Author's note

South Point by Chris Brown is a free whimsical display font with a lean, hand-drawn rhythm and a lightly retro feel. The letters mix very thin strokes with soft, stretched curves, while a few sharp, pointed details keep it from feeling too smooth or polite.

It fits naturally in boutique branding, cafe menus, poster headlines, album covers, and title cards where a slightly eccentric line can do the work of an illustration. As a free font, South Point also makes sense for short packaging names, editorial cover lines, and monograms, because the narrow strokes and elongated rounds give brief words a distinctive, airy silhouette.

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Basic font information

Copyright notice
Copyright: Chris Brown (c) 1998 (all rights reserved)
Font family
South point
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
South point
Full font name
South point
Name table version
Shareware V1 - cbrown@eon.net.au
Postscript font name
Southpoint
Trademark notice
cwfb
Manufacturer name
Designer
Description
SOUTH POINT is one of three "surf style" fonts with
a typical relaxed seaside feel.
It is a part of the "POINT" family.
Also look for WEST POINT & NORTH POINT.

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only

Font details

Glyph count97
Units per Em2048
Embedding rightsEmbedding for permanent installation
Family classSans serif
WeightSemi-light
WidthMedium (normal)
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs
Pattern natureRegular