Character Set


JetJaneMono (Thin, ThinItalic, Plain, PlainItalic, Bold, BoldItalic, Caps-Thin, Caps-Plain, Caps-Bold)

(available at myfonts.com and fonts.com)

It is easy to dislike monospaced typefaces. Because they force all letters to have the same width, they are inevitably ugly (though we have gotten so used to them we usually do not notice this ugliness). However, they pose an interesting challenge to the type designer.

JetJaneMono is a very large family of sans-serif faces which are mono-spaced, as are typefaces used in typewriters and cheap computer printers. There are three weights in the extended family: Thin, Plain, and Bold. In addition there is an italics version in the same weights which is close to the "book" version, with some differences in lower-case letters and symbols. Finally, there is an all-caps version in which the lower-case letters have been replaced with scaled versions of the upper-case letters.

JetJane is meant to give the look and feel of the typefaces used in dot-matrix printers, though it is not modeled on any particular one. It is best used at lower point sizes, such as 10, 11, or 12.  

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altered but not revised Jan 2008