agave font - b.agaric.net
Agave was an attempt at making a small, monospaced, outline font that would be geometrically regular and simple. The endeavor was motivated by a deep adoration of old-school console bitmap fonts, of Consolas, of Pragmata Pro, as well as a novice's curiosity for typographical design.
When it came to establishing a "simple" design scheme, the natural inclination was to separate the glyph design concerns into that of "frame" and "trait". By frame, we refer to the naive geometric extent of a glyph and its parts. And by trait, we mean, for example, the "way" in which a stroke curves, or the relationship between one part of a glyph and another.
Adhering to personal tastes, bone-deep laziness, and the quirky spirit of old computer terminal fonts, the delineations of frame and trait amounted to two mathematical patterns: the power of two and the golden ratio.
And, as may be expected with such a slender foundation, constructing the font turned out to be a rather repetitive and mechanical activity, and the resulting font was of such a plainness that made it embarrassing to read at larger sizes. At smaller, terminal-standard sizes, however, something of the aspired retro quirkiness could be detected.
