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“WPA Gothic Deco” by Stewf

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:36:10 +0000

Caps from WPA Gothic in a low-waisted "deco" style.

“WPA Gothic” by Stewf

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:00:42 +0000

The Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) was the largest agency of FDR's "New Deal", employing millions of people. Over 2,000 posters were produced by the W.P.A. to raise awareness and support the arts. I have a lot of admiration for these posters and a style of sign painters' lettering that was common in the U.S. during the 1930s-'40s. WPA Gothic gets much of its inspiration from this poster in particular. This FontStruction stays true to the sample’s simple letterforms, but the FontStruct grid does present a few limitations. For more refined typefaces of this style check out Futura Display, Tourist Gothic, FF Moderne Gothics, Refrigerator, and MVB Solano Gothic by some of my favorite type designers, two of which (Van Bronkhorst and Parkinson) are East Bay natives. WPA Gothic has a few alternate glyphs hanging out in the Extended Latin slots with more to come. To get a look at the typeface outside the confines of the FontStruct sampler, here's a sample poster. May 25, 2008: Released a variation with low-waisted "deco" caps.

“WPA Gothic Deco Edit” by dasuser

Sun, 26 Jul 2009 02:27:38 +0000

Clone of WPA Gothic Deco. Aligned all crossbars (on letters). Couldn't figure out how to do this on 9 and 6 without making them unreadable.

“little miss muffet” by funk_king

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:50:18 +0000

inspired by the wpa poster :)

“SEE AMERICA” by Axel Leyer

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 21:51:28 +0000

Inspired in a travel poster ( WPA, 1936) designed by Jerome Roth. Only uppercase

“wpa household arts” by funk_king

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:50:53 +0000

inspired by the wpa household arts poster. the fun part is trying match the look and feel for those glyphs not appearing on the poster. alternate characters in lower case.

“wpa work promotes confidence” by funk_king

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:31:16 +0000

inspired by the wpa poster. artist unknown.

“WPA Gothic Hebrew” by JH34

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:33:08 +0000

Clone of WPA Gothic. With HEBREW Characters.

“Weekend” by alexfulton

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 09:35:36 +0000

I found this font on a flyer and tried to reproduce it... then I realized that the result is quite similar to WPA Gothic also on FontStruct.

“Alternate Gothic” by JH34

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 07:44:08 +0000

Clone of WPA Gothic.