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    • 2010

      A type of “handwriting” discovered by chance, extremely abstract

      On April 8, 1948 a certain Walter Plaga wrote a crude poem about a hero on a commemorative plaque. The very poor reproduction of the handwritten original, etched into a metal sheet, produced extremely abstract forms so that — even if unintentional — a script completely void of bowls was created.

      Foto Heldengrab

      Ausschnitt Heldengrab

    • That which originally was the normal clumsy handwriting of a layman thus transformed into a pseudo-modern deconstructive typeface, which in the 21st century appears contemporary. The capital letters especially reflect the original: in part they show forms labeled incorrectly ”old German“ handwriting, which is actually Latin, in the letters A D G I J K L S V W X Z , whereas C H N O P R appear very modern.

    • Truly a form of handwriting: without joining the letters, especially between the lower case characters, a silhouette effect is formed. To a great extent Hero is impressive due to its driven-to-the-limit abstraction and to a lesser extent by retaining an antiquated and nearly illegible effect.

    • In honor of its introduction, Hero is available for free — the complete unlimited original typeface including all special symbols, accents, umlauts and numerals.

      Grab it while you can before we change our minds!

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      Hero

      features:
      ligatures, Central & Eastern European languages

      language support:
      languages Pro

      license: EULA

      price: 9,99 Euro

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