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betad.ttf
Beta Dance Font
Author's note
Beta Dance font by UnAuthorized Type is a free distorted display font with letters that twist, dip, and flare like ink splashed onto the page mid-motion. Each curve feels slightly off-kilter yet intentional, giving the typeface a restless, jittery rhythm that grabs attention instantly. The chunky strokes and swooping shapes create a hand-drawn, underground-club energy that stands out even in a crowded layout.
Using Beta Dance, you can push titles for gig posters, horror or Halloween graphics, club flyers, zines, game splash screens, and edgy YouTube thumbnails. This free font works best big and bold, where its warped outlines can breathe and show off their character; support it with a clean sans-serif for body copy to keep everything readable and balanced.
Using Beta Dance, you can push titles for gig posters, horror or Halloween graphics, club flyers, zines, game splash screens, and edgy YouTube thumbnails. This free font works best big and bold, where its warped outlines can breathe and show off their character; support it with a clean sans-serif for body copy to keep everything readable and balanced.
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Basic font information
Copyright notice
Freeware from: UnAuthorized Type
Font family
Beta Dance
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
Macromedia Fontographer 4.1 Beta Dance
Full font name
Beta Dance
Name table version
1.0 10/2/97
Postscript font name
BetaDance
Trademark notice
http://www.latech.edu/~bmcgehee/untype/index.htm
Manufacturer name
UnAuthorized Type
Designer
Description
This version includes upper and lowercase letters, punctuation, and many international characters. I also included some UA Type dingbats (just to amuse myself, and so you don't get those annoying boxes when you type something that isn't in the font).
Alpha Dance is pretty cool. But as I was playing with it, I realized that the straight lines didn't look as good as I thought they would. So I thought, "Hey, make it a little more rounded." So I did. I am now realizing that the Alpha was in reference to the stage of creation of the font. As you can see, this one is in Beta. Maybe I'll bring it out of Beta one day. Or not.
Alpha Dance is pretty cool. But as I was playing with it, I realized that the straight lines didn't look as good as I thought they would. So I thought, "Hey, make it a little more rounded." So I did. I am now realizing that the Alpha was in reference to the stage of creation of the font. As you can see, this one is in Beta. Maybe I'll bring it out of Beta one day. Or not.
Extended font information
Platforms supported
PlatformEncoding
UnicodeUnicode 1.0 semantics
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only
Font details
Created1997-10-02
Revision1
Glyph count163
Units per Em1000
Embedding rightsEmbedding restricted (not allowed!)
Family classFreeform serifs
WeightSemi-light
WidthMedium (normal)
Width typeNormal
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs + contains neutrals
Pattern natureRegular
StyleUpright
Stroke weightBook, text, regular, etc.
PitchNot monospaced
Symbol setWindows 3.1 ANSI
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