5. On desktop, hold Ctrl to “type in place” and have the new letter replace the previous one. It’s fun to see relationship between letters this way (e.g. O and Q, P and R, 0 and O, and so on).
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This is the Figma file with all the vectors in case you’re interested in engaging this way:https://www.figma.com/file/MNtvZ9k1tSIW4wf499uMUN/Segmented-type-to-share …
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This is a great exploration. Even with few segments at hand, you can start approaching many letters in different ways and thinking of the personality of your font:https://twitter.com/chriswearly/status/995011960373641216 …
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For that reason, I always liked pixel fonts as a way to introduce people to type design. You can learn basic lessons and recover from mistakes so quickly. (For example, the distance between “Crap, I forgot to make room for descenders” to making that room can be just minutes.)
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I think I just learned the lesson Will Wright learned when the level editor for another game became more interesting than the game itself: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SimCity_(1989_video_game)#Development … (Or: Build canvases, not demos.)
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I wonder if this is the first time in history someone make normal and bold fonts in 14/16 segments.https://twitter.com/chriswearly/status/995062527540252672?s=21 …
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Added two more fonts showing different ways of approaching the same problem. I hope someone can help me find a 20-something segment system so that we have every decade represented! https://aresluna.org/segmented-type/ pic.twitter.com/1JYv7rpwhE
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And now, following up on this thread in real life.pic.twitter.com/Vm1zAUlcMJ
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Not really, but it was more about me trying to build something physical and just checking out what was out there. Although the +/– 1 in the last photo was a new discovery (and there were many of those!).
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Yeah. There were a lot of...fascinating things for calculators. Reading google patents and old electronics catalogs on the archive this afternoon lost me a good few hours.
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