't my strong point, so I think it'd be a good idea for you to do some research on it. I hope I've been helpful.

RE: Test - recme - 03-09-2012

(03-09-2012, 06:14 AM)Chris2Balls [:B] Wrote: Typography isn't easy.

What you should have in mind is that to create an effective font, you have to work around a concept/formula which each letter follows.
I think your current issue is that your word doesn't look like a whole, as in, each letter may as well be from a different font, despite their similarities.
On the other hand, if you're going for something like graffiti writing, then yes, you're going in the write direction but it lacks dynamic force: think more about the composition of the letters, how they interact with each other as a whole, which letter(s) you want to emphasize on, and the message you want to convey, of course.

Here's a suggestion:

You may notice I gave all the small letters the same size (except the "l"), aligned them, tried to give a continuity to the shapes and thickness, some... regularity.
Creating fonts/letters isn't my strong point, so I think it'd be a good idea for you to do some research on it. I hope I've been helpful.

Thank you for your example. Though it was intensional to make it look like that. As if a little kid wrote it. Otherwise, I would kinda make it like you did over there. And I'll AA the outline a bit more.

(03-09-2012, 06:14 AM)Chris2Balls [:B] Wrote: if you're going for something like graffiti writing, then yes, you're going in the write direction

Also it's right not write

RE: Test - Proton - 03-09-2012

(03-09-2012, 06:02 PM)recolorme Wrote:
(03-09-2012, 06:14 AM)Chris2Balls [:B] Wrote: if you're going for something like graffiti writing, then yes, you're going in the write direction

Also it's right not write

It was really hard to tell what you wanted.

Just because you intentionally did not plan on making a font,
the idea behind how fonts and typography works still applies.

Even though Chris brought up graffiti, even graffiti follows a size and alignment pattern as Chris' .gif shows.

I personally do not understand why you needed to post this to find "jaggies."
That wasn't entirely needing of a second pair of eyes.

Do you have anything to make this thread go farther?

Are you actually trying to learn typography here, or this just some quick time thing going nowhere?

RE: Test - Gors - 03-09-2012

(03-09-2012, 06:02 PM)recolorme Wrote:
(03-09-2012, 06:14 AM)Chris2Balls [:B] Wrote: if you're going for something like graffiti writing, then yes, you're going in the write direction

Also it's right not write

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RE: Test - recme - 03-09-2012

[Mod note: next time someone post a good damn image macro i swear i am going to warn the fuck out of them]