This is a digitalization and slight extension of the square block sign painting typeface used in the 1935 Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices and most road signs in the United States before Highway Gothic became the standard in 1948.

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This is a digitalization and slight extension of the square block sign painting typeface used in the 1935 Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices and most road signs in the United States before Highway Gothic became the standard in 1948.

A | B | C | D | E | F

This is a digitalization and slight extension of the square block sign painting typeface used in the 1935 Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices and most road signs in the United States before Highway Gothic became the standard in 1948.

A | B | C | D | E | F

This is a digitalization and slight extension of the square block sign painting typeface used in the 1935 Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices and most road signs in the United States before Highway Gothic became the standard in 1948.

A | B | C | D | E | F

This is a digitalization and slight extension of the square block sign painting typeface used in the 1935 Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices and most road signs in the United States before Highway Gothic became the standard in 1948.

A | B | C | D | E | F

A digitalization and slight extension of the square block sign painting typeface used in the 1935 Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices and most road signs in the United States before Highway Gothic became the standard in 1948.

A | B | C | D | E | F

Kerning is a WIP that may or may not get finished.

Just another 70s Bauhaus font, kerned to insanity for your pleasure and 100% free.

Just a stenciley 70s font. 100% free, and kerned to insanity for your pleasure. 

Just figured I’d make an alternate version so it’s easier to type with or whatever. Still not finished, 100% free.

Every living day since time was invented by Richard Clocks, the world has lived with a noticeable absence of a digital adaptation of the obscure Letraset typeface Penny-Farthing, but today, finally, those days are over. It may not be finished yet, but this is what I got so far! 100% free. 

Huh, that tile kinda sounds like a good band name… 100% free. 

Not based off of any specific font, just that blocky stencil style from the 60s/70s (Futura Black, Braggadocio). And yes, it’s named after the dude from the Love Boat. Called it a demo because I might make an extended alt in the future that’s also easier to read. 100% free… or is it? Yeah, you know it is.

Just some project I was working on (pretty sure it was to fit in as many alternates as I could lol). Still looks neat so I thought I ought to release it. 100% free.

This is a spin-off of sorts to a project I’m working on, inspired by Burko bold (the original, as used in the PONG logo). Might release the more direct adaptation later, but for this one, I decided to change it up and make it my own. Basic components and some characters from Eternal by AidenFont because I don't know how to make some of them myself :P. 100% free, and kerned to insanity for your pleasure. 
ALTERNATES: À=S // Á=T // Â=T // Ā=COLOUR/COLOR

LOWERCASE: à=e // á=g // â=g

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.

van nelle

ゔぁん ねるるえ

ван нэллэ

Presenting Parker Brothers, Sculptured Software, Arcadia Systems, Tonka Corporation, Beverly and Ma 10105's Monopoly, released in 1935. On December 31, 1935, the now ubiquitous winner-take-all board game Monopoly was patented (Patent Number 2,026,082). Since that day, it has been translated into 37 languages and evolved into over 200 licensed and localized editions for 103 countries across the world. And it was released in 1991 for the NES.

A 1930s geometric sans serif pixel font.

This font is a facsimile of a substitution cipher from The Shadow #10, "Chain of Death." Letters are replaced by blocky symbols, which consist of pairs of rectangular shapes separated by a space. To encrypt a message, the symbols are connected together by their outer right and left edges. This gives the appearance of a much greater set of symbols than there actually are, and the spaces will confuse potential codebreakers. There are no numerals or punctuation. I included square brackets ("[" and "]") for two special symbols that are frequently used to begin and end sencryptions (you can type messages [like this]).

a 1920s-style font in 2019... :)

A cleaned up, scaled, properly spaced and kerned, professional OpenType version can be downloaded for free HERE!This is a clone

This font is a free download, but some use is prohibited without contacting me first. Please abide by the readme which is included in the download! Thanks.

The Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) was the largest agency of FDR's "New Deal", employing millions of people. Over 2,000 posters were produced by the W.P.A. to raise awareness and support the arts.

I have a lot of admiration for these posters and a style of sign painters' lettering (sometimes called “gas-pipe”) that was common in the U.S. during the 1930s-'40s. WPA Gothic gets much of its inspiration from this poster in particular. This FontStruction stays true to the sample’s simple letterforms, but the FontStruct grid does present a few limitations. For more refined typefaces in this style check out DDC Hardware, Futura Display, FF Golden Gate Gothic, Refrigerator, and MVB Solano Gothic by some of my favorite type designers, two of which (Parkinson and Van Bronkhorst) are East Bay natives.

WPA Gothic has a few alternate glyphs hanging out in the Extended Latin slots with more to come.

To get a look at the typeface outside the confines of the FontStruct sampler, here's a sample poster.

May 25, 2008: Released a variation with low-waisted "deco" caps.

2019: 10 year anniversary update! 
– Loosened the spacing a tad more.
– Added a few punctuation marks, including dashes, bullets, and inverted question/exclamation marks.
– Tightened ‘f’ spacing.
– Lengthened the quotes and apostrophes. They were so wee!
– And I fixed that Å! It’s not pretty, but it’s a ring.