DeKunst-Initialen Font

DeKunst_Initialen.otf
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Author's note

New forms foreign to letters overlap the familiar contours. Nearly similar forms and reflections lend an ornamental effect to some of the characters. Geometrical gimmicks sometimes call to mind Kurt Schwitters, and incidental amorphous forms make one think of Hans Arp.

And yet, each letter retains the essence for its legibility. Similarly, the illuminators of the Middle Ages also designed their handwritten decorative initials with imagination.

DEKUNST is truly a child of the PostScript era. Ever since scripts have no longer been designed with brushes and quills, it has become normal, due to technical conditions, to define with vectors. Typefaces are defined by the contours descriptive of the inner and outer form of the letter and their filled in sections. DEKUNST was created by distorting and overlapping these lines and surfaces.

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Basic font information

Copyright notice
Copyright (c) 2006 by ingoFont Ingo Zimmermann Augsburg. All rights reserved.
Font family
DeKunst
Font subfamily
Initialen
Unique subfamily identification
ingoFontIngoZimmermannAugsburg: DeKunst: 2006
Full font name
DeKunst-Initialen
Name table version
Version 1.001 2006
Postscript font name
DeKunst-Initialen
Trademark notice
DeKunst is a trademark of ingoFont Ingo Zimmermann Augsburg.
Manufacturer name
Designer
Description
Copyright (c) 2006 by ingoFont Ingo Zimmermann Augsburg. All rights reserved.

Extended font information

Platforms supported

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

Font details

Created2006-04-25
Revision1
Glyph count56
Units per Em1000
Embedding rightsEmbedding for permanent installation
Family classNo classification
WeightSemi-bold
WidthMedium (normal)
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs + contains neutrals
Pattern natureOutlined