This is super fun: In a 1773 book, Johann Steingruber designed an alphabet made of architectural floorplans.
Present & Correct tweeted about this yesterday, whereupon followers demonstrated that you can screenshot the pages to make for a truly epic font …
I found it via Kottke! Below, some close-ups of a few letters …
![](https://i0.wp.com/boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/K.jpg?resize=870%2C1218&ssl=1)
![](https://i0.wp.com/boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/M.jpg?resize=868%2C1188&ssl=1)
![](https://i0.wp.com/boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/S.jpg?resize=858%2C1198&ssl=1)