extra fancy crap

[vtwin_gary]

help i've looked through more fonts & font sites than i care to admit. Anyone have a favorite Extra fancy script with lots of swopies & curls?
my direction was: "kinda like this but maybe fancier" :eek:
http://www.foxrunbedandbreakfast.com/FoxLogo.gif

thanks

[hewligan]

http://www.dafont.com/chopin-script.font

http://www.dafont.com/porcelain.font

http://www.dafont.com/english.font

[budafist]

Porcelain is so sexy.

[vtwin_gary]

thanks. i had 2 of 3 of those but i did not have porcelain. me likey.

[Silence04]

looks like they've added some of those curls...
these are the closest ones i have:
http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/9707/fontsfz4.jpg

[budafist]

Someone should design a distorted Flemish Script and call it Phlegmish Script :D

Ok, I crack myself up...

[vtwin_gary]

looks like they've added some of those curls...
these are the closest ones i have:
http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/9707/fontsfz4.jpg

I'm not looking to match it. the customer just wants lots of curly q's. He found this & liked it so i passed it on to show everyone the general idea.

[hewligan]

I'd totally go with Porcelain. Buda's right, it's hot.

Man, if any one had warned me when I went into design that one day I'd find myself looking at a font and need a cold shower, well, I'd probably have done something else.

[budafist]

Don't worry Hewligan you are in good company ;)

[vtwin_gary]

well i'm liking http://www.dafont.com/scriptina.font?nb_ppp=50&psize=s

[budafist]

I remember now! I used Porcelain in this (http://www.graphicdesignforum.com/forum/showpost.php?p=351179&postcount=9)...how could I forget!

[budafist]

Scriptina is nice but I feel like it's been done to death...

[hewligan]

I'd do Scriptina, but I'd be thinking of Porcelain.

[morea]

lmao... use protection. I hear she's been done to death. :D

[hewligan]

Oh, I'd never go anywhere near her without a good font manager.

You can never be too careful with some of these slutty, slutty fonts.

[budafist]

Hahaha! Good one guys...

[urstwile]

Did you guys post in this thread after posting in the Font Fetish thread? :D

Gary, you might want to look at fonts that are in OpenType format, some of them have some fancy swashes that aren't in the default set, but make the swashes accessible to you if you select that as an option. For example, Bickham Pro, with swashes turned on (no pun intended):

http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/8610/picture2sl5.jpg

[urstwile]

I'd do Scriptina, but I'd be thinking of Porcelain.
Font chica font font!

[Red Kittie Kat]

Here are a couple that I have always found very sexy :D


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v54/RedKittieKat/Snow/sexy.jpg

[hewligan]

Font chica font font!

I am totally the font porn-star.

Come here you dirty little script, I'm gonna stick my serif in your bowl.

[hewligan]

The l-b ligature in Albemarle there is absolutely gorgeous.

I'm gonna need another cold shower...

[urstwile]

LOL, Hewligan. But I totally agree, that l-b ligature is scrumptious.

[Red Kittie Kat]

take a deep breath Hewligan ... I won't post anymore tonight :D

[EC]

well i'm liking http://www.dafont.com/scriptina.font?nb_ppp=50&psize=s


I was gonna say that. Porcelain has also been done to death imo. That's the problem with using free fonts, the rare decent ones get over exposed.

[EC]

Did you guys post in this thread after posting in the Font Fetish thread? :D

Gary, you might want to look at fonts that are in OpenType format, some of them have some fancy swashes that aren't in the default set, but make the swashes accessible to you if you select that as an option. For example, Bickham Pro, with swashes turned on (no pun intended):

http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/8610/picture2sl5.jpg

Lovely.

[urstwile]

Lovely.
The OpenType format is really exciting when the font is built to really utilize it. Okay, I'm going to take a cold shower now too. LOL.

[EC]

The OpenType format is really exciting when the font is built to really utilize it. Okay, I'm going to take a cold shower now too. LOL.

I am a real sucker for a beautiful script font. mmmm.

[urstwile]

Yeah, I really like them (of course, in context). What I love about OpenType is the whole contextual alternates and swash abilities, provided the font has that stuff built in.

Amazingly, Bickham comes with the Creative Suite, I think it's a lovely font, swash on and swash off. :)

[EC]

ooooh, I do have bickham lol (I use 2 computers, only one has the suite installed). how do you do that swash thing now?

[urstwile]

Choose Bickham Pro, then (depending on the program, in InDesign, it's in the character palette, I'm guessing it's in the same spot for the other two), choose the triangle flyout menu, OpenType options, and select swashes.

Mind you I'm on a Mac, so it might look different on your system in terms of the menus and options thingies.

[hewligan]

Mind you I'm on a Mac, so it might look different on your system in terms of the menus and options thingies.

Nah, Indy's menus are much the same on both Windows and Mac OS.

[urstwile]

Good to know, Hewligan. Having no way to test it.

How were your cold showers? ;)

[hewligan]

Considering what the weather's like in Auckland at the moment, cold showers are great.

[urstwile]

Oh yeah, you guys are having a heat wave right now, arent'cha?

[hewligan]

Oh, hell yeah.

And, unlike Buda, I'm totally not built for this summer nonsense.

One day, I'm gonna track d wn whoever's responsible for this global warming crap, and I'm totally gonna kick their arse. The hot, I do not like....

[budafist]

Hey I don't do humidity either...Though today was cooler I think. Windier too. I couldn't open the window to cool down because the wind was moving stuff around it was slamming all the doors closed.

Next thing you know, NZ will be a jungle...We've pretty much had a monsoon season. Especially before Christmas.

[EC]

Choose Bickham Pro, then (depending on the program, in InDesign, it's in the character palette, I'm guessing it's in the same spot for the other two), choose the triangle flyout menu, OpenType options, and select swashes.

Mind you I'm on a Mac, so it might look different on your system in terms of the menus and options thingies.

Damn Urst, you've changed my life! :D That's so rad.

[morea]

great tip, Urst, I didn't know that one either.

font chicka font font, lmao!

[Broacher]

I don't touch fancy scripts anymore. And I get nervous about even modest ones.

It's almost like having an allergy to cat hairs.

[Red Kittie Kat]

lmaooo Broacher :D

I think there is a pill for that ;)

[Mynock]

This is in photography. :/

[Red Kittie Kat]

Not anymore :D

[morea]

or any less. :D

[fredrich]

Choose Bickham Pro, then (depending on the program, in InDesign, it's in the character palette, I'm guessing it's in the same spot for the other two), choose the triangle flyout menu, OpenType options, and select swashes.

Mind you I'm on a Mac, so it might look different on your system in terms of the menus and options thingies.

Can't find the OpenType options on the flyout. Maybe I don't have the full version? Mine is called Bickham Script Pro Regular.

[hewligan]

Just tried it. I have Bickham Script Pro Regular and it worked fine in Indesign CS2 (and, as I vaguely recall the options were the same on CS1). Are you sure you're looking in the right place?

Open the character palette (Window -> Type & Tables -> Character) and click the little arrow on the palette for the flyout menu. In the flyout menu is a submenu called "OpenType." From that, select swashes.

[fredrich]

Just tried it. I have Bickham Script Pro Regular and it worked fine in Indesign CS2 (and, as I vaguely recall the options were the same on CS1). Are you sure you're looking in the right place?

Open the character palette (Window -> Type & Tables -> Character) and click the little arrow on the palette for the flyout menu. In the flyout menu is a submenu called "OpenType." From that, select swashes.

I focused too much on the how-to, so I didn't notice it was InDesign, and not Illustrator. Worked fine in InDesign. Looking good, very classy. Turning on Distcretionary Ligatures can make it even swoshier.

[Alan G]

To really get the best flexibility out of Bickham in Indy, use the Glyphs palette. The very top of the list of the "Show" options is "Alternates for current selection." This is one I couldn't live without for fancy OpenType fonts, or even swashes in Garamond italics.

If you turn on swashes or contextual alternates in the OpenType menu, you get a kitchen sink approach that works fine for many situations, but in dealing with something like Bickham, where there are anywhere from three to more than a dozen alternates for any given character, upper or lower case, various ligatures, etc., the Glyphs palette is the only way to go.

For all you fellow fancy type freaks, the one I've been drooling over lately is this one:
http://www.linotype.com/3175/pirouette.html?PHPSESSID=2cbaaee398e2c79cb3ee69efb 7101060

[hewligan]

I focused too much on the how-to, so I didn't notice it was InDesign, and not Illustrator. Worked fine in InDesign. Looking good, very classy. Turning on Distcretionary Ligatures can make it even swoshier.

Well, you can do it in Illy, too, but it's a slightly different process. You need to open the Window->Type->OpenType palette (or, if you already have the character palette open, it will be the third tab in that group). From the flyout menu of the opentype palette, click Swash.

[Alan G]

Further note: Illy also has the Glyphs palette, with the same Alternates for Current Selection option.

In both palettes, you have to scroll up to find this option. For obscure (or possibly hysterical) raisins, it's not visible when you first click the drop-down. It's only selectable when you have a character or valid character pair selected with the type tool.

WARNING: Use of the Glyphs palette can be highly addictive. Symptoms include red eyes, lack of sleep, weight loss, and sudden outbreaks of hysterical laughter at inappropriate moments.

[hewligan]

Biggest problem I have from using the glyphs palette is that I seem to have developed this bizarre, obsessive need to look up all kinds of unlikely unicode characters, and find out exactly what they are.

[Alan G]

Yep. Addictive. In only a few short weeks I went from social glyph hunting to finding excuses to look up glyphs to looking for new glyphs at home, at work, in Starbucks... I promised myself I would always practice safe glyph exchange, but it's been close, a few times. Still, I only have 49,873 unicode characters to go, so it won't last forever.

[hewligan]

I'd like to get my hands on a font that supports the Ogham glyphs, but I'm never sure why...

[fredrich]

Further note: Illy also has the Glyphs palette, with the same Alternates for Current Selection option.

In both palettes, you have to scroll up to find this option. For obscure (or possibly hysterical) raisins, it's not visible when you first click the drop-down. It's only selectable when you have a character or valid character pair selected with the type tool.

WARNING: Use of the Glyphs palette can be highly addictive. Symptoms include red eyes, lack of sleep, weight loss, and sudden outbreaks of hysterical laughter at inappropriate moments.

Nice, but not nice for my eyes and lack of sleep. But one thing is annoying me a little bit, the glyph-window is way to wide, I just want to have it as a pane in my apperance window at the right of the screen, but it drags the appearance menu right (outside of the screen) aswell, so some of the options are no longer visible until I drag the menu to the left again.

[budafist]

Thought I'd post this in here.

Is Hurricane font sexy or verging on too messy?
http://www.dafont.com/hurricane-supadupas.font

[urstwile]

I don't know if I'd call it sexy, but used in the right situation, it could be cool.

[Red Kittie Kat]

see now at first glance its pretty ... then I see trouble with it. Too many fine details for the styles I usually work with.

[Alex Traska]

just seen this thread. I vote Porcelain too. used it recently in this piece for a Handmade Corset Company

http://www.myhouse-yourhouse.net/flyers/other/kaos/koas_a3poster_redprev.jpg

[budafist]

Lovely flower illustrations Alex!

[Red Kittie Kat]

I have a feelling Alex could make any font look sexy :D

[Alex Traska]

HAHAHHA I reckon I might need viagra in the case of Comic Sans.

[Red Kittie Kat]

lmaooooo :D


Well if there was a way to do it... I'm sure you could :D

[hewligan]

On the subject of Porcelain, have the rest of you checked out Misprinted type (http://www.misprintedtype.com/), the website of the guy who designed it? There are a bunch of free fonts (http://www.misprintedtype.com/v3/fonts.php) there - mostly grunge stuff.

Plus, it's just kinda cool.

[budafist]

I certainly have hewligan! I love how they display an image with each font too. Now those are some unique type specimen sheets!

[Typically]

Thought I'd post this in here.

Is Hurricane font sexy or verging on too messy?
http://www.dafont.com/hurricane-supadupas.font

it's a little to sloppy for me. the last call kind of font =]

[CatintheHat1]

http://www.dafont.com/chopin-script.font

http://www.dafont.com/porcelain.font

http://www.dafont.com/english.font

Chopin-Script is a direct rip-off of Polonaise by URW.

http://www.myfonts.com/search?search%5Btext%5D=polonaise

I see it says "public domain" at DaFont now, but years ago I wrote whoever had put it on there and he sent me to Polonaise if I wanted to use it commercially.

C.