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VLNL Kouseband

by VetteLetters
Individual Styles from $30.00 USD
Complete family of 5 fonts: $120.00 USD
The VLNL Kouseband Font Family was designed by Donald Beekman and published by VetteLetters. VLNL Kouseband contains 5 styles and family package options.

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The starting point for VLNL Kouseband was spotted by Donald DBXL Beekman on the Christian Reformed Church in the Dutch town of Naarden. The iron wire lettering contained a number of unusual characters and details, which eventually led to this five weight family. The Kouseband fonts mix elements of geometric sans serifs and upright unconnected scripts, with a hint of Dutch school writing. VLNL Kouseband is monolinear and has an very large cap height compared to the (lowercase) x-height, giving the capital letters an elongated condensed appearance. Kouseband is the Dutch word for ‘garter (belt)’ and also gave the name to a long tropical bean known as Yardlong bean. Kouseband beans are a common ingredient in Roti and other Surinamese dishes. As the Dutch Christian church is sometimes referred to as ‘Zwarte kousenkerk’ (Black stocking church), and stockings are held up by garter belts, we have come full circle and VLNL Kouseband has a name. VLNL Kouseband contains a set of oldstyle numbers matching the lowercase letters, and a couple of wider alternate capitals (HMNOQ) to enhance the liveliness of your designs.

Designers: Donald Beekman

Publisher: VetteLetters

Foundry: VetteLetters

Design Owner: VetteLetters

MyFonts debut: Aug 20, 2019

VLNL Kouseband

About VetteLetters

Vette Letters, the most culinary fast food font foundry in the world, is fascinated by kebab shops, local chinese restaurants and fish-and-chips joints – not just the food but especially the shopfront typography. If all other type foundries are like haute cuisine restaurants, VetteLetters is the font-imbiss in the world of exclusive and expensive font foundries. Vette Letters tries to deliver high-quality fonts for an affordable price. VetteLetters is based in Amsterdam and run by two Donalds (Roos & Beekman. Vette Letters loves food and loves fonts.

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