Bastard
Illustration — Bastard is a blackletter typeface designed by Jonathan Barnbrook, and released in 1990. The face is available from Font Shop International. A blackletter typeface designed by Jonathan Barnbrook in 1990.
Bastard
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- 1990.
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Illustration — Bastard is a blackletter typeface designed by Jonathan Barnbrook, and released in 1990. The face is available from Font Shop International. A blackletter typeface designed by Jonathan Barnbrook in 1990.
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The name derives from a typographic classification known as Bastarda. The Bastard face is an exploration of the blackletter face (the earliest types, similar to those made by Gutenberg, and based upon monastic script) with a simple kit of parts. The face is available in three weights: Spindly Bastard, Fat Bastard, and Even Fatter Bastard. While the angular terminals suggest the nib of a pen, the typeface was drawn electronically and avoids curved strokes. 1865 typeface Fletcher is similar in its purely geometric construction.
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 4112672-5, Bastard.
General reference · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
- Getty Union List of Artist Names 500442897, Bastard, Germain.
General reference · The Getty Research Institute
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q1837870: Bastard
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 4112672-5, Bastard.Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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Getty Union List of Artist Names 500442897, Bastard, Germain.The Getty Research Institute
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