Thinking in a work flow for type design using Inkscape, this could be a very useful tool to be incorporated when planing multiple weights.

New letters for Coiny and a lot of decisions to get tomorrow...it seems some letters just don't belong to this family....

Just trying to draw my n letter from Coiny typeface with powerstroke. It seems this tool has a huge potencial to draw a first vector from a sketche. Some points: that overlap we can see on the right steam of n, crashes the software when imported to fontforge. You need to convert object to path an import again. It works without conversion when we don't have an overlap like in the left steam. Power stroke could create less nodes when we convert object to path, but it's easy to resolve with simplify in Inkscape (Control+L).

Fala Felipe, estou compartilhando um exercício do powerstroke no Inkscape e também feito no illustrator com a width tool para fins de comparação.  Acho que o esqueleto do path aparecer o tempo todo é bem útil e tb você pode avaliar a possibilidade de inserir mais controle para os nós utilizando as hastes horizontais. Enfim, como já tínhamos visto, tem muitos travamentos que acho o mais importante a corrigir agora pra poder fazer testes mais complexos.

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My work today refining some shapes, trying no to be so bold to have best results on small sizes.

Thinking about it, I have some options to follow:

1)Follow this shape, finding the balance between geometric and hand painted style, but trying to be different from this Dave mentioned as similar: https://www.google.com/search?q=modak+font&tbm=isch

2) Go to rounded hot dog style, pure and geometric curve. Can be a good option to test powerstroke with all shapes but need some flavor to become a good project.

3) Like this result because there's some kind of horizontal rhythm pushing the letters to the baseline. This version isn't refined to small sizes yet.

my n refined in fontforge after drawing with powerstroke

Fala Felipe, aqui a segunda parte com o teste com ferramenta similar.

Today I'm starting a new project for GWF with great challenges ahead, very different than my first type, Londrina //  https://github.com/marcelommp/Londrina-Typeface typeface. //

I named this project Coiny, because I think it's a funny name, easy to talk and also it's linked with some of inspirations what I'm looking to draw my first letters. As the letterings that we can see in a Hot-Dog or Ice Cream stand. Certainly with some coins in your pocket you can have some fun. Searching for inspiration in vernacular typography to mix elements with the simplicity of a geometric modular font are my goals to start drawing. Fat-face and Fun are keywords of this project.

In addition to the Latin alphabet I'll work also in Tamil, that is a great opportunity to dive into another culture. And of course, using and helping to improve the tools that I  love to work and encouraging the use in my classes here in Brazil, Inkscape and Fontforge, it's gonna be great.

I hope to get help and opinions of everyone!

https://github.com/marcelommp/Coinyhttp://marcelommp.github.io/Coiny/

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Today' work
• Get involved with social network to share this project
• Understand Github in general and publish a page via Github pages
• Organize references to start a presentation to share the development of this typeface

Tomorrow's Work
• Draw a lot on pape
r• Start testing some shapes in Inkscape
• Share with Felipe a screenscast using powerstroke and a similar tool from proprietary software