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8.0Balanced%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22weighted_value%22%3E8.0%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EAverage%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22rating_value%22%3E10.0%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EClick%20for%20more%20information%20about%20this%20rating. 2 votes
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09.04.2013Category: -
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11.03.2013Category: -
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Based%20on%20Wim%20Crouwel%27s%20famous%20%22hiroshima%22%20typeface.%20I%27ve%20simply%20altered%20the%20style%20of%20a%20few%20letterforms%20and%20made%20the%20stroke%20width%20identical%20and%20consistent.%20I%20think%20this%20makes%20the%20type%20feel%20a%20little%20more%20geometric.
7.5Balanced%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22weighted_value%22%3E7.5%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EAverage%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22rating_value%22%3E10.0%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EClick%20for%20more%20information%20about%20this%20rating. 1 vote
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02.08.2012Category: -
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18.08.2012Tags: -
Category: -
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%20%20%20This%20font%20is%20inspired%20in%20a%20previous%20one%20created%20by%20Wim%20Crouwel%20%28and%20rescued%20by%20igorrossi%20for%20our%20pleasure%20here%20at%20FS%2C%20please%20see%20http%3A%2F%2Ffontstruct.com%2Ffontstructions%2Fshow%2F219585%29.%20Presenting%20his%20recreation%20of%20the%20font%2C%20igorrossi%20said%20there%3A%20%22A%20second%20contribution%20to%20the%20Crouwel%27s%20fonts%20replicas.%20This%20one%20was%20also%20inspired%20by%20a%20poster%2C%20for%20an%20exhibition%20at%20the%20Van%20Abbemuseum%20in%20Eindhoven%20%28picture%20in%20the%20comments%20section%29.%20I%20thought%20it%20had%20never%20been%20reproduced%20before%2C%20until%20I%20came%20across%20edgar%20fernhout%20by%20funk_king.%20Next%20time%20I%27ll%20search%20on%20Fonstruct%20before%20I%20start%20a%20new%20font%20but%2C%20well%2C%20we%20have%20both%20good%20taste...%20I%20take%20the%20opportunity%20to%20thank%20the%20fonstructors%20who%20introduced%20me%20to%20Crouwel%27s%20work.%22%0D%0A%20%20%20Well%2C%20in%20a%20%22piano%20font%22%20way%2C%20this%20is%20my%20little%20own%20contribution%20to%20the%20myth.%20Hope%20you%20like%20it.%20
8.2Balanced%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22weighted_value%22%3E8.2%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EAverage%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22rating_value%22%3E8.4%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EClick%20for%20more%20information%20about%20this%20rating. 17 votes
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02.10.2009Tags:
Jurriaan Schrofer, Bauhaus, Industrialization, Modular, Simplification, Standardization, Measurability, Visualrhythms, Functionality, Proportion, MonospaceCategory:
Pixel Optimized,
Sans Serif,
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02.05.2011Tags: -
Category: -
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6.3Balanced%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22weighted_value%22%3E6.3%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EAverage%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22rating_value%22%3E6.2%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EClick%20for%20more%20information%20about%20this%20rating. 16 votes
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16.06.2009Tags: -
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