» 15 Fontstruct Fonts Every Designer Must Download :: Positive Space

Ever since I first heard about fonstruct a couple of months ago, I have been intrigued by the possibilities of the software. I chose to dabble in designing some typefaces while in college, however I found the complicated software and technical limitations to be rather intimidating so nothing ever materialized from it other than some sketches. By lowering the barriers to entry of typeface design, fonstruct has allowed a large number of individuals to develop some really interesting and creative fonts. Due to the limitations of the software, the site is flooded with a large number of blackletter and bitmap fonts. However, I was surprised to see how detailed fonstructers were able to get despite these limitations. After scouring the site for a number of hours I found the following 15 fonts to be my personal favorite, and deserving of your download.

If you are wondering what the post image is, I have taken a page from Rick Valicenti’s monologue and overlapped the 15 fonts to see what common “face” would result.

Structurosa

Struktur

Texture

Tight

TFa BCode

SlabStruct Too

Asgard

Asgard Elongated

Leaflet Wide Stem

In the Queue

Crea

Coltrane Display

Indigo

New Alphabet

Robot Butler Open

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12 Responses to “15 Fontstruct Fonts Every Designer Must Download”

Mike
July 22nd, 2008 at 9:24 am

Hmmm. I don’t know. I guess these might be useful if I were designing Atari game covers…
ZenBug
July 22nd, 2008 at 10:08 am

Yeah, or making a site for a goth-metal band.
liam
July 22nd, 2008 at 11:30 am

Yeah I’m not sure I’m completely convinced by FontStruct, but I think you did well to pick out some good fonts, nice one.
Tim
July 22nd, 2008 at 11:33 am

Funny comments! Unfortunately, too many abstract fonts exist already.
adelle
July 22nd, 2008 at 12:22 pm

nice picks - haven’t checked fontstruct out yet, will have to soon, although sounds like there are alot of limitations.

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Zinni
July 22nd, 2008 at 2:27 pm

Obviously the use of these fonts would have to contextually appropriate. I do find them interesting and creative though, and really do think they are the best of those available through fontstruct.

My personal favorite is TFa BCode which I think is a really visually appealing font, regardless of its potential for use.
Bob
July 23rd, 2008 at 10:06 pm

They seems to be of little use. Too narrow. More great free fonts can be had from http://tools.khrido.com/webtools/fonts-collection.aspx

have a look