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Alphabet and numbers in a monospaced typeface (MD System Mono, specifically), arranged in a grid. In the bottom row, ‘$0’ (zero dollars) is highlighted in bright red.

Maybe you’ve heard: every font is free! Since fonts aren’t subject to copyright, you can legally ‘pirate’ them if you use a specific loophole!

...except that’s not really true. I’ve seen this claim repeated quite a lot recently, and it’s missing some pretty important nuance.

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2 years later, I finally get to update my typeface Bantayog Sans! Dropping this Friday on futurefonts.xyz/jadmaza

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FFF (Filipino Folk Foundry) is a book about sign painting in the Philippines, with profiles of practitioners and other resources. (2015, 2nd edition).

Edited by Lobregat Balaguer
Designed by Dante Carlos and Kristian Henson
Published by Hardworking, Goodlooking

#Philippines #Graffiti #Signpainting

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Hi! 👋

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hello! 👋

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Taklobo, a typeface inspired by giant clams.

Dulungan, a typeface inspired by the endemic hornbill in the Visayas

Bantayog Sans, a typeface forged from historical markers in the Philippines

Balete, a typeface inspired by eerie and twisted strangler figs

Hi! I'm Jad, a type designer from Iloilo, and I explore how fonts could look in the Philippines' context 🇵🇭

experiments instagram.com/jad.otf
projects behance.net/jadmaza
fonts jadmaza.com

#typedesign #typography

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