My brother is super passionate about fonts (seriously, don’t mention fonts around him unless you want to hear a lecture). I was told he needed a new chess set for Christmas on account of his old one had a few broken pieces. I wanted to make something specific to him, and my husband came up with the idea of using letters for the pieces. I used his favorite serif and sans-serif fonts, and it took a good five days to make. It was definitely a challenge. No way am I making another one, but at least I can send him new pieces if any of them break.
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Oh my, that is truly beautiful!
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What a great idea - and well executed!
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Perfect for your brother, I would say! Well done!
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A perfect personalized gift and it is gorgeous too! I don’t think I have ever known anyone with a favorite font 
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Very cool! Although the evil sister in me might have chosen Comic Sans and Papyrus instead…
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His most hated fonts are actually Times New Roman and Arial, and it was very tempting to use those. But I decided in the end to make something he would use. As it is, he always plays as the serif side because he claims serif fonts are better.
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Clever and beautiful
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That is a FONTastic idea! So creative. Did it take some restraint not to use different fonts for each of the pieces? I’m sure it would have driven him mad.
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Wow!!! As a type nerd myself, I love this!! I’ll bet he was/will be blown away!!
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A beautiful and inspired labor of love!
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Super clever, personal and beautifully executed!
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And he hasn’t given you the lecture on calling them “Typefaces” instead of Fonts? 
Gorgeous job!
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What a clever idea! I am sure he loved it!
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Never seen a chess board like it. I’m sure he loved it! So well done.
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Wow! That is really cool looking. It is creative and beautiful. Did you make the board as well. I love the way it looks like glass. I have seen chess sets were the pieces were the words were spelled out, but never with just a single letter.
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I love it.
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I did make the board, but in the first photo it’s sitting on top of his old chess set. He loves it so much, I doubt I will ever be able to give him a better gift.
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The epic battle between serif and san-serif coming to a chess board near you!
That’s perfect for a font person!
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Nice job! Did you make the board, as well? Looks like glass tiles—is that right?
Sounds like your brother and I would get along well.
Currently, my favorite typefaces are Mikado and Neutra (sans) and Clarendon and Caslon (serif). 
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