Author's note

Black Square by Adrian Vega of FontStruct is a free pixel font built from stark, squared strokes. Its blocky letters use open rectangular forms and abrupt right-angle turns, giving the design the direct look of an early low-resolution screen. Every curve is translated into a firm, stepped corner.

A small independent game studio or consumer electronics label could use it for interface titles, console-inspired branding, and packaging built around a stripped-back view of digital hardware and low-resolution screens. The same crisp grid construction also suits event posters and music merchandise rooted in arcade graphics, chiptune culture, and early computer imagery.

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Basic font information

Copyright notice
Copyright adrianvega 2010
Font family
black square
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
FontStruct black square
Full font name
black square Regular
Name table version
Version 1.0
Postscript font name
black-square
Trademark notice
FontStruct is a trademark of FSI FontShop International GmbH
Manufacturer name
http://fontstruct.fontshop.com
Designer
adrianvega
Description
black square was built with FontStruct

Extended font information

Platforms supported

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

Font details

Created2010-07-16
Revision1
Glyph count102
Units per Em1024
Embedding rightsEmbedding for preview & printing allowed
Family classNo classification
WeightMedium (normal)
WidthMedium (normal)
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs + contains neutrals
Pattern natureRegular