Fonts

[Gildoran]

Hi... I was wondering what we were planning on for fonts. Are fonts going to be specifically created for TDM, or are we going to use free fonts?

 

If it's the latter, I've just browsed through http://www.1001freefonts.com/ and picked out several fonts that I thought might be useful for TDM. I was mostly looking for handwriting, calligraphy, victorian, art deco and typewriter fonts. Anyway, I figured we could discuss which fonts we tend to like/dislike...

 

Here are some of the candidates that I thought might work.

 

I particularly liked the following:

[New Horizon]

We're primarily going to use the classic Thief 1 and 2 fonts.

 

carleton

j.d.

Mason

 

If others fit, I'm sure they could be used for the handwritten stuff though.

[Gildoran]

I've added JD and Carleton to CVS and updated the readable testmap to use them. If you can point me to Mason, I'll add it too.

 

Does anybody mind if I also add Treasure Map and Parchment to CVS?

[Darkness_Falls]

I like Treasure Map, but am not incredibly fond of Parchment for some reason. I'd like to see Treasure Map added, but could go either way with Parchment. Just my two cents, of course, as the decision is not mine to make...

 

I see Treasure Map working (aside from the obvious -- Treasure Maps) for headers on outside posters, bulletins and the such.

[Gildoran]

Ok, I won't add parchment. (truth be told, you're not the only person I've talked to who didn't like it) I just figured it'd be good for those who wanted a TDS feel. (yes, I know most people try to avoid TDS's feel)

[New Horizon]

Avoid TDS like the plague!!! I have nightmares about the parchment font.

[Darkness_Falls]

Oh my!! That is a TDS font isn't it!??! It does look like the one they used in the menus, I think? LOL!! I totally didn't realize until now. Now it all makes sense

[Gildoran]

Here's what the readable prototype looks like using the new fonts:

It's finally starting to resemble T1/T2.

[Darkness_Falls]

Great!

[New Horizon]

Oh my!! That is a TDS font isn't it!??! It does look like the one they used in the menus, I think? LOL!! I totally didn't realize until now. Now it all makes sense

 

Oh yes! That is THE font they used. Check it out in the game files of TDS. Papyrus is written everywhere. It was a horrid choice. I don't know why the TDS team felt the need to change so many parts of Thief. All of these little details added up.

[SneaksieDave]

Avoid TDS like the plague!!! I have nightmares about the parchment font.

And goddamn but if I don't see that font EVERYWHERE all of a sudden. Everything from the cover of a new book to commercials for local companies to actual store signs. I don't know if it's just because now I recognize it, or they just licensed the most popular crap they could find for T3.

[Darkness_Falls]

All of these little details added up.

I know it! It's just crazy to think about all the poor decisions that were made. You've lived and breathed TDS for years now with your minimalist project due to their mistakes! Not fun. I remember seeing those mission menus, the big font used, AND (now that you remind me) the 'totally NON-Thief' font style chosen and thinking to myself... WTF??

[oDDity]

There's nothing wrong with changing Thief as long as you come up with better ideas to replace the old ones, but thier ideas were invariably shit.

[sparhawk]

We're primarily going to use the classic Thief 1 and 2 fonts.

 

carleton

j.d.

Mason

 

If others fit, I'm sure they could be used for the handwritten stuff though.

 

Are these fonts free to use?

[Gildoran]

Yes, j.d. and carleton appear to be free.

[pakmannen]

I'm a fan of SteveHandwriting. J.d is easier to read, but looks more cartoonish. SH is more, I dunno, real somehow.

[New Horizon]

Are these fonts free to use?

 

Yes, they are all free.

[Springheel]

For some reason I can't see any of the font images in the original post.

[SneaksieDave]

Nor can I - I get a page of broken links and four IPB image statements.

[Gildoran]

Strange, they no longer seem to work for me either... I wonder if 1001freefonts could have detected that they were being accessed remotely?

 

Edit: I've noticed that if you right click on each image, and choose "view image", it'll load the image just fine... I'm really starting to suspect that 1001freefonts has something in place to not send the image if the web-browser says it's for another website. Anybody know of a good way to bypass that?

[Magnesius]

Why not take one or two screenshots from the entire site?

[Gildoran]

That's a good idea, but I was hoping on not having to store the information on my site... also, I've found what looks like a good site for browsing handwriting.

[Springheel]

Wow, some great handwriting samples there.

[Dram]

eugh...the Parchment font.........we have no emoticon for sighust of a vomitous kind

[Gildoran]

What about this one from our very own forums?