Filler's Sprites

[Gors]

Very well!

One thing that you need to know when designing a font is the readability and aesthetics. Fonts, like any other visual art, are a type of art, too. My hobby is making pixelart fonts so I can be of some help.

The most glaring issue we have here is the lowercase letters. I see you tried for a more "handwritten" approach (as evidenced by the single-story letter "a", which looks like "ɑ". The "a" with the upper hook is known as double-story). However, the lowercase letters seem to be conflicting with each other a lot.

Every letter must follow a style, a theme in common. For example, in this post, you may have noticed that n and m are graphically similar, or that g and c and e have the same curvature. This makes the letters constant and none will stick out more than the rest. You want the letters to work together, not fight against each other.

So, I have picked the most offensive letters out of the bunch:



"whoa gors what the fuck are all of these wrong?? wow I suck at letters fml"

No, it's not that they are "wrong". They are readable on their own, however when put together, they look like letters from several different fonts. And that's the bad part! They are good on their own, but together, they aren't working well.

The quintessential rule of working with a font is to set the x-height. Basically, the height of the letter "x" will dictate the rest of the letters. As you see here,



These letters are oscillating too much in height. b and d are lower than normal, and n and z are higher. This causes the text to wobble around and it's very grating.



I made the b and d's curve taller, as well as making k taller, too. n and z have been lowered one pixel. But now we have some oddities, such as a pointy "c", a blobby "a" and a k with a shorter leg. Those aren't advisable but can be a stylistic choice. I changed them for you anyway.