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[processzine-org]

DECODE PROP

The second machine-born font in the Process Zine archive. This one comes from the OKI ML3320 dot matrix printer, set to its proportional spacing mode.

Every character was printed in UTL (Utility), then scanned and redrawn — keeping the dot-grid texture, the uneven alignments, and the soft edges of impact.

The result isn’t a smooth re-interpretation but a document of output, a record of signal shaped by pins and ribbon.

The DECODE family was originally intended to include multiple pitch widths (10, 12, 15, 17, 20 CPI). But proportional felt like the most alive version to start with: less rigid, more like speech, more like interference.

Next in line is TIPPA_ECHO — a typewriter-derived set (likely in pre and post ribbon states).

[processzine-org]

EMBOSS 450 - LABEL/RELAY

A new font built from the pressed plastic output of the Scotch EA-450 embossing tool. Every glyph was scanned, traced, and assembled in Glyphs Mini 2, keeping the mis-registrations, burrs, and edge bleed that the machine produced.

It’s not a reconstruction, it’s a relay. Letters as labels. Pressure translated into type.

The set is deliberately limited: A–Z, 0–9, and just the symbols the machine could make (. , ' % & $ - /). Like the tool itself, it’s restrictive but direct — utilitarian text with noise baked in.

EMBOSS 450 will sit alongside other machine-born alphabets in Process Zine: THERMALITE (thermal printer) TIPPA ECHO (typewriter) SIGNAUX (dot matrix)

[alexisgentry]

And hopefully getting a nap in there somewhere. I stayed up way too late the past couple nights working a new font called Break Up Letter, used for the white text here. The good news is, it's finally available on #creativemarket and #etsy. If you go to the link in my bio and then select Handmade Fonts from the top menu, you can see Break Up Letter as well as my other fonts, Sweet Revenge and Moonwalk. Now I'm off to tackle the mountain of laundry and probably fall asleep on the couch binge watching Game of Thrones. 😴 I have 2 more fonts in the works, so stay tuned. #fonthustler #fontmaking #fontmaker #handmadefont #glyphsmini

[alexisgentry]

Working on another font when I really should be going to bed.