Quicksand, a free sans serif typeface

alienbreed
12.Oct.2008 9.35pm
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Hi everyone, I have just released my first typeface project for free. Not as good as most of the stuff in here but I'm hoping that you'll find it useful in some way.

You can grab a copy of it here: Quicksand

Typedog
12.Oct.2008 10.34pm
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Thank you friend!


Knerkin
13.Oct.2008 4.50am
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Nice, clean face. Thanks.


alienbreed
13.Oct.2008 5.06am
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Glad you like it. Cheers..


aluminum
13.Oct.2008 7.02am
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Very nice. I like the R. Thanks!


Pieter van Rosmalen
13.Oct.2008 7.08am
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Nice typeface. Tip: space the typeface well before kerning. The spacing is very, very bad.

Pieter


alienbreed
13.Oct.2008 11.01am
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Pieter,

Thanks for the advice I'll keep that in mind on my next project. It's my first type design so should I say expect the worse? =)


Gaby C
15.Oct.2008 5.07am
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What a lovely family! Thank you for sharing it.


4thfebruary
15.Oct.2008 7.08am
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Thanks for the free font.

Do you plan to add support for Cyrillic ?


AGL
15.Oct.2008 7.13am
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Very nice. Thanks!


Vivio Russ
15.Oct.2008 10.16am
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Thank you for that, nice font but there's nothing new in it, the design is very close to many other existing fonts :/


Martijn van Berkel
16.Oct.2008 5.11am
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Very nice design for you first typeface!
Only, as Pieter said, the spacing is bad.

Keep up the good work! :)

Kind regards,
Martijn van Berkel


sii
17.Oct.2008 5.53pm
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"the design is very close to many other existing fonts :/"

"The spacing is very, very bad."

You obviously made a mistake - you should be selling the font, not giving it away ;-)


Ampersanderson
21.Oct.2008 6.58am
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Looks like an elegant face. Just a heads up that your site is currently down. I look forward to trying it out, though.

—M


buzlink
22.Oct.2008 5.43pm
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Thanks for the font!

I like the wider spacing.

Thanks again..


DekThai
23.Oct.2008 7.17pm
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very bad,

why not do you tell everybody to know what's font you'v modified from.

i think is better than do like this.


alienbreed
23.Oct.2008 10.56pm
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@DekThai

What are you talking about? This typeface was made from scratch and not a modified font. I can even show you the process of how I created all of the glyphs in Illu before exporting them in FL.


4thfebruary
28.Oct.2008 7.40am
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> DekThai

If you know similar font, please show this font for us.


Bendy
5.Nov.2008 2.23pm
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> why not do you tell everybody to know what’s font you’v modified from.

Oh, that's not nice :(

Andrew, this is nicely executed. I also like the wide tracking. Thank you for sharing :)


SuperUltraFabulous
6.Nov.2008 11.31am
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I like it! You’ve done a good job!


DekThai
6.Nov.2008 5.44pm
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ok, this is a first type i don't need say anymore.

and i have something to say,

"do not take any part from others font"

i wish you success.


ormishen
24.Nov.2008 11.58am
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just snatched it!

Must say, it's a lot better than many professional (expensive!) fonts.
Big thanks.


tobi_laniyan
1.Dec.2008 3.18pm
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thanks for this might come in handy


typed
8.Dec.2008 5.26am
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nice thankssssss :D


Joe Pemberton
9.Jan.2009 5.15pm
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Now there is absolutely no excuse to use Arial Rounded. Nicely done.


wvaiden
14.Jan.2009 9.49am
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Thanks so much!


tidajai
17.Jan.2009 12.03am
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Thanks


dykuri
2.Feb.2009 1.19am
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I love this font. Thanks.


ricardomestre
3.Feb.2009 1.23pm
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Lovely. Nice. Clean.

Best regards.


Joostmarcellis
4.Feb.2009 1.36am
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looks like the characters consist out off single line, no contrast at all, well done!


Graeme Foster
26.Mar.2009 1.15pm
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Just become a member, many thanks for the fonts always searching for new ones

Laters!

Graeme Foster

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michellemarie
17.Apr.2009 11.29am
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Looks great. I'd love to download but the link is giving me an error about hosting being suspended?


FlxB
18.Apr.2009 3.17am
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Seems that Andrews hosting account is suspended. But Quicksand is still online at FONTSQUIRREL

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Flxb


Typedog
18.Apr.2009 11.01pm
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Once again thanks comrade, this is a good example
of a good free font for those who think otherwise
about free fonts.

Guerrizmo+Design
No man is an island unto himself_John Donne


kenny_died
11.May.2009 9.09am
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Hi,

Beautiful font. I'd like to use it for a commercial project. I tried to find its license and on FontSquirrel it says it has none. Usually the fonts there are for commercial use.

So, could I use it? If yes, thank you, if no, how/where can I buy it? :)

Cheers.


markweee
13.May.2009 1.38am
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alienbreed
13.May.2009 9.21am
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Hi Kenny,

Feel free to use it commercially as it is license free.

Cheers!


novas
16.May.2009 3.16am
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@allenbreed

Could you include a Euro-sign at least?
The lack of it limits the usage of the otherwise cool fonts somewhat, here in "Old Europe".


pyros
27.May.2009 12.59am
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Thanks for the font! I used it for my little PDF Magazine. :D


vollbartmusik
22.Jun.2009 7.09am
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Hi there,
Quicksand is a great font, I use it for my master thesis! But I have a question concerning the special characters. I use M$ Word 2007 and the strange thing is that the percent character won't show up in the dokument. The place where the % should be is simply blank. Has anybody got an idea why this happens? Also, if I put in the percent character Word tends to replace the font with Times New Roman, as if this specific character was missing in Quicksand. Pretty strange I'd say...Suggestions anyone? Thanks, Tom


arsaxx
22.Jun.2009 7.25am
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Thank you very much for this font.
I think it's the best font ever made.
From the previous post I found it can be used in commercial projects.
I am using it In my Flash CMS as an embedded font in Droower Flash CMS and I add a comment about it Quicksand comment.
As I noticed that link http://www.andrewpaglinawan.com/ is broken I link resource I found it.


altaira
22.Jun.2009 8.12am
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Moderators? That last comment smells like spam to me. (Feel free to delete this.)


theplatypus
24.Jun.2009 12.26pm
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I was looking for a typeface to use in a logo I'm designing and I totally forgot I installed this! It's super clean. All this talk from DekThai without any actual proof is annoying...
best regards,
daniel


are
17.Jul.2009 10.31am
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eata genia me encanta, es como medio retro, súper muchas gracias y FELICIDADES por tu excelente trabajo


therealmworld
31.Jul.2009 10.44am
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i'm in love with this typeface but i couldn't get the copy :(

::REALM::


Balikiwi
14.Aug.2009 12.03am
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Thanks, I like it a lot. It's what attracted me to join this site, which Im now grateful that I have. They say you can't teach an old dog new tricks, but I live in hope.


SusanneOjert
18.Aug.2009 12.52am
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Thank you. It´s very nice and clean :)


dagarfe
27.Aug.2009 5.48am
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Preciosa!


Nunymare
4.Sep.2009 6.55pm
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This is great. Thank you so much.


Carl Johan
5.Oct.2009 11.45am
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It's really nice, I'm just sad that the å ä ö are missing from the Dash variant.


imjess
5.Oct.2009 11.51pm
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the lower case w seems a little out of place, and the spacing needs work but otherwise a great first attempt, thanks :)


kakuei
20.Nov.2009 10.40pm
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salamat andrew!


chopshop
6.Jan.2010 9.59pm
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pneumeric
26.Jan.2010 5.11pm
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lovely, thanks!


hongninbo
1.Feb.2010 10.44am
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Nice font _/\_


xo
7.Feb.2010 7.33am
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I think it's great, actually. The only thing I could comment on is that the letter spacing seems like it could use a tiny bit of adjusting. However, for use in things like CSS embedding, that could be done with a fair bit of ease. Furthermore, the wider on the bold font seems perfect for headers/titles.

I suggest you distribute a license with it, so it's a little less vague in terms of what you're allowed to do. Although, I'm always biased to recommend the WTFPL.

Awesome, great win!


Acreo Aeneas
7.Feb.2010 7.05pm
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Snatched it a few days ago. Very nice. I love the spacing and how elegant it looks even in the *thin* weight. :)


microspective
7.Feb.2010 7.14pm
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Wow. Crazy generous, man. Thank you. Nice work.