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Pleasant Despair.ttf
Pleasant Despair Font
Author's note
Pleasant Despair by Lorenzo Simo is a free retro serif display font with swollen curves and broad, flared feet. The letters have irregular outlines, pinched joins, and a soft weight that recalls hand-drawn poster lettering. Their tall proportions and exaggerated serifs create a slightly strange, theatrical silhouette.
The rounded forms echo melting shapes and cartoon scenery, making the font a lively companion for surreal illustration. It suits music posters, alternative fashion branding, and entertainment graphics with a darkly comic edge. On merchandise or unusual food packaging, the lettering can become part of the artwork itself, especially among dripping patterns, distorted figures, or other organic imagery.
The rounded forms echo melting shapes and cartoon scenery, making the font a lively companion for surreal illustration. It suits music posters, alternative fashion branding, and entertainment graphics with a darkly comic edge. On merchandise or unusual food packaging, the lettering can become part of the artwork itself, especially among dripping patterns, distorted figures, or other organic imagery.
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Basic font information
Copyright notice
LORENZO SIMO losiher@hotmail.com
Font family
Pleasant Despair
Unique subfamily identification
PAW-Pleasant Despair
Full font name
Pleasant Despair
Name table version
1.0 (28-06-2002) FREEWARE
Postscript font name
Pleasant Despair
Trademark notice
DATA BECKER
Manufacturer name
PAW-Software Typography
Designer
HandFont2
Description
HandFont2 created.
Extended font information
Platforms supported
PlatformEncoding
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only
Font details
Created1999-08-30
Revision1
Glyph count193
Units per Em2048
Embedding rightsEmbedding for editing allowed
Family classNo classification
WeightBold
WidthSemi-condensed
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs + contains neutrals
Pattern natureRegular
PitchNot monospaced
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