On the one hand, a pixel font is easier to make. But on the other hand, its more difficult. With type size of 12-14 points you cant really have any subtle features. And my first intention was to make a pixel version of Artemius which is all about little quirks. The result was this: ![]() Firstly, it simply does not look good. Secondly, the letterforms are too thin. The clock is not that large, and it would lack readability. So I tried to make it thicker. ![]() Well, this is better, though doesnt look much like Artemius. ![]() Its quarter to eleven. Man, its getting late. Lets try it on the clock (photograph of a sample on a scale of 1 monitor pixel to 1 panel pixel): No, no, no. It sucks. Too wide. Longer phrases wont fit. And it looks bad again. All right, I got it. Itst useless to try to render our specialty typeface with all its peculiarities into a single-color pixel form. I should make a new one. ![]() Ah, this one I like. ![]() Its almost fine. Lets try the capitals and the numbers. ![]() And all the lowercase type. ![]() Good. Only good is not good enough, so its bad. Its a little too heavy for its size. And there is need for more space. The counters should be larger. It all means I have to redesign it another time. This is it. I say, its done. C and e have opened up. The contrast is almost gone. The type is bigger, yet long phrases fit just fine. Now its time for everything else. I wont go for exquisite g, but Ill make another twistletters y in Cyrillic and Latin will look different. This is fun and no one will know.
I wont design figures. A spelling clock doest need them. Then I went to the lab to see if it looks good on the prototype. It sure does. OK, I can now go on to special characters and kerning. |
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