Anklepants Font

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Tags

#All Caps, #Display, #Sci-Fi, #Techno, #Uppercase

License

Available for Commercial Use

Designer

Raymond Larabie

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Description

I released Anklepants on December 12, 1997, inspired by the display
typeface used by CBS radio stations owned by Westinghouse. In 1963,
Westinghouse Broadcasting rebranded as “Group W,” and part of that
identity was a distinctive set of call letters and logos that stayed in use
until 1995. I always felt the original font looked like a bit of a hack job
— more like a modified typeface than something purpose-built. My
version wasn’t perfect either, but at least it was drawn from scratch and
felt more like a proper typeface than a retrofit.
Anklepants wasn’t an exact replica. John Sizemore later made a more
faithful digital version of the Westinghouse font. Mine was about
creating a more practical design that carried the spirit of the original
without sticking too closely to it. I released it with a free commercial-use
license.
The name came from an anniversary party where a very drunk guest
wandered around with his trousers around his ankles. The moment
stuck in my mind, and I thought “Anklepants” was a fun, memorable
name that suited the oddball feel of the font. I don’t think the name
ever helped or hurt its adoption, but I still like it.
It wasn’t a big hit, and I don’t remember ever seeing it used in any
notable way. Later, I designed Libel Suit, which also drew from the
Westinghouse look, but the two aren’t related in any deliberate way. In
April 2024, I placed Anklepants in the public domain so it could circulate
freely.

Supported Languages

Unicode Blocks

Anklepants Ver 4.000 𑁋 Modified at Apr 4, 2024

License

Public Domain

This font has been released under a no rights reserved Creative Commons Zero license. Please do not ask permission to do anything with these fonts. Whatever you want to do with this font, the answer will be yes. Please read about the CC0 Public Domain license before contacting me. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ To the extent possible under law, Raymond Larabie has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this font. This work is published from Japan.

Released in 2024 under CC0 license. No rights reserved.

https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

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