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Round Top ‘A’s

Noah Nazir
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Last edited August 14, 2018

Typefaces with an uppercase ‘A’ that has a dome-like top — from geometrically round to rounded corners with a flat top.
See also fonts inspired by the Bauhaus Period.

always
fiddlesticks
Courage is grace under pressure

The Handel Gothic™ typeface has been a mainstay of graphic communication for over 40 years - all the while looking as current as tomorrow. Designed by Don Handel in the mid-1960s, and used in the 1973 United Airlines logo developed by Saul Bass, Handel Gothic was an instant success when released to the graphic design community. Its generous lowercase x-height, full-bodied counters and square... Read More

brandy
wunderkinder
Life is too short to follow the rules

“There are many Bauhaus style fonts on the net/in the different libraries. For me, there were no questions about hungarian influences. I’d be authentic with letterforms (using some samples according to Bauhaus designers) nonetheless, I wanted to commemorate Hungarian designers/teachers (Breuer, Moholy-Nagy, Molnár e.t.c. to new Bauhaus: Mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusier or anyhow Kassák of... Read More

vortex
abstractions
He is a red sucker in our heart

Because of its linear nature and relative loose fit, FF Alega may be used in a variety of circumstances, producing headlines or even for setting text. When Rückel designed FF Alega, he did not consider adding a serif version. But following the typeface’s release, he experimented with the idea and decided that the effort was worthwhile. FF Alega Serif has a technical look, but is very readable.... Read More

replay
abstractions
Move fast and break stuff

Blippo Black with its constructed style is a typical headline typeface. Its robust figures with their even strokes were composed using the basic forms of the circle and rectangle. Its curves are often not completely closed. The figures of Blippo Black form dark, heavy lines, making the typeface suitable only in middle and larger point sizes. Blippo Black will make an impression when used... Read More

mystic
zygapophysis
It is warm and fragrant to hint

The FF Moderne Gothics are three font variations of a mid-twentieth century geometric sans serif used widely by lettering artists for both print and signage. FF Golden Gate Gothic, FF Motel Gothic and FF Matinee Gothic are loosely related, but stylistic touches vary from font to font. The FF Catch Words are also designed in a mid-twentieth century style, and while they work well with the FF... Read More

brandy
japanophilia
Piglet rising and falling in front

Because of its linear nature and relative loose fit, FF Alega may be used in a variety of circumstances, producing headlines or even for setting text. When Rückel designed FF Alega, he did not consider adding a serif version. But following the typeface’s release, he experimented with the idea and decided that the effort was worthwhile. FF Alega Serif has a technical look, but is very readable.... Read More

Donald Handel, Nadine Chahine and Rod McDonald
ITC 2010
Gábor Kóthay
Job Muveszeti Studio 2003
Siegfried Rückel
FontFont 2003

Elsner+Flake
Tatiana Lyskova and Elvira Slysh
ParaType
Julien Janiszewski
Bitstream 2002

Elsner+Flake

Sudtipos

Sudtipos
Fotostar
Linotype 1970
Adrian Frutiger, Günther Flake and Paul Renner
Elsner+Flake 1932
Jim Parkinson
FontFont 1996
Siegfried Rückel
FontFont 2002