can you make flour with quinoa? probably not... that might hold it back perhaps

although I wouldn't mind seeing wheat removed from the face of the earth

I think so! But I don't know for sure

ahhh, I'm a sucker for a good loaf of bread

I remember the whole hype with soy beans, some 7 years ago.. at least in south america, it looked like the magic solution to hunger

I went to workshops on how to make all kinds of food with soy beans

and then it died out, mostly because most soy has been genetically modified to extremes

(at least over there, they sell it to feed pigs)

yeah...I remember a Supreme Court case this year with GMO soybeans, the ones that are Roundup-proof

ah, found the article I was looking for

yeesh

that's rough.

I left a comment offering to help in chat, rather than go back and forth in the comments explaining things

vindaloo paste :o

you must like it spicy if you've got that on hand :)

uh oh. Is is that bad of a staining agent?

oh, no idea!

ah! yes I do like spicy things :D

good luck...I recommend leaving it in the wash to soak

yeah it's been doing that for awhile. I should probably check on it...

got any oxyclean? That stuff can work miracles

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oh Hi John!

suuup

definitely not out yet :P tried the spray and wash...maybe oxy-clean will be next. a good step between spray and wash and bleach

is it like a custom embroidered thing?

or have you started browsing amazon for an exact replacement

haha :P i don't know how significant it is to her. though I'd like to have it fixed before she comes home, I don't need to be that covert :P

what if we smoosh some ground beef into it and then let the dog that you hopefully have chew it to pieces?

creative thought! maybe I'll just have to talk up how tasty the dinner was. Like, if I was going to ruin a shirt, it had better be with a delicious meal instead of a lame one, you know?

hahaha

so...it's time to get a designer or two to look at my font. Would either of you mind giving a critique?

would love to look at it!

I don't have nearly enough knowledge of typography to critique

well you know your way around a bezier curve, i'm sure :) and typography is really one of those "how does it feel when you look at it" things to an extent

well, from what I've seen so far, my response will probably be: "It's amazing, it's awesome, I love it"

well one thing I'm seeing as I start to play with it are things like: i like how the 'g' looks but I don't think it fits with the rest of the letters, some of the letters are a little off at the baseline (like, some aren't sitting on it right, a consequence of importing glyphs from illustrator), and I think the commas and periods might be too small

I'm checking it out

renders so nicely in Gimp :)

yeah what OS are you using?

ubuntu 12.04

I've barely paid a thought to hinting

though it seems as though FontForge has done so on my behalf

now that you mention the g...

yeah, it doesn't fit :P

at first I didn't notice anything with it, but now that I look at it, could it be that it looks a little thinner?

the upper part

(remember: I know nothing of typography)

I have the g places next to an n, and the n looks fatter :)

but I love it :D

like i said, ANY feedback is better than me just bouncing it around in my head forever

if I have to pick a word for it it would be: Charming

What situation would you use it? that's another thing I'm curious about

interesting, friendly

If I were to sell it, I'd want to be able to show situations where the user could make it work

hmmm my mind drifted to game design, actually

interesting...

but that's just me, because I love game art, and this has a nice vibe to it

like.. steampunk, fairytale, historical

the capitals are the rockstars

It was originally supposed to be just a display typeface. then I decided to try to take it seriously. So yeah the caps came first and I think they look a lot more unique and interesting

I figured I could give it a hipster vibe...it is Brothers-ish and I've seen that around lately

I burnt my onions looking at your font

@Brendan yours is much better

I burnt my screen looking at your font

(Intentionally)

did you hate it that much?

you are so evil

you guys are funny :P

I am so afraid to say anything because you know so much more about fonts than me :X

if I mention something then I'd expect you to quickly retort with "that's how all modern fonts have been constructed since the bronze age, you clearly don't know what you are talking about"

hahaha

Please. Let it fly :D

I'm sure it'll be more useful than "aww it's so prettyyyy"

I noticed it in the M first, but after looking further: the flat uhm, bits(?) are kinda jarring

I guess mostly on the M

but the vertex being flat

the f and the t too

but those don't look jarring to me

brb!

closing as off-topic? graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/21240/…

and it bugs the crap out of me that the bar on the E and F aren't the same angle

and the t

That's more like it guys :D

the flat 't' and 'f' were compromises. I've flirted with angling them...I was trying to check if I had actually done so or not but Illustrator has decided to crash before it loads every time tonight

@JohnB trello.com/c/pDPd4hMA/44-new-off-topic-close-reason-resources for when you have time

the angling could make them fit much better, but it must be a challenge

I like the curves in the a, but seen next to the e, it makes the e too stiff

ok I cant burn more food, got to go!

be back later

I love the font though!

I'm not sure how much I should resolve some of the quirks. I know some of the angles are a bit inconsistent and I know that some of the glyphs probably...look like they were drawn by someone making their first font. But I'm wondering at what point I can say "bahhhh it's just quirky" and get away with it :P

I'm always happy to share how much of an idiot I am: when you posted your portfolio earlier and I saw the font for the first time and read the story with the picture of it on the awning, I was like "wow! he did a really good job of mimicing the font in that picture!"

(yes I realized later that it was a picture you made)

haha i actually do quite a bit of photoshopping at work...i'm in-house and we typically don't purchase stock photography so I have to wrangle free photos here and there.

every once in awhile I have to prank someone too with Photoshop...those are the days where my wife jokingly says she can't believe I get paid to do what I do :P

:D nice

I want to do a couple more of those fake historical photos

I appreciate your feedback...thanks for it!

I'll try to pay more attention to how the angles look

sure! Just gotta remind you one more time that I have no idea what I'm talking about so take it with a grain of salt :)

Greetings

howdy