Graffiti Fonts 4.0 Codename Burn 20

Our fonts are designed & developed by actual graffiti writers, each with de=
cades of experience pushing the boundaries of the art form into new places,=
 not least of which, into the digital realm. Staying true to the culture & =
its traditions while working to bring new innovations with every project is=
 our primary goal. The ever-evolving & highly organic art form of graffiti =
lettering defies mechanical systems like type by nature. It is our mission =
to invest the hard work it takes to do the art form justice in that arena. =
Over 20 years ago, artists & designers from the San Jose CA based "Full Tim=
e Artists" crew joined forces with a handful of of other font developers & =
writers from around the globe to take on this challenge. This mission conti=
nues today & everything you see on this web site is the result of that work=
.

graffiti fonts 4.0 codename burn 20
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This website & the content you'll find here are the culmination of over two=
 decades of research, design & development. Our foundry published its first=
 fonts on the crew homepage FullTimeArtists.com begining circa 1999. By the=
 time we were ready to set up a dedicated site we found that GraffitiFonts.=
com was taken. We set up shop on GraffitiFonts.net & spent the next several=
 years both competing & cooperating with the .com before beginning to take =
it over circa 2007 & finally merging the two sites circa 2012. The modern G=
raffitiFonts.com is the initial point of publishing for all of the original=
 & exclusive graffiti style typefaces that we design as well as the home ba=
se for our collections of carefully curated fonts from other writers & type=
 developers around the world. Here you'll find both free font downloads and=
 the opportunity to purchase commercial licensing. This combination of free=
 & commercial typefaces is known as the "Graffiti Fonts Collection". Our go=
al with this site is to maintain a balance between high standards & objecti=
vity to build the largest, most comprehensive & sophisticated collection of=
 real, graffiti style typefaces anywhere on earth & to help maintain the in=
tegrity & history of the genre as a whole.

Our first CDROM collection was released in late 2002 & was the first collec=
tion of graffiti style fonts ever assembled as a commercial product as well=
 as the first physical, hard-copy collection. In the years that followed we=
 released a new, larger & more sophisticated collection roughly every year.=
 As the collections evolved they came to include stock images, vector art, =
templates, photo cut-outs & other supporting materials. Most of our origina=
l typefaces were released exclusively through these large, hard-copy collec=
tions up untill the 2009 release of Graffiti Fonts 4.0 Codename: Burn. The =
massive GF4 collection was released on a DVDROM with over 4GB of content & =
a full-color, 32 page instruction booklet. Four years in development, with =
a $600 price tag, we decided this was about as far as we should go with the=
 collections. Since then we've focused mainly on the release of new, indivi=
dual font families & the continued expansion & improvement of our existing =
titles but we continue to update & expand the existing four collections kee=
ping every font family up to date & even adding new titles & new supporting=
 materials. Updated versions of all four of the original collections are st=
ill made available today in both digital download & hard-copy formats, at t=
heir original prices.

While graffiti art & lettering itself had long-since reached a point of tre=
mendous sophistication, the first typefaces to emerge in this genre were mo=
stly very primative, both stylistically & technically. Mirroring the early =
development of graffiti itself, there is a period in the emergence of graff=
iti style fonts, sort of a prehistory, in which this new presence was enter=
ing the scene but had yet to find it's legs. Durring this period, the first=
 handful of graffiti style fonts unconciously replay the days of the late 6=
0's & early 70's before tags, throws & wildstyles. With characteristics of =
graffiti & an intent to emulate this modern art form these prehistoric graf=
fiti typefaces begin to emerge in the mid to late 1990's, barely recognizab=
le as graffiti by the sophisticated, modern standards of the time. Before m=
ore authentic or advanced graffiti type styles were developed these graffit=
i-ish fonts were commonly used to emulate the basic feel of modern graffiti=
 lettering.

In 1999 we begin to see the development of more authentic, more sophisticat=
ed graffiti typefaces & fonts created by actual writers. Here practicality =
begins taking a backseat to authenticity. Many of these early faces are mor=
e graffiti than font. Like the tags, throws & pieces on the streets legibil=
ity to untrained eyes is not a primary concern. While many of these early f=
aces are still very limited by digital type standards we start to see very =
clean vector paths more robust character sets & the emergence of true innov=
ations in type design.

2000 - Chuck Davis (Siner), Letterhead Fonts - Def Artists Crew=20
Released 08/14/2000, A layered type system, designed by the inventor of the=
 layered type system who was also an actual graffiti writer. One of the mos=
t obscure graffiti fonts.



2002 - Johan WaldenstromReleased on 04/08/2002, Despite offering only 26 le=
tters, this font added to the still very small array of fonts undeniably bu=
ilt to emulate graffiti handstyles & to this artists sizable contribution t=
o the early genre.

On June 3rd 2002, with the debut of graffitifonts.com the first website ded=
icated entirely to graffiti style typefaces emerges. With less than a dozen=
 real graffiti styles available & only a few of those included, the site is=
 largely populated by graffiti-ish fonts that could be used to loosely emul=
ate graff styles. Several of the early graffiti style tytpefaces listed in =
this timeline were included. Seemingly, permantently stuck as the #1 search=
 result, this site would survive & evolve for about a decade. It was taken =
over by the Graffiti Fonts type foundry in 2007 but left largely unchanged =
until it was merged with the foundry's home site, formerly found at graffit=
ifonts.net in 2012.

Early versions of a CDROM collection from the Graffiti Fonts foundry were c=
reated dating back to the year 2000 which included the foundries early font=
s along with design templates & website assets & other digital items but in=
 2003 a more focused product was developed that included 3 of the foundries=
 first fonts along with a selection of graffiti fonts from other pioneering=
 developers. The first versions of this collection contained only 13 fonts =
& sold for the same $40 retail price as the stand-alone RaseOne font. Many =
fonts were at first omitted to keep the price low & test the market for a C=
DROM collection. At this point The foundry filed for the first trademark on=
 the brand name "Graffiti Fonts". This CDROM was the first collection of gr=
affiti fonts in the form of a physical product.

2003 Matthew (RaseOne) Napolitano - Graffiti Fonts
 First completed in late 2003 by Matthew (RaseOne) Napolitano for the Graff=
iti Fonts type foundry, the WildStlye font family replaced the RaseOne fami=
ly as the most advanced wildstyle font available. Glyphs from this layered =
system of 5 fonts connected & interlocked more like an actual wildstyle. En=
d pieces, flourishes, alternate glyphs, spray can & cap digngbats, a repeat=
ing cloud background & OpenType features helped set a new baseline for the =
translation of the graffiti wildstyle into type. Nearly a decade later, thi=
s font will be chosen to represent the impact of graffiti style typefaces o=
n modern graphic design in the Yale University textbook "Graphic Design A N=
ew History".

2004 - Johan Waldenstrom=20
 Released on - 02/06/2004, these and other additions to the "Writers" set w=
ould bring the family up to a total of 5 styles, making it one of only a fe=
w graffiti fonts to offer a multi-part set & one of only two to reach 5 sty=
les.

In late 2004 the 2nd edition of the Graffiti Fonts collection was released.=
 This expanded version of the collection included more of the fourndy's exc=
lusive fonts, including the full RaseOne layered family & a larger selectiu=
on of fonts from other artists. Like it's predecessor, this collection came=
 very close to offering every graffiti style typeface on earth but, to keep=
 the cost down, some of the more recent fonts from the foundry were omitted=
 and some 3rd party fonts were not included. This 2nd collection sold for $=
100 in DVD style packaging, with a printed instruction booklet.

By this point the number of published typefaces in this genre is still just=
 a few dozen. Monotype extended an invitation to the Graffiti Fonts foundry=
 to distribute the CDROM collections & the individual typefaces but did not=
 yet have a category for graffiti. The graffitifonts.com & .net websites we=
re starting to draw substantial traffic & graffiti typefaces were starting =
to appear in larger scale commercial design where before one would often ha=
ve seen faux graffiti, usually rendered by non-writer graphic designers. Th=
ese fonts were also seeing frequent use within the Hip-Hop community from u=
nderground to commercial projects, showing up on fliers, album covers, in m=
agazines & on clothing. Made easy by the research & curative work of the .c=
om & .net websites, wide spread piracy began to set in, increasing the dist=
ribution of the fonts exponentially & driving the popularity of the whole g=
enre far beyond the underground Hip-Hop circles where it first began.

With the release of the the 2nd & 3rd Graffiti Fonts collections & expansio=
n of the still separate graffitifonts.net & graffitifonts.com web sites, th=
e worlds catalog of authentic graffiti fonts was begininng to increase rapi=
dly. With many new designs released & more fonts lifted from relative obscu=
rity these collections & the associated websites achieved significant notor=
iety & mainstream usage which brought much greater attention to the genre a=
s a whole. From here we would start to see a wider development of graffiti =
typefaces from a larger number of artists & foundries. In the following yea=
rs font download websites & font distributors would gradually begin to add =
graffiti categories to their offering where no such category had existed be=
fore but at this early stage it had fallen mainly into the hands of graffit=
i writers & devotees of underground Hip-Hop culture themselves to crowbar g=
raffiti lettering into the relm of digital type. With almost nowhere else t=
o look, virtually every graffiti style font ever created resided on one or =
both of the competing graffitifonts.net & graffitifonts.com sites.
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