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Nick Curtis: Early commercial typefaces
A list of commercial typefaces made by Nick Curtis from 2001-2003, and not listed elsewhere on these pages. Several of these typefaces appeared in the ITC and Bitstream collections. In 2003, he set up his own foundry, Nick's Fonts. The list: Atelier Sans, Cuppa Joe, Jeepers (a silent movie font), Mister Chuckles, Vinnie Boombah (2002, an outline font, based on 1950 poster lettering for Cinzano Spumante by Nico Eder), Scram Gravy, Steppin Out, ITC Zinzinnati, BoyzRGross (2001), HardlyWorthit, Margarita Ville NF (2001, a curly monoline slab serif), ITC Atelier Sans (2001), ShangriLa NF (2002), LaModaNF (2002, based on poster lettering for an Italian fashion house of the same name, designed by Wilman Schiroli in 1935), March Madness (2003, inspired by lettering from a 1920s Italian poster by legendary "postermeister" Marcello Dudovich), White Tie Affair (2002, pretty vertical lines), Ciné Miroir NF (2003), Fireside Chat NF (2003, based on lettering of Samuel Welo), Nord Express NF (2003, simulating poster font ideas of A.M. Cassandre; a variation of the typeface Acier Noir, Deberny&Peignot, 1936), Parsival Oldestyle NF (2003, patterned after Camelot, a 1920's font by ATF), Petre Devos NF (2003, based on a 1930s poster for a Flemish beer), Red Star Line NF (2003, based on a 1926 travel brochure), Soda Jerk NF (2003, based on a 1929 travel brochure), Toot Sweet Bistro NF (2003, based on a 1928 restaurant poster by artist Karl Bauer), BoDiddlioniStencil, ITC Photoplay (2002, based on lettering from 1927 by Samuel Welo, intended originally for captions of silent movies), ITC Scram Gravy, ITC Jeepers (2002), Erehwon Roman NF (2002, an exaggeration of University Roman), Heberling Casual NF, Marrakesh Express NF (2002, based on a 30s poster font), Slam Bang Theater NF (2002, patterned after the font Nubian Black, designed by Willard T. Sniffin for American Type Founders in the 1930s), Wagner Silhouette NF (2002, based on a 1946 design by Charles Louis Henry Wagner), Laguna Madre WBW, WHG Simpatico NF (2002), Sabrina Zaftig NF (2002), Bergling Fantasia NF (2002, after handlettering by J.M. Bergling), Bundle of Joy NF (2002), Namesake (2002, loosely based on Allan Gothic by Allan Brandtner), New Deal Deco NF (2002), Perserphone NF (2002, a Greek simulation font), Day Tripper NF (2002, based on a design originally called Dignity Roman by the unconventional 30s lettering artist Alphonso E. Tripp), Vielle Varsovie NF (2003), Raskalnikov NF (2003, Cyrillic simulation font), Spatz (2000, Sign DNA), Mrs Bathhurst (2001; a display typeface based on a 1916 alphabet by Fred G. Cooper), Vacation Postcard (patterned after various souvenir postcards available at gift shops along US highways, 1950s to present). |
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file name: Al Brandtner Allan Gothic
file name: Nick Curtis Bo Diddlioni Stencil N F
file name: Nick Curtis Bo Diddlioni Stencil N F
file name: Nick Curtis Bo Diddlioni Stencil N F
file name: Nick Curtis Vacation Postcard N F
file name: Nick Curtis La Moda N F 2002
file name: Nick Curtis Sabrina Zaftig N F 2002
file name: Nick Curtis Sabrina Zaftig N F 2002
file name: Wilman Schiroli 1935 La Moda L N F
file name: Nick Curtis Toot Sweet Bistro N F 2003 after Karl Bauer Poster 1928
file name: Nick Curtis Day Tripper N F
file name: Nick Curtis Margaritaville N F
file name: Nick Curtis Spatz Sign D N A 2000
file name: Nick Curtis Vieille Varsovie N F 2013
file name: Nick Curtis Vieille Varsovie N F 2013b
file name: Nick Curtis Vinnie Boom Bah after Nico Eder 1950
file name: Nick Curtis W H G Simpatico N F 2002
file name: Fred Cooper 1916 Mrs Bathhurst N F
file name: Nick Curtis Mrs Bathhurst N F 2001 after Fred G Cooper 1916
file name: Nick Curtis Mrs Bathhurst 2001 after Fred G Cooper 1916
file name: Nick Curtis Mrs Bathhurst 2001 after Fred G Cooper 1916b
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