Mr Dafoe
MrDafoe.zip · 51 KB · 2 files including OFL.txt
Typography profile
- Weights
- 400 only
- Italics
- None
- Scripts
- Latin (incl. Extended)
- Best for
- Signature-style lettering
- Display headings
- Consider alternatives for
- Long body text
- Small text sizes
- Characteristics
- Signature script
- Small x-height
- Narrow
Styles
Mr Dafoe Regular 400 at 18px
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
Mr Dafoe Regular 400 at 32px
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
Pairs well with
Body
Zilla SlabMovement against structure: the retro script brings the gesture to a headline, and Zilla Slab's contemporary slab serif gives the body copy beneath it a firm, regular footing.
BPOZZ Design Note
Mr Dafoe shares its source with Herr Von Muellerhoff — the Bluemlein signatures Sudtipos brought back — but not its proportions: this lowercase stands about half the height of its capitals, against under a third there. Whole lowercase words therefore keep their presence at headline sizes.
BPOZZ editorial guidance for designers.
About Mr Dafoe
- About
- A script from Sudtipos' revival of the Charles Bluemlein collection, alphabets built from 1930s–40s New York hand-lettered signatures.
- Designer
- Sudtipos
- Version
- 1.000
- Category
- Handwriting
- License
-
SIL Open Font License 1.1
You may use, embed, modify and redistribute this font, including in commercial projects. The font files may not be sold on their own. Read the full license (OFL.txt).
This family declares a Reserved Font Name: if you modify the font, the modified version must use a different name.
Copyright (c) 2011 Alejandro Paul (sudtipos@sudtipos.com), with Reserved Font Name "Mr Dafoe"
- Source
-
Google Fonts
Download files taken unmodified from the google/fonts repository. Added to Google Fonts 30 Nov 2011.
Upstream project: github.com/googlefonts/googlefontdirectory-hg.
- Available styles
- Regular 400
- Available formats
- TTF download and web preview
- Character sets
- Latin, Latin Extended