Fontstruct: great fun or just no helpful at all? :(

Ok, since I had decided to take a break from fontstruct since it was being a pain in the neck, I went back to it the other day to give it another go!

So... the catch behind the whole free service from the providers is that you make your font out of pixels, which doesn't seem much of a problem when you think about it, since everything (digitally) is made out of tiny pixels. BUT! looking at all the curves I have to create with the hybrid, I want a VERY VERY smooth looking font, so for me to be able to achieve that, I literally have to use A LOT of pixels to make that smooth looking font. And of course, this is my FMP, so I want this hybrid font near enough perfection. Now, I'm not accepting defeat with fontstruct, but sometimes, while using it, it just makes me want to through my laptop across the room and just forget about it all....

oh well, be positive, think positive... so everything should be positive right?

After some thinking...

I have been playing around in Fontstruct and turns out it bloody well takes time to create just one letter and since my aim was to create 3 separate fonts, looking at the time window I have, I've had to think things through. Now, I will just design the mum and dad font on illustrator, and create the hybrid font on Fonstruct.

Also, I was having problems on Fontstruct before, as the letters came out too pixely. So, I just planned the letter on graph paper first, using the squares on the paper as compared to the pixels on fontstruct! So far it is working just fine, as I have been digitizing my first generation hybrids on fontstruct.

Fonstruct....I thought it was going to be so simple...

After some sketches, I thought illustrator isn't helping me much, and plus I would like to start creating the hybrid digitally but also so it is a useable font in the end, so I have started designing the mock up sketches of the experimental hybrid letters in Fonstruct, which is an awesome site where you can create your own fonts with the help of pixels, for free!!

Since it is very difficult to figure how to make a smooth serif on this using just pixels, my beginning attempts have been lame, but I think with some planning and graph paper, I could maybe figure it out, I guess it just takes patience!