Digital Future

Digital Future

A new typeography book.

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Digital Future

Digital Future

Jacob Mann

Green Smoke Studios Paperbacks

2012 Green Smoke Studios Paperback Digital Future is a pixel based font created for a University typeography class Copyright 2012 by The Mann Family Corp.

Designed by Jacob Mann Text set by Sussie Q Manufactured in the United Staes of America Special Thanks to Fontstruct typeface builder program

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication

9 8765432

To the future, may they learn from the mistakes of the past.

Created at the end 2012, Digital Future is a pixel based san-serif typrface.

Being new to the world of typeography it has yet to make it’s mark but it’s future has great potential.

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It is said that the creator of Digital Future was inspired by the original Nintendo game counsel logo. It also resembles a less elegant Bauer Bodoni typeface minus serifs and curves.

Nintendo

2

Digital Future was not intended for body text. Its main use is for display text.

Movie Posters

Ads

Video Game Cases

Product Marketing 3

8 pt

“Chewie and I will check it out, you two stay here.”

10 pt

“Chewie and I will check it out, you two stay here.”

16 pt “Chewie and I will check it out, you two stay here.”

22 pt

“Chewie and I will check it out, you two stay here.”

30 pt

“Chewie and I will check it out, you two stay here.”

-Han

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Solo

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A Ve 5

Many of the letters are mirred images plus or minus a few key details.

IlIl

The capital I and lower case l a very similar except a little height difference

pq 6

All letters are made up of a variation of thick and thin lines.

The left side of letters is usually made up of the heaviest line.

H N

7

There are no curves, only diagonal, vertical and horizontal lines.

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B S

Cap Height

Ascender

Luke Skywalker Mean Height

Descender

9

Base Line

Cap Height

Ascender

Galaga Mean Height

Descender

10

Base Line

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This book was created to show off the new typeface Digital Future. It serves as a manuscript on the features, charecteristics and how the font should be used. This book was created in 2012, with special thanks to Fontstruct, Abobe InDesign and Courier New.

DIGITAL FUTURE