Author's note

Platonick, by Nick Curtis, is a free Art Deco caps display font with tall geometry, clipped curves, and sharp vertical rhythm. The letters feel poster-bred and architectural, with narrow inline striping and hard-edged forms that echo cinema marquees, jazz-age packaging, and streamlined signage.

It fits naturally in cocktail menus, vintage branding, book covers, title cards, and event posters where a few words need that 1920s lift. As a free font, it is especially at home in short headlines, monograms, and drop caps, because the striped interiors and compressed silhouettes do their best work when the letters get room to show off.

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Basic font information

Copyright notice
(c) 1997 Nick Curtis. All Rights Reserved. Generated by Altsys Fontographer 3.52
Font family
Platonick-Normal
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
ALLTYPE:Platonick-Normal Regular:ATECH
Full font name
Platonick-Normal
Name table version
Converted from e:\nick's~1\PLN_____.TF1 by ALLTYPE
Postscript font name
Platonick-Normal

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only

Font details

Glyph count399
Units per Em1000
Embedding rightsEmbedding for preview & printing allowed
Family classSans serif
WeightBold
WidthCondensed
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs
Pattern natureRegular
PitchNot monospaced