Typographic Taunting...

My newest Fontstruction is very simple. Scoreboard is based on the University of South Carolina’s block “C” logo. I took the basic concept and extended it to an entire alphabet. (For now, it’s uppercase only.)

Of course, it’s also fun to release this font after South Carolina destroyed in-state rival Clemson on Saturday. I’ve added a few characters to commemorate the victory.

It’s not my first South Carolina/Clemson inspired font. My first Fontstruct release, Big Thursday, was inspired by an old poster for the 1959 game.

New Fontstructions: Cerealbox

Cerealbox started life as a rejected sketch for a project I was working on. The concept is really pretty random. I liked the look, but it wasn’t right for the client. So I took the sketches and built them in Fontstruct.

Cerealbox is actually two fonts: an outline and a fill. They can be used separately or paired together. You can also easily offset them to create a nice out-of-register effect.

It’s a pretty distinctive look, even though I really have no idea when I would use this as a designer. But if you want to check it out, head over to Fontstruct and download Cerealbox Regular and Cerealbox Fill.

New Fontstruction: Technobabble

My new Fonstruction, Technobabble is available for download on Fontstruct. It’s really a continuation of what I’ve done with some of my other Fontstructions, Transmission and Power Grid. Technobabble is a scifi-inspired typeface with angular elements and has a complete upper and lower case.

Just a reminder that you have to sign up for an account to download the fonts. (You can download all of my Fontstructions on the Sketchbook B page.)

So what is technobabble? In science fiction, technobabble is the psuedo-scientific terminology that “explains” the technical issue the characters are having. Usually, it gets them into a problem or provides a seemingly miraculous solution. It’s found in varying degrees through most science fiction, but it’s especially prevalent in Star Trek.