Overbold

What is the Overbold Font?

Overbold is an unapologetic display typeface inspired by an illustration in Eric Gill’s Essay on Typography (p.51), in which he demonstrates «how not to make letters». In particular, he shows that increasing the weight of the downstroke in a serif «A» without structural adjustments yields an absurd, «overbold» result. I found the letter so charming that I decided to blatantly disregard Gill’s wisdom and draw an entire overbold typeface. Here is the result. I’m not sorry.. Overbold comes with extensive glyph coverage in Latin, Greek, and Cyrillic. Check out the Greek — it’s probably the best part of the typeface!  Furthermore, stylistic set SS01 offers an alternate ampersand, SS02 comprises infant letterforms, and SS03 grants merciful alternatives for the three strangest overbold capitals.  The infant forms are also available as a spin-off font for convenience.. Have fun with Overbold! I certainly did.. I am grateful to the helpful souls on the TypeDrawers and Typographie.info forums for encouragement and constructive feedback, and to the Glyphs team for their fantastic type editor. Overbold is dedicated to my son Marius.

Overbold Font Families

When you download Overbold, the family will include the following font styles:

• Overbold Regular
• Overbold Infant Regular

Preview of the Overbold Font

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Who Designed the Overbold Font?

Overbold was designed by Christian Thalmann.

This font has 2 style(s) and was published by Catharsis Fonts.

Is Overbold a Free Download?

Like all of the fonts listed here on The Font Bot, Overbold is a premium font and is not available to download for free.

Please do not try to find a free download of Overbold. If you really want this font for your new project, support the designer and the foundry and click here to purchase it officially.

I'm sure if you tried really hard, you could figure out how to download Overbold for free. You might also get a virus on your computer or get hacked as a result. Not to mention it is illegal to use Overbold if you did not pay for it.

How Much is Overbold to Buy?

If you've made it this far down the page and you are really interested to use Overbold for your new project, great!

The last time we checked the price for Overbold, it was available for as little as $32.00.