Author's note

Acuate, designed by Carlos Perez, is a free angular display font with a stark, hand-cut look. Its letters use uneven tapered strokes, sharp bends, and narrow openings that resemble marks scratched or carved with crude tools.

Horror, dark fantasy, and underground music provide the clearest setting for these restless forms. They suit film posters, album artwork, game graphics, and merchandise, especially when lettering echoes claws, splinters, or ritual marks. In publishing, it could shape a memorable cover line for supernatural fiction or an experimental magazine.

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Acuate font character map

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Acuate font character map: Basic Latin, page 1

Glyphs in the Acuate font — Basic Latin, page 1

Basic font information

Copyright notice
Typeface © (Carlos Perez). 2008. All Rights Reserved
Font family
Acuate
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
Acuate:Version 1.00
Full font name
Acuate
Name table version
Version 1.00 July 28, 2008, initial release
Postscript font name
Acuate
Description
This font was created using FontCreator 5.6 from High-Logic.com

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
UnicodeUnicode 2.0 and onwards semantics, Unicode BMP only.
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only

Font details

Created2008-07-28
Revision1
Glyph count236
Units per Em2048
Embedding rightsEmbedding for editing allowed
Family classNo classification
WeightMedium (normal)
WidthSemi-condensed
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs
Pattern natureRegular
PitchNot monospaced