My first font design with Inkscape!

Chris F · **Posted:** Sun Mar 24, 2013 3:37 pm **(#1)**

I want to create real fonts in the future. This is what i have created this weekend: "Orbit Racer"
The set is not complete jet and it is not an ttf now. What do you think?

he4rty · **Joined:** Aug 30, 2012 **Posts:** 2174

Looks nice Chris, has that whole 80's video game vibe to it.

Akros · **Joined:** Jan 10, 2013 **Posts:** 863

Chris Interesting!
I would suggest trying to increase the difference between the letters H and K.
The Letter V (I think that comes after the letter U) was strange.
The letter W could have a middle leg taller, the height of the trace median X, A, Y and B
It would be the number 6 equal number 9 only reversed?
The option of having lowercase (no caps lock) would be welcome.
Nice font recalls themes robotic, cyber. :bigthup

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

Excellent Chris as in all your creations. I agree about the K, needs to slant and its almost identical to your H as Akro's mentioned.

AnMal · **Posted:** Sun Mar 24, 2013 4:40 pm **(#5)**

chris f: this is so impressive! great font, one i would definitely want to use (i have a soft spot for old video game esthetics). i agree with akros about the k and i too wondered where number 6 had got to, but the v looks logical to me and so does the w.

are you going to make an "å" by any chance? i know you don't use them in german, but still, it's such a nice little letter...

Graechan · **Posted:** Sun Mar 24, 2013 6:11 pm **(#6)**

Chris H, K AND X do look to similar maybe increasing the curvature on the right hand side will help, and are you doing lower case as well

Odinbc · **Posted:** Sun Mar 24, 2013 6:22 pm **(#7)**

Chris F wrote:

I want to create real fonts in the future. This is what i have created this weekend: "Orbit Racer"
The set is not complete jet and it is not an ttf now. What do you think?

They look really good, Chris :bigthup

A little bit of fine tuning and you'll have a really nice set.

Are you familiar with FontForge? I think it would be a good companion program to use along with Inkscape's Font Editor. FontForge will help with all the technical details. If your on Windows I'd grab, Microsoft Font Validator as well.

Esper · **Joined:** Jul 17, 2012 **Posts:** 2769

looks good, Chris !

reminds me of the 70ies sci fi movie Rollerball

one interesting aspect is how the bevel highlights seem to twist

Wallace · **Posted:** Sun Mar 24, 2013 9:14 pm **(#9)**

I think it's really cool looking, in a retro sci fi kind of way. Also I feel that as a purely flat one color font it wouldn't work very well.
But just add some gradients, maybe a bevel and some shine and it pops.

Nice work Chris! :cool

Chris F · **Posted:** Mon Mar 25, 2013 1:53 am **(#10)**

Yes this should be a retro inspired font. I`m happy that you like it.
Thanks Arkos (and the all) for your comment, i will work on the H and K today (and others), lowercase and extra letters like "å".

Number 6? i simply forgot it :oops:

...but it could be the rotated 9.
Since i`m on Ubuntu again at home i have installed Font Forge...ugly...but a great program!
I do not understand all of it but i will learn!

Odinbc · **Posted:** Mon Mar 25, 2013 2:23 am **(#11)**

Yup, FontForge is one ugly looking program, that's for sure :hehe

There's lot's of good info around relating Inkscape and FontForge.

wbool63 · **Posted:** Mon Mar 25, 2013 4:51 am **(#12)**

Very Nice, I notice that you denote letters with the 2 bit nibble at the low end of the letter so I think your Y should also have the nibble in the stem. Perhaps you would also consider having the nibble on the left of the H, J and S (not on the right). I realise that it may not look so good to have the nibble on the right on the J and S .
Your numerals have the nibble high and if you have the nibble on the right then you will not need the filler in the 0 (zero)
Your specials have the nibble on the top . Unfortunately , I am too dumb to recognise what they are !
However, I have to say that it is a very nice font as is. Using FontForge you will be able to set the spacings between letters a bit better. I also suggest you have a browse of this article http://ilovetypography.com. It gives a very good background in fonts and type.

Erisian · **Posted:** Mon Mar 25, 2013 5:00 am **(#13)**

This is without doubt the most inventive and best looking futuristic font I have ever seen. Beautiful work!

Chris F · **Posted:** Mon Mar 25, 2013 5:08 am **(#14)**

Oh, thanks a lot Erisian!

wbool63, thanks for the link. It`s a good site to learn typography.
I will fine tune the font and suggestions are welcome! :bigthup

The specials letters are are in use here in Germany: Ä Ö Ü

wbool63 · **Posted:** Mon Mar 25, 2013 5:46 am **(#15)**

Chris F wrote:

Oh, thanks a lot Erisian!

wbool63, thanks for the link. It`s a good site to learn typography.
I will fine tune the font and suggestions are welcome! :bigthup

The specials letters are are in use here in Germany: Ä Ö Ü

I thought they were letters with umlauts? but I wasn't sure so I thought I'd better show ignorance.

Chris F · **Posted:** Mon Mar 25, 2013 6:53 am **(#16)**

Here my first try of the lowercase letters.
I don`t know how they work together with the uppercase letters, i have not tested.

Wallace · **Posted:** Mon Mar 25, 2013 2:03 pm **(#17)**

Chris F wrote:

Here my first try of the lowercase letters.
I don`t know how they work together with the uppercase letters, i have not tested.

@Chris,
You may know about this...

"The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog"

This sentence is an English-language phrase that contains all of the letters of the alphabet. It's been used to test typewriters and computer keyboards, and other applications involving all the letters in the English alphabet.

You might want to try and write the sentence above with your font, adding some uppercase letters and see how it all looks.

Graechan · **Posted:** Tue Mar 26, 2013 12:10 am **(#18)**

I watched a video on creating fonts in Inkscape and after doing one letter decided I just do not have the patience so gave up

So now I admire your tenacity to do it

Chris F · **Posted:** Tue Mar 26, 2013 7:47 am **(#19)**

Next Version 0.2, upercase, lowercase, numbers. Basic Latin is near!

...puuhh it is much work but i will finishing the font soon.

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

Keep it up Chris...you are doing an excellent job of this font. :jumpclap