a weblog of wordplay by Eric Harshbarger
Rubik Font
Here is a representation of the alphabet I've always loved. It's the 26 letters as they can best be constructed on a face of a Rubik's Cube puzzle:
It's pretty nice given the fact that you only have a 3x3 grid to work with. It would be nice if the "N" and "R" were uppercase, but no such luck.
I remember, as a child fiddling with the Rubik's Cube during the peak of its popularity, spending quite a bit of time forming these leters (after I had learned how to solve the puzzle in the traditional sense).
Now, as an adult, the Rubik letters fascinate me again. And my next entry of LOGOLOG will focus more deeply on them...
-- Eric
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Hiya Eric
Is there any chance you could send this font to me please?
rtgbanks@hotmail.com
cheers
Posted by: Rick Banks
i have video to solve the rubik cube and also get the forum, my you solve the rubik??
Posted by: gochati
This has me wondering, what combinations of six letters can be put on the faces of a Rubik's cube? In your font, letters are always spelled with a majority of squares, so it'd have to be a different color for each, and of course, we can't have exactly five colors on their home face. RUBIKS might work.
Posted by: Bryce Herdt
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