Pepo the Clown

Vasil Stanev

Friday relaxation

Adam Jagosz

Looking awesome! You might want to even out the /M and /y.

Vasil Stanev

Thank you, thank you!
I'm gonna dump some more files here, no use cluttering the board with new topics.
I am planning on releasing them all by the name  Odd Bundle.

Vasil Stanev

299spartans/Spartechno

Vasil Stanev

Plump Fiction

Vasil Stanev

Beejuice

Adam Jagosz

In Beltenebros, /t_t is spaced awkwardly, unlike /f_f.

Dyana Weissman

I'm curious, what is your process for these? 

Ray Larabie

Spartechno=OCR-B + Foo or Showcard Gothic?

Vasil Stanev

Dyana I blend verious fonts and work on the promising combinations until I get something that does not infringe on copyright. Ray I don't remember, I think it was Showcard.

I use my own fonts as blends too. Beejuice is a blend from my Ergam.

Vasil Stanev

Allebagra

Dyana Weissman

When you say "blend," do you mean interpolation? 

Vasil Stanev

I mean the blend function in FL5

Dyana Weissman

Ah, I haven't used FL5 in years but it sounds like it uses outline data from existing typefaces, which in some cases is a copyright violation. Showcard Gothic's EULA states "Licensee agrees not to create derivative works based upon the Font Software or the design of the typeface which is the subject thereof." So from a legal standpoint you should be careful. 

From an ethical and artistic standpoint, I think most of these are too close to existing, popular typefaces. It's one thing to be inspired by two specific typefaces and come up with something new on your own, by drawing (literally and metaphorically) your own conclusions—that's adding something new to the world. But using existing data is, to paraphrase Milton Glaser, robbing yourself of your own imagination and form-making abilities, and not a path to success. 

Vasil Stanev

I am aware of all this. Currently I'm just throwing stuff at the wall to see what will stick, fining my skills. Also, "derivate"stuff may mean putting the typeface through a filter and creating something like Crackvetica or HeLLvetica, but I am not sure if blending does not go outside of the scope of this term, especially if one of the two fonts is entirely my creation.

What is most likely to happen is for me to create some entirely new font based on the overall process after I have stared at them long enough and the fine folks here speak their minds . Blending gives an idea but it creates more problems than it solves. And the results are obviously inbred and niche.

Ramiro Espinoza

Processing copyrighted contours algorithmically as part of your "design process" is not OK.

Vasil Stanev

Vasil Stanev said:

I am aware of all this.

Ray Larabie

Croteau + Gnuloane = Darkheart

Vasil Stanev

Hi again.
The above blended fonts are obviously never gonna be used, but the topic is O.K. I think I will post some stuff here that I do in my free time so my skills don't rust.  It may be interesting for some people.
This is a Cyrillic I did for these fonts, just for the challenge. They are initials, so I haven't worked out the spacing ot kerning

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