Author's note

Pseudo APL is a free monospaced serif font from Paradox, with a quirky early-digital tone that feels halfway between terminal lettering and a bookish typewriter alphabet. The letters pair sturdy serifed forms with soft, rounded joins and blunt curves, so the texture feels orderly but not severe.

That makes it a natural choice for coding zines, retro interface graphics, experimental posters, album track lists, and title cards that want a machine-made rhythm without going fully mechanical. As a free font, it also suits short editorial headers, monograms, and pull quotes, where the even spacing gives the words a deliberate, slightly puzzle-like cadence.

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Basic font information

Copyright notice
Typeface © Paradox 2005. All Rights Reserved
Font family
Pseudo APL
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
Version 1.00
Full font name
Pseudo APL
Name table version
Version 1.00 April 11, 2005, initial release
Description
This font was created using Font Creator 5.0 from High-Logic.com

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only

Font details

Created2005-04-11
Revision1
Glyph count653
Units per Em2048
Embedding rightsEmbedding for editing allowed
Family classSlab serifs
WeightSemi-light
WidthMedium (normal)
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs
Pattern natureRegular
PitchNot monospaced