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“Font Theo Fine” by TLD

Sat, 06 Jun 2009 01:56:37 +0000

Whilst working on various projects for Fine Print I noticed the letter 'c' forming in the negative space of the reversed 'F', spawning a condensed version of

“Bonset” by SquarePeg

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 04:57:31 +0000

I.K. Bonset was the pseudonym that Theo van Doesburg used to publish Dada poetry in his magazine De Stijl. This FontStruction is loosely based on van Doesburg's alphabet of 1919. I have not followed his strict grid of 25 x 25 (unlike Freda Sack and David Quay's revival, Architype Van Doesburg, or P22's De Stijl Regular) -- in other words, some of my caps and numerals deviate from van Doesburg's original design. Also, I've added a lower case and diacritics (which I am currently updating).

“Font Theo” by TLD

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 12:59:27 +0000

This typeface was inspired by the work of two great Bauhaus movers, Theo van Doesburg (1883–1938) and Theo Ballmer (1902–1965) both of whom created an alphabet based on a basic 5x5 grid system. This is the 9x5 version for those of us who don't get to work that early. Here's a sample in action. If you do decide to use Font Theo, we'd be chuffed if you emailed us images of it in use, thanks.