Author's note

Usenet, by Alejandro Paul and Apostrophic Laboratories, is a free high-contrast serif font with a cool editorial tone. The letters pair very thin hairlines with broad, smooth curves, giving it a late-20th-century magazine feel that is crisp without turning severe.

It fits book jackets, culture and fashion headlines, mastheads, poster titles, and refined branding where a little contrast can carry the page. As a free font, it feels most at home in short display settings, cover lines, and monogram-like initials, because the tall, elegant shapes and delicate joins do their best work when given space.

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Basic font information

Copyright notice
© Alejandro Paul & Apostrophic Laboratories. All rights reserved. apostrofe@mail.com
Font family
Usenet
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
Apostrophe&AlejandroPaul: Usenet: 2000
Full font name
Usenet
Name table version
Version 1.5; 2000
Postscript font name
Usenet
Designer
Apostrophe & Alejandro Paul
Description
© Alejandro Paul & Apostrophic Laboratories. All rights reserved. apostrofe@mail.com

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only

Font details

Created2000-07-14
Revision1
Glyph count232
Units per Em1000
Embedding rightsEmbedding for permanent installation
Family classClarendon serifs
WeightSemi-light
WidthMedium (normal)
Mac styleBold
DirectionMixed directional glyphs
Pattern natureRegular
PitchNot monospaced