Member tim… Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 This topic was imported from the Typophile platform http://www.shapeways.com/model/195224/typographical-chess-set.html?ca=em... Shame really, I see pawns in a sturdy lowercase, queens in Felix Titling (or maybe something more powerful). Still you could upset a typographer with the chess set. Tim Link to comment
Member 5st… Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Shame really, I see pawns in a sturdy lowercase, queens in Felix Titling (or maybe something more powerful). J'adoube? And I find this one boring...http://gizmodo.com/5949215/this-typographic-chess-set-is-too-pretty-to-play My typographic chess set done in Blackletter is going to kick ass!!! n. Link to comment
Member hra… Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Neil, great idea. hhp Link to comment
Member 5st… Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Tanks. I decided to use a beefy blackletter ... I wish I had my own 3D printer ...sigh. My next purchase for sure! n. Link to comment
Member tim… Posted December 19, 2012 Author Share Posted December 19, 2012 I think you should take advantage of the third dimension, beyond a bevelhttp://blog.fontshop.com/2012/12/13/type-trends-polychromatic-type/scree... or a simple cutout A blackletter like Wilhelm Klinspor Gotisch has a perspective quality that could represent well in three dimensions – imagine that k using depth and taper – so that it only revealed its full k-ness quality from one viewing point while also having an overall sculptural sense. http://www.fonts.com/font/linotype/wilhelm-klingspor-gotisch Some of the Escher or Moebius-based designs on the Shapeways site are gorgeous. Tim Link to comment
Member eli… Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Make one color blackletter and the other roman. Link to comment
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