Now I've woken up my attempt to recreate the classic US Dune font I thought I'd start a dedicated thread rather than clogging up the Suggestions board.
I think now I've run out of official letters to copy - Q, X, Y are the only ones left. Apart from that there's a few bits of tinkering to do - to make the letters look right.
Progress so far:
It seems that the famous font is actually two fonts - one's a bit straighter/more normal than the other. The main diff is in the A:
I think I like the curvier A (right) better than the other one.
Crit/comments are welcome: It's still early days, so some fresh eyes looking at this would appreciated!
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I've only halfway been paying attention so far, so sorry if this has been answered, but what kind of font will this be when you're done? TrueType? PostScript?
(Have to confess I don't know all that much about fonts. )
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DuneFishUK wrote:Now I've woken up my attempt to recreate the classic US Dune font I thought I'd start a dedicated thread rather than clogging up the Suggestions board.
I think now I've run out of official letters to copy - Q, X, Y are the only ones left. Apart from that there's a few bits of tinkering to do - to make the letters look right.
Progress so far:
It seems that the famous font is actually two fonts - one's a bit straighter/more normal than the other. The main diff is in the A:
I think I like the curvier A (right) better than the other one.
Crit/comments are welcome: It's still early days, so some fresh eyes looking at this would appreciated!
I love what you've done with this font, DuneFish and I plan to use it to create a new theme, if you don't mind. I've been keeping my eye's out for a font similar to the one on the books, hopefully this will motivate me to get new artwork done.
Paul of Dune was so bad it gave me a seizure that dislocated both of my shoulders and prolapsed my anus. ~Pink Snowman
Everyone should see my draft version of a possible banner. Keep in mind that I made it using the "VictorianD" font, so that's why the A is totally wrong. You get the idea though.
I am also a fan, however, of the clean black & white look you have above.
Everyone should see my draft version of a possible banner. Keep in mind that I made it using the "VictorianD" font, so that's why the A is totally wrong. You get the idea though.
I am also a fan, however, of the clean black & white look you have above.
are you able to create the same background effect on the banner made by DuneFish?
Absolutely... But only with his permission. Wouldn't want to step on his toes...
Everyone should see my draft version of a possible banner. Keep in mind that I made it using the "VictorianD" font, so that's why the A is totally wrong. You get the idea though.
I am also a fan, however, of the clean black & white look you have above.
are you able to create the same background effect on the banner made by DuneFish?
Absolutely... But only with his permission. Wouldn't want to step on his toes...
Blatantly! - the black and white is just work-in-progress on the actual font. If you can make it cool then go for it! - looking forward to seeing what you can do (and I've got a couple of random thoughts myself ). atm I'm just doing this for shits, giggles and that I've always wanted to have a go at font making. Freak and co have the final word if they want to use any of it or want to go with something different.
(If you want bigger or vector give us a shout)
I'm hoping to get this all wrapped up as a ttf fairly soon - after that I'll upload it if anyone's interested.
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A preekish U? Can't be having that.. I'll see if I can't have a tinker 
