Font Tasting by Robert Long
(c)1997 Weatherly Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Trademarked names mentioned in the reference below are recognized as property of their respective owners.
Typefaces from the WSI-Fonts/Professional Collection

ACADEMIA
ACKLISHON [Egyptian Bold Condensed]
AGATHA [Victorian face/Art Nouveau/Agatha]
AIERO DISPLAY
ALADDIN [Legende/Arabian]
ALBERT
ALLURE SCRIPT
ALSTRALE ROMANA [Albertus]
AMAZING
AMPHION [Americana]
ANACONDA
ANASTASIA [ITC Anna]
ANGLICAN
ARAMIS [all-caps display/Accant]
ARCANE
ARCHERY DISPLAY
ARENA
ARITOMA
ARRUBA
ASTUTE [Anastasia-like]
AVIAN [Avant Garde]
BACCARAT [ Morris Fulmer Benton's Banco]
BACCUS and BACCUS BEVEL
BAILEY
BALOGNA [Max Kaufmann’s Balloon]
BARATZ
BARBER POLE
BASSET [based on Baskerville's fonts]
BASTIAN [Buster]
BEDROCK [Flintstones cartoons and movie]
BEETLEJUICE [Bees Knees]
BERNADETTE [Bernhard Modern]
BIGGEN [Hellenic Wide/ extra-expanded egyptian faces]
BILBO DISPLAY [Verona Humanistic]
BILLBOARD [Impact/Stephenson Blake foundry]
BITMAP
BIZARRE CAPS
BLACKOUT [embossed-plastic labeling tape]
BLARNEY [Art Deco font]
BLEUCHER [outline/Art Deco style]
BLIMPEDIE [Blippo]
BLUTUSS CAPS [Art Deco]
BOBBY WIRE [Hairpin]
BOLSTER [Bolts: 1860 by A. Phemister revived in 1936 by C.H. Griffith]
BONNEVILLE [modernized black-letter]
BOOKPLATE [Bookman family, derived from the Old Face of William Caslon]
BOOP SHADOW [Art Nouveau feel]
BORDEAUX [Art Deco geometric sans-serif]
BORDERBATS [Filligree: border-oriented. Fleur One and Fleur Two: fleurons]
BOSTON [Bodoni]
BOUTIQUE DISPLAY CAPS [Showboat]
BRAILLE
BRANDYSCRIPT [Brophy/Brody]
BRASH CAPS [for fun]
BRAVADO [Monotype's Braggadocio]
BROOKSCRIPT narrow, medium and wide [brush script]
BRUNSWYK [Tintoretto]
BRUSH-DOM [Dom Casual]
BRUSH FLAIR
BRUSH FLASH
BRUSH HAND and BRUSHSTROKE
BRUSSELS TITLING CAPS [Celebration Text]
BUCKINGHAM [Uncials/Lombardic script/classic black-letter/old-english]
BULLETIN [Futura Flyer]
BUSINKO [ITC Busorama]
CAMMY CAPS DISPLAY [ Multiform No. 4]
CANDYSTRIPER
CARLISLE [Carrick-Groovy]
CARNIVALE [graphic pizzazz]
CASQUE [Caslon]
CASQUE OPENFACE WACKY [classic Caslon face]
CASSIA SCRIPT [Cascade]
CATHEDRAL GOTHIC
CHALLENGE [± Caslon Open Face]
CHATTSWORTH [Charlemagne]
CHECK NUMBERS
CHESHIRE [± Auriol]
CHESTERFIELD [Clarendon-Chesterfield is more expanded]
CHICANE [Choc]
CHIMKA [Chicago]
CHIPLING DISPLAY [Brenda/Art Nouveau influence]
CHISEL [Checkmate]
CHORDS
CHORIZO [cut in wood or linoleum]
CHOWMEIN [Mandarin]
CHRISTMAS TREE
CHUBBY [Too Much]
CIVIC [City]
CLAMPETTS DISPLAY
COASTER [Ashley Crawford]
COBLEIGH TITLING CAPS
COCKTAIL [Cochin]
CODE 3 OF 9
CODE-USPS
COMIX/COMIX HEAVY
COMIX HIGHLIGHT [Bertram]
COMPASS [Onyx, Ultra Bodoni Condensed/Latino Elongated]
COMPOSER [Sonata]
COMPSTYLE [MICR]
COOKIE [Cooper Black]
CORONA SCRIPT
COWLICK [±Hobo]
COWSPOTS
CREENAY
CRESSIDA [Croissant]
CREW CUT CAPS [Theatre]
CRICKET
CROATE DISPLAY CAPS [Benjamin]
CROIX [Art Deco feel]
CRUISELINE DISPLAY CAPS [Fry's Ornamented]
CURRENCY [Chavalier]
CURVAC BLACK
CURVETTE DISPLAY
CUT-AND-PASTE
DAHRLIN
DANCE HALL CAPS [Holtzschue]
DANIELA [El Greco]
DARWYCKE
DASCHA [Davida]
DATCOTHEQUE
DEBEVIC CIRCULAR
DEBEVIC DECO
DESIGNER TITLING CAPS [Konanur Caps]
DICTIONARY TNR [Times New Roman]
DIGIFACE [LCD: liquid-crystal diode]
DINNERTIME
DISCOTEQUE [geometric display face with a Art Deco flair]
DOGWOOD ORNATE [Cottonwood]
DOMAIGN [Dolmen]
DOORJAMB [Wedgie]
DRACONIAN
DRESSEL
DROPCAPS [decorative initials]
DUO-LINE
DUSTINE [Desdemona]
DYE-CUT [Pinwheel/Pinnochio]
DYONESTY [Dynamo]
EDEN DISPLAY
ELEGANCE [Rafael - based on Caslon]
ELISIA [plain (solid), inline, and open (outline)]
ELMORE [personal-handwriting font]
EMBLEM [Letraset Insignia]
EMPRESS [Empire]
ENCINO [Tekton-achtig]
ERGOE and ERGOE MILD [Eras]
ESPLANADE DISPLAY [Binne]
EVITA [Latin Wide]
EYECHART [± Copperplate Gothic]
EZUROPA [Eurostile]
FACET
FAINS [Gowdy Text]
FAIRBANKS [Duo Dunkel/Duo Light]
FAIRY SCROLL DISPLAY [font Houghton]
FALKVILLE 3D [ ITC Serif Gothic]
FASTRAC FASHION [Bernhard Fashion]
FERNANDO [San Francisco]
5TH GRADER
FIFTIES [Harlow]
FINGERPAINT
FIORNE [Duc de Berry]
FIRST GRADER
FLAMING DISPLAY CAPS [Crackling Fire]
FLEETWOOD [Kalligraphi]
FLEURISH SCRIPT
FLORENTINE
FORMAL SCRIPT [Based on Spencerian handwriting]
FOSSIL [Head Hunter]
FOSTER [New Yorker Magazine's titling]
FOX TROT [New Yorker Magazine]
FRACTIONS [two flavors: Times Roman / Helvetica or Arial]
FRANZFURT [Morris Benton's Franklin Gothic]
FRANTIC [Fat Cat]
FRATERNITY [Friz Quadrata]
FREEWAY GRAFITTI
FRILLY + Extras
FROILANCE [Freestyle]
FUNKYFACE [Alfereta]
FUNSTUFF [Remedy by Judith Sutcliff]
FULTON [Futura]
FULTON BLACK (POSTER) and FULTON STENCIL
FULTON FIXED WIDTH
GAELIC.
GALLANTE [Gillies Gothic Bold]
GASTON [Gallia]
GANGLY DISPLAY CAPS
GARDEN DISPLAY CAPS [Eve Initials]
GARNET [Garamond]
GARTH WACKY [backward-oblique sans]
GATSBY [Art Deco design]
GECKO [Riccardo]
GERIC CLASSIC [Eric Gill]
GHOULY ["fun" face]
GILDE [Frederic W. Goudy]
GLYPHICS
GOLESTON [Gold Rush]
GOTHENBURG's [relatively airy black-letter font]
GRAFITTI
GRAIL LIGHT
GRAIL NEW and GRAIL NEW CONDENSED
GRANGE [Sans type that dominated the field 1930-1960]
GRAVERPLATE [Copperplate Gothic]
GREAT RELIEF and GREAT SHADOW [Graphik or Graphique]
GREGORIAN [capitals in lombardic + calligraphic lowercase]
GREMLIN CAPS [Cartoon Bold]
GREMLIN OUTLINE [Balloon]
GRIFFON [±Dragon]
GRONK
GROUSE [Mira]
GROVER [ultrastylized ultrabold designs]
GRUNION SCRIPT [quick lettering with a brush or felt pen]
GUMMY DISPLAY
GUNTHER CALIGRAPHIC [Carolus]
GYMNASTICS [Posture]
HALIBUT [expanded sans serif]
HALLOWEEN
HAILSTEN [Helvetica]
HAMMER
HAND SCRIPT [breezy, informal face]
HAND STROKE [hand-lettered font]
WSI's HANDWRITING COLLECTION
HANDYBRUSH [brush-script font]
HANKY SHADOW [Thorne Shaded]
HARBINGER
HARDIN CAPS [Art Nouveau]
HEIL SCRIPT [Snell Roundhand]
HELGAR CHANCERY
HELMSLEY
HERKEL [Harlequin]
HERMANN [Goudy Stout]
HIGH NOON
HIPPIE DISPLAY [Daisyland/Corsage]
HOBBY HEADLINE [Hobo]
HOLLYWOOD [inline Art Deco face]
HOT TAMALE [Fajita-Fajita Mild / Fajita Picante]
IGNATZ [Ondine]
INDIGO [Ignatius]
INSTITUTION [Industria]
ISTRA NOUVEAU [Calcutta]
ITALIAN STYLE [Zapf Chancery]
IVY DISPLAY CAPS [Tenderleaf]
JACQUES [Victorian decorated faces]
JELLYBEAN [amusing fat face]
JOHN HANCOCK [handwriting from Declaration of Independence]
JOLT [electrical current]
JULIA [All-caps Victorian display]
JULIUS [± Serpentine]
JURASSIC [Rudolf Koch's Neuland + Neuland Inline]
KABOB [Kabel]
KATARINA [novelty face]
KENSINGTON [Art Deco font]
KEYCAPS [WSI-Fonts original
KIRA SHADOW
KING TUT
KLAXON [Codex]
KOFFEE SCRIPT [Kaufmann]
KOOL KAPS DISPLAY[archetypal fun font]
KREBBS [Bitstream's Ad Lib]
KRISTIN [Monotype Kino]
KRONE [Korinna]
KWIRKY [Klee]
KUDZU [Koloss]
LADYBUG [like Katarina-expanded to regular proportions]
LAPLAND [Lubalin]
LARIAT [rope-like loops]
LARISSA and LARISIMA
LEISURE CALIGRAPHIC
LETRA SANSERIF [Letter Gothic]
LETTERMAN [sports-uniform lettering]
LIDDIE [Adobe Lithos]
LINOLETTER CUT / LINOLETTER CUT RAGGED
LINUS and LINUX [Linoscript and Linotext]
LITHE
LIVELY DISPLAY CAPS
LOGAN [Stop]
LOGASH [Stop/Logan-achtig]
LOGS DISPLAY CAPS [Logger]
LOPP and LOPPLER DISPLAY [Mania]
LOUISIANNE [Salut/Einhorne]
LUBLICK [Art Nouveau hand lettering
LUFTWAFFE [Fette Fraktur]
LYNDSEY and LYNDSEY INLINE [oblique deco titling fonts]
MACKINAW DISPLAY CAPS [Adobe Rosewood/Intecsas's Buffalo Bill]
MAGNETIC CARD [Data 70]
MAHONEY
MAITRE-D [Motter Femina]
MANDREL [Guggenheim and Construct]
MANUSCRIPT OPEN
MANZANITA
MARKING PEN
MARLBORO
MARQUEE [Art Deco face]
MARQUEE FLASH
MARQUEE MIEUX
MEDFLY
 
MELANIN
MEMOIRES [Melior]
MENTHOL
MEPP DISPLAY SHADOW
MERRILL
MINSTREL SCRIPT [Mistral]
MIRKWOOD GOTHIC [old english]
MIRROR IMAGE [Times Roman Mirrored]
MITZVAH
MODAERNE
MONARCH [ITC Mona Lisa/Monarch has rounded serifs]
MONOTONE [Machine]
MONTAGUE
MOROCCO [Algerian]
MULLINS CAPS [Art Nouveau]
MUNK CALIGRAPHIC [Uncial-like letterforms with blackletter details]
MURDOCK
MURPH [Murray Script]
MUSE [understated hand lettering]
MUSIC HALL [Victorian era]
NATHAN [Deco ultra-black titling]
NEEDLEPOINT
NESBITT [stencil font]
NEVILLE SCRIPT [a quite stylized handwriting font]
NEW MEXICO [Paris Flash]
NEWELL BLACK [Neuland]
NEXXUS, [Zephyr]
NICKLE [ultra-fat with crisp clever detailing]
NIGHTSIGN CAPS [Neon Caps]
Non-Roman alphabets and ideographs: ARABIC, CYRILLIC (Russian), GREEK SANS, GREEK-WSI, HEBREW-WSI, JAPANESE, KASMIR, KOREAN SANS, PERSIAN, PUNJABI, RUSSIAN BLOCK, and SANSKRIT
NOTEHAND [Present Script]
NOUGAT [± Dynamo]
NOUVEAU ASTA [ultra-Deco font]
OBESION [Onyx]
OETJEN SHADOW DISPLAY [serif display face]
OLD ENGLISH GOTHIC
OLD NEWS [As a text face, it is open and legible; as a display face, it is full of interesting but unobtrusive irregularities]
OLDSTYLE [Prospera]
OLIGARCH [Antique Olive]
OMNECO [Victorian or Edwardian touches]
OPTICAL CHAR OCR-A
ORACLE [Letter Gothic]
ORIENT [Hong Kong]
OSBORNE [Oz Handcraft]
OSTANE [Hermann Zapf's Optima]
OUT HOUSE DISPLAY CAPS [Shantytown]
PAGECLIPS [Paperclip]
PAINTER
PALISADE [Palatino]
PARADE
PARCHMENT [Fontek Papyrus]
PARKER PLACE [Park Avenue]
PC ChARSET
PEN TIP [a typeface-and a rather flowery one]
PENCHANT [modernized black-letter]
PENSTYLE [conservative writing hand]
PENYAE [Peignot]
PERDOO
PHINSTER [WSI original]
PIPEFITTER
PIXEL POINT
PLANKS DISPLAY CAPS [Trading Post]
PLASTIC SHEET [all-caps font modeled on Fanfold]
PLAYCE
PLAYING CARDS
PLEDGE [Aurora, Permanent Headline, Inserat Grotesk, and Helvetica Compressed]
PLOVER [graceful, linear sans-serif]
POCONO [All geometric sans font]
POOKY DISPLAY [ Art Nouveau in exotic stylization]
PRESTON [Present Script]
PRITCHETT SCRIPT [Hogan Script]
PROMENADE [Letraset's Plaza]
PROTEGE [Phenix and Tourist Extra Condensed]
PURLOIN [Joanna]
PYXIDIUM and PYXID
QUANTAS [WSI original]
QUARK
RAMONA [Greco Adornado]
 
RELIEF SERIF
RENDEAUX SLABSERIF [Rockwell, designed by F.H. Pierpoint]
REVEALE [1955 Revue design of Aldo Novarese]
RIBBONS [Ribonette]
RICHTER
ROBOTYPE [novelty face]
RODEO
ROMAN FIXED WIDTH
ROMAN STONECUT [Augustea faces of Aldo Novarese and Alessandro Butti: Augustea Filettata]
ROMANESTE [Arnold Böcklin]
RUBIKS [Rubik's Cube]
RUBY SCRIPT [Valencia Italic]
RYNDERS [Poppl-Laudatio]
SAMSON DISPLAY
SASH DISPLAY CAPS
SASSY SCRIPT
SCHOLAR [Century Schoolbook]
SCHWARZWALD [Black Forest]
SCIMITAR
SCOGIN [Squire]
SCOTSDALE [Britannic Bold]
SECOND GRADER
SELDANE SCRIPT [neat "hand-lettered" script fonts from the 1960's]
SENATE [Congress]
SHARNAY
SHEER BEAUTY, SHEER GRACE and SHEER ELEGANCE [Shelley family of scripts (Andante, Allegro and Volante)]
SHERWOOD CAPS [strong Art Nouveau flavor]
SHOTSHELL [bullet holes]
SHOWER [silly font]
SHYLOCK, [squarish sans display face]
SILVERPLATE
SKETCH HEAVY ["hand lettered"]
SLALOM [Slogan]
SLICKER [Handel Gothic]
SMITHEREENS
SNOWTOP CAPS [Igloo Solid]
SOCRATES [Delphian]
SOROS
SOUTANE [Souvenir]
SPEEDBALL [calligraphic in a not-too-literal broad-pen style]
SPEEDY MARKER
SPELLBOUND
SPRINT [between italic and script]
STAID [ITC Serif Gothic]
STARBURST
STARS & STRIPES
STARS CAPS
STENCIL
STENCIL SANS
STEWARD [Garth Graphic]
STINGER [attention-getter]
STRIPER CAPS
STYLED GOTHIC [Morris Benton's Clearface Gothic]
SLYLED ROMAN [Morris Benton's Clearface of 1911]
SUBWAY LONDON [London Underground]
SUNBELT [Jackson]
SUNDOWN DISPLAY CAPS [Victorian or Edwardian]
SUNDRA DISPLAY CAPS [Franconia]
SWISS CHEESE
TABATHA
TACO FESTIVA and TACO BOLE
TANGO [Art Deco sans-serif idea]
TECHNICAL [Tekton]
TEMPURA [Japanette]
THORIN DISPLAY CAPS
TIMBREL [Tiffany]
TITLING CAPS
TOKYO CAPS
TOLKIEN
TOLKIEN UPRIGHT [± Tolkien]
TOLTEC [Kryptic]
TOOL SHOP CAPS
TOPEKA
TRAINS
TRANSYLVANIA
TRAVELLER SCRIPT [Berthold Bellevue]
TREKKER [Crillee]
TRIFLES [between oldstyle and a calligraphic or "hand-lettered" font]
TRIMBLE [Novel Gothic Bold]
TRINGLE [Columbus Bold typeface]
TRUFFLE and TRUFFLETTE [Playce]
TYPEWRITER ROUGH
TYPIST [American Typewriter]
TYPOGRAPHER DISPLAY [initial caps or dropcaps]
ULTRA SHADOW [Umbra]
UNCIAL MODERN
UNCIAL ROUNDHAND and UNCIAL NARROW
UNIMPRESSED [Adrian Frutiger's Univers]
URKLE [high-tech font]
VAGABOND [VAG Rounded]
VALENCE
VANGUARD [WSI original inline]
VATERS TITLING CAPS [Varah Caps]
VINYL CAPS [Steelplate Gothic Shaded]
VIVACIOUS [Vivaldi]
VOSTREY [Pretoria]
WACKY CALIGRAPHIC
WADELL CAPS [± Engravers Initials]
WANKLE DISPLAY CAPS[± Chipper]
WANTED-POSTER [Playbill]
WEEKEND IN PARIS [Parisian]
WEIRDO WARP [WSI original]
WESTERN SHADOW [Minsky Shaded No. 2]
WESTMINSTER [Abbey English]
WILD WEST [Rodeo]
WINSTON SCRIPT [Troubadour Light]
WIZZARD [Visigoth]
WOBBLES [Wave]
WOLFGANG CAPS [cuneiform]
WROGHT IRON [Dresden]
WSI-BATS (DingBats)
WSI-FONTS HANDWRITING COLLECTION
XPRESSIV [Expresso]
YUCATAN [Letraset La Bamba]