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SMeltery Fonts [Jack Usine]

SMeltery is the French foundry of Jack Usine, based in Castillon-la-Bataille. Free fonts: Papier Sans (2010), Megalopolis Extra (2008), Vidange Pro (2008-2009, a sans at PsyOps; in 2010, a commercial version appeared), Geronto Bis (2008), Telerysm Mono 2 (2008), Trottoir (2007, inspired by the writing on the sewer covers of Pont-à-Mousson), Stigmate (2007), Sans Merci (2006), Jules Vernacular (2006, upright script), Alusine (2005), Geronto (2005, wow!), Justice (2004-2018, by Jack Usine and Fanny Garcia), Megalopolis (2004), Mon Nom (2004, mono), Oh My God (2004, experimental), Telerysm (2004), Telerysm Mono 2, Heretica (2004, gothic), Consume More (2004), Est-ce que (2004), Bankrutt (2004, blackletter stencil), Audimat (2003: a DIN-like family based on vernacular signage found in France), Audimat Mono (2005), Patronne (2003, octagonal), Enfer (2003), Redevance (2003, fifties diner font), Outil (2003), Work (2003), Watch TV (2003, stencil), Kebab (2003), Consume (2003, dingbats), Gazole (2003), Icone (2003), Ax&Swar (2003, artsy), TwentyOne (2003), Phylloxera (2002), Jack Usine (2002, great techno face), Charles (2002), Fat (2002). No longer supplied: Laplakett, Bogota, Lamemoire, Lafacture, Hustla, Goody, UseIn, CPUX, Daplakijtt, Zero. Commercial fonts: Vidange Pro (2008, PsyOps), Rouge Sans (2007), Sans Merci (2006), Vernissage (2006, stencil), Manifest Destiny (T26, 2006).

In 2006, Usine and Fanny Garcia published Soupirs A through E, nifty ornaments based on the soupiraux found in Bordeaux). Experiments: Toypography (2004), TypoClock (2003).

In 2013, Fanny Garcia and Jack Usine co-designed Excursion, which was inspired by designs seen during a walk through the streets of Marseille. They write: Excursion is a real bouillabaisse of decorative all capitalized typefaces. Among these, we find the art deco typeface Excursion Poste and the dingbat font Excursion Fadabats.

Alternate URL. MyFonts page. Klingspor link. View Jack Usine's typefaces.

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INTERNAL LINKS
Commercial fonts (small outfits) ⦿ Sites with only a few free fonts ⦿ Type designers ⦿ Type designers ⦿ Stencil fonts ⦿ Dingbats (original) ⦿ Horror fonts ⦿ Blackletter fonts ⦿ Monospaced fonts ⦿ Experimental type ⦿ Experimental type ⦿ Octagonal typefaces ⦿ Type design in France ⦿ Art deco typefaces ⦿








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Luc Devroye ⦿ School of Computer Science ⦿ McGill University Montreal, Canada H3A 2K6 ⦿ lucdevroye@gmail.com ⦿ http://luc.devroye.org ⦿ http://luc.devroye.org/fonts.html