the björk font thread

Dot · Postby **Dot** » Fri Sep 05, 2014 1:03 am

Huuuuge thank you to Crystalline63 for all the hard work at reproducing most of the fonts we were missing, and to benjicoq for getting us some of the official ones and for the help on the recreations!

hello there,

we are very happy and honored of the painstaking work done by the fans to recreate the fonts we created for björk, and are happy as well for you all to play with them and do your own personal cover art. since these are so specific and were crafted specifically for björk, we are only asking you to not use these in any commercial context, as we do not sell or distribute our fonts to be used by others.

it's not so much about control, it is more about preventing those signs to carry messages that they were not designed for, even if your best friend food truck would look amazing in the vulnicura font — which you've completed before us! yay.
we hope you'll understand.

more visual treats coming soon your way we'll hope you'll enjoy.

love from m/m

Enjoy!

ogeid · Postby **ogeid** » Fri Sep 05, 2014 3:49 am

thank you very much

wereduck · Postby **wereduck** » Fri Sep 05, 2014 8:09 am

Wow, you can see a lot of work went into this! Thank you very much for sharing it

benjicoq · Postby **benjicoq** » Fri Sep 05, 2014 8:47 am

ah, i never went as far as making it into a proper font, because the volta font is Tricolor... 2 colors for each letter plus the little bones in another color...
I just kept my individual letter parts in illustrator to create the words by hand on my volta creations

and yeah, the ones available until now were pretty approximative

congrats, tough, it will be appreciated

Dot · Postby **Dot** » Fri Sep 05, 2014 10:13 am

The lowercase "j" is a little further up than it should be, for if I have put it in the correct way it would get cut by the bottom. I hope that isn't much trouble...

However, I'm really glad you appreciate the effort put into this!
If you want me to work in any other Björk font, just let me know

benjicoq · Postby **benjicoq** » Fri Sep 05, 2014 11:57 am

well i think all bjork fonts are covered, right now.. am i wrong?

Dot · Postby **Dot** » Fri Sep 05, 2014 12:52 pm

well i think all bjork fonts are covered, right now.. am i wrong?

What do you mean by "covered"?

benjicoq · Postby **benjicoq** » Fri Sep 05, 2014 1:25 pm

well i think all bjork fonts are covered, right now.. am i wrong?
What do you mean by "covered"?

well, sorry, it may be a french-ism

i meant all bjork fonts have been identified / leaked / remade by fans...
i don't think we miss one?

benjicoq · Postby **benjicoq** » Fri Sep 05, 2014 1:37 pm

by the way, beware, i received legal notices by mail by m/m paris when the fonts i recreated were made available to download on bjorkish.net... i would not want to to have trouble

Dot · Postby **Dot** » Fri Sep 05, 2014 2:07 pm

well i think all bjork fonts are covered, right now.. am i wrong?
What do you mean by "covered"?
well, sorry, it may be a french-ism
i meant all bjork fonts have been identified / leaked / remade by fans...
i don't think we miss one?

Oh I see! Well, I meant like improve the already existing ones.

by the way, beware, i received legal notices by mail by m/m paris when the fonts i recreated were made available to download on bjorkish.net... i would not want to to have trouble

I'm aware something like this is bound to happen, that's why I made sure to write down that I understand if I get requested to take it down.

benjicoq · Postby **benjicoq** » Fri Sep 05, 2014 2:40 pm

well, i can send you what i did on the medulla ones, if you want to improve it (i'm sure there's room for improvement), the illustrator files and such?

the other ones are the official ones ... i'm doing the GH font right now, if you want the raw files i can send them too

faber · Postby **faber** » Fri Sep 05, 2014 2:43 pm

Well I don't know if M/M will have something against it, but in any case I hastily download this font

Thank you Dot!

Dot · Postby **Dot** » Fri Sep 05, 2014 3:52 pm

well, i can send you what i did on the medulla ones, if you want to improve it (i'm sure there's room for improvement), the illustrator files and such?

the other ones are the official ones ... i'm doing the GH font right now, if you want the raw files i can send them too

Thanks! But as the old-schooler that I am, I still use Windows XP

and I don't want to download Photoshop/Illustrator for it'll occupy all the space free in my computer, so I use PhotoScape.
Which means those files wouldn't open.

I appreciate your help though

Well I don't know if M/M will have something against it, but in any case I hastily download this font Thank you Dot!

Anytime, Faber!

benjicoq · Postby **benjicoq** » Fri Sep 05, 2014 4:14 pm

aw , too bad you have to start from scratch if you wanna work on them

well, do you have the fonts (ttf files) ?

Dot · Postby **Dot** » Fri Sep 05, 2014 4:49 pm

aw , too bad you have to start from scratch if you wanna work on them
well, do you have the fonts (ttf files) ?

Yes, I do!
And yeah, there is a "Modify Font" option on the program I use, so I'm pretty sure it'll work!

benjicoq · Postby **benjicoq** » Fri Sep 05, 2014 4:55 pm

Yeah. But having the basic blocks used in those letter separate would be easier :/

Magnetar · Postby **Magnetar** » Fri Sep 05, 2014 5:18 pm

Looks great! Thank you Dot.

benjicoq · Postby **benjicoq** » Fri Sep 05, 2014 5:44 pm

if you need a starting point one day , here's what i have in stock :

LoveGood · Postby **LoveGood** » Fri Sep 05, 2014 6:01 pm

Don't know if it is a proper font, but I really like the

written

benjicoq · Postby **benjicoq** » Fri Sep 05, 2014 6:05 pm

Don't know if it is a proper font, but I really like the written

it is

Dot · Postby **Dot** » Fri Sep 05, 2014 6:44 pm

if you need a starting point one day , here's what i have in stock :

Illustrator is quite easier in this case, indeed. I've worked with it at school before.
But yeah if I ever need those, I'll shoot you a PM

himynameisyoshi · Postby **himynameisyoshi** » Fri Sep 05, 2014 10:22 pm

Thank you very much! The font is indeed much better than the one we had before.
BTW could you please share the font that you used to write 'a volta font'?
I've been searching for it like crazy but can't seem ti find it anywhere.

Hello fellow 4ummers!

I don't know if any of you have noticed, but the Volta font available on the internet is a not-so-well-done fanmade font. A few letters are different from the letters on the single covers of the Volta era, which makes me a bit annoyed sometimes.
So I started working on this font a few months ago and I finally finished it.

This new font includes lowercase to the letters "j", "ö" and "r" (to compose the Björk logo); letters with and without "bones"; exclamation and question marks, comma, full stop, hyphen, apostrophe, colon, semi colon, quotation marks and the respective "bones" so you can structure the letter by yourself with a different color more easily.

I made a simple presentation with all the characters, which can be found below.

I hope you enjoy this font, and find it useful somehow.
I know it's not perfect, but at least it's usable.

SIDE NOTE: If you find any trouble with any character don't be afraid to let me know for I'll be sure to fix it as soon as possible.

(I am, indeed, aware the original producers of this font are M/M Paris, but if the other Björk fonts are available for free download on the Internet, I see no reason why this one shouldn't. This is a reproduction with no commercial use intended. If I get requested to take it down, though, I will respectfully do it.)

DOWNLOAD

Dot · Postby **Dot** » Fri Sep 05, 2014 10:29 pm

Thank you very much! The font is indeed much better than the one we had before.
BTW could you please share the font that you used to write 'a volta font'?
I've been searching for it like crazy but can't seem ti find it anywhere.

Glad you like it!

And sure! Here it is

LoveGood · Postby **LoveGood** » Fri Sep 05, 2014 11:27 pm

Don't know if it is a proper font, but I really like the written
it is

Thank you

don't know why to use it now, but it'll come handy eventually

Apex · Postby **Apex** » Sat Sep 06, 2014 1:45 am

Glad you like it!
And sure! Here it is

THX! I was looking for it as well

Magnetar · Postby **Magnetar** » Sat Sep 06, 2014 9:16 am

Does anybody know what the third font on the third row is called?

wereduck · Postby **wereduck** » Sat Sep 06, 2014 9:53 am

Wow, that's quite a list, federico!
Thanks for the links and for the logos

Dot · Postby **Dot** » Sat Sep 06, 2014 12:29 pm

Thanks for all of that, Federico!
You identified a few fonts I've been looking for in a long time!

benjicoq · Postby **benjicoq** » Sat Sep 06, 2014 12:49 pm

ha ! i knew of all real fonts

. custom stuff for a few letters i don't really bother with

and pre solo stuff

lobster · Postby **lobster** » Fri Mar 27, 2015 7:42 am

where is FEDERICO?!!?

NakedAndLaughing · Postby **NakedAndLaughing** » Fri Mar 27, 2015 7:48 am

As far as I know he asked the mod to delete his account, but he should have made a new one. If he has made a new ne yet, I don't know it.

martin · Postby **martin** » Fri Mar 27, 2015 9:14 am

what about the vulnicura sewn font?

lobster · Postby **lobster** » Fri Mar 27, 2015 10:32 am

lobster · Postby **lobster** » Fri Mar 27, 2015 10:33 am

As far as I know he asked the mod to delete his account, but he should have made a new one. If he has made a new ne yet, I don't know it.

martin · Postby **martin** » Sat Mar 28, 2015 3:17 pm

thanks. however not the vulnicura font but the VULNICURA SEWED FONT (see physical booklet).... anyone?

benjicoq · Postby **benjicoq** » Sat Mar 28, 2015 3:21 pm

first (i'm sorry if it's a bit harsh) this in not even close to looking like the vulnicura font : it's not hollowed like that (and the font would never work with all letters being at the same level anyway)
second, it's impossible to make a "font" out of something that has color nuances (like the sewn letter, that have shadows and stuff)... a font has to be solid...

lobster · Postby **lobster** » Sat Mar 28, 2015 7:18 pm

the font inside the booklet is AVUS PRO.
the lettering "sewed" is made one by one because each level is too irregular and the combination are endless!

benjicoq · Postby **benjicoq** » Sat Mar 28, 2015 10:53 pm

exactly

Crystalline63 · Postby **Crystalline63** » Thu Apr 02, 2015 10:51 am

Whoa! This reproduction of the "Vulnicura" font is pretty amazing!

Congratulations! I never thought it was possible...!

Crystalline63 · Postby **Crystalline63** » Thu Apr 02, 2015 10:54 am

By the way, is there an official font (or maybe a fanmade one) for the "Voltaïc" box set?

I tried to reproduce the letters with rounds (quite easy

), but I definitely can't redo the "flame" and "bone" symbols in it... Any ideas?

benjicoq · Postby **benjicoq** » Thu Apr 02, 2015 10:59 am

here's what the font really looks like

it can be extracted from the pdf booklet

but as i said, it's not possible to use is as a "font", since the letters join at different levels, and have many possibilities to be joined. The fact that it ca also be bi-color is a reason it cannot be transformed as a font

Crystalline63 · Postby **Crystalline63** » Thu Apr 02, 2015 11:05 am

Thank you for the tip, Benjicoq!
Even if it's impossible to use it as a standard font, I'm going to extract the letters anyway.

I saw you managed to reproduce some Björk's font very well.
Would you mind helping me for the "Voltaïc" font I'm making, please?

Crystalline63 · Postby **Crystalline63** » Thu Apr 02, 2015 11:16 am

UPDATE: I found the digital booklet, and tried to extract the letters. I just have PNG logos, and I only have the font used for the lyrics. But I don't have the individual letters like on your image. Is it normal?

I just realised I didn't have this digital booklet... so disappointed

m.thr.n · Postby **m.thr.n** » Thu Apr 02, 2015 1:25 pm

You can always chop it up and edit in a simple image editing software, and have some fun.

Crystalline63 · Postby **Crystalline63** » Thu Apr 02, 2015 2:09 pm

That could be a solution, indeed.

Dot · Postby **Dot** » Thu Apr 02, 2015 2:23 pm

Now that you mention it, I'd love a Voltaïc font

benjicoq · Postby **benjicoq** » Thu Apr 02, 2015 3:29 pm

it's already been done

(look at the lowercase letters, the uppercase are wrongly done volta letters)

benjicoq · Postby **benjicoq** » Thu Apr 02, 2015 3:31 pm

You can always chop it up and edit in a simple image editing software, and have some fun.

yeah, that's how i do it (well i do it in illustrator which is pore potent and allows color variations, but it's for now the only way to do it)

Crystalline63 · Postby **Crystalline63** » Thu Apr 02, 2015 3:37 pm

Now that you mention it, I'd love a Voltaïc font

I understand, I would love it too

Right now, I'm working on a reproduction of this "Voltaïc" font. I'll try to show you a snippet of what I already made (the standard letters, actually)... if I manage to insert a picture in my posts! I don't know how to do it!

By the way, I wanted to congratulate you for your fantastic "Brass" font! You did a perfect job, really. It's not even possible to compare your work to the first fanmade "Volta" font that appeared on the web...!

Crystalline63 · Postby **Crystalline63** » Thu Apr 02, 2015 3:39 pm

it's already been done
(look at the lowercase letters, the uppercase are wrongly done volta letters)

I really didn't know that there was already a reproduction of the "Voltaïc" font... I should be more attentive! Thanks

Is there a way to donwload it, please?