How fast can you make a font from scratch?
I think it is a fascinating question, with some merit, though of course, if we expected everyone to work as fast as possible, we would have a lot of mediocre typefaces. So that's it then, how fast can you create a mediocre font? From scratch mind..
Typeface or font?
I mean a basic latin set of glyphs (caps, lowercase, numerals, and basic punctuation) made for use on a computer.
3 hours and 4 minutes:
http://typophile.com/node/76438
Depends on what the specifications are. Following an established set of design parameters (e.g. a revival), or beginning with defining a brief from scratch are not really the same thing.
'within a few minutes'? http://www.yourfonts.com/
What writing system? Morse code: 5 minutes.
hhp
Years.
Why would you want to?
Why? Because Morse Code is the second-best writing system ever, after Uniglyph.
hhp
“Best” may be a bit of a stretch; “most compact” I would buy...
I was five days too late with that post, sorry. But the page I linked to was properly timed.
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Don't forget there was this: http://typophile.com/battle12
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