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uuuuuuuuhhhhh!!
you have re-invented the definition of LOVELY!
Posted by: dirk uhlenbrock | August 02, 2007 at 06:50 PM
Absolutely gorgeous. And one of my favourite characters too. Please tell me that we won’t have to wait several years to see this completed as an entire typeface. Please.
Posted by: Grant Hutchinson | August 02, 2007 at 07:53 PM
Oke, unfinished typeface number 1022. Next one please! ;)
Posted by: Pieter van Rosmalen | August 02, 2007 at 09:37 PM
This one will be finished...
Posted by: Peter Bruhn | August 03, 2007 at 09:51 AM
niiice. looks like a curl from elvis. god bless him. :-D
Posted by: robertmichael | August 11, 2007 at 02:49 AM
HAHAHA yes it does, didn't see that before. Now it will be stuck inside my head :-)
Posted by: Peter Bruhn | August 11, 2007 at 05:41 PM
typehouse rock ;)
»peter has left the building ...«
Posted by: robertmichael | August 13, 2007 at 06:37 PM
This is massively beautiful. The g is incredible.
Sharon
Posted by: Sharon Van Lieu | August 26, 2007 at 02:47 AM
Wow! this is so beautiful. i would buy this typeface for the 'g' alone! when will it be finished?
Posted by: Nicci Gabriel | August 26, 2007 at 07:02 PM
Thanks ! I hope to finish it as soon a spossible, it fun when you get started and can't stop.
Posted by: Peter Bruhn | August 29, 2007 at 09:25 AM
Lovely in an exquisite fashion. On the dynamic discussion thread at Typophile in 2006 about lower case g, the relative traits and merits of the "single story" g form versus the "double story" or binocular g form were discussed with much insight. The thread can be found here: http://www.typophile.com/node/17647
As a classicist and lover of the binocular form I'm fascinated by this one Peter. I'm wondering if the florid swirly tail and ear are specifically meant to be baroq? They seem florid in a French way, or could easily be Italian, but possibly this is an original design effort in much the same spirit.
Posted by: James Arboghast | August 29, 2007 at 06:48 PM
James – the whole g started with a a few sketches whilst on the phone. That it became high contrast didone was just a spur of the moment. The others glyphs just came along. But there is a big DeSpigna and Carnase influence, and also Phil Martin's Fat Face (especially the numbers will go in that direction). I see it more of a display typeface than a text face.
The lowercase "g" (especially a two storey/binocular form) is mostley the most fun to make, and together with the "a" the signature of the face.
Posted by: Peter Bruhn | August 30, 2007 at 09:56 PM
Ah-ha, I hear you. Some great things occur in the twinkling of an eye (spur of the moment). Thanks for the insight.
I'm keen to see a resurgence of classicism and decorative design. Reductive modernism seems to have run its course.
Wishing you all the best Peter.
Posted by: James Arboghast | August 31, 2007 at 07:33 AM
Beautiful. Just beautiful. Can't wait to see the rest
Posted by: Samantha Liang | September 12, 2007 at 09:31 PM
Thank you for the kind words :-D
I will try to work on it more next week.
Posted by: Peter Bruhn | September 13, 2007 at 01:04 PM
Lovelovelove that 'g'! I wroteFountain an email without going back a few more entries, after I'd looked through the entire Fountain catalogue in search of it! Can't wait to see the rest of it so I can find some way to use it.
Posted by: George G | September 18, 2007 at 11:18 PM
Any news on this font?
Sharon Van Lieu
Posted by: SharonVL | October 22, 2008 at 10:52 PM
Early 2009.
Posted by: Peter Bruhn | November 24, 2008 at 08:13 AM
This is amazing! And we're past early 09. Any news, Peter?
Posted by: Frode Frank | June 15, 2009 at 07:32 PM