Speculum Font

Speculum family consisting of 2 fonts
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Author's note

Speculum by D Keith of Ocarina is a free futuristic display font built from clean, near-monoline strokes and sharply clipped curves. Its open geometric forms resemble lettering from early computer hardware, with rounded corners replaced by firm diagonal turns.

Technology branding and science-fiction title cards both benefit from this stripped-back mechanical construction, though it can also steer sports graphics toward a similarly engineered look. The letterforms are spare enough for game interfaces and distinctive enough for electronic music artwork. Across those uses, the repeated octagonal bends can echo circuit paths, control-panel frames, and other angular graphic motifs.

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FancyTechnoFuturistic

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Basic font information

Copyright notice
© Ocarina 1999
Font family
Speculum
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
Speculum
Full font name
Speculum
Name table version
Version 1.00 10/10/1999
Postscript font name
Speculum
Trademark notice
fonts@dkeith.idps.co.uk
Designer
D Keith
Description
Based on the character set of the ZX Spectrum.

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
UnicodeUnicode 1.0 semantics
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only

Font details

Created1999-10-10
Revision1
Glyph count101
Units per Em1000
Embedding rightsEmbedding for editing allowed
Family classNo classification
WeightMedium (normal)
WidthMedium (normal)
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
Complete pack contains 2 font weights listed below:
speculum.ttf
speculo.ttf
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