256DESIGNs
[Fumiaki Kawano]

Fumiaki Kawano (256DESIGNs) is the Tokyo-based designer of the squarish font 256 ver1.1 (2003) and of 256LED. Useful for FAX and telephone, with some dingbats. Alternate URL. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Abdul

Lebanese designer who created Beantown (2004, an athletic lettering font), Staubach (2004, an athletic lettering face based on the lettering of the Dallas Cowboys), Wagner Modern (2011), Kroftsmann (2004, on octagonal face), Kavelry (2004, based on the Kemper Insurance logo), 4th and inches (2008, rounded octagonal; based on the proprietary font used by Russell Athletic, makers of sports apparel as used by Georgia Tech BKB, Washington State, Alabama State, Tennessee State, Mississippi Valley State, and many others in college football), and PopWarner (2004, a Bank Gothic lookalike), Wagner Zip Change (grotesque), Richardson Fancy Block. Creator of some free soccer team lettering alphabets in 2010: Louisville, Puff Script, Red Raiders, Richardson Fancy Block, Wagner Zip-Change (based on grotesque signage letters), ACMilan2009, ASRoma, ChampionsLeague, England2007, MLSUniform, RealMadrid2009. About his GeauxXPDF face (2010), he writes: I had extracted a nearly complete set on this one a few years back, except for J and Z which I created on my own. As best I can tell, it only exists as an upper case font without most punctuation, so I created that too to make it more useable. I don't know how much LSU [Louisiana State University] paid for this design, but to me it always looked like something that Larabie or Iconian would have given away. He also extracted HDRadioAlphabet from a rounded Arial face he found on HD radio. His UScoreRGK (2012) is a blocky angular font used on-screen by Fox Sports. LCD Display (2012) is a 28-segment LED font.

See also here. Dafont link. Fontspace link. Another URL. [Google] [More]  ⦿

ACME Fonts (or: CHK Design)
[Christian Küsters]

Started in 1996, by Christian Küsters and Andy Long (from South London), ACME Fonts is a London-based foundry, offering fonts by Küsters and these designers: Anthony Burrill, Gérard Paris-Clavel&Johannes Bergerhausen, Jean-Lou Désiré, Paul Farrington, Robert Green, Paul Kehra, Henrik Kubel, Simon Piehl, Alex Rich, Carsten Schwesig, Sandy Suffield, Dirk Wachowiak, Anne Wehebrink and Paul Wilson. Christian Küsters is an ex-student of Matthew Carter at Yale. Born in Germany, he now lives in Oberhausen. Buy the fonts at Font Factory or MyFonts. The company evolved, I guess, into CHK Design.

Interview. Klingspor link. The ACME font list:

• By Christian Küsters: AF Angel (1998, based on an old woodblock typeface), AF Satellite, AFWendingen, Cashier 1 AF (1999, dot matrix), AF Champ Fleury (1996, a Codex-like face), AF Hybrid (1996), AF Hadrian Roman (1998, art nouveau), AF Interface One and Two (1998, grotesque sans), AF Retrospecta (1998, exaggerated wedge serif family), AF Track AF One and Two (1998, white on black dot matrix printing), Unzialis (1994), Zip Code AF 30, 40, 50 and 60 (2001, hairline squarish sans family). Christian had a nice connection at Plazm, where he published Hadrian (1996), Retrospecta (1994), Unzialis (1994), Hybrid (1996) and Interface One (1996).
• By Robert Green: AF PAN (1997, octagonal).
• By Henrik Kubel: 4590, AF-Battersea (1999, a grotesque family), AF-CENTERA, AF-Copenhagen, AF-Klampenborg (2000, grotesque sans), CPH-ArabicNumbers, CPH-Medium, Grot-25.
• By Sandy Suffield: CarPlatesCarPlates, AF Carplates (1998, squarish, including Carplates AF Bold Stencil).
• By Paul Wilson: AF Screen (1999).
• By Pete McCracken: INKy-black (1994).
• By Carsten Schwesig: Nicoteen 13 AF (1998, grunge), AF Syrup (1998, slab serif).
• By Paul Farrington: Camberwell AF One (1998, grotesque sans), AF Tasience (1998), Amateur 69 AF (1998, grunge).
• By Dirk Wachowiak: AF Diwa (2002, large squarish sans), AF Generation (2002, huge squarish sans families called A, A2, A2A, Z, and ZaZ).
• By Jean-Lou Désiré: Kub AF (2002, experimental).
• By Johannes Bergerhausen and Gerard Paris-Clavel: LeBuro AF (2003, grunge in weights called Breau, Crade, Louche, Extra Crade, Demi Beau).
• By Sylvia and Daniel Janssen: AF Nitro (2004, techno family in subfamilies called Intro, Riton, Trion).
• By Anne Wehebrink: Oneline AF (1998, squarish sans).
• By Paul Kehra: PostSoviet AF (2001, geometric sans family; with Cyrillic and Latin letters; weights called Culture, Free Latvian, Free Revolution, Ideology, Revolution).
• By Simon Piehl: Spin AF (1998, squarish sans).
• By Anthony Burrill: Video Wall AF (1998).
• By Christian Küsters, based on lettering of H.T. Wijdeveld: Wendingen AF (1998, LED simulation).
• Other: AFConstants (1998), Allen, Indy 500, Interface, AFLogotype (1998).

View ACME's typefaces. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Aenigma
[Brian Kent]

Aenigma is the free font foundry of New York-based Brian Kent. The fonts often carry the string BRK in the name. Yet another site. Fontspace link. Dafont link. Typosasis backup. Backup at Fontfreak. Backup at 1001 fonts. Backup at Fortunecity.

The free fonts: Revert (2006), Gyneric (2006), Key Ridge (2006), Double Bogey (2005), Hairball (2005), Whatever (2005), Dyphusion (2005), Blackonimaut (2005, blackletter), Snailets (2005), Vigilance (2005), Wager (2005), Janken (2005), Dented (2005), Syracuse (2005), Symmetry (2005), Nucleus (2005), Underscore (2004), Gesture (2004), Rough Day (2004), Sarcastic (2004), Galapogos (2004), Reason (2004), Slender (2004), Gather (2004), Quadratic (2004), Saunder (2004), NostalgiaBRK (2004), Kinkaid (2004), Jeopardize (2004), Pincers (2004), Fascii (2004), Grapple (2004), WaywardBRK, WaywardShadowBRK (2004), Obstacle (2004), False Positive (2004), Goosebumps (2003), Jargon (2003), Bewilder (2003), 90Stars (2003, snowflake font), Chumbly (2003), Synthetic (2003), Jawbreaker (2003), Mobilize (2003), GreatHeightsBRK (2003), Graveyard (2003), Bend 2 Squares (2003), Redundant (2003), Homespun (2003), Galvanize (2003), Dastardly (2003), Vantage (2003), Quarantine (2003), Knot Maker (2003, with a program for weaving Celtic knots), Combustion (2003), Knot (2003), Enthuse (2003), Weaver (2003), Foreshadow (2003), Rambling (2003), Mincer (2003), Intersect (2003), Technique (2003), Nominal (2003), Unlearned (2003), Brass Knuckle (2003), Quarterly (2003), Zirconia (2003), Zephyrean (2003), Whippersnapper (2003), Ryuker (2003), Discordance (2003), Graze (2003), Gravitate (2003), Edit Undo (2003), Persuasion (2003), Encapsulate (2003), Nymonak (2003), 36DaysAgo (2003), Vertigo (2003), Lights Out (2003), Sequence (2003), Rehearsal (2003), Yearend (2002), SupraGeniusCurvesBRK (2002), SupraGeniusLinesBRK (2002), Faux Snow (2002, snowflakes), Mishmash (2002), Brigadoom (2002), Gyrose (2002), Dystorque (2002), Upraise (2002), QuacksalverBRK (2002), Ravenous Caterpillar (2002), Bumped (2002), Tonik (2002), Jupiter Crash (2002), Mysterons (2002), Sideways (2002), Scalelines (2002), Pneumatics (2002), Granular (2002), Volatile (2002), Aspartame (2002), Bleak Segments (stencil font), Genotype, United, Lynx (2002), Lyneous (2002), Alpha Beta (2002, pixel font), Licorice Strings (2002), Syndrome (2002, futuristic font), Your Complex (2002), Nanosecond (2002), Binary (2002), Dynamic (2002, techno), Qbicle (2002), Flipside (2002), Amplitude (2002), Pindown (2002), Kurvature (2002), Euphoric (2002), Bobcaygeon (2002), Zoetrope (2002), Overhead (2002), Zelda DX (2002, pixel), Telephasic (2002), Hearts (2002), Lamebrain (2002), Compliant Confuse (2002), Line Ding (2002), AE Systematic, Acknowledge, Mini Kaliber, Upheaval (2002), The Code of Life font (2001), Amalgamate (2002), Bandwidth (2001), ClassicTrash (2001), XmasLights (2001, alphadings), Setback (2001), Qlumpy (2001), Regenerate (2001), Konector (2001), registry (2001), Stagnation (2001), Elsewhere (2001), Claw (2001), Cleaved, 8-bitLimit (4 weights), 10.15SaturdayNight-BRK-, 3DLET(BRK), Automatica-BRK-, Bendable-BRK-, BitBlocksTTF-BRK-, Kickflip-BRK-, Withstand-BRK-, Hyde-BRK-, Jekyll-BRK-, Larkspur-BRK-, NotQuiteRight-BRK-, Quandary-BRK- (an LCD font), Thwart-BRK-, Weathered-BRK-, AEnigmaScrawl, Aftermath, Blox-, CandyStripe (1999), Circulate, Collective (4 weights), Conduit, DarkSide, DashDot, Dephunked-, EmbossingTape (3 fonts), Exaggerate, Frizzed, FullyCompletely, Grudge, Hassle, Hillock, Impossibilium, Inertia, InkTank, Lethargic, MoronicMisfire, Numskull, Opiated, Phorfeit, PixelKrud, Powderworks, Pseudo, QuantumFlat, QuantumFlatHollow, QuantumRound, QuantumRoundHollow, QuantumTaper, Ravaged-By-Years-, Raydiate, Relapse, Sorawin-Plain, Spastic-, Splatz-, Stranded-, Swirled-, TRAGIC-, VacantCapz, Wobbly, XeroxMalfunction(BRK), Zenith, ZeroVelocity, Zoidal, simplton, Waver, SaffronColdWars, 3DLET, Bri's-Scrawl, TRAGIC-, AcidReflux, Arthritis, Ataxia, AtaxiaOutline, BlockTilt, ChintzyCPU, ChintzyCPUShadow, Decrepit, Detonate, Draggle, Draggle[overkerned], FatboySlimBLTC, Gasping, Hack&Slash, HeavyBevel, Jagged, Jasper, JasperSolid, Katalyst[active], Katalyst[inactive], LucidTypeA, LucidTypeB, LucidTypeBOutline, LucidTypeAOutline, Neural, NeuralOutline, ObloquyOutline, ObloquySolid, PlasmaDrip, PlasmaDrip[Empty], Queasy, QueasyOutline, Rotund, RotundOutline, SkullCapz (dingbats), Tearful, Tetricide, Turmoil, Ubiquity, Underwhelmed, UnderwhelmedOutline, Vanished, Xhume, Yonder, Yoshi'sStory, ZurklezOutline, ZurklezSolid, Gaposis, Naughts, Ink Swipes, Irritate, Perfect Dark, Forcible, Loopy, GaposisOutline(BRK), GaposisSolid(BRK), Head-DingMaker(BRK), JoltOfCaffeine(BRK), KirbyNoKiraKizzu(BRK), Orbicular(BRK), Xtrusion(BRK).

Commercial fonts at CheapProFonts: Lamebrain BRK Pro, Dynamic BRK Pro, Phorfeit Bundle, Phorfeit Slanted BRK Pro, Genotype Bundle, Genotype S BRK Pro, Genotype H BRK Pro, Classic Trash BRK Pro, Vigilance BRK Pro, Technique Bundle, Technique BRK Pro, Technique Outline BRK Pro, Galapogos BRK Pro, Visitor BRK Pro (pixelish). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Aioku Fonts (was: Kung-Fu fonts, or: Superfunk.com)
[Mike Lecky]

Free fonts for PC and Mac made by Mike Lecky from Charlottetown, PEI, Canada. Mike Lecky's (mostly grunge) fonts: ATeam, Brad, Bruce, BuddySystem, Class_of_74 (pixel font), Desi, DickSoup, EverCrash (extra thin LED font), Font, Funboy, Fruitsalad, Jobats, Leck, Jet_Plane, Kevin Seconds, Losers, Mike_s_BigDay, Misfit, Rusty, WatchBreaker, Mark, Decline of the Western Civilization, Roadkill, x5, Brody (geometric font by Guilherme Capile!), Mark (grunge), Lou (handwriting), Kevin (handwriting). One font by Guilherme Capile. Fruitsalad is also here. Another URL.

Dafont link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Aksharasarovara Type Foundry
[B. Manojkumar Bhawsar]

Located in Indore, India, this foundry sells fonts by B. Manojkumar Bhawsar (b. 1970, Kukshi) such as the Cut Sans Serif family (LED family, 2006). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Alan Birch

British designer of LCD (1981, ITC), Crystal (1981, cyrillicized in 1993 by A. Kustov), Bitmax (1990), Rubber Stamp (1983), and Synchro (1984). URW listing. MyFonts write-up. Linotype link. FontShop link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Alessandro Fulciniti

Alessandro Fulciniti (Axel or Alex Fulton) is the designer at FontStruct in 2008 of Digg (based on the Digg.Com logo), SmartShop, Triple-X, Last Brick (3d brick face), Last Brick Neon, Bubble Gum, Maxxell, Pico (pixel face), Omino (dingbats of men), jelly_fish_1, pixel_runner, red_light_district (dot matrix face), three_am. Son of Statement and Statement are heavy block fonts. Other faces: Acchooga (condensed), Dottic (2008, pixel face), Headshop (2008), Three AM (2008), Red Light District (2008, dot matrix face) and Fat Bit Lova (2008, pixel face), Brooklin Bros (2008, octagonal), Absurd, Dottic (pixel face), Hybrid Boost, Five AM, Futuristica (Bank Gothic-inspired), HeadShop, Americana (American flag-themed glyphs), Elevator (lightbulb signage font), Bombay (Indic simulation), Regent (octagonal, between two horizontal lines), Spaceman (pixel meets kitchen tile), Faster Baby, Fontharrt, Subpixel, Promises, Best-before-end (horizontal stripes), Weekend (fat headline face), Predator's Alphabet, Futures, Magnus (constructivist), Zeppa (great---Far West meets LED), Wide Horizon, Pixelity, Wide Horizon Rounded, Snipers' Font, Gunny (heavy metal stencil), Pinball Special 5, Gallop, Horizon Condensed, Western Zappa (Far West font), Wide Horizon Rounded, Nano Spaceman (nice fat kitchen tile style), Black Sheep, Best-before-end, Black-Sheep, Bubble-Gum, Crazy-Pixel, Faster,-baby!, Gallop, Horizon-Condensed, Last-Brick, Little-Spaceman, Magnus, Pinball-Special-5, Promises, Spaceman, Teenage-Mutant-Ninja-Font, Weekend, Zeppa, maxxell, pic. Born in 1975 in Northern Italy, he is a columnist for the Italian web design portal html.it since 2003, who has written extensively on CSS, javascript and web design. Web site. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Alexander Gelman

Designer at Designmachine.net in New York of Breakdown (1994, 3d lettering), and Myrna (2001, codesigned with David Heasty), an LCD type font that was named after the New York Art Directors Club's executive director, Myrna Davis. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Alexander Sizenko

Russian creator of the free chess font Chess 7 (2008) and the free LED display font Digital-7 (2008).

Fontspace link. See also here. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Alexey Zhurov

Industrial designer in Moscow. He created some funny and original stick figure dingbats called Lettrism (2009). Bones (2011) is a Cyrillic display face. Pseudo LCD (2011) is a hexagonal LCD face. Serpenta Serif (2011) is labyrinthine. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Alphan Typefaces
[Roberto Baldassari]

Roberto Baldassari highlights the faces used in "Space: 1999": Countdown (an LCD font by Esselte, 1965), Data 70 (another LCD font by Esselte, 1970), Futura Black, Microgramma, and Futura Medium. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Andrew McCluskey

Independent game developer Andrew McCluskey (Nalgames, Dundee, UK, b. 1991) designed the free LED-inspired Kinglify (2011), Digital Display (2012), and Princelify (2011). Manly Man (2011), Metal Arhyrthmetic (2011) and Ace Futurism (2011) are semi-octagonal. Consider Me Vexed (2011) and Pixel Flag (2011) are pixel faces.

In 2012, he made Vermin Vibes (futuristic), Dubbing Star (futuristic), Sorrier Statements, Particulator (an octagonal paper fold typeface), Coder's Crux (a pixel face created for programmers, FontStruct), Triggering Fanfares (octagonal), Alt West, Notalot25 (pixel face), Notalot35 (pixel face), Lord Juusai (inspired by the logo for Lord Tensai from WWE), Zephyr Jubilee (an alien language simulation typeface), Bevel Fifteen, Xero's Theorem (sci-fi), Dubbing Step and Here Be Dubstep (FontStruct), Italic Bricks, Gang Wolfik (angular), Ruaturecu, Electramaniacal.

Dafont link. Most of his faces were made using FontStruct, where he is known as NAL or Notalot. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Andrey Ovchinnikov

Izhevsk, Russia-based creator of the LED-style face Old Style Zip Code (2011) and the fashion mag Cyrillic face Mopoko (2011). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Angst Free Fonts
[Chris Dunfield]

Chris Dunfield's free fonts from 1990-1992. Mac PS, MacTT and Win TT. Includes AngstBlackLetter, AngstChartz1, AngstCircus2, AngstDingbatsOne3, AngstForce4, AngstGonzo5, AngstKidz6, AngstKink7, AngstMagicMush11, AngstMindless10, AngstPimp12, AngstProgge13. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Anna Absolut

Designer who used FontStruct in 2009 to make HBK Friday, an LED simulation face. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Anthony Robinson

UK-based creator (b. 1967) at FontStruct in 2008 of Metal Vampire (athletic lettering meets vampire), Moonbase Tokyo (neat futuristic oriental simulation), Sir Robin's Minstrels (blackletter), Starscraper (techno), Moonmonkey (outline LED font), First. In 2010, he added the non-FontStruct faces Chromium (a great special effect face), Clawripper, Dirty Play, HairyMonster, HairyMonsterSolid, Punched, and Slasha, mostly inspired by blood, guts, and murders. Static Buzz (2010) is a texture face. Newcastle (2010) is a castle-themed alphabet. Blinger (2010) is a star-studded outline face. New York Punk (2010) is grungy. Dinosaurs (2011) is a dingbat face. NUFC Shield (2011) is a shield face. Zombified (2011) and Sound Sample (2012) are grunge faces.

Dafont link. Aka Anfa. Home page. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Antonio J. Morata

Antonio J. Morata (Almeria, Spain) is a FontStructor (aka elmoyenique) who used FontStruct to make several modular faces starting in 2010. The typeface names start with z. We list them alphabetically:

• zadora-q-eYeFS (pixelized), zagreb-eYeFS, zahoree eYeFS (2012, dot matrix), Zakapunt eYeFS (2010), Zakyra eYe-FS (2010, a western font modeled after Kyra 1 my Michel Troy), zalamera eYeFS (2011), zalooneYeFS (Western face), zame-eYeFS, zanzibar-eYeFS, zancle-eYeFS, zancle-rev-eYeFS, zanity eYe FS (2012), zapristi-eYeFS (outlined and oblique), zarcs-eYeFS, zarina-eYeFS (2011, blackletter), zayre-eYeFS, zaza eYeFS (2011).
• zblackmagic-eYeFS (2011, Based on the Tomeri Nu-No font by Nuria González and Noël Nanton), zbrickfont eYeFS.
• zcell-eYeFS (2010, fat counterless, and outlined), zcloudy eYeFS (2012), zcout eYeFS (2010, a mini-stencilled art deco face), zcrackers eYe/FS (fa, counterless and starred).
• zdurer (blackletter).
• zeelandia-eYeFS (horizontally striped), zeenvoudige eYeFS (2011), zegovia eYeFS (2012), zelada eYeFS (2011), zelfvolution eYeFS (stencil), zenda-eYeFS, zenix-eYeFS (2011), zenoid eYe FS (2012), zenon eYeFS (2011, horizontal stripes), zenovia-eYeFS (2011), zeres eYeFS (2011), zerone eYeFS (2011, a modular piano key face), zetentas-eYeFS (disco light face; +Light), zeventy-eYeFS (2011), zextile-eYeFS.
• zfraktur eYe FS (2011, blackletter).
• zhadows eYe/FS (shadow face), zhalloween eYe/FS (pixel face), zhapp3y-eYeFS (alphading), zhappy eYeFS (2011, fat art deco), zharona-eYeFS (2010).
• ziabelle-eYeFS (shadow face), ziberia eYeFS (2011), zibernia blk eYe/FS (2011), zibernia blk x thal eYe/FS (2011), zilverstone eYeFS (2011, blackletter), zimbawee-eYeFS, zinergy-eYeFS (3d face), zinergy blk eYe/FS, zinfont eYeFS, zinnamon eYeFS (2011), zirconite eYeFS (2011, slab face), zircus eYeFS (2010), zirius eYeFS (2011).
• zkandia-eYeFS (stencil).
• zlabyrinths eYeFS (2011), zlash eYe FS (2011, a keyhole face), zloty eYeFS (2011, art deco face).
• zmorse xDad eYe FS (2011, a texture / African face based on morse code).
• znederland eYe FS (2012).
• zpanish caravan eYe/FS (2011, a bullet hole face), zpido eYeFS (2012), zpixel eYeFS (2011).
• zquadrata eYeFS (2010), zquared-eYeFS.
• zonora eYeFS (2011, a Far West face), zoolphabet eYeFS (2010, animal dingbats), zoutland eYeFS (2011, octagonal), zozial-eYeFS, zozial-sqrd-eYeFS.
• zround eYeFS (2010).
• ztarsky-eYeFS (+Round: art deco ultra black), ztay eYeFS (a condensed almost art nouveau face), ztedelijk-Crouwel eYe/FS (2011, based on Wim Crouwel's stedelijk Museum poster), zteefunny eYe FS (2011, ultra fat keyhole face; + zteefunny dm eYeFS), ztencils eYeFS (2011, army stencil face), ztires-eYeFS (2011, texture face), ztrands eYeFS (2011), ztrange eYeFS (2010), ztrange blk eYeFS (2011), ztream eYeFS (2011), zturdy-eYeFS (ultra-fat), ztylo eYeFS (2011, art deco).
• zunset eYeFS (2012).
• zweater eYeFS (2011, knitted look), zwimming eYeFS (2011), zwire blk eYeFS (an LED face), zwiss-eYeFS.
• zybona-eYeFS (athletic lettering), zydonia eYeFS (2012), zykedelia-eYeFS (2012), zylone-eYeFS (2011).

aRc (or: Azelea Rodgers Creations)
[Azelea Rodgers]

aRc was established in 2008 by Azelea Rodgers (b. 1974, The Philippines). It is located in Lathrop, CA.

A graduate from Skyline College, she created the alphabet tracing font Kerp (2008) for kids in pre-kindergarten. She also made Rosebud (2008, letters composed of thorny rose stems), Asvet Mono (2009, a playful stencil), Azelea (2009), Edil Script (2010), Laureen (2010, a calm calligraphic script), Alexy (2011, a ribbon script), and Lelet Script (2009).

Klingspor link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

arseniiv

FontStructor who made Weee (2010), Qada (2010, blackboard bold open face), Qada Treuga (2010, Mexecian-themed), Queue BB (2010), Queue (2010, art deco), Tribe Lock (2010, gridded), Calcula (2010, + rounded: an LED family), Verba (2010, dot matrix face), Oldecod (2010, dot matrix face0, Polynomial semiserif (2010), Phosphora (2010, texture face), Znot (2011), Robotic Handwriting (2011), Thinkapth (2011), Endomorphism (2011), Caseda (2011), Zare Ornamental Border (2011), Spheretta 5x7 (2011, ot matrix face in circles). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Aryon Thyago Moraski

Designer in 2009 at FontStruct of Letreiro Digital para LED quadrado (a thin dotted line face). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Asasas Asasasabv

Lithuanian designer of the digital clock font Digital System (2012). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Ashley Muir

Type designer at Red Rooster, where she published Creighton (2009, a sans family done with Steve Jackaman), Carlingtown (2009, an almost art nouveau face), Glasgow Pro (2010; a refreshed version of Steve Jackaman's Glasgow grotesque family), Harry Pro (based on the original design by Marty Goldstein (and C.B. Smith) done at VGC in 1966), Karnak Pro (2009, a slab family based on the original design by Robert Hunter Middleton, ca. 1931-1942), and Ronsard Crystal (2009, based on a VGC photo display font in the 1950s), together with Red Rooster's boss, Steve Jackaman. About Creighton: It was our initial intention to develop a suitable lowercase for Les Usherwood's Elston typeface, based on a few characters from an old German typeface called Hermes Grotesque (Woellmer, Berlin). However, the new design quickly took on a life of its own, and we decided to call it Creighton. A crisper version of Creighton is Megaphone (2009). Fontspace link.

Typefaces from 2010, all with Steve Jackaman at Red Rooster: Shamus (uncial), Ryder Gothic Pro (a revival of Roslyn Gothic by Harry Winters, 1972), Pickworth Old Style Pro (rustic), Wurlitzer Pro (slab serif), Eden Pro (based on the original 1934 Ludlow drawings by Robert Hunter Middleton), Connemara Old Style (uncial), Overtime LCD Pro (LED simulation face), Phosphate Pro (Solid and Inline).

Typefaces from 2011, still with Steve Jackaman at Red Rooster: Phoenix Pro (after the condensed artistic sans called Phenix by Morris Fuller Benton, 1935, ATF), Guildford Pro (+Light, +Medium, +Titling; after Stephenson Blake's Guildford Sans, which in turn was identical to the 1928-1929 typeface by Hans Möhring called Elegant Grotesque), Granby Elephant (after the fat grotesk face Granby by Stephenson Blake, 1930), Franklin Gothic Pro (after Morris Fuller Benton's original from 1903), Windlesham (2011, a basic sans family), Relish (2011, another basic sans family), Rocklidge Pro (2011, with Ashley Muir; based on Jana (Richard D. Juenger, VGC, 1965), Packard New Style and Packard Old Style (2011, with Steve Jackaman, after Packard by Oswald Cooper (1913) and Morris Fuller Benton (1916, ATF). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Astigmatic One Eye
[Brian J. Bonislawsky]

Astigmatic One Eye (AOE) has lots of nice original fonts by Brian J. Bonislawsky (b. 1973, Pittsburgh, PA). Many are free, others are not. AOE joined Font Brothers Inc in 2006. Brian Bonislawsky currently lives in Las Vegas, NV.

Fontsquirrel link. Dafont link. Fontspace link.

A partial list of the AOE fonts made in 2011: Engagement (2011, a free brush script at Google Web Fonts), Fascinate (2011, an art deco face at Google Web Fonts; +Inline), Original Surfer (2011, a free Google Web Font inspired by a vintage advertisement for the "California Cliffs Caravan Park"), Smokum (2011, a Western / Italian face), Yellowtail (2011, signage face), Redressed (2011), Special Elite (2011, free typewriter face), Aclonica (2011).

Typefaces from 2008 or before: Horseplay AOE (2008, Western style), Cake and Sodomy AOE (2008), Good Eatin AOE (2008), Paradiso AOE (2008, inspired by logotype of the Paris Resort and Casino in Las Vegas), Montelago AOE (2007, a script inspired by the logotype of the Mirage Resort and Casino in Las Vegas), Jack Chain AOE (2007), Henhouse (2007), Schnitzle (2007), Luxurian AOE (2007, inspired by the logo of the Luxor Hotel&Casino in Las Vegas), Digital Disco AOE (2007), Mighty Tuxedo AOE (2007), Makeshift AOE (2007), Clarity AOE (2007, slab serif headline), Red Pigtails AOE (2007), Run Tron 1983 (2002), Eyeliner AOE (2006, Tekton-like), Mother Hen (2007), Gloversville (2007, comic book style), Mighty Tuxedo AOE (2007, condensed sans), Quick Handle AOE (2007), Surfing Bird (2007), Hydrogen (2004), Hardliner (2004, fifties diner style), Big Ruckus (2004), SS Antique No. 5 (20040, Europa Twin (2003), EuroMachina (2003, techno), Lord Rat (2003), Love Anxiety (2003), BuzzSaw (2003), Skullbearer (2003, skull dingbats), Beatnick Blue (2002), Geisha Boy (2002), Mardi Party (2002), Midcrime (2002), Ocovilla (2002), Ruthless (2002), Saltie Doggie (2002), Whiskers (2002), Royal Gothic, Family, Eggit, Jericho, Wild Monkeys (2002), 5FingeredGothSW, AlienArgonautAOE, AlphaMackAOE, AmphibiPrint, AngiomaAOE, AntiChristSuperstar, AntiChristSuperstarSW, AstigmaSolid, BigLimboAOE, BigLimbodOutAOE, BoneRollAOE, BoneRollAOEBold, BoundAOE, BrailleAOE, BulletBallsAOE, ButterflyChromosome, ButterflyChromosomeAOE, ButtonButton, ButtonButtonAOE, CType, CTypeAOE, CelticLionAOE-Bold, CelticLionAOE-BoldItalic, CelticLionAOE-Italic, CelticLionAOE, CharailleAOE, ChickenScratch, ChickenScratchAOE, ClunkerAOE, ClunkerAOE-Bold, CropBats, CropBatsAOE, CropBatsIIAOE, DarkNightAOE, DeadGrit, DeliveryMatrixAOE, DetourAOE, DigitalDiscoAOE, DigitalDiscoAOEOblique, DingleBerries, DoggyPrintAOE, DraxLumaAOE, DungeonKeeperII, DungeonKeeperIIBold, DungeonKeeperIIItalic, EggItAOE, EggitAOE-Italic, EggitOutlineAOE, ElectricHermes, ElectricHermesAOE, ElectricHermesAOECharge, FearAOE, FilthAOE, FishyPrintAOEOne, FishyPrintOneAOE, FishyPrintTwoAOE, FutharkAOE, FutharkAOEInline, FutharkAOEInline, GateKeeperAOE, Ghoulish Fright AOE (2006), GlagoliticAOE (1999, grungy glagolitic), GorgonCocoonAOE, Gotik, GreyAlienSW, HAL9000AOE, HAL9000AOEBold, HAL9000AOEBoldItalic, HAL9000AOEItalic, HandageAOE, HandageAOEBold, HauntAOE, HybridLCDAOE, IDSupernovaSW, IslanderAOE, JokerWildAOE, KillMeCraig, KillMeCraigAOE, Kinderfeld, KittyPrint, KittyPrintAOE, Kornucopia, KornucopiaAOE, LinusFace, LinusFaceAOE, LinusPlayAOE, LinusPlaySW, Lochen, LovesickAOE, Manson, MasterPlan, Microbe, MooCowSW, MotherlodeLoadedAOE-Italic, MotherlodeLoadedAOE, MotherlodeStrippedAOE-Italic, MotherlodeStrippedAOE, MysterioSWTrial, NightmareAOE, OrnaMental, Pantera, PapaManoAOE, PenicillinAOE, PixelGantryAOE, PixelGantryAOEBold, PixelGantryAOEBoldItalic, PixelGantryAOEHeavy, PixelGantryAOEHeavyItalic, PixelGantryAOEItalic, PixelGantryHiliteAOE, PixelGantryHiliteAOEItalic, PoppyAOE, PoseidonAOE, Prick, QuiltedAOE, QuiltedAOEBlack, QuiltedTrial, RippleCrumb, RippleCrumbUltraCon, ROCKY, ROCKYAOE, RustedMachineSW, SSExpAntiqueAOE, Schizm, Schrill, SchrillAOE, SchrillAOEOblique, Scrawn, ScrawnAOE, ScrawnCyrAOE, ScrawnKOI8AOE, ScrewedAOE, ScrewedAOEOblique, ScrewedSW, SeaweedFireAOE, SenthAOE, ShampooSW, ShottyTransferTrial, SkinnerAOE, SlurCrumb, SpatCrumb, SpikeCrumbGeiger, SpikeCrumbSwizzle, SpikeCrumbSwollen, SteelcapRubbingTrial, StruckSW, StrutterAOE, SunspotsAOE, SurferComicTrial, TRANSHUMANALPHABET10, TRANSHUMANKATAKANA20, TannarinAOE, TannarinAOEOblique, TibetanBeefgardenAOE, TibetanBeefgardenAOE, TouristTrapAOE, TransponderAOE, TransponderGridAOE, UglyStickAOE, VanguardIIIAOE-Bold, VanguardIIIAOE-BoldOblique, VanguardIIIAOE-Oblique, VanguardIIIAOE, Ventilate, VentilateAOE, Y2KPopMuzikAOE, Y2KPopMuzikOutlineAOE, YoungItchAOE, ZeichensSW, ZenoPotionAOE, Zombie. Second list: BeatnikBlueAOE, BeatnikBlueFillAOE, GeishaBoyAOE, MardiPartyAOE, MindCrimeAOE, OcovillaAOE, PolynesianTouristAOE, RuthlessAOE, SaltyDoggieAOE, SpruceAOE, WhiskersAOE-Oblique, WhiskersAOE, WhiskersAltCapsAOE-Oblique, WhiskersAltCapsAOE (2002), Habitual, Automatic (techno), Bitrux, Filth, Cake&Sodomy, Gulag, Bad Comp, Detour, Alien Argonaut, Dark Night, GateKeeper, Gargamel Smurf, Invocation, Neuntotter, Geisha Boy, Saratoga Slim, Gobe, Stingwire, Lavatype, Tapehead, Islander, Clunker, Digelectric, Gargamel, Krulo-Tag, Krelesanta, SurferComic, Bound, Culture Vulture, Intruder, Cavalier, Anoxia, Synchrounous (IBM logo style lettering), Luna, Data Error, Lunokhod, Jericho. There are many techno and gothic fonts. Kill Me Craig is the first 26 death scene dingbat font (scenes by Craig Dowsett). KittyPrint takes the LinusFace font concept to more realistic cat head dingbats. Krelesanta (not free) is a funky font inspired by the band Kreamy Electric Santa. The free ButtonButton is useful for making buttons. Lovesick AOE is a scrawly, lovelorn typeface, i's dotted with hearts. Strutter AOE is based on the KISS logo. Senth AOR is a runic font. Charaille is one of the many dot matrix fonts. Cavalero is inspired by the logotype of the Chevy Cavalier.

At Bitstream in 2001, AOE published Cavalero, Stingwire and Tannarin. And in 2002, he published the comic book font Big Limbo, Euro Machina BT and Islander there. Bio at Bitstream.

In 2005, Bonislawsky and Sandler realeased 500 fonts, via Bitstream and MyFonts, under the label Breaking The Norm.

In 2006, Astigmatic published their typewriter collection, which includes Military Document, Bank Statement, State Evidence Small Caps, State Evidence, Urgent telegram, Library Report, Overdrawn Account, Customs Paperwork, Incoming Fax and Office Memorandum.

From the bio and various pieces of information, one is led to believe that Brian was born in Poland, and now lives in Miami, but that may be wrong.

In 2010, he placed a free font at the Google Directory, Syncopate. Along the same lines, we find the derived square serif face Stint Ultra Condensed (2011, Google Web Fonts) and Stint Ultra Expanded (2012).

In 2011, several other faces followed there, like Ultra (fat didone), Maiden Orange, Special Elite, Just Another Hand, Crushed, Luckiest Guy (comic book face), Aclonica, Redressed, Montezuma (a curly connected upright script), Devonshire (brush script), Fondamento (calligraphic lettering), Yellowatil (connected retro script), Righteous (free at Google Web Fonts: inspired by the all capitals letterforms from the deco posters of Hungarian artist Robert Berény for Modiano), Ribeye and Ribeye Marrow> (cartoon and/or tattoo style lettering---free at Google Web Fonts), Spicy Rice (2011, free festive display face at Google Web Fonts).

Contributions in 2012: Uncial Antiqua, Jim Nightshade (2012, free at Google web fonts), Dynalight (2012, a retro script inspired by a vintage luggage tag for the Southern Pacific 4449 Daylight steam locomotive), Yesteryear (2012, a retro script loosely based on the title screen from the 1942 film The Palm Beach Story), Parisienne (Google Web Fonts: casual connected script based on a 1960s ad for bras), Shojumaru (Google Web Fonts: an oriental simulation face inspired by a poster for the Marlon Brando movie Sayonara), Berkshire Swash (Google Web Fonts), Audiowide (Google Web Fonts). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Atelier van Wageningen Novo Typo
[Mark van Wageningen]

Mark van Wageningen is a Dutch type designer. Born in 1969, Mark lives in Amsterdam. Novo Typo is the typefoundry of Atelier van Wageningen.

The display type Stavba (inspired by rodchenko's constructivist lettering) appeared in 1994 as a part of his presentation for his final examination at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam, and was later renamed Ärst. He continues making display types on his own account. He created the fonts Linotype Cerny (1995, caps only), Linotype Laika and Linotype Sjablony (a roughened stencil font) in 1997. Zkumavka (1995-2002, Two Rebels) is a grungy stencil family and based on stencils from the 1920s in Russia. Fontshop and 2Rebels sell his Gagarin family (2000), which include Anna (constructivist and unicase), Boris, Christa, Dmitri (MICR), Eleno, Fjodor, Gregor, Hektor (stencil), Igor, Youri, Leonora (with Nele Reyniers), Magda (with Nele Reyniers), Ossip and Petrov (LED simulation). As he tells it, four Russians, Gustav Klucis, Vladimir Majakovski, Alexander Rodchenko en Gregory Rasputin each had an affair with Anna Gagarin, and out of all that came forth Boris, Christa, Dimitri, Elena, Fjodor, Gregor, Hektor, Igor, Jouri, Kurt, Leonora, Magda, Nina, Ossip, Petrov, Quirina, Rudolf and Sonia. Atelier Van Wageningen made the curly face HC type (2010) for packaging.

Typefaces from 2012 include NT Lucien, NT Plakaty (poster font), NT Theo, the NT Gagarin family, NT Zkumavka (rough stencil), NT Cornelia (wood type caps), Louis Douze and Therese Quatorze.

Behance link. Linotype link. FontShop link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Bababau
[Xavier Puig]

Xavier Puig is a type and graphic designer, born in Artés, Barcelona. He moved to London in 2003 where he graduated in Visual Communication and Typography at the London College of Communication. He created the severe octagonal face Ihavebeenwaitingforyou (2009) and the LED face Water In My Casio (2009). In 2010, he added Sexything. Dafont link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Bagel & Co
[Ryoichi Tsunekawa]

Japanese foundry that offers these free Latin fonts made by Ryoichi Tsunekawa around 2005: Kiwi (geometric hairline), Bagel (roundish comic book face), Coconut (noisy outline face), Coconut Split, Fresh Tomato (LED simulation), Dried Tomato (LED simulation), Dutch Style, Mocha Harrar (great stencil face), 103 (experimental, Bank Gothic style), Airhead, ArealBlack, Awkward, BagelNew, BagelOld, Banbino, Bebas (2005, industrial sans), Berlin89, Blackout, Built-1970, Bunyan, Busted, Canstop, Chiangmai (Thai simulation face), DBLline, Dijkstra, Dutchstyle, Fling, Graphite, Harcomaso, Hiexplosive, Hitech, Honeycomb, Junkmix, Kanatypo, KemikalHi, Meegoreng, Mikrob, Natsupopy, Overwork, Palsu, Plamo, Plasitico, REC001, REC002, REC003, Resistance, SQRT, STdigi (LED font), Shandy, Superstar, Tembaga, Tenaga, Tomodachi, Tragedia, Trucker, VRdigital, VRembroidery, Welcome2M, Workaholic, Zeebraa, plot-A, plot-K, Appendix 3, Gesso, Pusab, Sushitaro, Typewrong.

Dafont link. Fontspace link. Kernest link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Barry Beck

Designer of the 150-dollar 4-font family Cyberotica (futuristic writing; LCD). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Ben

Creator at FontStruct in 2009 of the LED face Fade Away. [Google] [More]  ⦿

benjig

Fontstructor who made these faces in 2011: Poster Capitals (beveled face), Calculation (LED face), Keybored, Shadow 1.0, Printedserif, Filled 1.0, Outline 2.0, Outline 1.0, Ytwo, Sharpequill, Plugh.xyzzy, Roundal, 8bit. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Bernard Teo

FontStructor who made the LED face 7 Segment Display (2011) and Squarish Pixels (2011). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Billy Argel

Brazilian graphic designer and prolific creator of free typefaces, which often combine calligraphy and grunge. Alternate URL. Fontspace link.

Fonts from 2011: Tabu, Caribbean Tool (roman caps face), Pijamas (handprinted 3d outline face), Nova Solid, Chocolate Dealer, Happy Family (dingbats), Save The Mini, Tosca Zero (grunge), Epidemia (grunge), Skt and Destroy (grunge), High on fire, Manabu, Masterplan, Thrashline (multiline), Triumph Rewind, The Dreamer, Why, Uranium Mafia, Blessed Day, Caribbean Tool (floral caps face), Lost Winner, Dove Love (curly valentine's Day font), Safe Iodine (texture face), Easy Trouble, ArgelFont, BUTECO (sketch font), DIAMONDDUST, Dropping, InkInTheMeat-Tial, NORMAL, POPCORN (a great grunge hand-drawn Futura Black), POPCORNSKETCHSKETCH (a sketched face), ROCKETAIR, ShitHappens-Cursive. Panhead (grunge Western face).

Fonts made in 2010: Thrashline, Dotled (a fuzzy texture face), Refurbished, PUNKBABE, CANDYINC, GreenPillow, DIRTYBAGBOLDTRIAL, LEDLIGHT, MAJORGUILTY, Network Vampires, NEWESTTRIAL (Western face), VATOS, Billy Argel Font (calligraphic), ACIDLABEL, BeyondSky-trial, HURTMOLD, TOSCAZERO, TABU (grunge), EASY TROUBLE, BOMBFONT (puffy letters), BILLYARGELFONT (calligraphic), Soap Store (grunge), ANGELTEARS (calligraphic), BUTOXQUEEN-trial, ELECTRICHANDS (cursive hand), FLOWERFLOW-trial, HAPPYFAMILY-TRIAL, HEARTQUAKE (grunge), MSKITOKILLA (grunge), NIGHTSTALKER-TRIAL (grunge), RAINFOREST (handwriting with rough edges), ROADMOVIE, ROSE TATTOO (an outlined handprinted beauty), TWINPINES (brush), WANNABEME (sketched), WEDDINGNIGHTMAREStrial (calligraphic), BEERNOTE, GREENMIND (grunge), PORNFASHION, MASTERPLAN (grunge), SNIPERSHOT.

Fonts from 2009: COOLECTOR, BODYHUNTER-Bold (grunge), CLUBHAUS-Bold (ultra black, mechanical/octagonal), MAKEMEALPHA (grunge), NewGardenLight, TRIUMPHREWIND (grunge), Nachos and TV, Oxidisaster, Helloween, Lemon Day Semibold (a sketch font), Tosca Zero, Outlaw (Western face), Gangland (scratchy brushy face), B Side (vertical stencil).

Fonts from 2008: Plastic Pill (fat art deco face), Bedspread Assassin, A Bite (grunge), Dirty and Classic (grunge calligraphy), Gas Mask (grunge stencil), PANHEAD (grungy Western billboard font), My Turtle, Cubiculo Gallery (created for the Cubiculo Gallery in Sao Paulo), Ginga (grunge calligraphic--think award-winning grunge!!!), Wallrider, Black-Oak, TOY_SOLDIERS-Bold (grunge), Abite (grunge), ACIDLABEL, Bulldozer, Cheap Stealer, DONOTEXIST, HANGUP (3-d bouncy letters), HYERBA (Far West font), LAZYDAY (handprinted outline caps face), LEDLIGHT, Mon Bijoux (ornamental), MANABU (futuristic), PEIXEFRITO, Positiv-A, Killed DJ (multiline grunge), Sniper (grunge), Black Oak (smudged face), ShAnKed,

Fonts from 2007: Olho de Boi (a great scratchy handwriting font inspired by the first Brazilian postage stamp which was released on August 1, 1843), Skull TS2 (skull dingbats), REBOARD, Hurtmold (rounded octagonal face), PDRPT (grunge), the Soma family (modern stencil), Caatinga (2006, artsy display face), Santos Dumont (handwriting: free at DaFont). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Bleullama
[Scott Lawrence]

Bleullama is Scott Lawrence, an afficionado of bitmap faces. He is the FontStructor who made Ready P0 (2011), a dot matrix face that is based on the type used on Casio/Tandy pocket computers in the 1980s. Pendule Ornamental (2011) is another LCD face by him. Other creations at FontStruct: Ready P1, Identity Raid, Flynn (Term, Countdown), EDilinger, Space Paranoids Cabaret (2009, based on the style in the film "TRON"), Courtney (2009), MSCHAR.S 7800 (2009, based on MsPac-Man for the Atari 7200), Onyx Pixel 8x16 (2009). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Bogusky2
[Bill Bogusky]

Bill Bogusky runs the design studio Bogusky 2 in Miami, together with his brother. He created Gonzo Bruno, Gonzo Monza and Gonzo Grosso (2007), Sundial (2006, Trajan lettering), Condo (2006, condensed), Ar Deco 1, 2, 3 and Deep (2006), Technia 1 and 2 (2006, athletic lettering or MICR applications), Sport (2006, dingbats), Macarena (2005: art deco), Zanzibar (2006: decorative), 42nd Street (2005: Broadway style lettering), Boffo (2005), Bronco Rose (2005, Wild West style), Decora (2005), Switchback (2005, a computerish face), Capzule (2005, a condensed black face), Tulip (2005, a decorated stencil face), Kondor (2005), Mah Jongg (2005, with many ornaments), Metro (2005, LCD face), Squircle (2005), Zeke (2005, artsy display font), Baby Blox (2005), Kurly (2005), Pipeline (2005), Dealer's Choice (2005), Stencille (2005), Terra, GogoBig and GogoSquat (were free at FontFreak site), Nouville (2006, art deco sans), Back Fence (2005, comic book face), Gogo Latin (2005, condensed), Zandakas (2006), Ameche Pisa (2005), Gogo Serif (2005), Bolo (2005), Hyline (2005), Compado (2005), Ameche Padua (2005), Tera (2005), Xtera (2005), Tudor New (2005), Boffo (2005), Byline (2005), Decora (2005), Quazar (2005), Grafo Graffiti (2005), Acid Bath (2005), Benz (2005), Hulk (2005). These fonts are now commercial and can be obtained at MyFonts.com. A graduate of the School of Industrial Arts in New York City, he worked as an industrial designer in New York before moving to Miami, FL, where he opened Studio Bogusky 2. Dixie Bogusky designed Esquimaux Graphics (2006). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Bokuwatensai

Designer in 2009 over at FontStruct of Raten Moji, a beautiful rough-edged oriental simulation face. Other faces there: Good Ol 3d, Binary Alphabet, Rising Leaves, Led it be (LED font), Picceleration (pencil writing). In 2010: I Chinged (based on Ken Wing's sequence of the I Ching, composed of sixty-four binary figures, also known as hexagrams). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Boris Kahl

Born in 1975 in Schwäbisch Gmünd, Kahl graduated in 2001 from the Hochschule für Gestaltung in Pforzheim. Boris Kahl is Art Director of the German advertising agency MAGMA (Büro für Gestaltung) since 2001. He cofounded the German type and design weblog Slanted. His type designs are published at Volcano Type (Karlsruhe):

• Athletic lettering: Sports (grungy, with Lars Harmsen), Sports Skinny.
• Blackletter: Frakturbo, Fraktendon (=Fraktur+Clarendon, codesigned with Harmsen)
• Dingbats: Mr. J. Smith Eye, Mr. J. Smith Head, Mr. J. Smith Mouth, Mr. J. Smith Nose, and Mr. J. Smith Wanted are experimental dingbat faces by Nikolaii Renger, based on an idea of Lars Harmsen, and digitized by Ulrich Weiss and Boris Kahl. These won an award at the 2005 FUSE competition. Multigenic are a collection of black and white boxes and rectangles (free).
• Dot matrix faces: C64 (original Commodore 64 font), Doublepoint (five styles), Monopoint (three styles), Rollerblind, Rollerblind Grid
• Grungy: Mud (free), Psycho, Poke
• Hand-drawn: Decomic Oblique
• LED style: Digibeck, Strichcode (a family codesigned with Harmsen).
• Kitchen tile faces: Bus, Bus PI.
• Patriot family, done with Lars Harmsen: Saddam, Commander Robot, Fidel, Slobbodan, Osama, George.
• Pixel faces: Amiga, Screeny, Pixel, C64, Fette Pixel
• Script faces: Filou (free, three styles)
• Techno faces: DigiBo, Teckbo (2002. Boris Kahl writes: Retro-Avant-Garde for Club-Flyer-Honks and Plastic-Pussy-Chicks) LI>Uncial: Chaucer

free fonts at Dafont include Filou Medium (2010, calligraphic).

View Boris Kahl's typefaces. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Brandon Zimmerman

Fontstructor who made Polix Mono (2010), an LED simulation face, as well as the pixel faces Terminal Wide, and Minima Mono (2010) and Terminal Scanlines (2010). [Google] [More]  ⦿

BTBWC

FontStructor who made the LCD face LCD Dynamics (2010). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Built-in System Fonts on iOS 4.0.1, 3.2.1 and 3.1.3

The lists of fonts available on the iPhone. For example, we have for the iPhone OS 4.0.1: American Typewriter, AppleGothic, Arial, Arial Hebrew, Arial Rounded MT Bold, Bangla Sangam MN, Baskerville, Cochin, Courier, Courier New, DB LCD Temp, Devanagari Sangam MN, Futura, Geeza Pro, Georgia, Gujarati Sangam MN, Gurmukhi MN, Heiti J, Heiti K, Heiti SC, Heiti TC, Helvetica, Helvetica Neue, Hiragino Kaku Gothic ProN, Kannada Sangam MN, Malayalam Sangam MN, Marker Felt, Oriya Sangam MN, Palatino, Sinhala Sangam MN, Tamil Sangam MN, Telugu Sangam MN, Thonburi, Times New Roman, Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Zapfino. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Büro für Gestaltung Janssen
[Daniel Janssen]

Büro für Gestaltung Janssen, or Janssen Design, is located in Hamburg. It is involved in print, screen, animation, corporate and type design, and was founded in 2002 by Sylvia and Daniel Janssen. Together, they designed these typefaces:

• Bias Regfular (2008, T-26). An experimental pixel-based face.
• Gretel (2005, Fountain), a cross-stitch pattern font.
• Loop (2005, T-26).
• Kaa, a multilined hypnotizing face. This and some other faces are also available at T-26.
• Engel (2003, At T-26). See also here.
• Vitus (2003, Fountain: Vitus is a bold face with occasional delicate strokes. It'a based on a typeface found on one of the million mark notes released during the inflation in the 1920's). See also here.
• Emily, a connected script font, with some borders. Designed in 2003 with Sylvia Janssen, it is similar to Monte Carlo Script NF (2002, Nick Curtis), and both are based on a font called Medicis by Deberny and Peignot, ca. 1920.
• AF Nitro, a techno/LED collection of faces.
• Diavolo, a fifties diner face.
• Unovis, a minimalist squarish face with hard to distinguish u, n and v lower case characters.
• Sektor, a sans face.
• Sonar, a display sans.
• Masina, a simple geometric sans.
• Cash (no idea whta this looks like).
• Initialen, a 21st century initial caps face.
• EF Gigant, a 96-weight techno family (Elsner and Flake, 2006).
• Emily: a conected upright script available from T26.
• Atlantik: six sets of line elements, sold by Veer and Fountain. The Atlantik typeface is a result of a poster design made for the Habour Museum Hamburg.
• Diago (2009, T-26): striped sans.
• Oceane (2009, T-26). An avant-garde face.

FontShop link. Klingspor link.

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Carl Marius Struzik Krull

Danish designer from Copenhagen, b. 1975. He studied graphic arts at the San Carlos Academy of Fine Arts in 1997-1998 and at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, Poland, in 1999. Creator the free grunge typewriter family Traveling Typewriter (2006) and of the squared LCD pixel face ChessType (2008). Dafont link. Yet another URL. Yet another URL. [Google] [More]  ⦿

CAT Design Wolgast
[Peter Wiegel]

Wolgast-based type designer Peter Wiegel (b. 1955) runs CAT Design Wolgast. Designer of these free fonts:

• In 2012: Men Nefer (a Memphis lookalike), Fette Unz Fraktur (like Fette Fraktur), Mutter Krause (for the reconstruction of the 1929 silent movie "Mutter Krausens Fahrt ins Glück", where it is used for intertitles, that where missing. The font is redrawn from the original intertitles), Youbilee (a font with laurels).
• In 2010: Alfabilder (dingbats), Gondrin (athletic lettering with a 3d effect), HelvetiaVerbundene (making Helverica into a school script?), Proletarsk (a grotesk face), Vis-à-vis (great idea--a double-storied serif face), ApolloASM (Victorian), BertholdrMainzerFraktur, Doergon-Regular (license plate font), DoergonBackshift, DoergonShift, Eureka (Victorian, ornamental face), GoeschenFraktur (1880-style Fraktur used in Sammlung Göschen books), Makushka, MakushkaKontura, MakushkaQuadriga, MakushkaSecunda, Moderne3DSchwabacher, ModerneGekippteSchwabacher, StrassburgFraktur, TGL0-16 (same as DIN 16), TGL0-17 (same as DIN 17), TGL0-17Alt, Tank (emblems of gas companies), EricaType-Bold, EricaType-BoldItalic, EricaType-Italic, EricaType-Regular (typewriter), ErikaOrmig, Fibel Vienna (2012, a high-legged sans), GreifswalderTengwar-Regular, GreifswalerDeutscheSchrift (German Schreibschrift), Midroba-Regular (a strong mechanical octagonal face), MidrobaSchatten, MMX2010 (futuristic), Präsent60, Rotunda Pommerania (blackletter), TengwarOptime, TengwarOptimeDiagon, cbe-Bold, cbe-BoldItalic, cbe-Italic, cbe.
• In 2009: 18thCenturyInitials, 18thCenturyKurrent-Regular, 18thCenturyKurrentAlternates, German writing from the 18th century), CentreClaws, CentreClawsBeam1, CentreClawsSlant, Cöntgen Kanzley Regular (blackletter), Cöntgen Kanzley Aufrecht (2009), ElficCaslin, H1N1, Loxembourg1910Shadow (an art nouveau-influenced stencil face), Luxembourg1910, VarietScala (an art deco sans family), Varietee, VarieteeArtist, VarieteeCabaret, VarieteeCascadeur, VarieteeCasino, VarieteeCirque, VarieteeColege, VarieteeConferencier, VarieteeFolies, VarieteeIkarier, VarieteeJongleur, VarieteeMirage, VarieteeRevue, VarieteeTheatre, KochFetteDeutscheSchrift (blackletter), MoradoFelt-Regular (upright connected script), MoradoMarker (2009), MoradoNib, PreussischeVI9 (DIN-like family), PreussischeVI9Linie, PreussischeVI9Schatten-Linie, PreussischeVI9Schatten, SchatternvonPreussischeVI9, Stage (art deco), Ring Matrix (dot matrix), Nathan, Amptmann Script (2009, upright connected script), Cat Shop, Blankenburg (blackletter), Murrx (arched face), Schwaben Alt (1988, bastarda), Vrango, 14LED (Regular, Phattt-Heavy, Rised-Black), 24LED (+Bright, +Grid, +Modul), DIN1451fetteBreitschrift1936-Regular, FibelNord (basic sans family with an architectural twist), FibelSued (family), PaneuropaBankette, PaneuropaCrashbarrier-Black, PaneuropaFreeway, PaneuropaHighway, PaneuropaRoad, PaneuropaStreet, PaneuropaWrongWay, Quirkus (family), RingMatrix (dot matrix family), RingMatrix3D, RingMatrixTwo, DiscipuliBritannica (connected script), GruenewaldVA-Regular (connected school script), Rudelskopfdeutsch-Aufrecht, WiegelLatein (connected school script), WiegelLateinMedium (2009), Morado, Moebius Bicolor (art deco), Elbaris (sans), ElbarisOutline, Nomitais (multiline face), RostockKaligraph, Waschkueche, WaschkuecheGrob-Ultra, WiegelKurrent (traditional German school script), WiegelKurrentMedium, XAyax, XAyaxOutline (2009), Kaufhalle (squarish), Quimbie (art deco), CasaSans-Regular, Elb-Tunnel, MeyneTextur (blackletter), Yiggivoo, TGL 31034-1 (futuristic sans), Beroga (a simple organic sans).
• Before 2009: Xayax, PreussischeIV44Ausgabe3 (2006, a severe sans), Utusi Star (1989, very condensed all-caps face), Avocado (2006, script face), CbeNormal (2006, script face), Leipzig Fraktur (+Bold) (2006), Berlin Email (2006, a condensed sans family, followed in 2009 by Berlin Email Serif), MaassslicerItalic (2006, a futuristic face made for Rudolf Maass + Partner GmbH), Powerweld (a gorgeous avant-garde face made for OPTI Pumpen und Technik GmbH), WolgastScript (2005), WolgastTwo (2006, connected script), WolgastTwoBold, ZeichenDreihundert-Regular, ZeichenHundert-Regular, ZeichenVierhundert-Regular, ZeichenZweihundert-Regular (2006, traffic dingbats), Djerba simplified (Arabic font, Computer and Technologie, Hamburg, 1995; it can be downloaded here), Titus FrakturBaltic (1998), TITUS FrakturEast Normal (1998), and TITUS FrakturWest Normal (1998) [which used to be downloadable here; these fonts were retired and the Titus name dropped; most of the glyphs made it to Schwaben Alt].

CD Wannabe

Designer who used FontStruct in 2009 to make the LED simulation face Test Results. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Cerement

American designer at FontStruct in 2008 of Lucid (monospaced 5x7 LCD font for Latin, Cyrillic, Greek and katakana: white on black), Absinthe (pixel face), Faith (condensed, unicase), Neuerburg (blackletter influences: from the logo for "Haus Neuerburg Zigaretten" designed by Prof. O.H.W. Hadank, 1925), Conform (pixel face), Minim (Textura blackletter). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Chase

Californian designer (b. 1993) with a great motto: No I won't design something just for you. If I make it, it has to be publicly available. Dafont link.

Creator of Liquid Crystal (2012, the ultimate LCD typeface family), Linkin Park, Unbound Pro (2012, a free industrial stencil typeface), Adele, a monoline avant garde sans headline face, modeled after the cover of the CD album Adele 21 by singer and song writer Adele. Couture Bold (2012, free font) is a solid thick sans all caps face based on the Chanel logo.

Home page. Devian tart link. Aka styrofoamballs. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Christian Griesbeck

Designer of the LED font "Data". [Google] [More]  ⦿

Christian Munk

Danish designer (b. 1991), aka CMunk, who used FontStruct in 2008 to create Flag Semaphore (+Smooth, Peace), Articulate, Font from NATO (military slab serif), Glockenwerk (2008, pixel clock font), Glockenwerk Uhrzeit (2008), Flags-and-NATO (dingbats), Font from NATO alpha, Tall, Flying-Circus (Western showtime face to imitate the Monty Python titling font), LCD-display, Simple (stencil font with 700 glyphs), TMNT, Tetris, sharp-pixels, Raster, Quad (2008, nice stencil face), Inverted (2008), Propaganda (2008, Cyrillic font simulation), Empty Monospace (2008), Pride (2008), Stadium (2008), Rounded (2008), Dear God (script pixel face), Celtic Style (2008).

In 2009, he added 7x12 Pixel Mono, @bcde, Abstract Letter Patterns, Music, Texture, Diagonal, Gothic, Illusio, Unispace (typewriter type), Narrow Serif, Delta, Alien Double (great!), Donut, Flags-and-NATO, Simple-Fraktur-Initial, Simple-Fraktur, Texture, Friendly Serif, (+Soft), Invisible, Sharp, Heavy Diacritics, Concentrium, Continuous Digital Display, Elves, Pixies, Space Movie (+Ligatures), Flag Semaphore (+Smooth, +Peace), Articulate, BBT Biline Twist, Biline Twist, Empty Monospace, Unfix, Infix, Pride, Tyre Stencil (like tire threads---nifty...), and Overlap.

FontStructions from 2010: Even (gridded), Brilliance, Slalom Vision, Quirky Serif, 7x12PixelMono, Ball Terminator, Gearbox, Prefix, Upside Down, Way Too Small (a minimalist pixel face), Butterfly, Ribbon Gymnastics, 2D Barcode, Horizon Stencil, Biline Twist, Quirky Serif, Blocktur, Symmetricus (alien writing?).

FontStructions in 2011: 12 dice, Monotwist (tall, monospaced), Squarific (fat octagonal), Swirl (curly), Sweet (Victorian), Easter Eggs, 50 Fifty (experimental, geometric), Squarific (+Stencilious), Spiralix (spiral-themed for Latin and Cyrillic), Bloccus, Feet (monospaced).

Creations from 2012: Blick, Dry Heat (Isolates and Initials, Medials, Finals: an Arabic simulation family), FF9 Coin Slots, FF8 Untalic, FF7 w1de, FF6 Lean Mean, FF5 Bamana, FF4 Circulation, FF3 3times7, FF3 Runization, FF1 Glitchy. FF stands for Forgotten Fonts. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Cobbyfont

FontStructor who made the dot matrix faces LCD Dot Matrix (2011) and DOT Matrix Printer (2011). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Cocijotype
[Elí Castellanos Chávez]

A 2004 graduate of Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosi. As a student at CEAD in Mexico, Elí Castellanos Chávez (b. 1980) designed the serif face Barronegro in 2006. This text face was based on the cultural heritage of Oaxaca, as found on local posters, menus, shops, clothing, and art. He is the director of Cocijotype, a foundry located in Oaxaca, and teaches editorial design and typography in Loma Bonita, Mexico. Cocijotype was earlier called Sexytype. Behance link. Flickr page.

Their typefaces:

• Koch's Neuland inspired Elí to create Barrilito (2009). This face won an award at Tipos Latinos 2010 in the script category.
• Barricada (2008, Sudtipos) is a fat rounded signage face that was awarded in the Tipos Latinos 2008 competition in the non-text category.
• Lucecita (2009) is a dot matrix LED font. It won an award at Tipos Latinos 2010 in the screen face category.
• Barronegro (2009) is a text family on which he has been working between 2006 and 2009.
• Miniblock (2009, by Manuel Guerrero) is created to stack letters next to each other to look like labyrinths. It won an award in the Tipos Latinos 2008 competition for best text family.
• Optica (2008, Manolo Guerrero) is a tribute to Colombian artist Omar Rayo's optical art.
• Block02 (2009, Manolo Guerrero) is a FontStruct font that is part pixelized, part stencil.
• Quincha (2009, Diego Sanz) is the quechua word for stone wall. Letters can be packed together in a way that reminds one of ancient Inca art.
• Casiopea (2010) is a corporate or signage type family that comes in six weights including Bold and Thin.
• Zipolite (2011). A mix of grotesk and humanist.

Colin Brignall

British type designer and art director, born in 1940 (MyFonts.com says 1945, Warwickshire), who was type director at Letraset for some time. In 1995 Brignall moved to ITC. With the closure of ITC's New York office in November 1999, Brignall was re-appointed Type Director for Esselte Letraset. The latest major project in which Brignall was involved was the ITC Johnston series launched in 1999. He received the Type Directors Club Medal at TDC2 in 2001. Bio. Bio at Linotype. His fonts there included

• Aachen Bold (1969), Aachen Medium (1977, with Alan Meeks). The Scangraphic version is Aachen SH.
• Revue (1969), an unsuccessful display face.
• Countdown (1965, LED simulation face), cyrillicized in 1993 by A. Kustov at TypeMarket.
• Superstar (1970, an athletic lettering face now owned by ITC and sold by MyFonts).
• Italia (1974; see Istria on the SoftMaker MegaFont XXL CD, 2002), Italia Book (1977).
• Premier Lightline (1969), an elegant art deco hairline face.
• Premier Shaded (1970), caps only shaded art deco face.
• Romic Light (1979-1980). See R790 Roman on Softmaker's XXL CD (2002).
• Corinthian (1981).
• Epokha (1992), a 1910 poster style slab serif.
• Edwardian (1983). The digital version is at Elsner&Flake, for example.
• Harlow (1977-1979), a fifties style display script. The Scangraphic versions are Harlow SB and Harlow SH.
• Octopuss (1970), similar to Harlow.
• Tango (1974) [a freefont inspired by Tango can be found in Julius B. Thyssen's Kylie 1996-J], yet another face in the spirit of Harlow.
• Jenson Old Style (with Freda Sack), a Venetian face.
• Victorian (1976, with Freda Sack).
• Type Embellishments One, Two and Three (1994): handsome ornaments developed in the Letraset Type Studio by Michael Gills and Colin Brignall to complement the Fontek Typeface Library.

FontShop link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

coolhardik21

FontStructor of LCD font (2011). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Crissov

Designer who used FontStruct in 2009 to make Raphigraphy, a dot matrix font based on a proposal by Louis Braille from 1839. Other creations: Just1s (concept font), Just1s Times 4, Moon 3x3 Square (Latin alphabet for partially sighted people after William Moon (1818-1894)), Moon 4x4 Thin, Geascript (squarish), QWERTY, Daumen, Daumen 9, 7seg (LCD font), 5x7int (pixel face). His Albers is a remake of Schablonenschrift by Albers (1920s). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Cypher13

Boulder, CO-based graphic design and branding team. Their typefaces include a modular LED-inspired yet unnamed creation. At You Work For Them, they published the pixel faces C13 LCD (2009) and C13 Six Pixels of Death (2009). [Google] [More]  ⦿

DaltonMaag.Com
[Bruno Maag]

Swiss designer Bruno Maag (b. Zürich) founded Dalton Maag in 1991 and designed these commercial fonts:

• Aktiv Grotesk (2010) was published as an alternative to Helvetica, a face Bruno hates with a passion.
• Co: a rounded monoline minimalist sans.
• Cordale: a text family.
• Dedica: a didone face.
• Effra and Effra Italic (2009): sans family.
• Fargo (2004): a humanist sans in 6 weights.
• Foco: sans family.
• Grueber (2008): a slab serif.
• InterFace: an extensive sans family; one weight is free (2001).
• King's Caslon
• Lexia (1999, Ron Carpenter and Dalton Maag): a slab serif family.
• Magpie (2008) is a serifed family---Dalton Maag was able to trademark the name Magpie despite the fact that Vincent Connare had created a face by that name in 2000.
• Pan (1996). A text family at 1500 US dollars per style.
• Plume (2004): a display face inspired by calligraphy.
• Royalty (1999): a stunning art deco display family. MyFonts sells each of the four weights for 1500 US dollars!!!
• Southampton.
• Stroudley: a sturdy condensed sans.
• Tephra (2008): a collaboration with Hamish Muir. This is an experimental multi-layered LED-inspired family.
• Tondo: a simple sans family.
• Ubuntu (2010): this is a team effort---a set of four styles of a free font called Ubuntu. This font supports the Indian rupee symbol. The glyph for the Ubuntu Font Family was contributed by Rodrigo Rivas Costa in 2010.
• Viato: a simple sans family.

Other custom faces: Tottenham Hotspur (2006), Teletext Signature (by Basten Greenhill Andrews and Dalton Maag), Skoda (Skoda Sans CE by Dalton Maag is based on Skoda Formata by Bernd Möllenstädt and MetaDesign London), UPC Digital, BT (for British Telecommunications), Coop Switzerland (for Coop Schweiz), eircom, Lambeth Council, Tesco (2002), PPP Healthcare, ThyssenKrup (Dalton Maag sold his soul to these notorious arms dealers; TK Type is the name of the house font), Co Headline (2006), Co Text (2006, now a commercial font), Telewest Broadband, Toyota Text and Display (2008), TUIType, HPSans (for Hewlett-Packard, 1997). His custom Vodafone family (sans) (2005) is based on InterFace. In 2011, Dalton Maag created Nokia Pure for Nokia's identity and cellphones, to replace Erik Spiekermann's Nokia Sans (2002). The Nokia Pure typeface has rounder letters, and is simultaneously more legible and more rhythmic.

In 2010, the Dalton Maag team consisted of Bruno Maag and David Marshall as managing and operations directors, and Vincent Connare as production manager. The type designers are Amélie Bonet, Ron Carpenter, Fabio Haag, Lukas Paltram and Malcolm Wooden. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Daniel Amor

Stuttgart-based Danny Amor was active in the 1990s. His fonts include Jesse James (2000, Western), Future World (1999, LED simulation), New Kids (3D face), CascadeScript, the monospaced pixel face Topaz-8 (1994), and Sarah Bernhardt (1999). Fontspace link. He used the company name Brainstorm at some point. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Daniel Skov Klejnstrup

Creator of the beautiful dot matrix font LCDDotMatrix5x8 (2007). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Das Nest der Qualle
[Ren Kiryu]

Ren Kiryu is the Japanese creator in 2007 of RN-DawnRaid (handprinted), RN-Digitalian (LED simulation), RN-EasyCirclet-OL, RN-EasyCirclet-WL, RN-EasyCirclet, RN-Fraktur1 (blackletter), RN-Gothic1 (blackletter), RN-HoneyBlade, RN-Italic1, RN-Laboratory, RN-Lagopus, RN-LovelyBaby, RN-MilkCafe, RN-RibbonSweets (curly), RN-RoughhewnRomancer, RN-SealingClub, RN-SugarRuskHoney, RN-SwingingJohn, RN-UncialHalfUncial1, RN-disStrayedGhost. Free downloads. [Google] [More]  ⦿

David Leon Senger

German creator in Berlin (b. 1976) of I Robot (2008, FontStruct), and Wecker (2009, LED/octagonal). Blog. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Delfina Duarte

Delfina Duarte was Cristiane Delfinah. This Brazilian created the curly girlish script Delfinah (2009) and the LED face Radiare (2011). This is an OpenType font with several choices per glyph. Home page. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Dial N for Ninja

FontStructor who made the LED style futuristic faces Galaxsea Starlight Mono (v2, v3) (2012), Galaxsea Darkmatter (2012, +Light, +Normal: a techno stencil family), and dNN's Wedgey Tools (2012). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Digital Graphic Labs
[Brenden C. Roemich]

Brenden C. Roemich's Winnipeg-based foundry. They sold fonts at 10 to 20 USD a shot, but made them free starting in 2003, when they quit the font foundry business. The entire collection, mostly dated 1998: ALSScript, Aberration, AngleterreBook, Aramis, AramisItalic, ChanceryCursive, Dichotomy, Eddie, EnterSansmanBold (heavy serious sans), EnterSansmanBoldItalic, FLWScript, Fanzine (ransom note face), GlassHouses, Gunmetal, ILSScript, Incite, KellsUncialBold, KellsUncialBold, LDSScriptItalic, MICREncoding, Misbehavin', NinePin, NobilityCasual, Overmuch (fat rounded), PinchDrunk, Protestant, PunchDrunk, RamseyFoundationalBold, RocketPropelled, SNCScriptItalic, ShagadelicBold (psychedelic), Spirit, StaticAgeFineTuning, StaticAgeHorizontalHold (textured like a bad TV signal), Symbolix, TempsNouveau, TitleWave, TypeWrong-Smudged-Bold, VinylTile, VulgarDisplay, Whimzee, WhizKid, alsscripttrial, bitwise (LED face), holyunion, overmuchtrial. Direct download. Dafont link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Digital Stream

FontStructor who made Bauka (2012), a clock digit font. [Google] [More]  ⦿

dirtytea

FontStructor who made the LED and outlined LED faces Orbit 01 and Orbit 02 (2010). [Google] [More]  ⦿

D.J. Shepherd

Fontstructor who made several LED faces from 2009-2011: Scorebaord LED (Dak [used by Daktronics], Basic [used at the Verizon Center], 2 [used by Daktronics]). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Dmitrij Greshnev

Green Type is the foundry of creative Russian type designer Dmitrij Greshnev (b. 1975, Lengingrad). Still based in Leningrad, Dmitrij received a TypeArt 05 award for the display family Multicross (2003-2004), which can be bought at ParaType. He will win many more awards. His typefaces include Stopwatch (2010, LED face), Sokol (Old Slavonic Latin simulation face), Slavica (2010), Reliant (2010, with Iza W at Intellecta Design), Reliant Beveled (2012, free), Logistica (2010, army stencil), Danger (2010, another army stencil), Dusk Thin (2010), and Multicross (2003-2004, stitching font). Typefaces from 2011: Zoo300 (techno sans; +Shadow, +yrillic). Behance link.

View Dmitry Greshnev's typefaces. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Dmitriy Konovalov

Russian designer of these typefaces: Prokofe (elegant display face), eleQtronique (LED simulation). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Doepfer Musikelektronik GMBH

BF_Symbols (communication dings, 1995), Doepfer (LED font by Doepfer Musikelektronik, 1995), Inter (Gary L. Ratay's travel dingbat font, 1991). See also here. [Google] [More]  ⦿

DOS

Pixel font guy who seems to be nostalgic for the DOS era. He created a family of pixel faces called Raster, and an LED imitation face called Digits (2009). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Dr. Adept
[David Radisic]

David Radisic's font services: signature fonts, logo fonts, handwriting fonts. Custom fonts. Also web design. Great web page, by the way! Some fonts: BoxClever (free), CoffeeRing, DensLEDs, EuroSymbols, FutureSky, OutlinedOutline, RoundAndAbout. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Efopee

Designer at FontStruct in 2008 of the LED-like typeface Break. [Google] [More]  ⦿

elefont
[Mattias Jakobsson]

At elefont (and before that at subform) we could fond the free (non-commercial use only) fonts Halvar, Bailando, Onaka (katakana) and Atmosphere (fantastic LED font), designed by Swede Mattias Jakobsson in cooperation with Daniel Brandt. Elefont disappeared but is revived at typOasis by CybaPee. Dafont link. Fontspace link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Engineering Fonts--The EE Compendium

Small archive with LED fonts, Liquid crystal fonts, dot matrix fonts, electrical symbol fonts, digital readout fonts, oscilloscope fonts. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Enrique Ollervides

Aka Quique Ollervides Uribe. After studying graphic design at the Universidad Intercontinental in Mexico City, Quique joined forces with Cha! and founded Hula+Hula, a design studio strongly influenced by uninhibited use of color, humor, odd typography and lots of hand drawn elements. They have worked for MTV Latin America, Cartoon Network, KidRobot, Nike, Frito-Lay, L'Oreal, Televisa and various major record labels. His work has been shown and published in galleries and books from Mexico to Japan, and some of his fonts F76F73 are distributed by T26. In 2006 he co-founded KONG, Mexico's first low-brow art and design store and gallery. He taught typography at the Universidad Intercontinental during the years 1997-2006 and at CENTRO in 2006.

Designer at T-26 of Polvora (2007, T-26, a cross between old typewriter, Western, and Spanish inquisition), LED Gothic (2003, T-26) [see also here]. Designer at the Argentinian outfit SantoTipo of Los fierros and Luchita Payol (2000-2009; +LaRuda, + Tecnica). Picture. He runs the Hula Hula foundry, where he published Khaki (a clean sans face). He also made the fluid Fabio, Gú, the handwritten Ingenua, the hand dingbat face Mutis, Polilla, Suave, Tabique, Taka San, Urbe, the experimental face HH Pólvora (2006), the hookish Acerina and the blocky Bloke, shown at Tiypo.

Enrique spoke at ATypI 2009 in Mexico City.

T-26 link. MyFonts link. Dafont link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Eraman

In 1993, Eraman Inc made an LCD font called Westminster. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Erick Windsor

Designer of the pixel faces LCD (2011) and LCD Solid (2011). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Eriq Jaffe

Designer of several sets of athletic lettering fonts, including NFL, NHL, NBA and MLB. Dafont link. His web site has the athletic lettering in truetype format for these teams: MLBAngels, MLBAstros, MLBBlock, MLBBlueJaysModern, MLBBlueJaysVintage, MLBBrewers, MLBCubs, MLBDiamondbacks, MLBGiants, MLBMariners, MLBNationals, MLBNationalsBevel, MLBNationalsReverseBevel, MLBPadres, MLBPhillies, MLBPirates, MLBRedSox, MLBReds2007, MLBTuscan, MLB_Tuscan_New, MLB_Tuscan_New, Mlbdia07, NBA76ers, NBABobcats, NBABucks, NBABulls, NBACavaliers, NBACeltics, NBAClippers, NBAGrizzlies, NBAHawks, NBAHeat, NBAHornets, NBAJazz, NBAKings, NBAKingsAlternate, NBAKnicks, NBALakers, NBAMagic, NBAMavericks, NBAMavericksAlternate, NBANets, NBANuggets, NBAPacers, NBAPistons, NBARaptors, NBARockets, NBASpurs, NBASuns, NBASuperSonics, NBATimberwolves, NBATrailblazers, NBAWarriors, NBAWizards, NFLBears, NFLBearsThrowback, NFLBengals, NFLBroncos, NFLCardinals, NFLChargers2007, NFLDolphins, NFLEagles, NFLFalcons, NFLJaguars, NFLOilersVintage, NFLPatriots, NFLPatriotsThrowback, NFLRams, NFLRavens, NFLRavensVintage, NFLSteelers, NFLTexans, NFLTitans, NFLVarsityBlockA, NFLVarsityBlockB, NFLVarsityBlockC, NFLVarsityBlockD, NFLVarsityBlockE, NFLVarsityBlockF, NFLVarsityBlockG, NFLVarsityBlockH, NFLVikings, NHLANA06, NHLAnaheim, NHLAtlanta, NHLBUF06, NHLBoston, NHLBuffalo, NHLCalgary, NHLCalgaryAlternate, NHLCarolina, NHLChicago, NHLColorado, NHLColumbus, NHLDallas, NHLDetroit, NHLEAna_, NHLEAtl_, NHLEBos_, NHLEBuf_, NHLECal_, NHLECar_, NHLEChi_, NHLEClb_, NHLECol_, NHLEDal_, NHLEDet_, NHLEEdm_, NHLEFlo_, NHLELak_, NHLEMinA, NHLEMinH, NHLEMon_, NHLENJD_, NHLENYI_, NHLENYRO, NHLENYR_, NHLENasO, NHLENas_, NHLEOtt_, NHLEPhi_, NHLEPho_, NHLEPit_, NHLESJ__, NHLEStL_, NHLETBL_, NHLETor_, NHLEVan_, NHLEWas_, NHLEdmonton, NHLEdmontonAlternate, NHLFlorida, NHLLosAngeles, NHLMinnesota, NHLMinnesotaAlternate, NHLMontreal, NHLNYIslandersAlternate, NHLNYRangers, NHLNYRangersOutline, NHLNashville, NHLNewJersey, NHLOttawa, NHLOttawaAlternate, NHLPhiladelphia, NHLPhoenix, NHLPittsburgh, NHLSanJose, NHLStLouis, NHLTampaBay, NHLToronto, NHLTorontoAlternate, NHLVancouver, NHLWashington, Nflcoltt, Nflcowbt, Nhlnyi__, VarsityBlockA, VarsityBlockB, VarsityBlockC, VarsityBlockD, VarsityClassicA, VarsityClassicB, VarsityClassicC, VarsityClassicD, VarsityClassicSerifA, VarsityClassicSerifB. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Est71

American vector artist. Designer of Charged Insomnia (2008, LED font), Mezzanine (2007, ultra-fat), S.O.T.D. (2006, 1890-style caps face), Dog Star (2006, modeled after the Sirius radio font), Blowback (2007, display face), Alpha (2006, outline pixel face) and Pf Animals (2006, a stencil face modeled after Pink Floyd's "ANIMALS" album). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Eternal Maelstrom Studios (or: [emfont])
[Jason Harlan]

Free fonts by Jason Harlan of Austin, TX, at this studio (Eternal Maelstrom Studios or [emfont]) with a Japanese techno look. The techno fonts typically have only 26 letters without punctuation or numbers: Akihibara (Latin with a kana look), AnimePornstar, Ddsnet, Freshmen (2000), Honeyflash, Kogal, Pornohouse (LED simulation), Third Party, Akihibarahyper (2001), Clovers (2001), Crafty (2001), Dreampop (2001), JackFrost (2001). Catalog of his fonts.

Dafont link. Alternate URL. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Exclamachine Type Foundry
[Choz Cunningham]

Choz Cunningham is a Las Vegas-based designer and artist. Home page. Designer of Whiskey Songs (2007), Crass Roots and Crass Roots OFL (2007, stencil), Misqot (2006), The Troubles (2006), Limberjack (2006, an ornate wood titling font), this blackletter-inspired serif face (2006), Futurelic (2006, futuristic), Zugzwang (2006), Sketchy Times Bold (2005, grunge), Sketchy Times (2005, grunge), Basket of Hammers (2005, a nice wallpainting/graffiti font). His company, also called Exclamachine Foundry, where these fonts can be downloaded: The Black Bloc (2006, blackletter-inspired), MISQOT (2006), Kutura Frontalis (2006), PaulMaul (2006), Zugzwang (2006), Sketchy Times (2006), Carlos Caffeinated (2006), Basket of Hammers (2006), Disc Inferno (2006, LED simulation), Rosda Laevigata)2007, handprinting), and this heavy metal band font (2006). Dafont link. Yet another URL. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Fatfonts
[Uta Hinrichs]

FatFonts is a graphical technique conceived and developed in 2012 by Miguel Nacenta (a lecturer in human-computer interaction at the School of Computer Science, University of St Andrews, Scotland), Uta Hinrichs (originally from Lübeck in Germany, she is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Calgary in Canada), and Sheelagh Carpendale (a computer science professor at the University of Calgary).

Numerals in vector fonts developed by the team have a thickness that is proportional to their value. Numerals can also be nested. The (free) fonts were converted to opentype by Richard Wheeler (a PhD student at The Sir William Dunn School of Pathology of Oxford). Uta Hinrichs designed Gracilia, Cubica, and Rotunda. She codesigned Miguta with Miguel Nacenta. Finally, Richard Wheeler himself created the LED face 7Segments. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Ferodootomo

FontStructor who made the gridded LCD screen face Bixel (2011) and the thin architectural lettering face F002 (2011). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Ferrets N Fonts
[Perry Mason]

Perry Mason is the prolific ozzie creator (based in Newcastle) of Nato, a truetype font apparently made for NATO military vehicle lettering (2001). Since that first font, he has made well over 1000 fonts, mostly in 2001, but some as late as 2003. Back-up of his fonts at Just Us Now, now defunct. Alternate URL for Just Us Now (also defunct). Yet another URL. List of his fonts, by date, and alphabetical list. Perry Mason's dingbats. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Flat-It
[Ryoichi Tsunekawa]

Japanese foundry in Nagoya that offers these free and commercial Latin fonts made by Ryoichi Tsunekawa, who also runs Bagel & Co, Dharma Type, HolidayType and Prop-A-Ganda. Most of his work was done at Flat-It. His typefaces:

• 2012: Rama Slab (an antiqued wood-style slab serif), Rama Gothic. An antiqued sans serif family that recalls the wood type era), Diamond Ring (an art deco typeface inspired by Japanese cosmetics-packaging designs and posters from the late 19th and early 20th centuries), Yummo (monoline very organic sans), Controller (techno), Revolution Gothic (an extended version of PAG Revolucion), 2008, which was inspired by retro propaganda posters and wallpainting in Cuba from the 60s to 80s), Diamond Ring (art deco).
• 2011: Yummo (monoline organic), Sheepman (based on the wood type No. 506 of William Page), Onick (2011, an art deco neojaponist fat display face done for Wordshape), Design System (2011, a 70-style techno font family), Shiva (2011, hairline sans), Mocha Mattari (2011, grunge), Dharma Slab (2011, inspired by 1800s-style wood type), Dharma Gothic (2011, +P), Rama Gothic (2011, also inspired by 1800s-style wood type), Dimensions (2011, squarish), Design System (2011, based on 70s style techno faces), Speedometer (2011, condensed piano key face).
• 2010: Stereo Gothic (2010: an extended all caps slightly techno sans family), Behrensmeyer Vigesimals (2010, a pixel format connected script), Civilite Vigesimals (2010, pixelized Civilite), Flat10 Arts and Crafts (2010), Flat20 Hippies, Flat10 Segments (2010), Flat10 Antique (2010), Flat20 Gothic (2010), Flat20 Streamer (2009, pixelized ribbon font), Flat10 Fraktur, Flat10 holy, Flat10 Holly, Flat10 Stencil, Flat20 Headline, Flat10 Artdeco, Word From Radio (2008-2010). Cigarette (2007, Bauhaus/Peignot-style type family).
• 2009: African Elephant Trunk (2009), Concrete Script, Concrete Stencil (2009, a stencil calligaphic script), Perfect Magic (2009), HT Maison (2009, signage face), HT Farmacia (2009, connected school script), HT Espresso (2008, upright script), HT Cartoleria (2008, connected script), HT Cafe (2009), Sneaker Script (2009).
• 2007-2008: Bistro Mono (2007, an awkward monoline face), Thousands (2007), Balaghat (2008), Garash Script (2008, a Halloween face), Woodstamp (2008), Banana (2008, brush script), Rebel Train Goes (2008, a piano key font), Rouge (2007, an elegant lipstick-on-the-bathroom-mirror pair of faces), Yasashii (2007, a great geometric art deco Broadway-style family), Lily Wang (2006, calligraphic script), Nothing (2007), Garash (2007, Arabic simulation), Moon Star Soul (2007, Western saloon font), Grandes Vacances (+ Une, Deux) (2007), Pansy Bo (2006, calligraphic), Dremie (2007, an art deco headline face with Open and Fill weights), Grandes Vacances (2007, based on 19th century billboard letters), Xesy (2007, a fantastic "ronde" high-contrast upright connected script), Deluta Black (2007), Cotoris (2007, a 4-style family that takes inspiration from Koch Antiqua and the art nouveau movement).
• 2006: Daisy Lau (2006, calligraphic), Agedage Luxeuil (2006, based on a monasteric script from the 8th century), Agedage Cancellaresca (2006), Agedage Simple Versal (2006, Lombardic caps simplified), Amsterdam Modern (2006, art nouveau influences), Flat10 [Holly, Holy, Stencil, Fraktur] (2006, a set of pixel faces), Machiarge (2006, a heavy connected brushed signage script), Chic Hand (2006, connected script), Double Dagger (2006, geometric stencil family), Fault (2006, an art deco striped lettering face), Killernuts (2006, headline serif face with brush stroke endings), Underconstructionism! (2006, a rectangular look family with associated dingbats), Machia (2006, decorative script), Kiwi (geometric hairline), Bagel (roundish comic book face), Jaguarundi (2006, distressed), Boycott (2006, distressed), Tokyotrail (2006, futuristic techno family), Coconut (noisy outline face), Coconut Split, Fresh Tomato (LED simulation), Dried Tomato (LED simulation), Dutch Style, Mocha Harrar (great stencil face), 103 (experimental, Bank Gothic style), Airhead, ArealBlack, Awkward, BagelNew, BagelOld, Banbino, Bebas (2005, industrial sans), Berlin89, Blackout (redesigned in 2011 as the ulta-narrow Dimensions), Boycott (grunge), Built-1970, Bunyan, Busted, Camera (2007), Canstop, Chiangmai (Thai simulation face), DBLline, Dijkstra, Dutchstyle, Fling, Graphite, Harcomaso, Hiexplosive, Hitech, Honeycomb, Junkmix, Kanatypo, KemikalHi, Machia (2006, a calligraphic family), Meegoreng, Mikrob, Natsupopy, Overwork, Palsu, Plamo, Plasitico, REC001, REC002, REC003, Resistance, SQRT, STdigi (LED font), Shandy, Superstar, Tembaga, Tenaga, Tomodachi, Tragedia, Trucker, VRdigital, VRembroidery, Welcome2M, Workaholic, Zeebraa, plot-A, plot-K, Appendix 3, Gesso (grunge), Pusab (2006, ultra round; one free weight), Sushitaro, Typewrong, Celtics Modern (2006, a Celtic family of fonts). At T-26, he published CRZ (2006), Guppy, Ohana (2006, octagonal), Picnica (2006), and Wearetrippin.

MyFonts link. Fontsquirrel link for their free fonts such as Bebas (2005, industrial sans), Boycott, Gesso, and Pusab. YWFT link. Klingspor link. Dafont link. Dafont link.

Interview.

View Ryoichi Tsunekawa's typefaces. Kernest link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Florin9doi

FontStructor who made the LED face 7 digit (2010). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Font Monkey
[P.D. Magnus]

Font Monkey (P.D. Magnus) offers these free fonts: 4fun_lib (LED font), 4fun_str, Fearth, Gomo (oriental look), HSRunesAlethic, HSRunesSimple, Ambages (Mayan look lettering), DecoCard, Memo2Self (handwriting). Alternate URL. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Fontalicious
[Ben Balvanz]

Original fonts by Ben Balvanz from Cedar Rapids, Iowa (b. Cedar Rapids, 1975), who now lives in South California. His original Fontalicious domain ceased in 2005 but was repurchased in 2007 with the help of Font Bros. Some fonts can be downloaded here and here. The list: Coney Island (2002), Cheeseburger (2002), Tabletron (2002, LCD font), Senor Pooglins, Plush (2001), Slide, Discotech, Galaxy, Pacfont, Rusty, PinniePoker, Geeves (tall letters--great), Moonpie Cadet, Fidelle, FontTwelve, Mister Easy, Mister Dope, Frosty, Chankenstein, Discotech, VintageVacation, Dazzler, Joinks!, Cyberwhiz, Swinkydad, Sonic Superpowers, Mikey Jax, Klink-o-mite, Caveman, Gloo Gun, Skylab 600, Cyberpop, Cyberjimmy, Smartie Capos, Jenkins, Earwax, Pimpbot 5000, Dreamy, Quinkie, Milkfresh, DateRape (great), SpaceAce, GirlieLeslie, Groovalicious Tweak, Porky's, International Chunkfunk, SuperTrooper, Chachie, Zodiastic, Great Head (dingbats), Chick (sassy!), the Eight Track family, Speedfreek, the Odyssey family, AlphaStep, Alpha Clown, dopenakedfoul, Lounge Bait, SpaceBeach, Jubie, Bean Town, Funkotronic, UndieCrust, and Poppycock, Pornhut, Robokid, Kinkie (Valentine's Day font), BorderMon (dingbat), Technicolor, Tennis (stencil), Moloky, JabbieJunior, Rave Queen, Alpha Niner, Croobie, Wednesday, Populuxe, the nice BoozeBats, Geekbats, Garage Sale, Arcade, Glamocon Retrobats, Fontalicious Thingbats, Good Head, Baby Kruffy, Kruffy, Fine-O-Mite, Disco Inferno, Jokewood, Toggle, Swinger, SurfSafari, OmegaMax, Pogo, Elvis, Trendy University (stencil), Hoedown, Fat, Atomic, Rocket, 12 Good, Moonpie Cadet Good, Dynomite, Superstar DJ (dingbat), Kravitz, Kravitz Thermal, hungrumlaut, Sporto, Sabadoo, Snappy, Chickabiddies (geek dingbats), Mandingo (1999, buncy handprinted style), Heartbreaker, Smilage, 52 Pickup, Return of the Retrobats (wow!), Wunderland, Omega, Great Head, Air, Blackjack, BlackjackRollin, Borneo, CharlesAtlas, Cheri, CheriLiney (2001, Valentine's Day theme), DeejaySupreme, DigitCube, DigitLoFiShift, DigitLoFi, Digit, DimitriSwank, Dimitri, DiscoInferno, DunebugAlternates45MPH, DunebugAlternates, Dunebug, Dunebug45MPH, Freestyle, Garanimals, Gas, GleeClub, Jenkinsv20, Jenkinsv20Thik, JenkinsKeepinitReal (1998), KravitzExtraThermal, Moderna, MoogSchmoog, Moog, PussycatSassy, PussycatSnickers, Queer, Redensek, Sanka, Schmotto, SchmottoPlotto, Squarodynamic01 through 10 (pixel fonts), Stretch, SupervixenHoneyedOut, Digit, Digit Cube, Supervixen, TheKids (1999), TrendyUniversity, UltraSupervixenHoneyedOut, UltraSupervixen, WeLoveCorey, Manchester (great), Weltron (stencil font), Weltron Power, Mullet, Rolloglide, Planet, Gravity, Alba, BilloDream (2001), Stretch, Pasteris (based on the handwriting of Matthew Pasteris), PornStarAcademy (sports shirt lettering), Mullet, SuperStars (stars), Krupke (2002), Fresh Bionik, Stoney Billy (2001, not free), Hustle (2001, not free), Rustler (2001, Western font, not free).

At T-26: Marshmallow (2001, rounded monoline geometric face), Superfly (2002, a Western font), Thursdoo (2002), Pacfont Good (2002), Thug (2002), Dokyo (2002, a free competitor of Futura Extra Black and Folio Extra Bold), Supreme (2002), Fresh (2002, at Chank's place), Juice (2002), Pinball (2002, not free), RunTron1983 (2002), Pixel Pirate (2002), Odysseus (2002).

Rascal Miniatures, Wonderkid, Smilage Regular, Milk with Peanut Butter and Barnaby Candy machine are 2009 comic book style creations.

Other 2009 fonts include Gringo Enchilada, Brute Strength, Blonk and Sparkle, Cheri Liney, Metroflex, Weltron (techno family), Sanka, Rolloglide (multiline), Pussycat, Poppycock, Pasteris, Moog Schmoog, Moog Synthesizer, Magnum, Krupke, Joinks, Jabbie, Hustle, Hungrumlat, Gravity, Fresh, FineOMite, Dunebug 45mph, Coney Island, Blackjack, Atomic, Air Regular, Shatner, Pixel Pirate, Munkeyshine, Thursdoo, Swinkydad, Surf Safari, Supreme, Stoney Billy, Speed Freaks, Bike Riding Chopper (Tuscan), Popcorn Loaded (ultra fat), Malibu Oceanside, Snafurter (Sinaloa?), Der Weiner Stentzel (stencil), Wordworth Byte, Blingo Diamond and Tiger Roams Jungle (art deco chic).

Interview. Alternate URL. Dafont link. Yet another URL. And another one. Many fonts sold since 2007 by Font Bros (see here for the announcement). URL from 2005-2007. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Fontan2.com
[Ivan Hristov]

Interesting geometric and experimental typefaces by Ivan Hristov in Bulgaria:

• Baudoni (2009): extreme thin and thick Bodoni meets art deco.
• Jersey Serif (2008): blackened out fat slab serif.
• Magistrala (2008): rounded black face. Hard Deco (2008): art deco in its purest form.
• Decor (2008): art deco.
• Denta (2007)
• Board (2007)
• Old News (2007)
• Rolka (2008), New Deco (2008), Jersey (2008), three ultra black decorative faces.
• Joanna (2007) (stencil)
• Rolka (2007)
• F2 Limited (2007)
• Loop (2007)
• Shose (2007)
• DVDR (2007) (LED simulation)
• Mrak (2007)
• Fasada (2007) (kitchen tile)
• Eps (2007)
• Syndrome (2007)
• Longplay (2007)
• Sreda (2007)
• Sudoku Master (2007)
• Yoga (2006)
• Bulhaus (2006) (Bauhaus style minimalism)
• Svetoslav Simov and Fontan2 made Sudoku (2010), a geometric display family with several biline and triline styles.

Fontastic Indonesia
[Adien Gunarta]

Fontastic Indonesia is Adien Gunarat, an Indonesian FontStructor (b. 1995) in Probolinggo, East Java. Adien Gunarta made Kabupaten (2011, a sketch font), Social Monster (2011), Buka Pusa Bersama (2011), Ceria Lebaran (2011), Pajarakan Studs (2011), Batik Gangster (2011), the pixel face Benci Malaysia (2010), Maharani (2011, handprinted), Lovely Eunike Hans (2011, handprinted), the texture face Kawung Textile (2011), Wildan Izzur Gunarta (2011), Genius Jempolan Royal (2011, scanbats), Pray For Japan (2011), Quantum of Bali (2011), X-Code from East (2011, Javanese script), Hangeul (2011, Korean simulation face), Halidians Blockserif (2011), New Madura (2012), Moanday Earn Bored (2011), the paper cut face Malingsia (2011), the handprinted Nyonya Gendut (2010), the squarish face Hutan (2010) and the irrgularly sized Madura Regular (2010). He also made the texture / knitting face Batik (2010), FoOleD bY GaYUs (2010), Probolinggo (2010, organic), Smasasinema (2010, display face), the texture face Serangkaian Pattern (2010), Indo-Malay Confrontation (2010, pixelish), Koruptor and the Bitches (2010, gothic), Qurban Feast (2010), and the curly native pattern face Mlungker (2010).

In 2011, he made Awesome Java, Mesin Hitung (an LCD face), Eenvoudige Batik (stitching face), Antique Paleoindonesia (patterned face), Kebencian (scratchy face), Kemasyuran Jawa (a display face with an Indonesian look), Probolinggo Sans (2011), Londo Chino (2011), Urban (paper cut face), Bikang Struck (2011), Chana Remedy (2011), Indonesian Woman (pixel dings), People Diverse (pixel dings), DBA Muslim (pixel dings), Turk and Nusa (ball terminal face), Jakarta Recycle (paper fold octagonal face), Halida Sans (a swirly version of Ubuntu), Buka Puasa Bersama, Social Monster (grunge), Ceria Lebaran Normal, Dukungan, Dukungan, Sanjaya Epoch, and Jakarta Sunken (angular face).

In 2012, he created Moro Seneng, Endutt Normal, Antibalon, Hayyu Kaget, and Quick Argani.

Fontspace link. Home page at Fontastic Indonesia. Devian Tart link. Klingspor link. Dafont link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Fontek (Letraset Fontek)

Collection of typefaces at Letraset. Newest faces include Donaldson Hand (Tim Donaldson), La Gioconda (based on letters from Giovanni Francesco Cresci, done by Richard Dawson and Dave Farey), Spidercave (Michael Gills), Locomotiv (Phill Grimshaw), Bobbysox (Alan Dempsey), Bouchon (Roselyne and Michel Besnard), Eplica (Yvonne Diedrich), Uffington (Tim Donaldson). The collection is now also sold at Veer. The names: Aachen Bold, Aachen Medium, Academy Engraved, Agincourt, Algerian Condensed, Ambrose, Aquinas, Aquitaine Initials, Aristocrat, Arriba, Arriba-Arriba, Artiste, Augustea Open, Avalanche Script, Avenida, Axis Bold, Balmoral, Bang, Banner, Becka Script, Belwe Mono, Belwe Mono Italic, Bendigo, Bergell, Bertie, Bertram, Bible Script, Bickley Script, Bitmax, Blackmoor, Bluntz, Bobbysox, Boink, Bordeaux Display, Bordeaux Family, Bordeaux Italic, Bordeaux Roman, Bordeaux Roman Bold, Bordeaux Script, Bouchon Bold, Bouchon Light, Brighton Bold, Brighton Light, Brighton Medium, Bronx, Burlington, Buzzer 3, Cabaret, Cabarga Cursiva, Campaign, Cancellaresca Script, Carlton, Carumba, Caslon 540 Ital/Swash, Caxton Light Italic, Caxton Roman Bold, Caxton Roman Book, Caxton Roman Light, Chalkline Bold, Challenge Bold, Challenge Extra Bold, Champers, Charlotte Bold, Charlotte Book, Charlotte Book Italic, Charlotte Family, Charlotte Medium, Charlotte Sans Bold, Charlotte Sans Book, Charlotte Sans Book Italic, Charlotte Sans Family, Charlotte Sans Medium, Charlotte Sans Small Caps, Charlotte Small Caps, Chiller, Chipper, Choc, Chromium One, Citation, Claude Sans, Claude Sans Bold Italic, Claude Sans Italic, Collins, Comedy, Commercial Script, Compacta, Compacta Bold, Compacta Italic, Coptek, Corinthian Bold, Corinthian Bold Condensed, Corinthian Light, Corinthian Medium, Crillee Bold Italic, Crillee Extra Bold Italic, Crillee Italic, Crillee Italic Inline Shadow, Cult, Dancin', Data 70, Dave Farey Display Fonts, David Quay Display Fonts, David Quay Scripts, Demian, Demian Bold, Design Font Attitudes, Design Font Calligraphic Ornaments, Design Font Celebrations, Design Font Commercials, Design Font Delectables, Design Font Diversions, Design Font Diversities, Design Font Eclectics, Design Font Energetics, Design Font Expressions, Design Font Incidentals, Design Font Industrials, Design Font Inspirations, Design Font Journeys, Design Font Mo' Funky Fresh Symbols, Design Font Moderns, Design Font Naturals, Design Font Organics, Design Font Organics II, Design Font Primitives, Design Font Radicals, Design Font Urbans, Design Font Well Beings, Design Font Wildlife, Digitek, Dolmen, Donaldson Hand, Doodlebug, Dynamo Shadow, Edwardian Medium, Elysium Bold, Elysium Book, Elysium Book Italic, Elysium Family, Elysium Medium, Elysium Small Caps, Emphasis, Enviro, Eplica Bold, Eplica Bold Italic, Eplica Book, Eplica Book Italic, Eplica Family, Eplica Medium, Eplica Medium Italic, Epokha, Equinox, Etruscan, Faithful Fly, Fashion Compressed No. 3, Fashion Engraved, Figural Bold, Figural Book, Figural Book Italic, Figural Family, Figural Medium, Figural Small Caps, Fine Hand, Flamenco Inline, Flamme, Flight, Fling, Follies, Forest Shaded, Frances Uncial, Frankfurter, Frankfurter Highlight, Frankfurter Inline, Frankfurter Medium, Freestyle Script, Freestyle Script Bold, Gigi, Gilgamesh Bold, Gilgamesh Book, Gilgamesh Book Italic, Gilgamesh Family, Gilgamesh Medium, Gilgamesh Small Caps, Gilgamesh Titling, Gill Display Compressed, Gill Kayo Condensed, Gillies Gothic Extra Bold Shaded, Glastonbury, Globale, Globale Bold, Globale Bold Italic, Globale Family, Globale Italic, Goo Goo Gjoob, Gravura, Green, Greyton Script, Hadfield, Hand Drawn, Harlow, Harlow Solid, Harvey, Hazel, Heliotype, Helvetica Bold Condensed, Helvetica Medium Condensed, Highlight, Hollyweird, Ignatius, Impakt, Indy Italic, Informal Roman, Inscription, Iris, Isis, Jazz, John Handy, Jokerman, Kanban, Katfish, Katytude, Klee, La Bamba, La Gioconda, La Gioconda Bold, Lambada, Laser, Laser Chrome, Latino Elongated, Laura, LCD, Le Griffe, Lexikos, Lightnin', Limehouse Script, Lino Cut, Locarno Italic, Locarno Light, Locomotiv, Magatama, Malibu, Marguerita, Martin Wait Display Fonts, Martin Wait Scripts, Mastercard, Mekanik, Mekanik Italic, Milano, Mistral, Mo' Funky Fresh, Montage, Neo Neo, Oberon, Odessa, Old English, One Stroke Script, One Stroke Script Bold, One Stroke Script Shaded, Orange, Orlando, Pablo, Papyrus, Party, Pendry Script, Phill Grimshaw Display Fonts, Phoenikia, Pink, Plaza, Pleasure Bold Shaded, Pneuma, Potato Cut, Prague, Premier Lightline, Premier Shaded, Princetown, Pristina, Pritchard, Pritchard Line Out, Pump, Pump Demi Bold, Quadrus, Quixley, Rage Italic, Ragtime, Rapier, Refracta, Regatta Condensed, Retail Script, Retro Bold, Retro Bold Condensed, Riva, Robotik, Robotik Italic, Romic Light, Romic Light Italic, Roquette, Ru'ach, Rubber Stamp, Rundfunk, Santa Fe, Savoye, Scratch, Scriba, Scriptease, Scriptek, Scriptek Italic, Scruff, Shaman, Shatter, Sinaloa, Skid Row, Slipstream, Smack, Smudger, Spidercave Bold, Spidercave Book, Spidercave Book Italic, Spidercave Family, Spidercave Ornamented, Spooky, Spotlight, Squire, Squire Extra Bold, Strobos, Superstar, Synchro, Tag, Tannhauser, Teknik, Telegram, Tiger Rag, Tim Donaldson Display Fonts, Tim Donaldson Scripts, Tiranti Solid, Trackpad, Tropica Script, Twang, Uffington, Ulysses, University Roman, University Roman Bold, University Roman Italic, Van Dijk, Van Dijk Bold, Varga, Vegas, Vermont, Victorian, Victorian Inline Shaded, Vienna Extended, Vivaldi, Wade Sans Light, Wanted, Waterloo Bold, Westwood, Wild Thing, Willow, Xylo, Young Baroque, Zaragoza, Zennor, Zinjaro. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Fontmenu.com

Michel Bujardet (a Frenchman living in West Hollywood, CA) runs Matchfonts, and started Fontmenu.com in August 2001. Commercial fonts, but free demos in all formats. A partial list of fonts: Square Text (old English), Block Letters (orthography for kids), Skryptaag (2001, educational), Boulons (letters made from nuts and bolts), Kindergarten (funny faces), Learning Handwriting (K2), Learning Cursive Handwriting (Grade 2-4), Japanese Hiragana-Katakana (Year 1), Morse code, Dictionary phonetic notation for pronunciation, the calligraphic fonts Chancellerie Moderne (1998, chancery hand), Oncial, Rodolphe, Willegha, the dingbat fonts Dinosotype, Matched Potato, Nahkt hieroglyphs, SilBooettes, Angelots. Sceaux, Seraphiques, Talismans, the monospaced fonts Bordofixed, Dactylographe (1997), Normafixed, Oloron fixed width screen font), the mathy fonts Oloron program, Hexalist and Numberslist, the handwriting fonts Charlotte, Louise, Mariette, Milko, Pierre, Quinze, Raoul, and Thibault, the pixel font 8-PinMatrix, the Bauhaus font BabyFace, the Chinese simulation font Chinoiseries, the LED fonts Diode, Cristolikid and Display, the Greek simulation font Grecques, the display fonts Zébrures (striped letters), Venitiennes, Ruban Dis-Moi, Parador, Osselets, Octogone, Metropolitain (art nouveau), Malabars, Halloween Match, Coulures, Chapou Relief, Candy Kane, Calebasse, Bujardet Freres and Big Bacon, the MICR font MICR E13B, the serif faces Baguad, Chap Clerk, Parlante, Presse, TSF&Co (art deco; +Heavy), and the sans serif faces Bordini, Boum-Boum, Halotique (a sans family), Junien, and Normographe.

Alternate URL for his shareware typefaces. MyFonts link for his commercial typefaces. Alternate MyFonts link. Fontspace link. Dafont link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Fontron
[Ronald Underwood]

Foundry, est. 2005 by Ronald Underwood in Surbiton, Surrey, UK, specializing in display type. Fonts made in 2005: Acron (2005), Foldron (2005, bubbly extra fat), Halfron (2005, extra fat with a horizontal line spliiting the glyphs), Sideron (2005, LED-inspired). In 2007, these were added: Ronsect (stencil), Ronsten (stencil), Runsect and Runsten. Designed in 2008: Herron (a rounded octagonal monoline face), Roncial Untra (ultra fat rounded mechanical face), Squaron Extra Black (ultra fat beauty), Sabron, Phatron, Triron (a futuristic horizontally-striped headline family). Novelties in 2009: Zebron (art deco stripes). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

FontShop Sherlock

Mysterious font-renaming outfit. Some of their fonts are here: TRAardvarkBold, TRActionManBold, TRAerial, TRAlanDen, TRAlbert, TRAlexeiCopperplate, TRAlgiers, TRAllegro, TRAlphaDance, TRAlphaMack, TRAnglican, TRAngosturaBlack, TRAnother, TRAnyway, TRArabia, TRArchitecture, TRArdourGM, TRAristocrat, TRArriba, TRArtistik, TRAstronBoy, TRAswellBold, TRAtlanticInlineNormal, TRAtomic, TRAugie, TRAvatar, TRBabyKruffy, TRBailey, TRBalconyAngels, TRBalloon, TRBaltar, TRBandit, TRBanffPlain, TRBangkokBold, TRBard, TRBatmos, TRBaveuse, TRBedrock, TRBeryliumBold, TRBitDustTwo, TRBitingMyNails, TRBlue, TRBlueHighwayBold, TRBobDylan, TRBodnoff, TRBolide, TRBookAntiqua, TRBorneo, TRBriquet, TRBrisk, TRBrochure, TRCandice, TRCasperOpenFacePlain, TRCassia, TRCasual, TRCenturionOldItalic, TRChaucer, TRChineseRocks, TRChowMein, TRClapton, TRCottagePlain, TRDauphin, TRDawnCastleBold, TRDeftoneStylus, TRDisplayDots, TREdenMillsBold, TREdmunds, TREffloresce, TREightTrack, TREklektic, TRElectroharmonix, TREmbossNormal, TREnviroITCNormal, TRExpo, TREyeRhyme, TRFieldDayFilter, TRFirenzeITCNormal, TRFloyd, TRFrankensteinPlain, TRFrankfurterHltITCNormal, TRFreehand575, TRFreehand591, TRFreeportPlain, TRFreestyleScriptBold, TRFujiyamaBold, TRGalleria, TRGoodfishBold, TRHarlowITCNormal, TRHarpoon, TRHendrixBlack, TRHomewardBoundPlain, TRHondaITCNormal, TRImpact, TRInternationalChunkfunk, TRJupiter, TRKabelBdNormal, TRKastlerBoldItalic, TRKeypunch, TRKids, TRKimberley, TRLCDITCNormal, TRLarabiefontBold, TRLincolnPlain, TRLinusPlain, TRLithographBold, TRLivingbyNumbers, TRLockergnome, TRMatisseITC, TRMcLaughlinBold, TRMonaLisaRecutITCNormal, TRMotorPlain, TRMysticalPlain, TRNasalization, TRPalette, TRParadisePlain, TRParagonPlain, TRPenguinBold, TRPepper, TRPipeline, TRPlazaITCNormal, TRPresident, TRPrincetownITCNormal, TRPumpTrilineITCNormal, TRQueen, TRQuicksilverITCNormal, TRQuillScriptNormal, TRRenfrewNormal, TRSchubertBold, TRShogun, TRTempusSansITC. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Fontstudio
[Yusuke Anzai]

Yusuke Anzai is the designer of the futuristic and LCD-type fonts Stargazer, RGB, Signboard, Match99, Calcium, Cocoa, Scratch, Escape, Speedstar, Psycho, Naturalist, Galapagos, and Prototype, mostly freeware. Mac only, type 1 and TT. The YG01 series seems to be commercial. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Fortune
[Peter Cross]

Peter Cross (b. 1971, Paraparaumu Beach, New Zealand) was an avionics technician in the Royal New Zealand Air Force. He obtained degrees in electronics and signal processing, and now designs sensors and automation equipment for the agricultural industry. He started Fortune Fonts in 2012 in Cambridge, New Zealand.

His typefaces include the LED fonts AF-LED7 Seg-2 and AF-LED 14 Seg-1 (2012). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Fr. Thomas McGahee

Creator of the dot matrix font LCD5x8H (2000), which he claims is based on the Hitachi HD44780 chip. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Gen Spilsbury

Graphic designer and typographer in Sydney, Australia. Behance link. Creator of these faces: 10, Alian Coins, Candy Bean, Earthquake (grunge), Floppy Disk, Fuel Condensed, LED, Mathvetica, Press, Spring, Stitch, Superlight (hairline sans), Thorn. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Gene Buban

Gene Buban (aka geneus1) is the creative and prolific designer at FontStruct in 2008-2009 of these faces:

• Aerologica (2009): 3-d headline face.
• Alphadings: DeTracks.
• Altitudinus (2010).
• Amplifica (+Carved, 2010).
• Arkham Bloodletters (2008).
• bay6
• Bauhaus style: Slink (2009) is a tribute to Josef Albers---one could also call it a piano key font. Codename Bauhaus (2010).
• Arc Brick 1:1 and 2:2 (2010).
• Bevelicious (2009): 3d shadow face.
• Bezziaiare (2010): an imitation of Futura.
• Brikd is a fantastic headline face.
• Bubble Lab EF (2008) and Bubble Lab Bang (2008): dingbat fonts.
• Calligraphique (2010).
• ChequereBoard (2008): a 3d face.
• Christmas fonts: Kallosia Decorative (2009, blackletter), Snowflakes (2009).
• Clone War (2008).
• code2
• Codename Bauhaus (2010).
• Country Fried (Western style)
• Decorata (stylized art deco)
• Didone fonts: Legality (2009, sharply serifed), Petrissage (2009).
• Dingbats: DeTrayne (graffiti-clad trains), Happy Halloween (2009).
• Egalite (2010): a blackletter face.
• ElSeeDee (2008, white on a black grid, inspired by the baggage claim LED scrolling message system at the Oakland Airport)
• Effleurage (2009).
• Eurostijl (2008)
• Exersia, Excursia
• Ferno (hell?)
• filmstryp
• Flameon (2008) is a vertically striped athletic lettering font.
• Fluoralei (2008) and Fluoralyte (2008) are all caps floral-themed typefaces.
• Futuro (2008) and Futuro Extra Bold (2008).
• Futurity Watch (2009).
• Framestore (2008).
• Gappy and Gappy LC (2010).
• Geolateral
• Glossierre (2009).
• Graffikki (2010): graffiti face.
• Hammerslab (2008) is a very thick heavy slab serif face.
• Happy Halloween (2008): Halloween dingbats.
• HellStruct (2008): flamed letters.
• hollo, holloback, holloblack
• HulkSmash has the look of cracked concrete blocks---has to be seen to be believed!
• HyperLynk (2010).
• Indiglo (2010).
• Interblok Cylindrome (2011) and Interblok Stroke (2009): labyrinthine / Celtic knot / texture faces.
• IronManic (2008, letters resemble armor steel plates with bolts)
• IsoMatrix 3D (2009, an Escher deception in 3D), Bevelluzian (2010, 3d beveled checkerboard illusion).
• Jaggs (2010): angular.
• Karuso 68 (2009).
• Leefer is a kitchen tile font.
• Legere (2010, a roman face).
• LegoManiax (2008).
• Modulus and Modulus Black, ultra fat fonts.
• Motternal (2011), a version of Othmar Motter's Motter Tektura.
• Mucro Bold, a heavy metal band font
• Multiverse Diagonality (2009).
• Nontroppo (2010).
• Outlier (2010).
• Paradoxx (2011). Peignotian.
• Periculum (2010): monoline sans.
• pixsle
• Pixsle (2010).
• Predatoric ad Predatoric2 (2010).
• Prikkle (2010): angular.
• Requiemme Decorum (Sept. 14th, 2009): blackletter. He writes: Exactly one year ago two of my cousins, Chris and Cleofe, got into a dealer-loaned Lexus for a trip after their main car was being repaired. Cleofe's husband, a CHP officer, was driving and their teen daughter was along for the ride. While on the freeway, the accelerator became stuck and they lost control of the car. As the runaway vehicle sped up to over 100 mph, all four passengers were killed in a fiery crash in the San Diego River. The loss was unquantifiably devastating. This immensely tragic event led my aunt to testify before congress with damning evidence that would initiate the recall of millions of Toyota vehicles. Requiemme Decorum was created on the way down to southern California for the funeral services. For Chris, Cleofe, Mark, and Mahala, may you all rest in peace and love.
• Renovare (2010, +Renovare S1, S2): a slab serif.
• Roboscript (2008): an upright connected school script.
• Rubrix (2008): a Rubik cube dingbat font.
• Scipio (2010).
• Scribble Not (2010) is a texture face.
• Sequencia (2010).
• sedagive
• Seriface and Seriface 2.0 (2010, a roman all-caps set).
• Sharp-serifed almost modern faces: Legality, Petrissage, Effleurage, Karuso68.
• Sonorous (2010).
• Spartan Tech (2010): inspired by the multiplayer game Halo3.
• Stanley Twobrick (pointy minimalist face)
• Startrek faces: Transformicon (2009).
• Streamlyne (2010, squarish, outlined).
• Structurocca and Structurozza (2009): Horizontally stencilled black faces.
• Tangience and Tangience Solid (2008) are fonts in which the glyphs are built up from circles glued together.
• Tetrisyde
• The Pax Man (2009): metallic whatever.
• Trelief and Trelief Rounded (2010): multilined 3d beveled faces.
• Tubric (2010): counterless.
• Upriteous and Upriteous Black, condensed protestant fonts.
• Victoriana (Victorian caps)
• Wall-F: white squarish letters in black circles
• Waverly, with scary pointed barbs like on German WWI helmets.
• Weaver (Celtic knot-themed letters)
• Xerro (2010): like Helvetica.
• Yeomamuh, a fat look face.
• Wypeout (2010)

Gestalten

German foundry, part of Gestalten Designstudio and Die Gestalten Verlag (dgv) in Berlin, a company self-described as follows In 1990, industrial design students Markus Hollmann-Loges, Andreas Peyerl and Robert Klanten began to curate and organise prototype design shows commissioned by the worlds biggest consumer fair in Frankfurt in between attending their lectures and writing their dissertations. Very much aware of the limitations of their field of study, they soon moved to Berlin, where they quickly met key people involved in the local Techno and cultural scenes. With the advent of desktop publishing, they formed a loosely organized graphic design agency called Die Gestalten and started designing flyers and posters for clients such as the groundbreaking club Tresor and the annual Loveparade. Its typefaces, by designer:

• Bowling Club: Victor.
• Boris Dworschak: Basic, Exakt (stencil), Ikiru Sans (organic).
• Stefan Gandl: DS Yakuti (experimental).
• Alexander Puell: dtype (fuzzy typewriter), Online Gothic.
• Frank Rocholl: Nuri (sans family).
• Alexander Wise: Mini (hip display sans), Hiploe, Winter (modernistic two-line display face).
• Marc Schilkowski: Traffic Wide.
• Soffi Beier: Pemba (connected 50s script), Engel (sans family).
• Fulguro: Adhesive (octagonal script).
• Pau Misser: Agrafia (LED simulation), Bustia (futuristic), Escacs, Fastig, Hodierna, Natja, Oliosa, trifasic (futuristic), Quelcome.
• Clarissa Tossin: Arvore (experimental).
• Nik Thönen: Regular Cargo (stencil;; the Bold version is free), Blender (sans), Regular (sans).
• André Nossek: Sassy (2006).
• Martin Aleith: Boxen, Haudegen (octagonal style), Halunken (rpounded octagonal), Feixen, Braten Fat, Logasmen.
• Michael Luther: Forza (was: Pilot).
• Alexander Meyer: Lacrima (typewriter face).
• Donald Beekman: Beatbox, Breeze.
• Mika Mischler: Brother (stencil), T-Star Mono Round (monospace).
• Birte Ludwig: Yogasaan (Indic simulation).
• Pact: BR Jaeger (gothic).
• Dimitri Lavrow: Hard Case Striped, Hannover Milennial (sans).
• Erik Worsoe Eriksen: Friends (sans), Kit Fat.
• Critzla: Flomaster (with JayOne), Starlet (fifties script), Franz Jaeger (ultra fat).
• Jutojo: Inbetween (experimental).
• Alexander Tibus: Wirefox (experimental).
• Timo Gässner: 123 Naiv (2006).

GiZmO

Designer at FontStruct in 2008 of GhostLCD (striped face). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Grafito Design
[Raul Andres Perez Canseco]

Designers of some free fonts. Raul Andres Perez Canseco (b. 1967) lives in Oaxaca, Mexico. He created the Mexican-look poster font Talacha (2007). Other fonts, all free: Square Kids (2011, white on black), Chamaco (2011, facial dingbats), Buen Chico (2011, funny dingbats), Chango Marango (2011, curly), Fayuca (comic book face), Andrea Karime (2010, a bouncy comic book style face), Appo Paint (2009), Dibujosenlinea (2007, dingbats), Aracnoide (2009, scary handwriting), Maropawi Club (2002, groovy), LCD, LCD Phone (2006, dot matrix), Overload (2011, poster font), Spider Gotic (2004), Fenix Header (2002), Corporea (2005). Dafont link. Fontspace link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

hal9000lives

Designer of the barcode fonts BaaCode39, iCollect.it and iCollect.it Tall (2008, FontStruct) and the LED font Scoreboard Digits (2009). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Han Bit

Seoul-based Korean graphic and type designer. Home page. In 2008, he designed Plamodel (LED font), Layer, and Piece (octagonal and minimalist). No downloads. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Håvar Ingmund Henriksen

Håvar Ingmund Henriksen (b. 1980) is from Skjervøy, in Nord-Troms, in the northern part of Norway. His interests include technology and comics. In 2009, he used FontStruct to create LCD DotMatrix. He writes: This is the Dot Matrix LCD Font used on the Ricoh Aficio AP3800C, Aficio AP3200 and AP306D printers, among others. He also explains how to use FontForge to extract fonts from PDF files. He says: Basically you just need to select "Extract from PDF" in the filter section of the "Open Font" dialogbox used when opening files. When you have selected your PDF file, a "Pick a font" dialogbox will open where you could select wich font to open. Then you'll just need to compact the font using the "Encoding" menu and selecting "Compact". This will remove all non-used glyphs in the font. Then you would have to edit the Font Info, and save the font as a font file (usally TrueType is best). Quote from the article: "Beware though, sometimes when a font is embedded into a PDF it will only contain [glyphs for] characters used. So, if the PDF file that you are trying to extract from does not contain the letter "P" [glyph], then that letter will not show up in FontForge." (You could see an example of this in the image above, the PDF file the font was extracted from did not contain glyphs for all the letters in the english alphabet). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Helv 227

FontStructor who made Toyota Camry Digital Clock (2011) and Toyota Camry Digital Clock II (2011), both based on the digital clocks in a Toyota Camry. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Hendricus Theodorus Wijdeveld

Hendrik Wijdeveld was a Dutch architect and art deco paper artist (1885-1987). His lettering inspired Wendingen AF (1998, ACME Fonts: LED simulation; named after Wijdeveld's art deco magazine which he founded and headed from 1918-1931) and Architectuur NF (2006, Nick Curtis: based on this). Check Wijdeveld H Th - Art Deco Design on Paper by Hans Oldewarris (2010 Publishers, 2003). That book shows stencil-like art deco faces such as Wendingen and Amsterdam Deventer, both designed in the 1920s. He designed many letter types for special projects, such as book covers, buildings, and letterheads. Examples: a poster entitled Architectuur Tentoonstelling (1931), a poster entitled Internationaal Theater Tentoonstelling (1922), and an illustration for De Bijenkorf (1922). Alternate URL. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Hind Suliman

Hind Suliman (JayDz) is a graphic designer in Ad Dammam, Saudi Arabia. She created Round Corners (2011), and rounded LED-style face. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Hinting is Dead

The typophiles discuss the demise of hinting in fonts. Type designers can rejoice, because they can now concentrate on the artistic job of designing curves and white spaces. They should not have to deal with engineering tasks such as hinting. That task should be left to the font rendering software. The process should be automated at that level. Some passages from that discussion:

• The Wikipedia: Increasing resolutions and new approaches to screen rendering have reduced the requirement of extensive TrueType hinting. Apples rendering approach on Mac OS X ignores almost all the hints in a TrueType font, while Microsoft's ClearType ignores many hints, and according to Microsoft, works best with lightly hinted fonts.
• Theunis de Jong: Hinting for low screen resolution will always be necessary. However, it seems that the process of finding out what to hint is moving towards the type renderer, rather than the designer (as seen in, for example, FreeType). I can think of various good reasons for this. A system-local hinting engine can consider local hardware issues such as resolution and pixel representation up to the order of RGB pixels on an LCD screen. I seem to remember FreeTypes hinting works on both horizontally and vertically aligned LCD RGB pixels, where ClearType is focused onto horizontal alignment only. Theres no way all this (excluding!) hinting can be built into every font. Another good reason is consistency: some fonts are very well hinted, others not at all. Using the type render engine to calculate hints means every font gets an equal chance to look good. (Or bad.) A final reason is, the two main hint types of TrueType and Type 1 are mutually exclusive. The designer has to pick one. FreeType can work directly with the raw curves.
• Bill Troop: If you go back to 1989, everyone was still thinking in terms of basic type libraries of only a very few hundred fonts. Even so, the TT developers claim they would have parity with the Adobe library in a year proved delusory, and let's not forget the whole thing came about because Adobe was charging exorbitant licensing fees. In those days, when nobody thought of tens of thousands of fonts, it was tenable for Apple and MS to think of putting the hinting burden primarily on the font, rather than the rasterizer. But Adobes philosophy, to put the burden on the rasterizer rather than the font, was always, one hoped, going to win out in the end otherwise independent type designers would go mad. It looks like TT is embracing this, thanks to better and better anti-aliasing. Nevertheless, even in ClearType, a tiny wrong instruction can wreak havoc, as shown by the error in Constantia revealed in a thread here some time ago. What its looking like is that rasterizers are going to be doing a better and better job, but that hand-hinting will always offer opportunities for the best possible output unfortunately, of course, such hinting is always tied to a particular rasterizer. Could there ever be universal rasterizer?

hippiefabou

FontStructor who made True LCD (2012). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Hula Hula
[Enrique Ollervides Uribe]

Mexican foundry run by Enrique "Quique" Ollervides from Mexico City. Faces include Polvora (2005-2007, a gunslinger face). Other faces: Bicolor (2007, fat VAG Rounded style in two colors), Bloke (2000, blocky), Fierros (2001, grid-based), Khaki (2002, sans), LED Gothic (2000), Luchita Payol (2001, lively poster lettering, with Mexican wrestling dingbats thrown in the ring as well), Mono (2006, experimental geometric face), Mutis (1999, sign language hands), Primero B (1999, designed by Cha, cutout lettering), Tabique (1999, corporate identity for Escenica), Urbe (2000, octagonal). Enrique is a speaker at ATypI 2009 in Mexico City. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Humanserver837

FontStructor who made Power V1 and Power V2 (2012, texture faces), MissingFont (2012), and Calculator (2012, LED face). [Google] [More]  ⦿

HydroSpace Engineering Inc

A free font by this company, called LCD (1998). [Google] [More]  ⦿

I Shot The Serif
[Matthew Welch]

Original free fonts by Matthew Welch: APLPLUS-Regular, AncientGeekRegular, BlackKnightRegular, CheatinRegular (experimental), College (athletic lettering), CollegeBold, CollegeCondensed, CollegeSemiCondensed, ElectricPickle, ElectricPickleBold, Far East (oriental simulation), Farewell, FatFingerRegular, Free3of9 and Free3of9Extended (1997, see also here and here), FuddRegular (1998, Cyrillic simulation), GoLong, Hit The Road, LEDRealRegular, LocustRegular (dingbats), NeverRegular, NewJobRegular, RushinRegular (1998, Cyrillic simulation font), SecretCode, Tiny (pixel face), TRTL, FrakturModern, KingsGambit, Mattbats, OneFortySevenRegular, WhiteRabbit, OddDog, Geek (Greek).

Dafont link. Fontspace link. Abstract Fonts link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

ifont
[Taber Buhl]

Advertised as the internet's one stop resource for free fonts, typography, commercial fonts, and links. For now, we find Taber Buhl's commercial fonts BDFQ (dot matrix font, 2001), Biochem Yearbook, Boxxon, Capsized Gamut, Internal Calibrator, Jean Template (Bauhaus style, 2001), Kolkom, Licon, Mechno, Plasmatronix, Shark Scrote, Smelly Gazebo, Steel Crate, TB2 (pixel font), Thirty 9 (screen font), Zeichen LCD (LCD font), Bootyscratch (free) and Dirty Clutch (free). Taber Buhl was at Syracuse University and ran at that time The tabertype font foundry (useless link), which does not seem to exist any longer. At that place, he had one commercial font, Sarey, and many free fonts: Smelly Gazebo, Steel Crate, Sephus, the handwritten Taberhand, a grungy CrapSerif, BootyScratch, Dirty Clutch, PinkBlah, and a square Shitfont. In production: Sargon, Busport. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Impuls-L

Two Russian truetype fonts from ParaGraph, PragmaticaCTT Regular and Bold (1992), and a Cyrillic pixel font, LCD matrix 5. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Intaglio

Prolific designer of these faces at FontStruct in 2008: Mausoleum, Quarantino, Strontium (heavy octagonal), Redactor (inline; athletic lettering), Coppertones, Copperthief Gothic, Disarticulate, Adamantine, Spindlery, Thalamicus, Monolog, Abstruction, Banned Rotunda, Less Rotunda, Blabbermouth, Hackney, Circumfence, Circle Play, Outlandish, Cannibaal, Valedictory, Hegemony, Sansibal, Shoptima, Toobatu, Dwarven, Evonce, Magog, Fuego, Empyreus, Upscale, Quickie, Svengali, Amanuensis (hairline), Whitechapel, Interzone, Annexia, Mugwump, Misterioso, Slitcom, Mud Indigo, Integer, Optimist, Interim, Tredd (athletic lettering face), Brilliant Corners, Palimpsest, Trudge Fix, Plangent Shaven, Plain James Bond, Spikeful, Plain James, Portia, Juliette, Rotunda One, Dystopian, Fed Up, Mag Lev, Eensy, Simpatico, Afterburn, Fongeray, Less-Sirvere, Levio-sah, Oddity-oldstyles, Planar-light, Plangent, Plangent-semi-serif, Plangent-shaven, Prester-John, Spin Doctrine, Tabula, X-Sirvere, abricado, aubrey, chunki-phat, chunki-slim, chunki, cold-shoulders, emerald-city, epistrophy, experiment, flawa-pawa, fongamatah, gematria-experiment1, gematria, malinki, massif, modnera, nutty-slab, okey-dokey, patina, planar-book, planar, plangent, simplex-b, slantfest, slinky, solidad, solitude, souvlaki, space-oddity, spin-doctrine, splayful, too-much-caffeine, travelclock-alt, travelclock, tredd, trudge-fix, Zinzan (blocky headline face), Sir Vere (haha---he writes A Bodoni that won't take its meds; still, a great-looking simulation of Bodoni's balls), More Sirvere and Less Sirvere (derived from Sir Vere), Ugly Beauty, Tito Puente, Plain James Bold (octagonal), and First Sampler.

Faces from 2009: Infrastruct Hairline, Untag, Scansion, Manganesi, Curly Queues, Culdeslack, Clerestory, Snurkle, Arabica, Mishmash, Processor, Insomnia, Spatial Test, Furtiva, Wedgistry, Semiotica, Prince Edward, Imprimatur, Reverie, Spikenard (octagonal), Brusque (heavy slab serif), Flikki Crude, Crudenza, Arvid, Makizmo (black mechanical), Purdy, Whaddya, Timaru, jehoshophat, Octane, Purdy, spikenard, Slabba Dabba Doo, Attempa, Meshugge, Shvoss, Ruffian, Leterodoxi, Anuva, Jehoshophat, Octane, Tagliana (typewriter style), Mocktura (fat octagonal), Pustulate, Fuego, Souvlaki, Palimpsest, Onsquared (about which he writes Please excuse the X. He badly needs to go for a pee), Octavia (octagonal art deco face), Queasy Peasy, Slubgob, Squibnib, Micro Splotchika, Mixter (octagonal), Odile, Transept.

Typefaces from 2010: Ropey Sans, Compositor, Dooble Trouble, Flopsical, Dulcet, Sprig Latin, Flux, Yabadaba, Holdem (Western style), Elvira (octagonal), Adhoc, Little Schema, Fiddledy-Dee, Triplecheck, Rusty Blades, Crudenza, Zingaling (kitchen tile), Ornery, Strictly Boardroom, Serif Test, Merenge, Ugly Sister, Cholestera (heavy mechanical face), Prefab.

Production in 2011: Albedo (Egyptian), Candyrock Mountain, Cooperite (Cooper Black relative), Ran Tan, Rangitoto (fat, almost-blackletter face), This Little Piggy, Boxica (an angry angular face), Carpathian (almost blackletter), Kinnybuns (almost art deco), Wallachia (stencil blackletter), Ubend (organic, almost LED face), Quickstep, Basket Case, Flik Flack, Effigy, Laguna, Barbary.

Typefaces from 2012: Heresy Arcfun (a play on positive and negative spaces), Morphology (wide elliptical display face), Sausinges. [Google] [More]  ⦿

iPad fonts
[Michael Critz]

Michael Critz lists the 109 iPad fonts (44 families): Academy Engraved LET, AcademyEngravedLetPlain, AmericanTypewriter, AmericanTypewriter-Bold, AppleGothic, Arial-BoldItalicMT, Arial-ItalicMT, ArialMT, Arial-BoldMT, ArialHebrew, ArialHebrew-Bold, ArialRoundedMTBold, Baskerville, Baskerville-Bold, Baskerville-Italic, Baskerville-BoldItalic, BodoniSvtyTwoITCTT-Bold, BodoniSvtyTwoITCTT-Book, BodoniSvtyTwoITCTT-BookIta, BodoniSvtyTwoOSITCTT-Book, BodoniSvtyTwoOSITCTT-BookIt, BodoniSvtyTwoOSITCTT-Bold, BodoniSvtyTwoSCITCTT-Book, BodoniOrnamentsITCTT, BradleyHandITCTT-Bold, Chalkduster, Cochin-BoldItalic, Cochin-Italic, Cochin-Bold, Cochin, Copperplate-Bold, Copperplate, Courier, Courier-Oblique, Courier-BoldOblique, Courier-Bold, CourierNewPS-BoldMT, CourierNewPS-ItalicMT, CourierNewPS-BoldItalicMT, CourierNewPSMT, DBLCDTempBlack, Didot-Italic, Didot, Didot-Bold, Futura-Medium, Futura-CondensedExtraBold, Futura-MediumItalic, GeezaPro-Bold, GeezaPro, Georgia-Bold, Georgia-BoldItalic, Georgia-Italic, Georgia, GillSans-BoldItalic, GillSans-Bold, GillSans, GillSans-Italic, STHeitiJ-Medium, STHeitiJ-Light, STHeitiK-Light, STHeitiK-Medium, STHeitiSC-Light, STHeitiSC-Medium, STHeitiTC-Light, STHeitiTC-Medium, Helvetica-Oblique, Helvetica-BoldOblique, Helvetica, Helvetica-Bold, HelveticaNeue, HelveticaNeue-BoldItalic, HelveticaNeue-Bold, HelveticaNeue-Italic, HiraKakuProN-W6, HiraKakuProN-W3, HiraMinProN-W3, HiraMinProN-W6, HoeflerText-Black, HoeflerText-Italic, HoeflerText-BlackItalic, HoeflerText-Regular, MarkerFelt-Wide, MarkerFelt-Thin, Optima-BoldItalic, Optima-Regular, Optima-Bold, Optima-Italic, Palatino-Italic, Palatino-Bold, Palatino-Roman, Palatino-BoldItalic, Papyrus, PartyLetPlain, SnellRoundhand-Bold, SnellRoundhand, Thonburi-Bold, Thonburi, TimesNewRomanPSMT, TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT, TimesNewRomanPS-BoldItalicMT, TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT, TrebuchetMS-Italic, Trebuchet-BoldItalic, TrebuchetMS, TrebuchetMS-Bold, Verdana-BoldItalic, Verdana, Verdana-Bold, Verdana-Italic, ZapfDingbatsITC, Zapfino. [Google] [More]  ⦿

iPhone and iPod Touch fonts
[Michael Critz]

Michael Critz lists the 54 iPad fonts (29 families): AmericanTypewriter, AmericanTypewriter-Bold, AppleGothic, ArialMT, Arial-BoldMT, Arial-BoldItalicMT, Arial-ItalicMT, ArialHebrew, ArialHebrew-Bold, ArialRoundedMTBold, ArialUnicodeMS, Courier, Courier-BoldOblique, Courier-Oblique, Courier-Bold, CourierNewPS-BoldMT, CourierNewPS-ItalicMT, CourierNewPS-BoldItalicMT, CourierNewPSMT, DBLCDTempBlack, GeezaPro-Bold, GeezaPro, Georgia-Bold, Georgia, Georgia-BoldItalic, Georgia-Italic, STHeitiJ-Medium, STHeitiJ-Light, STHeitiK-Medium, STHeitiK-Light, STHeitiSC-Medium, STHeitiSC-Light, STHeitiTC-Light, STHeitiTC-Medium, Helvetica-Oblique, Helvetica-BoldOblique, Helvetica, Helvetica-Bold, HelveticaNeue, HelveticaNeue-Bold, HiraKakuProN-W6, HiraKakuProN-W3, MarkerFelt-Thin, Thonburi-Bold, Thonburi, TimesNewRomanPSMT, TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT, TimesNewRomanPS-BoldItalicMT, TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT, TrebuchetMS-Italic, TrebuchetMS, Trebuchet-BoldItalic, TrebuchetMS-Bold, Verdana-Bold, Verdana-BoldItalic, Verdana, Verdana-Italic, Zapfino. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Iris CRM

Russian FontStructor who made the LED style numbers face Iris CRM Zip Codes (2011). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Ishtiaq Ali

Creator of the clean sans face Techno LCD (2011). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Jacques Dousse

Swiss type designer at Fontnest who designed these fonts: Crux (a gothic bitmap font), Keytype, Frankental (LED simulation), Padsans (dot matrix), Padtype (dot matrix), Multitool (a dingbat font with firemen's tools), Hexagonipus (a kitchen tile font based on lettering on Spitfires), Code. Cofounder of Home Clothing in Switzerland and Canada. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Jasper Habicht

Between 2005 and 2012, Jasper Habicht (Accipiter Media, Germany) created the free typefaces Roaat Regular (for Khmer), Al Saqr (for Arabic), Maya Modern, Pixelfont, Ukussa (for Sinhala), Kayah Li (for Karen), Deutsche Kurrent (deutsche Schreibschrift), Blissymbolics, PixelFraktur, Vexillogic Symbols, Braille, Airport (a segmented font), and Karakorum (for Mongolian) in 2012.

Behance link.

Jasper was born in 1986 in Duisburg, Germany, and is affiliated with the University of Köln, where he specializes in Chinese. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Jay Lewis

Designer who has his fonts at "The Price is Right Font Archive": EggCrate (1999, dot matrix letters), RangeGame (1999), SportsType (1999, squarish letters), VaneI (1999, only LED-style numbers). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Jecko Development

Italian company which offers a free 500-set font package, of which five were made by Jecko, according to their web site: Jecko Legacy, JD LCD Rounded, JD Familla, JD Stars, JD Rings.

Fontspace link. Dafont link.

FontStructor who designed the dot matrix face JD LCD Rounded (2011).

Fontspace has several fonts made in 2011: JD LED 3 (dot matrix face), JD Scarabeo (white on black face for Scrabble tiles, +Light), JD Erica Regular (octagonal), Jecko Legacy, JD Jessica Regular (dot matrix face), JD Garden Regular (octagonal outline face), JD LCD Rounded, JD Eugeni (octagonal, white-on-black), JD Gina Regular, JD Star Regular, JD Rings Regular, and JD Nadia Regular, JD Brush, JD Stefania, JD Jerk, JD Hands, JD LED3 (dot matrix face), JD Familla, JD Treasure (handprinted), JD Rossella (handprinted), JD Fabiola (handprinted), JD Techno (handprinted), JD Teresa (handprinted), JD Lecce (octagonal), JD Eugenia (white on black), JD Code (octagonal), JD Stars. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Jeff Bensch

Ex-student from the University of Toledo, b. 1971. Creator of the flamed dingbat and alphading fonts J-Flames (2011), Up In Flames (2008), Up In Flames Too (2008), Up No Flames (2008), Flames VI (2007), Flames V (2007), Gothic Flames (2007), Roman Flames (2009), Flames IV (2007), Flamesiii (2006, blackletter), Flames 2 (2006), Gothferatu (2010, a spiky tattooish blackletter face), and Flames (2005), BenschGothic (2008), BenschGothicFlames (2008). PHuture (2008) breaks with his style and is a high-contrast rounded LED simulation face made in 2008. This was followed by What UP (2011, gridded), Headshot (2011), PHUTUREphlamesPHAST (2011) and PHUTUREphlames (2011). Gothferatu (2010) is a tattoo parlor blackletter face. And Skyline (2010) is just that, a skyline font. Hexcellent (2011) is hexagonal, what else? Dafont link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Jeff Levine: Additional typefaces
[Jeff Levine]

This is a list of fonts by Jeff Levine not categorized anywhere else on my pages.

• A: Abi Nouveau JNL (2010, art nouveau caps face), Adelanto JNL (2009), Adhesive Letters JNL (2011), Aisle Seats JNL (2006, based on letters cut by the Redikut Letter Company of Hawthorne, CA), Album Cover JNL (2008), Alleway JNL (2012, a condensed sans), Allograph JNL (2007), Alphacal JNL (2008, outlined, and like Juneway JNL, based on water-applied decals once made by the Duro Decal Company (now Duro Art Industries) of Chicago), Alton JNL (2010: a bold display sans), Amateur Printer JNL (2007, grunge), Ampersorts JNL (2011: ampersands), And So Forth JNL (2011), Anecdote JNL (2009), Arch Creek JNL (2010, an all caps revival of Beton), Ardball (2006), Arte Critique JNL (2009), Artist Colony JNL (2009), Art Student JNL (2010), Astrospy JNL (2008: techno), Awkward Gothic JNL (2008).
• B: Backpage Article JNL (2010), Bal Harbour JNL (2008), Balcony Seats JNL (2007, narrow retro sans), Bayview JNL (2008, based on Inland Type Foundry's Studley), Bike Decals JNL (2008), Billing and Shipping JNL (2010), Bingo Player JNL (2010), Birch Beer JNL (2008), Bloktor Mosaik JNL (2007), Blue Parrot (2006), Box Lunch JNL, Broadletter JNL (2009), Brogado (2006), Brushmark JNL (2011), Burger Joint (2006), Burger Royale JNL (2007).
• C: Calendar Blocks JNL (2009), Calling Card JNL (2010), Callouts JNL (2011, in Circle and Square styles; white letters on black background), Canby (2006, a squarish caps face), Cast Shadow JNL (2010), Casual Lunch JNL (2009), Casual Friday JNL (2008, roman lettering), Catch Words JNL (2009), Channel Tuning JNL (1999), Channel Surfing JNL (2010), Charlies Bar BQ JNL (2008, heavy slab serif), Chive Turkey JNL (2007), Classroom JNL (2009), Cling Vinyl JNL (2009), Coal Train (2004), Coldfield JNL (2008), Commentary JNL (2010, almost typewriter type---easy on the eye), Corkboard JNL (2010: a rounded all caps family), Cornfield JNL (2008), Crown Heights JNL (2007, slab serif caps), Cyberglass (2010, techno).
• D: Dance Hall JNL (2011), Dangits JNL (2009), Decal (2006), Decorative Panels JNL (2009), Deerfield JNL (2006, Bank Gothic style), Desk Jockey JNL (2008), Deskplate JNL (2011), Detention JNL (2007, handprinted), Diamond Jim (2010), Disclaimer JNL (2010, condensed thin headline face), Display Inline JNL (2009), Displayced (2006, LED font), Do It Yourself JNL (2008), Doo Wop Initials JNL (2007), Doowop (2006), Dormitory Decals JNL (2009), Double Take JNL (2008), Duonor JNL (2010).
• E: Edessa JNL (2009: chiseled stone look, faux Greek), Editorial Comment JNL (2009, grotesk caps-only headline face), Edits and Credits JNL (2008), Elsinor (2006), Endless Journey JNL (2009), Entitled JNL (2007, squarish as in Bank Gothic), Evening Edition JNL (2009), Expressions (smilies).
• F: Factual JNL (2010,headline face), Fairgrounds (2006), Farragut JNL (2008, hairline geometric), Feltboard JNL (2008), Festival Nights (fancy letters), File Folder JNL (2010, Bank Gothic style family), Film Crew JNL (2009), Fincastle JNL (2011, all caps sans titling face), Flagstaff JNL (2010), Flatbush Beanery (2006), Flipboard JNL (2011), Flivver (2006, a slab-serif display font), Floor Tiles JNL (2009), Florida (2006, retro), Food Vendor JNL (2011), Fordham JNL (2011, all caps slab serif), Frankly Plain JNL and Franky Ornate JNL (2010, all caps faces after Franklin Gothic), French Art Initials JNL (2009, art nouveau), French Serif Moderne JNL (2009), Freunlaven JNL (2006, psychedelic), Fun and Games (2011, a casual retro face redrawn from the lettering found on the cover of a 1935 Speedball Lettering Pen book).
• G: Genesee JNL (2010), Gilbert JNL (2011, after Eric Gill's sans), Groovy 3D Caps JNL, Groovy Happening JNL (2005, psychedelic, in the style of Action Is), Groovy Summer (2006, a casual sans), GummedAlphabet JNL (2011), Gummed Letters JNL (2010).
• H: Halavah Twist JNL (2007; see also its extension Zydeco JNL in 2009), Hallandale (2006), Handmade Dropshadow JNL (2010), Handmade Gothic JNL (2011, inspired by lettering samples in a 1941 Speedball Lettering Pen instructional booklet), Handmade Roman JNL (2011), Hand Stamped JNL (2006, rubber stamp look), Hash and Beans JNL (2007), Hectonoid JL (2008), Highbrow Cafetorium JNL (2009), Home Room JNL (2009), Horse Puckey JNL (2008), Hoxie JNL (2008).
• I-J: Inkpad Letters JNL (2011), Inline Lettering JNL (2011, inspired by the opening title of a classic 1940s horror film, The Invisible Man's Revenge), Interoffice Memo (2011), Jive Jump (2006), Jobseeker JNL (2011: handprinted), Juneway (2006, modeled after a set of water-applied decals made by the Duro Decal Company of Chicago).
• K-L: Key Largo JNL (2011, all caps slab serif), Kiddie Blokz JNL (2010), Lasting Impression JNL (2008), Lefferts (2006, squarish display face), Les Folies JNL (2009, Victorian), Linem Up (2010), Lobby Card JNL (2010), Longbranch Initials (2006, for decorative monograms), Loose Leaf JNL (2010), Love Notes JNL (2011: alphadings), Luminum JNL (2007).
• M: Mailbox Letters JNL (2008) Mayville JNL (2009), Meal Ticket JNL (2008, squarish), Merchandiser JNL (2010), Millport (2006, squarish display face), Misdirection JNL (2009), Mixed Messages JNL (2007, ransom note), Mocombo JNL (2010, an African look face that is a slightly modified version of one of the numerous alphabets created by the late Alf R. Becker for Signs of the Times Magazine during the period of the 1930s through the 1950s), Monthly Newsletter JNL (2011), Morningstar JNL (2012, named after Jeff's friend, Estella Dawn Roberts of Stella Roberts Fonts), Movieland JNL (2008), Movie Night JNL (2011).
• N: Naroid Initials JNL (2010, one of the most ultra-compressed sets of initials available in digital type), National Spirit JNL (2009), Newsbreak JNL (2008), Newshawk JNL (2007, a condensed sans), Newsprint JNL (2011), Nightcap JNL (2011), Nighthawk JNL (2009, a retro headline sans), Now Playing JNL (2010).
• O: Oblogram JNL (2008, techno), Occidental Tourist JNL (2009), Odditype JNL (2006, computer simulation), Off The Wall JNL (2008).
• P-Q: Paint Store JNL (2006), Parkitechture (2006), Part and Parcel JNL (2009), Patriotica JNL (2011, American flag face), Pavement JNL (2010, based on the extra-condensed lettering used on roadway information signs as revised by the U.S. Government in 2000), Pendraw Roman (2006), Penmanshift JNL (2006, ronde style), Personal Note JNL (2011), Picz JNL (2009), Pillow Puff JNL (2008, fluffy and cloud-like lettering), Pistol Twelve JNL (2008), Pitkin JNL (2006, a hand-lettered sans), Plastic Display JNL (2010, sketched from photo examples in an old sales promotion sheet for the Movitex Do-It-Yourself Plastic Sign Kit by Pryor Marking Products of Chicago), Plastic Template JNL (2011), Pleasantville JNL (2012, a condensed slab serif), Pocket Initials JNL (2008), Podunk JNL (2007), Postal JNL (2009, white on black, as on stamps), Prehysteric JNL (2010), Presentation JNL (2011, a slabby family), Pricing Labels JNL (2010), Printed Letters (2006, made from stamped impressions made by a 1940s childrens sign making set), Printing Set JNL (2006, based on a rubber stamp alphabet), Printing Sorts JNL (2009), Prismatiq JNL (2009, shadow face), Proofreader JNL (2011, a rounded slab serif face), Public Notice JNL (2009), Public Transportation JNL (2008), Public Works JNL (2007: emulates the hand-cut lettering silk screened onto metal), Publication JNL (2010, a revival of DeVinne, 1890), Quorfid JNL (2010).
• R: Record Jacket JNL, Rendering (2011, architectural draftman's lettering), Retail Merchant (2006), Retro Resort JNL (2011), Reverberation JNL (2011, horizontally striped face), Reverse Calendar Blocks JNL (2011), Rockaway JNL (2006, titling sans), Roma Initial Caps JNL (2009), Roundpoint Pen JNL (2011, based on instructional lettering found in an old Speedball Pen textbook), Roughshod (2006), Rural Route JNL (2010).
• S: Same Old English JNL (2010, blackletter), Sandcastle JNL (2011), Sans Poster Bold + 3D, Screentext JNL (2010, pixel), Second Impression JNL (2008), Sennetarium JNL (2008, after lettering in a Charlie Chaplin movie), Sentzoff Coupon (2006, stitched), Serenade JNL (2010, art nouveau sans), Sew What JNL (2010, stitching face), Shelf Numbers JNL (2008), Shicken Zoop JNL (2008, Hebrew), Sign and Poster JNL (2009, die-cut letters), Shopkeeper JNL (2010, after a a vintage rubber stamp sign and chart printing set), Snack Shop JNL (2007, the retro diner look in a bold outline face), Socialite JNL (2009), SplintersJL (2004), Sport Shaded JNL (2009), Spring Fashion JNL (2010), Spur Handlettered JNL (2008), Squarity JNL (2008), Stamp of Approval JNL (2007), Starlight Sans, Stellator JNL (2006, a high-tech modular font), Store Tags JNL (2011), Sunlight JNL, Supporting Cast JNL (2011).
• T: Tallahassee Chassis JNL (2007, modeled from a toy rubber stamp set imported from Japan), Tamiami JNL (2009, Victorian, known as "Cuba"), Technerd JNL (2011, a thin technical/mechanical face), Terror JNL, That Stuff JNL (2009), Theatrics JNL (2009, 3d face), Thin Mint JNL (2011), Three Day Pass JNL (2009), Tiler JNL (2012, a gridded face), Title Block Sans JNL (2011, an avant-garde titling face), Too Much Information JNL (2007), Top Billing JNL (2008, dot matrix), Toucan Tango JNL (2007, multiline face), Tough Guy (2006, shaded titling face), Tough Stuff JNL (2008), Toyprint JNL (2009, grunge), Trade Journal JNL (2010), Trade Printer JNL (2007, Victorian-era sans emulation), Transactive JNL (2007, dot matrix), Tribal Council JNL (2011, jungle lettering), Trilium JNL (2010, triline face), Twelve Oaks (2006), Two Reeler JNL (2006; see also its follow-up typeface Positive Vibe JNL, 2007, both modeled after title cards of an early Charlie Chaplin movie), Type Catalog (2011, bilined all caps face), Typesetter JNL (2011).
• U-V: Utica JNL (2010, squarish all caps face), Vehicle JNL (2010, a condensed block font as for car plates), Vendor JNL (2010, Victorian era ribbon face), Vertical Roundpoint JNL (2011, found in a 1941 edition of the Speedball Lettering Pen instruction book and re-drawn digitally by Jeff Levine), Vintage Designs JNL (2009, dingbat which has some fists).
• W: Wavely (2010), Weeneez JNL (2011, wiener-shaped glyhs), Welcome Home JNL (2009), Werble JNL (2010), Whoosh JNL (2007), Willoughby JNL (2006, based on 1950s toothpaste lettering), Wire Mesh JNL (2009), Work Force JNL (2011), Wynwood JNL (2009).
• X-Y: Yargo JNL (2009, handprinted), Yayazout JNL (2008, fun titling face), Yorso Square JNL (2007).
• Z: Zera JNL (2007, intersecting rings), Zodor JNL (2010), Zydeco JNL (2009).

Jeffrey Visser

FontStructor known as jffry101 who is mostly interested in recreating pixel or dotted matrix faces after alphabets seen on trams, buses and trains. Creations from 2011: GVB Bus PID (a vertically striped family) in versions 7x4, 13x8, 13x6, 5x3, 7x3, 10x7. He made these fonts in 2010: Combino Klein and Combino Groot, both based on the font used on the front displays of the GVB Siemens Combino trams. In 2009, he fontstructed Citaro Voor DM II, Citaro voor DB (dot matrix faces), Citaro voor DS, Citaro Zij DS, Citaro Voor EB, Flappen Regular (white on black), GVB Metro PID, Sevebyseven (+Monospaced, +Bold Monospaced, +Proportional: dotted pixel faces), Bus Destinations, Aeroport (MICR font), GVB Bus PID, Arriva 9x6, Arriva 7x3, 7 segments (LED simulation face), 9 Hoog Arriva, Dice. In 2008, he made Binnen Display 5, 6 and 7 (all for the RIS displays in GVB trams and buses), and 15x5 and 07x5. In 2007, before FontStruct existed, he made the kitchen tile font Metro (2007). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Joh. Pfeil

Designer of the LED simulation fonts Touring (1973) and Vienna (1973), which can be seen in the Berthold Headlines E3 book from 1982. [Google] [More]  ⦿

jon889

FontStructor who made the monospaced LCD digit face Digital (2011). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Kabbalah Software

Located in Edison, NJ, this company sells Hebrew fonts. Some of the fonts: Hardar, Mirifx, Penina, Rashi, Rolit, Shlomo, Siddur, Torah, Aharon, Essex, Moses, Aryeh, Baluk, Budko, Cursiva, Grau, LCD Hebrew, Malka, Miri, Ora, Redis, Temima, Yerushalmi, Bashi, Leah. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Kaeru Gaman

FontStructor who made these fonts in 2010: Tolouse (LED), BestBefore (dot matrix), PicaBlox (white on black), GardLine (octagonal). In 2009, he designed WarLord Big, WarLordSmall, Nickle Blade, Oldskool Print (stencil), Insects, Flux a Frog (LED stencil) and C64 Hommage (pixel face). [Google] [More]  ⦿

kametype
[Joachim Müller-Lancé]

Joachim Müller-Lancé is a German designer (born 1961), who was trained in Basel and now lives in San Francisco. Linotype link. FontShop link. Timeline of his achievements:

• 1993. His Lancé type family (FF Lancé) won him the coveted Morisawa award in 1993. His faces Flood, Ouch and Shuriken Boy are available from Adobe. They can be viewed here. He also designed the kanji/Latin face Shirokuro.
• 1996. He created an outline face.
• 1997. He established kametype in 1997. Emodigi site.
• 2001. In 2001, he started up Typebox with Mike Kohnke. His fonts there include Monodular (2003), Tiny Tim and TX Cortina (1997, an LED style face). At Bukvaraz 2001, he won awards for Nichiyou Daiku, Shuriken, Pesaro and Shirokuro.
• 2006. At AND in 2006, he created the hand signal dingbat font H-AND-S together with Jean-Benoît Lévy, Diana Alisandra Stoen, Sylvestre Lucia and Mike Kohnke.
• 2011. In 2011, he published Uppercut Angle (Delve Fonts), which was originally developed for the Krav Maga training center of San Francisco. Also at Delve, he (re-)published the futuristic family Cortina in that year. With Ernesto Gonzalez Serros, he codesigned Chato.

Karras

Designer at FontStruct in 2008 of the elegant ultra-fat face Gordor, and of the constructivist (condensed titling) caps face Satur. In 2009, he made Pindio and Pindio Round (heavy titling faces), Castrong and Castrong Sans (squarish), City Lights (nice!), and the LED simulation faces Seven Leds and 14 Leds. He also made the fun faces Film (2009, film strip), Fatu (2008), Ratu (2008), Satur (2008), Fute (2008). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Keiichi Hosokawa

Keiichi Hosokawa's fonts are sold through Font Pavilion. These include Quarry, an irregular LED font. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Kenji Ohta

Dot matrix truetype fonts by Kenji Ohta: 35dot-LCD_E, 35dot-LCD_J. Latin and kana versions. [Google] [More]  ⦿

KirneH001

Designer at FontStruct in 2008 of scibotics, an LED-inspired face with a pearl in each outline. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Kirsty Garlick

Illustrator and graphic designer in Sydney. She created Go Robotique (2012, and LED style typeface). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Koji Naito

Koji Naito's Instant Font series is sold through Font Pavilion: Airline (1997), Capsule (LED), Chocolate, Hamster (alphadings, 1997), Lemonade (katakana). On the Font Pavilion 08 CD: Astronaut 2001 (1998), Mechanics (1998). Both fonts have roman and katakana versions. [Google] [More]  ⦿

kulachok

FontStructor who made the LED style face CRU-kulachok-arti19 (2011). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Kummaeno

Kummaeno calls himself an art director, graphic stuntman and fontstructor. He lives in Sweden where he works at Infobahn Reklambyra. He "fontstructed" the pixel/stencil family Soft Cell (2010), and the squarish faces Samizdat (2010, his remix of the constructivist T-26 font "Revolution" by Douglas Carter, 1994), Gearbox (2010), FS Crude (2010, a heavy face inspired by 224MKSD Black by Masayuki Sato), Manifesto (2010, influenced by Donald Beekman's FF Tsunami) and Aegis (2010; think ITC Bolt Bold). Modicum (2010) is a pointy severely angled black sans. Bonfire (2011) is a semi-blackletter face. Soft Cell (2010) is an LED font. About the MICR font MegaSpacer (2010), he says: Inspired by the fantastic "MICR" font set. And the Solaris font design from the nineties by Büro Destruct (ah, those were the days). Old but good ideas brought to Fonstruct. Fun and easy as pie. Basking (2010) looks like Martin Wenzel's FF Marten. Aerostyle (2010) is a techno / Eurostyle face inspired by Masayuki Sato&Tsuyoshi Nagae at Maniackers Design. Kuiper (2010) is a remix of the techno face Straker by Rian Hughes. Gamepad (2010) is an angry fat display face. Piquance (2010) and Quanted (2010) are ultra-fat decorative faces. Jacobine (2010) is a bellbottom face. Bitrate (2010) is a carbon copy (in his words) of Data 90 (Rian Hughes). Bayonet (2011) is a high-contrast art deco display face. Arbour (2011) is a piano key face. Pugilista (2011) is a fat boxy face. Pistolera (2011) is where the West meets psychedelia. About Syncope (2011) he says: You have seen the likes before ("FF HardSoul Ultra" by Donald Beekman or "Loudine" at pintassilgoprints.com). Constructivism with extreme bulk. Ultra-fat retro letter shapes. Ubangi (2011) is a hip "remix" of Rian Hughes's Darkside. FS Space Opera (2011) is party art deco. FS Rasterbator (2011) is a dotty raster halftone exercise. [Google] [More]  ⦿

lance22

FontStructor who made the dort matrix faces R160 exterior Side (2011, after lettering on NYC subway cars), R160 Find (2011), and NCTA R46 (2011, based on the LCD displays found on the MTA NYC Transit R46 trains). [Google] [More]  ⦿

LED font V1

Utility for PCs by Scott Dillman that will turn any of your windows TrueType fonts into new LED Sign fonts. [Google] [More]  ⦿

LED Sign Fonts

Simple utility and explanation for making LED sign fonts consisting of ascii symbols on terminal screens. By Darrick Brown. Default font. Alternate site. Yet another site. [Google] [More]  ⦿

LEDfont

LED Sign v3.1 software and LED font. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Lex Kominek

Calgary-based designer of Naranja (2005), an experimental typeface built up of quarter circles and L-brackets. Its dingbats are inspired by Clockwork Orange. Faces made with FontStruct in 2008: Robot Builder (Solid, Shaded and Open: squarish faces), Polygonal Lasso (Far West type: 938 glyphs for Latin, Latin Extended A & B, Greek, Cyrillic, and Katakana), Marshmallow Script (based on Einhorn, Eclat, Deftone Stylus, and Magneto, all connected diner scripts), Crazy Eights (deck of cards), Ficus Stencil (+Compressed, +Condensed, +Extended, +Regular, +Zebra, +StencilOpen), Big Fat (+Vibrate, +Solid, +Shaded), Negatron (Regular, Solid and Fill), Tuscan Radar, Nuclear Depot Americum (495 glyphs consisting of stars), Nuclear Depot (Radioum, Neptunium, Plutonium, Uranium: a futuristic family that covers Cyrillic), Am I see are you pee see, eh? (a font that combines MICR with UPC-A). The links: big_fat_shaded, crazy_eights, ficus_stencil_compressed, ficus_stencil_condensed, marshmallow_script, negatron_fill, negatron_regular, negatron_solid, serpent_like_bold, tuscan_radar.

2009 creations: Haemophobe (pixel), Star Wreck, Mouthcaster (a bilined face based on the lettering on the front of the 1978 edition of the Scoutmaster's Handbook), Pasta (white on black), Medical Station Alpha (techno), Disco Stud (Chrome, Solid, Chrome Oblique, Solid Oblique), Affix, Infix (experimental and minimalist), Pinball Blizzard, Tears in Rain (a simplistic textura), Five Minute Hair Colour (slab serif), Seg Sixteen (LED face), Trajedy (pixel), Nobody 8 Italic (pixel), Home Sweet Home (a cross-stitch font), Wotan, Tiki Deaky, Writetyper, Chromatose (shadow family), Chocobot (an octagonal family containing Dark, Stacked (multilined), Milk, White), Big Fat (Shaded, Vibrate, Solid).

2010 creations: Fungal Sharp, Fungal Rounded (described by himself as a unicase stovepipe sans), Elliptical Lasso (Western ornamental caps), Astral Projection (a dot matrix face that updates Astra, a Letraset font designed by François Robert and Natacha Falda in 1973), Brick-block tops (3d effect), Knots, Spacerock (an extensive arc-based geometric family), Telephone (counterless), Pixular, StarWreck the Next Generation, Hockey Club, Brick-Block Tops, Bubblemania, Ziabelle Remix (outline, 3d, shaded), Hextone, Falcone (robotic face), but I didn't Trap the Deputy (Egyptian), Dinosaur Gothic.

Fonts from 2011: Apé'ritif (bilined), Csillagok (a futuristic face based on a hungarian Star Wars poster), Valhalla (faux runic), Birodalom, Haboruja, Piezo, Felix (black art deco face). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Loman

Designer at FontStruct in 2008 of Metallico (a majestic double-stroked headline face), Namol recessed, Namol Rounded, Namol. In 2009, he added Aqueous Orbs, Rigid Emboss (+Solid, +Outline), Resisting Efficiency, 6x4 Pixels, Sharp Serif, Pudgy, Motherboard, Salad Bar (Mexican style writing), Carnival Illusion, Carnival Attraction, Cloud Salad, Metal Lunch, Forgotten Dot, Cosmic Chrome, Digital Numerals, Plebian Prozac, Pure Checker, Grim Box, Angle Frenzy, Quick Pixel, Reflecto, Tech Police, Barbed Bazaar, 24pt pixel, Vamp Aesthetic, Beeblebrox, Loman, N00b13, 12pt Pixel, Broadband, Novel Idea, Club Limbo, Deep Dish, Cosmic Chrome (+Filled, +Outline, +Reflection), Brick Street (+Solid), Astroshine (3d: +Solid, +Outline), Technoid, Blunt Serif (+Rounded), 3d Cubed, 3d Squared, Denim Stud, Diamond Stud, Pyramid Stud, Safari Bar (1 and 2), Quondam Futurity (LED font), Fizzle, Space Case, Retrofit, Robocrook, and Dense City. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Luiz C. Vieira

Brazilian designer of (dot matrix) typefaces that mimic the lettering on some HP devices: HP-82143A-CharSet-4, HP-82240-ECMA94-CharSet, HP-82240-ROMAN8-CharSet, HP-Classic-LED-Set, HP-DotMatrix-1-Menu, HP-DotMatrix-1, HP-DotMatrix-2, HP-DotMatrix-3, HP-Platinum-LCD, HP-Voyager-Character-Set, HP10BII-CharSet-1, HP10BII-KeySet-2, HP30S, HP30S_7, HP33S-CharSet-3, HP41-Character-Set-Xtended, HP41-Character-Set, HP42SCharSet-3, HP71BCharSet-1, HP9S-CharSet, KeySet-4, HP42SCharSet 3 (char42s.ttf), HP 82240 ROMAN8 CharSet (char82240_R.ttf), HP 82240 ECMA94 CharSet (char82240_E.ttf), HP 82143A CharSet 4 (char82143_E.ttf). Alternate URL. Most fonts are dated 2004. [Google] [More]  ⦿

m12

Designer in 2009 of Calculator Digits (LED face), Blocks (pixel face), Dael, Calligraphy and Cursors (arrows). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Machinekode
[Jared Cheek]

Free font foundry. We find here Iron Face (2010, an LED face), Box Diamond (2002, dot matrix face) and Turgida (2008, fat round family). Box Diamond was made by Jared Cheek. [Google] [More]  ⦿

MADType (mattdesmond.com)
[Matthew Desmond]

MADtype (est. 1996) is Matt Desmond's place in the type world. He has had a prolific career that started out with shareware fonts while Matt was at the Minneapolis Technical and Community College. His page back then said A haven for quality shareware type for the Mac. Later, Matt started mattdesmond.com, and co-founded the Test Pilot Collective (est. 1998 with Joseph Kral and Mike Cina). Many of his early faces were experimental and/or futuristic. In late 2003, mattdesmond.com disappeared, and MADtype, commercial now, resurfaced at the MyFonts site. Currently, Matt is based in Atlanta, GA. He has also lived in Fayetteville, GA, Rochester, NY, Redwood City, CA, and San Francisco, CA. His fonts can also be purchased via You Work For Them. He also does commissioned type design. Some fonts are freely available at the Google Font Directory.

Retail types as of 2011:

• Abel (2011, Google Font Directory).
• Aldrich (2011). A Bank Gothic style face, free at OFL.
• Amber (2000): kitchen tile face.
• American Gothic (1998): squarish.
• Audebaud (2010): a 19-th century style French Clarendon (wood type look). The design was inspired by the work of Constant Audebaud, an engraver of wooden type that was used for posters. Audebaud's work appeared in the 1880s in the Deux-Sèvres département of France.
• Beat (1998): rounded OCR face.
• Brauhaus (2004): Textura face.
• Cagliostro (2011). A free font at Google Web Fonts that is based on the handlettering of Ozwald Cooper.
• Curbdog (1998).
• Desmond Text (1998): a roman that has features of University Roman.
• Distill (2009): a De Stijl font that shouts 1920s.
• Dunelm (1996): emulation of 17th century printing styles.
• Dwiggins Deco (2009): This typeface was originally designed in 1930 by W.A. Dwiggins as the cover for the book "American Alphabets" by Paul Hollister. Only the 26 letters of the alphabet were included on the cover, so the rest of the numbers, punctuation, symbols, and accented characters have been crafted in a matching [art deco] style.
• Findon (2007): stencil.
• Futuristic category: ER9 (1999), KAH (2005, LCD style), Lunarmod (1997), Retron (1997; can be considered as a retro upright connected script as well), Shifty (1998).
• Grunge category: Bulletin (1997), Gothico Antiqua (1999), Rubba (1997), Stomper (1997--a rubber stamp font), Zapatista (1998-2007).
• Handwriting, handprinting category: Casino Hand (2005), Ghouliez (1996), Handegypt (2002---hand-drawn slab serif), Handy Sans (1997, hand-drawn sans), Joppa (1997), Pufficlaude BT (1998).
• Hessian (2009): Tuscan style wood type.
• Hydrochlorica (2004): organic.
• Invoice (1997).
• Ironside Crosses (2004): dingbat face.
• Marble Roman (2004-2009): angular roman all caps type.
• Pacioli or Luca Pacioli Caps (2007: emulating a mathematically constructed caps font by Pacioli (1509) published in his treatise De divina proportione.
• Pixel category: Basis (1999), Mang (1997).
• Plenti (2004): ultra plump.
• Quantico (2007): octagonal.
• Stencil category: Bandoleer (2009, +Tracer: a couple of stencil fonts with art deco and army influences), Madison (2007, slab serif stencil), Mercado (2005; has a non-stencil Mercado Sans).
• Variable (2004-2010): a sans-serif monoline face that includes ultra thin weights.
• Vexed (2005): sketched face.
• Wolfsburg (2007): blackletter stencil.
• Wooddale (1999): wood type emulation.

Free types as of 2010: Marble Roman, Environ regular, Dorkbutt, Europa, Exsect, Inthacity, Liquidy Bulbous, Lustria (2012, Google Web Fonts), Stomper.

Commissioned types: 77kids (2007, for the children's brand; the sketched faces were done with Justin Thomas Kay), AE Aerie (2005-206, American eagle Outfitters), AE Newburgh (2005-206, American eagle Outfitters), AE Summer Fonts (2007, all for American Eagle Outfitters), EEL Futura (2006, for Enjoying Everyday Life), Nike World Cup (2006), Virgin America (2006).

Orphaned types that disappeared or were planned but never executed: BrotherMan, Caprice, Convolve, HipstersDelight, Lugubrious, ModestaSmallCaps, Serifity, Skitzoid, Sliver, ThrowupSolid, Auresh (1998, futuristic; Test Pilot Collective), Kcap6 (1998, with Cina; Test Pilot Collective), Epiphany (1997; Test Pilot Collective), Testacon (with Kral and Cina; Test Pilot Collective), Civicstylecom (1999; Test Pilot Collective), Lutix (1998; Test Pilot Collective), Xerian (1997; Test Pilot Collective), Swoon, Furtive (2004, a sans), the display face Flathead (2004), the blackletter face Bahn (2004), Mesotone BT (2006, Bitstream, a monoline sans), Practical (a monoline connec script, planned in 2007 but not published), Poliphili (planned in 2007, as a revival of an Aldus/Griffo font), Wutupdo (1996, Garage Fonts), GFDesmond (Garage Fonts), Drone.

View Matt Desmond's typefaces. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Magnus Klahr

Magnus Klahr is a graphic designer in Gävle, Sweden. The typeface Traffic Regular (2010) has a bit on LED look, and was inspired by flight schedule boards in airports. Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

mami733

FontStructor who made the digital clock lettering face Digital (2012). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Manas Swain

Odisha, India-based creator (b. 1987) of MMS Start (2011, LED style). [Google] [More]  ⦿

marccxo

Designer who used FontStruct in 2009 to make MB 3D, MB Display (LED font), MB Modern (hairline sans), MB Scoreboard (dotted), MB Pixel, MB Compact, and MB FontStruct. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Marcus Schaefer

Dessau, Germany-based designer. Since 2009 he works for Erik Spiekermann.

He created RaketenFont (2008, a pixel face) at FontStruct. His other fonts have a construction element, such as those posted on Behance: Pelican Uppercase (3d), Action Types (2010), the LED number face Braun Numbers (2010, based on Braun's famous ET 33 calculator) and the starred dot matrix face Raketentim (2010). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Marianfonts (or: MarianFudge Design, or MFD)
[Tommy Cary]

Marianfudge Design 99. Free fonts by 1-year old Tommy Cary (Hight Point, NC). The fonts: 15teen, Apocalypse, ArmyofGawd, Astra, Averen, AvoidLongLines1, BackupGeneration1, BayouCowboy, BeirutSugar3, BigLog, Binary, Bodenhand (neat handwriting), Brian Cary, CaptainLethargic, CheapPizza, Chi, ConNinguna, ConspiracyMeadows, CorneliusMaurits, DarkEmpire, Discussion, DjCourageous, Eli50b1, Fargas, FatCyan, Fayettenam, FifteenStories, Grasko, Gunther, Heliosphere, HugYourIntern1, Hydrophonic, IamMonomer, IamMonotonous1, Idiot, InnieOuttie, Invalid, JanglyBounce, LosDelQueso, Marianfudge, Mondo, Morelife, Mr. Doodely Doo, NyakSquared1, OrphanageRiot1, Oscilloscope4, Primagrosa, Rascal, Relieftechnik1, RoboticMonkey1, Routine, Royal, SalinasMotionClerk1, SkippyGreeny, Stereophonic1, TapeLoop, TawattypeBloch, TawattypeII1, TelemarketingSuperstar, TelemarketingSuperstarItalic, TexasLED, TheWorldsFieryDemise, ThebGL, TributetoNova, Victor, Warren1, Backadelica, MethaneDwarf, StereoSaturn. Direct access.

Dafont link. Abstract Fonts link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Måns Grebäck

Prolific Swedish designer (b. Lindesberg, Sweden, 1990). Fontspace link. MyFonts link. Another URL. Dafont link. Klingspor link.

In 2010, he went commercial, and started selling fonts through MyFonts. His typefaces, both free and commercial:

• Arachnids (2011, graffiti face)
• Barkants (2011, elegantly handprinted family)
• Beckasin (2011, signage face)
• Before The Rain (2011, calligraphic)
• Blockography (2011)
• Block Talk (2011, with Zaydek Michels-Gualtieri)
• Blods (2011, a great blotty brush face)
• Botanink (2011)
• Brannboll (2011, baseball signage face)
• Bready (2011). A retro signage script with art nouveau aroma.
• Channel (2011, connected upright script)
• Characteristic (2011). Additional image.
• Chavenir (2011).
• Clipper Script (2011).
• Coneria Script (2012). A connected script.
• Crackin (2011)
• CutScript (2011, connected script)
• Enlighten (2011)
• Delinquente (2012).
• Denigan (2011, hairline)
• Espesor Olas (2011, fine handprinted calligraphic family)
• Europe Underground (2010, geometric sans with a hairline weight)
• Faltura (2011, constructivist), Faltura Alien (grunge), Faltura Guerra (grunge)
• Faltura Animals (2011)
• Feathergraphy Decoration (2011, calligraphic), Feathergraphy Clean (2011).
• First Lyrics (2011)
• Funkygraphy (2011, fat and counterless)
• Ghang (2011, graffiti family)
• Gretoon (2011, cartoon family)
• Handtalk (2010, silhouettes)
• Hard Block (2011, Western slab face)
• Hitalica (2011)
• Jacked Eleven (2011), Jacked Eleven Highlight (2011)
• Kerater (2011, sans)
• Let Me Ride (2011)
• Levitee (2011, a lively connected script).
• Lyrics Movement (2011, tall-ascendered hand)
• MAWNS Graffiti (2010) and MAWNS Serif (2010)
• MAWNS Handwriting (2010).
• Made With B (2011, sketched face)
• Markera (2011, marker pen family)
• Many Weatz (2011)
• Mawns Rock (2011)
• Monoment (2011). A fat upright connected script.
• Optien (2011, techno face)
• Ordinatum (2011, a severe sans)
• Ornamental Versals (2011, ornamental caps)
• Pennybridge 1563 (2010, blackletter)
• Prognostic (2011)
• R-2014 (2011, LED face)
• Radio 187.5 (2010, techno family)
• Respective (2011, calligraphic script, +Swashes)
• Rider (2011, a 30-style "versal" sans family)
• Ringer (circle and arc-based sans)
• Roskrift (2011, calligraphic; + Roskrift Clean)
• Ruthless Wreckin (graffiti faces), Ruthless Drippin' (dripping paint family)
• Sculptor's Hand (2011, connected chancery hand)
• Second Lyrics (2011, Treefrog-style handwriting)
• Servin' for Salute (2011)
• Shipped Goods (2011). A copperplate calligraphic script.
• Shortbrush (2011)
• Signerica (2011, connected flowing hand)
• Sketchica (2011, sketchy face)
• Some Weatz (2011, calligraphic, copperplate; +Swashes)
• Square Worm (2011)
• Stroke Dimension (2011, 3d face)
• Suecos Locos (2011---yummy!)
• Sverige Script (2012). Calligraphic wedding font.
• Tevegraphy (2011, elliptical)
• The World is Yours (2011, quaint)
• Throwupz (2011)
• Tipbrush Script (2011)
• Treehouse (2011, upright connected script; +Snowhouse for a snow-covered version)
• Tusch Touch 1 (2011)
• Two and Three (2011: a tattoo parlor blackletter family)
• Typographic Onedalism (2011, graffiti simulation face)
• Walk Da Walk One
• Wankstaberg Battles (2010, a tall fat script)
• Wild Growth (2011).
• Xtreem (2012).
• Yoghurt (2011).

View Mans Grebäck's typefaces.

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Martin Leśków

Polish graphic designer. Dafont link. He also uses the name Marcin Leśków. Fonts made in 2009 and 2010: ABitEmpty, Atlantis, Atticghost, Bigboots, Brokentypewriter, Crazyman, Doodleman (sketch font), Eternaldream, ExcellentWriter (curly script), Fightingdogs, FirstRound, Florentine Amber (2010), Forgottennight (grunge), FutureIsBack (curly script), HungryAlligator, Jigsawpuzzle, Lastbreath, Lighthouse, Likeonmydisplay (LED simulation), LittleAlien, LostShoe, MisterFlourish, Mosaiconthefloor (tiling face), NaughtyGirl, NewYorkCity, NiceWritten, Northernprairies, Olddungeon, Outside, PlanetOfDots (dot matrix), Pressedinframe, Privateautopsy (grunge), Quadratic, QuickFingers, Rottedboard, Skyscraper, Spacewarrior, Steelmagnolias, Stonewall, SunStreet, TellMeYourSecret, Tempusfugit, ThereWasACircle, Thirstyhorse (nice Western Italian style face), Timeless, Waterfall, WildScript, Windyday (grunge). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Match Fonts
[Michel Bujardet]

Match Fonts is the West Hollywood, CA-based foundry led by Michel Bujardet (b. Bordeaux, France, 1951), who is Mike Budge on alt.binaries.fonts. They make and sell interesting font paks. A particular favorite of mine is the Calligraphic Fonts Pack 2, which has the beautiful medieval-look face Rodolphe (2001), together with the Chancellerie family, the blackletter font SquareText, and a few Uncial fonts called Oncial. Free demos. Cursive Handwriting is a 6-font pak for teaching handwriting. Also offering a handwriting and signature font service. Among free offerings, check Le Blackmail (ransom font). Also, commercial fonts for these languages: Armenian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Estonian, Greek, Hawaian, International Phonetic (IPA), Hebrew, Hieroglyphs, Hungarian, Japanese, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Marshallese, Polynesian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Turkish, Ukrainian, Yiddish.

Interesting typefaces: Boulon (letters with bolts), Bujardet Freres (French restaurant type), Calebasse (1997, semi-psychedelic), Chinoiseries (Chinese look-alike), Cristolikid (LCD), Diodes Light, Grecques, Halloween, Malabars, Metroplitain (art nouveau), Monogram, Octogone, Osselets (bones), Parador, Ruban Dis-Moi, SilBooettes, TSF et Compagnie, Venitienne, Yiddilatin, Zebrues, and the dingbats Dinosotype, Alphabetzier, Nahkt Hieroglyphics, Norman Prince (children's handwriting), Angelots, Sceaux, Seraphiques, Talismans, La Main Guided, La Main Solid (both children's tracing fonts), Bordini, Bordofixed, BoumBoum, ChapClerk, Dactylographe (nice!), Halotique (sans serif), Tortillon (2001, art deco), Normographe (great too!), Normafixed, Oloron, Parlante (serif family), Presse (typewriter), Technicien. Plus handwriting fonts Skrypta, Skryptaag (upright and connected), Willegha. a Morse Code font. The Halloween pack includes Coulures, Halloween, Osselets and SilBooettes. Fixed width fonts include Dactylographe, Oloron, Bordo, Norma. Direct access. Interview and photo. Alternate URL (in French), with many more fonts, such as the handwritten Pierre, Mariette. MICR E13 B font.

Fontspace link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Maxime Nadeau

Illustrator and desiger in Quebec City. Creator of the LED style face 8 Bis (2011) as well as the Angle logotype (2011). [Google] [More]  ⦿

McGonigle

FontStructor who made Alarm Clock (2011), based on an old alarm clock's LCD display. He/she also made Jersey (2011), an athletic lettering font. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Michal Sok

FontStructor who made the digital watch faces 7segLCD (2011) and 7segLCD Flipped (2011). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Michelle Laura

Houston, TX-based creator (b. 1989) of Syera Inline (2012, pen-drawn), WW Digital (2011, LED style) and WW Pencil (2011, pen-drawn). Home page at WebWorks in Houston, TX. Aka MJP WebWorks USA. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Miguel Vasquez

The [T-26] designer of Boutique (2002), the thinnest LED font on earth. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Mikes

The 6MB font zip file contains the Microsoft collection, and a few extras such as GlassGauge (URW, 1998), the LED font Quartz (URW, 1998) and OCR A Extended (Monotype, 1995). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Milan Zrnic

Milan Zrnic (b. 1984) is a self-taught graphic designer who now lives in New York. In 2002, Milan created Idyll (2002, commercial sans serif font) while in the Chank Army. In 2003, Milan created and released the free typeface Raedr. [Google] [More]  ⦿

minidonut

FontStructor who made Lines and Dots (2012), Glossy (2012, texture face), Shadows (2012), Digittal (2012, digital clock numerals), Tall (2011, ultra condensed face), Anti Alias (2012), Default Pixel (2011), and a few other pixel typefaces such as Crazy Pixel Extended Extended (2012). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Mizu Fire

FontStructor who made Digital Era (2011), based on the letters of a digital watch. [Google] [More]  ⦿

MogrifyMagick

Dead link. We used to have here a 9MB gunzip file with about 500 fonts. Included were the Roger White font collection (1993-1994, about 100 fonts in all), most David Rakowski fonts, many fonts by Reasonable Solutions (a cheap CD maker?), as well as the following fonts by individuals: AlexAntiquaBook (Carlos Alexandre, 1992), Alexandria (Hank Gillette, 1990), Alpine (Bill Horton, 1989), ArenskiLengyar (A. Mendoza, modified by M. Kloczewiak), Artlookin (Stephen Moye, 1991), Ashley (Peter Jensen, 1991), BlackChancery (Douglas Miles Jnr, not be confused with the famous Black Chancery font), Blockboys (Robert Schenk, 1994), Brassfield (Sterling Court Publishing, 1991), Charlie Chan (Ronnie R. Higgins Jnr), Chesslaer (Tom C. Lai, 1991), ChopinOpenFace (A. Mendoza), Cló Gaelach (Colum Twomey, 1993), Crystal (Jerry Fitzpatrick, 1995), Debussy (A. Mendoza), Deusex (Francis X. Mahoney Jnr), DominoEffect (David Rakowski, 1989), Faktos (Cory Maylett, 1992), FletcherGothic (Alan Carr), Fleurons (Stephen Moye, 1991, based on A Suite of Fleurons by John Ryder), Goethe (Allen R. Walden, 1993), GoodCityModernPlain (A.S.Meit, 1991, a Fraktur font based on J. Gutenburg's 42 line Bible), GraphicLight (Richard Mitchell), Greenowic-Narrow (Jim Fordyce, 1993), Gregorian-HTNormal (Ronnie R. Higgins, Jr, 1989), Gregorian-HollowNormal (Ronnie R. Higgins, Jr, 1994), HTEBasicCyrillicNormal (Ted Holden, 1991), HandwriteInkblot (Icon Design, 1991), Kellnear (Stephen Moye, 1991), KennonItalic (Sterling Court Publishing, 1991), KhachaturianCapitals (A. Mendoza), LED-FontHC (Peter S. Bryant, 1994), LSCScriptMedium (Leroy Chen, 1992), Lichtner (Stephen Moye, 1991), Lightpainter Richard Mitchell, 1994), LiquidCrystal (Peter Jensen, 1991), LombardoBeneventan (George Williams, 1988), LombardocMedium (A.S. Meit, 1991), Musgrave (Futhark runes by Michael Everson, 1994), Neon-Lights (Allen R. Walden, 1994), Old-Bold (Sterling Court Publishing, 1991), PaganiniLengyar (A. Mendoza, modified by M. Kloczewiak), Palladam (a Tamil font by T. Govindaraj, 1990), ParsZiba (Tooraj Enayati, 1993), Partridge-Thin (Sam Wang, 1994), Pheasant (Neil R. Manausa, 1992), PsychedelicSmoke (Walter Kafton-Minkel, 1990), RunesOfPower (Tarry A. Higgins), Sapir (Eric Schiller, 1991), Schneller (Tom C. Lai, 1991), ShalomScript (Jonathan Brecher, 1992), Silicon-Valley (Jim Ratliff, 1991). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Mohammed Asif Ali Rizvan

Designer (aka maarizwan) of the free Hindi family Gurumaa (2008), which was based on Indic.ttf (GPL) by Sanjay Khatri. He also made the free Devanagari family Osho (2004). Designer of the free digital clock font DigiTalk-Mono (2010). [Google] [More]  ⦿

MuirMcNeil Design Systems
[Hamish Muir]

MuirMcNeil Design Systems is a project-based collaborative between Hamish Muir and Paul McNeil. Our activities are focussed on exploring parametric design systems to generate appropriate solutions to visual communication problems. Hamish Muir is a founding principal of 8vo (1985-2001) and co-editor of Octavo (1986-1992). He currently combines work as an independent graphic design consultant specialising in editorial, information and systems design with teaching part-time at the London College of Communication. Paul McNeil is a London-based independent graphic design consultant specialising in type, information and systems design. He is a Senior Lecturer in Postgraduate Graphic Design at the London College of Communication and lead developer, MA Contemporary Typographic Media.

They have several parametric and modular software syystems for typography and type design. These include 20-20 (done in 1974: a modular design idea in the spirit of FontStructor, but without any active software), Interact (done in 1994---grid-based parametric screen fonts), Three Six (an experimental optical / geometric type system consisting of six typefaces in eight weights. It explores the possibilities of using systematic principles to generate geometric typeforms which are distinctive at large point sizes but which can also be read at smaller sizes in bodies of extended text), Four Two (an extension of Three Six). The Three Six project led to a number of multiparametric dot fonts.

Muir helped Dalton Maag with the development of Tephra (2008), an experimental multi-layered LED-inspired family. Typetoken link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Mylicia

FontStructor who made Segment (2011), an LED face for alarm clock numbers. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Nathan Heins

Nathan Heins (Romford, UK) created Microchip as a student project in 2012. The glyphs were inspired by an electrical circuit. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Neoqueto
[Michel Nowak]

Michal Nowak (Neoqueto) is the Koszalin, Poland-based designer who used FontStruct in 2009 to make the horizontal stripe face Mastercore (+Laddered), Cut The Paper (arched face), Vision Division (techno), Axis (condensed pixel face), PixelIconix (emoticons), Mionta (2010, futuristic; FontStruct), Stencil 4000 (2010, FontStruct), Auricom (futuristic), Vision Of Division, the broken marble face Sector 017 (grunge---followed in 2011 by Sector 034), Tetraminos, Sinclair Logo, the beveled Mekotek, Pictograms Audio, and the extended square face Mechion.

In 2010, he created the computer game fonts ET Pixel Mark 1, 2 and 3, as well as the techno fonts Sinclair Logo, 4KSTNCL (techno stencil), LDR Dream (futuristic), LDR HAET (counterless), LDR#3, LDR#6, LDR Manufacture (circle-based geometric face), DOT/LED Scope and DOT/LED Illumination. Monolithic is modular to the extreme. Safe Plastelina (2010) is a soft experimental face.

In 2011, he added LDR Hexatron, LDR #8, Sector 034, Microfuture.

Typefaces from 2012: Keen Blades (sci-fi), LDR #1, Nakki LDR (sci-fi), Tegma.

Dafont link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Newlyn.com (was: x&y)
[Miles Newlyn]

Miles Newlyn graduated from St Martins College of Art, London, in 1991. He worked with various London agencies, including Wolff Olins. x&y in London was Miles Newlyn's web site where you could buy his creations from 2002-2004. In 2004, he set up Newlyn.com. Creations: Luvbug (a 3D font, now at Umbrella Type), Ferox (a blackletter face, 1995; see also Umbrella Type), Becker (LED font), Tonnage and Bugini. At Emigre, he made Democratica (Roman with a Greek touch, 1991), the curly Missionary (1994), Sabbath Black (1995, a blackletter font), and Tonnage Sans (1996, an homage to David Harris's Chromium typeface). He designed a set of six typefaces for David Carson to use in Raygun Magazine. He is currently developing Verona. Modena (2008) is a corporate type family designed by him. In 2011, he created Rubrik (a well-rounded monoline sans family reminiscent of architectural drawings) and Frank (a 5-style humanist sans family done with Francesca Bolognini). Bio at Emigre. Most of his typefaces can be bought from Veer and MyFonts. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Nick Curtis: Typefaces from 2004
[Nick Curtis]

Typefaces made by Nick Curtis from 2004, not listed elsewhere on these pages. Bayern Handschrift, De Rigueur NF, Refugio Rustic WBW, Refugio Refined WBW, Ponte Vecchio NF, Brazzaville NF (based on Congo, a 1910 font by Barnhart Brothers \& Spindler), Moonshine Script NF (a casual connected script patterned after an offering from the 1930s chapbook 60 Alphabets by The Hunt Brothers), West Coast Antics (based on a showing from Carl Holmes' 1950s book, ABC of Lettering), Nanki Poo NF (based on Mikado from the Boston Type Foundry), Picture Postcard BF (a Broadway style face based on work by lettering artist Alf Becker), Curly Shuffle NF (described as a mix of Alf Becker's style and Leslie Cabarga's), Hardy Har Har NF (based on Samoa from BB&S, 1900), Krazy Kracks NF (based on the so-called California style of lettering used extensively in travel posters of the 30s to the 50s. This version is based on its interpretation by Carl Holmes in a Walter T. Foster artbook entitled ABC of Lettering), Whoa Nelly NF (a comic book face--based on Dan X. Solo's Funhouse), Bushwacked, Cressida (triline face), New Boston (far West face of the "italian" kind), Rumble Seat, Kartoon Kutz 3&4 NF, Magic Twanger NF, Snoodle Toons NF, Beanie Kopter NF, Delysian NF (based on Greeting card from the 1923 catalog of BB&S), Mazurka NF (based on Swagger Capitals and Gothic Novelty title from the 1923 catalog of BB&S), Jungle Holiday Cuts NF (based on holiday ornaments by Carl S. Junge, 1929), Stone Soup NF (based on lettering for a 1925 Buster Keaton movie), Tintern Abbey NF (based on the lettering for a 1905 poster for the Austrian National Highway by artist Gustav Jahn), Period Borders NF, Parsnip and Parsnip Outline (Will Ransom designed the exemplar for this series for Barnhart Brothers&Spindler in the early 1900s---the typeface was originally named Parsons (1918), after the advertising director of a Chicago department store), Wurstwagen (suggested by a poster for beer, designed by German artist Ludwig Hohlwein around 1920), Jackson Park NF (1920s style), Kenosha Antique NF (from the 1903 Racine typeface of Barnhart Brothers&Spindler), Catty Wumpas (based on lettering of Ross F. George). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Nick Curtis: Typefaces from 2005
[Nick Curtis]

Typefaces made by Nick Curtis from 2005, not listed elsewhere on these pages. Chantilly Lace NF (2005: uppercase letters by Bergling and lowercase letters by Roland W. Paul), Edda MorganaNF (medieval English), Gnarly Dude NF (rough script based on material of Ross F. George), Whirled Peas NF (based on a face called Whitestone Scrawl by Dan X. Solo in his "Showcard Alphabets"), Cool Cat Jim NF (based on a 1953 headline by Jim Flora in Park East Magazine), Sulphur Springs WBW (bone font), Grand Rapids (based on a typeface named Archer from the 1905 specimen book from Barnhart Brothers&Spindler), Hasta La Pasta (designed after a typeface from a pre-1900 specimen book from the Central Type Foundry of St. Louis, called Spiral), La Coupole (based on lettering on a 1927 menu by prominent poster artists Razzia), Shadowlands (this is like Wilcox Initials from the 1992 Solotype Catalog), Possum Saltare NF (a Trajan column style caps face), Pismo Clambake NF (a connected formal script face after a Richard Gans handwriting face from 1933, Gloria), Ransom Clearcut NF (an extension of Will Ransom's 1920s caps-only face Clearcut Shaded Caps for BBS), Almost Heaven (sold in the early 1900s as Perfection), Goodbye Crewel World (stitching font), Jimbatz NF (dingbats inspired by album cover artist Jim Flora), Bad Dookie NF (from The Advertising Cartoon Clip Art Book, 1971), Maple Leaf Rag NF (revival of Nova Bold by Continental Typefounders), Surely You Jest NF (called Arbor in the 1890's type specimen catalog from Farmer, Little&Co), Merry Old Soul NF (a display face discovered in one of the many books on sign writing produced by Eric Matthews), Funky Tut NF (205; the caps are based on J.M. Bergling's Morocco (1914), and the lower cases on Bergling's Kermaic Text (1914)), Groove Thang NF (based on a font called Dado), Novadam Obese (geometric black modern face based on a logotype by the same name of Joan Trochut Blanchard, ca. 1940s), Smackeroo NF (2005, engraved US dollar-bill style face based on Steelplate, a monocase face from ca. 1900 by Barnhart Brothers&Spindler), Snooty Fox NF (an elegant face found in Pen&Brush Lettering and Practical Alphabets, Blandford Press, Ltd., London, 1929), Chez Nous (based on Card Italic from a 1930s Mergenthaler Linotype Company specimen book), Slapdash Deco NF (2005, based on a showcard alphabet presented by Cecil Wade in his Manual of Lettering), Rockin Roman NF (from Blandford Press' Pen&Brush Lettering and Practical Alphabets), Kunstgewerbe NF (artsy face after work by J.M. Bergling, 1914), Details Details NF (a geometric design from Pen and Brush Lettering and Practical Alphabets), Escondido NF (inspired by an Austrian travel poster designed by Johann Süssenbek in the 1930s), Ballyhaunis NF (based on Celtic lettering by Laurence Schall, early 1900s), Inglenook Corner NF (based on art nouveau lettering by Laurence Schall, early 1900s), Mohair Sam NF (caps based on letters of Samuel Welo, and lower case based on ATFs Romany Script), Partenkirchen NF (a Basque style display face), Helena Handbasket NF (after Antique Light, found in the 1888 edition of the James Conners Sons United States Type Foundry specimen book), Kudos Kaps NF (2006: five nice ornamental caps and associated alphabet and border sets, including a Lombardic set, an engraved set; they are based on faces from Ludwig&Mayer). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Nick Curtis: Typefaces from 2006
[Nick Curtis]

Typefaces made by Nick Curtis from 2006, not listed elsewhere on these pages: Magic Lantern NF, Duly Noted NF (after an ATF face from 1912 called Freeahand), Got That Bling NF (a connected script based on the work of Al Mack, from his Lettering: Brush&Pen in the Single Stroke), Haarlem Nights NF (based on a 1920 Dutch poster for Public Placement Services by Johan Dijsktra), Architectuur NF (based on De Stijl type lettering by H. Th. Wijdeveld, 1925), Gandy Dancer NF (a revival of Tabard, ca. 1912, ATF), Pomfrit Dandy NF (based on Frys Ornamented No. 2 by Stephenson Blake), Smith Premier (Clean and Schmutzy) NF (a typewriter pair after the letters of the Smith Premier No. 3), Faerie Queen NF (based on a typeface named Titania from a 1930s specimen book from the Fundición Richard Gans), Red Hot Mama NF (2006), Jumbo Mumbo NF (a revival of Independant done in 1930 by Collette and Dufour), Union Telegraph NF (2006), Major Production NF (which was followed in 2009 by Major Pro Extras NF), Teeny Boppin NF (gleaned from Schrifti Alphabeti, a book of Cyrillic alphabets published in Kiev in 1979), Rutin Tutin NF (based on Wild West lettering found in Schrifti Alphabeti, 1979), Jampact NF (2006, an ultra fat headline face), Beagle Boyz NF (a bouncy face based on a Cyrillic alphabet presented in the book Schrifti Alphabeti, 1979), Midtown Tessie NF and Downtown Tessie NF (mosaic tile faces), Scary Scrimshaw (based on a 1968 poster for a Doors concert), Speedball No1, Speedball No2 SW (2001), Speedball No3 (2001), Bellagio NF (an interpretation of Robert Wiebking's 1917 font Advertisers Gothic, designed for BB&S), High Society NF (2006, a fashion mag face based on an alphabet found in Lettering for the Commercial Artist by Blandford Press, 1946), Osiyo Dohitsu NF (based on letterforms in the Cherokee Syllabary, reputedly devised by Sequoyah in the early nineteenth century; it has petroglyphs as well), Micro Manager NF (pixel face), Paper Caper NF (2006), Shady Grove (a condensed version of Thorne Shaded), American Pi NF (2006: ATF ornaments from the catalogs between 1913-1934, including some designed by Will Bradley, Frederic Goudy and George Trenholm), The Donald NF (a hyper-curly decorative face), Boo Meringue NF (a Halloween font based on Lithotint (1897, ATF)), Lesser Arcana (a mystical type), Zyklop NF (2006), Deux Chasses NF (based on ATF's Thermotype), Bon Mot NF (based on Barnhart Brothers&Spindler's Engravers Upright Script), Munchkin Land NF (based on a work called Thor, issued by Frederic Wesselhoeft Ltd of London in the 1930s), Didgeree Doodle NF (2006, a curly cursive originally released as Bernhard Heavy Antique Cursive by the Bauersche Giesserei by Lucien Bernhard), Kudo Kaps One, Two, Three and Four NF (a total of eight classical initial caps faces), Crane Titling NF (medieval-inspired uppercase letters drawn by famed book illustrator Walter Crane with charming, if somewhat quirky, lowercase letters by J. W. Weekes), DecimoSexto NF (+italic) (includes Spanish Roman letters and Griffo style italics, both hand-drawn by Francisco Lucas in Madrid, 1577), Visillo Adornado (a caps face based on the typeface Vesta, originally designed by Albert Auspurg for H. Berthold AG, Berlin in 1926). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Nick Curtis: Typefaces from 2007
[Nick Curtis]

Typefaces made by Nick Curtis from 2007, not listed elsewhere on these pages: Dundee Castle NF (based on lettering by Harvey Hopkins Dunn, 1930), Sheik Of Araby NF (2007), Aethelred NF (a unicase typeface, with alternate characters in several of the lowercase positions, is patterned after Mosaik, designed by Martin Kausche for Schriftgiesserei Stempel in 1954; Sultan (2005, Canada Type) is also based on Mosaik). Cerulean NF (a sans based on Lining Gothic No. 71 (BBS and ATF, 1907)), Rimshot NF (script), Jaunty Gent NF (based on the upright connected script Forelle, aka Rheingold Kräftig, by Erich Mollowitz in 1936-1937 for the Hamburg foundry of J. D. Tennert&Sohn), Baby Cakes NF (a bubblegum face based on a 1974 release by Karlgeorg Hoefer at the Ludwig&Mayer foundry called Big Band), Amper Sans NF (after Hobby, a script designed in 1956 by Werner Rebhuhn for Schriftgießerei Genzsch&Heyse), Wacky Duck NF (2007), By George Titling NF (inspired by silent movie lettering), Dinky Rink NF (partially based on Steile Futura), Fuller Brush NF (a bouncy signage script from The New Lone Pine ABC of Showcard and Ticketwriting by Australian author C. Milnes), Tiddly Winks NF (2007), Iraan (a stars and stripes face based on the ATF face Rodeo), Haut Relief (a 3d face based on a 1960s face called Sculpture), Fiddle Sticks (based on West Banjo (Dave West, 1960s)), Djibouti (an African theme font modeled after African Queen (Dave West, 1960s), Wacky Duck NF (2007), Turing Car NF (2007, a monospaced typeface based on a lineprinter font from the 1960s, the Unisys 0776), Route 66 NF (based on the typefaces used on U.S. Highway signs from the 1930s to the 1950s), Meandro NF (2007, inspired by a labyrinth-like design of Brazilian designer Leandro Nogueira), Anna Nicole NF (2007, based on the upright semiscript Mirabelle (1926, Wagner&Schmidt); Nick Curtis: Round, firm and fully-packed, it is sure to get attention anywhere it is used.), Keynote Speaker NF (an awkward blocky face patterned after Bloomsbury (1920s, P. M. Shanks&Sons)), Twitty Bird NF (2007, an architectural drawing font based on Dan X. Solo's Conway), Balder Dash NF (the caps are based on Breda-Gotisch (1928, H. Berthold AG) and the lowercase on Goudy Text)), Outer Loop NF (2007), Tutti Paffuti NF (after Stymie Black Flair by Dave West for Photolettering), Weedy Beasties NF (after a variation of Seymour Chwast's Blimp), Bully Pulpit NF (2007), Keepon Truckin NF (a 3d face based on Milton Glaser's Baby Fat). In the 1970s, Vincent Pacella made a Photolettering Egyptian headline face called Blackjack, which was digitized in 2007 by Nick Curtis as Flap Jacks NF. ITC Jeepers and Woodley Park (based on Naudin) won awards at the TDC2 Type Directors Club's Type Design Competition 2002. Artone was digitized as Loose Caboose NF. Edwin Sisty's upright curly semiscript Belcanto (1970s, Photolettering) was revived in 2007 by Nick Curtis as Glissando NF. F.WQ. Kleukens' Kleukens Antiqua (1910) was digitized by Nick as Kleukens Antiqua NF (2007). Holo Fernes NF (2007) is based on Christian Heinrich Kleukens' Judith Type (1923), a hookish hell-inspired face. Pudgy Puss (2007) is an ultra-fat modern display type based on Fat Face (Herb Lubalin, Tom Carnase). Omaha Bazoo (2007) is patterned after Viola Flare, issued by Franklin Photolettering in the 1970s. Lateral Incised NF (2007) is an engraved old style face originally released in 1929 as Gravure by the London foundry of C. W. Shortt. Tall Scrawl NF (2007) is an original Curtis handprinted font. Alfred Riedel's Domino (Ludwig&Mayer, 1954) was revived as Idle Fancy NF (2007). Boxcar Willie NF (2007) is a quaint curly face. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Nick Curtis: Typefaces from 2008
[Nick Curtis]

Typefaces made by Nick Curtis from 2008, not listed elsewhere on these pages: Dave West's Nickelodeon was revived by Curtis as Lily Hilo NF (2008). Funky Rundkopf NF (2008) is an adaptation of an LED simulation font of Ray Larabie, called Dignity of Labour. Daffadowndilly NF (2007-2008) is based on art work by Alf Becker from the 1940s. Babes In Toyland NF (2008) has some of the Rennie Mackintosh charm and is based on "Sheet music for Babes in Toyland, USA, 1903". Anagram Shadow NF (2008) is based on handlettering from a 1928 poster for a steamship line by renowned British artist Austin Cooper. Kandinsky NF (2008) is based on shapes found on Kandinsky's painting Succession (1935). An experimental typeface by Jeremy Pettis, illustrating the concept of kangaroo, inspired Pal Joey NF (2008). One of René Knip's experiments, a unicase typeface with an Arab feel, was digitized by Nick Curtis as Turban Hey NF (2008). Calamity Jane (2008) is a stylish Edwardian script based on a 1930s logotype for the Theatre Moderne in Paris. Orion Radio NF (2008) is a 1930s style display face on an African theme. Quinceanera NF (2008) is a a new take on an old dry-transfer standard from the 70s named Barrio. Jobber Wacky NF (2008) is a bouncy handlettering font based on designs of Alan Denney found on greeting cards in the 1950s and 1960s. Franciscan Caps (2008) is based on a 1932 face by Frederic Goudy called Franciscan. Morning Glory (2008) is a simple display face that goes back to the Cleveland Type Foundry, 1893. Tickety Boo (2008) is a take on Goudy Fancy (or: Goudy Black Elongated Swash). Yo Quiero Taquitos uses letters taken from Rotalución Decorativa (Barcelona, 1940s), Disco 79 (2008, multiline), Eclectic Crumpany (2008, multiline monocase neon face based on The Electric Company TV Show), Fire Down Below (2008, block gothic), Joufflou NF (2008, very fat), Bala Cynwyd NF (2001) is an Arts&Crafts style poster face inspired by lettering of Dard Hunter. Csiszarz Latein NF (2008) recreates an old typeface (ca. 1910) of J.V. Csiszarz. Owah Tagu Siam NF (2008) is a faux Thai font. Langoustine Rouge NF (2008) is based on Dan Solo's Sorbonne. Cecil Wade again provided inspiration for Bloc Party NF (2008). My Little Eye NF (2008) is an elegant piano key font. Roundabout NF (2008) is rounded octagonal. Neubank NF (2008) is Nick Curtis's take on Bank Gothic. Warp Three NF (2008) is a Bank Gothic-style family with an uppercase as in Agency Gothic (1932-1933, Morris Fuller Benton) and a lowercase from Square Gothic (1888, James Conner). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Nick Curtis: Typefaces from 2009
[Nick Curtis]

Typefaces made by Nick Curtis from 2009, not listed elsewhere on these pages: Society Page NF (semi-script based on Morris Fuller Benton's Announcement, 1916), Glyphix One NF (dingbats), Glyphix Two NF (dingbats), Velveteen Round NF (based on Vellvé's only font, 1971), Steno Stout NF (the venerable Underwood Victoria typewriter on steroids), Diosa Rubia (condensed headline face), Mono Amono NF (octagonal), Turista Flaca NF (based on Baltimore Type Foundry's Tourist Extra Condensed), Boop Boop NF (based on handlettering found on Hallmark Studio Cards of the 1950s), Samosata NF (based on Bernhard Gothic), Waddem Choo NF (based on Tschichold's Transito from 1931), Jane Plain NF (architectural blueprint style), Hacky Sack NF (a zany face based on Ross F. George's Stunt Roman), Free Holeys NF (after the 1972 Letraset font Beans by Dieter Zembsch), Kingstown NF (semiscript), Kudos Kaps NF (2006: five nice ornamental caps and associated alphabet and border sets, including a Lombardic set, an engraved set; they are based on faces from Ludwig&Mayer), Melvin Eustace NF (handlettered), Weekly Bazaar NF (based on Harpers by the Central Type Foundry), Really Big Shoe NF (after a Cleveland Type Foundry face called Oxford), Bellwether Antique NF (after a 1913 face by Georg Belwe), Garmisch Rund NF (inspired by Rundgotisch, Emil Rudolf Weiss, 1937), Whitefriars NF (based on a font from the Blackfriars Type Foundry in London), Society Page NF (a curly serif face based on Morris Fuller Benton's Announcement Roman, designed for American Type Founders in 1917), USA Resolute NF (a unicase headline face based on Morris Fuller Benton's Eagle, ATF, 1934), Saturday Morning Toast (2001, based on the logotype font of the Saturday Evening Post from the 1920s), Examiner NF (based on Dwiggins' Metro from the 1930s). Hans Lijklema's Free Font Index has a CD which contains AirstreamNF-Italic, CalamityJaneNF-Bold, CalamityJaneNF, DaddyLonglegsNF, HamburgerHeavenNF, HeavyTrippNF, HutSutRalstonNF (2001), OrionRadioNF, ParkLaneNF, PhattPhreddyNF, RhumbaScriptNF (a silent movie font), Riot Squad NF (2000, after Otto Heim). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Nick Curtis: Typefaces from 2010
[Nick Curtis]

Typefaces made by Nick Curtis from 2010, not listed elsewhere on these pages.

Typefaces made in 2010: Conners Corners NF (2010: gleaned from the 1888 specimen books of James Conner's Sons United States Type Foundry), Tumbling Dice NF and Banner Year NF (both were done after scroll typefaces featured in the 1869 MacKellar Smiths and Jordan specimen book), Standing Room Only NF (after Broadway, designed by Morris Fuller Benton for ATF in 1928, originally named Broadway Poster), Proud Mary NF (a plump face based on Joseph Churchward's Marianna), Slapsie Maxi NF (based on a Carl Holmes alphabet found in Holmes's ABC of Lettering), Umbriago NF (trying to do a Cooper Black Swash Italic), Picaro NF (based on Harlequin), Palo Pinto NF (based on Pacella Vega Extended 10, a 1960s face by Vincent Pacella), Cartella NF (a 3d beveled shadow face based on a Morris Fuller Benton 1934 offering for American Type Founders called Poster Gothic), Pracht Antiqua NF (a faithful rendering of the cuddly headline script face Pracht Antiqua Schmallfett, which was designed by Carl Pracht for the Norddeutsche Schriftgießerei in 1942), Gitfiddler NF (a futuristic oblique face based on the lettering on a package of Gibson guitar strings from the 1950s) , Seta Reta NF (after Walter Diethelm's 1965 VGC face Arrow), Kleukens Kursiv NF (after Kleukens Scriptura, 1926 by F.W. Kleukens), Kallilu NF (a display face, after George Piscitelle's VGC face Thomac from the 1960s), Occidental Tourist NF (an avant-garde sans inspired by Dave West's Futura Casual), Schelter Grotesk NF (after Schelter's Breite Grotesk, 1886), Vuvuzela NF (a casual, almost sign-painted, and nearly African display face), Block Party NF (2008,, a 3d face), Cromwell NF (a faithful digitization of Cromwell, 1913, Morris Fuller Benton, ATF), Liguria NF (2010, after a face found in a Nebiolo specimen book, ca. 1900), Pony Express NF (2010, after Palmer and Rey's Courier from 1885), Linndale Square NF (a beefed up version of Geometric, 1885, Cleveland Type Foundry---a typewriter style face), Binghamton NF was inspired by the wedge-serifed angular face Bingham (Vincent Patella, PLINC). Albert Kapr designed Faust in 1959, so Nick's derived sans typeface is called Kaprice NF. Double D NF (2010, +Fill, +Outline) is a 3d beveled face based on Dave Davison's Dimensional from the 1970s. Old Softy NF (2010) is a rounded face based on Round Gothic (Keystone Type Foundry, 1884 catalog). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Nick Curtis: Typefaces from 2011
[Nick Curtis]

Typefaces made by Nick Curtis from 2011, not listed elsewhere on these pages: Jersey City NF (modeled after Times Gothic (1905, ATF)), Petty Despot NF (2011, also modeled after Times Gothic, and possibly renamed from Jersey City NF after Berthold---yes, the same Berthold again---complained about the name Jersey since one of its fonts by Gustav Jaeger was named Jersey. This is my educated guess..., and two thumbs up to Nick for picking the appropriate name Petty Despot NF). Olde Megrat NF is patterned after Antikva Margaret, designed by Zoltán Nagy for VGC in the mid-60s. Herkimer Bunrab NF is an upright scriptish face with bunnyears that is based on Hercules (1926, Amsterdam Typefoundry). Blackbarry NF (2011) is a faithful revival of Deutsch Black (1969, Barry Deutsch, VGC), a unicase piano key typeface. Bindlestiff NF (2011), which won the 2011 Devroye Memorial Medal for funniest typeface name, revives Schmallfette Binder Style (1959, Joseph Binder, Stempel AG), a squarish tightly set headline face. Decked Out NF (2011) is a fat inline face modeled on Dektiv in Homage to the Alphabet. Bazoo Tow NF (2011) is a fun fattish headline face that is a faithful reroduction of Basuto (1927, Stanley Baxter for Stephenson Blake). Are You Shaw NF (2011) is an all-caps blackboard bold face inspired by Pygmalion, a face found in Homage to the Aplhabet. Hoodoo U NF (2011) is a roly-poly romp through the alphabet, based on Jürgen Riebling's irrepressible Mr. Big from the 1970s. Big, bold, bubbly and a little brash, it's a natural choice for happy headlines. The handlettered Mikeys Roman NF (2011) has an uppercase based on the work of Mike Stevens, and a lowercase based on the work of Alf Becker. Outgribe NF (2011) is a rough, raw typeface that is based on the lettering in Ben Shahn's iconic poster protesting the execution of Nicolo Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti in 1927. Nellie Kay NF (2011) is a monoline script face, based on an example by Ross F. George. Shaq Attack NF (2011) is a wooden plank style or brushy face inspired by an alphabet of Alf R. Becker. Relampago NF (2011) revives Hans Möhring's bilined face Elegante Lichte (1928). Squyirrely Shirley NF (2011) is a bouncy face based on Phoenix (unknown creator) in Schriftatlas. Spread Out NF (2011) is modeled after Ross F. George's Split Caps. Salzburger Plakat NF (2011) is based on an Austrian winter sports festival poster from 1907 by Swiss poster designer Otto Baumberger (1889-1961). Rightly So NF (2011) is a squarish face based on Geometric Gothic (1884, Palmer and Rey)---it is hard to imagine that this almost pixelish style was around at that epoch. Kenotaph NF (2011) is a condensed headline slab serif modeled after Stymie Obelisk (1930s, Morris Fuller Benton). Vasari NF (2011) is based on Ancient Gothic (1891, William W. Jackson, Keystone Type Foundry). Moslem (Boston Type Foundry) was revived as Suffiya NF (2011). Looky Cookie NF (2011) has eyes placed on the glyphs. Iago NF (2011) is a powerful headline sans inspired by two ATF faces from the 1880s, Othello and ATF Black Caps. Big Bag NF (2011) is called an industrial-strength titling face by Nick Curtis---it has design elements of Hans Eduard Meier's Syntax Antigua. Highpoint Gothic NF (after Morris Fuller Benton's 1932-1935) is a condensed classic Raleigh Gothic Condensed. Fernburner NF is an all caps shadow face, modeled after Hans Bohn's 1929 typeface Orplid. Planscribe NF is based on types used by the Leroy Automatic Lettering Machine, a tool for architects. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

nonthawat

FontStructor who made the LED style faces CRU-nonthawat-font000 and CRU-nonthawat-font001 in 2011. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Olivier Guin

Parisian creator of Pixofont (2003), which has a Black weight (pixelish), an LED weight, and a Destruct style. Behance link. Meccano (2011) is a nuts and bolts mechanical face (2001). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Omer Köse

Ömer Köse is a Turkish student at Erciyes üniversitesi, b. 1986. Dafont link. Creator of the dot matrix face LCD Dot (2008), made with the help of FontStruct. Aka BlackX. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Open Font Library

Set up in 2006 and finalized in 2011 by Jon Phillips, the original goal of this site was summarized as follows: The Open Font Library is a sister project of the Open Clip Art Library. The goal of this project is to collect public domain fonts so that they may be used freely. In 2011, they wrote: At the 6th Libre Graphics Meeting 2011 in Montreal, the Open Font Library, the Open Font Library community and Fabricatorz launch an online library of fonts that all type designers and font enthusiasts may participate in. The goal of the Open Font Library is to offer great fonts, help designers share their work, accelerate the usage of the @font-face tag available in modern web browsers, and to help educate everyone about how to design and use fonts. The Open Font Library received sponsorship and direction from Dave Crossland. Other major contributors to the project include Alexandre Prokoudine, Ben Weiner, Ed Trager, Eric Schrijver, James Weiner, Jon Phillips, Nicolas Spalinger, and Robert Martinez, who developed the Open Font Library logo. Initial patrons to the project include Mozilla Foundation, River Valley Technologies, TeX Users Group and Yes Logic. The Font Library has also benefited tremendously from input by participants at the Libre Graphics Meeting 2011. Others mentioned in earlier years include Benji Park, Nicu Buculei, Alexandre Prokoudine, and Simos Xenitellis.

The original batch of free fonts includes Inkcalig (2006, a calligraphic face by James Kilfiger), LetsTracebasic (2006; a *very* readable light sans, even at small sizes), LetsTraceruled, RDS (2003, LED simulation face), TribalBenji (2005, by Benji Park), handfont (2005, Benji Park), handfontshadow (2005, Benji Park), PugsleyOblique (2006), AlphabetofChildren (2006, based on 16th century illuminated caps), AnimalSilhouette (2006), and Fold (2006). Wiki page. Additional URL for Dave Crossland. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Oswald

A pixel font and an LCD font made in 1993: NISYSTEM, NI7SEG. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Oujou

Designer who used FontStruct in 2008 to make Boxes-Round, I-Am-An-Alarm-Clock (LED simulation), Serviceable, Tiny-Spikes (octagonal). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Pablo Balcells

Argentinian type designer who created the typefaces Eslava Inline (2012), Eslava Double Line (2012), Eslava Stencil (2012), Eslava Solid (2012), Eslava Outline (2012), Solida (10-style sci-fi blocky sci-fi typeface), Pixelar and Led in 2012. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

packerfan21396

FontStructor who made these fonts in 2012: Kingdom Hearts DS Gameplay (pixel face), Curved 5x5, Diamond in the rough, Modern 17 Segment Display (LED face). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Page Studio Graphics (or: Pixymbols)
[Roger Vershen]

Page Studio Graphics is Roger Vershen's Oro Valley, AZ-based company specializing in symbols and symbol fonts, founded by him in 1986. Roger Vershen died in Tucson, AZ, in 2003.

The fonts (grouped under the name PIXymbols) include ADA symbols v.2.0, Africa, Alphabox, Alphacircle, Ameslan (ASL), Antorff (blackletter), Antorff Fractions, Apothecary, Arrows, Astrology, Backstitich, Boxkey, BoxNLines, Braille grade 2, Casual, Chalk Casual, PIXymbols Chess, Command Key, Courex (typewriter family), Crossword, Digit&Clocks (+LED symbols), Dingbats&Online, DOSScreen, Fabric Care, FARmarks (Federal Aviation Regulations lettering), Flagman (semaphore), Fractions, Gridmaker, Highway Gothic (U.S. Department of Transportation's Standard Alphabets for Highway Signs), PIXymbols Highway Gothic 2002, Highway Signs (U.S. Department of Transportation), Hospital&Safety, LCD, Luna, Malkoff (calligraphic font), Marina, Meeting, Menufonts, Morse, Musica (instruments), Newsdots, Orchestra, Passkey, Patchwork, PCx, Phone, PIXymbolsMusica, PrimerD (letters with lines), Recycle, Roadsigns, Shadowkey, Signet (family), Squared, Strings, Stylekey, Tolerances&Datum, Travel&Hotel, TV List, Unikey, US Map, Vershen (2001), Xcharting, Xstitch. They also sell EPS files of all Arms of Swiss cantons, and many nice initial caps. Look also for Faux Hebrew (simulated Hebrew), as part of the Faux package that also includes Faux Sanskrit, Faux Runic, Faux Hebrew, Faux Japanese, Faux Arabic, Faux Chinese and Faux Chinese Sans.

Alternate URL. Previews at MyFonts. Klingspor link.

View the Page Studio Graphics typeface library. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

paldave

Uruguayan designer of Digit (2009), an LED face. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Parsonsss

FontStructor who made the rounded LED face Serro (2011). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Patrick Nas

Designer who used FontStruct in 2008 to create Naumburg (rounded squarish letters), Cars (dingbats), PN Box (stencil), Massive, 20-block (dot matrix face for headlines), 4-block (pixel face), almost-there, bau-hause, belly (elegant art deco), bite-me, blackline, carree, digit (LED simulation), hell-yeah!, hooked, meca-no (simulation of a steel plate with bolts), no-way! (dashed outlines), oneblock, petroes, petroeska, petroeskaja, pointilism, showcase (octagonal, thick), slimbold, starblock, super-stretched, woolly, lilium, showcase (octagonal), bau hause. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Paul Flo Williams

Computer programmer in the UK. Creator of Segment14 (2010, Open Font Library), an LED font, and Dotrice (2011, after an old EPSON FX-80 printer). Home page. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Paul Hustava

St Louis, Missouri-based designer in 2000 of the wonderful white-on-black LED font LED BOARD and LED BOARD REVERSED. Dafont link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Pavlov Design
[Emanuele Fabrizioli]

Pavlov Design offers free Mac typefaces by Emanuele Fabrizioli: Spraygun (stencil), Sushimix, Blackblock (techno font reminiscent of Wim Crouwel's lettering), Molecola, Pseiko (LCD font), Puerto Plata Market (stencil, inspired by a face made by Leonardo Sonnoli for the Biblioteca San Giovanni). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Peter Caffin

Aussie Peter Caffin made the free bitmap fonts Gaudy, Big, LED, LineSans, Standard. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Peter S. Bryant

Designer of Rickshaw (1991), Andromeda, Flintstone (1988), LEDFont (1994), and LRegular. Dafont link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Peter Specht

Designer who created the pixel grid face z001-rom (2008), Katerina (2010, almost LED face), Kinryu (2010), Kinryu No. 14 (2009), z001-rom_v10.4, Normal (2009, pixel face), Elektrogothic (2008, futuristic), Laurier Test (2009, serifed), Laurier No. 7 (2009, an extensive Unicode face that covers Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, most Indic languages, Thai, Hebrew, Lao, Tibetan, runic, Khmer, and mathematical, chess and other symbols), Kinryu No. 8 Regular (2009, an extension of Laurier towards Japanese), Clucky Duck (2008, rounded), and the double-scratch handwriting face Wild Freak (2008). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Pfadfinderei
[Thomas Bierschenk]

Berlin-based visual communication agency. Their fonts include these type families by

• Martin Aleith: Logosmen (2003, geometric display face), Braten Fat (2004), Haudegen (2002, severe bold face), Halunken Spezial (2004), Boxen (2003, a slashed zero font), Esposito (2002, a paperclip font), Galotta (2002), Feixen (2007, paperclip inspired).
• Critzla, Critzler, or Thomas Bierschenk: FF Trademarker (2000), Franz Jäger (2000, ultra fat, mini-slabbed), FF Magda Clean (1997, done with Henning Krause), FF Localizer (1995, LED simulation), Flomaster (1998, graffiti, done with Jayone), Vinataba Solid (2002), Nicola Zucka (2002, connected cursive script), Neo (2002, geometric as in the logo of the Neo car).

Philogrid
[Yoshitaka Yamada]

Yoshitaka Yamada (Philogrid) is the designer of Beaver (2004, LED face), Blippia (2003), Halogen, Oilbased, Kiaora (2004, futuristic), Pomcute and Zircon. [Google] [More]  ⦿

pixelarts

Two free original LED-type fonts, Clickscape and Clickscope. [Google] [More]  ⦿

PizzaDude
[Jakob Fischer]

The Great Dane from Copenhagen, the king of grunge, Jakob Fischer, is a kindergarten teacher who designed over 500 fonts. Mini-catalog, part I, part II. Aka PizzaDude, he started out making free fonts, but switched to commercial fonts later. His typefaces:

• In 2012: Mixed Up.
• In 2011: Bumbastika (poster face), Blowout (rounded signage face), Hangout (grunge), Regreat (comic book face with square counters).
• In 2010: Shuffle Steps (a sketched face), Shakeout (comic book face), Atrofobia, Splurx, Klumpft (grunge), No Consequence, Poilet Paper, Universal Fruitcake, Vitamin, Year Supply of Fairy Cakes, Yesterdays Meal (brush face), Undercover (bilined), Streetwise, Jilly Bean (art deco, handprinted), Zanoix, Amfost (comic book face), Funky Mother (a curly face), Chicken Salad (comic book face), Retroxoid, Quirky, Mono Exolia, Mono Neox, Mono Litrox, Mono Hexular, Mono Orxith, Mono Iltra, Mono Chix, Gumbutcha (cartoon face), Ghenilo, Firewerk, Family Bird, Bodywerk (a grungy constructivist face), Wagerton (grunge), Strawn (signage face), Drunken Tower (ransom note face; + Drunken Shower), Elogy, Olazy, Hoakey, Nipey, Laxory, Iquory, Chorxy.
• In 2009: Funkboy, Nusqie, Junkwerk, Geekabeat, Flicka (a bouncy comic book face), Sir Render, Imperial Quortex, Jourba, Kurph (round children's script), Ginky, Stereoxoid, Earthwerk, Gibarish, Insiano, Unsprit, Whacker, Natuxal, Battlexoid, Change, Chusp, Aspektogram, Axteroid, Floink.
• In 2008: Everything (comic book), Superxoid (white on black grunge), Eyeful (comic book style), Punctured Bicycle (grunge), Spleach, Sir Spicious, Mirla, Skramp, Jilkyway, Fristy, Sqweash, Aprilfuel, Intense Eve, Drunken Shower, Dandygal, Alien Segment, Endorfinia, Runaway, Scentogram, Typewrither, Ultraxoid (grunge), Legoix (a nice scrapbook pencil font), Heruina (connected hand).
• In 2007: Indoxine (an informal horizontally-striped outline font, one of his best creations), Infilto (sketchbook face), Murbia (printed hand), Orange Gush, Epsiolet (blackboard script), Grut Stuph (comic book), Orange Gush (curly hand), Drunken Hour (ransom note face), Flixuble, Butterfool, Whexjable (paper bag cutouts), Flabioga (grunge), Flambster, Axionhero, Skratzy, Ulsteros, Craptoy, Megaxoid, Nine Thousand, Retrozoid.
• In 2006: Ultinoid, Sabtine (nice curly hand), Sadnez, Happyjamas, Fudshake, Diskojuice, Damaged Guts, Zugarbody, Popfork, Hyperspit, Junktoy, Melonheads, Mister Dorky.
• In 2005: Party Noid, Doktor Terror, Fligerish (romantic retro lettering face), Tomoli2, Teaster (Easter egg dings), Ankertill Brewer, Omibez, Tomoli, Family Dog (comic book face), Vegacute (retro lettering).
• In 2004: Jerky Tash, Hopeless Heart, Sure Shot, Chawsy, Hefty Galloon, Phatburner, Imazeng (Asian imitation), Zir Gera, Glammer Girl (T-26), Japperneese (oriental imitation font), Marmelade Guys, Tagboy, Malonia Voigo, Raskal, Kickshaw.
• In 2003: Abdominal Krunch, Mucho Macho, Just A Dream, Tagboyhardcore (graffiti font), Omegalomania, Cheeky Git, Chenilo (a grunge poster face), Bigbrain, Pizzabot, Schoolbully, Rapjack, Slammertag, Hlytus, Hold Your Breath, Bigmouth, Stumbeleina, Slowmotion Girl, Omegalomania, Bigbrain, Zitkid, Mr Fahrenheit Go, Atomic Clock Radio (dot matrix font), Kitchen Police, Arcade Classic, Digital Dream, Arsenique, Lie Detector, Spamsucker, Ghostboy, Funkheads, Slime Tag, TagStar Hardcore, Diet Riot, Elevator Boy (Chank), Flim (22-style family), Lemon Lies.
• In 2002: Fearless, Good Foot, Idolwild, Ruinik, AngerIsAGift, Insane Hours, MuchTooLoud, Abduction2002, You are what you eat, Yggdrasil, Easily Amused, Toxic Waist, Words of Love, Yesterdays Meal, Dope Jam, Famous Fromage, Geek A Byte, Vinyl Repair Kit, Bring Tha Noize 2, Fancy Footwork 2, Fandango (a comic book font), Quit Smoking, Japan Knees (2002, an oriental LED simulation font at Chank's), Secret Handshake, Eternal Life, Insektogram, Krooked Teeth, Super Glue, Love Bug (a Valentine's font).
• Other earlier or undated fonts: Grand Stylus, jiggery pokery, Monafont (a font with hearts), Fancy Footwork, Grouser, Not Just A Toy, Orangutan, VeryBadPosture, Treasure, Tantrum Tongue, HangTheDJ, MonsterFreak, MouthfulOfBeer, WarmMilk, WideAwake (techno), Wisecrack, DT104, Quickometer, Cirkledingz, HarshLanguage, Vanish, GluttonMan, Radiohead, Radioland (LED face), Eat Your Heart Out (kitchen tile font), Mute Fruit (stencil font), Exit Font, In The Arms Of Sleep, Popcorn Not Included, Flashboy, Kill Your Darlings, Nonfiction, Gringo Nights (eroded Western font; almost Mexican), Push, Grunt Reaper, Ultrasonik, As Seen On TV, More Than Human, Raveheart, 10Minutes, 20000dollarbail, 4mylover (Valentine's day lettering font), Abduction, Acquaintance, AgentOrange, Anodetonoone, Anticlimax, Arcade, ArcadeClassic, Autobahn, Backto1982, Ballsontherampage, Bedbug, BeyondControl, BeyondControlvolume2, BionicKidSimple, BionicKidSimpleSlanted, BionicKidSlanted3d, Biteme, Blackboysonmopeds, Blaster, Blatant, BlindMelon, Blindfold, Blobs, Bluelines, BrokenToys, Brushed, Brutality, BrutalityExtra, BubbleBath, Bubbleboy, Bubblegums, Bumbastika, Burlesque, Chinese Takeaway (oriental simulation), ComputerAmok, Creamandsugar, Crosspatchersdelight, Crosspatchersdelightnormal, Curmudgeonly, Delirium, Desperation, Digitek, Diskoteque, Dreammachine, Dreamofme, Earthquake, Embroidery, Exoneration, Extravirgin, EyeOnlyHaveEyesForYou, Fadetogrey, FakePlastic, FatBoySmiles, Fazingsone, Firestarter, FlakJacket, Flaphead, Flashback, Flashbackversion3, Flashit, Foot Fight (2003), FreaksofNature, FunkyStoneage, Funnyfarmhard, Funnyfarmsoft, Futurism, Guineapigs, Gasoline, Ghostwriter, Glamour Girl, Greaseballs, GreatVengeance, Greenhousegas, Guineapigs, Hangover, Highspeed, Holiday, Homeboysarebackintown, Humanoid, Humanoidstraight, Innocentbystander, Imperfectfont, InnerSanctum, InternationalPlayboy, Invasion2000, IronMan, JointbyPizzaDude, JamesBond, JellyBelly, JointbyPizzaDude, JoyCards, JuneBug (fat comic book face), JustAnotherFont, Kometenmelodie2, Kitchenpolice (techno/futuristic), Klytus, Kleptomaniac, Knucklesandwich, KometenMelodie1, Kookaburra, Lazerbeamsurprise, Liquidism (dripping blood), Liquidismpart2, Logiclodger, LotsOfDotz, LoveLetters, MassiveHeadache, MunsterBash, Mute Fruit (stencil font), Madscientist, Madscientist, Malapropism, MammaGamma, MassiveHeadache3, MassiveHeadacheII, MaximumSecurity (horizontally striped), Miserable, Mixedup, MotorcycleEmptiness, MunsterBash, Naghead (2004), NeverSayDie, Nonstop, Nonstopitalic, Nugacity, Nyctalopia, Nyctalopiatilt, Obliviousfont, Onceinawhile, Operatinginstructions (glyphs with writing direction arrows), Opium, Oxygene1, PartyBalloons, Piracy, PizzaDudeFatOutline, PizzaDudesHandwriting, PlanetDust, Plastique, PrivateInvestigations, Protection, Pusher, Questionoftime, Questionoftimesimple, Quicksilver, QuotedPositivity, RepeatUntilFalse, Retaliator, Radioaktivitet, RainyDays, RepeatUntilFalse, Retaliator, Robotica, RoboticaAllCaps, Rocketman, Rubberneck, Sk8ordye, Slammertag (2003), Scratchmyback, Shakethatbooty, Shopliftersunite, SkaterDudes, SoftSugarfade, SoftSugarplain, SomewhereInSpace, Spaceboy, SpeedCrazy, SqueezeMeBaby, StickAroundForJoy, StrangePhenomenaNormal, StrangePhenomenaOutlined, Sweetascandy, SyntheticSyncronism, TagsXtreme, TagsXtreme2, TastelessCandy, Teenageangst, Timebomb, Toforgive, Transistor215, Typewriterfromhell, Ultimatum, Underattack, Underattackskew, Undercover, UnfinishedSympathy, UnfinishedSympathy2, Us, Venusflytrapthebug, VeryChristmess (2003), Videophreak, Vitamin, Vitaminoutlined, VulgarDisplayOfPower, WakingtheWitch, WishfulWaves, Wreckage, Xtraordinary, Youngatheart, Youthquake, Zitcream, Zenith2000, ElectricBoots, Jealousy, Noodlesoup, PizzaDudePointers, PizzaDudeStars, Waybeyondblue, XrayTed, XrayTedskew, ZingDing, DigitalDream (2003, LED simulation), PizzaDuide Bullets, Bubbleboy 2, Endeavour Forever, Konspiracy Theory, Krazy Nights (handprinted).

PM Fonts
[Pau Misser]

Pau Misser is the founder of PM Fonts and the Barcelona-based creator of free futuristic fonts. He will send them if you first send something you created. The list: PmnatjaItalic, Pmnatja, Pmoliosa (2001), Pmagrafia, PMbustiaBold, PMbustia, PmcapsigranyBold, PmcapsigranyDemiBold, PmcapsigranyExtraBold, PmcapsigranySemiBold, PmcapsigranyUltraBold, Pmcapsigrany, PMoliosa, PMnatja, PMdelit, PMescacsBold, Pmescacs, PMfastigCondensed, PMfastig, PMguix, PMmeravellaThin, PMmeravella, PMpantalla, PMquelcom, PMreg, PMsembla, PMtrifasic. Interview. At Typephases, we find the screen font Pantalla, and the geometric display font Sembla. At Die Gestalten, one can buy Agrafia (LED simulation), Bustia (futuristic), Escacs, Fastig, Hodierna, Natja, Oliosa, trifasic (futuristic), Quelcome. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Polices True-Type Manuscrites
[Philippe et François Blondel]

Original truetype fonts by Philippe and François Blondel: CNC Vector (2012, hairline sans), Braille 1998, Braille 1998 3d version, Braille (2012), Accords (for guitar), Langage des signes (ASL), Signes, Phonetique.

He also designed many handwriting fonts: Michelle, Ginette, Sophie, Amandine, Virginie, MissClaude, LalexBigBadaboum, Karine. All these fonts are free.

For font services: 40 USD for a handwriting font, 70 for a connected handwriting font, 10 USD for a logo font, 8USD to add the Euro symbol to any font, 50 USD for any on-demand truetype font based on your drawings.

Handwriting type designer Philippe Blondel offers some of his handwriting fonts (such as BrandysHand, PatriciasHand, JaninesHand, LisasHand, LaurensHand, FarrahsHand, CarolinesHand, RandysHand, BrooksHand, Philing (1998-2009), Jean-Claude'sHand and Jimmy-Hand) regularly for free. Send in your handwriting on the form he provides: each week, he'll make one of the samples into a TrueType font (for free). New fonts include 7LED (2010, LED face), Philippe, Bernard, Adelyne, Georges, Brigitte, Barguzin, Breeze, Fog, Lightning, Monsoon, Stream, Valerie, Jami, and Zephyr.

Fontspace link. Dafont link. Abstract Fonts link. Alternate URL. Yet another URL. Another Fontspace link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Primary School Fonts
[Rupert Russell]

The Sheperdson Community Education Center's Primary Math's Font set includes 3-d geometric shapes, coins, 2-d shapes, die faces, LED digits, math symbols and fractions and pies. There is also a cursive script set for children at 25 Aus$. All by Rupert Russell. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Protoform Project (was: Fontshack)
[Neale Davidson]

Free original designs, often with a science fiction feel, by Neale Davidson (b. 1971). Does some custom font work. Adventure. See also here and here, here, and here. Klingspor link. Abstract Fonts link. Devian Tart link.

Fonts: 4E Dings (based on those used in WotC's 4E Dungeons and Dragons game), AdventureNormal (1998), AdventureSubtitlesNormal, Alpha Mutation (2012, based on the title logo to the 2011 version of "Gammaworld"), Alternity, AlternityNormal, Anglorunic, Artifact (2011; became Ravenwood), Aurebesh (based on the WEG version of Star Wars Imperial Writing), BattleBeasts (2000), BeastWars, Bienvenu (2011, pixel face), Broadmoor (2012, art deco), Carlton (2012), Celestial, Chapleau (2012, art deco), Chinyen (2005, oriental simulation), Classic Robot (2011), Colony Wars (replaced by Gallonigher), Comic Book, Constitution Class Hull, Convoy (2011, based on the logo for "Armada" and "Robots in Disguise"), Crystal Deco (2008), CuniformEnglishNormal, Cybertron Generations (dingbats; replaced by Transdings), Cybertron Metals, Cyberverse (2011, futuristic), Daedra (2012: based on the Elder Scrolls series of games), DalelandsNormal (a Celtic face based on the lettering used in early TSR Dungeons and Dragons products), Decahedron (2012), Dethek Stone (runes), DiamondFantasyNormal, Dinobots (based on the Dinobots logo from Hasbro's Beast Machines line), Dodecahedron (2012), Dragonmaster, Dunkin (2012, based on the rounded fat letters of the Dunkin Donuts logo), Duodecahedron (2012), Eladrin (based on the third edition version of the Elven font used in Dungeons and Dragons), Elminster, Emotion Engine (2012, based on the Playstation 2 logo from Sony), Emulator (based on the old Nintendo game font), Energon (2011), Equestria (2012: based on the My Little Pony Line), Espruar, Flipbash (2012, an octagonal typeface that is based on the logo of Hasbro's Bot Shots), Flynn (2011, futuristic stencil face), Fontana (2011, techno-futuristic), Furmanite (2011), Gaiking (2012: Based on the logo of Mattel's Giant Robot toyline, Shogun Warriors), Galaxy Force (2011, based on Hasbro's Transformers: Cybertron logo), Gallonigher (was Colony Wars), Gamedings, Gargoyles, Geddes (2011), Generation Two, Gold Box (2012, a pixel face based on the in-game lettering from the classic SSI "Gold Box" game collection, featuring Dungeons and Dragons: Pool of Radiance, Curse of the Azure Bonds, and so on), GothamNightsNormal, GutcruncherNormal, Harpers (runes), Hauser (octagonal, futuristic; Former "Action Force", based on the logo of GI Joe), Hexahedron (2012: dice), Hyperspace (2012, thin monoline octagonal, based on the original Atari vector font from Battlezone, and on Asteroids), Imaki (futuristic; was Cybertron Metals; based on the logo of the Japanese Beast Wars Metals series), Instruction (2012, monospaced and monoline caps face for engineering applications), Invaders (2012), Jedi (2012: Star Wars logo font), JediHollowNormal, JediSolidNormal, Jefferies (former Constitution Class Hull, based on the original Star Trek Enterprise lettering), Jhiaxus (2011), Joystick (2011), Jumpman (2012, based on the logo of the original Donkey Kong game from Nintendo), Kanno (formerly called Sharon Apple), Ketchum (a comic book face based on the logo of the popular Pokemon franchise), Kreon (2011, a round techno face based on the logo of Hasbro's Kre-O line), LaBouf (2011, techno: based on Indiana Jones subtitles), Laser Rod (based on the Transformers line), Majoram (2012, a hairline avnat garde typeface), Manga (oriental simulation), Masterforce, MasterforceHollow, MasterforceSolid, MaximalBeasts, Maximus, Medabots (based on the Hasbro toy line), Megatron (2011, based on the logo of the live-action Transformers movies), Microgramma Extended (later replaced by Probert), Minerva (2012: based on the logos used for Shout's releases of Transformers: Headmasters, Masterforce, and Victory), Montalban (2011, based on the title credits of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan), Moria (runes), Morse Tech, MysticEtchingsNormal, Nakadai (2011, a unicase techno font based on Hasbro's Transformers: Prime figures), Neo Gen (2011, based on the logo for the SD Gundam series of games), Neostar (2012, sci-fi), Neverwinter (2001, based on the logo of the popular "Neverwinter Nights" computer game from Bioware) (see also here), Night Warrior, Nippon Tech (faux oriental), Nite Club (2011, dot matrix), Octohedron (2012), Okuda (formerly Okudagrams; based on the LCARS characters from Star Trek: The Next Generation), Omnicron, Optimus, Orion (2012, a techno-style font based on the "Robots in Disguise" logo from Hasbro's 2012 Transformers toyline), Overseer (2011), Pacmania, Planewalker (formerly called Magic Cards. Based on the text used in older Magic: The Gathering cards), Pokemon, Powerpuff (based on the logo of "The Powerpuff Girls" from Cartoon Network), PredaconBeasts, Probert (replaces Microgramma Extended), Protoculture (2012, based on the franchise logo of Robotech), Quintanar (2011), Ravenwood (2011), Regen (2012: a science-fiction font based on the logo used on the cover of the Transformers: Regeneration One comics), Resavy (2012, a Broadway style art deco beauty), Rio Oro (2012, a Far West Tuscan marquee font), Robot Masters (now called Takara), Roddenberry (2011, based on the StarTrek logo), Roughknight (formerly Materia Arms. Based on the Wild Arms 5 video game logo), RunicEnglishNormal, SandsofFireNormal, Schnaubelt (2011, rounded technical caps face), Sierra Madre (2012: an avant-garde face based on the Sierra Madre casino's logo from Fallout: New Vegas: Dead Money), Silverball Oblique (2012, LED font), Simple Runes, SkeksisNormal, Skir, StarcraftNormal, Starfleet (2004), Stark (2012: based on the title logo of the Iron Man and Iron Man 2 movies), Steampuff (2012), Steamwreck (2012), Sternbach (2011), Taibaijan (faux Arabic), Takara (former Robot Masters; based on the "Robot Masters" logo from Takara's Transformers), Tandysoft (2011, based on the old typeface of the MC-10 computer), Tetrahedron (2012), Thorass (runes), Thundercats, Toril, Transdings (replaces Cybertron Generations), Transformers, TransformersHollowNormal, TransformersSolidNormal, Transmaidens, TransmetalsNormal, Tsa Script, Turok, Turtles, Vector Sigma (based on the secondary "Beast Machines" logo), Visionaries, Warlords (based on the logo of the game series), YsgarthEnglishNormal (almost blackletter), Zarathos (2012, based on the titles for the Ghost Rider movie series). 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PROTO.Type
[Martin Kitz]

PROTO.type is a German foundry run by Martin Kitz and Ulf LOOKAlike Stein. Fonts include Banana.strip (Martin Kitz, 1996), POTATO.cut (Ulf Stein), MONS.ter (Martin Kitz), CHIC.go (Jacqueline Lehmann), SCREAM.hot (Martin Kitz), PUNCH.tape (Ulf Stein), INK.blow (Martin Kitz), DYS.opia (Ulf Stein), NOOD.less (Martin Kitz), DOC.Snyder (Martin Kitz), CHRISCHI.writes (Ulf Stein based on handwriting of Christian Roth), PYRO.mania (Ulf Stein), FLITCH.it (Martin Kitz). Martin Kitz co-designed ScreamHot at Apply Design with Ulf C. Stein. At Elsner&Flake he designed EF BANANA.strip (1996), EF DOC.sneider, EF Ink.blow, EF Mon.ster (1996), EF Nood.less and the LED font EF SCREAM.hot. FontShop link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

PumpCurry

Japanese foundry with these free fonts: GD-TiVangerion-JA, GD-Digit13LED-OTF (pixel font), GD-HighwayGothicJA-OTF (highway lettering, kanji included), GD-AirportRunway-OTF (2008, octagonal lettering), GD-TiVangerionJA (2006, kana). Fonts without downloads: GD-HyperElectricJA, GD-HyperSuperEnergyJA, GD-OCR-K_JA, GD-SunnyEgg320, GD-MorseBarcode-JA, GD-InaniwaUdon, GD-ProjectNotes, GD-Koigokoro-JA, GD-ComicTitle-JA, GD-Digit17LED. [Google] [More]  ⦿

R160signage

FontStructor who made R160 Interior (2011), a dot matrix face that is based on an LED face used in the R160 MTA NYCT subway cars. He also made R160 Int Resize (2011), R160 Exterior (2011), R142 Interior (2011, a grid face based on actual R142 font. Used on New York City Transit Subway cars) and R142A (2011, a dot matrix face used on the R142/A MTA NYCT subway cars. It is the interior LED sign). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Raanan Elizov

Israeli type designer at MasterFont. He created these Hebrew faces ca. 2004: Kilo Meter MF (experimental), Etgar MF (3d outline face), Bool MF (LED face), Ashoor MF, Tiko MF, Vetta Tlat MF, Vetto Round Tlat MF (more 3d faces), Kotz MF (experimental), Kottza MF, Still MF. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Rafradeko

FontStructor who made the LED number face Mini OSD (2011). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Ralf's Amazing Font World

Archive specializing in computer and LED fonts. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Raul Faria

FontStructor who made the textured face LEDs (2011). [Google] [More]  ⦿

rea5245

FontStructor who made 14 Segment LED (2010). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Rebecca Egger

Codesigner with Lars Harmsen at Volcano Type of the sketched letter font B-Scratch (2009). Cypheral (2010, Volcano) is an LED style face. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Reserves
[Michael Jarboe]

Commercial foundry offering mostly techno faces. It is located in Carlsbad, CA, and run by Michael Jarboe. Flickr site. Behance link. MyFonts link.

The earliest typefaces: Base (stencil), Evac (octagonal), Claes (a heavy blacked out display face named after Swedish sculptor Claes Oldenburg), Raider, Error (LED simulation face), Reserves03 (2009), Output II (2009), Scape (octagonal stencil), Void, Vacant (2009, monoline stencil), Debacle (2009), Scam (2009; a fun geometric experiment), Immortality, Asecs, Analog SE, Scheme (pixel face).

Typefaces made in 2010: Idiom (2010, a piano key family inspired by P22 Albers), Vector RG (2010, an octagonal face inspired by the 1979 Atari Asteroids video game UI screen font), Sevigne (2010, monoline geometric avant-garde sans that looks a bit like a stencil), Velvet (2010, a heavy rounded block retro face inspired by the typeset album covers of the protopunk rock band The Velvet Underground), Monocle (2010, monospaced and monoline geometric sans).

Typefaces made in 2011: Idiom (2011, a stencil piano key face), Scape (2011, rounded monoline stencil family), Velvet (2011), Defense (2011, octagonal slabbed stencil), Offense (2011, strong octagonal mechanical family), Vanitas Bold (2011, Peignotian fashion mag face rooted in didones).

In 2012, Mike published Vanitas Stencil and Memoire (a charming fashion mag monoline hairline stencil).

Klingspor link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Retroglobe
[Christian Liljeberg]

Christian was born in Gotheborg, Sweden, in 1978. Recently, he made an LED style font (inspired by the old Pulsar LED watches) for a Palm application called Desk Clock by Paul Rees. Old URL. Christian Liljeberg's other fonts include Husqvarna (a fifties style font, in the style of the name of the motorcycle), Ahead, and Liljeberg Saxo (a revival of a face called Saxo issued by the Bergling Foundry in Sweden). They cannot be downloaded, and they are in fact still being worked on. [Google] [More]  ⦿

R.G.X. Singh

FontStructor who made LED Gurmukhi (2010). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Ritchtype (or: artkelso)
[Ritchie Ned Hansel]

Jakarta, Indonesia-based designer of AI Liftled (2004, LED simulation), the Al Kelso family City (2006, dingbats and techno faces): AIkelsoBisbold, AIkelsoBIisbolditalic, AIkelsoBLisblack, AIkelsoBLIisblackitalic, AIkelsoDisdingbat, AIkelsoHWishandwriting, AIkelsoIisitalic, AIkelsoLislight, AIkelsoLIislightitalic, AIkelsoRisregular. Other fonts: AI-hellvertigo (2004), AI-kelso-D-is-dingbat (2005), AI-pointe (2004, dot matrix), AI-stapler (2007), AIx Darbotzcumi (2008, a quilted typeface designed by Darbotz, known as grafiti artist from Jakarta, Indonesia).

Alternate URL. Another URL. Future URL. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Rodrigo GN

FontStructor who made the LED style faces Sneeu Letreiro (+II) in 2011. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Rolf Zaremba

Cofounder of Brass Fonts in Cologne, and designer of BF Hone Gothic (grunge and BF Visitor (1996, LED style). MyFonts link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

ROTORtype
[David Lindecrantz]

Fonts by David Lindecrantz in all formats for Mac and PC: ROTORcap (1999), ROTORbonk (1998), ROTORanti (1999), ROTORzonk (1998). And Rotorkeff (1997) by Jonas Petersson. All fonts are LED and screen fonts for video games and video game simulations. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Ryan H

UK-based FontStructor (student at Bristol UWE) who created Hippie Mark (2009, psychedelic), Freddie Shadow (2009, an LED face) and Altered Sound (2009, an unfinished art deco face). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Saikix Font Distribution
[Yuji Saiki]

Freeware Mac and PC fonts (PostScript, TTF) for hiragana and katakana by Yuji Saiki: Saitech, LCD, Takuan2, Alarla, Circuit, Kakumin, Gelnicarna, Voltline, Progress, Syntech (a multiple master font), Sumire100, Sumire250, Sumire400, Sumire550, Sumire700, Retort, Scarlet, Mint, Onesize, OnesizeReverse (pixel fonts for Latin). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Saint George

FontStructor who made LCD Plus (2011, dot matrix face) and Roundessa (2011). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Saiyan Antonio Velez

American free font designer, active in the 1990s. His typefaces include LCD (1998) and Calculator (1991). Fontspace link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Sam Derrick

Saskatchewan, Canada-based creator of the pixel fonts SD Auto Pilot (2008) and SD LED Screen (2008). FontStruct was used in the process. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Samene Celeca

Japanese FontStructor who made Iain Bow (2012, squarish), Crystallize (2012, hexagonal), and 38 Segment (2012, LED font). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Samuel Reynolds

A full family of (free) LCD truetype fonts developed by Samuel Reynolds, simply called LCD, LCDmono, LCD2, and LCDmono2 (1999). Alternate URL. Yet another URL. [Google] [More]  ⦿

saza

Designer at FontStruct in 2008 of kinder2, kindergaden (multiline face), twobees, pyramid (octagonal), Slize, Rich, Omax, Saza (octagonal), format (great vertical stencil face) and Stereo (LED look). [Google] [More]  ⦿

sgfranc01

Creator of the the LED face Robotical (2011, FontStruct). [Google] [More]  ⦿

ShyFoundry (was: ShyFonts)
[Derek Vogelpohl]

ShyFoundry (formerly ShyFonts Type Foundry), located in Elkhorn, NE, was founded in 1995 by Derek Vogelpohl (b. Phoenix, AZ, 1971), whose (often techno) fonts used to be free. His original free font site closed down in February 2001. The fonts were thereafter available at CybaPee's site. Fontspace link.

Derek briefly joined ApostrophicLabs in March 2001. His first font there is Phosphorus. In 2001, he created the beautiful Plasmatica family, PhosphorusII, Avondale (a great display family), and the large Covington text family, which is also available now for the Tex community. Dafont link.

In 2008, he took his operation to MyFonts. Each type family comes in 8 to 12 styles.

• His old free font list: AlienEncounters, ArcheryBlack, AftershockDebris, AlienEncounters, AmericanaDreams, SF DigitalReadout [1999; in 2009, a commercial version, SF Digital Readout Pro appeared], DistantGalaxy, GrooveMachine, HollywoodHills (octagonal, like wood type), MoviePoster, OuterLimits, PlanetaryOrbiter, SFAtarianSystem, SFBigWhiskey, SFCosmicAge, SFFortuneWheel, SFGothican, SF Junk Culture, SFJuggernaut, SFNewRepublic, SFOldRepublic, SFSportsNight, SFSquareHead, SFTattleTales, SFTechnodelight, SFZeroGravity, SFCollegiate, SFMoviePoster, SolarSailer, StarDust, Telegraphic, ViperSquadron, SF IronSides, SF GrooveMachine, SF TransRobotics, SF Balloons, SF Intellivised, SF Obliquities, SF Willamette, ActionMan, Arborcrest, Automaton, Buttercup, ChromeFenders, SF Espionage, SF Square Head Pro (2009, with Roger S. Nelsson at CheapProFonts), SF Square Root, EccentricOpus, GrungeSans, Intermosaic (pixel family), Intoxicated, IronGothic, Laundromatic, Quartzite, SlapstickComic (comic book font family), SynthonicPop, SF Wasabi (oriental simulation), TheraminGothic, Ferretopia, Toontime, Retroesque, Chaerilidae, Gushing Meadow (dripping blood family), Shai Fontai, Retro Splice.
• Free fonts made in 2008: SF Fourche, SF Florencesans (a huge family), SF Plasmatica, SF Slapstick Comic, SF Speedywaystar.
• Commercial fonts: SF Groove Machine Pro, SF Quartzite Pro, SF Animatron (2008, a redesign of the techno family SF TransRobotics), SF Tekamah (2008, futuristic), SF Portabello (2008, bold and edgy headline family), SF Hallucination, SF Hypocrisy (2009, simple sans), SF Pale Bottom (2009), SF Outer Limits (2009), SF Orson Casua (2009), SF Old Republic (2009), SF Obliquities (2009), SF New Republic (2009), SF Movie Poster (2009), SF Minced Meat (2009), SF Chrome Fenders (2009), SF Eccentric Opus (2009), SF Buttacup (2009), SF Chaerilidae (2009), SF Covington (2009), SF Espionage (2009), SF Deco Techno (2009), SF Baroquesque (2009), SF Ferretopia (2009), SF Chromium 24 (2009), SF Avondale (2009), SF Electrotome (2009), SF Cosmic Age (2009), SF Hallucination (2009), SF Florencesans (2009), SF Zimmerman (2009, handprinted).

Sid Partelli

FontStructor who made the tiled pixel face LCD Screen (2010). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Silentip

FontStructor who made the gridded face Jason Borne (2011). He also made the octagonal techno face Amon Tobin (2011), the LED face Oleg Tarasov (2011), and the pixel face E1haZ (2011). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Silver Graphics

Company run by Roger Hartley, Pennington Gap, VA. The link went dead--its parent is The Design Center / DT&G. Some of the fonts are shown here: the Western fonts Hoedown and Laredo, the blackletter fonts Showcard, Water Lily, the caps font Penelope, the medieval script font Hemingway, the athletic lettering font Yorktown, and display faces Wellington (round hand calligraphy), Rumrunner, Rathskeller, Norseman, Almanac, Apothecary, Applegate, Archer, Archer Shadow, Carrie Lane, Dutch Master, Emporia, Flavius, Gigabyte and Hapsburg. All these are on their 60 USD CD called "The Great American Font Works", which has (had!) 132 nice decorative display fonts in all. In the old days, the font Jaclyn could be downloaded for free. The list of fonts, all made in the period 1992-1995: AceReporter-Bold, AceReporter-BoldItalic, AceReporter-Italic, AceReporter-Normal, Alchemy-Black, Alchemy-Bold, Alchemy-Light, Alchemy-Normal, Almanac, Antigone, Apothecary, Applegate, Archer, ArcherShadow, Aztek, Bandit, BaroniPoster, Bastion-Bold, Bastion-BoldItalic, Bastion-Italic, Bastion-Normal, Bebop, BerniesJukeJoint, BrightSky, CarrieLane, Chiaroscuro, Compute, Delphi, Derby, Duffy, DuffyInline, Durham, DutchMaster, Emporia, Entendre, Enterprise, EuroBold, Fairlane, Fatso, Figment, Flavius-Wide, Flynn, FlynnHollow, FriarTuck, Galaxy, Gigabyte, Gorky, GravureText, GuildSans-Bold, GuildSans-BoldItalic, GuildSans-Italic, GuildSans-Normal, Hapsburg, Hemingway, Hoedown, IBeam-Extruded, Inagodda, Ivanna-Mediaeval-Bold, Ivanna-Mediaeval-BoldItalic, Ivanna-Mediaeval-Italic, Ivanna-Mediaeval, Jaclyn, Jalopy, Jamaica, Jitterbug-Bold, Jitterbug-BoldItalic, Jitterbug-Italic, Jitterbug-Normal, Jitterbug, JitterbugB, JitterbugBO, JitterbugO, Kapanti, Kashmir, Kasparov, KeyWest, Keyclick, Krypton3, LED, Laredo, Layla, MardiGras, Marilyn, Matinee, Metro, Monica, NewWorldText, Norseman, Obsidian, Parade, Peacenik, Penelope, Phoebe, Pompeii, PompeiiB, PompeiiBold, Projectile, Publisher, Quasar, Radical, Rathskellar, Rathskeller, Recycler, RibaldEncounter-Bold, RibaldEncounter-Normal, Roundup, Rumrunner, Sailing-Freehand, Sanford, Satchmo, Scratch, Secret, Serenade, ShowBiz, Showcard, Sigmond, SilverDollar, SkinnyDip, Sophocles (Greekish stone-cut writing), Sport, StCroix, Sunshine-Bold, Sunshine, SunshineB, Superbowl, Taiwan, ThisEndUp, Toons, Tophat, TophatEngraved, TraciJo, TwinTubes, Twizzler, VanRose, WaterLily, Wellington, Westchester, Westside, Yorktown. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Simon Robertson

Designer at FontStruct in 2008 of armorath_002 (LED-inspired). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Sin Cafe
[Sin Kubota]

Japanese foundry with a hard-to-decipher web page. There are free Mac techno fonts here, made by Sin Kubota, who runs Sin Cafe. The names: R_sin_regular, sinLED, sin_bold, sin_round. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Skylifts

FontStructor who specializesin LED fonts. He has Dover Led (2011, a dot matrix face used on Dover and Thyssenkrupp Elevators), Schindler MT Led (2011) and ACME Led (2011, used on ACME floor indicators). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Snokey

FontStructor who made the gridded paper fold face o405 (2011), the dot matrix faces Solaris (2012), Thin Solaris (2012) and LED (2011), and the horizontally striped face WEB 120/121 (2012).

Catalog. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Stan Biggenden

American letter designer who created Orbit-B (1972, VGC), an LED font, now digitized by Bitstream as Orbit-B BT. FontShop link. Zach Whalen on Orbit-B: Orbit-B is less common than either Moore Computer or Data 70, possibly because its MICR influence is more subtle and less arbitrarily intrusive, but it still appears frequently in and around videogames and in contexts where some intimacy is suggested between humans and computers. Klingspor link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Steve Bailey

Steve Bailey is the designer (b. UK, 1984) of DigitalDream (2003), an LED font. Alternate URL. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Sugiro Design (was Rocha Design)
[Lula Rocha]

Brazilian foundry of Lula Rocha which evolved from Rocha Design in 2003. Lula Rocha designed the freeware typefaces Enigmaquatro (1999, disturbed pixel font), Hellvetikacinquenta (1999, gothic) and Skova (1999, with Rodrigo Bleque, LED influences). [Google] [More]  ⦿

suhl2012

FontStructor who made SSDisplay (2012), an LED font. [Google] [More]  ⦿

suhl2012

Designer who used FontStruct in 2009 to create the seven segment LED-display face SSDisplay. [Google] [More]  ⦿

SUMO Design (or: Hello Fonts)
[Jim Richardson]

Jim Richardson studied graphic design in Dundee, Scotland. In 1999, he started fontmonster.org (Fontmonster [dead link!] offered fonts such as Armadillo, Torn, Ringpull (handwriting), Akei (LCD font), Bad Lobster and VELCRO). SUMO Design was founded in 2000 in Newcastle, UK. In 2003, he set up Hello Fonts as an outlet for his own fonts such as Golden Bus Co, Chello, Hello Sans and Cassidy. In 2003, he started Union Fonts, and he is working on new typefaces such as Richmond Sans (2003), the hip and cheerful Chello (2004), Cassidy (2004, an ultra thin techno font), Zonso (2004), and Golden Bus Co (2003). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Supercc

FontStructor who made quite a few faces on the dot matrix theme, such as Flip Disk Text, LED Screen, Over Font (1, 2, 3), Super Star Text (+2), Super Dots, and In The Middle Text. All fonts dated 2008-2010. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Superposition Kitty
[Ryan Smith]

Superposition Kitty are Ryan&Jen Smith (no relation) who practice graphic design in Dundee, Scotland. Ryan Smith made Pixl (2009, a pixel family) and Segmental (2010, an LED font). Free demo at Dafont. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Sven Dühring

German designer (b. 1970) of the display face Swatch Touch (2012). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Swamp Design
[Johan Ahlberg]

Johan Ahlberg's site on pixel fonts that are very readable at extremely small point sizes, on screen. Click on Swamp 2097. Download about 30 original fonts (called pixel fonts and dot fonts). Very impressive displays! Font names: Pixel, Pixel4x4, PixelClassic. Plus an archive of techno/computer/dot/pixel fonts, including many Chinese and Japanese character fonts: 35base, 35basewide, 35lines, 35rounds, ArakawaPlane (katakana), BMUGAsianFont, Beatbox, BlobThin, DFFangSong1B_GB (simple Chinese characters), DotplLCD_KANA, Dotplain, Flytningar (Tarmsaft), Flytningarsprutande, Futalic_win (kana), BlockOut2097 by Matthew Sephton, CoilKtb, MM, Parade20, Pinponpan, Gachaponka__akana (the latter five fonts by Masayuki Sato at Maniackers Design), Jim_s_Kanji_A__PS, Kiloton_v1_0, ManiacKt, Olasfontirregular, Onakanormal, PKNB, PropellerFuel, Sevenet7, Thyristor, Ticker, VTMeiOrnaments (Susan Townsend's nice Chinese ornaments), VTMeiOrnamentsOnBlack, VTMeiOrnamentsOnCircle, WA50, Hirosh, InavelMutant, InavelStorebror, Jetplus, KEWKEN, Koshgarian_Light, Neuropol_Medium, Ollon, Reningsverk, Shamen_Remix. Alternate URL. Direct downloads. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Sylvestre Studios
[Mick Sylvestre]

New Westminster, BC-based foundry of Mick Sylvestre (b. Regina, Saskatchewan, 1968), who designed the gothic families Cardinal (2005) and Scriptura (2005). He also created Hashi (2006, oriental simulation), Voussoir (2006, heavy display face), Caricatura (2005, handprinted), Dingums (2005, dingbats), Diva Pop (2006, avant garde), Cannabis (2005), Glam Rock (2005), Vlad (2005, condensed and sectarian), Bramare (2006), Pepperjack (2006, blocky with round holes), Colby Script (2006, brush), Mickster (2006, comic book lettering), Nine Volt (2007, grunge), Savasato (2007, art nouveau look) and Quadra (2005, black blocky face). Additions in 2009: the handwriting faces Caramella, Fantillo, Shaelynn, Manta, Seussian, and the LED-meets-art deco font Katzenklo. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

SynFonts
[Don Synstelien]

Born in 1968 in Belleview. From Omaha, NE, Don Synstelien's own fonts sold through SynFonts (which he created in 1994) or MyFonts.com: Aspersion, Atomic Suck, Badger Fatboy, Ben Day Square, Brahn Mufun, Cheap&Easy, CyberZombie, Dogs on Mars?, Dreamtime, Electric Weasel, Font Pirate, Guilty, Human Condition, Jackrabbits Bar, LEaD Lights, Liquid Sex (LED lights font), LouD, Lumberjack Fred, Mondo Kaizen (South American dingbats), Neck Candy, NudE, Nurse Ratchet, Omaha, Regeneration X, Roadkill Piqnik (1998, roadkill dingbats!!!), Ridicule, SkannerZ, Sprokette, Leather Jackets, Trumen, Two Beers, FoodFancy, HappyGoLucky, Dungeoneer2, LiquidSexHardEdgedandEmpty, LiquidSexItalic, LumberjackFred, NeckCandy, NudE, NudEAnorexic, NudERubenesque, NudERubenesqueItalic, NudEUNPAIDDEMO, NurseRatchet, PunkerChicksinLeatherJackets, StuddedLeatherJackets, TwoBeersfree. Web page has gone Flash-crazy. At Plazm, he published Derision (1995), NudE (1995), SlickDog (1995). SynFonts seems to be located in Marietta, GA, now.

Dafont link. Abstract Fonts link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

T-26
[Carlos Segura]

T-26 was founded in 1994 by the Cuban designer Carlos Segura, and is located in Chicago. It is one of the world's most prolific font producers, with over 1900 fonts made by about 200 designers.

List of font names and package numbers.

Segura himself made a few fonts, including Chopsticks (2002), Square45 (2000, a 5-weight font family with LCD-like lettering, with Tnop Wangsillapakun), Square 40 (1995, based on lettering found a 1940s propaganda sign).

Latest releases.

View T-26's typefaces. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

TGT

TGT sells its fonts through Font Pavilion. TGT001 is an LED font. [Google] [More]  ⦿

The Archetypal Foundry

British foundry, est. 2007. Commercial fonts: UDUB (blacked out display face), Lovetype (heavy rounded black face), LED SNRK, DSLOAD (computer screen simulation face), SM:LED_SNRK. [Google] [More]  ⦿

The Empire of The Claw
[Lee Bentley Jr.]

The Empire of the Claw is run by Lee "the Claw" Bentley, Jr. His fonts could be called mysterious, weird, spooky, odd, and scary. Many are scanbats. There is also a considerable archive! Original fonts by "The Claw" include Bloodsuckers, Devo, Devo Dingbats, Emperor's Scrawl, Horror Dingbats, Horror Dingbats Eerie Edition, B Movie Dingbats, Grossout Shadow, Hey Kids, Monsters Attack, and Elvira Dingbats. Newest fonts in the horror / futuristic / game font archive: Showboat, Sins of Rhonda, Spookshow, TerraFirma, TexasLED, Wonton (oriental simulation), Yawnovision, YonderRecoil, Zabdiel, Zapped, Zero Degrees, Zoom, Bloodgutter 99, Corpse, Dignity of Labour, Crackman, Space Gimboid, and Neo Geo.

At TypOasis. Dafont link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

The Foundry

London-based foundry created by David Quay and Freda Sack in 1989. Fonts available here: Architype Renner, Architype Vanderleck, Architype Van Doesburg, Architype Bill, Architype Tschichold (very thin avant-garde font), Architype Bayer, Architype Renner Bold, Architype Albers, Architype Bayer-Type, Architype Ballmer, Architype Schwitters, Architype Aubette, Architype, Architype van der Leck (1993-1994, based on a 1941 De Stijl alphabet designed by Bart van der Leck for the avant-garde magazine Flax), Foundry Sans, Foundry Old Style, Foundry Wilson, Foundry Journal, Foundry Gridnik, Foundry Form Sans, Foundry Form Serif, Foundry Monoline (2000), Foundry Sterling (2002, sans serif). Architype New Alphabet 1 through 3 by The Foundry are also based on Crouwel's New Alphabet (a free version of this is New Alphabet (2008, Matt McInerney)). The Foundry also made Architype Stedelijk (1997, LED-like) and Architype Fodor based on Crouwel's work. Foundry Architype Van Doesburg (1996) is based on a 1919 alphabet by Van Doesburg obtained by dividing a square into 25 equal smaller squares. Michael Barbosa started work on Metroplis (1995) for Metroplisboa, the Lisbon subway, while he was working at Wolff Olins. That custom font project was finished by David Quay and Freda Sack. [Google] [More]  ⦿

The Northern Block (TNB)
[Jonathan Hill]

The Northern Block (TNB) is Jonathan Hill's foundry based in Leeds and/or Sheffield, UK, est. 2006. Maybe it's on the Snake Pass? The designer is Jonathan Hill (b. Sheffield, 1971) who lives in Warrington, UK. Home page. Free fonts by him at Dafont and Fontspace. Another Dafont link. MyFonts link. Behance link. Klingspor link. Abstract Fonts link. Alternate URL. Images of some of Jonathan Hill's commercial typefaces.

In 2010, he started FontStructing faces. His first was the grungy wooden plank face Timber Remnants. Also in this category is Laser Disco (2008, futuristic).

Typefaces from 2006-2008: Sylar (2008, a techno family in 16 styles), Geta Robo (2008, a mechanical typeface influenced by Japanese animation), Arctic Patrol (angular family), Dokter Bryce (2008, octagonal and severe), Orange Royale (2008, 8 styles of fat techno and stencil fonts), CorTen (2008, octagonal ultra-fat stencil), QueueBrick (2008, LED simulation), Center Forward (2008, futuristic), Platform One (2008, a futuristic family), Line Wire (2008, octagonal, influenced by the work of Dutch designer #Wim Crouwel), StealWerks (2006, LED-inspired stencil face; published at T-26) and Blockout (2007, 5 weights of a futuristic blocky type family). In 2008, these were followed by more computer-related typefaces such as VideoTech (futuristic), JoyRider and AstroNaut (octagonal+futuristic, now at T-26). WerkHaus (2008) is a 5-style family inspired by the minimal sans faces of Herbert Bayer and the Bauhaus movement.

Typefaces from 2009: Scriber (2009, octagonal techno family), Get A Robo (2009, a 10-weight mechanical family influenced by Japanese animation (Anime)), Ten Gu (2009, paperclip font remastered from the 1970's Letragraphica font Tangui), Orange Royal (2009, rounded stencil), VideoTech (2009, inspired by computer games for the Commodore 64), SkyWing (2009, rounded face inspired by Japanese computer console games, such as Captain Tsubasa created by Yoichi Takahashi), VanBerger (2009, an octagonal family influenced by the De Stijl movement), Logan Five (2009, techno family inspired by the 1976 sci-fi film Logan's Run), Zaius (2009, a bold sans family that includes a stencil style, all based on Ed Benguiat's work for the 1968 movie poster for Planet of the Apes), Oric Neo (2009, a free octagonal techno family; +Stencil), VanBerger Stencil (2009, a free geometric sans influenced by Theo Van Doesburg and the De Stijl movement), Aldo (2009, +Open: a bold stylized type face re-worked from the original 1970s movie poster The Battle For The Planet Of The Apes), Sylar Stencil, Aldo Open.

Typefaces from 2010: Intropol (2010; image), Arcle (a monoline organic sans), Hoxton (humanist sans family), Lintel (monoline sans family with a large x-height), Knul (monoline sans), Dohrma (a machismo geometric face; +Inline), Planer (a technical writing family), Otomo (a Japanese techno family that includes a stencil), Yodo (a geometric experimental family in 3 weights), Nu Order (a sans family that includes a very thin weight), PyeMan (2009, a piano key font named after the PacMan game), ProtoFet, DraftWerk (a minimal rounded typeface inspired by architecture and furniture detail drawings), DyeLine (a geometric face with a great hairline weight), Cobol (2010, great octagonal monowidth face), Draftwerk (architectural lettering), Olympik (a gorgeous multiline family based on Letraset's Optex, 1970), Kaine (a slab family inspired by 1960s spaghetti westerns: +Stencil, +Outline, +Italic +Block; Hill says that The grid template is based on Welt Extra Bold from Letraset with detailed changes, additional characters and new style variations.), Brion (a modernization and extension of A. Mailay's rounded sans font Arpad (1971, VGC); kaine Block, the counterless version, is free at Dafont). Mekon (2010) is a fat sans display face with a free horizontally striped style. MarkusLow (2010) is a revival and extension of Basilea (1965, Markus Low, VGC). Teletex (2010; +Ultra Light, +Light, +Medium) is a typewriter style slab serif whose design was influenced by Rockwell.

Typefaces from 2011: Dekal (nice fat multiline family, +Inline), Norpeth (2011, humanist sans family), Bosko (+Stencil, +Block), Bosko Block (2011, free), Woolworth (sans family), NeoGram (sans family), Juhl (an organic/ geometric sans family with the bowls of b, c, d. p and q modeled after chairs). Millar (2011) is a simple monoline sans family. Tondu (2011) is a strong sans poster face. Gelder Sans (2011) is a clean modern sans serif typeface. Brokman (2011) is a contemporary 10-style sans family. Vitro (2011) is a monoline geometric sans family. Beval (2011) is a humanistic sans family. Nurom (2011), Monsal (2011), Tadao (2011) and Kuro (2011) are additional sans families. Heltar (2011) is a revamping, TNB style, of Helvetica. Regan Slab is a readable slab family.

Jonathan Hill's most popular typefaces.

Type designs done in 2012: Borda (octagonal), Savile (humanist sans), Metrik (a nice geometric---borderline organic---sans family).

View Jonathan Hill's typefaces. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

The Price is Right Font Archive
[David Frangioso]

The Price is Right Font Archive is an archive of fonts also used on TV game shows. There are also original fonts, specially created for the site: from David Frangioso, we have 3Strikes, AnyNumber (LED style face), BuyorSell, DiceGame, FlippyFloppy, HiLo (stencil), Optional, Pathfinder, Plinko2000 (2004), Punchboard, SecretX, ThatsTooMuch. These were all made in 2003, except where indicated. We also find these fonts by Jay Lewis, made in 1999: EggCrate, RangeGame, SportsType, VaneI. The full list in the archive: 3Strikes, ATROX-normal, AntiqueOliNorP-Regu, AnyNumber, Arcane, AuroraBT-RomanCondensed, Banco, BroadwayBT-Regular, BudmoJiggler, BudmoJigglerBold, Businko, BuyorSell, CACLaskoEvenWeight, City-Bold-Bold, Clarendon, ClassicLuckySevenNumbers, Collegiate-Norm, Compstyle, Cookie, CooperBT-Black, CooperBT-BlackItalic, Cupertino, DavidaBoldBT-Regular, DiceGame, Digiface, Dolphins, DomCasual, EggCrate, EurostileTBlack, EyeDrops, FlamencoD, FlippyFloppy, FrankfurterD, Fusion, Glopentine-Bold-Bold, GoudyHandtooledD, HiLo, HotTamale, Impact, Incised901BT-Black, KaufmannBT-Bold, Logger-Regular, LowWe-Regular, Marlboro, OcrA-Regular, OldTowneNo536D, Olympia-HeavyIta, Optional, Ottoman-Bold, PT-BananaSplit, Pathfinder, Plinko2000, Pricedown, Punchboard, Pythagoras, RangeGame, RodeoRegular, SavedByZero, SecretX, Signature-Regular, Slicker, SportsType, Stilla, Swiss721BT-BoldCondensedOutline, Swiss721BT-Roman, Swiss721BT-RomanCondensed, ThatsTooMuch, Tonight, Traffic, Tudor-Semi-Lite, VAGRoundedBT-Regular, VaneI. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Thijmen

FontStructor whose fonts in 2011 include Digital LCD, Arial Narrow Extreme (+XL), Secret Signs, Negative Characters. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Tobias Ulrich

Type designer who created the LCD face September on the Fontomas CD. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Tod

FontStructor who made LCD 16 (2012). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Tom Walker

UK-based FontStructor (student at Bristol UWE) who created the computer face Automate (2009) and its 3d extension, Automate 3d (2009). The former is an LED-style face inspired by robotics. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Tomo Alien

FontStructor who made these typefaces in 2010: Nitro Acid (very grungy), Ixxon (techno), Techatech, Squeezed (squarish), Squishaton (texture face), Metal Pipes, Kaufzentrum (kitchen tile, based on Kaufland's logo), Fade of the second generation, Cubly (3D, pixelish), Anpifo (pixel face), Fontstruct Time (like letters on a Timex watch), Vector Dream (horizontal stripes), C64 Smooth, C64 Neuroelectronics, C64 Nomono (pixel), Horic (horizontal stripes), Tribute to Neurone Error, Retrotech, Laser Connection, Collida (like Impact), Collida Compustencil (interesting techno stencil), C64 Pearly, Octavian Cutter, LED Grater (texture face), Cubly, Metal Pipes, Anpifo (pixelish), FontStruct Time (LED font), Sixty Four (pixel face), Gone Wide, Slatside, Alien Zone (futuristic), Extremely Tiny Font, Fith, Prgdmg Clean, Prgdmg, Scratch Corrosion, Popping Pixel.

Fonts made in 2012: Pixels in Bevel, Cosmocubus, Pillarian. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Tomoki Furukawa

Tomoki Furukawa's fonts are sold through Font Pavilion: Kauntozero (1997) is a nice LED font (Latin and katakana), and Ret-nology (1997) is very techno. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Trimax

Designer of the pay font LED (2010), a dot matrix face. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Two dogs
[Yuichi Fukai]

Japanese foundry which has these free Latin fonts, made by Yuichi Fukai in 2005-2007: FF64Round (pixelish), FF64Squarish, FFAcrossConstellation (stitched look), FFAcrossLine (octagonal), FFAcrossStud (dot matrix), FFBlackbird (art deco, very dark), FFClipLight, FFClip (minimalist), FF-Depth, FFDiamondsNormal (LED look), FFDiamondsWithThin, FFEmpire, FFFixingHR (pixel face), FFFixingKT, FFFixing33, FFFixing44, FFFixing55, FFNailRound, FFNailSharp, FFPiggies, FFPrudenceBold, FFPrudenceHeavy, FFPrudenceLight, FFPrudenceMedium, FFRubberSoulBold, FFRubberSoulMedium, FFRubberSoul, FFSodaDown, FFSomething (dingbats), FFSodaUp, FFSubmarine, FFTaxman (octagonal), FFTETRAEasyBlack, FFTETRAEasyWhite, FFTETRANormalBlack, FFTETRANormalWhite, FFUniverse, FFWalrusBlack, FFWalrusNormal (3d look), FFWalrusShadow, FFWalrusWire, FFWaster, FFWindingRound, FFWindingSquarish. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Twyman Enterprises
[Harvey Twyman]

Two seven-stroke (!!!) LED fonts by Harvey Twyman of Twyman Enterprises: 7-Segment-3D, 7-Segment (2002). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Typebox
[Mike Kohnke]

With Joachim Müller-Lancé, Mike Kohnke (Oakland, CA) is the American cofounder (b. 1967) of the Typebox foundry in San Francisco in 2001. The typefaces: 9volt, Belt 9 (2003), Infolinga (2003, communication dingbats), Reflux, Sylmar, Svolt, TX Blotch (inky), TX Manifesto (includes a stencil font), TxSwitch (2002), TX Map Bits (2003, pixel map icons), TX Hex, TX Signifier, TX Tiny Tim, TX Toolshop (ornaments), TX Wirish, TX Monodular, TX Lithium, TX Gitter, TX Elf (pixel family) and TX Cortina (1997, an LED style face by Joachin Müller-Lancé). At AND in 2006, he created the hand signal dingbat font H-AND-S together with Jean-Benoît Lévy, Diana Alisandra Stoen, Sylvestre Lucia and Joachim Müller-Lancé. Free fonts: Free Farm (pixel font), Free Fix, Free Lithium Katakoto (by Akira Kobayashi), Free Signal Signifier (2002), Free Tinka, Free Toolshop (dingbats). TX Signal Signifier was made jointly by Mike Kohnke, Akira Kobayashi, Jean Benoit-Levy, Joachin Müller-Lancé, Kevin Roberson, McShane Adigard Design, Diana Stoen, and Cynthia Jaquette in 2003. FontShop link. Klingspor link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Typeco.com
[James Grieshaber]

James Grieshaber earned a BFA in Graphic Design from Rochester Institute of Technology. Based first in Rochester, NY, and now in Chicago, IL, Grieshaber ran Typeco, a typographic services and solutions company established in 2002. James Grieshaber (b. Detroit, 1967) most recently was on staff of P22 Type Foundry, where he designed many type families and helped establish International House of Fonts. He has been honoured with an award of Excellence in Type Design from Association Typographique International (ATypI) for his Gothic Gothic (2004, blend of blackletter and English style), and by TypeArt'05 (for Operina Cyrillic). Designer and Co-editor of the Indie Fonts book series, Grieshaber now teaches typography at RIT and runs Typeco. MyFonts sells his fonts now. YouWorkForThem sells the Super Duty family (stencil), Glyphic Neue, the Trapper families, Chunk Feeder, Gothic Gothic and Cusp. Identifont page. FontShop link. Behance link. Details on some of his faces:

• Gothic Gothic (2001), an extended blackletter codesigned with Christina Torre. In 2004, he received an award of Excellence in Type Design from Association Typographique International (ATypI) for his Gothic Gothic type design.
• The Glyphic Neue display family was inspired by the Op Art style of lettering in the United States that ran rampant in many photo type houses in the 1960's and 1970's---I like to call it the "piano key style".
• Chunkfeeder (2002) is a beautiful monospaced octagonal OCR-like family.
• Cypher (2003, an LED/LCD family) has 24 weights. Of these, Cypher7 is free.
• Duty (2002) is a sans face codesigned at T26 with Lee Fasciani.
• The stencil family Super Duty (2004) has 8 variations. There are also techno variant called Superduty Condensed, Superduty Regular, Superduty Narrow and Superduty Text.
• Cusp (2001-2005): a techno display family with 18 weights, including an LED style, art deco styles and Cusp De Stijl.
• Trapper (2004) is an 8-weight exaggerated ink trap font family which comes in Trapper Round and Trapper Sharp versions.
• Zaftig (2008, Typeco) is a super-fat face.
• P22 Operina (2003, in Romano, Corsivo and Fiore versions) is based on Vicentino Ludovico degli Arrighi's calligraphy used in his 1522 instructional lettering book La Operina da Imparare di scrivere littera Cancellarescha. This book contains what is considered to be the earliest printed examples of Chancery Cursive. P22 Operina won an award at TypeArt 05. Operina Pro contains over 1200 glyphs. In 2010, Paulo Heitlinger compared P22 Operina favorably to another digital chancery font, Poetica (by Robert Slimbach, Adobe), which, according to him [and I agree], lacks vigor and dynamism.
• P22 Posada (2003, with Richard Kegler): based on lettering of Mexican printmaker José Guadalupe Posada (1851-1913) that was used for some of his posters and broadsides.
• P22 Arts and Crafts Tall (1995, art nouveau), P22 Arts and Crafts Hunter (1995). Both based on alphabets by Dard Hunter, 1908-1910.
• P22 Art Deco Chic (2002), based on the Art Deco hand lettering of Samuel Welo, ca. 1930. P22 Art Deco Display (2002) is a Broadway style face.
• Churchy (2002).
• He offered (offers?) a handwriting font service for 100 USD. Free trial face Reenie Beanie (2002). Signature font service for 50 USD. Reenie Beanie (2002) is now offered (as a joke, I assume) as part of the Google open font directory (for free web fonts).
• P22 Garamouche (2004, with Richard Kegler). Comes with Garamouche Ornaments (2004).
• Segoe Print (2006, Monotype Imaging). [Isn't this Googlee's competition?] This is an informally handprinted face co-designed with Brian Allen, Carl Crossgrove, James Grieshaber and Karl Leuthold at Ascender.
• P22 Cezanne Pro (2006). Has over 1,200 glyphs.
• P22 Yule (2005; Heavy, Inline): a stone chisel family with a hint of Neuland.
• P22 Numismatic (2005): originally offered by the Devinne Press, and based on ornaments and letters used by 15th and 16th century engravers of seals and coins; however it looks very much like Otto Hupp's Numismatisch (1900, Genzsch&Heyse).
• Black Ops One (2011) is a military stencil face, available at the Google Font Directory.
• Short Stack (2011) is Grieshaber's free contribution to the Comic Sans genre. It was published by Sorkin Type and can be downloaded from Dafont.
• Atomic Age (2011) is a free font at Google Font Directory. It was inspired by 1950s era connected scripts seen on nameplates of American cars.
• Supermercado One (2011, Google Font Directory) is a low contrast semi geometric typeface inspired by naive industrial letters. More a signage face than a web font.

Typehouse
[David Moore]

Type foundry that was active during the photo composition era. Creators of typefaces at VGC, such as Moore Computer (1968, an LED face) and TH Alphabet Soup (1975, a VAG Rounded style face). Now, Moore Computer and Moore Swash are both attributed to David Moore. Zach Whalen on Moore Computer: The minimal aesthetic properties of E-13B saw extended influence in a number of type designs created in the late sixties and early seventies, and many of these MICR-based faces saw extensive use in relation to videogames. The typesetting and printing industries were undergoing rapid and dramatic changes during this period, adapting to new technologies like photo- and CRT-based compositors, so a number of companies and design studies were going out of business or changing hands. In addition, the decorative typefaces echoing the style of E-13B were often seen as novelty products, so records about several of these typefaces and fonts are cursory may be unreliable. Nevertheless, the evidence indicates that the first full alphabet based on E-13B was a font called Moore Computer, published by the Visual Graphics Corporation (VGC), possibly as early as 1968. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Typodermic
[Ray Larabie]

Ray Larabie (b. 1970) ran Typodermic in Mississauga, ON, which opened in the Fall of 2001. In 2006, it moved to Vancouver, BC, and in 2009 it moved on to Nagoya, Japan. Dafont page. Of course, Ray Larabie has been making fonts since 1996, but those early fonts were freeware. His pre 2001 fonts are grouped under the label Larabie Fonts. In 2001, he set up Typodermic. Latest additions.

The Typodermic fonts:

• 2012: Permanence (a retro=futuristic font based on Alvin Toffler's cover of Future Shok, 1970), Clockpunk (octagonal and quaint), Battlemaze (trekkie face), Mixolydian (industrial sans).
• 2011: Ugocranis (a brutalist typeface), Clipwave, Wheaton (MICR-inspired), Mango Scribble, TRS Million (dot matrix face), Ugogranis (constructivist), Gomoku (paper cut face), From The Internet.
• 2010: Cranberry Gin (2010, octagonal), Restore (all caps, geometric sans), From The Stars (an elliptical techno family done with Chikako Larabie), Thrusters (space age face), Dream Orphanage, Kengwin (rounded slab serif), Gleaming The Cube (Greek simulation face), Vectipede (a slab serif family), Great Escape (an elliptical sans family), Subrocs (connected script), Hackensack (with Chikako Larabie), Polarband (bilined headline face), Naked Power, Special Forces (a great macho slab serif headline face---watch for awards to roll in), Warugaki (handpainted), Warmer, Honfleur (art deco; with Chikako Larabi), Voivode (a headline face done with Chikako Larabie), Hachimitsu (Asian look face, done with Chikako Larabie), Kadeworth (rounded retro look sans, done with Chikako Larabie), Gnuolane Jump (2010, with Chikako Larabie), Markerfield (brush), Board of Directors (Bank Gothic style family, done with Chikako Larabie), GGX88 (a Swiss sans family), Body Goat, Reversal, Gord (techno), Computechnodigitronic (LED, LCD geek-look font), Bench Grinder, Inklea (a bubbly face), Skygirls (retro brush script), Gloss (a paint brush face based on Champion, 1957, G.G. Lange).
• 2010: Galderglynn Esquire.
• 2009: Maqui (an industrial headline sans family), Zingende (art deco family: caps only), Misadventures, Gaz (large retro sans family), Meloriac (heavy display sans), Acrylic Brush, Enamel Brush (a digitization of Catalina, 1955, Emil J. Klumpp), DDT (neutral sans), Thump (fat, casual), Desperate Glamour, Pricedown (an update of his free 1990s font, patterned after the lettering on The Price Is Right show), Mitigate (monoline and slabbed; has some typewriter styles), Catwing, Walken (slab serif stencil), Silicone (soft rounded sans family), Movatif (sans), Gunplay (a stencil family inspired by the poster for the 1972 Steve McQueen/Ali MacGraw film The Getaway), Fragile Bombers (octagonal), Forgotten Futurist (techno sans, 19 styles), Bullpen (slab serif), Coolvetica, Duality, Good Times, Strenuous, Shlop (paint-drip style), Dirty Baker's Dozen (stencil), Junequil (VAG Rounded style), Owned (graffiti), Domyouji, Threefourtysixbvarrel (stencil), Enacti, Uniwars (futuristic, 16 styles).
• 2008: Madawaska (a rugged slab serif), Ebenezer (grunge), Gnuolane Stencil, Raincoat, Report School (avant garde sans), Jesaya, Carouselambra (art nouveau), Debusen (rounded), Barge (military font), Renju (grunge), Otoboke (handlettered), Hit (informal hand), R6 D8 (futuristic sans family), Rexlia (an octagonal machinistic family), Hybrea (a display sans with TV screen rounding), Sweater School, Tussilago (2008, a neutral sans family), Presicav (extended sans), Hover Unit, Addlethorpe (grunge), Scheme (rounded sans), Usurp (bouncy poster lettering), Negotiate (technical sans family), Divulge, Sewn, Gnoulane (condensed sans), Moja, Teeshirt (old typewriter face), Pound (art deco marries grunge), Graveblade (heavy metal font), Synthemesc (psychedelic anti-Starbucks font), Chysotile (white on black grunge), Cardigan (sans), Gurkner (balloon style), Reagan (grunge).
• 2007: Tight (a copy of Dean Morris's 1976 Letraset font Quicksilver), Headlight, Meloche (a 3-style grotesk), Octin Spraypaint (grunge stencil), Octin Vintage (grunge), Bouffant (script), Octin Prison (stencil), Octin Sports (octagonal), Octin College (octagonal, for sports jerseys), Octin Stencil (free octagonal font family), Burnaby Stencil (stencil), Superclarendon, Conceal, Ohitashi, Stud (grunge), Bristles (grunge), Skirt, Cotton (grunge), Kelvingrove (a bit of copperplate gothic, rounded and shaved), Augustine, Containment, Snowa, Veriox, Scrubby, Transmute, Sheaff, Injekuta (techno), Rinse (grunge), Polyflec, Domyouji (square sans), Winthorpe (old style), Cutiful (script), Flyswim (grunge), Dirtstorm (spray-painted stencil), Shnixgun (grunge), Neuzon (grunge), Oxeran (old typewriter), PRINTF (grunge all caps monospaced), Akazan (sans), Nyxali (a metal tag face), Meloriac (an extra bold Futura inspired face), Nesobrite (25 styles of Bank Gothic lookalikes), Meloriac (headline sans), Walnut (graffiti face), Gnuolane (a narrow sans), Edifact (a damaged computer font), Darkheart, Stampoo (squarish), Raymond (rough script), Hayate (oriental look), Telephoto. The entire Octin series is free at DaFont.
• 2006: Octynaz (grunge), Paltime (ornamented), Jolie Ecriture Desard (children's hand), Mango (comic book face), Desard (child's hand), Bulltoad, Lerku (eroded serif), Charbroiled (also eroded), Ceroxa (eroded stencil), Nagomi (a chiseled-look Asian font based on calligraphy of Chikako Suzuki from Nagoya), Whiterock, Yellande, Chilopod (a futuristic face inspired by the logo from the 1980s videogame, Atari Centipede), Order, Goldburg (based on a typeface by George Bowditch, 1957), Laserjerks, Milibus (futuristic), Bonobo (serifed), Ohitashi, Sarasori (TV-tube shaped face in the style of Oban), Structia (an octagonal family), Betaphid (octagonal), Gendouki (futuristic stencil), Slugger (athletic lettering), Marianas (a gorgeous art deco face), Lineavec (octagonal), Corzinair (serif family), Buxotic (a great caps face), Cinecav X (for closed caption TV and DVD), Salsbury (comic book face), Lonsdale (loosely based on a font called Parkway Script, which was designed by Emil Hirt in 1964), Alepholon (futuristic), Kwokwi, Mikadan (a tribute to Stephenson Blake's Verona from 1948, which was in turn based on William Dana Orcutt's Humanistic from 1904), Marion (a beautiful transitional family), Quasix (hookish), Skraype (grunge stencil), Bleeker (casual lettering), Linefeed (monospaced line printer font), Draculon (a casual face inspired by the letterforms of William Orcutt's humanistic font from 1904 which was in turn based on an Italian manuscript from 1485), Mahavishnu (a mix between 1970s psychedelics and art nouveau), Doradani (a corporate identity sans family), Korotaki (futuristic).
• 2005: Kadonk (a Halloween face), Report (a VAG-Rounded style face), Croteau (a poster face), Heroid (ook face), Barrista (informal script), Wyvern (sans serif), Wubble (like puddles of water), Caryn (casual script), Folder (a rigid sans family), Venacti (a futuristic family), Xenara (a keyboard lettering family), Emory (a destructionist sans family), Ligurino (neat sans&serif family), Biondi (update of Copperplate Gothic; followed in 2010 by Biondi Sans; these copperplate style faces are in the style of AT Sackers), Byington (Trajan column lettering), Sayso Chic, Expressway (28 weights, a highway signage family), Algol (pixel type), Meposa (fat display face), Tandelle (condensed), Vigo, Maychurch, Mecheria, Vactic (dot matrix), Zosma, Topstitch, Windpower, Llandru, Soap (a creative extension of Cooper Black, with dingbats), Kleptocracy (1999-2005), Owned, Rimouski (sans), Sinzano (sans with opentype ligatures galore; compare, e.g., House Ed Interlock), Zamora.
• 2004: Affluent, Threefortysixbarrel (stencil face), Tank, Telidon (dot matrix face), Funboy, Neuropol X, Neuropol Nova, Mufferaw (comic book face), Larabiefont, Zekton (techno), Strenuous 3D, Silentina (advertised as "a silent movie font"), Amienne (brush script), Fenwick Outline (free), Betsy Flanagan (1998, a keyboard face), Boopee (children's handwriting), Pirulen (in the general Bank Gothic style), Zalderdash.
• 2003: Zupiter, Blue Highway.
• Before 2002: the dot matrix family Telidon, Telidon Ink, the architectural font Jillican (octagonal), Snowgoose, Bomr, Pakenham, Neuropol, Nasalization, Fenwick, Kleptocracy DLX, Sui Generis, Dirty Bakers Dozen (faded stencil), Minya Nouvelle, Asterisp, Chinese Rocks, Jillsville (great artsy Courier), Ulian, Wevli (including Wevli Dingbats), Sappy Mugs (funny mugshots), Sofachrome (1999, inspired by Pontiac car emblems), Eden Mills (1999).

Catalog of the Typodermic library in decreasing order of popularity. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Urban Pixel (or: UP Font Studio)
[Michel Troy]

Small foundry in Montreal, est. 2008 by Michel Troy (b. 1969). Dafont link. Klingspor link. Their fonts:

• Their pixel or dot matrix fonts, which can be had from MyFonts, include Urbix (2008, a large family), Urbix Nu (2009), Urbox (2008), Urbox Nu (2009), Javelist Head (2008), Javelist Arm (2008), Thyme Nu (2009), Stock Board (2008), Scratch Up (2008), Melko (2010, a dot matrix family), and Kolly (2011).
• The free pixel face UP Tiny LCD Four 8 (2008).
• At FontStruct, Michael Troy (a.k.a Upixel) made the gridded monospace family Kyra (2010), Kabog (2010), the constructivist Upixel, the pointy ghouly Barko (2010), the ultra-fat Fatex (2010), the narrow display face Lingo (2010), the constructivist Akroy (2010, pixelish), Nuebrick (2010, white on black), Karbo 1986 (2010, honeycomb techno), Mobivus (2010, bold sans), Melko (2010), Kolly (texture face), En Sans New (2010), and the slanted Blax (2010). In 2011, he created Quino (slabby, FontStruct), Gothic XS Hand, Blax Slab (textured alphabet, a slab version of Blax), MIKA (very fat).

Urtd
[Ondrej Jób]

Bratislava-based type and graphic designer (b. 1984, Czechoslovakia). He graduated from AFAD Bratislava, and in 2009 from the Type and Media program at KABK, where he designed Doko, a serifed text family derived from handlettering. Earlier, he created the Preissig-look family Kompilat (2007), and the monospace font Monoxil (2007).

In 2008, Peter Bilak, Eike Dingler, Ondrej Jób, and Ashfaq Niazi created the 21-style family History at Typotheque: Based on a skeleton of Roman inscriptional capitals, History includes 21 layers inspired by the evolution of typography. These 21 independent typefaces share widths and other metric information so that they can be recombined. Thus History has the potential to generate thousands of different unique styles. History 1, e.g., is a hairline sans; History 2 is Peignotian; History 14 is a multiline face; History 15 is a stapler face, and so forth.

He started Urtd, and sells these fonts: the ION family (2010, LED simulation faces), Outliner (2008, architectural lettering), and the icon sets Ico Weather (2010), Ico Time (2010) and Ico Phone (2010). Klimax Bold (2008) is in the ultra-ultra-fat art deco category, and won an award at TDC2 2009 for display face. See also Klimax Plus (2009).

Creations in 2011: Clip (2011) is a 4-style Opentype-feature-loaded paperclip family.

Typefaces made in 2012: Remi (useful monospaced geometric sans family), Bismuth (angular techno family), Bismuth Stencil.

MyFonts link. Typedia link. Behance link. Klingspor link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Ushi Go Yeah

Original fonts: MATRIX, ShamenJr., block (highly original techno font), chem, Digital (LED font), maru, nextblock, pramo, U-know. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Ushigoya font

Japanese site with these free truetype creations: MATRIX, ShamenJr. (kana), block (great techno face), chem, Digital (LED font), maru, Morning, nextblock, pramo, U-know (kana). [Google] [More]  ⦿

vader381

FontStructor who made a large dot matrix face called 5x8 LCD HD44780U A02 in 2010. He explains: Complete european ASCII characterset 5x7 (for std. chars) 5x8 (for ext. chars) partly from display controller HD44780U ROM Code. Whatever. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Vic Fieger

American graphic designer (b. 1982) located in Medway, MA, who has created many free fonts, and some low cost commercial fonts. He is also known for his web comic, Dubmarine. Until 2006, all his fonts were free, but starting in 2006, he started selling them via MyFonts. Fontsy link. Font Squirrel link. Fontspace link. Kernest link . Devian Tart link. Dafont link. Urban Fonts link. Aka Xaviera Comics.

In 2004, he created Airstrip Four, AlphaEcho, BostonTraffic (stencil), Breakaway, CarbonType (old typewriter), Corporate HQ, DataControl (nice octagonal face), DataControlUnifon, Delta Echo, Eurocentric, FormerAirline, GangofThree (oriental simulation), Helsinki, IonicCharge (LCD simulation), JamPact, KarmaticArcade, KnowYourProduct (stencil), LandSpeedRecord, MajorSnafu (stencil), NervousRex, Osaka-SansSerif (techno), PillboxOpaque (dripping blood face), QuickEndJerk, Refrigeration, SiameseKatsong, Tetroserbogia, Umbrage, Virgo01, Whitehall1212, Xenophone (+Pro version in 2011), Yukarimobile, ZonaArmada. In 2005, he designed FrauleinUnifon, Fraulein, Fraulain II, Fraulein Hex, KarmaticArcade, NukuNuku (oriental simulation face), OffshoreBankingBusiness, PlannedObsolescence, TerryScript, Wunderbar, YachtingType, Zero&Zero-Is, Xerography, FrauleinHex, ICBMSS20, ICBMSS25 (stencil faces), Hydrogen Type, Gumbercules, Kremlin (Cyrillic letter simulation; followed in 2010 by Kremlin Pro at CheapProFonts), Johnny Homicide, Lilac Malaria, Motorway, Offshore Banking Business, Planned Obsolescence, Nuku Nuku Paradiso (Asian simulation), Quadrophonic, Ruth Script, Shoplifter (ransom note font), Under Influence (scratchy face), Viva Allende, KarmaticRevolution (with Mike "Karma" Alkire), RanmorianStd-B (artificial language script) and Ex (kana).

His 2006 additions, still free: Big in America, Maxine Script, Gisele Script, Siamese Katsong (oriental simulation), Pokopen, Grecian Formula (Greek simulation), Edo (brush; this became Edo Pro in 2010), Armalite Rifle (grunge stencil; a Pro version followed in 2010), Ruth Script, Terry Script, Oil Age Heiroglyphs (grunge), Nyamomobile (gorgeous futuristic stencil face), Q-Bert's Funeral, Xtreme Chrome, Fawn Script, Ukiah Caps (a hip all caps face), Banzai (fake Japanese), 106 Beats That, Azudings1, Fawn Script, Freelance Kamchatka, and Daisy Script.

Commercial fonts: Sixpak (2008, pixel face), Jaipur (2007, Indic script simulation), Santa Mensch (2006, brush face), Celonius Mark XIX (2006 geometric design), Argon Type (2006, futuristic), India Echo (2007, futuristic), How to Consume Oxygen (2007, grunge), Statue Of Liberty's Underwear (2007, Russian constructivist style), Moon Corps (2007, katakana), Underwood Champion (2008, distressed typewriter), Heavy Data (2008, computer simulation face). Perlmutter (2008) is a Hebrew and Yiddish font designed for the purpose of legibility at great distance (included are niqqud, letters with dagesh, punctuation, sheqel sign, and aleph-lamed ligature). In 2009, he created Edifice Wrecks (graffiti), Damon Script (comic book face) and Maritime Flags and Curses (dingbat face). Fonts made in 2010: Single Sleeve.

Fonts at FontStruct in 2009: Newhome (LED simulation).

Free fonts made in 2011: Death to Smudgey (grunge), Lino Chisel (2011). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Volcano Type (MAGMA)
[Lars Harmsen]

Magma Brand Design in Karlsruhe, Germany evolved in 2004 into Volcano Type. Magma is headed by Lars Harmsen (b. Hannover, 1964) and Ulrich Weiss. Lars Harmsen spent the first four years of his life in Chicago. He then moved to Geneva with his parents for eight years, and then moved to Karlsruhe. He completed his schooling at the French section at the European School. He first studied history and Germanics in Freiburg before beginning to study design at Basel, Boston, Saarbrücken and Pforzheim. He got his degree in graphic design, and in 1996 he founded MAGMA [Büro für Gestaltung] together with Ulrich Weiß. He is the co-founder of STARSHOT GmbH, a design company for sports products, now based in Munich. MAGMA created Type Foundry Volcano-Type.de and the internet forum Slanted.de. In the meantime, Slanted.de has become the most active German typography forum. Volcano Type offers commercial and some free typefaces: DigiBo (Boris Kahl), Objects (free ransom face by the house), MonoPoint and DoublePoint (monospace dot matrix families by the house), Amiga Normal and Rounded (pixel faces by Boris Kahl), Screeny, Pixel and C64 Style (pixel faces by Boris Kahl), Fette Pixel (pixel face by Florian Gärtner), Teckbo (digital face by Boris Kahl, who writes: Retro-Avant-Garde for Club-Flyer-Honks and Plastic-Pussy-Chicks), Psycho (grunge by Boris Kahl), Wald Ast (tree branch look by Sandra Augstein), Wald Blatt (tree leaf look by Tanja Rastätter), Rollerblind (a pair of dot matrix faces by Boris Kahl), Chaucer (uncial by Boris Kahl), Glossy (dot matrix face by Sandra Hofacker), Brüll (a funny frog dingbat face by Andre Rösler), Pax (a free peace symbol face by Heidrun Weißschädel and Alexander Kassel), Mud (free face by Boris Kahl). And these display faces by Florian Gärtner: Republic, Tacora. And finally the Fone 1 through 3 grunge faces by Florian Gärtner. The typefaces of Lars Harmsen (or codesigned by him) at Volcano:

• African look faces: Masai
• Athletic lettering: Sports (grungy, with Kahl), Sports Skinny.
• Blackletter: Fraktape Duct, Fraktape Sticky, Fraktendon (=Fraktur+Clarendon, codesigned with Kahl), Trigot (2010, modular, semi-blackletter), Black Sirkka, Frakturbo, SAR-Lupe
• Diabolo
• Dingbats: Genocide (free). Mr. J. Smith Eye, Mr. J. Smith Head, Mr. J. Smith Mouth, Mr. J. Smith Nose, and Mr. J. Smith Wanted are experimental dingbat faces by Nikolaii Renger, based on an idea of Lars Harmsen, and digitized by Ulrich Weiss and Boris Kahl. These won an award at the 2005 FUSE competition.
• Experimental: Sewed (2009, stitched letters), Cross Fourty, Cross Sixty, Cross Ten, Cross Thirty, Cross Twenty, Cross Ultra
• Grunge: Basalt, Magneta, Punta Negra, Mrs. Tape Tape
• Hand-drawn: B-Scratch (2009, Harmsen and Egger's take on sketched letters), Amebo, Diabolo, Keycaps, Kulli (curly), Oboni, Wawe, Tape One Bold, Tapemate Outline, Tapemate Regular, Tape One Bold
• LED style: Digibeck, Strichcode (a family codesigned with Kahl).
• Kitchen tile faces: Bus, Bus PI, both done with Boris Kahl.
• Oriental simulation: Japanese
• Patriot family, done with Boris Kahl: Saddam, Commander Robot, Fidel, Slobbodan, Osama, George.
• Ransom note face: Kriminal
• Sans families: Copy (2009).

WAAP Designs
[Shinichiro Oshima]

Fonts by Shinichiro Oshima, part of Shift Factory. The PlainFontSeries (Japanese fonts) is free. There are some Roman fonts like Beltway, Accela, and Jetplus. There is also Yukidon (hiragana) and Futalic, Thyristor and DotplainLCD (katakana fonts). Old web page. The fonts at Shift Factory include LCD, Jetliner, D-tron, Futalic PRO, Thyristor A, and Beltway 2.0. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Waki

Designer of LED FONT (roman and kana) and Crystal-Display Font. [Google] [More]  ⦿

WC Fonts
[Christophe Féray]

WC Fonts is run by Christophe Féray, and is located in Avignon, Lyon and Nantes. He is the designer of WC Pixhole Thin Beta (2012, dot matrix face), WC Zyzi Bta (2011, sexual devices), WC Musica Bta (2009, instrumental dingbats), WC Big Black (2009, T-26), WC Speed Bta (2008), WC XXXplicit Bta (2008, dildos and sex toy dingbats), WC Sold Out A Bta (2007, dingbats), WC Sold Out B bta (2008, more nice dingbats), WC Wunderbach Spider Bta (2005, brush script), WC Wunderbach Bta (2005, stencil), WC Wunderbach Wimpern (2006, scary), WC Wunderbach Perfo Bta (2006), WC Wunderbach Rough Bta (2006), WC Mano Negra Bta (2005, handwriting), WC Marseillaise (2005, handwriting), WC Sold Out Bta (2005), WCSoldOutEBta (2010, dingbats), WC Rhesus B Bta (2007, ink blots), WC Rhesus C 1Bta (2007), WC Rhesus C 2Bta (2007), WC Fetish Bta (2006, female shoe dingbats), WC_AquaBlues (2006, LED simulation), and the grunge faces WC Rough Trad Bta (2005), WC Rhesus Beta (2006, ink spill dingbat face), WC Wunderbach Mix Bta (2007, grunge) and WC Addendum Bta (2005, grunge).

Dafont link. Wunderbach Weiß (2008, stencil font used by the Germans in the catacombs of Paris) abd Wunderbach Paint (2006) are free fonts at Chank. Yet another URL. Fontsquirrel link. Fontspace link. Atypeek Design link.

In 2011, he went partially commercial via T26, where one can buy Big Black (2011) and La Marseillaise Xtra (2011).

In 2012, he made WC Pixhole Light (dot matrix). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Webworker

Fontstructor who made the gridded fontfamily LineRacer LCD (Black, Light, Medium) in 2011. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Wiescher Design
[Gert Wiescher]

Based in München, Gerd Wiescher designed many classy and classic Bodoni families, as well as New Yorker Type (1985). All characters are carefully fine-tuned and balanced. Wiescher founded first Munich Type and then Wiescher Design and Autographis. He is known as a hard, fast and prolific worker. His exquisite faces can be bought at MyFonts. Catalog of his bestselling typefaces. Interview in 2008. List of faces:

• Scripts: Nono (2011, formal swashy calligraphic family), Dyane (2011), Penn (2011), Lettera (2011, hand-drawn formal face), Tosca (2010, a high-contrast calligraphic face with 730 glyphs), Grandcafe (2010), Loulou (2010, curly and of extreme contrast), Schoolblock (2010, handprinted school font), Grandezza (2010, calligraphic family; +Xtra), Sixtra (2010, a curly didone script), English Script (2010, classic Spencerian calligraphic script), Savage Initials (2009), Morning News (2009), Revolte (2009, a brush script for demonstration signs), Estelle (2009), Scriptofino (2008, 4 calligraphic styles to give Zapfino a run for its money), Exprima (2008), Daiquiri (2008), Lisa Bella, Lisa Fiore and Lisa Piu (2008, connected and calligraphic), Tati (2008), Movie Script (2007), Cake Script (2007), Eddy (2007, grungy calligraphy), Pointino (2007), Bohemio (2007, a great oriental-brush script), Artegio (2007, two calligraphic scripts), Xylo (2006, in the tradition of the 18th-century English calligrapher George Bickham and the 19th-century American calligrapher Platt Rogers Spencer), Tamara (2005, art-deco script based on some initials for Semplicita made in the 1930s by the Nebiolo foundry), Tecon, Ellida (2005, inspired by the elaborate scripts of 18th-century English calligrapher George Bickham, with additional influences from 19th-century American calligrapher Platt Rogers Spencer), Eloise (2009, a high-contrast version of Ellida), Nadine (2005, an elegant script inspired by a set of initials the French designer and artist Bernard Naudin drew for Deberny&Peignot in the 1920s), Royal Classic (2005, unbelievable script based on a design that has initially been comissioned by King Ludwig I of Bavaria for in-house-use), DesignerScript, Filzer Script (1995, handwriting), Futuramano-Condensed-Bold, Futuramano-Condensed, Futuramano-Plain, Futuramano-Thin, Giambattista, Scriptissimo-Plain, Scriptissimo-Forte, Scriptissimo-Swirls, Squickt (1989), Konstantin A, B and C (2005), Konstantin Forte (2005), MyScript, GrocersScript, Swanson (2006). Scriptissimo (2004) has versions named Start, Middle and End, tweaked for their position in the word, and there are plenty of ligatures. Check also Bodoni Classic Chancery (2007) and Bodonian Script (2012).
• Sans: Contra Sans (2011, which led to Contra Slab, Contra Condensed and Contra Flare), Vedo (2011, a Bauhaus style family that include a hairline weight), Germania (2011, a useful and beautiful monoline sans family), Geometa (2011, +Rounded, +Rounded Deco, +Deco: all based initially on Renner's Futura), Geometra Rounded (2011, a rounded family based on Futura and "much less boring than DIN"), Bombelli (2010, ultra-wide architect's hand), Bluenote Demi (2010, a grungy Franklin Gothic Condensed), Perfect Sketch (2010, sketched grotesque), Unita (2009), Antea (2009), Eterna (2009, sans with a swing), Pura (2008, an uncomplicated grotesk family), Purissima (2010, a decorated extension of Pura; +Bold), Copperplate Gothic Hand (2009, after a 1901 design by Goudy), Copperplate Alt (2011), Copperplate Wide (2011), FranklinGothicHandDemi (+Shadow), Franklin GothicHandCond (2009), Franklin Gothic Condensed Shadow Hand (2010), and Franklin Gothic Hand Light (2009, a hand-drawn version of Franklin Gothic), Papas (2005, sturdy, slightly curly), Julienne (2005, a condensed sans family), Cassandra (avant-garde), Ela Sans (2005, a large family), Mondial-Bold (2004), Mondial-Demi, Mondial-Light, Mondial-Medium, Mondial-Normal, Mondial-XBold, Monem-Bold, Monem-Medium, Monem-Normal, Monem-Roman.
• Serif: Imperia (2011, a Trajan column caps face), Monogramma (2012, a Trajan family for monograms), Imperium (2005, a precursor of Imperia with a Relief shadow style included), Hard Times (2011), Fat Times (2011, retraced Times), Elegia (2011, slightly Victorian family), Breathless (2010, a spiky family, inspired by nouvelle vague movie posters), Bodoni Classic 1, Bodoni Classic 2, Bodoni Classic 3, BodoniClassic-Condensed, BodoniClassic-Handdrawn, BodoniClassic-Swashes, BodoniClassic-Text, Bodoni Classic Deco, Bodoni Classic Swirls (2009), Bodoni Classic Pro (2011), Bodoni Comedia (2010, one of my favorites: a funny "live one day at a time" curly Bodoni cocktail), Bodoni Classic Swing (2010), Bodoni Classic Free Style (2010, curly), Bodoni Classic Ultra (2010), La Bodoni Plain (+Italic, 2008), Take Five (2005, a jazzy take on Bodoni Classic), DonnaBodoniAa, DonnaBodoniBe, and DonnaBodoniCe (three scripts named after Bodoni's wife, Margharita dell'Aglio, who published his complete works, the Manuale Tipografico, in 1818, five years after his death), Edito, Robusta. A great series, some of which were originally published at Fontshop, see, e.g., FFBodoniClassic (1994). MyFonts: When the first of Wiescher’s Bodoni Classic fonts came out in the 1993, there was nothing like it. Up to then, virtually all Bodoni revivals had been given clear-cut forms and square serifs. But Bodoni’s originals from the late 1800s were never as straight and simplistic as is often assumed: they had rounded serifs and slightly concave feet. Wiescher digitized a wide range of Bodoni letterforms, including a wonderful script-like family called Chancery and a nice series of Initials. Having accomplished his mission twelve years later, he began making personal additions to the family, such as the more decorative Bodoni Classic Swashes. Recently a useful little family was added to the clan: LaBodoni is sturdier and less optically delicate than most Bodonis, and therefore more usable as a text face. In 2008, he added a two-style Royal Romain, about which he writes: Royal Romain was commissioned by the most famous king of France, Louis XIV the Sun King. A group of Scientists set off to work on the task of producing the ultimate font for the king of all kings. After years of elaborations Philippe Grandjean then started to cut the final punches for the Imprimerie Royale and finished his part of the work with the fonts first appearance in the magnificent Médailles sur les principaux énvenémens du règne de Louis-le-Grand (1702). The complete set of 21 sizes of roman and italic letters was finished by Grandjean's successor Jean Alexandre and completed by Louis Luce in 1745. The font went by the name of Romain du Roi and was for the exclusive use of the Louis XIV. It was never sold or given to any other king or government. The king of Sweden tried to scrounge a set, but the king refused. This font is the basic design for such famous fonts as the Fournier and Bodoni. Just so the Romain du Roi doesn't get lost in the digital turmoil I set out to redesign it in 2004 and finished now in early 2008. I did a lot of research in France's National Library. A good excuse to visit Paris is always welcome!!! He also made Metra Serif (2009), Principe (2008) and Paillas (2009). Prince (2009) is a curlified didone.
• Engravers: Cavaliere (2010), Guilloche A (2009), CopperplateClassic-Plain, CopperplateClassic-Round, CopperplateClassic-Sans, Copperplate Classic Light Floral (2009), Cimiez-Bold, Cimiez-Roman (2004), Ela-Demiserif, Ela-Sans (2004), Eleganza (2008).
• Blackletter/Fraktur: Renais (2011, renaissance initials), Flipflop (2011), Fraktura and Fraktura Plus (2008), Royal Bavarian (2004, based on a face commissioned by King Ludwig 1st of Bavaria about 1834), Royal Blossom (2009), Royal Bavarian Fancy (2004), Bold Bavarian (2010, a heavy version of Royal Bavarian), Monkeytails (2008), Fat Fritz (2006, rounded endings), Ayres Royal (2005, blackletter face based on drawings of London's calligrapher John Ayres, ca. 1700; to be used with RoyalBavarian; followed in 2010 by BoldAyres).
• Slab serif: Egyptia (2010), Egyptia Rounded (2010).
• Typewriter: Lectra (2011), QuickType-Bold, QuickType-Plain, QuickType-Sans.
• Decorative: Cannonball (2012, a psychedelic face derived from a jazz record-sleeve for Cannonball Adderley), Byblos (2011, derived from the logo of St. Tropez's famous Hotel Byblos), Ferrus (2010, inspired by Acier, ca. 1920), Petite Fleur (2009, flowery embellishments and the capitals of his redesigned Royal Romain), Glass Light (2012, a decoirative art nouveau type family based on Glass Light by Franz Paul Glass, 1912), Penstroxx (2009, 5 fonts that are based on the powerful, expressive Traits de plume (penstrokes) designed in Paris around 1930 by Alfred Latour), Liquoia A, B and C (2008, decorative scripts), Modernista (2008, an art nouveau headline face, based on an 1898 sample by Peter Schnorr), Ornata A, B, C, D, E, F and G (2008-2009: ornaments), Fleuraloha (2008), Floralissimo (2008: flowery ornaments), Frank Flowers (2011), Scrolls A (2010, penman's dingbats), Bacterio (2007), Alpha Bravo, Alpha Charlie, Alpha Echo (2006), Barracuda, Cacao (2005, fifties style), Cassandre Initials (2004, Elsner&Flake, after the 1927 original by Adolphe Mouron Cassandre), Contype, Fleurie (2005), Fleurons Two (2006), Fleurons Three (2006), Fleurons Four (2006), Fleurons Initials (2007), Fleurons Six (2008), Fleuron Labels (2008), HebrewLatino, Julius, Lunix (2006), MyHands, NewYorkerType (1985; extended in 2011 to NewYorker Plus), Venice Initials (2006, after a 15th century find, but Wiescher added about half of the caps), Ventoux, Vivian (2005), Woody.
• Pixel and/or futuristic: Alpha Fox (2007), Alpha Juliet (2010), Alpha papa (2010), Alpha Square (2010), Alpha Jazz (2010), Alpha Papa (2010, LED meets stencil).
• Stencil faces: Dripps (2010, handpainted, perhaps brutalist).
• Dingbats: Flourishes A (2010), Jingle Doodles (2010).

View Gert Wiescher's typefaces. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Wolfer Type Design
[Bill Wolfer]

Bill Wolfer's designs at Wolfer Type Design include Deco Dingbats (art deco dings), Dekros-Regular (art nouveau), Mars (LED style face) and Winston (art nouveau), all made in 1994. Identifont writes: Bill Wolfer is a Grammy-nominated songwriter and producer who founded Mamborama, an international group of North American and Cuban musicians. They have released two CDs of Cuban-style music: 'Night of the Living Mambo', and 'Entre La Habana Y El Yuma'. He no longer designs fonts. [Google] [More]  ⦿

woodjjj

Designer who used FontStruct in 2009 to make Seven Seg Display, an LED font in seven segments. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Xander Cage

FontStructor who made the LED-style face Hack2 (2010) by cloning zwire by Antonio Morata. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Xenophilius
[Ganlo R. Ithsm]

American Fontstructor who also uses Fontspace to display his work. He uses the alias Ganlo R. Ithsm, which is probably a permutation of Logan R. Smith.

Typefaces from 2010: Aztec, Barely, Braille, Digital Watch, Game Serif (+Outline), Serifial, Future Sans Tall, Future Watch Monospaced (LED face), Minimalist Everything, LegiPixel, Outlinecial, Teencial, Technically Pixels, Digital Watch, Minimal, Interest, and a few other pixelish faces.

Typefaces from 2011: LusumTypus (octagonal, mechanical), Italic Dotts, Stretchy (stretched pixel face), Modernistical, Pactim, Elite (constructivist), Shiny Dotts, Game Serif Italic, Garamond Pixelle, Performa (pixel face), Simpole Mono (pixel face), Slaant (angular face), Konsul Mono (pixel face based on Monaco), Thinnest Slats, Thin Slats, Lateral Slats, Kanureed Thys (pixel face), X Marks The Font, Habimo, A Stroke of Geneus (blackletter), Kurcive, Quasoid (kitchen tile, piano key face), Target Aims The Font (dotted), Uncialogo (kitchen tile face), xe Callig Better (blackletter), xe Dotcial (dot matrix face based on American Uncial), xe Dogma, xe Inktrap, xe Inktrap Bold, Koch Black (a remake of one of Koch's blackletter faces), xe Bard (blackletter). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Yarimizo.Com
[Shintaro Yarimizo]

Tokyo-based creator of these (mostly pixel or dot matrix themed) fonts at FontStruct in 2009: Squares, Botetto, LEDPOP, Minimal. Other fonts: Fantasista, Mundo Grotesk (simple sans, 2009). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Yautja

This is one of the most talented FontStructors. He/she made Teotihuacan (2011, inspired by a Mexican poster), Micra (2011, a monospaced OCR-A font), Fast Driving (2011), Rendez-Vous (2011, a condensed serif font inspired by the cover of "The Essential Jean Michel Jarre"), Carat Condensed (2011), Carat (2011), Wolfen (2011, a copperplate style condensed face), Futuroid (2011, sci-fi), Instrumenta (2011, after Neville Brody's Industria), Modern Vision (2011, based on the opening credits from The Terminator and The Running Man), Future Earth (2011, futuristic: based on a typeface used in The Terminator logo which is also the base for the font "Earth"), Phatprogy (+Extra Phat), Wulthraesk (2012, constructivist), Electionale (2012), Major (2012, a high contrast didone), Comfutur (a beautiful stencil face with a bit of Futura Black), Qode (2012, a retro-futuristic LED style typeface), Graphyto (2012, a heavy slab face), Heavy Royale (2012), Thiage (2012, Thai simuation face), Bravis (2012), Cirquetry (2012), Solidis (2012), Velocifero (2012, bilined), Bravis (2012), Heavy Royale (2012), Jet Set Groove (2012), Reactor A1 (2012, futuristic stencil), Polymoda (2012, an abstract font), Lino II, Sequencer (+Condensed), Hertzace (2012, square retro-futurist), Cifira (2012, art deco), Saturation (monoline sans), Katana (2012, +Bold, +Condensed), Countura (2012, abstract and minimalist), Stripelane (2012, horizontally striped), Vortexa (2012, in the style of Data 70), In Nomine Matrix, Afterburner (2012), Afterburner Phase II (2012), High Rise (Western typeface).

Abstract Fonts link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

YOFonts
[Yasuhiro Yamaoka]

YOFonts offers beautiful fonts like Trafica and Engraver Sans by Yasuhiro Yamaoka. Most are commercial. Some can be downloaded as freeware or shareware. Fontsquirrel link [where one can download Eau (+Douce Sans, +Naturelle Sans, 2003), EPF (1999-2006), Grov (2000-2002), Midiet (1990-2009, sans and serif), Nord (1992-2000, elliptical), and Telegrama (1992, pixelish)]. Freeware fonts (Mac/PC): Crematec Bold, Glyphian (runic), Grov Alphabet Regular / Italic / Condensed (1999), Grov Katakana, Grov Hiragana, Laitty (1993-1997, upright connected script), Lapidit (1994-2002, experimental), Liq (1995, LCD face), IgnorantModern (1993), Initia (geometric, circular), OneZero Alphabet, OneZero Katakana (pixel face), Ovals (border font), Quads (borderfont), SmooHG, SmooKK, Opuscula (2008-2011), Practica, Ovals Regular (Border font), Quads Regular (Border font). Font of the month (free): Philo AB, Philo KK, Philo HG.

Other fonts: Angrite-Regular (1998), ArchaeoDeco (2001, art deco), Botaniq (organic, 2001-2002), Circles, CremSBold (1995-1997), CremacBea, CremacBeaBold, Crematec (techno), Cybertalk (2000), DippleKKS (1998, organic, molecular), Elementa (1990-1998, a techno family in Sans, Serif and Script styles), Engraver Sans (1995, Greek simulation family), Fact (1995-2005, information design family), Fol (1995, octagonal family), LiqMono, LiqMonoOblique, LiqRegular, LiqRegularOblique, ModCircle (1995), ModQuad (1996), Moderno (1997-2002, sans), Philo (1995-1996), Pica (1993-2005), Pixe (1992-1998), Practica (1991-2002, +Practica MsF), Nord-Bold (1998), OneZero-ABOneZero (1998), OneZero-ABZeroOne (1998), OneZero-ABZeroZero (1998), OneZero-KKOneOne (1998), OneZero-KKOneZero (1998), OneZero-KKZeroOne (1998), OneZero-KKZeroZero (1998), Serian (1997-2005, a German Schreibschrift), Trafica (1999-2002). In Font Pavilion 12: Smoo (1997-1998, Latin, katakana, hiragana). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Yu-net

Japanese designer of HandFont for Latin and kana, and of 16SegmentFont (LED simulation). Alternate URL. Yet another URL. [Google] [More]  ⦿

zachleat

FontStructor who made 7 Segfault (2012), an LED font with numerals. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Zaratustra
[Guilherme Taaws]

Designer in 2008 and 2009 at FontStruct of Zaratustra Wildside, Zaratustra Perverted (pixel), Zaratustra Bigital, Zaratustra Trigital (pixel), Zaratustra Proofreader (pixel), Zaratustra Roomy (pixel), Zaratustra Technocracy (LED lettering simulation), Zaratustra Fangula, Zaratustra Ecumenopolis (3d-blocks), Zaratustra Metropolitan, Zaratustra 45. In 2010, he added Zaratustra Arglebargle, Zaratustra Leanings (techno), Zaratustra OoOoO, Zaratustra Excursive (upright connected script). [Google] [More]  ⦿