Typeface: develop?
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- 5timuli
http://typophile.com/node/14328
It's that time of year again when Magnitude rears it's head and start pestering me to finish it. So, the questions I'm asking are...
1. Is it now well past it's sell-by-date? Should I completely develop the design to something more up-to-date or do I just let it die?
2. Do I develop the current design to include lowercase characters, to make it more versatile?
3. Should I just try and sell it on for someone else to finish and finally get on with my life without this happening every year? (4 years of this and it's getting a bit ridiculous :/ )
Thanks in advance.
- ethios0
You spent 4 years developing that 1 typeface?!
- ethios0
I love it by the way, lowercase would be tricky but it would be interesting to see what you come up with.
I would say stick with it, if you've worked on something so long it would make sense to see it out to the end if you've put so much effort into it :)
- stewart0
four (4) years?! owww...
- 5timuli0
Nah, I worked on it for a few months in 2001 (might have been 2002 but I've forgotten exactly). Then got too busy to finish it and it's been getting a couple of weeks attention every year before I get too busy again. In total it's had about 3-4 months off and on.
I tried once before to develop lowercase but it starts to ruin the modularity of the face. All the angles are multiples of 15, all curves are proportional, etc.
- paraselene0
i quite like it. you should stick it out if you think there's a chance you'll actually complete it this year. it'd be sad to give it up.
- stewart0
yes, make a ps and ttf version now, publish them online and that's it.
- E__________0
me like it. Try to sell this one online, if it is a success you can always decide to make a lc later.