QUINCY__.TTF
Quincy Font
Author's note
Quincy, by Meir Sadan, is a free eroded display serif with a slightly antique, print-worn mood. The letters feel like old ink pressed from a metal form - high-contrast shapes, soft chips along the edges, and blunt little serifs that make the alphabet look weathered rather than distressed for effect.
It fits editorial mastheads, poster titles, book jackets, packaging, and film title cards where a free font with a historical slant feels more human than clean revival lettering. Because the texture is built into the strokes, Quincy works best in short headlines, initials, and monograms where that worn impression stays visible.
It fits editorial mastheads, poster titles, book jackets, packaging, and film title cards where a free font with a historical slant feels more human than clean revival lettering. Because the texture is built into the strokes, Quincy works best in short headlines, initials, and monograms where that worn impression stays visible.
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Basic font information
Copyright notice
Copyright (C) 1998-1999 Meir Sadan <meir@sadan.com>
Font family
Quincy
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
Meir Sadan Quincy
Full font name
Quincy
Name table version
Version 1.50
Postscript font name
Quincy
Manufacturer name
Meir Sadan
Designer
Meir Sadan
Description
I was drawing these letters in class. Many a
times. Sometimes I would catch a phrase or
two said in class, something like "Facism" or
"Equation", and type it down in those letters.
This is sort of a serif-type experiment, like
Phank was, but this time I paid more
attention to the actual terminals and hairlines
and strokes and widths and bowls and
crossbars and whatnot. You can judge for
yourselves if I'm doing any better...
I don't know why I called this one "Quincy". I
don't know anyone by that name, but it sort
of just welded fine with the spirit of this text -
official yet very sleazy, in handwritten kind of
way. Erm. Yeah
I was too lazy to make low-case letters.
Maybe some other time.
times. Sometimes I would catch a phrase or
two said in class, something like "Facism" or
"Equation", and type it down in those letters.
This is sort of a serif-type experiment, like
Phank was, but this time I paid more
attention to the actual terminals and hairlines
and strokes and widths and bowls and
crossbars and whatnot. You can judge for
yourselves if I'm doing any better...
I don't know why I called this one "Quincy". I
don't know anyone by that name, but it sort
of just welded fine with the spirit of this text -
official yet very sleazy, in handwritten kind of
way. Erm. Yeah
I was too lazy to make low-case letters.
Maybe some other time.
Extended font information
Platforms supported
PlatformEncoding
UnicodeUnicode 1.0 semantics
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only
Font details
Created1998-12-16
Revision1
Glyph count98
Units per Em1000
Embedding rightsEmbedding restricted (not allowed!)
Family classFreeform serifs
WeightSemi-bold
WidthSemi-condensed
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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