In 1993 Prince released his own font. #shorts

The purple one released a font in 1993, and it was one of a kind. For more font facts and type trivia, stay tuned to this channel.

#prince #fonts

[LinusBoman]

Prince was ahead of the curve in releasing a font with only 1 symbol. Around the introduction of the Euro and its symbol € in 1999, a number of commercial fonts lacked the symbol, and a suppliment could be downloaded. Though often, type foundries just released one Euro font with variations for all their best sellers. Though by that time, it usually was not distributed via floppy disk.

[justDaisyMae]

Prince himself distributing floppy disks w only a single symbol on it is hilarious

[carykh]

Imagine a font where every character is the symbol of a different artist starting with that letter. You could type a 26-member band!

[KattReen]

Imagine recieving a floppy with only the one Prince fucking wingding. That is both incredibly eccentric in a way that is more on brand than anything else for Prince, and freakin hilarious

[KAM-rltz]

Considering the fact Warner Music told Prince they owned the rights to his legal name, changing his name to a symbol was a genius move. He was making a point.

[ThinWhiteAxe]

I feel the overwhelming need to become the only other artist to have guitars made in my own font

[paulocontreras]

"five minutes of fonts facts you didnt know" would be a hell of a series

[charlesricroctaylor]

He was PRINCE. Buy he was also a KING 👑👑👑

[jefcaine]

As a graphic designer working in 2021, it's hard to imagine having to wait days for a font or any digital asset to come through the mail. Kids these days.

[Yossus]

As a way to annoy your record label, it's pretty awesome - imagine what it cost them to set up and distribute all those floppies to all relevant outlets!

[ozziewarrens]

Prince was/is a true genius on so many levels. 💜💜💜

[EngineerLume]

I love that he made you type a capital-P. He could've just let you use a lowercase p like a sensible person but no, it was /vitally important/ that you have to go the extra mile of pressing shift. Prince managed to assert dominance with a font, I love it.

[BasedPeter]

Kinda dissapointed. Expected a full alphabet of alien Prince-like symbols haha. Great video nevertheless

[Elitist]

Photo caption of Prince at that time from Rolling Stone: 'You know who this guy is. Don't make us say it.'

[khyrand]

Thing is, the media didn't use it; they'd write out "the artist formerly known as Prince". Annoying.

[peterfitzpatrick]

Prince was also a wonderful giver to others, he donated a lot but never made a "song & dance" about it... God bless you PRINCE !! ... RIP... 🙏☹

[Pickelhaube]

Imagine a world where everyone is represented by a font

[crystalbush]

When Prince changed his name to this font/ symbol he took their power away.

[Richardincancale]

A company I worked for - Questus - had the same issue. The ‘Q’ was created in dark red and burgundy with lots of strange folds and lips, but required every client to install a custom font to display our company name! We also used Gil Sans as our preferred font so had to distribute that as well! Good thinking Chris and Mike!

[PendragonDaGreat]

One Character (or limited character) fonts are fun. A convention I volunteer for has one that is just a few variations on our logo allowing us to type set it in anywhere it's needed.