Author's note

Key by Simon Daykin of Byte-sized Computing is a free keyboard-key display font built around upright capital letters enclosed in outlined three-dimensional keycaps. The sturdy housings have clipped upper corners, straight sides, and broad beveled bases that resemble individual keys viewed slightly from above. Inside them, plain sans serif forms keep the mechanical framing in charge of the design.

Digital graphics are the most immediate home for it. The object-like letters suit interface illustrations, technology posters, game menus, computing-themed merchandise, and classroom materials, where the repeated keycap motif can turn names, commands, or labels into a bank of recognizable controls.

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Character map

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Basic font information

Copyright notice
©1996 Simon Daykin (Byte-sized Computing)
Font family
Key Normal © SD
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
Key Normal © SD 1994
Full font name
Key Normal © SD
Name table version
2.11
Postscript font name
Key Normal © SD 1994
Trademark notice
©1996 Simon Daykin (Byte-sized Computing)

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftSymbol

Font details

Glyph count73
Units per Em512
Embedding rightsEmbedding restricted (not allowed!)
Family classNo classification
WeightMedium (normal)
WidthMedium (normal)
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs
Pattern natureRegular
PitchNot monospaced