Theo Ballmer Font Free Download

[Alethia Tiell]

OpenTypeis the recommended font file format. Northfront Associates may purchase Akzidenz Grotesk here and Goudy Old Style here. You DO NOT have to separately purchase the font files for each computer, as one purchase generally allows installations on multiple CPUs. Please view the Licensing information for each font.

Inspired by Font Designer Theo Ballmer, as represented within the small type along the top half of this poster:

Although rudimentary, basic, and not necessarily new, this was my first font creation using Illustrator and FontLab. I made it a requirement to ignore other's typographic work, and fabricate the difficult areas of this font without bias. Since Kimballmer's debut in 2004, I have noticed an increase in fonts of similar styles on MyFonts, including an exact replica of the font within the poster represented above.

This blind approach allowed a unique solution. Raster-Bold is the closest representation, but notice the subtle differences within the descenders, ascenders and stems of the lowercase type. I believe my font is superior in rendering a more solid appearance, but concede that Raster-Bold's ability to successfully market their fonts is far superior than mine.

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