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LCD, LED, Scoreboards & Other Electronic Displays

Stephen Coles
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Last edited May 18, 2014

Fonts that emulate the modular, grid-based letters of electronic signs found in airports, train stations, sports stadiums, and on highways.

See also: Squares on a Grid, Dots on a Grid

mystic
abstractions
No news is the mother of invention

Based on a modular system, FF Ticket recreates the look of thermal printer type as found on tickets, itineraries, luggage tags, forms, etc.

always
enthusiastic
Every encounter keep treasure

For their work in communications advertising, the design trio of Maik Ignaszak, Stefan Kisters, and Astrid Koenig was in constant need of display fonts that looked like type seen on phone menus from Motorola, Nokia, Siemens, etc. Since desktop-installable versions of these fonts weren’t commercially available, these designers made their own. The result is FF Call, a package of fonts frozen in... Read More

grapes
guitarfishes
Piglet rising and falling in front

Alan Birch created the LCD font in 1981. Its name is an abbreviation of the words "Liquid Crystal Display," the display technology used in digital watches and clocks the world over. LCD is a great choice when a futuristic, high-tech look is desired.

mystic
illustrative
Move fast and break stuff

The figures of Quartz font are based on those on digital clocks and LCD displays. All strokes are set at right angles to one another to create abstract characters. Fonts created for electronic displays gained in popularity at the same time as the computer became an everyday object. The standard is still around today and is the model for numerous interpretations. Fonts like Quartz have... Read More

jungle
abstractions
Palace explodes diced chicken

FF Pop is Neville Brody at his most minimalist. Built on a basic grid of horizontal and vertical lines, FF Pop comes in a monoline and a dotted LED version.

Daniel Fritz
FontFont 2000
Astrid Koenig, Maik Ignaszak and Stefan Kisters
FontFont 2000

Elsner+Flake
Alan Birch
ITC 1981
Esselte Letraset
ITC 1970
Image Club
Image Club
Adam Hayes and Nick Hayes
Identikal
Neville Brody
FontFont 1992