The starry-eyed F37 Cubesat brings a creative modularity that may not be out of this world, but is definitely in low earth orbit.
F37 Cubesat is a mono-spaced font that not only occupies equal widths, but also equal heights making it perfect for vertical stacking, tight leading and grid layouts. Other notable features are its twinkling counters, daring proportions and demanding presence. This all caps font comes with alternate letter forms accessible through the different cases on the keyboard, as well as further alternates accessible though OpenType Stylistic Set features.
F37® × Phillip Block
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The Designer
I'm a freelance graphic and motion designer.
I've been working largely in digital motion graphic content for the past 3 years - for me, type design is a creative escape. While I have designed custom fonts on commission, for the most part type design is a personal project. A way to stretch my ability to come up with creative solutions within constraints, and to produce something that I can see come to life in the hands of other designers.
F37 Cubesat
Interview
Tell us about the inspiration behind your collaboration with F37®×. If it was an unused concept, what was the potential use case for it.
The inspiration for Cubesat was the technology of the same name. I was obsessed with the idea of cubesats - the small, geometric, dense metal skeletons of a cube that makes up a 3D grid to be fitted with different technology for different purposes. I began the typeface in university, and it sat on the sidelines until F37®× provided a good opportunity to take another look at it and complete it in a collaborative way.
When starting the process of creating your font, what typographic conventions did you look to break or experiment with? Or were there conventions of functionality you championed?
I was experimenting with the idea of a monospace font, taking it to an extreme with every side of every letter being of equal dimensions. I wanted to play with opentype features in a way I hadn't seen before, too, in a way I found thematic with the cubesat concept, by cycling through all of the alternate sets as you type.
Now that your typeface has launched, what would be your dream project to use your F37® typeface on?
I wouldn't feel so good about the environmental impact, but, to see it printed on the side of a satellite or space shuttle would be the ideal place for it.
What have you learnt through developing and creating your own typeface(s) with our F37® type designers?
That collaboration is a great motivator.
How would you describe your typeface in three words?
Retrofuturistic building blocks
F37 Cubesat Font Sampler
