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SparklyDest β Pixel Pirate
Published: 2011-07-24 04:00:13 +0000 UTC; Views: 7633; Favourites: 267; Downloads: 856
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Due to many pirate-y things in my life as of late, I have been tempted to do a little fan art. I considered turning said fan art into a stamp. I knew the only type of font that would really suit it would be something "pirate"-esque. And, of course, I couldn't find anything to fit that bill.
SO! I did what I felt I needed to...and made meself a pirate pixel font, ARG! 
I based my letters off of Piece of Eight Font as it was the closest I could find to what I wanted. Each letter is hand-pixelled and as close to this as I could make it.
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Some advice when using this:
It is used best at 3 pt (8 pixel).
As a heads up, in some instances you might have to add a random letter to have your word come in crisp. You can then go in and erase the letter manually. (If someone knows of another way to correct that, please share. I am still new at font making and am kinda guessing as I go.
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If you use this, I would love a link to see what you made with it.
Credit would also be nice, but isn't really necessary* Thank you to ^stuck-in-suburbia and =BlissfullySarcastic for helping me tweak the final product.
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is this font available for commercial purposes? such as the creation of a logo for a gaming channel.
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used font hereΒ sugarislife28.deviantart.com/aβ¦
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Used on my new avatar for my new group
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i dont get it. how exactly do you use it?? note me with info? im a newbie to this!
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First you download it, then you have to unzip it (with .winrar I think...google it 
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Swab the poop deck!!
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Arr, ye'll walk the plank fer that remarrk!
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Thanks for the feature!
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LOL I could have used this for my pirate stamp! (I actually am working on a pirate font because of that, but it will be much bigger and different.) I love how you managed to make this stylized and so tiny, too. Very nice work.
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I was toying with the idea of making this for a week or so now...then I saw your stamp! I thought, dang...I should have gotten on this sooner.
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Well, when working out the styling for the one I want to do, I was thinking I wouldn't be able to get too small. But that is because of the big flourishes. I think this is awesome since I always love and need tiny fonts (as you know).
It's addictive, isn't it?
Though, the pirate font will probably wait a couple of months. I'm actually working on a pixel font based directly on my own writing. It's been a fun challenge.
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It's so very addictive! 
I have toy with doing something with my own handwriting...but that would take a dedication I don't think I really have in me at the moment. 
Good luck with yours!
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Well, the thing to remember about fonts is they are not like emotes. Very often, I have a pixel font WIP in my folder for 6-8 months before finishing it. Sometimes I get an inspiration and can pixel out a font set in a few days. I have some great fonts I want to render, but I end up doing something different ahead of it. The beauty of them is that you upload them every now and then and that usually works out the best.
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True that. But, I do think it's a bit different when you are doing overly stylized genre fonts. I can sit down and pixel out a regular set in one sitting or online (like I did originally for my BMW fonts). But when you are doing something like your gothic or pirate fonts, there's really a lot more attention to detail that's needed. I do know people who can sit down and do it off the cuff, but most fontologists I've talked to need a bit of time to really work out the design.
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