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To kick off the release of our first collaborative font we are going to have a font play! :D
If you need to brush up on what a font play is see here
Download the official release version of the font here and post your play in this thread. Have Fun!
Here is one from me to start things off!
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Hey, let's play!
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Take care, Mike
(thank you for your work, Frances)
That looks good Mike! Thanks for Playing!
I'm glad to have the opportunity to help out with these projects and give back to the Talkgraphics community, and like Bill I have been learning a few things along the way too!
And now back to the play! Who's next? :D
Beautiful font, fantastic job ... well done all!
Thought I'd have a quick go at an illuminated letter.
Regards
Su
Excellent work Su. The illumination looks as though you could feel it.
May I ask where the latin text came from? It looks vaguely familiar, but it has been almost 50 years since I studied Latin.
Su was that letter put together using the Celebrated Burgeon Ornaments font behind the letter F? Looks like it to me. Good job, I like it a lot.
That is beautiful Su! Thanks for playing!
I'd like to see some more font plays here! Surely these beautiful ornaments must have inspired a few ideas!
Now that I have sent the Round Head file to Gary to review I will start on a font play, but after a good night of sleep. ;)
I believe the text is Lorem Ipsum available here: http://www.lipsum.com/ It is used as a text filler.
Hi astrosci, it is actually translatable Latin and not the false Lorem Ipsum text.
Thanks for your feedback Bill, Larry and Frances ... and many thanks to all the Font Team for this font.
Bill: sorry to disappoint... astrosci is correct the text is a couple of snippets of Lorem ipsum. I didn't think it meant anything much either, but it is supposedly part of a treatise from Cicero (45 BC) 'On the Boundaries of Goods and Evils' (although it has been somewhat scrambled). So I guess there is some real Latin in there (I didn't study Latin so I wouldn't really know).
'The original passage began: Neque porro quisquam est qui dolorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet, consectetur, adipisci velit (Translation: "Neither is there anyone who loves grief itself since it is grief and thus wants to obtain it").' - quoted from Wikipedia website.
Larry: The capital F was originally 'David B'. Then I decided to redraw it as it wasn't interesting enough. I didn't use the Burgeon font to redo it, as it was just a few added adjusted ellipses and some line/node reshaping. Interestingly though, I did have a go at capital letter decoration using the Burgeon font before doing this. Just had another attempt and the below is what I came up with.
Regards
Su
Thanks Su. That is very surprising because Lorum Ipsum typically will not even be detected as Latin nor translate by Google's translator.
You mentioned Cicero and that must be why it seems familiar to me.
Beautifully done Su, I really these.
Here is another play from me. I used the ornaments to add a bit of style to this layout. Daffodil month is a campaign from the Canadian Cancer Society to raise awareness and funds. daffodills are sold by the bunches and the last couple of years they have had a daffodill pin campaign like Remembrance Day poppies but yellow daffodils instead. The pins are a symbol of remembrance of loved ones lost to cancer and of support to those fighting it.
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Thanks Su, I really like your two images, both are in my opinion great and really show off the font. I can't compete with those. I have been trying various things but so far nothing worthy.
these are not as good as Su's but this is what I've been messing around with.
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I like those Larry, especially the shiny one :)
Thank you Frances.
I finally had a play with the stamps, it took a while to come up with something. I liked the card video and that got the ball rolling for me. Then tonight I thought of a tea cup and the rest just followed!
I enjoyed looking at everyone's work so far, there are some great works of art. =D>
Very nice Michelle, thanks for playing! :)
I finally after a cold wet spring, enjoyed a warm sunny day in the garden, and amongst the weeds I found inspiration for a font play! :D
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