DM PopCap was created as a typeface to accompany a 2013 LEGO project, which itself was inspired by the music video for Scream by Michael and Janet Jackson.
I had to create the typeface in order to make my own title cards. Although the resulting font looks similar to the text that appears in the music video, I also set myself the challenge of creating the remaining characters of the alphabet, as well as others that some would find useful.
As suggested, the typeface would be idea in a futuristic or technological setting, particularly concerning space travel.
For the LEGO project, I had paired this typeface with Myriad Pro. As with my other offerings, this font is intended for use as a heading or standalone title - but it also appears to work on its own for small paragraphs of text.
Constant is a meticulously constructed slab serif display typeface of a sturdy lineage. The strong horizontal and vertical rhythm and calculated angles dominate its appearance, yet sweeping broad shapes infuse the design with an overall warm undertone.
Constant is best suited for setting short headlines, word marks, posters and other visual communication ephemera. Particular when set in all uppercase the typeface’s squarish and resolute nature commands attention and projects authority. Despite the prominent slab serifs and their angular corner details, these fonts work well also for shorter text passages, especially in the lighter to medium weights. When typesetting Constant in paragraphs spanning several lines the face requires a fair amount of leading to not appear vertically compressed.
As customary for Underscore’s catalog the fonts have very extensive support for languages in the Latin script, reaching from Afrikaans to Vietnamese and Zulu. The fonts are carefully spaced, kerned and hinted, and include a variety of typographic glyphs and OpenType features like various ligatures, number features and case alternatives.
Constant has been developed and released in 2018 as the proud forth release from the Underscore label. This design by Johannes Neumeier is available from the Underscore webshop as well as selected retailers.
