Just released by Our House Graphics: Baro Condensed, joining Baro Black and Baro Italic
Friday, March 25, 2011
Sunday, January 09, 2011
Campcraft: Free OHG Fonts on Dafont.com
OHG now on Dafont.comSo far Just there is just one free OHG font on Dafont.com; Campcraft Basic.
Remember those Popsicle sticks that clicked together and you could make things from them with your sticky little fingers, like... Camp crafts? Well, no. Of course you don't. You were too young. That's why there is Campcraft.
Contains 205 characters in 9 rangesDownload your copy today. I'd love to see what you do with it. you can post a link to it as a comment below or email me an image.
Thanks.
Campcraft Basic character set.
Click to expand.
Campcraft Basic character set.
Click to expand.Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Baro Italic - Almost Ready.
Screen cap; Baro Black Italic ligs in FontLab' Metrics window
Well, I'm just about ready let this guy out of the pen. Just little bit more kerning.
Really?
Really?
You might think you are all done with kerning? In fact, you are probably very far from it.
Making an italic is in part as obvious as it looks—Slant the letters a few degrees in a single batch operation. Boom!
Not so fast. In the case of Baro, I naturally finished the roman, version of Baro Black before starting the italic, so all the glyphs are there, and in their final form. Then I slanted it 12 degrees. After that, I went through the entire font and edited each glyph to correct distortions caused by slanting them. The most obvious correction needed was to the vertical gaps between parts of letters and figures and all of round shapes. Finally, I added tails to the 'f' 'f' ligatures and 'l's, made the 'a'; a single story and one or two other things to soften the font up.
Lastly came the metrics. The roman metrics were probably about 70% OK. That is another story, but there are extra kerning pairs to compensate for letter spacing which could have been better. It is what happens when you start one part of a job before you finish an earlier one. You become too invested in the the time that went into the second part and it ends up being more efficient to fix your letter spacing mistakes with additional kerning pairs. (This is my first completed font). The altered geometry threw everything else off. I re-did the letter spacing for the whole font pretty much from scratch. You know how it goes—You fix one thing problem and create two new ones. Replace all your old mistakes with brand new ones. Or it can seem that way. But, eventually, with enough patience, you get to a place where the end is in sight. Kerning should be all done tonight and Baro Black Italic will be on the market next week.
Lastly came the metrics. The roman metrics were probably about 70% OK. That is another story, but there are extra kerning pairs to compensate for letter spacing which could have been better. It is what happens when you start one part of a job before you finish an earlier one. You become too invested in the the time that went into the second part and it ends up being more efficient to fix your letter spacing mistakes with additional kerning pairs. (This is my first completed font). The altered geometry threw everything else off. I re-did the letter spacing for the whole font pretty much from scratch. You know how it goes—You fix one thing problem and create two new ones. Replace all your old mistakes with brand new ones. Or it can seem that way. But, eventually, with enough patience, you get to a place where the end is in sight. Kerning should be all done tonight and Baro Black Italic will be on the market next week.
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Baro - OHG's first retail font
Hello, everyone. Welcome back to my blog. Earlier this month, I finally published my first font, so I'll be updating this blog again.
Baro is a powerful, fun and expressive font, great for loud, cheerful and super-fat headlines and packaging for odd novelty toys. With its bold and distinctive stylized geometric forms, it is ideal for logos, heavy machinery and wacky party invites.
The font had its beginning in a handful of rigidly geometric uppercase letters from an unidentified 1960s or 70s era press-down lettering font, which in turn was possibly a revival of a 20’s era Art Deco font. The exercise quickly expanded into a complete typeface with 300+ characters including several catch words (word glyphs), stylistic alternates, discretionary ligatures, multilingual support and both lining and old style numerals. Baro maintains much of the characteristic geometric rigidity of the original handful of letters, but with the addition of just a little bit of flare, cheerfulness breaks through, like a wink and a smile on the face of a fat and otherwise stern policeman.
This is to be the first of a family that will include and an Italic (to be released later this week and previewed in the new banner at the top of this page) as swash a font of multilingual catchwords plus a few more surprises.
Stay tuned, and thank you.
Baro is a powerful, fun and expressive font, great for loud, cheerful and super-fat headlines and packaging for odd novelty toys. With its bold and distinctive stylized geometric forms, it is ideal for logos, heavy machinery and wacky party invites.
The font had its beginning in a handful of rigidly geometric uppercase letters from an unidentified 1960s or 70s era press-down lettering font, which in turn was possibly a revival of a 20’s era Art Deco font. The exercise quickly expanded into a complete typeface with 300+ characters including several catch words (word glyphs), stylistic alternates, discretionary ligatures, multilingual support and both lining and old style numerals. Baro maintains much of the characteristic geometric rigidity of the original handful of letters, but with the addition of just a little bit of flare, cheerfulness breaks through, like a wink and a smile on the face of a fat and otherwise stern policeman.
This is to be the first of a family that will include and an Italic (to be released later this week and previewed in the new banner at the top of this page) as swash a font of multilingual catchwords plus a few more surprises.
Stay tuned, and thank you.
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Langstaff, south parking lot
Looking east north-east towards the 407 and the hydro corridor. Brush pen.
twisty pole. I'll get the number later. It used to be something I made a point of doing for every drawing of a utility pole I made. Every pole has a number. Every pole has a name. Pen, coloured pencil and pencil.
Curbside Cement, but I misspelled the name on the sign. Maybe you won't notice. Don't look too closely. Pen and a little pencil and white coloured pencil.Do check out this this slideshow to see all the pages of book 7 uploaded so far.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Shopping for X-mas trees
York Farmers' Market. The man who sold the trees was a malevolent God of tiny domesticated forest nymphs. Pen and brush pens
York Farmers' Market. The man who sold the trees as he appears to mortal eyes. Pen, brush pens and coloured pencils. And highlighter markerBook 7
More from the RUSST Institute.
A wall and it's foot. Part of the Laura Secord store's partition. Pencil and coloured pencil.
Walking into the Institute at about 5:15, determined to do some good. Pencil and brush pen
Monday, February 23, 2009
another journal.
I am expected to write down what I do every day in this book. The habit hasn't been sticking very well. Pen, pencil and brush pen.
Book 7
Three men on the train
Dozing on the train. Pencil and Pitt brush pen
Dozing on the train. Lots of peole do that. Proportionately more people get imortalized in my books by sleeping than by doing something interesting. Pen and Pencil.
Actually, he was not on the train after all. The post should be called, "Two men on the train and one who wasn't". This was an old man at the York Farmers' Market on Yonge Street, north of Steeles. Or Cosco. I forget. And it's not all that important. We record things to record them, not to inform.Marker, coloured pencil and wax lumber marking crayon. (like a Crayola, but fatter, made of harder wax and as far as I know, onlhy available in yellow.)
Book 7
Sunday, February 22, 2009
2 in Remembrance
Selling poppies at the North York Farmers' Market. Pencil, coloured pencils, brush pen, red ball point pen. Red ball point pens create a very sharp, intense red, layers thick, dark and liquid. But it takes time to get there.
He was in a wheel chair. It was cold. Pen, pencil, marker, coloured pencils.Book 7
Moody, A bit.
This is my street. Pencil, Pitt brush pen and smudgyness
The Hotel in the Middle of Nowhere, as seen from the COSTCO parking lot on an overcast day, sometime towards sundown. Pencil, pen, Pitt brush pen, coloured pencils and clear wax.
Book 7
The Hotel in the Middle of Nowhere, as seen from the COSTCO parking lot on an overcast day, sometime towards sundown. Pencil, pen, Pitt brush pen, coloured pencils and clear wax.
Book 7
Green and Red Ladies
Ink pencil and fluorescent highlighter pens. She be green. face from the GO train.
brush pen & conte pencil.
Book #7
Drawings From Our Commute.
My wife and I have been taking the train to and from work lately. This leave me with time waiting for the train in the mornings and evenings. Across the streen from where we park the car there are a number of industrial and construction equipment storage yards.
Langstaff. ink and coloured pencils
Union Station Composite Passers by. Rush hour at Union station is a busy place. Standing still is like being a rock in a rushing stream. There's no time for more than a single glance at any one person. In the time it took to draw this many more than twenty people walked past, but that's how many times I glanced up to get a bit more info to put on the page.
Book #7
Langstaff. ink and coloured pencils
Union Station Composite Passers by. Rush hour at Union station is a busy place. Standing still is like being a rock in a rushing stream. There's no time for more than a single glance at any one person. In the time it took to draw this many more than twenty people walked past, but that's how many times I glanced up to get a bit more info to put on the page.
Book #7
Scarborough Light Standard.
Brimley and Huntingwood. The strip mall near the sign shop in Scarborough, where I go and buy the occasional slice of pizza when I'm out there. Pencil, red ball point and fountain pen..
Chipped curb, worn line painting. Parking lot in Richvale. Faber Castell brush pen.Book #7
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