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Fontstructions tagged with “1930”

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Quick and Easy r0 

by riccard0
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1472604 Published: 1st May, 2024
Last edited: 1st May, 2024
Created: 24th March, 2024

My version of Jan Tschichold’s “Schmale Grotesk - Leicht und schnell konstruierbare Schrift” (narrow grotesque - font that is easy and quick to construct), from 1930.

Turns out it isn’t always “quick and easy” to translate a pen and straightedge approach to constructed letters into Fontstruct’s prefabricated bricks setting.

In expanding the glyph coverage, I tried to remain true to the spirit of the original self imposed limitations, both in terms of grid (e.g. the cramped space for the uppercase diacritics), and of tools (see the solution for  superscripts et similia).

The font covers all of Google Fonts Basic set and, given the c-caron present in the source, all of Czech orthography. I may try to add other Eastern European languages in the future.

There are many different takes on the same source (including for the visual identity of a museum), you can look at Serious, here on Fontstruct, or at Iwan Reschniev, for an extensive expansion in weights and typographic features.

As always, comments and suggestions are welcome :-)

See also Quick and Easy and New.

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      Thirties 

      by Joseph McKay (Caillou58)
      8.19 Click on the stars to rate this FontStruction.
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      701000 Published: 20th October, 2019
      Last edited: 20th October, 2019
      Created: 20th October, 2019

      Based off of the old 1930's fingerpost signs and also road signs from before 1965.

      NOTE: Please use the 'c' character in names like McCormick, McKay, etc. etc.

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            RM Jazz Age 

            by p2pnut
            8.71 Click on the stars to rate this FontStruction.
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            123316850 Published: 3rd November, 2012
            Last edited: 9th November, 2012
            Created: 8th October, 2012
            Work in progress.
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                Oriental theatre smooth 

                by ssaamm
                8.42 Click on the stars to rate this FontStruction.
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                162782 Published: 31st October, 2009
                Last edited: 31st October, 2009
                Created: 31st October, 2009
                Oriental theater, but with a square A, and more smoothing where smoothing is due, giving a less sharp, but more padded effect.
                This is a clone of Oriental theatre
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                      Oriental theatre 

                      by ssaamm
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                      94782 Published: 31st October, 2009
                      Last edited: 31st October, 2009
                      Created: 30th October, 2009
                      This is a theatrical art deco font with a simple character set and concept.
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                            RM DECOthin 

                            by p2pnut
                            8.85 Click on the stars to rate this FontStruction.
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                            3231036 Published: 25th September, 2009
                            Last edited: 25th September, 2009
                            Created: 20th September, 2009
                            Filters at 1:2 to try for that long, thin look
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                                RM Art DECOrated 

                                by p2pnut
                                8.30 Click on the stars to rate this FontStruction.
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                                159187630 Published: 7th September, 2009
                                Last edited: 9th April, 2014
                                Created: 5th September, 2009
                                It wuz dat intaglio wat made me do it ... honest guv! :-)
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                                  RM DECOpix 

                                  by p2pnut
                                  8.79 Click on the stars to rate this FontStruction.
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                                  14101014 Published: 21st August, 2009
                                  Last edited: 25th August, 2009
                                  Created: 21st August, 2009
                                  My first attempt at a pixel font.
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                                        Patrimonium 

                                        by Dieter Kors (poekoe)
                                        6.39 Click on the stars to rate this FontStruction.
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                                        200912 Published: 28th April, 2008
                                        Last edited: 13th March, 2009
                                        Created: 28th April, 2008
                                        I made this font for a project 5 years ago. Inspired by early De Stijl typography such as Van Doesburg posters. This type appears a tiling on a housing project in the 30s in my neighbourhood, called Patrimonium.
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