font basd on statue

hey,
so this is a sketch based on that statue lettering in the previous post. and by sketch, i mean me dicking around in font lab.

it's a weird little font. it could easily go in two directions... it'd make total sense to do that sort of straight and rounded type of font that GQ used a few years back, sort of like this: http://www.stormtype.com/typefaces-fonts-shop/typefaces-688-politic-c [amazingly, i might add... i really love his work.] mr. františek [i think he designed this for storm type foundry] took it in that direction. beautifully.

ok, back to mine. it's the "O"... that's what throws me off a little. but, oddly, i kind of like it. it's easy enough to just ignore it and make the typeface all straights and curves with counters being all squared off and whatnot, but i think that great big round "O" really makes it different, and hence the different "C" as well.

and there are all these inconsistent stroke weights, too. [check out how faithful i was to the statue type]. but i love it! it's these weird little eccentricities that make it a beautiful carving.

so, will i ever finish this exploration?
probably not. but it's still a fun exercise.

>n

budapest 1

i really love this lettering.
i want to make a font of it. i know there are ones out there that are similar, but maybe i can give it a new, more up to date feel? dunno... in any case, it certainly has a central european flair that i totally dig.

it makes me want to drink beer.

it's from a monument in budapest.

i've got a few more type pics to come.

>n