balance on nose like old spectacles &/or hold in the eyewell like a monocle

"balance on nose like old spectacles" -- there's a name for that. They're called pince nez ("pinched nose") glasses: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pince-nez

*shrugs*

I don't doubt there's a name for 'em, but I didn't know it off the top of my head.

Always thought the balancing was cute as hell.

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That is one of those furry existential questions that you never have to ask yourself until it becomes an issue. I'm gonna think on this, haha.

I'd say balance on their nose for the most part... those are usually cool ^^ otherwise I'd saw they probably wear them like the superhero masks they had in the incredibles or like a pair of aviator goggles.

...Or contacts...

They are well adjusted to the snout

I've always figured they'd be gently wedged on the nose, or use a four point contact on the snout arrangement. Another option is to have arms like normal glasses but designed to hook around different species ears. And of course there's always the goggles option.

Never took the time to consider, but I'd guess a hook for those that can't support them with a snout.

Way to make me think a strange thought.

They clamp to the snout for reptiles, and hook up over the ear for gross mammals.

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Pressure that grips between the eyes/bridge of the nose. Think of the glasses Morpheus uses in the matrix. If you think of it in terms of fitting on human ears it will never look right or make logical sense.

^ This.

balancing by themselves... This is called artistic license.

If you seek something more realistic, have the glasses strap around the back of the character's head. Or, make it a point to mention that they have special clips that keep the glasses attatched to the nose/snout/muzzle/whuthaveyou.

Goggle style. ;)

There were already two artist so pointed out how or their views on how, the dominate thing is that the glasses are built around specific species relying on their facial/head structure to do much of the work (like how we rely on the bridge of our nose and ears)

They'd probably need a wider bridge, so it would fit over the snout... There could be a wider (longer) feet on the bridge to hold it against the snout to keep it supported. :3

to keep it looking a touch consistant, you could have the glasses on a string (necklace?) , except have the string connect right to the frame instead of the arms, like standard glasses.

I have pondered the same thing myself for many many years!
Cartoons have for too long just gone with a standard human set of glasses/sunglasses, there are no ears on the side, so why would the world of ponies, kats, etc. make them like that?
I go with the headstrap (like Ridick's shades) or the just rest on the muzzle, like those little Santa spectacles. (Rarity & Callie Briggs wear them like that)
But I do wish somefur was creative enough to design a propper design of glasses for furries.

piercings. kinda like those horn implants you see some people with. they hook them on through there :P

with simple chained clips to go on ears or "ear like" fins for those that have them and for smooth headed things without ears and such a three prong head band or goggles

Totally species dependent. Birds would have the nose piece pinched to fit tight on their beak. Felines (and any other furs with a shorter snout) would need to have the ear loops on the eyeglass arms run through the fur on the side of their faces like a comb. Any furry with an ample snout could depend on the eye wear balancing on their snout while the eyeglass arms held to their head with a little tension (or like in felines, looped through fur). Snakes are the most challenging fit to come to immediate thought.

I think anthros have magnets inside their skulls and only wear metalic glasses.

Anthros have superior eyesight and have no need for glasses. :3

I would say something akin to a Pince-nez for the most part, but it would depend on the phenotype of furry involved. It certainly wouldn't be a "one type fits all" sort of thing.

Pince-nez!

there are small clips that hook to the fur to keep them in place.

Wizard does it. Probably with ample amounts of Wingardium Leviosa.

for some unfathomable reason, this was my first thought when i read that: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped.....der_Wizard.jpg

I don't know the reference, but lol nonetheless. :3

They could look just like normal glasses, but the earpieces would be tuned to be tighter so they pinch the wearer's head between them. Between the pinching pressure and the character's fur (if he/she has any) the glasses would be pretty stuck.

Having a beak helps! Can clip glasses to the nares/nasal slits if you're fortunate enough for that.

Everyone does them differently. Some say the arms are just snug enough to hold onto the head. That's kinda the logic behind my new self's glasses. I also saw a picture years ago where the artist did sort of an L-bracket on the bridge to keep them from tipping forward, while the pads held them in place, with no arms at all.

Saw a thing a while back: eyeglasses that instead of ear hooks had little clips on the end. Put 'em on and clip into the fur or feathers about where human eyeglasses would sit ;) Not much help for the scalier type, but there's always the nose-gripping bits, or magnet-clips if they have ear-like analogues.

Pince-nez, and/or, somewhat normal looking but with grip pads that simply apply light pressure to the sides of the head without looping over anything. I can wear my glasses on the sides of my ears without them falling off as long as I don't like shake my head while looking straight down.

rubber bands and spit

Balance on the nose is my preference

I think it would have to be species specific and be designed to fit around the ears, or horns if ones is lacking the pinna.

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I think this should help especially when your eyes are positioned more forward like a predator's and a somewhat of a snout, the bridge can be used to hold the glasses in place. it's not the perfect balance but it'll stay there so long as the said head doesn't spin around like a mad masked man in a chair.

Say the eyes are positioned more like a prey's, eyes are more at the sides of the head rather than the front, they would be wearing the same type of lenses but somewhat bent so that the lenses focus outwards rather than centered.

springy temple pieces to keep pressure on the sides

They wear flexy-glasses that adjust to their faces.

I would say Croakies. http://store.croakies.com/images/pr.....tail/CRSCI.jpg Hopefully that link works. If not, they're basically straps that go on your glasses and hug around your head. They work for human glasses, too. :P

The arms are magnetic and snap to a pair of small, subcutaneous magnets embedded near the temples.

Glued on with sperm.

Depends upon the species, but perhaps curled around the cheekfluff instead of ears. back straps for everyone else.

For a character like mine it'd have a small device on the nose that "pinches" onto the nose ridge. Just like the Morpheous glasses in the matrix.

Could be like the old Japanese style for glasses: the lenses have a thing string on each side instead of arms that loops around the ears. Look up Genma Saotome from Ranma 1/2 for reference ^_^

uh... just tight spring loaded hinges so the earpieces stay firm on their heads?

All anthro's have to get their glasses customized. Custom Glasses are a multi-million dollar industry.

If your sona has gauges like me the ear-part could just fit in the hole. :v
No just kidding don't do that it's gross.

I remember reading someone said something about small amounts of tension on the bridge piece. So it holds itself on the muzzle. Otherwise, possibly a redesign of the arms for the higher ears/fins?

I would think a combination of hook behind the ears, if their ears are far enough apart, and balance on the nose. That, or, they could simply just loop around and hook behind the head, similar to necklaces.

Many Possibilities:
-Balance on Nose
-Hook through ear
-Google strap
-Sam Fisher Binocular Balance?
-Etc...

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I ask myself this.. only thought is modification to the frame... magic... or piercing? he he

Pince nez ftw. Of course for my drake since the base of his earfins are about on level with normal ears, just long arms for the (sung)glasses.

Magnets implanted under the skin.

I like this answer but I also like magnets

like how the fuck do they work (jk)

"dark black voodoo magic" obviously

Glasses don't really work well for prey characters with near 360degree vision. So nowadays they'd rather wear contact lenses since glasses would restrict the field of vision too much.

In the old days before contact lenses were invented, they'd likely use some sort of monocles, or even "hand held glasses" that you lift to read something and then put them back safely into your pocket. Nose/snout attached glasses have also been seen, but they don't help with the peripheral vision, so they are barely "better than nothing" - and more of a fashion statement than a real visual aid.

Predators or any other "forward viewing overlapping field of vision" furs can use glasses more easily, but the fastening method is highly species-individual. Clipping to the nose is among the oldest variants but they have a tendency to fall off if you run fast. If they need to stay on during sports, bows that are somehow attached to the head work. Subcutane magnets are popular nowadays, in the old days they predominantly used ribbons around the head and/or back of the neck, but the exact layout is very species dependant. Hooking them to the ears is usually not a good idea since most furs have quite flexible ears, they move around too much. But horns and the like can easily be utilized as an anchor point if available.

Of the shelf glasses would likely have size-adjustable bows that one attaches a customized 'harness' at the end to fasten them to the head depending on head shape and personal preference

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My suggestion would be that either they don't, as their other senses might provide where sight cannot.

Alternatively, of course, in more... futurish settings, implants that provide a magnetic hold or similar to hold the frames in place.

Or, far more boringly, contact lenses. :o

This right here is exactly why my fursona doesn't have glasses to match what I have in reality...

I either draw them as the afore-mentioned, Morpheus-style, pince nez, but I have also drawn reallllly long stems that dogleg from beside the snout to up and around the ears. Think like those glasses leashes they had in the 90s, but solidified into thick hardened wire. -shrug-

Or, as the Anatomy panelists at FC are wont to say: "How much fiction do you want in your fiction?"

Spectacles.

Or just do it like Arthur and have them apparently glued to the sides of his head: http://images.zap2it.com/showcard/v....._aa/arthur.jpg

I would imagine it would realistically work like goggles or wrap around glasses of a sort. That or the nose rest is designed to wrap just around the bridge of the snout where they place the glaces so it balances and grips well. I would think though for securing glasses, which are expensive, it would be an around the head system with anthros.

I suggest a secure balance on the snout (probably a four point arrangement) AND arms like human glasses, but designed to stabilize with pressure on the sides of the head, rather than actually being hooked to anything.

Melody, from Style Wager and Greg Older's comic Dela the Hooda, wears something very much like squash goggles.

http://us-p.vclart.net/vcl/Artists/...../Melody-pr.jpg

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^ Lara the Lab Rat answered it.

well there are glasses that have like a string that attaches both of the holders behind the head, so that the glasses don`t fall

It depends on the muzzle and shape of the head. Normally a muzzle can easily support glasses because it would have a larger surface to balance on than just a nose.

Anna:

My anthros don't wear any clothing, so glasses either, even though people whom they represent do xD
Actually, I beleve anything that has an animal head etc. shouldn't wear glasses. They are unpractical.

~magnets~

If someone you got on avatar would wear it i suppose balance it on top of snout , and have rest balanced on earfins like real glasses do on ears

this comes from a guy who wears glasses for 100% time since 15 years

This question has plagued me for ages. I have numerous solutions in mind, though!

-Give the character a hat/hood to hide where the arms rest. Still makes no sense, but it hides the fact!
-Use glasses that have arms that stylishly cling to the character's head like a vice.
-For a girl, the arms could have pretty hairclips on the ends which cling to fur/hair.
-They could be situated similarly to the whole nose-balance thing suggested above, but like a piercing through the bridge of the snout, between the eyes.

Otherwise, you just have to think like you had to design a utilizable way to fix the vision of all those furries out there plagued with poor eyesight (pretending that contacts aren't an option). You could make all sorts of funky contraptions! And besides, the solution might have to vary from species to species.

Some artist create a glasses rig that loops around the ears.

I know I'm late to this party, but I rather like the pince-nez method, particularly with some manner of "feet" that loosely adhere to fur. It's not perfect, just like any other pince-nez, but it does look plausible.

http://d.facdn.net/art/truebluejay/.....sannrjarfr.png

...So many suggestions. Which did you settle on?

Depends on the character. For simplicity's sake, whenever a charactere's nose is thin enough I make them pince-nez. Otherwise I have to devise some species-specific arms for the glasses

...Not exotic enough for my tastes, but things like that in a Fantasy setting are often just as simple as in real life. I'm not really into Piercings, but that is the way I lean. If I can't justify just going with contacts, of course...