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Mekkanika: Most Intricate Steampunk Typeface In The World

Mekkanika Typeface Font Design Inspiration

I remember back at the end of the ’80s when I was just starting high school and our biology class incorporated computers into our daily learning process. We had those bulky one piece Macs with a monochrome screen on them. It was the first time any of us really came into contact with fonts and an interface where you could type documents and print them. It was one of those “holy shit!” moments for me that I’ll remember for the rest of my life. We ended up using them quite a lot, but never for the stuff that I really wanted to do, which was to check out the OS more thoroughly to learn what it was capable of. We were pretty much just allowed to use them for typing our school assignments.

Back then, the fonts weren’t really that advanced even though they were beautiful to look at. There were like 10-12 of them available, and that was about it. Today there are obviously a lot more available than that, A LOT MORE! There are over a hundred thousand fonts that we are able to use, and they are all there to help us make our stuff look better. I recently stumbled over one of the most (if not THE most) intricate fonts (or typefaces) I have ever seen. I know it sounds uneducated to just say font when you really mean typeface and vice versa. However, most people don’t talk the design language, and they only refer to different types of fonts as… well, fonts.

The world’s most intricate typeface must be the Mekkanika typeface, and it’s more than insane. The detail of it is mind boggling, and I can’t imagine the process of putting this set together and how long it must have taken to do so. It’s another one of my “holy shit!” moments as a designer to see something this intricate become a true typeface font for people to actually use. Usually they are just a logo or an image created with a few letters, but this is the entire alphabet, character by character. If you ever want a moment of pure wonderment, this could be it, from a designer’s perspective that is. This typeface is created by talented designer and I guess, typefacerRiccardo Sabatini. Huge props!

Mekkanika Typeface Font Design Inspiration

Mekkanika Typeface Font Design Inspiration

Mekkanika Typeface Font Design Inspiration

Mekkanika Typeface Font Design Inspiration

Mekkanika Typeface Font Design Inspiration

Mekkanika Typeface Font Design Inspiration

Mekkanika Typeface Font Design Inspiration

Mekkanika Typeface Font Design Inspiration

Mekkanika Typeface Font Design Inspiration

Mekkanika Typeface Font Design Inspiration

Mekkanika Typeface Font Design Inspiration

Mekkanika Typeface Font Design Inspiration

Mekkanika Typeface Font Design Inspiration

Mekkanika Typeface Font Design Inspiration

Mekkanika Typeface Font Design Inspiration

Mekkanika Typeface Font Design Inspiration

Mekkanika Typeface Font Design Inspiration

Mekkanika Typeface Font Design Inspiration

Mekkanika Typeface Font Design Inspiration

Mekkanika Typeface Font Design Inspiration

Mekkanika Typeface Font Design Inspiration

Mekkanika Typeface Font Design Inspiration

Mekkanika Typeface Font Design Inspiration

Mekkanika Typeface Font Design Inspiration

Mekkanika Typeface Font Design Inspiration

Mekkanika Typeface Font Design Inspiration

Mekkanika Typeface Font Design Inspiration


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Richard Darell is the founder and CEO of Bit Rebels, a multifaceted online news outlet that reports daily on the latest developments in technology, social media, design and everything geek. Today this media entity welcomes more than 2.5 million unique visitors per month and is considered the go to place for people in constant motion. As an Internet entrepreneur, he is dedicated to constantly trying to develop new ways to bring content faster and closer to the end user in a more streamlined way. His excitement for statistics has allowed him to further develop systems that continuously produce accurate and fast-paced analytics to better optimize the approach by which Bit Rebels presents news and content. His graphic design background has proven to be an important tool when designing new systems and features for Bit Rebels since the development of solid and stable code depends entirely on their structure and implemented procedures. Richard currently resides in Stockholm, Sweden and directs the Bit Rebels offices in both Stockholm and Atlanta. You can reach Richard at richard@bitrebels.com

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