Yep, I created the new Avatar font

Re:Yep, I created the new Avatar font by TameAntelope on Monday May 09, 2022 @05:41PM (#31320150)

> I hand-lettered every single word in every illustration separately so that it would be as imperfect as it appeared.

Good lord, I'm going to think about this every time I consider dedication to craft.

Seriously, wow. That's impressive. I'm sorry this isn't more substantive of a comment, but I really wanted you to know how amazing that is (as you probably already do).

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Re:Yep, I created the new Avatar font by munificent on Monday May 09, 2022 @05:44PM (#31320187)

There is almost certainly a pathological component to how much effort I sunk into the book but once I started... I kinda just kept doing it.

Also, lettering was sort a of a nice peaceful zen break from the harder work of writing prose.

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Re:Yep, I created the new Avatar font by scott_s on Tuesday May 10, 2022 @11:34AM (#31328360)

You'll probably enjoy his writeup (and a video) on his process: http://journal.stuffwithstuff.com/2020/04/05/crafting-crafti...

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