karabine.ttf
karabinE. Font
Author's note
Karabine, Jonathan Paquette's free trash serif font, looks like a battered letterpress pulled from a noisy punk zine. The letters are broad and old-style in spirit, but every edge is scraped, frayed, and peppered with gritty texture, giving the whole font a rough printed feel rather than a neat retro revival.
That makes it a natural pick for poster headlines, album art, small-press book covers, underground event flyers, and title cards that need some abrasion without losing their serif backbone. As a free font, karabinE works best where the distressed surface can do real work - in short bursts, big names, and cover lines that want history, noise, and a little damage.
That makes it a natural pick for poster headlines, album art, small-press book covers, underground event flyers, and title cards that need some abrasion without losing their serif backbone. As a free font, karabinE works best where the distressed surface can do real work - in short bursts, big names, and cover lines that want history, noise, and a little damage.
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Basic font information
Copyright notice
karabinE. © Jonathan Paquette. 2007. All Rights Reserved
Font family
karabinE.
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
karabinE.:Version 1.00
Full font name
karabinE.
Name table version
Version 1.00 July 7, 2007, initial release
Postscript font name
karabinE.
Trademark notice
karabin. ® Trademark of Jonathan Paquette.
Designer
Jonathan Paquette
Description
This font was created using Font Creator 5.0 from High-Logic.com
Extended font information
Platforms supported
PlatformEncoding
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only
Font details
Created2007-07-07
Revision1
Glyph count653
Units per Em2048
Embedding rightsEmbedding for editing allowed
Family classScripts
WeightBold
WidthMedium (normal)
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs
Pattern natureRegular
PitchNot monospaced
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