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www.formlos.net/formlosTypeFoundry/formlos_PlayR.htm
Mr. David Hubner & typophiles, I have an aesthetic question:
what is the idea behind the fittings of "PlayR" new font?
Best,
AS

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Alessandro, I am not too sure if I understand your question correctly..

Are you asking what its usable for.? ( Or if its usable at all.? )
What do you think.? Do you like it.? Why / Why not.? :-)

( Its a 'fun' display type.. Nothing too serious at all.. Its just something I wanted to do for quite some time now.. The original idea and scribbles were created more than two years ago.. Originally for a different font, named 'Play' and this may be the remixed version, then.. 'formlos PlayR'.. )

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Mr. David Hubner:
my question is about the idea behind the fittings,
the color spots where some strokes meet one another.
It looks so uneven that I might think that it works better
printed at 5 pt. Or then why you didn`t planned this pimple
for all the letters? Now it is aesthetically unpleasant.
> Are you asking what its usable for? What do you think?
No, but to answer you I think that it could denote certain
new synthetic music styles or cosmetics for pimples :-)
(No offence, I am joking). If I like it?
I don`t because it is a pity that intending to design a light
& delicate typeface you ended up working on the black instead
that on the white, or am I wrong? I mean: "Write the story.
Take out all the good lines, and see if it still works."
Best,
AS

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Thank you, Mr. Alessandro Segalini.. I think I see ( some of ) your points..
Still, this is an experimental typeface, a 'fun' display face, like I stated before..

( Sure.: Some may like it, some may not.. )

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Hello Mr. David Hubner:
you could make a second remix of PlayR in the future
to make it a text font, I think I would like to check it
printed at small bodies, say 9 to 5 pt.
I like when someone post something in the "News & Events"
even more if who does is not a big and famous foundry
(nothing against foundries being big);
I am saying this because in my experience the good things
come from the cellar so that was also a question about
your cellar.
Best,
AS

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Thank you.. I am also working on a few faces, intended for text use..
And maybe there will really be a ( more usable ) version of 'Play' / 'PlayR' in the near future..
( As I am currently in the 'Think, Scribble & Design' process, this may still take some time.. )

And, I am pretty happy and excited about being able to release my type experiments and fonts under my own 'Cellar Type Foundry'.. :-) ( Even if the 'exposure' and the audience may not be as big as being a 'featured' type designer, at other famous font foundries.. )

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