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spiekermannerik says:

Very cool. A few mistakes still (spelling of "its" instead of "it’s", en-dash instead of hyphen after Second Life, no ligatures in "office"), but very entertaining and a great approach at learning how a typeface feels.

For this exercise, you could have just bought one weight for $29.
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

FontFont says:

Great work! The one weight you’d use costs much less money, like Erik said as well … ;)
[in addition some distributors offer some extra student discount]
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

elitype says:

It's very funny, you have a lot of patience to do it by hand.
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

Fontblog says:

I like to call it Font-Karaoke ... www.fontblog.de/font-karaoke
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

Stewf says:

Beautifully done, Fran.

I'm an admin for a group called Fonts in Use, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

Then contact us for an educational discount.
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

sandra.bauke says:

WOW
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

Stewf says:

Jürgen - karaoke requires music and singing, no? That makes for a nice contest. Write music to go with these lyrics and perform it for a free FontBook.
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

Typegirl says:

This is great. I think it serves as a nice exercise. Sure a single weight could've been licensed for $29, but imagine how much was learned, how much is appreciated!
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

Fontblog says:

Stewf: Karaoke (カラオケ) from Japanese kara(空), "empty," and ōkesutora, "orchestra", lit. "EmptyOrchestra") is a form of entertainment in which amateur singers sing along with recorded music. Font Karaoke is a form of type design in which amateur designers draw letters after a professional template.
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

FontShop says:

Cool concept; I like that. Let's have a font karaoke contest. ;)
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

SimonRobertson says:

@FontFont and Stewf - the link to the meta solo, lists the price for me as AUS $105. fyi.
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

Stewf says:

That's the OpenType font. The one I assume Erik referenced is FF Meta Book in legacy formats. But he was a few dollars off. It's $44 or AUS$71.
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

SimonRobertson says:

thanks for clearing that up!
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

TenerifeTenerife says:

great discussion..!
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miss-u says:

Wow! You did it by hand? How long did it take you to finish?
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jfguerra says:

Great!!!
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

Morgannnnnnnn says:

i love you erik speikermann
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

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