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Sans Serious V

 by afrojet
  • Currently 7.37073
7.4Balanced%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22weighted_value%22%3E7.4%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EAverage%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22rating_value%22%3E10.0%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EClick%20for%20more%20information%20about%20this%20rating. 3 votes
Last edit: 27.10.2009
Tags: Jurriaan Schrofer, Bauhaus, Industrialization, Modular, Simplification, Standardization, Measurability, Visualrhythms, Functionality, Proportion, Monospace, Square
Category: -
2 Downloads2%20Downloads27 Comments7%20Comments762 Glyphs62%20Glyphs62For a full description see Sans Serious IFor%20a%20full%20description%20see%20%3Ca%20href%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Ffontstruct.fontshop.com%2Ffontstructions%2Fshow%2Fsans_serious_i%22%3ESans%20Serious%20I%3C%2Fa%3E

Retro Future Striped

 by PhaistosDisk
  • Currently 7.06717
7.1Balanced%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22weighted_value%22%3E7.1%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EAverage%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22rating_value%22%3E9.3%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EClick%20for%20more%20information%20about%20this%20rating. 3 votes
Last edit: 28.09.2009
Tags: Sans, Sans Serif, Bauhaus, Extended Latin A
Category: -
3 Downloads3%20Downloads3334 Glyphs334%20Glyphs334Clone of Retro Future.Clone%20of%20Retro%20Future.

Retro Future

 by PhaistosDisk
  • Currently 7.49074
7.5Balanced%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22weighted_value%22%3E7.5%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EAverage%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22rating_value%22%3E9.2%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EClick%20for%20more%20information%20about%20this%20rating. 5 votes
Last edit: 28.09.2009
Tags: Sans, Sans Serif, Bauhaus, Extended Latin A
Category: -
9 Downloads9%20Downloads94 Comments4%20Comments4334 Glyphs334%20Glyphs334A bauhaus style font. 

Basic latin, more latin, and extended latin A characters included.A%20bauhaus%20style%20font.%20%0D%0A%0D%0ABasic%20latin%2C%20more%20latin%2C%20and%20extended%20latin%20A%20characters%20included.

Sans Serious III

 by afrojet
  • Currently 6.62475
6.6Balanced%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22weighted_value%22%3E6.6%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EAverage%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22rating_value%22%3E9.0%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EClick%20for%20more%20information%20about%20this%20rating. 2 votes
Last edit: 02.10.2009
Tags: Jurriaan Schrofer, Bauhaus, Industrialization, Modular, Simplification, Standardization, Measurability, Visualrhythms, Functionality, Proportion, Monospace
Category: -
4 Downloads4%20Downloads462 Glyphs62%20Glyphs62For a full description see Sans Serious IFor%20a%20full%20description%20see%20%3Ca%20href%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Ffontstruct.fontshop.com%2Ffontstructions%2Fshow%2Fsans_serious_i%22%3ESans%20Serious%20I%3C%2Fa%3E

Sans Serious II

 by afrojet
  • Currently 7.5986
7.6Balanced%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22weighted_value%22%3E7.6%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EAverage%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22rating_value%22%3E8.9%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EClick%20for%20more%20information%20about%20this%20rating. 7 votes
Last edit: 04.11.2009
Tags: Jurriaan Schrofer, Bauhaus, Industrialization, Modular, Simplification, Standardization, Measurability, Visualrhythms, Functionality, Proportion, Monospace
Category: -
5 Downloads5%20Downloads53 Comments3%20Comments362 Glyphs62%20Glyphs62For a full description see Sans Serious IFor%20a%20full%20description%20see%20%3Ca%20href%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Ffontstruct.fontshop.com%2Ffontstructions%2Fshow%2Fsans_serious_i%22%3ESans%20Serious%20I%3C%2Fa%3E

Sessions

 by afrojetThis FontStruction was selected by FontStruct staff.This%20FontStruction%20was%20selected%20by%20FontStruct%20staff.
  • Currently 8.6052
8.6Balanced%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22weighted_value%22%3E8.6%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EAverage%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22rating_value%22%3E8.8%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EClick%20for%20more%20information%20about%20this%20rating. 61 votes
Last edit: 23.06.2009
Tags: Bauhaus, Albers, Josef, Modular, Thick, Bold
Category: Display
2249 Downloads2249%20Downloads224926 Comments26%20Comments2641 Glyphs41%20Glyphs41Having previously played around in Fontstruct with Anni Albers' textile patterns, I thought it time to turn my attention to her husband Josef's work. Josef Albers' constructivist typographic experiments are a perfect match for Fontstruct. Other Fontstructors have done great work with Alber's ideas. Most notably, Saberrider's fontsract and Stewf's Leaflet family.

Using Josef Albers' Kombinationsschrift alphabet (1928-1931) as my foundation, I've been having a lot of fun remixing and experimenting with his letters. 'Sessions' is the first to get shared. Hopefully, more to come.Having%20previously%20played%20around%20in%20Fontstruct%20with%20%3Ca%20href%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Ffontstruct.fontshop.com%2Ffontstructions%2Fshow%2Feclat_weave%22%3EAnni%20Albers%27%20textile%20patterns%3C%2Fa%3E%2C%20I%20thought%20it%20time%20to%20turn%20my%20attention%20to%20her%20husband%20Josef%27s%20work.%20Josef%20Albers%27%20constructivist%20typographic%20experiments%20are%20a%20perfect%20match%20for%20Fontstruct.%20Other%20Fontstructors%20have%20done%20great%20work%20with%20Alber%27s%20ideas.%20Most%20notably%2C%20Saberrider%27s%20%3Ca%20href%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Ffontstruct.fontshop.com%2Ffontstructions%2Fshow%2Ffontstract%22%3Efontsract%3C%2Fa%3E%20and%20Stewf%27s%20%3Ca%20href%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Ffontstruct.fontshop.com%2Fgallery%2F2%2Fall%2Fhighest_rated%2F0%2Fleaflet%22%3ELeaflet%20family%3C%2Fa%3E.%0D%0A%0D%0AUsing%20Josef%20Albers%27%20%3Ca%20href%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fontshop.com%2Ffonts%2Fdownloads%2Fp22%2Fp22_albers_set%2F%22%3EKombinationsschrift%20alphabet%3C%2Fa%3E%20%281928-1931%29%20as%20my%20foundation%2C%20I%27ve%20been%20having%20a%20lot%20of%20fun%20remixing%20and%20experimenting%20with%20his%20letters.%20%27Sessions%27%20is%20the%20first%20to%20get%20shared.%20Hopefully%2C%20more%20to%20come.

Sans Serious I

 by afrojetThis FontStruction was selected by FontStruct staff.This%20FontStruction%20was%20selected%20by%20FontStruct%20staff.
  • Currently 7.97019
8.0Balanced%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22weighted_value%22%3E8.0%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EAverage%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22rating_value%22%3E8.8%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EClick%20for%20more%20information%20about%20this%20rating. 13 votes
Last edit: 02.10.2009
Tags: Jurriaan Schrofer, Bauhaus, Industrialization, Modular, Simplification, Standardization, Measurability, Visualrhythms, Functionality, Proportion, Monospace
Category: Pixel Optimized, Sans Serif, Display
9 Downloads9%20Downloads911 Comments11%20Comments1162 Glyphs62%20Glyphs62The ‘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 called Sans 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 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Slug

 by afrojetThis FontStruction was selected by FontStruct staff.This%20FontStruction%20was%20selected%20by%20FontStruct%20staff.
  • Currently 7.93667
7.9Balanced%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22weighted_value%22%3E7.9%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EAverage%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22rating_value%22%3E8.4%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EClick%20for%20more%20information%20about%20this%20rating. 20 votes
Cloned from poffCloned from poff
Last edit: 23.07.2009
Tags: Bauhaus, Albers, Josef, Modular, Thick, Bold, Saberrider, Poff, Stencilpotential
Category: Display
110 Downloads110%20Downloads11014 Comments14%20Comments1443 Glyphs43%20Glyphs43This is a Sessions flavored remix of Saberrider's wonderful Poff font.This%20is%20a%20%3Ca%20href%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Ffontstruct.fontshop.com%2Ffontstructions%2Fshow%2Fsessions%22%3ESessions%3C%2Fa%3E%20flavored%20remix%20of%20Saberrider%27s%20wonderful%20%3Ca%20href%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Ffontstruct.fontshop.com%2Ffontstructions%2Fshow%2Fpoff_1%22%3EPoff%3C%2Fa%3E%20font.

Albers

 by Crissov
  • Currently 5.79319
5.8Balanced%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22weighted_value%22%3E5.8%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EAverage%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22rating_value%22%3E8.0%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EClick%20for%20more%20information%20about%20this%20rating. 1 vote
Last edit: 17.07.2009
Tags: Bauhaus, Constructed, Pattern, Geometric
Category: -
8 Downloads8%20Downloads826 Glyphs26%20Glyphs26‘Schablonenschrift’ by Albers 1920s.
‘v’, ‘w’, ‘x’, ‘z’ are broken.
I would have made a different ‘s’.%E2%80%98Schablonenschrift%E2%80%99%20by%20Albers%201920s.%0D%0A%E2%80%98v%E2%80%99%2C%20%E2%80%98w%E2%80%99%2C%20%E2%80%98x%E2%80%99%2C%20%E2%80%98z%E2%80%99%20are%20broken.%0D%0AI%20would%20have%20made%20a%20different%20%E2%80%98s%E2%80%99.

Retro Future II

 by PhaistosDisk
  • Currently 6.228
6.2Balanced%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22weighted_value%22%3E6.2%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EAverage%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22rating_value%22%3E8.0%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EClick%20for%20more%20information%20about%20this%20rating. 2 votes
Last edit: 01.10.2009
Tags: Sans, Sans Serif, Bauhaus, Extended Latin A
Category: -
4 Downloads4%20Downloads4458 Glyphs458%20Glyphs458Clone of Retro Future. This has more spacing between the letters than the original and even more characters.Clone%20of%20Retro%20Future.%20This%20has%20more%20spacing%20between%20the%20letters%20than%20the%20original%20and%20even%20more%20characters.

Taull

by TyperepublicFontShop.com
Taull
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