Mercury Blob Font

Mercury Blob TrueTypePersonal use
Mercblob.ttf

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Author's note

Mercury Blob font by Matt Perkins and Ben Hutchens is a free display font with rounded, bead-like forms arranged into blocky letter shapes. Its structure feels digital and futuristic, but the repeated knobby curves keep it from looking mechanical or sharp.

Mercury Blob works well for poster titles, album art, game graphics, logo marks, event flyers, and short headline treatments where the clustered shapes can carry the design. This free font also suits packaging accents and poster badges because the repeated blobs create a clear rhythm that reads as a deliberate graphic pattern rather than plain text.

Character map

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Basic font information

Copyright notice
Copyright 1997. Character design by Matt Perkins fontographing by Ben Hutchens. Design based on Dr No-B by Ian Anderson. Same knobby balls, different letter forms. Rip this and I'll rip you! hfaze@vnet.net
Font family
Mercury Blob
Font subfamily
Normal
Unique subfamily identification
Alts:Mercury Blob
Full font name
Mercury Blob
Name table version
1.0 Wed Jun 11 15:42:34 1997
Postscript font name
Mercury-Blob

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only
MacintoshRoman
UnicodeUnicode 1.0 semantics

Font details

Revision1
Glyph count59
Units per Em1000
Embedding rightsEmbedding restricted (not allowed!)
Family classNo classification
WeightBold
WidthSemi-expanded
Width typeNormal
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs + contains neutrals
Pattern natureRegular
PostureUpright
Stroke weightBook, text, regular, etc.
PitchNot monospaced
Symbol setWindows 3.1 ANSI