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<![CDATA[MyFonts Search: tag:"distressed"]]> en-us Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:13:20 -0500 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:13:20 -0500 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 1440 ©2010 MyFonts, Bitstream Inc. webmaster@myfonts.com <![CDATA[Black Monday]]> family of 4 fonts from TypeTrust

Black Monday is a distressed or “grunge” version of James Puckett’s Recovery typeface. The core of the Black Monday type family is a single Opentype font containing three full character sets of varying degrees of distressing treatment. Every glyph in each of the subsets is unique to provide an organically weathered look and feel.

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]]> Sun, 27 Dec 2009 12:53:26 -0500 <![CDATA[Letterpress]]> family of 5 fonts from FaceType

Meet the Letterpress!

]]> Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:05:43 -0500 <![CDATA[Applewood™]]> family of 2 fonts from Aerotype

The OpenType versions of Applewood and Applewood Alternate have 26 ligature features that when used with OpenType-savvy applications will automatically substitute a unique pair of distressed characters when any lower case letter is keyed twice in a row.

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]]> Wed, 30 Dec 2009 05:19:03 -0500 <![CDATA[Spud AF™]]> family of 1 font from Andrew Foster

With Spud AF relive those fun-filled childhood days of potato printing - but without the mess!

]]> Wed, 30 Dec 2009 05:09:18 -0500 <![CDATA[Pacifico™]]> family of 2 fonts from Aerotype

The OpenType versions of Pacifco and Pacifco Alternate use ligature features to substitute unique glyphs when any lowercase character is keyed twice in a row, as well as for fi and fl.

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]]> Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:12:34 -0500 <![CDATA[Thunderhouse™]]> family of 1 font from Aerotype

A tasty jambalaya of three different weights, Thunderhouse owes part of its unique flavor and diversity to 26 OpenType ligature features that automatically substitute a unique pairing of characters when any lower case character is keyed twice in a row.

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]]> Wed, 30 Dec 2009 09:53:56 -0500 <![CDATA[Zapatista]]> family of 1 font from MADType

Zapatista is derived from a typeface that I designed in 1998 but never released. It is a playful slab serif with a texture that is sometimes subtle and reminiscent of the irregularities of letterpress printing.

]]> Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:15:53 -0500 <![CDATA[Prison AOE™]]> family of 9 fonts from Astigmatic

An antique letterpress typeface digitally recreated with various grunge variations for a versatile font family.

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]]> Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:30:59 -0500 <![CDATA[Boycott™]]> family of 1 font from Flat-it

Crack]]> Wed, 30 Dec 2009 02:30:22 -0500 <![CDATA[Hawksmoor]]> family of 1 font from Device

Hawksmoor is a digital font that preserves the worn and inky idiosyncrasies of old woodblock type.

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]]> Sat, 19 Dec 2009 14:02:23 -0500 <![CDATA[Blackstock™]]> family of 1 font from Aerotype

]]> Wed, 30 Dec 2009 06:53:29 -0500 <![CDATA[Sluicebox™]]> family of 1 font from Aerotype

Straight from the ‘extras’ drawer at the old West print shop, the mismatched Sluicebox character set is comprised mainly of serif type specimens.

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]]> Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:43:54 -0500 <![CDATA[PiS Neo Print M319]]> family of 3 fonts from PiS

PiS Neo Print M319

The NeoPrintM319 family is based on a set of old rubber stamps, featuring Helvetica-like letters.

]]> Tue, 29 Dec 2009 18:04:09 -0500 <![CDATA[Octin Vintage]]> family of 6 fonts from Typodermic

Octin Vintage is a tough headliner in 2 styles (sans & serif) & 3 weights: regular, bold & black. Octin Vintage is perfect for police, sports, prison, construction, school or military themes. Check out the rest of the Octin families: Octin Sports, Octin College, Octin Prison, Octin Stencil & Octin Spraypaint

]]> Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:47:44 -0500 <![CDATA[Newercastle]]> family of 1 font from Chank

Newercastle is the new incarnation of a popular Chank font formerly known as “Newcastle”. A consistent fan favorite since its initial release in 2005, the distressed blackletter font is new and improved. This sinister script is now bulked up with all-new capital letters, a bit of punctuation, and smattering of new crowns, griffins and other heraldic doodads.

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]]> Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:50:48 -0500 <![CDATA[Buckboard™]]> family of 2 fonts from Aerotype

The OpenType versions of Buckboard and Buckboard Alternate have 26 ligature features that automatically substitute a unique pair of distressed characters when any lower case letter is keyed twice in a row.

]]> Tue, 29 Dec 2009 18:10:03 -0500 <![CDATA[Pound]]> family of 1 font from Typodermic

Pound out meaty words with beefy strength. The OpenType format includes custom letter pairs or autoligs which, in OpenType savvy applications, are automatically substituted as you type.

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]]> Wed, 23 Dec 2009 23:37:48 -0500 <![CDATA[Earthwerk]]> family of 1 font from PizzaDude.dk

Earthwerk is a squarish font with elements of grunge. Comes with unique accented letters, alternate upper- and lowercase, smart ligatures and alternate letters.

]]> Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:44:10 -0500 <![CDATA[PiS LIETZ Lindham]]> family of 1 font from PiS

PiS LIETZ Lindham

LIETZ Lindham is based on letters taken from an old type specimen folder from 1936 featuring handdrawn sans-serif ABC’s. It’s kinda bauhausy and straight but also shows the wonderful lively unevenness of hand-drawn letters.

]]> Tue, 29 Dec 2009 20:04:12 -0500 <![CDATA[Adhesive Nr. Seven™]]> family of 1 font from phospho

This sticky blackletter font owes its street credibility to the texture of torn adhesive tape. Designed to support rehabilitation of the historically tainted Fraktur, its pragmatically shaped majuscules guarantee legibility to a 21st-century readership. they even forgive all-caps usage - a thing you better not try with most blackletter types around.

]]> Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:25:27 -0500 <![CDATA[Shelton]]> family of 1 font from T-26

]]> Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:43:11 -0500 <![CDATA[Archive Gothic Ornate]]> family of 1 font from Archive Type

Archive Gothic Ornate

]]> Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:13:20 -0500 <![CDATA[Refuse Pro]]> family of 1 font from The Type Fetish

Refuse has an extended Latin, extended Cyrillic and Greek alphabet so it will work with most languages in Europe and the Americas.

]]> Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:10:09 -0500 <![CDATA[Boilerplate™]]> family of 4 fonts from Aerotype

]]> Fri, 25 Dec 2009 18:51:22 -0500 <![CDATA[Wickenburg™]]> family of 1 font from VersusTwin

Wickenburg is a rough and tumble grunge slab typeface that has taken a lickin' but keeps on coming back for more.

]]> Sun, 27 Dec 2009 12:52:17 -0500 <![CDATA[Punctured Bicycle]]> family of 1 font from PizzaDude.dk

Punctured Bicycle is a true grunge font.

]]> Tue, 29 Dec 2009 11:42:42 -0500 <![CDATA[Walken]]> family of 3 fonts from Typodermic

Walken is a sure-footed slab serif font family.

]]> Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:43:47 -0500 <![CDATA[Knucklehead™]]> family of 1 font from Big Typephoon

Once I ate a knuckle sandwich after saying some things about some guy’s pregnant girlfriend. It turns out she wasn't pregnant at all. I felt like a real knucklehead. So I made this font.

]]> Sat, 19 Dec 2009 12:01:50 -0500 <![CDATA[Hondo Grunge™]]> family of 3 fonts from Fontasmic

The Hondo Grunge fonts are a collection of ultrabold eroded slab serif typefaces with a dynamic look and extended functionality. Accented with decorative and functional inktraps and complete with Slant and Backslant styles, this heavyweight has a high performance hardcore edge to it. Ideal for titling, poster work, logos, and small bits of copy.

]]> Wed, 23 Dec 2009 23:24:19 -0500 <![CDATA[Usurp]]> family of 1 font from Typodermic

Usurp is a cut-rubber freak-out with . . . with . . . what were we talking about? Okay, yeah! It’s got letters, man. Lots of freaky letters that are all like whoa and rainbows trails shooting out and what have you. The OpenType format features autoligs which automatically swap common letter pairs with variations to create a more realistic, less repetitive effect. Usurp is based on Garamond letterforms if you think about it.

]]> Sat, 26 Dec 2009 21:03:59 -0500 <![CDATA[Stoan]]> family of 1 font from Scholtz Fonts

Stoan is a rough, textured grunge font, based on the popular Spaza.

]]> Tue, 29 Dec 2009 18:17:07 -0500 <![CDATA[How To Consume Oxygen™]]> family of 1 font from VicFieger

How To Consume Oxygen was created with the plan of emulating words written on a fluted-steel ‘warehouse’-type door in advanced state of rusting.

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]]> Fri, 25 Dec 2009 09:47:55 -0500 <![CDATA[Discharge Pro]]> family of 1 font from The Type Fetish

Discharge is a bold, heavy destressed and destroyed sans serif typeface. It was started along side Universally Corrupt and Insurgent, but it took a couple extra years to finish.

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]]> Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:18:35 -0500 <![CDATA[Wormwood Gothic]]> family of 1 font from Device

Retaining all the imperfections and irregularities of wood type, Wormwood Gothic is a gothic sans with all the naive and uneven character shapes typical of the period.

]]> Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:43:47 -0500 <![CDATA[Woodchip™]]> family of 4 fonts from Fontasmic

The Woodchip fonts are a collection of fun and edgy, worn and pitted, rough and crunchy typefaces.

]]> Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:43:47 -0500 <![CDATA[Deck]]> family of 1 font from Turtle Arts

a deck-of-cards alphabet]]> Fri, 25 Dec 2009 14:30:59 -0500 <![CDATA[Junkwerk]]> family of 1 font from PizzaDude.dk

Junkwerk is my heavy metal grunge font!

]]> Wed, 23 Dec 2009 23:57:51 -0500 <![CDATA[Force Brute&Ignorance]]> family of 1 font from Intellecta Design

]]> Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:43:47 -0500 <![CDATA[Clarity Lost AOE]]> font style from Clarity AOE by Astigmatic

]]> Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:43:47 -0500 <![CDATA[CCElephantmen Aged Italic]]> font style from Elephantmen by Comicraft

]]> Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:43:47 -0500 <![CDATA[CCElephantmen Aged]]> font style from Elephantmen by Comicraft

]]> Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:43:47 -0500 <![CDATA[Acid Haus Filthy]]> font style from Acid Haus by Schizotype

]]> Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:43:47 -0500 <![CDATA[JLS OverKill Grunge]]> font style from JLS OverKill by Fontry West

]]> Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:43:47 -0500 <![CDATA[XXII BLACK-BLOCK Eroded]]> font style from XXII BLACK-BLOCK by Doubletwo Studios

]]> Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:56:50 -0500 <![CDATA[XXII BLACK BLOCK SERIFA Eroded]]> font style from XXII BLACK-BLOCK-SERIFA by Doubletwo Studios

]]> Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:56:50 -0500 <![CDATA[Gold Rush Trail]]> font style from Gold Rush by FontMesa

]]> Thu, 24 Dec 2009 01:04:39 -0500 <![CDATA[Black No.7 - Vintage]]> font style from Black No.7 by Typocalypse

]]> Tue, 29 Dec 2009 00:09:09 -0500 <![CDATA[Etch A Sketch]]> family of 1 font from JOEBOB graphics

I finally managed to create a font from the characters I wrote on my Etch A Sketch board.

]]> Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:43:47 -0500 <![CDATA[XXII BLACK-BLOCK-SERIFA™]]> family of 2 fonts from Doubletwo Studios

XXII BLACK-BLOCK-SERIFA™

]]> Mon, 28 Dec 2009 14:46:06 -0500 <![CDATA[LOLO Cursive™]]> family of 1 font from Okaycat

LOLO Cursive is sweet & funky lettering written with distinct character. Create a memorable look with this flowering, freehand script.

]]> Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:36:33 -0500 <![CDATA[Killer Ants Regular]]> font style from Killer Ants by Cool Fonts

]]> Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:43:47 -0500 <![CDATA[Drug]]> family of 1 font from Fatchair

Drug is based on the distressed type found on a till receipt.

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]]> Wed, 23 Dec 2009 06:40:58 -0500 <![CDATA[Shelton]]> font style from Shelton by T-26

]]> Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:43:11 -0500 <![CDATA[Rustic Stamp]]> family of 1 font from Okaycat

Rustic Stamp presents gritty lettering produced by unknown and ancient mechanical means. Perhaps it was even meticulously hand-crafted. The effect is a near-magical quality laid over Rustic Stamp’s jittery baseline, giving this font a unique character intensity.

]]> Tue, 29 Dec 2009 08:44:53 -0500 <![CDATA[Santa]]> family of 3 fonts from Typo5

Born as a revival of an Egyptian typeface, this hand-drawn typeface is is perfect for headers and even as a body text.

]]> Wed, 30 Dec 2009 05:30:06 -0500 <![CDATA[onetrickTony]]> family of 1 font from JOEBOB graphics

onetrickTony

This handwritten font is the result of trying to write in a different way to what I'm used to: sometimes taking a left turn when going straight was the more obvious way. Or the other way around.

]]> Tue, 22 Dec 2009 01:34:28 -0500 <![CDATA[Dalek]]> family of 1 font from K-Type

Dalek is a full font based on the lettering used in the Dalek Book of 1964 and in the Daleks strip in TV21 comic, spin-offs from the UK science fiction TV show, Doctor Who.

]]> Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:43:47 -0500 <![CDATA[Esso]]> family of 4 fonts from Typo5

Inspired by Gas Stations and Surf , Esso is a unique SansSerif font in 4 versions.

]]> Tue, 29 Dec 2009 08:52:32 -0500 <![CDATA[Okay Cotton™]]> family of 1 font from Okaycat

Okay Cotton is soft & gentle -- specially made for situations where a pointy hard-edged font just isn't up to the job.

]]> Wed, 23 Dec 2009 23:07:19 -0500 <![CDATA[Geometrix™]]> family of 2 fonts from d[esign]

A very geometrical font; Geometrix.

]]> Sun, 27 Dec 2009 03:49:23 -0500 <![CDATA[Sans Culottes]]> family of 1 font from K-Type

A misprinted sans serif loosely based on Phillip Cavette’s 1999 font 4990810, but with re-drawn outlines, more distress marks, a neater vertical aspect and no baseline irregularity.

]]> Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:54:01 -0500 <![CDATA[Nouveau Rock]]> family of 1 font from Okaycat

Nouveau Rock creates a blend of old & new combined.

]]> Fri, 18 Dec 2009 02:11:18 -0500 <![CDATA[Gold Spur™]]> family of 4 fonts from FontMesa

Gold Spur is a spurred version of the FontMesa Gold Rush set of fonts.

]]> Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:13:20 -0500 <![CDATA[Blue Plaque]]> family of 1 font from K-Type

Blue Plaque is a distressed font that simulates the low relief, white-painted lettering on English Heritage plaques attached to buildings where famous people have lived.

]]> Tue, 29 Dec 2009 19:58:25 -0500 <![CDATA[1589 Humane Bordeaux]]> family of 2 fonts from GLC

1589 Humane Bordeaux

This family was created inspired from the Garamond patern set of fonts used by S. Millanges “imprimeur ordinaire du Roy”, in Bordeaux, circa 1580-1590. Especially for reprint L'instruction des curés (Instructions to parish priests), from Jean Gerson.

]]> Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:43:47 -0500 <![CDATA[Acid Haus™]]> family of 2 fonts from Schizotype

Acid Haus is a fat, geometric face inspired in equal measure by 1920s Bauhaus geometric design and 1980s rave culture.

]]> Tue, 22 Dec 2009 04:58:12 -0500 <![CDATA[Long Underwear]]> family of 3 fonts from Comicraft

Boy, they're everywhere. One of your neighbors is probably one of them, Freaking super-heroes (TM, ©, ®, SM blah blah blah) are more ubiquitous in cities these days than Simon Cowell is on talent shows.

]]> Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:43:47 -0500 <![CDATA[Catwing]]> family of 2 fonts from Typodermic

Although Catwing has a typewritten feel, it’s actually proportionally spaced.

]]> Mon, 28 Dec 2009 13:20:08 -0500 <![CDATA[Gold Rush™]]> family of 4 fonts from FontMesa

This old classic font has an interesting history, it was originally cut with lowercase by the Bruce Type Foundry in 1865 and listed as Ornamented No. 1514. Around 1903 the Bruce foundry was bought by ATF, in 1933 this font was revived by ATF as Caps only and was given the Gold Rush name but was sometimes called Klondike.

]]> Thu, 24 Dec 2009 01:04:39 -0500 <![CDATA[1534 Fraktur]]> family of 1 font from GLC

This family was inspired by the early Fraktur style font used circa 1530 by Jacob Otther, printer in Strasbourg (Alsace-France) for German language printed books.

]]> Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:43:47 -0500 <![CDATA[Carbon Neutral™]]> family of 1 font from Okaycat

Carbon Neutral™

Carbon Neutral has a distinctly human style - lettering done cleanly with care -- not mass-produced nor mechanical.

]]> Tue, 29 Dec 2009 18:20:41 -0500 <![CDATA[Belgian]]> family of 5 fonts from FontMesa

Belgian is a revival of an old type font from the Bruce Type Foundry of New York, Belgian was first designed as a caps-only font in the 1860s with the lowercase added in 1867.

]]> Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:43:47 -0500 <![CDATA[CA BND Trash]]> family of 1 font from Cape-Arcona

Based upon CA BND (the clean version) CA BND Trash is a rough and dirty version of our favorite DIN-like font.

]]> Mon, 28 Dec 2009 20:47:46 -0500 <![CDATA[Antique Dubplate™]]> family of 1 font from Okaycat

Antique Dubplate™

A gritty, deeply textured font where each letter was sketched by hand!

]]> Tue, 29 Dec 2009 18:04:21 -0500 <![CDATA[REM Tourfont™]]> family of 1 font from Positype

Michael Stipe and Chris Bilheimer have been creating all of the art and design for R.E.M. together for 15 years. Their work together has garnered 3 Grammy nominations for Best Package Design and sold more than 15 million copies world-wide. Both attended the fine arts program at the University of Georgia. Michael Stipe, singer and lyricist, formed R.E.M. in 1980. Bilheimer began working with the band in 1994. While continuing to sing with R.E.M., Stipe is also an avid photographer and film producer. Bilheimer continues to work in the music industry, art directing bands such as Green Day and Weezer.

]]> Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:44:10 -0500 <![CDATA[Treasure Trove]]> family of 6 fonts from Comicraft

‘X’ marks the spot -- and the height of the lower case letters -- in this cartographic calligraphy mapped out for you by lettering landlubber Jolly ‘JG’ Roshell and his trusty crowquill.

]]> Tue, 29 Dec 2009 20:09:59 -0500 <![CDATA[This Corrosion]]> family of 1 font from K-Type

Distressed stencil font that looks wildly windswept, eaten away, or coarsely misprinted on fabric.

]]> Tue, 22 Dec 2009 02:16:53 -0500 <![CDATA[Plasterboard]]> family of 1 font from K-Type

Based on the blobby lettering printed on the sheets of plasterboard (drywall) used in a garage conversion during the summer of 2004.

]]> Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:43:47 -0500 <![CDATA[Future Imperfect]]> family of 1 font from K-Type

Future Imperfect

In the 1970s I was anxious and distressed about the future. I was right.

]]> Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:43:47 -0500 <![CDATA[Concrete Stencilled]]> font style from Concrete Stencil by Flat-it

]]> Fri, 25 Dec 2009 20:23:52 -0500 <![CDATA[Grindel Grove]]> font style from GrindelGrove by Laura Worthington

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