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Pranksy AOE

por Astigmatic
Estilos individuales desde $24.00 USD
Familia completa de 29 fuentes: $500.00 USD
La familia tipográfica Pranksy AOE fue diseñada por Brian J. Bonislawsky y publicada por Astigmatic. Pranksy AOE contiene 29 estilos y opciones de paquete familiar.

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AOETI Department of Typographic Peculiarities Field Report: Specimen BND–Ω (Pranksy AOE: The Elastic Sans) Multivariate Weight–Width Analysis After rigorous laboratory investigation (and one broken protractor), researchers have confirmed that Pranksy AOE is a highly elastic letterform organism capable of expanding, contracting, thickening, thinning, and occasionally wobbling when no one is looking. Available in multiple weights and widths, it displays behaviors previously thought impossible without caffeine. Morphological Notes: The glyphs maintain a cheerful, slightly off-kilter posture, as though each letter showed up two minutes late to roll call but tried very hard not to make it obvious. Strokes lean at scientifically inconvenient angles, producing a controlled imbalance that typographers refer to as “delightfully intentional weirdness.” In heavier weights, the alphabet becomes bolder and more confident—the typographic equivalent of a gym membership—while narrower widths exhibit a compressed, “I accidentally walked through a doorway sideways” profile. Behavior Under Observation: • Letters refuse to stand perfectly upright, citing “artistic choice.” • The lowercase g is convinced it is smarter than all other glyphs. • Uppercase Q insists on speaking in riddles when rotated 90 degrees. • Various widths stretch like cosmic taffy, returning to shape with an audible “boing” (unverified). Attempts to measure slant consistency produced results ranging from “mildly rebellious” to “legally obtuse.” Scientific Applications: Suitable for packaging that wants to look fun, posters that need to feel alive, and branding that demands a font with both personality and a slightly concerning sense of individuality. Approved for use in educational materials, small cosmic anomalies, and cheerful government memos that aren’t meant to scare anyone. Conclusion: Pranksy AOE is a multiform sans-serif that bends the laws of typographic physics but stops just short of breaking them. A versatile, playful species ideal for designers requiring multiple weights, multiple widths, and multiple excuses to smile at their screen. All variants come with a smallcaps set, built to match the font so those program auto-smallcaps features that usually lighten or mess up weights can eat dirt.

Diseñadores: Brian J. Bonislawsky

Editorial: Astigmatic

Fundición: Astigmatic

Propietario del diseño: Astigmatic

MyFonts debut: Oct 15, 2024

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In 1873, the strange and fantastic story began. Nearly two centuries later, Brian J. Bonislawsky was born, and carrying on a mix of the the footsteps his ancestors before him took, he picked up the the traditions and founded the Astigmatic One Eye Foundry, which later expanded to become the Astigmatic One Eye Typographic Institute. (For more of the background story, see the Historical Perspective link below.) Since its founding Astigmatic has worked with dozens of designers, helping them forge their own foundries as well as helping to increase the quality of type created by Astigmatic and these other foundries. Astigmatic strives to continually increase its range of typographic scope; taking on expeditions to revive old typestyles, unearth long lost typefaces, forge new styles yet unseen, and begin to develop more comprehensive language typestyles of the WGL4 set size which includes Greek and Cyrillic extensions. If you are looking for a wide variety of typographic influence and style, the Astigmatic One Eye Institute is your source for type.

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