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UPDATE:contest is over (congrats punchymcpunch!) but the font project is still under way, feel free to join in! "but manifisto," you are already asking, "doesn't byob already have a font? what about comic sans?" my impulse is just to sort of smile nervously, same as any other time a voice speaks to me out of nowhere. but okay, disembodied voice: I think we can do better. and by better I mean "better," which generally means we're forced to pretend it's good because it's our own fault. let's create a font! post itt to request a typeface character and I will assign you one, then you interpret that character in an image and post it. then you can request another one if you want. this may not be the best way to handle it but maybe we have a better chance of making something like a full character set rather than everyone wanting to do 4, 2, 0, 6, 9, and &. Q and A Q: what then? will the font pictures be aggregated together into an actual font that I can install on my computer? A: . . . no, probably not. that's a lot of work and requires skills I don't currently have. but if the results turn out amazing maybe somebody will be moved to do it. Q: format? size? shape restrictions? A: if your character is vaguely centered within some type of squarish region it will probably play more nicely with other characters. format: some kind of bitmap. size: up to you, if you are the type that prefers to have a number try a 400px by 400px canvas. colors: up to you. Q: any font-designing tips to share? should we be working towards some type of unified aesthetic? A: glad you asked! there are many nuances to font design. rather than list them all here I suggest you refer to this site for more comprehensive guidance edit: Hero's Gallery 1 - Splatmaster -  2 - Jolo -  4 - FluffieDuckie -  5 - limeicebreakers -  A - blaise rascal -  B - alnilam -  D - drilldo squirt -  E - blaise rascal -  H - punchymcpunch -  I - luvcow -  J - luvcow -  K - City of Glompton -   L - City of Glompton's Dad -  N - Olive! -  P - Manifisto -  R - FutonForensic -  S - blaise rascal -  T - ulvir -  U - Manifisto -  Y - Jolo -  Z - TVsVeryOwn -  f- Olive! -  q - TVsVeryOwn -  s - punchymcpunch -  v - lmbo calrissian -  @ - ShinyBirdTeeth -  # - TVsVeryOwn -  ? - Manifisto - 
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are we still not allowed to make all the letters in the font out of penises? asking for a friend edit: also sign me up for a letter, i promise not to make it out of penises unless its ok to make it out of penises Luvcow fucked around with this message at 19:14 on Jun 14, 2018
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Jun 14, 2018 19:09
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Luvcow posted:are we still not allowed to make all the letters in the font out of penises? your "friend" can have "I" (capital i). the degree of penisness is entirely up to his or her conscience and aesthetic sensibility. |
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Jun 14, 2018 19:14
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if we're talking aesthetic sensibility, I'd say look to the renaissance masters those guys loved them some classical greek weiners in art nothin but greco roman dingledoos as far as the eye could see heck they'd even paint some swingin beef on church ceilings, how's that for cheeky
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Jun 14, 2018 19:20
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MockingQuantum posted:if we're talking aesthetic sensibility, I'd say look to the renaissance masters you're hired! you may have "D" (capital d), but like the sistine chapel of capital d. (seriously though I don't know if you wanted one but you got one just in case, you're under no obligation) (well, minimal obligation) |
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Jun 14, 2018 19:30
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Manifisto posted:you're hired! you may have "D" (capital d), but like the sistine chapel of capital d. you know what, that's the risk I take posting in the thread, so I'll shoulder the burden I'm a godawful artist but i'm gonna wait a bit to see what other, more talented byobfolk produce and perhaps I will be struck with the wienerbolt of inspiration edit: "burden" sounds negative but I love me some burdens, i grew up in the midwest, it's how we roll! so don't read that as negative
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Jun 14, 2018 19:37
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I feel like I should have emphasized, artistic talent is not required and may even be a hindrance to prove it I whipped up a capital P see how easy, low-effort, and mediocre that was? you can probably do better and, more to the point, probably can't do worse. |
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Jun 14, 2018 19:44
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i'll take a dumb letter that no one else wants
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Jun 14, 2018 19:51
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I would also like a letter. And if we end up with a set we want to vectorize and make a real installable font from, I can help too. It's pretty easy with even a freebie like Inkscape (and then we could make laser-cut wood plaques that say Bless this Mess or whatever) |
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Jun 14, 2018 19:56
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Manifisto posted:your "friend" can have "I" (capital i). the degree of penisness is entirely up to his or her conscience and aesthetic sensibility. ok this is just a rough idea: i wanted to do a duck, bc all the duck chat lately, but settled on a panda for now. when i get more free time later tonight i'll try to squeeze the panda into a better "I" Manifisto posted:I feel like I should have emphasized, artistic talent is not required and may even be a hindrance the cool P! its like the fonzi of letters!  edit: holy crapples someone bought me an av and its awesome! thank you kind person 
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Jun 14, 2018 20:00
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City of Glompton posted:i'll take a dumb letter that no one else wants excellent! you get "K" (capital k), a letter that is considerably smarter than people generally think, as evidenced by their embrace of objectivism |
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Jun 14, 2018 20:01
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BoldFrankensteinMir posted:I would also like a letter. welcome friend! you get "x" (lower case x), our first lower case letter. I swear I'm doing these randomly, there's no rhyme or reason. BoldFrankensteinMir posted:And if we end up with a set we want to vectorize and make a real installable font from, I can help too. It's pretty easy with even a freebie like Inkscape (and then we could make laser-cut wood plaques that say Bless this Mess or whatever) thanks for the offer! it's fun to think about, if it happens it's great, but, you know, goon projects . . . |
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Jun 14, 2018 20:06
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Luvcow posted:ok this is just a rough idea: oh man this is great! I am a bit relieved I did my crappy one first and set the bar somewhere that is achievable for most of us . . . and hey, we have already made "PI", that's, well, an actual word, we can make a word everybody! |
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Jun 14, 2018 20:10
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I'm ready for this i even have the proper clothes *puts on my letterman jacket* |
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Jun 14, 2018 20:24
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I will do a letter maybe even more than one.
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Jun 14, 2018 20:40
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alnilam posted:I'm ready for this i even have the proper clothes *puts on my letterman jacket* yessss your letter is "B" (capital b), as in, "Boy, that jacket looks sharp on you, maybe I'd look cool in something like that" (rummages in closet, comes up with junior varsity mathlete jacket) "this should do." |
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Jun 14, 2018 20:41
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Jolo posted:I will do a letter maybe even more than one. great! ironically "more than one" suits your character perfectly, as you've drawn "2". our first numerical digit 
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Jun 14, 2018 20:43
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assigned myself another character, ? (question mark) I dunno, maybe it seemed a little better in my head |
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Jun 14, 2018 21:59
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Manifisto posted:I feel like I should have emphasized, artistic talent is not required and may even be a hindrance That's looks like a nice p. ---------------- |
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Jun 14, 2018 22:07
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Manifisto posted:assigned myself another character, ? (question mark) These are really good and I hope people with artistic talent help you do this. ---------------- |
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Jun 14, 2018 22:07
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drilldo squirt posted:These are really good and I hope people with artistic talent help you do this. thanks! I hope they do too *looks menacingly at the talented yobbers who have not yet signed up for characters* |
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Jun 15, 2018 01:52
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We got really high and forgot most of the punctuation! I!m sorry about that! but you!ll just have to make do! Also there are a few !!bonus!! letters in there! |
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Jun 15, 2018 03:06
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I'm very certain that all yobbers should help with this regardless of "talent" or "training" or "tools" sign me up, but make it an easy one
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Jun 15, 2018 03:42
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yeah i'll help
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Jun 15, 2018 03:45
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FluffieDuckie posted:I'm very certain that all yobbers should help with this regardless of "talent" or "training" fluffieduckie you get "4", which is I hope p easy and also an honor in that it is the beginning of a certain special number (I won't spoil the surprise) |
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Jun 15, 2018 03:49
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FutonForensic posted:yeah i'll help cool beans! you have drawn "R" (capital r), which is exciting because added to the letters already completed we can make "RIP", or even phrase it as a question, "RIP?" uh I suppose that could be interpreted as morbid, I was thinking more along the lines of "hey buddy would you like a RIP from this bong," but I guess sometimes it's nice to have more than one meaning to play with. |
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Jun 15, 2018 03:54
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I want a weird letter like an esset or an o with a hat |
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Jun 15, 2018 03:57
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ShinyBirdTeeth posted:I want a weird letter like an esset or an o with a hat glad you're on board! as it happens you have drawn "@". sorry if that is not weird enough for you, I'm working with a pretty basic subset of the ascii characters, for example there is no interrobang which is probably my favorite punctuation mark. but artistic license is a powerful thing, I know of no specific rules saying you can't put a hat on an @ (in french, chat chapeau). |
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Jun 15, 2018 04:04
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Oh jeez, I can't decide if I'm talented enough for this thread. Could I have just half of a letter and someone else could handle the other half? |
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blaise rascal posted:Oh jeez, I can't decide if I'm talented enough for this thread. Could I have just half of a letter and someone else could handle the other half? if you can manage to launch a graphics program, literally any graphics program, you are more than talented enough for this thread! I'm giving you "E" (capital e) with every confidence that you can handle it. a good thing about this letter for your purposes is that it's bilaterally symmetrical, so if you do the top half you can just mirror it to create the bottom! easy peasy, or should I say "E"asy peasy? (no, I should not) |
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Jun 15, 2018 06:17
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Can I have a character? e: May I have a character? |
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Jun 15, 2018 08:15
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Olive! posted:Can I have a character? h*ck yeah you can/may! you get "f" (lower case), a necessity for spelling "friend," "french toast," and "ball of weed the size of the sun". |
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Jun 15, 2018 10:19
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I would like the exclamation mark (!) please! |
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Jun 15, 2018 10:54
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Android Blues posted:I would like the exclamation mark (!) please! good to have you joining us! however in the interests of fairness I need to check whether anyone wishes to fight you in hand-to-hand combat for that character. anyone? . . . cool, looks like you're good. you have been randomly assigned "!" bang! |
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Jun 15, 2018 11:06
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i actually did misread and thought i could request a specific character, but it appears my flagrant ignorance has served me well in this accommodating world yet again!! |
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Jun 15, 2018 11:10
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yeh ill do one eh |
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Jun 15, 2018 16:01
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punchymcpunch posted:yeh ill do one eh nice! your character is "H" (capital h). I dunno why this random number generator keeps sticking to the capital letters, maybe it thinks yobbers like to yell? getting excited, we're starting to fill in the alphabet |
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Jun 15, 2018 16:12
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note: your drawings do not even need to make sense. they can just be doodles.
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Manifisto posted:note: your drawings do not even need to make sense phew |
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