Soquili Font: ready to proceed!!!

[wizard509]

Thanks for the encouragement Gare, I just wasn't sure.

[Gare]

I’d like to ask for a consensus here, but first, I’d like to explain why members toiled away tracing horse silhouettes and yet Bouton hasn’t come up with a tribute font for Bill Taylor yet.

The answer is: it’s not very good, not a fitting tribute to our dear departed friend. The concept I thought was a good one, to make 26 glyphs of a horse galloping, that if typed in sequence in an animation program (such as Xara), would result in a galloping animation.

I worked on the font from everyone’s generous work, but gave up after realizing this isn’t what we want to do to remember Bill. Trust me, it’s just not a great font.

May I please offer some sort of alternative plan? Does the typeface have to be Cherokee in theme? Would it not be enough tribute to create a handsome picture font, name it “Soquili” and deem that as appropriate?

I’d love to engage all in a discussion here. I’m available to compile a font, and I’ve even begun three or four originals I’d be good with just donating/remembering Bill by, no strings, just love.

PM if need be, and apologies if anyone felt jerked around.

I’m a volunteer, too.

My Very Best,

Gary

[wizard509]

Well here is how I feel about it. I agree about the horse font. I always thought it was extremely limited in it's use, so I'm not surprised at what you are saying Gare.
Does it need to be Cherokee?, no I don't think so but possibly should have an "Indian" feel to it, whatever that means.
I don't know about a picture font, because those also seem just too limited. How about a "smoke signal" kind of a font, with all the letters formed with puffs of smoke shapes.
Just some random thoughts there.

[Gare]

We're here to discuss, Larry.

When I mention "picture font", this includes all non alpha-numerical numbers, and if we could gather 26 Native American patterns from woven goods, whatever, I can see the use for it, and besides, this will always be a free font in memory of Bill, so I honestly can't see any "exploitation" arguments.

We could even include in the Readme file that there are worthy places of Cherokee ancestry worthy of a donation in exchange for the font.

Again, these, too, are just thoughts.

I hate "all talk and no action" but I also want to do this right and with respect, and that's why I felt a need to post today after a lot of unpleasant wool-gathering.

-g

[Big Frank]

We're here to discuss, Larry.

i really did look at this twice and think "we're here to discuss larry?"

ok, i'll leave now...


(count me in if you need something for the remember bill font)

[wizard509]

Am I not discussing by airing my thoughts about the matter?

[angelize]

@ Larry: I think that Frank was joking that it sounded like Gary was saying we are here to discuss you.

My thoughts on this are maybe rather than a font we should look at a repository of some of Bill's images and/or links to some of his posts that include tips, mini tutorials and other great stuff he shared here with us.

[Scotty]

Hi,
I did this awhile ago (quite awhile ago) but was wondering is this would be along the idea.?Beads.xar

[Rik]

I went along and traced, my part of the horse.
And I am also not surprised at the decision not to do this as a font.

My opinion is to forget any and all images.

It's a font, we're trying to creat.

So, it should be just that. A Font.
A pure and simple font.
A distinguishable font that stands out, but not so that you wouldn't use it.
A font that I could use in a document, or for a logo I might design.

[Big Frank]

@scotty thats a nice brush

@rik i agree