TYPE FOUNDRY | GiGi Designs

Proudly Introducing
Phosfor + Phosfor Aether Typefaces

19th century digital letterforms lovingly reconstructed for 21st century creators.

Phosfor is a rationalized type superfamily inspired by a single letter in an early segmented display patent dated 1898. No complete example of this devices' letterforms exist. Neither in original filing, nor from the inventor elsewhere.

With only 10 pages about it crossing the digital divide, and no other recreation attempts to work from, adapting it for modern use was an interesting riddle to solve. Especially for hashtags and @ symbols. Look forward to seeing how you make it work for you! Phosfor is a fun little personal project to release as my NDA projects soak up more time causing fewer updates here. Excited to share those when I can! Until then--

Enjoy techno-necromancy as its most elegant: Phosfor; 19th century curio refusing relegation to the dustbin of history.

Fun facts:

Typically Frank W. Wood's patent filed in 1908 is cited as the first of its kind for now common segmented display devices. Source.
George Lafeyette Mason's patent filed 1898, Phosfor's basis, now makes it the earliest known example. Source.

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