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PHANRG__.TTF
Phank Font
Author's note
Phank is Meir Sadan's free handwritten font, a loose ink-drawn script with a slightly offbeat, homemade rhythm. The letters feel casually sketched with rounded turns, long upright strokes, and uneven joins that give the alphabet a friendly, quirky pulse instead of a polished calligraphic finish.
It works well where you want something personal but not precious: zines, poster titles, cafe menus, album art, packaging, or short editorial callouts. As a free font, Phank suits brief headlines, nameplates, and title cards especially well because its tall strokes and wobbling curves keep even simple words feeling human.
It works well where you want something personal but not precious: zines, poster titles, cafe menus, album art, packaging, or short editorial callouts. As a free font, Phank suits brief headlines, nameplates, and title cards especially well because its tall strokes and wobbling curves keep even simple words feeling human.
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Basic font information
Copyright notice
Copyright (C) 1998 Meir Sadan <meir@sadan.com>
Font family
Phank
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
Meir Sadan Phank
Full font name
Phank
Name table version
Version 2.00
Postscript font name
Phank
Trademark notice
All Rights Reserved!
Manufacturer name
Meir Sadan
Designer
Description
I have been supressing this font for I don't know how much time, but I think it's finally time to set it free. I had just learned all the rules and stuff of serious typography and I wanted to give my serifitated capabilities a go, so I practiced on this font, and it came out pretty pretty, don't you think?
It's named after an old online pal of mine, Phank's her nickname - she's real good to people and I like her attitude so I thought I'd call this one after her.
I believe people actually call this a "girlie" font, don't they? All those curly-wurly-ends of strokes and deco-ish style kind of make it, in some way, feminine.
It's named after an old online pal of mine, Phank's her nickname - she's real good to people and I like her attitude so I thought I'd call this one after her.
I believe people actually call this a "girlie" font, don't they? All those curly-wurly-ends of strokes and deco-ish style kind of make it, in some way, feminine.
Extended font information
Platforms supported
PlatformEncoding
UnicodeUnicode 1.0 semantics
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only
Font details
Created2004-03-09
Revision2
Glyph count244
Units per Em1000
Embedding rightsEmbedding for preview & printing allowed
Family classScripts
WeightSemi-light
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
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