Utgar font ready for dload 12/20

[Son of Arathorn]

Sorry double post.

[Son of Arathorn]

Originally Posted by Son of Arathorn

"Can you see anything?"
"Nothing... wait... there are markings. It's some form of Elvish. I can't read it."
"There are few who can. The language is that of Mordor."

So good. If the font can be completed...

[mac122]

Originally Posted by Lamaclown

OK, taking DS's input (and FS93s) I changed up the Ullar font to make it blatantly Tokien/Elvish-y.

Here is what I am thinking so far.
It is only the lowercase a-j but it is enough to get a feel for where it is going.

Looking good, LC! The only suggestion I have would be to give the "f" more of a swoop/curl on top of the straight line instead of below it. I think it would help distinguish the letter when reading. (I tried drawing a sample, but my computer-ligraphy is weak.)

[Lamaclown]

Originally Posted by Son of Arathorn

So good. If the font can be completed...

Originally Posted by mac122

Looking good, LC! The only suggestion I have would be to give the "f" more of a swoop/curl on top of the straight line instead of below it. I think it would help distinguish the letter when reading. (I tried drawing a sample, but my computer-ligraphy is weak.)

Thanks for the kind replies, guys!

I think you are right, mac. The "f" does need more of ascender rather than a descender. I will have some more concept work ready soon and your input is always appreciated.

[Lamaclown]

Thanks to DS I have a whole lot of work to do on this font
I am going through the Tengwar Annatar "alphabet" (the script on the One Ring is a form of Tengwar that was used by Sauron when he first forged the rings. He was going by the alias of Annatar at the time). I am looking at all the diacritical marks and such to see what would best represent our own letters and adapting them.

What I have so far is a sample of some of them. A lot of them will be changing and I haven't started on the Upper Case letters yet...

I haven't settled on the style of the "m", "n", "p", or "y" yet. I am not satisfied with the "x" or "v" either.

Any thoughts?

[mac122]

Originally Posted by Lamaclown

Thanks to DS I have a whole lot of work to do on this font
I am going through the Tengwar Annatar "alphabet" (the script on the One Ring is a form of Tengwar that was used by Sauron when he first forged the rings. He was going by the alias of Annatar at the time). I am looking at all the diacritical marks and such to see what would best represent our own letters and adapting them.

What I have so far is a sample of some of them. A lot of them will be changing and I haven't started on the Upper Case letters yet...

I haven't settled on the style of the "m", "n", "p", or "y" yet. I am not satisfied with the "x" or "v" either.

Any thoughts?

IMO, the "m", "n", "r" and "w" should not have the extra long swoop like the "p". Could you try them with the short swoop of the "i"? The shorter swoop will help distinguish them from the "p". For the "x", why not take what you have with the "v" and continue both lines down further? For the "v", I suggest moving the line on the right down a bit so it looks less like an "r". While my computer-ligraphy is poor, I did some edits in GIMP to try to show what I'm talking about.

Spoiler Alert!

This would obviously need your much stronger computer-ligraphic skills.

[Lamaclown]

Originally Posted by mac122

IMO, the "m", "n", "r" and "w" should not have the extra long swoop like the "p". Could you try them with the short swoop of the "i"? The shorter swoop will help distinguish them from the "p". For the "x", why not take what you have with the "v" and continue both lines down further? For the "v", I suggest moving the line on the right down a bit so it looks less like an "r". While my computer-ligraphy is poor, I did some edits in GIMP to try to show what I'm talking about.

Spoiler Alert!

This would obviously need your much stronger computer-ligraphic skills.

That looks great, mac!

Are you sure you don't want to take on a unique and rewarding experience designing fonts that I can then take all the credit for?

Thanks for the ideas; I'll run with them (with the pointy sides down of course).

[mac122]

Originally Posted by Lamaclown

That looks great, mac!

Are you sure you don't want to take on a unique and rewarding experience designing fonts that I can then take all the credit for?

Thanks for the ideas; I'll run with them (with the pointy sides down of course).

POINTY SIDES DOWN?!?!? Now I know what I've been doing wrong!

Thanks for the kind words, but I'll leave the really creative stuff to you.

[Lamaclown]

After several months (this was a difficult font to design) I finally have the Ullar Font ready (well, I don;t have the numbers or punctuation yet, but I will).

I wanted to give a small Christmas present to the community, so, Merry Christmas!!!

Due to the limitations of my program I had to create it at a small point size so it will need to be used at larger point sizes to look best.





See the OP for the download link.

[Lamaclown]

I just wanted to post some text samples that also show the texture of the font and what it looks like when used:

[Lamaclown]

Wow! It has been almost a year since I posted anything here.

I have been batting around a few ideas for an Utgar font. I wanted something bold and strong but also something that could convey the horrific and primal side of Utgar.

Here is a concept of what I had in mind...



As always, any ideas or input is appreciated and looked for.

[TGRF]

It looks pretty good to me. I like the way it conveys roughness, almost as if the words were hewn out of stone or something. The wider parts of the letters really help to beef it up and make it look bolder. That, combined with the general two slants of the letters and the uneven width, work to convey someone writing fast, with a purpose. It's almost the kind of writing I'd expect Utgar to turn out if he were to quickly write something. Well done.
~TGRF.