Ever since I first heard about fonstruct a couple of months ago, I have been intrigued by the possibilities of the software. I chose to dabble in designing some typefaces while in college, however I found the complicated software and technical limitations to be rather intimidating so nothing ever materialized from it other than some sketches. By lowering the barriers to entry of typeface design, fonstruct has allowed a large number of individuals to develop some really interesting and creative fonts. Due to the limitations of the software, the site is flooded with a large number of blackletter and bitmap fonts. However, I was surprised to see how detailed fonstructers were able to get despite these limitations. After scouring the site for a number of hours I found the following 15 fonts to be my personal favorite, and deserving of your download.
If you are wondering what the post image is, I have taken a page from Rick Valicenti’s monologue and overlapped the 15 fonts to see what common “face” would result.
Structurosa

Struktur

Texture

Tight

TFa BCode

SlabStruct Too

Asgard

Asgard Elongated

Leaflet Wide Stem

In the Queue

Crea

Coltrane Display

Indigo

New Alphabet

Robot Butler Open

July 22nd, 2008 at 9:24 am
Hmmm. I don’t know. I guess these might be useful if I were designing Atari game covers…
July 22nd, 2008 at 10:08 am
Yeah, or making a site for a goth-metal band.
July 22nd, 2008 at 11:30 am
Yeah I’m not sure I’m completely convinced by FontStruct, but I think you did well to pick out some good fonts, nice one.
July 22nd, 2008 at 11:33 am
Funny comments! Unfortunately, too many abstract fonts exist already.
July 22nd, 2008 at 12:22 pm
nice picks - haven’t checked fontstruct out yet, will have to soon, although sounds like there are alot of limitations.
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July 22nd, 2008 at 2:27 pm
Obviously the use of these fonts would have to contextually appropriate. I do find them interesting and creative though, and really do think they are the best of those available through fontstruct.
My personal favorite is TFa BCode which I think is a really visually appealing font, regardless of its potential for use.
July 23rd, 2008 at 10:06 pm
They seems to be of little use. Too narrow. More great free fonts can be had from http://tools.khrido.com/webtools/fonts-collection.aspx
have a look