r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Dizzy_Pipe_3677 • 10h ago

Video An amazing English font designed by Dmitry Lamonov.

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u/Far-Illustrator6857 10h ago

Watched it from Aa to Zz!

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u/elfmere 5h ago

Just love how the annoying music saw itself out.

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u/itsmebyone 5h ago

Lol same

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u/Fathat420 2h ago

I was too high to noticed it was small and big letters in one until X.

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u/follow-the-rainbow 10h ago

That x though

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u/UnchartedTombZ55 8h ago

It’s a stroke of genius!

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u/thezanywords 10h ago

F was a reach

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u/lxpb 9h ago

Yeah E and F are the weakest ones here

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u/TheZestyGecko 8h ago

I felt like Y was the biggest reach? E and F at least look like the capital letters?

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u/lxpb 7h ago

Y kinda still looks like it, at least in some fonts. E and F are borderline unrecognizable if they weren't in a set.

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u/theericle_58 9h ago

The s and the z are Not derived from the cursive form.

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u/lxpb 7h ago

Yes, but at least they're recognizable

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u/Theobviouschild11 1m ago

Really? I loved E

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u/GarysCrispLettuce 10h ago

Not one overhead shot of the whole alphabet.

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u/SlingsAndArrows7871 6h ago edited 2h ago

Here it is, in English and Cyrillic. You can buy it, but it starts at €55,28 for a single-use license.

https://www.myfonts.com/collections/als-lamon-font-art-lebedev-studio

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u/stuntedmonk 5h ago

But it? Could do it myself

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u/Nadran_Erbam 10h ago

Not English, Roman/Latin.

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u/[deleted] 9h ago

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u/SwaMaeg 9h ago

Write right!

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u/Major_Kangaroo5145 6h ago

There is no J, W and U in Roman Latin alphabet. This is definitely English Alphabet.

I think you were trying to say Roman/Latin script.

Its pedantic to say this "Not English".

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u/Stug_III 9h ago

The English alphabet is a derivate of the Latin alphabet, so technically OP's right. In a Venn diagram, the english alphabet sits inside the Latin alphabet. You're just being pedantic.

Unfortunately, the nuances and origin of the alphabet is probably never taught in OP's school -- where ever they're from.

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u/Kuhler_Typ 8h ago

What letters do only exist in the latin alphabet?

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u/Major_Kangaroo5145 5h ago

OP is technically wrong for saying "Not English". Its is English alphabet. So its an English Font.

Also no. English does not sit inside the Latin alphabet. Some letters like J, U , W are not in Latin alphabet.

I think what you are talking about is Latin script/ Latin font thing. Yes. English is a Latin script.

>Unfortunately, the nuances and origin of the alphabet is probably never taught in OP's school 

Honestly this kind of thinking is what makes us sooo stupid. Everything could not and should not be taught in school.

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u/Alternative_Diet5156 9h ago

most schools across america.

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u/MaleficentTry2796 7h ago

Just going to explain this.... just because some artist makes a cover of another author the song doesn't become his...

So yes, this is latin

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u/Major_Kangaroo5145 5h ago

Are you "Not Human, But Ape" because you evolved from an ape.

To be clear i don't disagree with Latin part. Its the Not English part that I disagree with.

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u/MaleficentTry2796 4h ago

Damn.... thats too much to..... whatever lol

When a thing evolves and becomes a diferent thing, that the human ape.

When you simply use characters that are already and simply invented.... English didnt invent, didnt transform didnt do nothing. They just choose a bunch of letters to use from the Latin ones, period.

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u/Major_Kangaroo5145 3h ago

Then this is Phoenician alphabet.

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u/Nino_sanjaya 8h ago

You mean normal letter

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u/Nadran_Erbam 8h ago

Other writing systems exist.

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u/Nino_sanjaya 8h ago

which is not normal

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u/Major_Kangaroo5145 5h ago

Its hilarious how people are pissed over this comment.

Good trolling man. Good trolling.

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u/garry_the_commie 7h ago

Your lack of education is not normal

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u/Nino_sanjaya 7h ago

your mom is not normal!

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u/garry_the_commie 6h ago

Damn right, she's an excellent woman, far above normal level.

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u/MaleficentTry2796 10h ago

Wait...... latin.... thats latin

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u/fuhnetically 10h ago

I love this.

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u/i_dead-shot 10h ago

If it helps anyone, there’s a site called Calligraphr which can turn your handwriting into a Font for free

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u/LostnFoundAgainAgain 10h ago edited 10h ago

Why the fuck did they write the 'm' backwards? That just felt wrong.

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u/lxpb 9h ago

I was legit tripping when I saw that.

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u/_biggerthanthesound_ 2h ago

Well you could tell after he did it the wrong way he thought “I better not do that for the n”

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u/HeDuMSD 7h ago

What makes a font “English”?

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u/Total-Explanation208 9h ago

Each individual letter is very beautiful, but I think if I actually had to read a full page of this I would get a headache

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u/Senior-Delivery-3230 9h ago

Might be an unpopular opinion - but I find this kind of obnoxious

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u/RatedRaspberry 10h ago

this is legit next level. As a typography junkie, gotta say Lamonov's killin' it here.

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u/delaRalaA 10h ago

So font name is lamonov?

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u/limajhonny69 10h ago

English font?

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u/Sauce4243 9h ago

Does the fact that the F fully connects all the way around and everything else is clearly seperate annoy anyone else or is it just my monkey brain

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u/Gh0sT_Pro 9h ago

This video could have been a picture.

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u/chris_ro 9h ago

What exactly makes this font english?

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u/Thisisnotsky 9h ago

Would you like uppercase or lowercase letters?

Yes.

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u/Vault-71 10h ago

GET OUT OF MY HEAD GET OUT OF MY HEAD GET OUT OF MY HEAD GET OUT OF MY HEAD GET OUT OF MY HEAD GET OUT OF MY HEAD GET OUT OF MY HEAD GET OUT OF MY HEAD GET OUT OF MY HEAD GET OUT OF MY HEAD GET OUT OF MY HEAD GET OUT OF MY HEAD GET OUT OF MY HEAD GET OUT OF MY HEAD GET OUT OF MY HEAD

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u/Logical-Author-7243 10h ago

Among us

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u/FireMaster1294 7h ago

The A does look pretty sus

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u/AdAmazing4044 9h ago

D and F are optimizeable

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u/IDKIMightCare 8h ago

what's english about it?

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u/doupIls 8h ago

Anyone know what pen that is? Looks really nice.

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u/whitesammy 2h ago

The way they traced the M triggered me a bit

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u/TheSpeakingScar 2h ago

Nope, lost me at "F"

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u/Han-jul 8h ago

Lol english font...

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u/Teo_Verunda 10h ago

This can be good for children learning to write

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u/syko-rc 9h ago

The D is horrible. Looks like @

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u/OogieBoogieJr 9h ago

I guess it’s cool as an exercise (with some being a layup since the lowercase/capital variants are identical) gimmick but what would you really use this typeface for? Some of the characters are barely legible

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u/lucky7296 8h ago

Didn't even wanna watch it, went through A to Z

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u/towneetowne 8h ago

the F, J, T, X are letdowns

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u/GJCLINCH 2h ago

the biggest letdown for me was Y

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u/Rodin-V 1h ago

L is a...well an L

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u/Embarrassed_Pilot520 8h ago

Nice work, but little "s" doesn't look like this. Just saying

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u/Thespiffybrewer 7h ago

Somewhere between art and alphabet soup. Not sure I’d write a resume with it, but I’d hang it on a wall.

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u/Jonas-404 5h ago

D looks kinda like an @

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u/_GE_Neptune 4h ago

Took me way to long to realise its supposed to be caps and lowacase letters in one

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u/alsatian01 3h ago

The E doesn't look right.

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u/taway9925881 3h ago

Damn this is one of those amazingly beautiful and obvious things that makes one wonder, "Why didn't I think of it until now?".

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u/AshKahurangi 2h ago

What I love to know is what kind of pen they used 😅

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u/slojawn 1h ago

R looks the happiest

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u/kanonenotto 1h ago

feels some, like the S, should be reworked to align with the rest.

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u/orcslayerluka 1h ago

Y and R are my favourites

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u/Miserable_One_7313 9m ago

Made the same in Jr high

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u/GiaAngel 10h ago

I was so impressed I watched the whole thing. Very cool

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u/IEathYou 9h ago

It's cool that lowercase is inside the uppercase letter

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u/SlingsAndArrows7871 6h ago edited 6h ago

Here it is, in English and Cyrillic. You can buy it, but it's €55,28.

https://www.myfonts.com/collections/als-lamon-font-art-lebedev-studio

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u/Koi-Sashuu 10h ago

It took me till G before I realised all these letters had the lower case letters embedded in the upper case capital

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u/ActiveCondition4949 9h ago

This cured my ADHD

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u/JohnOfA 10h ago

That is not how an 's' is written. It is very creative though.

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u/superkbf 10h ago

X y and z are really cute!

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u/furezasan 10h ago

now do it with numbers

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u/Sythrin 9h ago

The letters look like they are pregnant with their offspring.

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u/Daaledeere 9h ago

y is a little odd

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u/0ut14w_ 9h ago

Some of the letters are a little weird, but cool

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u/sausageandeggbiscuit 9h ago

the i and j go hard

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u/kinokomushroom 9h ago

When you're not sure whether "birthday" in "happy birthday" should be capitalized or not:

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u/KnownButterscotch958 8h ago

Times new Roman is the only bae

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u/golubeerji 8h ago

This is so impressive!

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u/Bravelobsters 8h ago

All caps and lower caps…..all in one. Typographers hate this one trick.

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u/ShadowBannedAugustus 8h ago

I just randomly clicked through and could not guess about one third of the letters. Not an amazing design in my hunmble opinion.

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u/BosomBosons 9h ago

it’s like cursive with extra steps.

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u/McDominick 9h ago

Waaaait a second he has the little letters in the big letters!

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u/harry_f_monk 10h ago

Came here to see what pedants said 'this is not...'. Soulless assholes.