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9410 80329193 Published: 6th April, 2008
Last edited: 18th August, 2010
Created: 6th April, 2008
I wasn't satisfied with either of the current logo expansions, so i made my own. With Cyrillic characters. IF YOU LIKE THIS FONT, PLEASE GIVE IT A GOOD RATING!

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3360 142253281 Published: 23rd January, 2014
Last edited: 26th October, 2017
Created: 19th January, 2014

My final entry in the competition. Inspired by Mazey, zlabyrinths eYe/FS, and wavelength. Each glyph has its own maze, and each maze connects with the next. Tilde ~ and low line _ connect words, grave ` closes beginnings and ends, and the left and right arrows < > are for the start and end. There are also some alternates in Extended Latin A. Suggestions and critiques are welcome. Thanks!

UPDATES:
04/06/14 The whole font has been updated to be one brick taller, and thus properly fit onto a grid. Also, some characters have been redesigned. V2.0
05/13/14 All punctuation has been modified to continue a word maze. V2.1
07/05/14 1000 downloads! Hooray! As a 'thank you', I've completed more of More Latin. V2.2
08/22/14 I've made the accents part of the maze. I've also changed a few characters, and added Œ and œ. V2.3
08/04/15 Added Polish support with Ą, Ć, Ę, Ł, Ń, Ś, Ź, and Ż. Tweaked a few characters as well, and added a crossbar to the ð. V2.4

06/18/16 Added support for multiple languages with more Cyrillic chars and punctuation. Also tweaked a few chars.

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2494 3921391 Published: 10th April, 2008
Last edited: 6th April, 2019
Created: 10th April, 2008

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.

Sans Serif

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2435 1776792 Published: 10th April, 2008
Last edited: 1st October, 2009
Created: 10th April, 2008

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1523 82205 Published: 2nd April, 2008
Last edited: 4th September, 2011
Created: 2nd April, 2008
Updated in October 2009 with better spacing and making use of new bricks, as well as support for Turkish.

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1478 63135192 Published: 31st May, 2013
Last edited: 24th September, 2014
Created: 21st May, 2013
Not quite a script, but definitely connected...

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1443 2449303 Published: 23rd February, 2020
Last edited: 3rd February, 2012
Created: 26th October, 2011
A completely different design direction from my other fontstruction "Shadowman" & "Letterpress".

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1219 42227204 Published: 14th September, 2012
Last edited: 9th July, 2013
Created: 31st August, 2012
This one has been called Nova. That is simply due to the fact that the letters A, N, O, and V were the first that I tried out when starting this typeface.

Lineal

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1031 147826 Published: 22nd March, 2008
Last edited: 23rd June, 2009
Created: 22nd March, 2008
Derived from the rounded rectangle of mid-century furniture and architectural design, a pioneer of which was Eero Saarinen. See a specimen.

Sans Serif

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996 126252 Published: 26th October, 2009
Last edited: 2nd October, 2009
Created: 1st October, 2009
The ‘Sans Serious’ Series is a group of tribute typefaces meant to honor Dutch designer and typographer Jurriaan Schrofer.

Along with Wim Crouwel and Josef Albers, Jurrian Schrofer (1926 - 1990) was among the Bauhaus pioneers of grid-based modular typography and design.

Schrofer's work experimented with type, light, and color and focused on mathematical shapes and pattern.

From the book ‘Dutch Type’ by Jan Middendorp:

“Schrofer made several attempts to create complete typefaces - one of which was wittily calledSans serious- but this was never his goal. ‘Is it necessary’, he wrote, ‘to make complete alphabets with upper- and lowercase, figures, diacritics and seriously adorned with a name, when the aim is merely a formal investigation into basic recipes’ Schrofer's domain was never the design of typographic alphabets, to be used by other designers, but always the creation of letterforms ‘made to measure’ as part of his own designs of - mainly - book covers and postage stamps. He created a rectangular alphabet as the basic element of his ever-changing covers - each based of the same grid but colored differently - for a series of scientific books, ‘Les textes sociologiques’ from Mouton Publishers. He made sophisticated pixel-based letters, all drawn by hand, and experimented with photographic screens as a means of distinguishing simplified letterforms from the background. He created logotypes built from custom-made letterforms, based on rectangular grids.”

“In his booklet ‘Letters op maat’ (‘Type made to measure’, 1987), Schrofer presented many of his experimental alphabets from the 1960s and '70s. The booklet was part of a series of goodwill publications edited by Wim Crouwel for Lecturis Printers, Eindhoven.”

Read more from ‘Dutch Type’.

Image from Letters op matt.

More images of Jurriaan Schrofer's work on Flickr:

Schrofer in Total Design book.

Cover for European Journal of Social Psycology

Museumjournaal, design Jurriaan Schrofer

Die Internationale Avant-Garde

Jurriaan Schrofer - Fodor catalog

Note: for all fonts in the ‘Sans Serious’ Series, the alphabet is the same for upper and lowercase.This is a clone of Sans Serious II

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863 1264181 Published: 9th June, 2010
Last edited: 9th June, 2010
Created: 9th June, 2010
Based on a design I created for a video game package many years ago, but with some improvements.This is a clone of Spacerock Biline

Bauhaus inspired

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822 5070203 Published: 7th August, 2009
Last edited: 13th September, 2012
Created: 6th August, 2009
This is a clone

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802 12144120 Published: 4th April, 2008
Last edited: 13th October, 2017
Created: 4th April, 2008
A mix of straight and curve lines. Open shapes.

Sans Serif

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750 2567182 Published: 25th May, 2009
Last edited: 24th August, 2012
Created: 23rd May, 2009
I filled it, kix. :)
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It appears as a clone because that's where it started but every character is built from scratch. kix' brilliant original is an understatement of perfection, using the least amount of bricks for such a grand effect. However, it left not much space inside for any kind of meaningful rendering. Had to quadruple each glyph in order to get enough brick space inside to get some effect going. In the process I came to appreciate the true brilliance of the design and the awesomeness of certain characters. G, for instance.
I have scaled everything up, but have not taken any liberties with the shapes—they are true to the original. If a certain glyph is off, it is due to my ineffective eye and not borne out of a desire to change the original. (Point it out, and I'll correct it). Hope you like it.
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I live in the third-world; it is summer (well, it is here). Consequently, unannounced power outages 2, 5, 8 times a day are standard operating procedure. While/when we have power, my ISP may not. Consequently, unannounced internet outages 3, 4, 7 times a day are standard operating procedure. Out of 24 hours, I get 3, 4 hours of internet access on a good day. Everything everywhere is UPS'd up the wazoo. Still, UPSes need power to recharge. I never know when the computer might shut down or lose the internet connection. Consequently, I have become a master S-pusher. Sorry for the server load, admins. :-)This is a clone

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717 2431289 Published: 18th December, 2010
Last edited: 2nd August, 2011
Created: 10th December, 2010
An improvement of the former (Headless/Tangle, now called Tangled Hairline); This version is bolder and simpler with more striking 'chaos motion' lines. This version is perhaps more decorative looking than the original and definitely more ordered in the sense of the letterforms to enable usability.This is a clone

Grunge

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640 38108119 Published: 18th July, 2010
Last edited: 17th July, 2010
Created: 18th May, 2010

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632 348525 Published: 24th November, 2009
Last edited: 25th November, 2009
Created: 14th November, 2009
My version of a Star Trek logo font. I only used Horizon as a guide when I couldn't find a good solution to a letter (e.g. Q). Looks good at pixel size.

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518 1220839 Published: 17th June, 2008
Last edited: 19th January, 2010
Created: 17th June, 2008
Atempt at recreating Avant Garde. *last change: changed the spacing, to match the new alternate style.

Sans Serif

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487 5292173 Published: 6th November, 2010
Last edited: 13th April, 2012
Created: 29th October, 2010
Font is self-descriptive. Guess if I did the UC or LC first!! :D Yes this is the font I have been working on for such a long time...

x-height: 70px
cap height: 94px
optical correction: 1px

Sans Serif

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472 92731 Published: 3rd July, 2009
Last edited: 17th July, 2009
Created: 2nd July, 2009
Based on Alphabox Basic.This is a clone

3D

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465 89527 Published: 30th January, 2011
Last edited: 30th January, 2011
Created: 20th January, 2011
Another 2x filter experiment, paired with heavy usage of the Macaroni bricks. Based on the original logo for the Sony Walkman Cassette Tape Players from the 1980s. Type "Walkman" in the User Input to see!

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457 1163120 Published: 28th March, 2011
Last edited: 12th June, 2011
Created: 27th March, 2011
Another 'cut-out pattern font' not completely happy with it yet though

Pattern Fill

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439 27214163 Published: 17th October, 2009
Last edited: 1st April, 2012
Created: 16th October, 2009
An attempt at creating a set based upon each glyph being set in a square (with obvious exceptions such as i, f, 1 etc). The 'Squarial' was the nickname for an old British motorbike - 'The Arial Square Four'

Lineal

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435 1510375 Published: 21st June, 2012
Last edited: 20th June, 2012
Created: 15th June, 2012
Concept inspired by the Budmo Family by Ray Larabie (http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/larabie/budmo/), old wine bottles, nineteenth century sideshows/circuses, and Las Vegas.

3D

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429 101167117 Published: 23rd December, 2011
Last edited: 10th May, 2013
Created: 15th December, 2011
Special thanks to thalamic for reviewing and giving me suggestions for improvements. A modernish sans on a fairly small grid. The x-height is 7 grid squares, the cap height is 9 grid squares, and the ascenders & descenders on the lowercase go to 10 grid squares. All natural curves, mainly using the macaroni bricks.This is a clone

Sans Serif

Sans (1018)

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409 459676 Published: 7th September, 2012
Last edited: 30th October, 2016
Created: 3rd September, 2012
This is a clone

Sans Serif

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407 515439 Published: 27th June, 2013
Last edited: 8th August, 2013
Created: 26th June, 2013
Just a personnal font! Enjoy!

Sans Serif

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406 1113196 Published: 12th October, 2011
Last edited: 13th October, 2011
Created: 26th October, 2010
Another font in the world

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392 3675204 Published: 27th August, 2011
Last edited: 27th August, 2011
Created: 26th August, 2011
02012011. Large Scale, minimal brick usage. 90 grid spaces high, 26 brick shapes.This is a clone

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Madina Script

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388 2310044 Published: 9th May, 2012
Last edited: 10th May, 2012
Created: 8th May, 2012
Attempt at a font that mixes triangular and rectangular glyphs. Some words don't look too great in it but on the whole I'm pleased with the result!

Jagged

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386 615920 Published: 16th February, 2014
Last edited: 16th February, 2014
Created: 13th February, 2014
Techno font

Techno

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383 715513 Published: 20th November, 2016
Last edited: 3rd February, 2018
Created: 5th October, 2015

Based on Suspiria's opening credits.

Groovy

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