Typeface Design for Megazoid
No triangles allowed — not even in the counters
Megazoid is a retro-futuristic geometric sans by David Jonathan Ross, with Cyrillic consultation from Jovana Jocić. Its construction avoids triangles and sharp angles throughout, including counterforms, building instead on squares and circles. The family includes Fill and Shade styles with embedded complex effects, alongside support for outlining, double outlining, and shadowing. The design combines sci-fi aesthetics with the plasticity associated with photo-typesetting and a 1970s sensibility.
Set in Megazoid
Insights
- Design systematically excludes triangular forms and acute angles throughout, including counterforms — an unusual structural constraint for a geometric sans.
- Fill and Shade styles ship with embedded complex effects, alongside conventional decorative options such as outlining and shadowing.
- The design combines sci-fi aesthetics with photo-typesetting plasticity, referencing a 1970s character.
- Cyrillic script was developed with advisory input from Jovana Jocić.
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