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ABOUT

Jim Fordyce

Type designer active ca. 1993. His typefaces were free, and can be found in many places. Archive of Fordyce's fonts. Font Squirrel link. Fontspace link.

A list of his creations:

• Blackletter faces: Deutsch Gothic (1994), Diamond Gothic (1995), Wellsley (1994).
• Art nouveau style: Cabaret (1993).
• Semi-blackletter: Greenowic-Narrow (1993), renamed Lombardic Narrow (1993).
• Independence, a fourth of July type of font. In the same spirit, he made Stars and Stripes (1993) and Patriot (1993).
• Poseidon (1993). Recreated by Nick Curtis as Herzog von Graf.
• Lombardic: King Arthur (1993), Geschlossen Gotik Kaps (1993, aka Altmark), Lubeck (1993), Curled Serif (1993).
• Fatty, roundish: Pleasantly Plump, Rounded Informal (1994---this has an fat art nouveau look).
• Pompeii Caps (1993).
• Virginia (1999).
• Gothic faces: Bloody, Angular.
• Shadow faces: Shadowed Serif, White Bold (1994).
• Wavy.

Abstract Fonts link.

EXTERNAL LINKS
Jim Fordyce
Dafont page
Fontspace page
MyFonts search
Monotype search
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INTERNAL LINKS
Type designers ⦿ Type designers ⦿ Blackletter fonts ⦿ Ornamental caps typefaces ⦿ Art Nouveau typefaces ⦿ Lombardic types ⦿