Author's note

Prospero Bold NBP by Nate Halley is a free heavy pixel font with tall squared letters and abrupt cut-ins that give its broad silhouettes a machine-cut edge. The forms are stark and tightly packed.

Arcade title screens and electronic music posters suit its hard digital profile, but the same dense lettering can also turn tech packaging into something closer to an equipment label. On sports merchandise, the blunt weight reads like scoreboard lettering, linking a contemporary graphic treatment to early computer games and industrial control panels rather than a generic arcade look borrowed from yesterday.

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Prospero Bold NBP by Nate Halley is a free condensed pixel font with tall proportions, squared forms, and sharp cut-ins.

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Basic font information

Copyright notice
Copyright Nate Halley 2012
Font family
Prospero Bold NBP
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
FontStruct Prospero Bold NBP
Full font name
Prospero Bold NBP Regular
Name table version
Version 1.0
Postscript font name
Prospero-Bold-NBP
Trademark notice
FontStruct is a trademark of FSI FontShop International GmbH
Manufacturer name
http://fontstruct.com
Designer
Nate Halley
Description
Prospero Bold NBP was built with FontStruct

Extended font information

Platforms supported

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

Font details

Created2012-11-21
Revision1
Glyph count211
Units per Em1024
Embedding rightsEmbedding for preview & printing allowed
Family classNo classification
WeightBold
WidthMedium (normal)
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs + contains neutrals
Pattern natureRegular
Complete pack contains 2 font weights listed below:
prospero_bold_nbp.ttf
prospero_nbp.ttf