tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9190979569332239219.post6270028560772682108..comments2024-03-27T09:15:38.462-05:00Comments on pushing the envelopes: my va-ca mail - 2 from finnbadgerjean wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10380435791596841268noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9190979569332239219.post-56185043823234652442014-03-27T11:59:59.335-05:002014-03-27T11:59:59.335-05:00This is really above my ability level. I'm ki...This is really above my ability level. I'm kind of pen, ink and paper person, but I love the way it looks and the possibilities that are available to you. The 3 women who run my PO sure would be confused if I started making my own stampsSmashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06738409599830280722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9190979569332239219.post-89809077309672728522014-03-27T08:54:41.167-05:002014-03-27T08:54:41.167-05:00You're right, Jean, an extra small square colo...You're right, Jean, an extra small square colored in would have added balance to the card. This was part of a series of 12 postcards to match the 12 Pioneers of Industrial Design stamps. I used my Pacem letters, and only colored in the Ts (which look like + signs in this alphabet) or the center of the Os on a couple. One card hand neither Ts nor Os, so I colored in the square below the As. They'll all be on my blog eventually, as they were sent in for a postcard swap. I wanted to keep the design looking really abstract, not giving away too many clues to the fact that it is writing. The colored parts match the color on the stamps.<br /><br />I made my font over at fontstruct.com - it was fairly easy, I've never done anything like that before, the tool is pretty straightforward, and you can constantly preview to see what your work looks like.<br /><br />You can download the fonts, although I don't think they can be imported into MS Word, sadly. Mine imported into photoshop just fine.<br /><br />I initially made a set that is quite small (13x13 pixels) so worked on a second set (22x22). I haven't done any accented letters, there is some basic punctuation included.<br /><br />Pacem13 - http://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/pacem13<br /><br />Pacem22 - http://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/pacem22FinnBadgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17623312291708136478noreply@blogger.com