Last edit: 11.11.2009
Tags: Display, Decorative, Paperclip, Ad Werner, Werner, 70s Font
Category: -
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Last edit: 16.10.2009
Tags: Stencil, Stenciled, Afro, Magic, Sam, Magicsam, Black, Afroblack, Afrobeat, 70s, Simple, Bold, Headline
Category: -
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Last edit: 02.10.2009
Tags: Jurriaan Schrofer, Bauhaus, Industrialization, Modular, Simplification, Standardization, Measurability, Visualrhythms, Functionality, Proportion, Monospace
Category: Pixel Optimized, Sans Serif, Display
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Last edit: 02.10.2009
Tags: Funky, 70s, Afro, Ghetto, Beat, Afrobeat, Magic, Sam, Magicsam, Stylish, Headline
Category: Sans Serif
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Last edit: 03.10.2009
Tags: Funky, 70s, Afro, Ghetto, Beat, Afrobeat, Magic, Sam, Magicsam, Stylish, Headline
Category: Display, Sans Serif
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Last edit: 30.08.2009
Tags: Display, Decorative, Frostruct, Agent Afro And The Funk Squad, Agent Afro, Funk Squad, Guns, Girls Under Necessary Surveillance, Russ Meyer Films, Russ Meyer, Afro, Soul, Blaxploitation, 70s, Buxom Babes
Category: Display, Picture/Symbol
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Last edit: 22.06.2009
Tags: Odyssey, Pixel, Serif, Sans, Optimized, 70s, Funk, Soul, Music, Square, Sam, Magic, Headline, Uppercase
Category: Display
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Last edit: 29.06.2008
Tags: Woodtype, 70s
Category: Display
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Last edit: 25.06.2008
Tags: Opart, Computer Style, Fanciful Future Style
Category: Display
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Last edit: 06.09.2008
Tags: Pixels, Pixely, All, Round, Rigid, Curve, Script, Font, Blackletter, Sans Serif, Serif, Bold, Italic, Sans, Riged, Slab, Slab Serif, Display, Fonts, Dingbats, Picture, Western, Non, Nonwestern, Alpha, Bitmap, Flash, Retro, Smooth, Well, Formed, 70s
Category: Sans Serif
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