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Sans Serious V

 by afrojet
  • Currently 7.4002
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: -
3 Downloads3%20Downloads37 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

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 7.61871
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: -
6 Downloads6%20Downloads63 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

Sans Serious I

 by afrojetThis FontStruction was selected by FontStruct staff.This%20FontStruction%20was%20selected%20by%20FontStruct%20staff.
  • Currently 7.98346
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
11 Downloads11%20Downloads1111 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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NTH tyro

 by north
  • Currently 6.97892
7.0Balanced%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22weighted_value%22%3E7.0%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EAverage%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22rating_value%22%3E7.9%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EClick%20for%20more%20information%20about%20this%20rating. 8 votes
Last edit: 13.09.2009
Tags: 1970s, Chic, Font, Stencil, Type, Typeface, Typography, Tyro
Category: -
6 Downloads6%20Downloads613 Comments13%20Comments1399 Glyphs99%20Glyphs99The unassuming functionality of a stencil typeface with stark angles hinting at 1970’s chic. Tyro = learner / beginner ( very apt )The%20unassuming%20functionality%20of%20a%20stencil%20typeface%20with%20stark%20angles%20hinting%20at%201970%E2%80%99s%20chic.%20%0D%0A%0D%0ATyro%20%3D%20learner%20%2F%20beginner%20%28%20very%20apt%20%29

Chunk-Chip

 by thalamicThis FontStruction was selected by FontStruct staff.This%20FontStruction%20was%20selected%20by%20FontStruct%20staff.
  • Currently 7.23581
7.2Balanced%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22weighted_value%22%3E7.2%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EAverage%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22rating_value%22%3E7.5%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EClick%20for%20more%20information%20about%20this%20rating. 25 votes
Last edit: 24.06.2009
Tags: -
Category: Display
136 Downloads136%20Downloads13616 Comments16%20Comments1656 Glyphs56%20Glyphs56I've been seeing a lot of almost-completely-filled-blocks-with-chips-in-them kind of fonts lately. Quite well promoted too. I find most of them to be illegible. No matter what someone says about style and movement and period, to me, type exist to communicate, and legibility is the keystone of that functionality. If I can't decipher the glyph as a letter in a fraction of a second, the typeface has failed, no matter how beautiful it might be to look at as a graphic element. This is what I have tried to do here: taken a current trend and tried to make a legible typeface, staying within the parameters of said style. Most glyphs are quite legible but some are not, like s v w 0 8 9 & etc. I have failed as well.   Plus I am not happy with the consistency—or lack thereof—either. It bothers me that the inside chips had to be rotated from character to character or move them about here and there. I did the uppercase as well...then deleted them all because I just couldn't resolve the similarity between H and N. I may have to find a less ______* new hobby.* stationary? senatory? Sitting around idle. What's the word am I looking for, intaglio?I%27ve%20been%20seeing%20a%20lot%20of%20almost-completely-filled-blocks-with-chips-in-them%20kind%20of%20fonts%20lately.%20Quite%20well%20promoted%20too.%20I%20find%20most%20of%20them%20to%20be%20illegible.%20No%20matter%20what%20someone%20says%20about%20style%20and%20movement%20and%20period%2C%20to%20me%2C%20type%20exist%20to%20communicate%2C%20and%20legibility%20is%20the%20keystone%20of%20that%20functionality.%20If%20I%20can%27t%20decipher%20the%20glyph%20as%20a%20letter%20in%20a%20fraction%20of%20a%20second%2C%20the%20typeface%20has%20failed%2C%20no%20matter%20how%20beautiful%20it%20might%20be%20to%20look%20at%20as%20a%20graphic%20element.%20This%20is%20what%20I%20have%20tried%20to%20do%20here%3A%20taken%20a%20current%20trend%20and%20tried%20to%20make%20a%20legible%20typeface%2C%20staying%20within%20the%20parameters%20of%20said%20style.%20Most%20glyphs%20are%20quite%20legible%20but%20some%20are%20not%2C%20like%20s%20v%20w%200%208%209%20%26%20etc.%20I%20have%20failed%20as%20well.%3Cbr%3E%26nbsp%3B%26nbsp%3B%26nbsp%3BPlus%20I%20am%20not%20happy%20with%20the%20consistency%26mdash%3Bor%20lack%20thereof%26mdash%3Beither.%20It%20bothers%20me%20that%20the%20inside%20chips%20had%20to%20be%20rotated%20from%20character%20to%20character%20or%20move%20them%20about%20here%20and%20there.%20I%20did%20the%20uppercase%20as%20well...then%20deleted%20them%20all%20because%20I%20just%20couldn%27t%20resolve%20the%20similarity%20between%20H%20and%20N.%20I%20may%20have%20to%20find%20a%20less%20______%2A%20new%20hobby.%3Cbr%3E%3Cbr%3E%2A%20stationary%3F%20senatory%3F%20Sitting%20around%20idle.%20What%27s%20the%20word%20am%20I%20looking%20for%2C%20intaglio%3F

Sans Serious IV

 by afrojet
  • Currently 0
∞ 0 votes
Last edit: 02.10.2009
Tags: Jurriaan Schrofer, Bauhaus, Industrialization, Modular, Simplification, Standardization, Measurability, Visualrhythms, Functionality, Proportion, Monospace, Square
Category: -
1 Downloads1%20Downloads11 Comments1%20Comments162 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

Czeska

by TyperepublicFontShop.com
Czeska
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