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Published: 2008-11-13 23:00:50 +0000 UTC; Views: 24440; Favourites: 142; Downloads: 1340
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Ladies and gentlemen, I give you my latest font design, PB Typeface. All work under construction, will be for sale at Myfonts in 2009, as well as Often, in light, regular and bold weights.Combining caps with non-caps, this font's strong side is the mesh between the typographic German school (Bauhaus) and the Art Nouveau style from the 30's in France. The objective was to combine the logical geometry with round and elegant shapes and still get that extra readability in small sizes.
This is my first attempt at tall "cafe" fonts, I've always admired them. Comments and favourites are welcome.
Regards,
João
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That is just AWESOME!!!
I'm so sad just because i cant have it xD
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I've always had the interest in type. I even made a couple of my own fonts but I've only made them in Illustrator. This gives me inspiration to continue trying! :} Awesome work!
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Very sexy font. I can't wait to buy it and use it in my works.
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axo fantástica esta font, especialmente os pormenores da perna do Q e tb a forma como o B foi desenhado. mais intrigante ainda é a escolha de toda a letra ser com a mesma altura, ao primeiro olhar pareceu-me uma font só de maiúsculas.
desconhecia que se podia vender fonts, no MyFonts ou qualquer outro site... estou a aprender tanto hoje 
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boa typefont, só tem alguns problemas na cabeça do "S" e o K parece me um bocado estranho.
Mas de resto penso que será uma fonte com personalidade.
obrigado pelo post
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looks great, I would love to use this someday.
The only caracters I don't like are the "e" and the "m".. They kinda look out of place..
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overall, nicely design.
I just not agree on the treatment of "K" which appear to with a long leg.
i wonder why..~
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You are right, I've had some great feedback and the K design is consensual, it needs some tweaking heheh
Thank you for your comment.
João
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nice job. a couple critiques which i hope will help improve the next version:
i think the leg of the K extends a little bit too far to the right. it may make that letter look awkward in the middle of a word.
you may want to experiment with taking the rounded characters, eg. B O R etc., and moving the rounded edges so they extend just above and below the x-height and baseline respectively. - this will give them more balance with the flat characters.
the Z is too wide.
the X and V seem a little bit too light in their line thickness (on the Light weight). consider thickening them and adding inktraps on the acute angles.
good work. keep going!
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Hello kill, first of all let me thank you for your extensive and most important feedback!
True, I've been testing a different composition for the K letter, I will work on those amendments.
About the x-height issue, I'm redefining the differences between flat ends and round ends, it is a never ending problem heheh
The Z is fucking wide too, I agree.
I'll revise the diagonal characters too, thanks for the tip about ink traps, I will most likely use them despite this font being a humanistic round layout.
Thanks again, you're helping me to excel on my work, this is the kind of feedback I look forward to!
Best,
João
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oi João! Muito bom o teu trabalho, como sempre!
Se me permite uma pequena observação, não sei se sua intenção é criar algo menos simétrico e dinâmico, mas me incomoda um pouco o posicionamento das hastes centrais, como em "HEFA" a haste central do "e"não bate com a do "F", entende? Gostei muito do Y,Q e D !
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Olá Lucas! Primeiro que tudo, obrigado pelo teu comentário.
Agradeço também pelo facto de contribuires com a tua opinião.
A questão das hastes horizontais tem sido um dos meus maiores problemas com a PB, continuo a tentar chegar a uma conclusão que seja melhor aceite... enfim, vou imprimindo frases e frases, penduro na parede, afasto-me e fico a pensar. Baaahhh às vezes só me apetece apagar tudo e começar a desenhar de novo!
O Y está bem conseguido apesar de ainda me fazer comichão na cabeça, o Q.. sim, segui o design do Eric Gill nas maiúsculas da Gill sans!
Muito obrigado outra vez!
Um abraço,
João
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Isso aí cara! Tu é corajoso de fazer uma fonte! é um trabalho e tanto, lol
E mantenham contato hein! te mandei um mail uma vez que até hoje nao foi respondido!
abraço
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slick!! looking forward to the relase... really nice forms.
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Hah, selling fonts, are you... it's a sweet font either way, nice job. I've been working on this font of mine for months, but for some reason I can't get the metrics right (at small sizes, the x-height seems to jump around). What software do you use? And is there some way we would be able to talk about it?
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Hello Moto and thanks for your words. The best software is, without question, Font Lab
As for your font, when can we see it?
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Esta' muito boa. Elegante e redonda. Gosto bastante!
Bom trababalho Joao
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I am glad you like it, thank you!
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well done man! well done, im currently finishing the INDE logo font, comes out better than i thought, ill post previews soon. congrats again!
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Great!! Looking forward to see it
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Ach, so you too want to have your own font! 
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hehehe I understand, we usually start with something crazy and end up following the gods of typography, for some reason they use their rules! Thank you
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Very nice and stylish. I’d love to see what a proper lower case for this would look like. Monocase fonts are cool, but the trend is starting to get tired.
I just have one complaint, which is the “Z” – it’s way too wide compared to the rest of the alphabet. Try setting that crossbar at the same angle as the “X” and I think that would satisfy the design.
One other thing: it may just be the way it’s being rasterized, but the foot of the “K” looks like it’s tapering in the bold weight. I’d check it out to be sure it’s not just an optical illusion, but you haven’t provided a beta of this one.
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Hello Shurakai, let me thank you for your most comprehensive feedback, I appreciate that very much!
As for the monocase.. I will most certainly end up building some lowercase layouts.
The Z, God.. I've been trying some different widths for some time now heheh
And finally, the K, true.. damn horny leg is spreading more than it should
Thanks again, means a lot!
João
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