Member Gra… Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 This topic was imported from the Typophile platform The Society of Typographic Aficionados is organizing Font Aid VI: Aster Affects — a project uniting the typographic and design communities to raise funds for Red Cross relief efforts after the events of Hurricane Sandy. The project theme will be represented in a typeface consisting entirely of asterisks. Why the asterisk? An asterisk can denote something that requires attention — and an event of this magnitude and impact certainly deserves some attention. The asterisk can also provide *emphasis* to important information amidst fields of plain text. The root of the word comes from the Greek astēr or “star” - signifying hope and light. In computer terms, it’s a wildcard character … and hurricanes are certainly wild and unpredictable. This submission deadline is Saturday, November 17th, 2012. See the submission guidelines for more information. Thanks in advance for your help. — Grant Link to comment
Member Rya… Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 Ashton Kutcher Affects? Link to comment
Member 5st… Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 Awesome! I'll try to have something done... n. Link to comment
Member dbe… Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 So, you want the asterisks to descend and fill the em, as opposed to a normal asterisk sized and aligned for cap/ascenders, with a normal proportion (25% of the em), below the baseline. Have I got that right? Link to comment
Member hra… Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 In practice they [have to] scale everybody's work anyway. Great idea BTW - I'm on it too! hhp Link to comment
Member Rya… Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 how does making an all asterisk font help Sandy victims exactly? Link to comment
Member hra… Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 Did you read the history? The money from sales of the font goes to help the victims. hhp Link to comment
Member sgh… Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 brockfrench, that's a sweet asterisk! I particularly like the way that there are two implied rotated squares sitting on top of each other, creating tension between the rigidity of the squares and the fluidness of the arms. 5star, I like the lightning bolts in your design. I also picked up on the storm theme, using raindrops in my asterisk. I also made a version where one of the "petals" is an extra big raindrop pouring out. Which do people like better? Link to comment
Member bro… Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 Thanks Neil, Stephen; looking good. It's going to be interesting to see the variations in the number of points on all of these asterisks. Link to comment
Member Ric… Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 Stephen (sgh), the asymmetrical one is more interesting, and in my opinion the better idea too. It would need a bit of tweaking, though. Maybe you can make a progression in size of the drops. Link to comment
Member ebe… Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 I like the top one just fine... Maybe submit both and let them sort it out. Link to comment
Member Ric… Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 Chris Lozos posted his contribution on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dezcom/8173484241 Link to comment
Member Gra… Posted November 12, 2012 Author Share Posted November 12, 2012 “Ashton Kutcher Affects?” @ryan — Good lord, I hope not. “So, you want the asterisks to descend and fill the em […] Have I got that right?” @david — Yes, that’s correct. We’ll be treating the asterisks more like dingbats than their typographically correct parents. However, since we’re producing the final face as OpenType, we could provide a stylistic set which sizes and positions the glyphs as per usual … I kind of like that idea, actually. To everyone else, thanks for participating. The examples you’ve shown so far are wonderful. Keep it up! Link to comment
Member Thi… Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 Hi all, this is my first post. I saw some submissions on twitter and I'd like to contribute. I made this for my twitter and forum avatars, would this be acceptable? Link to comment
Member hra… Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 It's very pretty, and meaningful. The narrow gaps might suffer at small sizes. hhp Link to comment
Member bro… Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 This glyph from an unfinished typeface immediately came to mind; from my typically abundant artboard flotsam... Link to comment
Member Col… Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 Here's what I submitted: And here's what I said: I had the great fortune of living in New York City this past summer while I studied type at Cooper Union's Type@Cooper program. Like many people, the city is full of my friends and family. When I think about Hurricane Sandy, I am brought to the idea of 'balance.' It has affected the balance of so many people's lives and daily routines. And, the hurricane itself was brought on by a great imbalance in our climate. Many of those affected will return to their 'normal' quickly, while others will have to find a completely new balance. My asterisk was based off of an 'unbalanced' rectangle, repeated 6 times. Link to comment
Member dez… Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 Thanks for noticing, Riccardo! Here are the two variations: Link to comment
Member rus… Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 It started off as an asterisk. Then it was sucked up and spit back out by this great big gritty giant vortex. Link to comment
Member rus… Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 @ This Machine Floats; nice! Link to comment
Member tim… Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 I see Fleurons of Hope has gone from Myfonts, which is a shame. Still, keep up the good work. Tim Link to comment
Member dez… Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 Russel, I know you are WAY too young to have ever seen one of these but your design above brought back warm memories of my teenage record collection:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/45_rpm_adapter :-) Link to comment
Member tim… Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 …with a touch of Woolmark, one of my all time favourites. Tim Link to comment
Member rus… Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 I certainly am not way to young to remember playing stax-o-45 RPM wax on the hi-fi with the funny plastic thingies in the middle. I just act that way, Chris. :o) Link to comment
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