Alycidon-Condensed.otf
Alycidon-Condensed Font
Author's note
Alycidon Condensed by Niall Kitching is a free retro display font with towering, tightly drawn capitals and emphatic slab serifs. Strong shifts between broad verticals and hairline strokes give the lettering the drama of old theater bills and wood-type posters. Its silhouette is unusually narrow and severe.
Victorian entertainment and vintage fairground themes make a convincing setting for event posters, music packaging, and pub signage, where the steep proportions suggest lettering made to command limited horizontal space. Editorial covers and heritage branding can also use its stark, elongated forms to evoke the showbill and advertising typography of the late nineteenth century.
Victorian entertainment and vintage fairground themes make a convincing setting for event posters, music packaging, and pub signage, where the steep proportions suggest lettering made to command limited horizontal space. Editorial covers and heritage branding can also use its stark, elongated forms to evoke the showbill and advertising typography of the late nineteenth century.
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Basic font information
Copyright notice
Copyright (c) 2011 by Niall Kitching. All rights reserved.
Font family
Alycidon Cond
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
1.000;pyrs;Alycidon-Condensed
Full font name
Alycidon-Condensed
Name table version
Version 1.000;PS 001.001;hotconv 1.0.56
Postscript font name
Alycidon-Condensed
Trademark notice
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Description
Copyright (c) 2011 by Niall Kitching. All rights reserved
Extended font information
Platforms supported
PlatformEncoding
UnicodeUnicode 2.0 and onwards semantics, Unicode BMP only.
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only
Font details
Created2011-10-21
Revision1
Glyph count68
Units per Em1000
Embedding rightsEmbedding for permanent installation
Family classSlab serifs
WeightSemi-light
WidthUltra-condensed
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs + contains neutrals
Pattern natureRegular
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