XylitolSolo-Regular Font

Xylitol family consisting of 10 fonts
  • Accents (partial)
  • Accents (full)
  • Euro
xylitol solo.ttf
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Xylitol is a multiple layer typeface you can use for creating chromatic, 3D effects. Its designed so the letters fit tightly together like Tetris blocks. There are four directional layers for the sides so you can simulate light coming from various directions. Theres a stripe layer which can be used to created a metallic shimmer effect. The Hollow style is made of thin outlines and has multiple uses. Use it on its own for a engineery, blueprint look. Make it black and overlay it on solid colors for a stained glass effect. Set it to 50% gray and use a screen or color dodge effect at around 25% opacity to create a subtle sharpening effect. The solid layer can be offset to simulate a drop shadow. The Xylitol family includes a Solo style which has more conventional spacinghandy when you need accompanying flat text. An outline style is useful on its own of for doing layer transparency tricks. Xylitol supports lot of languages including Greek and Russian.

Its all about experimenting but here are some tips to get you started:

Youll need to use an application that allows you to overlay layers of text. Every application has a different way of dealing with this but generally, you type what you want, make several overlapping copies of the layer then alter each layers color and style.
Some applications, like Photoshop ignore the fonts vertical metrics so you may need to vertically shift some of the layers to align. The diamond (lozenge) ◊ character contains a registration cross-hair to help you get things lined up.
Make sure youre not using optical kerning in Adobe apps.
If youre using the front layer and all the edge layers, you might think its unnecessary to include the back layer. But the back layer can help obscure some of the background leaking through due to layer rendering imprecision. You might not need it but its there if you do.   
If you plan on including the Hollow style, I recommend using it as the first layer and checking carefully for unwanted overlaps before copying the layer. For example, the T may overlap A a tiny bit. Thats the way the typeface is designedthe priority is to have the edges set tight. You can fix the overlaps by adjusting tracking. Its no fun if you add Hollow as the final layer, notice an overlap and realize that the tracking will have to be adjusted for each layer.

The desktop license for all styles of Xylitol is free. If you'd like to embed any of these fonts in an app, ebook, on the web or anything that's not covered by the desktop license agreement, visit the link below. You'll find distributors who offer different types of licenses or you can contact me for help.

Please read the FAQ on the front page of Typodermic Fonts and don't be afraid to ask questions if you're not sure.

http://typodermicfonts.com/xylitol

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Basic font information

Copyright notice
(c) 2017 Typodermic Fonts Inc.
Font family
Xylitol Solo
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
1.000;TYPO;XylitolSolo-Regular
Full font name
XylitolSolo-Regular
Name table version
Version 1.000
Postscript font name
XylitolSolo-Regular
Trademark notice
Xylitol is a trademark of Typodermic Fonts Inc,.
Manufacturer name
Ray Larabie
Designer

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
UnicodeUnicode 2.0 and onwards semantics, Unicode BMP only.
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only

Font details

Created2017-05-04
Revision1
Glyph count488
Units per Em1000
Embedding rightsEmbedding for preview & printing allowed
Family classNo classification
WeightExtra-bold
WidthSemi-expanded
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs + contains neutrals
Pattern natureRegular
PitchNot monospaced
Complete pack contains 10 font weights listed below:
xylitol solo.ttf
xylitol right.ttf
xylitol back.ttf
xylitol stripe.ttf
xylitol outline.ttf
xylitol down.ttf
xylitol up.ttf
xylitol front.ttf
xylitol hollow.ttf
xylitol left.ttf
XylitolRight-Regular Website TrueTypeFreeware
  • Accents (partial)
  • Accents (full)
  • Euro
xylitol right.ttf
XylitolBack-Regular Website TrueTypeFreeware
  • Accents (partial)
  • Accents (full)
  • Euro
xylitol back.ttf
XylitolStripe-Regular Website TrueTypeFreeware
  • Accents (partial)
  • Accents (full)
  • Euro
xylitol stripe.ttf
XylitolOutline-Regular Website TrueTypeFreeware
  • Accents (partial)
  • Accents (full)
  • Euro
xylitol outline.ttf
XylitolDown-Regular Website TrueTypeFreeware
  • Accents (partial)
  • Accents (full)
  • Euro
xylitol down.ttf
XylitolUp-Regular Website TrueTypeFreeware
  • Accents (partial)
  • Accents (full)
  • Euro
xylitol up.ttf
XylitolFront-Regular Website TrueTypeFreeware
  • Accents (partial)
  • Accents (full)
  • Euro
xylitol front.ttf
XylitolHollow-Regular Website TrueTypeFreeware
  • Accents (partial)
  • Accents (full)
  • Euro
xylitol hollow.ttf
XylitolLeft-Regular Website TrueTypeFreeware
  • Accents (partial)
  • Accents (full)
  • Euro
xylitol left.ttf