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Letterpress

 by lldaddyThis FontStruction was selected by FontStruct staff.This%20FontStruction%20was%20selected%20by%20FontStruct%20staff.
  • Currently 8.57688
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%3E9.4%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EClick%20for%20more%20information%20about%20this%20rating. 16 votes
Last edit: 01.10.2009
Tags: Display, 3d, Cube, Shadow, San Serif, Extend, Bold, Monospace, Perspective, Block, Printing
Category: Display, Sans Serif
22 Downloads22%20Downloads227 Comments7%20Comments755 Glyphs55%20Glyphs55It's fun to work with negative spaces for a change.
The 'i' is as wide as 'm' & 'w'.It%27s%20fun%20to%20work%20with%20negative%20spaces%20for%20a%20change.%0D%0AThe%20%27i%27%20is%20as%20wide%20as%20%27m%27%20%26%20%27w%27.

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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Concentrium

 by CMunkThis FontStruction was selected by FontStruct staff.This%20FontStruction%20was%20selected%20by%20FontStruct%20staff.
  • Currently 7.98839
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%3E8.6%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EClick%20for%20more%20information%20about%20this%20rating. 16 votes
Last edit: 24.11.2009
Tags: Concentrium, Concentric, Duplicate, Double, Spiral, Circle, Monospace, Monospaced, Swirl, Psychedelic
Category: Display, Pixel Optimized
12 Downloads12%20Downloads1213 Comments13%20Comments1363 Glyphs63%20Glyphs63

TRK_softbunker

 by redkittenThis FontStruction was selected by FontStruct staff.This%20FontStruction%20was%20selected%20by%20FontStruct%20staff.
  • Currently 7.70787
7.7Balanced%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22weighted_value%22%3E7.7%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. 20 votes
Last edit: 24.06.2009
Tags: Redkitten, Red Kitten, Soft, Bunker, Modular, Stencil, Deco, Square, Fixed Width, Monospace
Category: Display
112 Downloads112%20Downloads11210 Comments10%20Comments10173 Glyphs173%20Glyphs173

Agora 3D

 by emepar7This FontStruction was selected by FontStruct staff.This%20FontStruction%20was%20selected%20by%20FontStruct%20staff.
  • Currently 7.34717
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%3E7.8%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EClick%20for%20more%20information%20about%20this%20rating. 18 votes
Last edit: 23.06.2009
Tags: Monospace, Square, Bevel, Shadow
Category: Display
166 Downloads166%20Downloads1666 Comments6%20Comments657 Glyphs57%20Glyphs57Lowercase includes alternate capital J and LLowercase%20includes%20alternate%20capital%20J%20and%20L

ripper

 by saberriderThis FontStruction was selected by FontStruct staff.This%20FontStruction%20was%20selected%20by%20FontStruct%20staff.
  • Currently 7.14746
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%3E7.8%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EClick%20for%20more%20information%20about%20this%20rating. 13 votes
Last edit: 16.07.2009
Tags: Stencil, Monospace, Caps, Black, Bold, Broken, Ripped, Cut
Category: Display
128 Downloads128%20Downloads1288 Comments8%20Comments827 Glyphs27%20Glyphs27Please see the samples in the comments.
Using a new technique that combines 1.8 scaling and diagonals.Please%20see%20the%20samples%20in%20the%20comments.%0D%0AUsing%20a%20new%20technique%20that%20combines%201.8%20scaling%20and%20diagonals.

Alien double

 by CMunkThis FontStruction was selected by FontStruct staff.This%20FontStruction%20was%20selected%20by%20FontStruct%20staff.
  • Currently 6.9219
6.9Balanced%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22weighted_value%22%3E6.9%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. 11 votes
Last edit: 23.06.2009
Tags: Alien, Square, Monospace, Mono, Display, Digital, Rounded
Category: Display
53 Downloads53%20Downloads536 Comments6%20Comments6185 Glyphs185%20Glyphs185

fs monomum

 by thalamicThis FontStruction was selected by FontStruct staff.This%20FontStruction%20was%20selected%20by%20FontStruct%20staff.
  • Currently 6.65425
6.7Balanced%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22weighted_value%22%3E6.7%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EAverage%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22rating_value%22%3E6.9%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EClick%20for%20more%20information%20about%20this%20rating. 19 votes
Last edit: 13.05.2009
Tags: V10, Monospace, Clean, Readible
Category: Sans Serif, Display
95 Downloads95%20Downloads9517 Comments17%20Comments1767 Glyphs67%20Glyphs67There's no inspiration here other than a desire to create a stylized mono-spaced font that is legible at small sizes. It's a solution to a fabricated problem. Getting the basic characters in, it is, evidently, not mono-spaced, even though all glyphs end at the same grid square on the right. One problem is the lack of control over the width of space. Other issues come up as well, such as the period (full stop) has to be way over there to the right of this font's grid to make it the same width as the rest of the characters.Conclusion? Mono-spaced fonts are just not possible in fontstruct at this point. :( Correct me if I am wrong. Rob?There%27s%20no%20inspiration%20here%20other%20than%20a%20desire%20to%20create%20a%20stylized%20mono-spaced%20font%20that%20is%20legible%20at%20small%20sizes.%20It%27s%20a%20solution%20to%20a%20fabricated%20problem.%20Getting%20the%20basic%20characters%20in%2C%20it%20is%2C%20evidently%2C%20not%20mono-spaced%2C%20even%20though%20all%20glyphs%20end%20at%20the%20same%20grid%20square%20on%20the%20right.%20One%20problem%20is%20the%20lack%20of%20control%20over%20the%20width%20of%20space.%20Other%20issues%20come%20up%20as%20well%2C%20such%20as%20the%20period%20%28full%20stop%29%20has%20to%20be%20way%20over%20there%20to%20the%20right%20of%20this%20font%27s%20grid%20to%20make%20it%20the%20same%20width%20as%20the%20rest%20of%20the%20characters.%3Cbr%3E%3Cbr%3EConclusion%3F%20Mono-spaced%20fonts%20are%20just%20not%20possible%20in%20fontstruct%20at%20this%20point.%20%3A%28%20Correct%20me%20if%20I%20am%20wrong.%20Rob%3F

14 Leds

 by Karras
  • Currently 5.84955
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%3E6.7%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EClick%20for%20more%20information%20about%20this%20rating. 3 votes
Last edit: 05.04.2009
Tags: Led, Lcd, Computer, Monospaced, Display
Category: Display
14 Downloads14%20Downloads1437 Glyphs37%20Glyphs3714 segmentes lcd font. Some ghost points added to preserve monospace14%20segmentes%20lcd%20font.%20Some%20ghost%20points%20added%20to%20preserve%20monospace

Bee Legacy

 by Em42This FontStruction was selected by FontStruct staff.This%20FontStruction%20was%20selected%20by%20FontStruct%20staff.
  • Currently 6.30487
6.3Balanced%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22weighted_value%22%3E6.3%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EAverage%20Rating%3A%20%3Cb%20class%3D%22rating_value%22%3E6.6%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%2F%3EClick%20for%20more%20information%20about%20this%20rating. 15 votes
Last edit: 30.07.2009
Tags: Monospace, Display, Hexagon, Bee, Decorative, Dingbats, Beehive, Cell
Category: Display
129 Downloads129%20Downloads12912 Comments12%20Comments1266 Glyphs66%20Glyphs66Built inside  hexagonal shapes. Lowercase  are bee-related freemasonry-like symbols. 
Special characters are the following:
. is for a full  cell;
, is for a single-border cell;>
_ is for an double-border cell;
+ is for an empty space (FontStruct preview only);
- is for half empty space (FontStruct preview only).

See the font in use here.

Fontstructed before the latest diagonal bricks addition.Built%20inside%20%20hexagonal%20shapes.%20Lowercase%20%20are%20bee-related%20freemasonry-like%20symbols.%20%3Cbr%3E%0D%0A%3Cbr%3ESpecial%20characters%20are%20the%20following%3A%3Cbr%3E%0D%0A.%20is%20for%20a%20full%20%20cell%3B%3Cbr%3E%0D%0A%2C%20is%20for%20a%20single-border%20cell%3B%3E%3Cbr%3E%0D%0A_%20is%20for%20an%20double-border%20cell%3B%3Cbr%3E%0D%0A%2B%20is%20for%20an%20empty%20space%20%28FontStruct%20preview%20only%29%3B%3Cbr%3E%0D%0A-%20is%20for%20half%20empty%20space%20%28FontStruct%20preview%20only%29.%3Cbr%3E%0D%0A%3Cbr%3E%0D%0ASee%20the%20font%20in%20use%20%3Ca%20href%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.house42.com%2F2008%2F06%2F08%2Fbee-legacy-fontstruct-font%2F%22%3Ehere%3C%2Fa%3E.%3Cbr%3E%0D%0A%3Cbr%3E%0D%0AFontstructed%20before%20the%20latest%20diagonal%20bricks%20addition.

Effra Standard

by Dalton MaagFontShop.com
Effra Standard
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