Hopeless Diamond

Hopeless Diamond is a contemporary display type inspired by the dimensionality of 19th Century carved lettering and signage. Our initial designs were reminiscent of the radical forms of the B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber and the F-117 Nighthawk Stealth Strike Aircraft which provided an additional arena for inspiration. The name itself is taken from an earlier model of the F-117 that was called the ‘Hopeless Diamond’ due to its unusual structure and departure from aerodynamic doctrine.

Hopeless Diamond is available in 3 varieties, each composed of 4 styles; Regular, Alternate, and accompanying Italics.
Available in OpenType, PostScript and TrueType formats from virusfonts.com

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Some of you might be interested to hear of our latest typographic exploration.

“What the Bush administration is primarily interested in is regime change in the United States, not regime change in Iraq or South East Asia or the Balkans. A foreign war is a wonderful lollipop to stuff in the mouth of a possibly quarrelsome press.” Lewis H. Lapham.

To celebrate the ultimate regime change - the end of the Bush presidency - today on the day of the Presidential Inauguration Virus Fonts are releasing Regime, our first new font in over a year.

Regime is based on 19th century slab serif British Empire letterforms. Redrawn, made a little more contemporary, a little more playful and with alternate weights featuring more experimental characters.