Author's note

GOST 2.304-81 type A by ASCON is a free technical sans serif with very narrow proportions and nearly monoline strokes. Its tall letters use broad rounded turns, softly rounded ends, and the spare geometry of carefully hand-drawn engineering notation.

Used as a drafting-style label, it can give schematics and specialist technical manuals a convincing, measured look, and it also suits industrial product branding. The repeated single-line construction makes the alphabet feel closely related to diagram marks and plotted paths, a useful motif for engineering displays and science museum signage.

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Copyright notice
Copyright (c) by ASCON, 1996. All rights reserved.
Font family
GOST type A
Font subfamily
Standard
Unique subfamily identification
byASCON: GOST 2.304-81 type A: 1996
Full font name
GOST 2.304-81 type A
Name table version
Version 1.6553; 1996
Postscript font name
GOST-2.304-81typeA
Trademark notice
GOST 2.304-81 type A is a trademark of the by ASCON.

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only

Font details

Revision1
Glyph count326
Units per Em1000
Embedding rightsEmbedding for permanent installation
Family classSans serif
WeightLight
WidthMedium (normal)
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs
Pattern natureRegular
PitchNot monospaced