Author's note

Nix, designed by Matias Romero in 2010, is a free decorative display font with broad rounded letters, soft rectangular joins, and a distinctly retro-futurist build. Repeated pinstripes and circular cutouts break up the dense letter silhouettes.

Science-fiction entertainment is its natural territory, especially game graphics and album covers that can echo the lettering's control-panel details and bright machine-age wit. The rounded geometry also suits arcade branding and novelty packaging, where the letters can act like custom hardware badges rather than ordinary type. Its most convincing role is a title treatment for a playful space-age production with a strong technological theme.

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Basic font information

Copyright notice
Typeface © Matias Romero. 2010. Some Rights Reserved
Font family
Nix
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
Nix:Version 1.00
Full font name
Nix
Name table version
Version 1.00 July 6, 2012, initial release
Postscript font name
Nix
Trademark notice
Nix® Trademark of Matias Romero.
Designer
Matias Romero
Description
This font was created using Font Creator 5.0 from High-Logic.com

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
UnicodeUnicode 2.0 and onwards semantics, Unicode BMP only.
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only

Font details

Created2012-07-07
Revision1
Glyph count220
Units per Em1000
Embedding rightsEmbedding for editing allowed
Family classNo classification
WeightBold
WidthExpanded
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs + contains neutrals
Pattern natureRegular
PitchNot monospaced