Gulkave
Although Gulkave resembles a pixel font, it wasn’t constructed on a pixel grid. Emphasis is on readability and visual balance, not conforming to a grid. Gulkave is perfect headlines where the designer wants to...
Featured Fonts
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OCT
2012
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JAN
2004
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JAN
2008
Cardigan
Cardigan is casual sans-serif typeface. While the line treatment is nonchalant, letterforms are clear and conventional making it one of those rare casual typefaces that perform well in large bodies of text. The...
11
AUG
2009
Enamel Brush
Enamel Brush is a caricature of a 1955 font called Catalina by Emil Klumpp. In OpenType savvy applications, some letter combinations are automatically replaced with ligatures for a more natural look.
28
JUN
2012
Acroyear
Acroyear is a non-retro headline screamer inspired by contemporary consumer electronics products.
28
SEP
2008
Hedgerow
Hedgerow is calligraphic lettering with an Art Nouveau tone. Provoked by the liner notes of Led Zeppelin IV, Hedgerow imbues words with a mystical, bewitching voice. In OpenType savvy applications, some letter...
19
AUG
2016
Cornpile
Cornpile is a lively cartoon slab-serif typeface available in 6 weights and italics. In OpenType savvy applications, letters and numerals automatically bounce for extra zaniness. Cornpile comes in Greek, Cyrillic...
15
JUL
2014
Pretender
Pretender is a narrow Art Deco headline font inspired by the sheet music cover from an early 20th Century waltz ballad, Mexicali Rose.
19
OCT
2012
Nerdropol
Nerdropol, based on Neuropol X, is a simulated bitmap font available with various effects. Kerning is restricted to full pixel increments to give it that authentic pixel font look.
20
NOV
2012
Disassembler
Disassembler is a simulated bitmap font available with various effects. Kerning is restricted to full pixel increments to give it that authentic pixel font look.
01
APR
2008
Addlethorpe
Addlethorpe is a metal font in three layers. Addlethorpe 1 is the foreground layer. If you’re using Addlethorpe on a light background, this may be all you need. Addlethorpe 2 is a fill layer designed to color...
29
JAN
2017
PCTL9600
PCTL9600 is a technical sans-serif typeface. Good designers have a depository of orthodox, technical typefaces in their toolbox. Often, industrial fonts have visual hints that link them to a particular time period....
10
NOV
2010
From the Stars
From the Stars is rectilinear sans-serif typeface inspired by ultramodern industrial design. It’s available in 7 weights and italics.
08
JUN
2010
Warugaki
Warugaki is an unkempt, disarrayed headliner influenced by mid twentieth-century Japanese design. The edge treatment is subtractive, almost like a hand-made silk screen or wax dye resist. In OpenType savvy...
20
OCT
2008
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FEB
2018
Spectrashell
In 2017, my cousin and I designed a hard-shell waterproof passport case. He designed and engineered the case itself and I came up with hexagonal grip pattern, the logo and metal badge, packaging and manual. Originally, this passport case had a different name. I came up with the...
18
NOV
2017
Minicomputer: 1960s Ultramodern
The strange looking numerals at the bottom of bank checks are printed in magnetic ink in a font called MICR E-13B. This typeface was developed in the mid 1950s and was used by banks in 1960s all the way to the present day. This system only supports numerals and a few control...
31
AUG
2017
Typodermic’s Raymond Larabie Talks Type, Technology & Science Fiction
Written by Jason Tselentis Raymond Larabie, known for creating ubiquitous futuristic and sci-fi fonts, has been involved with type since he “was about five years old” and was using type at that early age as well. His experience with typography, especially when it came to the...
31
AUG
2017
Jillsville weight and language expansion
Jillsville was one of the first Typodermic Fonts releases. It was created in 2002 but was only available in 2 weights: Ultra-Light and Extra-Light. Now you can get it in a seven weight range. Language coverage has been expanded to include almost all Latin based languages,...
30
JUN
2017
Canada 150 typeface enters the public domain
The Canada 150 typeface is now Canada1500 and has been placed in the public domain—free like Santa Claus, Shakespeare or twiddling your thumbs.
22
JUN
2017
Toxigenesis
Toxigenesis is an ultramodern, superelliptical sans-serif typeface with plastic forms influenced by consumer electronics and vehicle design. Mathematical symbols, fractions, numeric ordinals and monetary symbols are in good supply. Cyrillic, Greek and almost all Latin-based...
23
MAY
2017
Vanchrome
Vanchrome is a compact sans-serif headliner with chromatic layers. Create a layer in your design application, copy the layer, change the style, change the colors. Some applications such as Photoshop might need manual vertical alignment so cross-hair in the ◊ character position...
12
MAY
2017
Xylitol
Xylitol is a multiple layer typeface you can use for creating chromatic, 3D effects. It’s designed so the letters fit tightly together like Tetris blocks. There are four directional layers for the sides so you can simulate light coming from various directions. There’s a stripe...
04
MAY
2017
Krait
Krait is a layered geometric typeface designed for architectural display. It avoids conventional art-deco thick-thin cliches in order to better harmonize with non-traditional environments.
07
APR
2017
Neuropol X 3.0
Neuropol X has been rebuilt and expanded. This is a complete rebuild so the spacing won’t match the previous version. The vertical metrics should be about the same as the previous version in most applications. The Neuropol X family seemed like it could do with more dynamic range...