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David JONES
@drj@typo.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

There are surprisingly few fonts based on, or used by, actual typewriters. In the interests of finding out the right answers by posting wrong ones:

Prestige Elite, Typewriter Elite (balls and fillets), Courier (no balls, slab serifs), LTC Remington Typewriter (wavy seven).

A2 Typewriter, 1403 Vintage Mono, and Orator feature in the next post.

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(samples from identifont)

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#TypewriterFont #font#Typewriter#Monospace

A sample of LTC Remington Typewriter. It is similar to Typewriter Elite, with balls and fillets; there is a little more "spring" in the /h /m /n /r (the arch has a lower junction on the left, and the top of the arch is further to the right). The /two has a wavy bottm, the /three has a flat top, the /four is close, the seven has a top-left hook (or beak) and has a wavy top and an ogee diagonal.
A sample of LTC Remington Typewriter. It is similar to Typewriter Elite, with balls and fillets; there is a little more "spring" in the /h /m /n /r (the arch has a lower junction on the left, and the top of the arch is further to the right). The /two has a wavy bottm, the /three has a flat top, the /four is close, the seven has a top-left hook (or beak) and has a wavy top and an ogee diagonal.
A sample of LTC Remington Typewriter. It is similar to Typewriter Elite, with balls and fillets; there is a little more "spring" in the /h /m /n /r (the arch has a lower junction on the left, and the top of the arch is further to the right). The /two has a wavy bottm, the /three has a flat top, the /four is close, the seven has a top-left hook (or beak) and has a wavy top and an ogee diagonal.
A sample of Courier. Very monostroke, no ball terminals, no fillets. Serifs and entry-and-exit strokes are largely rectilinear slabs. The /Q has a distinctive wavy tail. The /g is single story (schoolbook). The /two is flat-bottomed, the /three is rounded top and bottom, the /four is closed, the /seven has a hook at top-left and a straight diaonal.
A sample of Courier. Very monostroke, no ball terminals, no fillets. Serifs and entry-and-exit strokes are largely rectilinear slabs. The /Q has a distinctive wavy tail. The /g is single story (schoolbook). The /two is flat-bottomed, the /three is rounded top and bottom, the /four is closed, the /seven has a hook at top-left and a straight diaonal.
A sample of Courier. Very monostroke, no ball terminals, no fillets. Serifs and entry-and-exit strokes are largely rectilinear slabs. The /Q has a distinctive wavy tail. The /g is single story (schoolbook). The /two is flat-bottomed, the /three is rounded top and bottom, the /four is closed, the /seven has a hook at top-left and a straight diaonal.
A sample of Typewriter Elite. Like many of these fonts, it is largely monostroke. This sample has significant ball terminals /a /c /f /j /r and many fillets /E /F /T /t. The /two has a wavy bottom, the /three is flat-topped, the /four is closed, the /seven has a top-left hook and a curving diagonal.
A sample of Typewriter Elite. Like many of these fonts, it is largely monostroke. This sample has significant ball terminals /a /c /f /j /r and many fillets /E /F /T /t. The /two has a wavy bottom, the /three is flat-topped, the /four is closed, the /seven has a top-left hook and a curving diagonal.
A sample of Typewriter Elite. Like many of these fonts, it is largely monostroke. This sample has significant ball terminals /a /c /f /j /r and many fillets /E /F /T /t. The /two has a wavy bottom, the /three is flat-topped, the /four is closed, the /seven has a top-left hook and a curving diagonal.
sample of Prestige Elite. Quite a clean monostroke design with curved entry and exit strokes on many letters (the /b /d /h /k /l /m /m /p). Compare to other sample, there are no ball terminals, and no fillets except perhaps small ones in the beak of /C /S /T. The /two is straight bottomed, the /three is round at top and bottom, the /four is open, and the /seven is straight with no hook.
sample of Prestige Elite. Quite a clean monostroke design with curved entry and exit strokes on many letters (the /b /d /h /k /l /m /m /p). Compare to other sample, there are no ball terminals, and no fillets except perhaps small ones in the beak of /C /S /T. The /two is straight bottomed, the /three is round at top and bottom, the /four is open, and the /seven is straight with no hook.
sample of Prestige Elite. Quite a clean monostroke design with curved entry and exit strokes on many letters (the /b /d /h /k /l /m /m /p). Compare to other sample, there are no ball terminals, and no fillets except perhaps small ones in the beak of /C /S /T. The /two is straight bottomed, the /three is round at top and bottom, the /four is open, and the /seven is straight with no hook.
David JONES
@drj@typo.social  ·  activity timestamp last month

Fans of the @FediverseSymbol and the wider fediverse should be pleased to note that my newly released Rainbow Rocket font (see up), not only supports the fediverse symbol, ⁂, but also has the colour palette Fedi based on the 5-node fedigram (which i think works better with darker backgrounds).

#FediverseSymbol#Font
David JONES
@drj@typo.social  ·  activity timestamp last month

My Rainbow Rocket colour font released today (see up) includes a "Swiftie compatible" colour palette set. Colours taken from Swift’s albums, with the taylor R package as a starting point.

Represented are: TSSNTV - Speak Now (Taylor’s Version), RedTV - Red (Taylor’s Version), TS1989TVSB - 1989 (Taylor’s Version) Sunrise Boulevard vinyl pressing, and TSLover - Lover.

Swifties, follow and DM for a 100% discount coupon for the TS zip (4 fonts).

#Font#CubicType#Swiftie#RainbowRocket #ad

FEVER DREAM reversed out over a stripey background made from the colour of the Lover album. It's a quite a bright palette of custard yellow, sky blue, with a couple of pinks and a brown. The brightness of the yellow interferes with the clarity of the text.
FEVER DREAM reversed out over a stripey background made from the colour of the Lover album. It's a quite a bright palette of custard yellow, sky blue, with a couple of pinks and a brown. The brightness of the yellow interferes with the clarity of the text.
FEVER DREAM reversed out over a stripey background made from the colour of the Lover album. It's a quite a bright palette of custard yellow, sky blue, with a couple of pinks and a brown. The brightness of the yellow interferes with the clarity of the text.
TANGERINE NEON LIGHT reversed out over a background of stripes that are largely beige, but with an accent of strong red and deep blue. Those colours are taken from the jump on the cover of the 1989 (Taylor's Version) Sunrise Boulevard vinyl pressing.
TANGERINE NEON LIGHT reversed out over a background of stripes that are largely beige, but with an accent of strong red and deep blue. Those colours are taken from the jump on the cover of the 1989 (Taylor's Version) Sunrise Boulevard vinyl pressing.
TANGERINE NEON LIGHT reversed out over a background of stripes that are largely beige, but with an accent of strong red and deep blue. Those colours are taken from the jump on the cover of the 1989 (Taylor's Version) Sunrise Boulevard vinyl pressing.
LINGERING QUESTION reversed out on a stripey background of the Speak Now album colours (the purple ones). It's a nearly symmetric up-and-then-down gradient of purples from lavender to almost black. Except that one stripe has been taken out, because it made the whole thing too dark.
LINGERING QUESTION reversed out on a stripey background of the Speak Now album colours (the purple ones). It's a nearly symmetric up-and-then-down gradient of purples from lavender to almost black. Except that one stripe has been taken out, because it made the whole thing too dark.
LINGERING QUESTION reversed out on a stripey background of the Speak Now album colours (the purple ones). It's a nearly symmetric up-and-then-down gradient of purples from lavender to almost black. Except that one stripe has been taken out, because it made the whole thing too dark.
David JONES
@drj@typo.social  ·  activity timestamp last month

Rainbow Rocket is here! A self-striping colour font family with 21 colour styles, some for free, some paid for. Shapes based on Arugula (an earlier font of mine that also means "rocket"); colours based on a variety of mostly found things.

Here i show examples from my Garden, gifted toys, and a font specimen i found at the Letterform Archive.

Share and Enjoy! (please boost)

https://drj11.itch.io/rainbow-rocket-font
#itchio #font#RainbowRocket#CubicType #ad

"Rainbow Rocket / A colour font / from CubicType" is display in all caps, reversed-out on a very stripey background. A variety of pinks, cyans, and oranges make the stripes on the top and bottom portion of the background, the centre band of the background consists of vertical yellow and pink stripes, similar to the stripes of a Battenberg Cake.
"Rainbow Rocket / A colour font / from CubicType" is display in all caps, reversed-out on a very stripey background. A variety of pinks, cyans, and oranges make the stripes on the top and bottom portion of the background, the centre band of the background consists of vertical yellow and pink stripes, similar to the stripes of a Battenberg Cake.
"Rainbow Rocket / A colour font / from CubicType" is display in all caps, reversed-out on a very stripey background. A variety of pinks, cyans, and oranges make the stripes on the top and bottom portion of the background, the centre band of the background consists of vertical yellow and pink stripes, similar to the stripes of a Battenberg Cake.