Author's note

PACL by Better Living Through Reverse Engineering is a free alien dingbat font built from stark, abstract symbols. Broad curves meet squared corners, narrow bars, and blade-like wedges, giving the forms a mechanical silhouette.

Science-fiction game interfaces and experimental music packaging can both use these marks as coded emblems or unfamiliar signage. Their clean geometry also suits technology posters and futuristic merchandise, especially alongside spacecraft, circuitry, or invented maps. Rather than relying on familiar extraterrestrial icons, the font suggests an unknown writing system assembled from severe geometric parts.

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Basic font information

Copyright notice
Better living through reverse engineering
Font family
PACL
Font subfamily
PACL
Unique subfamily identification
FONTLAB30:PACL
Full font name
PACL
Name table version
Better living through reverse engineering
Postscript font name
PACL
Designer
AmbientNoise ©2007

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only

Font details

Created2007-08-23
Glyph count85
Units per Em1000
Embedding rightsEmbedding for permanent installation
Family classSymbolic
WeightMedium (normal)
WidthMedium (normal)
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs + contains neutrals
Pattern natureRegular
PitchNot monospaced