Author's note

New Land Contour, a free retro display font by Jonathan Smith, turns simple block lettering into a layered sign-painting style with a dark core, a narrow inner outline, and a second outer edge. That repeated contour treatment gives the alphabet a poster-like silhouette and a slightly hand-cut feel rather than a plain geometric display look.

The font makes sense on diner menus, throwback packaging, event posters, arcade-themed graphics, and storefront headers where that double-edged shape can frame short words cleanly. Because the outlines do so much of the visual work, New Land Contour also lends itself to badges and logos that need a vintage signboard flavor without relying on distressing.

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New Land Contour font character map

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New Land Contour font character map: Basic Latin, page 1

Glyphs in the New Land Contour font — Basic Latin, page 1

Basic font information

Copyright notice
Copyright(c) 1993 Jonathan Smith.**Licensed to Rhode Island Soft Systems, Inc. (401) 767-3106
Font family
New Land Contour
Font subfamily
Normal
Unique subfamily identification
Alts:New Land Contour
Full font name
New Land Contour
Name table version
1.0 Sat Jan 01 21:23:04 1994
Postscript font name
New-LandContour

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
UnicodeUnicode 1.0 semantics
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only

Font details

Revision1
Glyph count109
Units per Em2048
Embedding rightsLicensed font (protected)
Family classNo classification
WeightBold
WidthMedium (normal)
Width typeNormal
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs + contains neutrals
Pattern natureRegular
StyleUpright
Stroke weightBook, text, regular, etc.
PitchNot monospaced
Symbol setWindows 3.1 ANSI