Author's note

Antarctic by Golan Levin and Jonathan Feinberg of Alphabet Synthesis Machine is a free invented-script display font with looping forms and hooked turns. Its strokes shift from broad marks to hairline sweeps, giving the letters an unstable, diagram-like structure.

Music posters and game interfaces both suit its strange, encoded appearance. It can lend album packaging or science-fiction publishing the air of an unfamiliar writing system. Angular illustrations and orbit-like line drawings can echo its hooks and long curves.

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Antarctic font character map

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Antarctic font character map: Basic Latin, page 1

Glyphs in the Antarctic font — Basic Latin, page 1

Basic font information

Copyright notice
Generated by the Alphabet Synthesis Machine
Font family
Antarctic
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
ASM Antarctic
Full font name
Antarctic
Name table version
Alphabet Synthesis Machine by Golan Levin and Jonathan Feinberg
Postscript font name
Antarctic

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
UnicodeUnicode 1.0 semantics
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only

Font details

Created2001-04-24
Revision1
Glyph count77
Units per Em1000
Embedding rightsEmbedding for permanent installation
Family classNo classification
WeightLight
WidthMedium (normal)
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs + contains neutrals
Pattern natureRegular
PitchNot monospaced