ProposalsProposal 299
ProposalsProposal 299
Vote of support for designers/creators yet it seems a prophouse round would create more positive outcomes: typeface designers attention, several fonts as outputs, potentially more bang for the buck. Maybe worth reproposing using PH with 3 winning fonts.
I think a Nouns font makes sense to have across the ecosystem, and it will be great to see it built and iterated on in the open. Marco is a talented designer who's already working on initiatives to proliferate the font itself (i.e. working with Google Fonts, creating the Nouns font hats, etc.).
I support the project and believe Marco is a great person for the job.
i don't know enough about typefaces so i retroactively delegated my vote to ripe who does. in response to this tweet where you can see our exchange resulting in this vote for with reason:
a nouns font is a completely new way to proliferate nouns to a relatively untapped, but super valuable audience: designers. imagine the designer who has never heard of nouns, but comes across the nouns typeface on google fonts when browsing font options for a completely unrelated project. that designer does their due-diligence before choosing it & discovers nouns.wtf, a world of cc0 artwork, prop house rounds to get funded, etc. and by using the nouns font in their unrelated project, they expose another audience to a nouns and the cycle continues.
on behalf of UglyDAO: The londrina font that we've been using has added a consistency to much of what happens in nouns. We can see this being a formal replacement for that. The ask seems high but without a true understanding of the effort involved and market rates, it's hard to judge. Based on comments by Krel and Seneca, we are voting for in this different type of proliferation experiment.
Struggling to justify the 18eth ask. If the dao feels a new font is needed I’d suggest opening it up to a Prop House round.
we do find this to be an interesting initiative but are unsure what reasonable pricing for an original typeface is. however seeing the artist/community support around this and potential usage across the ecosystem we will give the benefit of the doubt to the proposing team
+1 to Krel and Seneca's reasons. Budget is relatively high, but I think this has an outsized impact on the ecosystem and makes proliferation through TEXT a game we can start playing.
Supportive of independent creators building open source things in the name of Nouns DAO.
I'll still use Londrina from time to time though.
Having a professional display font would represent a maturity for the brand and would be used in thousands of projects over the next decade. This is something you want a professional typeset designed to create and we should pay market rate. Marco is a great designer to do this and I love this prop. ⌐◨-◨
In general, we like the idea of making Nounish fonts.
But right now, we don't see any connection between this style and Nounish culture.
Also, one of our member(credit to Twitter@Gink5814) think that the Nouns font should be made for other languages as well. For example, the letters in the Seed Phrase Wordlist（github.com） stand for languages. The way the Seed Phase is shown in Nouns is more of a way to communicate than a goal in and of itself.
reVoteWithReason @seneca.eth
A nouns font that we can use across the ecosystem makes a lot of sense. Echoing what other voters have mentioned - I don't think the work is quite there yet but Marco has already stated the following: "these are not final letterforms, that is what the proposal is for, there is a lot of work to be done for this to become a production typeface." My vote FOR is a vote of confidence in Marco to continue to get delve into Nouns culture to find just the right vibe for the font.
(noun40 voting via agora)
+1 to krel's and seneca's vote reasons. worth having a shot on goal for a good display font many can use. excited to see how this develops!
+1 to krel's and seneca's vote reasons. worth having a shot on goal for a good display font many can use. doesn't have to be THE font but something many like to use would be a good aim.
As someone who works with nounish imagery almost on a daily basis, there is definitely a desire for more nounish typeface alternatives. And while i think the current glyphs of the Nouns Display font has some ways to go, i believe Marco will get there.
Zooming out for a bit, one of my deepest convictions re nouns is the compounding value of binding great people to the dao. Allow people who already love nouns to spend their full attention and mind-space on this experiment for some time and beautiful things tend to happen. This pattern has played out over and over.
I believe Marco is a great person to expand Nouns to new audiences in typography and graphic design. 18 eth is a very modest ask relative to the potential upside, and just looking at raw opportunity cost, i think its a no-brainer for the dao to fund Marco.
A nouns font that we can use across the ecosystem makes a lot of sense.
Echoing what other voters have mentioned - I don't think the work is quite there yet but Marco has already stated the following:
"these are not final letterforms, that is what the proposal is for, there is a lot of work to be done for this to become a production typeface."
My vote FOR is a vote of confidence in Marco to continue to get delve into Nouns culture to find just the right vibe for the font.
Hello! thanks for putting together this proposal :D I'm generally very in favour of creating a nounish display font, but unfortunately the current glyphs don't feel like they're quite there yet.
They're in an awkward spot between playful and formal, without being fully either, and therefore hard to use in practice. Would encourage the propose to lean more heavily into the playful direction
Would encourage the proposer to refine the design further and re-propose.
Not mad on the font itself (personal preference) nor this method for deciding THE font....not that I think there need to be one tbh
This is a hobby thing and doesnt require a roadmap or funding for 18 eth.
If for whatever reason people think we do need a new font (I dont) ... run a prop house round (I probably wouldnt)
Why don’t we have a proper Nounish display font? Let’s make one that everybody can use. Recognizable, fun, CC0. For Nouns projects, products and beyond. Requesting 18 eth.
On websites, videos, gear, and other items, the display typeface a user sees is one of the most critical aspects of visual recognition.
A display typeface performs numerous functions like an oft-needed guide for a weary traveler. It reassures users, gives them a good feeling, creates understanding, and establishes direction. Of all the typefaces used in Nouns materials–outside of Nountown–none feel particularly Nounish. This is because there aren’t any genuinely Nounish display fonts available for use. We aim to solve that–Nouners need more tools for their evergrowing toolbox to help spread the lore of Nouns.
The Nountown typeface is inspiring. Picking up where Gremplin left off, I propose creating a unique, beautiful, functional Nounish display typeface with a CC0 license available for general use. We use CC0, so this font can be a starting point for a whole suite of open-source Nounish fonts, bolstering the ecosystem visually. Nouns Display is a font L1 that many L2s can be built on. Eg., Nouns Display and lil nouns display.
Thanks to the generous support of our prop house proposal we have a start. The initial sketches, and process can be seen on our microsite nounsfonts.wtf
This proposal allows us to finish a full-featured CCO typeface that everyone can use on nouns projects, products, and beyond.
We will produce a limited run of distinctly tasteful gear featuring the typeface upon launch.
We will submit Nouns Display for inclusion in the Google Fonts catalogue for wide distribution and easy use in Figma.
It will be used on Zora’s new profiles pages.
We will structure a Zora-based NFT launch when the typeface is complete. Nouns Display would be the first NFT of a usable production typeface, effectively disrupting the typeface industry with NFTs and opening up a new paradigm for fonts as financial assets.
I am Marco Braunschweiler, a designer with a background in art, and I make typefaces that I use everyday. I’ve worked with Tribute Labs, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Acura, Sonos, The New York Times, and NTS Radio.
My fonts are here: m-a-r-c-o.com/typefaces My design studio is here: openwindow.studio
Phase 1 is complete. This proposal is for phases 2, and 3. Requesting 18 ETH.
Phase One – Complete Initial Sketches of Uppercase Letterforms We want to make sure we’re getting it right and creating something everyone loves; in this phase, we’ve done the research and made sketches for the initial letters, uppercase A–Z. Results are viewable at nounsfonts.wtf.
Phase Two – Up Next Drawing all Latin Glyphs Now that research is done and a direction is established, we draw all the uppercase and lowercase Latin glyphs. At the end of this phase, we will have drawings of all the characters used. We will work with Nounish designers to test the typeface and collect feedback.
Phase Three – Finish Line Updates, Revision, Mastering The finish line. We work to refine the typeface and master it for use across platforms. At the end of this phase, we have the final files that anyone can use to make their projects, and the world, look a bit more Nounish.
Spec Sheet Final typeface will be ready for wide-use, and will include the following:
Why don’t we have a proper Nounish display font? Let’s make one that everybody can use. Recognizable, fun, CC0. For Nouns projects, products and beyond. Requesting 18 eth.
On websites, videos, gear, and other items, the display typeface a user sees is one of the most critical aspects of visual recognition.
A display typeface performs numerous functions like an oft-needed guide for a weary traveler. It reassures users, gives them a good feeling, creates understanding, and establishes direction. Of all the typefaces used in Nouns materials–outside of Nountown–none feel particularly Nounish. This is because there aren’t any genuinely Nounish display fonts available for use. We aim to solve that–Nouners need more tools for their evergrowing toolbox to help spread the lore of Nouns.
The Nountown typeface is inspiring. Picking up where Gremplin left off, I propose creating a unique, beautiful, functional Nounish display typeface with a CC0 license available for general use. We use CC0, so this font can be a starting point for a whole suite of open-source Nounish fonts, bolstering the ecosystem visually. Nouns Display is a font L1 that many L2s can be built on. Eg., Nouns Display and lil nouns display.
Thanks to the generous support of our prop house proposal we have a start. The initial sketches, and process can be seen on our microsite nounsfonts.wtf
This proposal allows us to finish a full-featured CCO typeface that everyone can use on nouns projects, products, and beyond.
We will produce a limited run of distinctly tasteful gear featuring the typeface upon launch.
We will submit Nouns Display for inclusion in the Google Fonts catalogue for wide distribution and easy use in Figma.
It will be used on Zora’s new profiles pages.
We will structure a Zora-based NFT launch when the typeface is complete. Nouns Display would be the first NFT of a usable production typeface, effectively disrupting the typeface industry with NFTs and opening up a new paradigm for fonts as financial assets.
I am Marco Braunschweiler, a designer with a background in art, and I make typefaces that I use everyday. I’ve worked with Tribute Labs, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Acura, Sonos, The New York Times, and NTS Radio.
My fonts are here: m-a-r-c-o.com/typefaces My design studio is here: openwindow.studio
Phase 1 is complete. This proposal is for phases 2, and 3. Requesting 18 ETH.
Phase One – Complete Initial Sketches of Uppercase Letterforms We want to make sure we’re getting it right and creating something everyone loves; in this phase, we’ve done the research and made sketches for the initial letters, uppercase A–Z. Results are viewable at nounsfonts.wtf.
Phase Two – Up Next Drawing all Latin Glyphs Now that research is done and a direction is established, we draw all the uppercase and lowercase Latin glyphs. At the end of this phase, we will have drawings of all the characters used. We will work with Nounish designers to test the typeface and collect feedback.
Phase Three – Finish Line Updates, Revision, Mastering The finish line. We work to refine the typeface and master it for use across platforms. At the end of this phase, we have the final files that anyone can use to make their projects, and the world, look a bit more Nounish.
Spec Sheet Final typeface will be ready for wide-use, and will include the following:
