The Fou typeface family was designed as an alternative to »Trade Gothic condensed bold«. Michael Herold created a typeface where round transitions become angular and vice versa, space is made and space is taken away. This system and the associated changes are continued on a model with semi-serifs. Fou can also be used as an alternative to Din or the wider Q-Type, but in comparison to them Fou offers more room for variation with its italics, expert sets and numerous special characters.
The character set includes West, East, Turkish, Baltic, Romanian as well as alternates, ligatures, fractions, small caps and old style figures.