Shockwave

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The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Introducing Shockwave, I'm always experimenting with new ideas for display fonts. I took the inside counter of a capital 'O', divided it into quarters, and applied an outline stroke to all the elements. By removing two quarters of the inside counter I had the beginnings for an interesting new design. Of course, the hard part was getting all the other letters in the alphabet to work well together using this approach.

It's often a labor of love trying to shape an idea into a new typeface. I find the entire process stimulating and rewarding. Now, on to the next new font concept!

PDF Specimen

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Baseline0
Cap height733
x-Height569
Ascender790
Descender-208
Font styleGlyph nameAUnicode decimal65Unicode hex0041
Basic Latin
!
"
#
$
%
&
'
(
)
*
+
,
-
.
/
0
1
2
3
4
5
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7
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9
:
;
<
=
>
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@
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
[
\
]
^
_
`
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
{
|
}
~
Latin-1 Supplement
¡
¢
£
¥
¦
§
¨
©
ª
«
¬
­
®
¯
°
±
²
³
´
µ
·
¸
¹
º
»
¼
½
¾
¿
À
Á
Â
Ã
Ä
Å
Æ
Ç
È
É
Ê
Ë
Ì
Í
Î
Ï
Ð
Ñ
Ò
Ó
Ô
Õ
Ö
×
Ø
Ù
Ú
Û
Ü
Ý
Þ
ß
à
á
â
ã
ä
å
æ
ç
è
é
ê
ë
ì
í
î
ï
ð
ñ
ò
ó
ô
õ
ö
÷
ø
ù
ú
û
ü
ý
þ
ÿ
Latin Extended-A
ı
Ł
ł
Œ
œ
Š
š
Ÿ
Ž
ž
Latin Extended-B
ƒ
Spacing Modifier Letters
ˆ
ˇ
ˉ
˘
˙
˚
˛
˜
˝
Greek and Coptic
Δ
Ω
μ
π
General Punctuation
Currency Symbols
Letterlike Symbols
Mathematical Operators
Geometric Shapes
Alphabetic Presentation Forms