BETAB.ttf
Beta Block Font
Author's note
Beta Block font by Iconian Fonts is a free techno display typeface that turns every word into a glowing circuit. Its tall, ultra-rectangular letters and hollow, outlined interiors feel like neon tubing bent into precise, geometric shapes. The rhythm of repeating vertical bars and squared-off corners creates a rigid, mechanical beat that instantly reads as sci-fi, digital, and high-energy on screen or in print.
Using Beta Block, you can push bold titles for gaming logos, sci-fi posters, esports branding, tech event visuals, YouTube thumbnails, and futuristic product packaging. This free font thrives at large sizes where its boxy outlines and narrow spacing can lock together like a grid. For supporting text, pair it with a clean, understated sans serif so Beta Block can own the spotlight in your main headlines.
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Using Beta Block, you can push bold titles for gaming logos, sci-fi posters, esports branding, tech event visuals, YouTube thumbnails, and futuristic product packaging. This free font thrives at large sizes where its boxy outlines and narrow spacing can lock together like a grid. For supporting text, pair it with a clean, understated sans serif so Beta Block can own the spotlight in your main headlines.
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Basic font information
Copyright notice
1999 Iconian Fonts - http://members.xoom.com/iconianfonts/
Font family
Beta Block
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
Beta Block
Full font name
Beta Block
Name table version
1
Postscript font name
BetaBlock
Manufacturer name
Monotype Typography
Designer
Monotype Type Drawing Office - Robin Nicholas, Patricia Saunders 1982
Description
Contemporary sans serif design, Beta Block contains more humanist characteristics than many of its predecessors and as such is more in tune with the mood of the last decades of the twentieth century. The overall treatment of curves is softer and fuller than in most industrial style sans serif faces. Terminal strokes are cut on the diagonal which helps to give the face a less mechanical appearance. Arial is an extremely versatile family of typefaces which can be used with equal success for text setting in reports, presentations, magazines etc, and for display use in newspapers, Regulars1otions.Beta B
Extended font information
Platforms supported
PlatformEncoding
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only
Font details
Created1990-08-06
Revision2
Glyph count121
Units per Em2048
Embedding rightsEmbedding for permanent installation
Family classNo classification
WeightSemi-light
WidthExtra-condensed
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs
Pattern natureNegative
PitchNot monospaced
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