Gearfuse

These fonts were created by tracing over the Helvetica font with different textures. Said textures included toothpaste, tomato paste and hair gel. Fancy!

for their project ‘fresh fonts’ the dutch collective autobahn drew the typeface helvetica using
toothpaste, tomato ketchup and hair gel. they then used these experiments to create the
digital typefaces ‘heldentica’ , ‘tomatica’ and ‘gelvetica’, which you can now download for
free from autobahn’s site.

The best things in life are free, after all. Be sure to check out the photos documenting the process as it’s a sweet glimpse into the world of graphic design and typography. After the jump, a few choice photos and a link.
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After about three batches of magic mushrooms gone wrong, Jonathon Yule decided to put his graphic design skills to the test. As part of his art program at the University of Toronto, Yule decided to blend art, typography, fonts and robots all into one medium. The result? Gear-filled and ridiculous.

Jon has used popular fonts like Helvetica and Futura to create typographical monsters that absolutely belong on a t-shirt. If you look closely, you’ll notice that each character is comprised of only letters and numbers in the respective font.

Hey, at least he didn’t use Wingdings.

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