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LCD, LED, Scoreboards & Other Electronic Displays
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
Based on a modular system, FF Ticket recreates the look of thermal printer type as found on tickets, itineraries, luggage tags, forms, etc.
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
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.
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