“The ds106zone Banner” by aforgrave, on Flickr

The font is called Ringbearer (free on dafont.com). An alternative you might like is called twylite-zone (free on fontspace.com). I used a screen capture of the star field from the opening of The Twilight Zone television program as the background, and fiddled with a combination of upper and lower case (you get caps regardless, but varying sizes) as well as layering some letters individually and scaling them based solely on what I thought looked good.

This is a square version, mimicking the original layout of The Twilight Zone title.

“TheDS106zone Badge” by aforgrave, on Flickr

I’m going to tag this for the Visual Assignment 169: We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Badges Badge” assignment.

And, just because Flickr has decided to fiddle around with its aesthetic today and is taking some serious flak for not consulting with its long-standing users in advance, …

“TheFlickrWeirdZone” by aforgrave, on Flickr