Nickel is a stocky engraver’s alphabet based on the inscription of a
1918 Chinese banknote. In this face, the traditionally round letters are
straight-sided, as if chiseled from a block. Meanwhile, the straight
letters are dominated by the sweeping curves of large, bracketed serifs.
Nickel shares the monumentality of the lettering on today’s American
currency, but its squarish forms add a peculiar strengh and energy with
overtones of the 1970s classic typeface, Serpentine. This version adds a
lowercase and color fonts.