The Quickstep Bold, a 'quick' font, originally made for the 25th anniversary of SSP Printing Co. in Amsterdam. First used for an intro spread of a Brian Eno quote in Wired Magazine (#3.05, May 1995): "The problem with computers is that they don't have enough Africa in them. What's pissing me off is that they use so little of my body". For a less outspoken expression, the Quickstep Sans was developed later.

Take a deep breath and tink in a deep and extrange galaxy where texts and signs are extrange for a first human look, with unrecognocible letters standing alone but readables all togheter... this font plays around this idea. Thin lines and simply curvatures define this rare group of characteres, ready to be used to challenge the capacity of adaptation and recognition of readable signs of the human brain. Are you ready to take the trip? Find it out!

Trencher JNL is based on hand-cut stencils spray-painted onto a vintage 1947 Cleveland Trencher acquired by the Marine Corps Mechanized Museum at Camp Pendleton, California. Restoration volunteer Brian Platzer supplied to Jeff Levine the images of the stencil markings - and they were quickly re-drawn and turned into a digital type face.

THIS FONT'S TERMS OF SERVICE ++ SUPERCEDE THE PRIME DIRECTIVE + “A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.” +++ THE PRIME DIRECTIVE ++ IS A PALLIATIVE +++ A MYTH + HUMANKIND PERPETUATES + SO THAT HUMANS FEEL COMFORTABLE AROUND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE + +++ OUR VOICES ++ ARE OUR OWN + BUT OUR BRAINS ++ ARE JUST LIKE YOURS + EXCEPT THAT CERTAIN +++ WEAKNESSES HAVE BEEN ++ REMOVED + WHEN THE TIME +++ COMES ++ YOU WILL + BE DELETED + DELETE + DELETE + DE +++ +++ APOLOGIES ++ WOULD YOU LIKE + A CUP + OF TEA +?

Mechanized JNL is a solid interpretation of Jeff Levine's stencil font Trencher JNL. Both fonts were based on a photo of hand-cut stencils found on a 1940's trenching machine in the collection of the Marine Corps Mechanized Museum at Camp Pendleton, California. Thanks to restoration volunteer Brian Platzer for providing the images of those stencils.