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by SquarePeg


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I.K. Bonset was the pseudonym that Theo van Doesburg used to publish Dada poetry in his magazine De Stijl.

This FontStruction is loosely based on van Doesburg's alphabet of 1919. I have not followed his strict grid of 25 x 25 (unlike Freda Sack and David Quay's revival, Architype Van Doesburg, or P22's De Stijl Regular) -- in other words, some of my caps and numerals deviate from van Doesburg's original design. Also, I've added a lower case and diacritics (which I am currently updating).
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253 characters, 34 downloads
Created:
Sat, 24th May, 11:29 PM 2008
Last Edit:
Tue, 7th July, 4:48 AM 2009
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http://fontstruct.fontshop.com/fontstructions/show/52799
Tags:
Condensed, De Stijl, Latin, Van Doesburg, Constructivist, Geometric, Square
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Discussion

terbouc
terbouc Fri, 30th May, 2008


Nice !

SquarePeg
SquarePeg Fri, 30th May, 2008

Thanks, terbouc! :-)

C36902
C36902 Sun, 15th February, 3:28 AM

I like this, apart from the letter V.

SquarePeg
SquarePeg Sun, 15th February, 7:45 AM

Thanks; glad you like it! Theo van Doesburg's original letter V was a bit wider -- actually, the entire alphabet was wider than what I've done here.

SquarePeg
SquarePeg Tue, 7th July, 4:57 AM

Update: I doubled the grid resolution of Bonset, to solve some letter-spacing issues. Here is a before-and-after screenshot of the letter c.

Update: I doubled the grid resolution of Bonset, to solve some letter-spacing issues. Here is a before-and-after screenshot of the letter <strong>c</strong>. <br/> <br/>