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RM DECOr

 by p2pnutThis FontStruction was selected by FontStruct staff.This%20FontStruction%20was%20selected%20by%20FontStruct%20staff.
  • Currently 8.39882
8.4Balanced%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22weighted_value%22%3E8.4%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. 15 votes
Last edit: 06.08.2009
Tags: Bold, Display, Art Deco, 1930s, Jazz, P2pnut
Category: Display
47 Downloads47%20Downloads4718 Comments18%20Comments18334 Glyphs334%20Glyphs334Finished:

Basic Latin
More Latin
Extended Latin AFinished%3A%0D%0A%0D%0ABasic%20Latin%0D%0AMore%20Latin%0D%0AExtended%20Latin%20A

Cupra

 by shastaThis FontStruction was selected by FontStruct staff.This%20FontStruction%20was%20selected%20by%20FontStruct%20staff.
  • Currently 8.22618
8.2Balanced%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22weighted_value%22%3E8.2%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. 12 votes
Last edit: 04.10.2009
Tags: Metal, Rock, Gothic, Aggressive, Blackletter
Category: Display
19 Downloads19%20Downloads1911 Comments11%20Comments11165 Glyphs165%20Glyphs165Update: I've remodelled this one completely on a 1x1 filter, with some minor changes on basic latin, redesigned diacritics and extended character set for most roman languages.Update%3A%20I%27ve%20remodelled%20this%20one%20completely%20on%20a%201x1%20filter%2C%20with%20some%20minor%20changes%20on%20basic%20latin%2C%20redesigned%20diacritics%20and%20extended%20character%20set%20for%20most%20roman%20languages.

floor plan

 by funk_kingThis FontStruction was selected by FontStruct staff.This%20FontStruction%20was%20selected%20by%20FontStruct%20staff.
  • Currently 8.3757
8.4Balanced%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22weighted_value%22%3E8.4%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. 21 votes
Last edit: 23.07.2009
Tags: Display, Decorative, Floor Plan, Architect, Architectural, Drafting
Category: Display
159 Downloads159%20Downloads15922 Comments22%20Comments2250 Glyphs50%20Glyphs50another architecturally inspired font. and a work in progress i suppose. all basic glyphs are done. but tweaks are needed :) i plan on doing uc with window and door symbols like the A. lc w/o. it's kind of messy right now with working versions of glyphs scattered at the end. maybe i'll clean it up when it's final :)another%20architecturally%20inspired%20font.%20and%20a%20work%20in%20progress%20i%20suppose.%20all%20basic%20glyphs%20are%20done.%20but%20tweaks%20are%20needed%20%3A%29%20i%20plan%20on%20doing%20uc%20with%20window%20and%20door%20symbols%20like%20the%20A.%20lc%20w%2Fo.%20it%27s%20kind%20of%20messy%20right%20now%20with%20working%20versions%20of%20glyphs%20scattered%20at%20the%20end.%20maybe%20i%27ll%20clean%20it%20up%20when%20it%27s%20final%20%3A%29

Sans Serious I

 by afrojetThis FontStruction was selected by FontStruct staff.This%20FontStruction%20was%20selected%20by%20FontStruct%20staff.
  • Currently 8.09623
8.1Balanced%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22weighted_value%22%3E8.1%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. 14 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
12 Downloads12%20Downloads1211 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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Alphabox Lite

 by p2pnutThis FontStruction was selected by FontStruct staff.This%20FontStruction%20was%20selected%20by%20FontStruct%20staff.
  • Currently 7.06844
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%3E8.2%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EClick%20for%20more%20information%20about%20this%20rating. 6 votes
Last edit: 21.07.2009
Tags: 3d, Boxy, Display, P2pnut
Category: Display, Sans Serif
61 Downloads61%20Downloads614 Comments4%20Comments427 Glyphs27%20Glyphs27Clone of Alphabox Basic.Clone%20of%20Alphabox%20Basic.

RM Alphabox Shadow

 by p2pnutThis FontStruction was selected by FontStruct staff.This%20FontStruction%20was%20selected%20by%20FontStruct%20staff.
  • Currently 7.3085
7.3Balanced%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22weighted_value%22%3E7.3%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. 11 votes
Last edit: 17.07.2009
Tags: 3d, Box, Bold, Shadow
Category: Display, Sans Serif
259 Downloads259%20Downloads2599 Comments9%20Comments927 Glyphs27%20Glyphs27Based on Alphabox Basic.Based%20on%20Alphabox%20Basic.

Ligne Claire

 by SquarePegThis FontStruction was selected by FontStruct staff.This%20FontStruction%20was%20selected%20by%20FontStruct%20staff.
  • Currently 7.60597
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%3E8.0%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EClick%20for%20more%20information%20about%20this%20rating. 22 votes
Last edit: 16.09.2009
Tags: Condensed, Display, Fold, Lines, Paper, Ribbon, Stripes, Basic Latin, More Latin
Category: Display
280 Downloads280%20Downloads28022 Comments22%20Comments22207 Glyphs207%20Glyphs207I could have called this "Ribbon Triline"... But there are enough differences with Ribbon Inline to merit giving this FontStruction a new name. For example, it has a proper lower case, and the cap height is slightly beneath the ascender line, to increase legibility.I%20could%20have%20called%20this%20%22Ribbon%20Triline%22...%20But%20there%20are%20enough%20differences%20with%20%3Ca%20href%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Ffontstruct.fontshop.com%2Ffontstructions%2Fshow%2F3160%22%3ERibbon%20Inline%3C%2Fa%3E%20to%20merit%20giving%20this%20FontStruction%20a%20new%20name.%20For%20example%2C%20it%20has%20a%20proper%20lower%20case%2C%20and%20the%20cap%20height%20is%20slightly%20beneath%20the%20ascender%20line%2C%20to%20increase%20legibility.

Prometheus Shadow (Basic Set)

 by SquarePegThis FontStruction was selected by FontStruct staff.This%20FontStruction%20was%20selected%20by%20FontStruct%20staff.
  • Currently 7.3586
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%3E7.9%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EClick%20for%20more%20information%20about%20this%20rating. 15 votes
Last edit: 27.05.2009
Tags: Chamfered, Condensed, Grecian, Shadow, Slab, Slab Serif, Wood Type, Basic Latin, More Latin
Category: Display
171 Downloads171%20Downloads17112 Comments12%20Comments12207 Glyphs207%20Glyphs207I've added a side shadow to Prometheus. The inspiration was a typeface from the French type foundry Peignot. Identified as "No. 1229" in their Lettres Fantaises of 1896, it sports a very fine side shadow, which I've attempted to re-create here. (I found the "No. 1229" sample on Hoefler & Frere-Jones' blog - fifth image from the top.)

This FontStruction is split in two to make downloading possible. The Basic Set (this half) features all of the Basic Latin and More Latin characters, while the Extended Set has all of the Extended Latin A and several Extended Latin B characters (Latin-based diacritics for the Central European, West European, Baltic, and Romanian languages, plus special characters for Croatian, Slovenian, and Livonian, among others).I%27ve%20added%20a%20side%20shadow%20to%20%3Ca%20href%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Ffontstruct.fontshop.com%2Ffontstructions%2Fshow%2F80235%22%3EPrometheus%3C%2Fa%3E.%20The%20inspiration%20was%20a%20typeface%20from%20the%20French%20type%20foundry%20Peignot.%20Identified%20as%20%22No.%201229%22%20in%20their%20%3Cem%3ELettres%20Fantaises%3C%2Fem%3E%20of%201896%2C%20it%20sports%20a%20very%20fine%20side%20shadow%2C%20which%20I%27ve%20attempted%20to%20re-create%20here.%20%28I%20found%20the%20%22No.%201229%22%20sample%20on%20%3Ca%20href%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.typography.com%2Fask%2FshowBlog.php%3FblogID%3D34%22%3EHoefler%20%26%20Frere-Jones%27%20blog%3C%2Fa%3E%20-%20fifth%20image%20from%20the%20top.%29%3Cbr%3E%3Cbr%3E%0D%0A%0D%0AThis%20FontStruction%20is%20split%20in%20two%20to%20make%20downloading%20possible.%20The%20Basic%20Set%20%28this%20half%29%20features%20all%20of%20the%20Basic%20Latin%20and%20More%20Latin%20characters%2C%20while%20the%20%3Ca%20href%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Ffontstruct.fontshop.com%2Ffontstructions%2Fshow%2F104169%22%3EExtended%20Set%3C%2Fa%3E%20has%20all%20of%20the%20Extended%20Latin%20A%20and%20several%20Extended%20Latin%20B%20characters%20%28Latin-based%20diacritics%20for%20the%20Central%20European%2C%20West%20European%2C%20Baltic%2C%20and%20Romanian%20languages%2C%20plus%20special%20characters%20for%20Croatian%2C%20Slovenian%2C%20and%20Livonian%2C%20among%20others%29.

Imprinted

 by emepar7This FontStruction was selected by FontStruct staff.This%20FontStruction%20was%20selected%20by%20FontStruct%20staff.
  • Currently 7.13099
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%3E7.6%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EClick%20for%20more%20information%20about%20this%20rating. 16 votes
Last edit: 23.06.2009
Tags: Dot, Dots, Connected, Script
Category: Display
188 Downloads188%20Downloads1884 Comments4%20Comments4101 Glyphs101%20Glyphs101Some alternates in the caps. Mainly more space on the right to prevent some letters from crashing into punctuation like in the sample above :) Can also be used at the end of words or just to mix it up.
Based the g and y off of Basic Light ltdSome%20alternates%20in%20the%20caps.%20Mainly%20more%20space%20on%20the%20right%20to%20prevent%20some%20letters%20from%20crashing%20into%20punctuation%20like%20in%20the%20sample%20above%20%3A%29%20Can%20also%20be%20used%20at%20the%20end%20of%20words%20or%20just%20to%20mix%20it%20up.%3Cbr%3E%3Cbr%3E%0D%0ABased%20the%20g%20and%20y%20off%20of%20%3Ca%20href%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gestalten.com%2Ffonts%2Ffreefonts%2Fdetails.html%3Fid%3D18%22%20target%3D%22blank%22%3EBasic%20Light%20ltd%3C%2Fa%3E

Bodotty

 by ostrainThis FontStruction was selected by FontStruct staff.This%20FontStruction%20was%20selected%20by%20FontStruct%20staff.
  • Currently 6.19152
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%3E7.5%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EClick%20for%20more%20information%20about%20this%20rating. 2 votes
Last edit: 20.11.2009
Tags: -
Category: Serif, Display
2 Downloads2%20Downloads21 Comments1%20Comments129 Glyphs29%20Glyphs29Very loosely inspired by Bodoni. This font is not complete -- it only has capital letters and very basic punctuation.Very%20loosely%20inspired%20by%20Bodoni.%20This%20font%20is%20not%20complete%20--%20it%20only%20has%20capital%20letters%20and%20very%20basic%20punctuation.

Typonine Stencil Pro

by TyponineFontShop.com
Typonine Stencil Pro
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