{"product_id":"karoshi-typeface","title":"Karoshi Typeface","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFree for Personal Use Only\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca title=\"Pixel Surplus Licensing\" href=\"https:\/\/pixelsurplus.com\/pages\/licensing\"\u003eView License Details\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan class=\"texteditor-inline-fontsize\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"texteditor-inline-color\"\u003eThe KAROSHI journey began almost 30 years ago, rooted in admiration for the work of German\/Argentinian designer Matius Gerardo Grieck, aka +ISM. His graphic and type design left a clear mark in the early days of digital type.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThat era favored bold concepts and format experiments—an intense, inspiring landscape later flattened by social media and template-based design. KAROSHI draws from Japanese culture and the unsettling idea of “death by overwork” (not nostalgic at all). The project started from a rescued folder of references from 1998\/1999, when standard formats barely existed and early WWW experiments like +ISM’s ran wild.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan class=\"texteditor-inline-fontsize\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"texteditor-inline-color\"\u003eWith little to no recent information available about the designer or his fonts, further research reached a dead end. Learning KAROSHI was not commercially available set off an unusual question: how do you revive an already digital typeface? Rather than follow a traditional revival path, this work honors an early influence by updating an experiment into a full contemporary typeface.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan class=\"texteditor-inline-fontsize\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"texteditor-inline-color\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStarting from only a few letters and low-res images, KAROSHI became a personal project shaped by cyberpunk references and expanded into a larger, functional character set. A complementary dingbat font followed, sparked by research that proved genuinely fun. Recommended for type and lettering experiments, techno-flared logos, and cyber titling—Y2K aesthetics in all its glory.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Rafael Nascimento","offers":[{"title":"Karoshi Typeface - Desktop Commercial License","offer_id":45171730972719,"sku":null,"price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Free - Personal Use License","offer_id":45171719700527,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Karoshi Font - Desktop License","offer_id":45171719667759,"sku":null,"price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Karoshi Dingbats - Desktop License","offer_id":45171730939951,"sku":null,"price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Web Font License - 0-10k Pageviews \/ Month","offer_id":45171719733295,"sku":null,"price":64.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Web Font License - 10k-100k Pageviews \/ Month","offer_id":45171719766063,"sku":null,"price":128.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Web Font License - 100k-500k Pageviews \/ Month","offer_id":45171719798831,"sku":null,"price":216.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Web Font License - 500k-1M Pageviews \/ Month","offer_id":45171719831599,"sku":null,"price":318.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Web Font License - 1M+ Pageviews \/ Month","offer_id":45171719864367,"sku":null,"price":700.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Video\/Digital License - Under 1M Views or Personal Use","offer_id":45171719897135,"sku":null,"price":99.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Video\/Digital License - 1M+ Views or Commercial Use","offer_id":45171719929903,"sku":null,"price":300.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Broadcast License - Film\/TV\/Streaming","offer_id":45171719962671,"sku":null,"price":700.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"ePub License (Per Title)","offer_id":45171719995439,"sku":null,"price":99.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"App License","offer_id":45171720028207,"sku":null,"price":350.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Large Volume Commercial Use","offer_id":45171720060975,"sku":null,"price":2800.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1454\/7324\/files\/KaroshiCover.jpg?v=1775262229","url":"https:\/\/pixelsurplus.com\/products\/karoshi-typeface","provider":"Pixel Surplus","version":"1.0","type":"link"}