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Looking for typefaces that have only true circles and straight lines

grendl
17.Mar.2005 11.16pm
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That have only true circles and straight lines, with no optical adjustments.

Thanks!
G.

Bert Vanderveen
18.Mar.2005 1.20am
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The original DIN was designed to be just that. Digital interpretations are Isonorm by MecaNorma (also in the Adobe ollection) or Isonorm3098 by FontShop. There are more...

http://www.fontshop.com/?fuseaction=catalog.fontpackage&searchby=manufacturer&displayfontid=FF.6908.0.0


bowfinpw
18.Mar.2005 7.13am
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Many geometric typefaces that use round, not oblong, or oval, counters can be found in Part 1 of the Bauhaus-style Font ID Guide. Since those are sometimes scans from older books, not all of them are in digital form, but many of them are.


bongo
20.Mar.2005 12.18am
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Variex, by Emigre.


Mike F
20.Mar.2005 1.12am
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Circle / Cirkulus (I've not taken a protractor to them)?


Bald Condensed
18.Mar.2005 1.44am
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The problem is, even an apparently perfectly geometrical typeface
like ITC Avant Garde Gothic will have subtle optical adjustments,
as without them the characters would just look plain wrong. A circle
looks like an ellipse when it's a perfect circle, a join will fill up
optically if there are no subtle ink traps and so on...

Can there be no optical corrections at all, or is it OK if they're
almost unnoticable?