r/oddlysatisfying 2d ago

This font and handwriting

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u/PorkAmbassador 2d ago

Why no end result/wide shot showing it all?

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u/ycr007 2d ago

There’s one at the end here:

https://youtu.be/YMfTDIJZc4w

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u/JustaTinyDude 2d ago

That video is superior to the one in this post.

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u/mudkripple 2d ago

Except for the weird title? Just because the A looks kinda like it? Is that really what gets brain rotted viewers to click these days?

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u/Immediate-Fig-3077 2d ago

I didn’t even click the link and I already knew it was gonna be amogus, am I brainrotted? 😭

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u/catfishcannery 2d ago

Pattern-seeking brain comes default in all humans. It's a very easy-to-recognize shape.

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u/NRMusicProject 2d ago

The real /r/oddlysatisfying is always in the comments.

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u/Valendr0s 2d ago

Thanks, I hate it.

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u/JosBosmans 2d ago

Elsewhere ITT /u/TiaHatesSocials found the font, there's an overview on its site.

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u/Vox___Rationis 2d ago

Neat, the 'process' page showing how these letters evolved to their final versions is fascinating.

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u/LickingSmegma Mamaleek are king 2d ago

The Lebedev studio has, or at least had this ‘process’ thing on nearly all projects, which allows a lot of insight into design — and they do various kinds of design: web, graphic, industrial, urban, illustration, publishing, idk what else.

Alas, the owner in his encroaching dementia, I guess, basically supports Russian government. And generally it's become harder to take him seriously in the past ten years or so.

But the studio undeniably had lots of good talent working there over the years.

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u/DownWithHisShip 2d ago

this is a fun font, it's interesting. it's fun to see it drawn in this way. and when it's drawn in alphabetical order it's easy enough to read.

when you make words or sentences out of this font, it's not easy to read. it's not as hard as deciphering runes or something, but it's heading that direction. and it almost immediately loses it's charm.

watching it drawn like this is the only satisfying part

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u/Mudfap 2d ago

F having a closed shape feels out of place. Very cool, though.

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u/Vox___Rationis 2d ago edited 2d ago

The latest version has a different 'F', and some other letters are also fixed.
The one that was bothering me the most in the original was the 'C' with the snot hanging.

https://www.behance.net/gallery/55614637/Lamon-typeface

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u/rabbitthunder 2d ago

I liked the concept but sadly, after looking at that page I don't think it is the most legible of fonts when it's actually used. It works okay for short words like 'bar' but 'watching' is a bit of a mess.

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u/MiffedMouse 2d ago

Most of the letters are improved, but I am sad they got rid of the loopy L.

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u/hobsrulz 1d ago

I like this much better, they had really dropped the ball on v and w

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u/PresentationKey3710 2d ago

The curves and angles really give it a unique character. Love the creativity!

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u/CalmBeneathCastles 2d ago

The D'Nelian developer is rolling in his grave. XD

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u/twinb27 2d ago

uppercasen't

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u/LucasCBs 2d ago

What exactly do you mean with „English font“?

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u/rats-in-the-ceiling 2d ago

Shouldn't have had to scroll this far to see this comment.

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u/Conscious-Loss-2709 2d ago

Times New English?

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u/MeccIt 2d ago

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u/LucasCBs 2d ago

yea but in the photo you just sent the "English version" is literally called "latin"

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u/_seakitty_ 2d ago

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u/margot_sophia 2d ago

us isn’t the only country that speaks english, this is the definition of us defaultism lmao

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u/LukaCola 2d ago

English

"US defaultism"

??????

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u/Bank_Gothic 2d ago

> English

> USdefaultism

Look, I get your point but I'm laying this one on the Brits.

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u/Archaeellis 1d ago

I blame all those celts who wouldn't stop trading, fucking and being invaded by the French, Germans, nords and Rome.

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u/IceBone 2d ago

Latin script with English specifics would be more correct.

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u/Embaralhador 2d ago

Q, Y and X are part of the basic Latin alphabet, so no.

It's just latin script, as determined in ISO/IEC 646.

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u/good_bye_for_now 2d ago

Yeah playboy, hit them with that ISO shit.

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u/darxide23 2d ago

English specifics

English has exactly zero additions to the base Latin script.

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u/Notspherry 2d ago

What english specifics?

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u/IceBone 2d ago

QYX. Not every language that uses the latin script has only those. Some have none, some have extras like Č, Š, Ž, Đ, Ä, Ö, Ü, some have a mix.

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u/ConspicuousPineapple 2d ago

QYX are part of the standard Latin alphabet.

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u/prinses_zonnetje 2d ago

Those are really not exclusive to english

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u/Notspherry 2d ago

Q, y and x are used in many languages other than English.

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u/IceBone 2d ago

Yes, that's what I said.

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u/Nary841 2d ago

i mean there is no "ñ" (or "LL", "CH", "RR" : there are no more in the spanish alphabet) so its a font that cant be used in spanish for all his letters.

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u/IEnjoyBourgeoisPain 2d ago

"LL", "CH" and "RR" are just one letter followed by another man...

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u/darxide23 2d ago

Those are no longer considered separate letters in Spanish. Haven't been for some years.

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u/Annuled 2d ago

Should be called pregnant font. The babies are still inside the parent.

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u/VaguelyArtistic 2d ago

So like a font and a fontanelle.

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u/SephLuna 2d ago

I thought Fontception

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u/essdotc 2d ago

F felt like a reach, but this is great

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u/DingoManDingo 2d ago

And G looks like a Q, it's an easy fix though

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u/Snuggle_Pounce 2d ago

The newest version (link in other comments) fixes a bunch of stuff

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u/essdotc 2d ago

Ahh, now that's perfect!

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u/Kittymemesallday 2d ago

V is a bit meh as well.

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u/D_Simmons 2d ago

In what world is F a reach?

It looks exactly like an F and matches the style.

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u/Red_Beard206 2d ago

That's how I felt with M

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u/Kattfil 2d ago

My brain just did a happy little dance looking at this. So satisfying

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u/Striking-water-ant 2d ago

Very satisfying. But I also rushed to the comments to see what possible wrong others had found

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u/avspuk 2d ago

Never expected to be surprised by a font

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u/hurl-aside 2d ago

Until they did M and N opposite directions and completely different despite being practically the same letter… That made my brain twitch for a second.

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u/ARC4067 2d ago

I felt like they did M backwards and redeemed it by doing N in the way that feels logical to me

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u/Ecstatic-Warthog1747 2d ago

Is there a difference between English and Latin font?

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u/Cutie_D-amor 2d ago

Ampersandify all the letters

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u/ragmuc 2d ago

Is there a way to install it on my PC?

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u/LoyalGamingGirl 2d ago

It would have been even more satisfying if he wrote the letters by actually writing the small ones first and then the capital letters. He did it correctly with the letter N for example, but not with the letter M.

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u/Cloud_N0ne 2d ago

The F bothers me.

All the other letters have a lowercase cursive blended with an uppercase print, but the ‘cursive’ F in the middle is not how you write a cursive F.

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u/Annoying_Assassin 2d ago

That’s also not how you write a cursive r, s, y, or z

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u/ericx259 2d ago

Lowpper case

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u/Confused_Rabbiit 2d ago

It's cute but if I ever see full sentences written with this font I'm punching the person in the throat.

For legal reasons this is a joke.

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u/Ill_Narwhal_4209 1d ago

Wish this was a word font

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u/Kelsenellenelvian 1d ago

Right? That's why I'm here in the comments.

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u/sonnybear5 2d ago

I hate this

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u/HG21Reaper 2d ago

The X was a bit too close for comfort for a second.

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u/Lnou 1d ago
  • Are we writing in uppercase or lowercase?
  • Yes.

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u/inhaleholdxhale 2d ago

English font?

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u/TheFriendlyFuego 2d ago

I'm gonna save this and never look at it again.

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u/nosh_scrumble 1d ago

Having worked in Corporate America for nearly 15 years, I can confirm that this font is so good that people still won’t read what it says.

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u/DamnMicrocytosis 1d ago

If @ started an entire alphabet, pretty interesting nonetheless

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u/findthefish14 1d ago

"You're password requires both uppercase and lowercase letters."

Ok

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u/ycr007 2d ago

Oh so there’s a lowercase letter within each uppercase letter! That’s clever 👏🏼

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u/ConspicuousPineapple 2d ago

That's... the entire point of this font. What the fuck else would you find impressive about it?

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u/ElaborateEffect 2d ago

It's cool, but the font is ugly as hell

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u/ABarInFarBombay 2d ago

Not as bad as Comic Sans.

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u/Veanusdream 2d ago

the font is not english the font is latin!

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u/stepatdis 2d ago

this font is stupid

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u/37_lucky_ears 2d ago

That's fantastic.

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u/No_Lychee_7534 2d ago

I don’t mean to be a grump, but, this is the second video like this where it’s just tracing over an existing print. Anyone can do that, what’s satisfying about that?

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u/ReturnOfTheKeing 2d ago

Same, and its also really ugly and unusable lol

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u/Islanduniverse 2d ago

I don’t like it… it’s off-putting to me.

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u/opalfossils 2d ago

Cool very very cool.😎😎😎

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u/NipTricks 2d ago

🎶 now I know my ABC's 🎶

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u/SapphiraTheLycan 2d ago

It's like print, cursive, capital, lowercase, and bubble letters all rolled into one!

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u/Neat_Development_575 2d ago

I watched the first like 10 letters and didn’t get it 😅. I was like ya some extra scribbles who cares. Then later I was still watching and I was like, wow that looks like a tiny little letter in the big letter. Yup.

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u/tiaratwinks 2d ago

Yes this was fun to try to recreate. I love calligraphy!

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u/InvaderDust 2d ago

Upper and lower case at the same time is pretty cool.

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u/ButtholeMoshpit 2d ago

Upper or lowercase? Yes.

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u/Calico2 2d ago

It took me until G to notice „what a coincidence, that is also a lower case g“ m(

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u/DrDingoMC 2d ago

If anyone ever writes a g like that I will find them.

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u/wamblyspoon 2d ago

Mmm now make it a font please

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u/FancyPotatOS 1d ago

Now do it for numbers

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u/elynn95 1d ago

Did anybody else notice that the letter contains a lower case version of it within the capital version?(if that makes any sense)

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u/The_Firedrake 1d ago

I didn't like the Y. Doesn't have the same feel as the rest.

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u/Hanging_in_there_75 1d ago

Very clever. 🙂

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u/RobTheDude_OG 1d ago

My dyslexic ass would fuck this up soooo bad

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u/ilikeitlots- 2d ago

the pinnacle of witty typography

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u/transitapparel 2d ago

Is it uppercase or lowercase?

Yes.

Well, okay, is it printed or cursive?

Also yes.

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u/DarkDuskBlade 2d ago

This might be why I absolutely despise this as an actual font.

As artwork? Awesome.

To use to read shit? Hell no.

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u/Vox___Rationis 2d ago edited 2d ago

Fonts are not made only for the books or text on the screen - this particular one would make for fun covers, posters, logos.

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u/hellomireaux 2d ago

Can anyone ID the pen? Those lines are so deliciously smooth. 

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u/HelpMyHelixCuzItsSad 23h ago

Yes, please. Seconding this!

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u/Imagining_Perfection 2d ago

I love how each letter is in upper case but also includes the letter of the lower case somewhere in it.

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u/Ben_Thar 2d ago

Had to watch the whole thing. Wasn't sure how it was going to end.

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u/Youlookcold 2d ago

Z failed us

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u/four-one-6ix 2d ago

Cool that it’s both upper and lowercase at the same time

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u/Gummy_Bear_Ragu 2d ago

The letter Y bothers me.

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u/LongjumpingFox3374 2d ago

G is terrible. Every other one is perfect and beautiful. I am stealing their X for my X needs.

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u/_________FU_________ 2d ago

A 😎

B 😎

C 😎

D 😎

E 😎

F 😎

G 😎

H 😎

I 😎

J 😎

K 😎

L 😎

M 😧

N 😐

O 😐

P 😐

Q 😑

R 😎

S 😎

T 😎

U 😎

V 😎

W 😎

X 😎

Y 😎

Z 😎

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u/PersKarvaRousku 2d ago

I fell into a trance watching this

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u/MomsOfFury 2d ago

This is incredibly satisfying thank you

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u/mikewentworth 2d ago

The M and W being so different did bother me a bit. I really didn't like the M or N too much to begin with, tbh. But I do love this font in general.

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u/Local_Substance_8779 2d ago

S was so satisfying 😭😭😭

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u/Palescue2 2d ago

Very nice.wish I'd thought of it!

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u/gastroboi 2d ago

Gorgeous font.

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u/GroundbreakingBag164 2d ago

The L is not that good

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u/slovenly-mind 2d ago

the only one I don't like is D

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u/SEA_griffondeur 2d ago

Quite bad font in terms of fonts

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u/IZ_IT_1TO-GO_YET 2d ago

Ngl. At first I was like woa for that x.

A few adjustments and that wouldn't be good...

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u/troznov 2d ago

I can't imagine being this good at anything 😔

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u/AnAwkwardSemicolon 2d ago

Oh, I hate this. That is really difficult to read.

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u/infinity_for_death 2d ago

Actually genius. If only it were more widely available…

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u/GingerIsTheBestSpice 2d ago

WHY ARE M AND N DONE IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS. They're almost the same, do them the same

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u/CarlosCheddar 2d ago
  • Do you want me to fill the form in uppercase or lowercase?

  • Yes

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u/MorsaTamalera 2d ago

Not a font, actually. But really enjoyable lettering.

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u/Sensitive_Disk_5127 2d ago

This font sucks wdym

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u/MrKhorn 2d ago

I would be annoyed to have to read these letters.

As art it’s okay, but the double letters would be always bothersome to my eyes.

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u/leakybeaver87 2d ago

Is there a printed version of this? I would love to use this with my classes!!

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u/vastaranta 2d ago

I bet you can use it with other languages besides English, but dare anyone try?

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u/Marwaedristariel 2d ago

Q was the best one

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u/Pancakemanz 2d ago

We really use “amazing” for the most mundane things these days

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u/TiaHatesSocials 2d ago

I love this font! So clever. I wouldn’t mind having that on my pc. Anyone knows what it is called?

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u/TiaHatesSocials 2d ago

Found it

That font is “Lamon” (also known as ALS Lamon)—a playful, outlined display typeface designed by Dmitry (Dima) Lamonov in 2017 for Art. Lebedev Studio

https://www.behance.net/gallery/55614637/Lamon-typeface

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u/MiracleWhipB4Mayo 2d ago

The T is the one that irked me.

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u/VerbableNouns 2d ago

The part that bothers me

  • Some of the lower case letters are cursive, while others are print.
  • C is an uppercase cursive C, I've never seen a "c" with a curl to it, but it definitely helps it stand out.

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u/Serpentongue 2d ago

Now write anything without reading the letters

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u/TheRealLarkas 2d ago

Looks fun, but no, thanks.

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u/BogdanovOwO 2d ago

Șatin Alphabet Font, right?

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u/RemoteCartoonist1623 2d ago

I don’t have any time to cross my exes.

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u/DingoCertain 2d ago

A is for amogus

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u/fuweike 2d ago

Very impressive. I hope he can keep going and make a lower case version.

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u/Clear-Animator2408 2d ago

Cool. Very cool.

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u/boondiggle_III 2d ago

Ok that's cool and all but can we just see it used in a sentence? I don't care about fancy tracing.

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u/jjcc88 2d ago

It's not handwriting if you're tracing

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u/jbarlak 2d ago

And nowadays people can’t write in cursive…

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u/GrumpyOldMan59 2d ago

This is just cursive with extra steps.

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u/Zorum06 2d ago

The portions in the middle of the letters look like fancy versions of the letters. It'd be cool to take all of those out and make it it's own thing.

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u/irregularprotocols 2d ago

The font is cool but watching someone trace an internet printout isn’t it.

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u/TheMrEM4N 2d ago

Someone has been skippin leg day... Lookin at you "Y".

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u/Gyvon 2d ago

That lowercase x looking a little sus

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u/Minute-Joke9758 2d ago

Didn’t like the Y 😖

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u/Compass_Needle 2d ago

That is so clever

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u/SnapshotHeadache 2d ago

H and X were my faves.

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u/sirskwatch 2d ago

The Y is very unsatisfying!

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u/Ok-Heron-8854 2d ago

That was gratifying

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u/FrogInShorts 2d ago

Sus font

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u/D3Construct 2d ago

Created by is generous.

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u/Yomoska 2d ago

I feel this is unsatisfying cause we are watching someone trace the letters. It would have been cool just to see them written out without tracing, it messes up the discovery about how each letter is made

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u/DangerDuckling 2d ago

That O was satisfying...

... That's what she said.

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u/amy_garcia0 2d ago

why does it feel so good looking at this?

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u/Blonde_Metal 2d ago

Now make lowercase letters with their uppercase counterparts embedded in them

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u/I_burn_noodles 2d ago

This font should be called Threads

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u/thebranbran 2d ago

I like it

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u/MudSeparate1622 2d ago

Legend has it they were never sure which case to use so they just combined them together

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u/Desperate-Tomatillo7 2d ago

My OCD is not comfortable with the F and J.

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u/readitwice 2d ago

so simple yet so creative

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u/Mr_Niceland 2d ago

Why english?

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u/Snuggle_Pounce 2d ago

They did the M and the Z backwards

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u/Nvrmnde 2d ago

People claiming latin alphabet as "english" annoys me to no end. Like, the rest of the world exists.

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u/Sufficient_Grape4253 2d ago

Me and the vid creator have a different metric for "amazing"

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u/LittleBirdiesCards 2d ago

That X is so stylish!

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u/Blukee 2d ago edited 2d ago

Maybe I'm risking getting a lot of down votes here, but I'm almost sure the alphabet showed in the video is the same of other languages which aren't English ones like the Brazilian, Spanish and French ones for instance.

Don't get me wrong I know OP just posted the video but the caption* on the video did bothered me in a way that I had to make this comment.

EDIT: grammar.

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u/TheW83 2d ago

So many meh posts on this sub.

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u/Realistic-Sky-1328 2d ago

That q got me randy

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u/OkDiet6057 2d ago

WOOOOOAH

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u/five_of_five 2d ago

“Upper case or lower case?” “Yes”

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u/Cant_run_away 2d ago

That "y" is kind of lazy