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## This Weird 1973 Typeface Just Came Back From the Dead

DevFeed: [This Weird 1973 Typeface Just Came Back From the Dead](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/this-weird-1973-typeface-just-came-back-from-the-dead-58029.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://webdesignerdepot.com/this-weird-1973-typeface-just-came-back-from-the-dead/>)

Author: Alex Harper

Published: 2026-09-22T15:01:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Web Designer Depot](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/web-designer-depot.md>)

Topics: [Font](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/font.md>), [digital](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/digital.md>), [Variable](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/variable.md>)

Tags: [1970s-design](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/1970s-design.md>), [ad-werner](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ad-werner.md>), [clippy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/clippy.md>), [creative-fonts](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/creative-fonts.md>), [design](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/design.md>), [digital-design](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/digital-design.md>), [digital-typography](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/digital-typography.md>), [display-fonts](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/display-fonts.md>), [font-design](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/font-design.md>), [font-revival](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/font-revival.md>), [fonts](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/fonts.md>), [graphic-design](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/graphic-design.md>), [kanon-foundry](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kanon-foundry.md>), [paperclip-contour](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/paperclip-contour.md>), [retro-fonts](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/retro-fonts.md>), [technology](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/technology.md>), [tor-weibull](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tor-weibull.md>), [type-design](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/type-design.md>), [typography](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/typography.md>), [typography-inspiration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/typography-inspiration.md>), [variable](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/variable.md>), [variable-fonts](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/variable-fonts.md>), [vintage-typography](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vintage-typography.md>), [visual-ui-design](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/visual-ui-design.md>), [web-typography](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/web-typography.md>)

### AI overview

The article introduces Clippy, a digital typeface based on Ad Werner's 1973 Paperclip Contour. It describes the expanded 530-glyph family, support for 219 languages, and variable-font behavior that shifts between upright and slanted forms.

### Source excerpt

A wonderfully weird typeface from 1973 has come back to life -- and somehow it looks more at home in 2026 than ever. Meet Clippy, the retro font that bends, rocks and wobbles its way into the digital age.