Accelerate
A sans serif typeface by Kimberly Oride
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Description 5 Inspiration 6 Structure 7 Anatomy 8 Character Set 9 Sample Words 10 Sample Text 11 Ligatures 12 Alternates 13 Colophon 15
Description
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Accelerate is a sans serif typeface inspired by chevron angles and steel beams. Its slanted, condensed nature owes to its industrial applications. It is intended for use in both print and screen at 10 pts and up.
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Inspiration
Structure 7째 axis Large x-height Thin crossbars and horizontal connectors Multiple t and f ligatures
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Anatomy
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momentum 2
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7째 slope 2 arced connectors 1
parallel fitting 4 thin crossbars 3
Character Set
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Sample Words
The quick brown fox
speed
accuracy clean sweep just in time And the beat goes on
leaps and bounds
windpipe When there’s a will, there’s a way go getter
mind set on you
fortune whistleblower
Sample Text
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We are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion: the stage where the government is free to do anything it pleases, while the citizens may act only by permission; which is the stage of the darkest periods of human history, the stage of rule by brute force. –Ayn Rand 20/26
We are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion: the stage where the government is free to do anything it pleases, while the citizens may act only by permission; which is the stage of the darkest periods of human history, the stage of rule by brute force. –Ayn Rand 30/36
We are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion: the stage where the government is free to do anything it pleases, while the citizens may act only by permission; which is the stage of the darkest periods of human history, the stage of rule by brute force. –Ayn Rand
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Ligatures
ff ffi fj Th tb tf th tk tl
Alternates
ABCDEFGHIJ KLMNOPQRS TUVWXYZae
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Colophon
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Accelerate Available for purchase at Fonts.com Š 2013 Kimberly Oride | http://www.kimberlyoride.com All rights reserved.