Author's note

Alpha Ruler, designed by Albert-Jan Pool of QDutch Design, is a free eroded display font with lanky, roughly drawn lettering, pinched joins, and abrupt changes of direction. Its thin strokes buckle, overlap, and occasionally split into doubled lines.

The scratchy outlines echo the restless linework of underground-comic illustration, a useful connection for gig posters and album artwork. It can also turn streetwear packaging or skate merchandise into something that resembles a quick marker tag rather than conventional branding. Across these uses, the same wiry distortion links lettering to drawing and gives youth-culture graphics an intentionally raw edge.

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Basic font information

Copyright notice
QDutch Design: Albert-Jan Pool, 1995. Published by FontShop International FontFont release 15
Font family
AlphaRuler
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
FONTLAB:OTFEXPORT
Full font name
AlphaRuler
Name table version
001.000
Postscript font name
AlphaRuler
Manufacturer name
ch Design: Albert-Jan Pool, . Published by FontShop International FontFont release

Extended font information

Platforms supported

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

Font details

Created2009-02-15
Revision1
Glyph count204
Units per Em1000
Embedding rightsEmbedding for preview & printing allowed
Family classNo classification
WeightSemi-light
WidthMedium (normal)
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs + contains neutrals
Pattern natureOutlined
Complete pack contains 2 font weights listed below:
AlphaRuler.otf
AlphaRuler-bold.otf