Nick Curtis: further free faces

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[Nick Curtis]

Written by Luc Devroye
McGill University
Montreal, Canada
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http://luc.devroye.org
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This list contains information on Nick Curtis's free faces not discussed or mentioned under other themes. A visual summary of all his free faces: A, B, C, DE, F, G, HIJ, KL, M, NO, P, QR, S, T, UVWXYZ. Generally, Nick Curtis specializes in display type, revivals and interpretations.

Aerojones (2002). Based on a 1933 poster by George Guillermaz.
AndironOutlineNF.
BeautySchoolDropout, BeautySchoolDropoutII, BeautySchoolDropoutIIS.
BellhopNF. Based on this poster.
Blue Plate Special NF (based on a 1929 face by John Zimmerman at BBS called Cubist Bold). See also BluePlateSpecialSW.
BoyzRGrossNF, BoyzRGrossShadowNF. Handprinted faces.
BuenosAiresNF. Based on this poster.
ChockABlockNF. Toy letter cubes.
ChocolateDropsNF. Based on this poster by William Austin Starmer (1902).
CoventryGardenNF.
DancingDonutsNF, DancingDonutsRevised.
EmporiumNF. Based on this poster by Fortunato Depero (1927).
FacetsNF (2003). Based on this poster by Ruprich (1930).
FashionVictim. FashionVictim (1999). Think Bernhard Fashion.
FontleroyBrownNF. CheapProFonts did a Pro version in 2009.
Forty-SecondStreet (NF, HB). Based on this inline alphabet that is genetically linked to Koch's Neuland.
FrankensSteinCapital.
Full-TiltBoogieNF, FullTiltBoogieCapital. Based on Obtuse (1931, A. Bardi).
GrandPrixRevised, GrandPrixSpectacular.
HobbyHorseNF (2000).
JungleFeverInlineNF, JungleFeverNF. The commercial version is from 2008. Jungle Fever (2008) is patterned after Neuland Black (Rudolph Koch for Gebr. Klingspor in 1923), and the sunshine shading version is called Jungle Fever Shaded.
KurvaceousNF.
LagniappeInlineNF.
LittleLordFontleroyNF (2000).
MiddleEarthNF-Medium, MiddleEarthNF (2003). Based on a 1914 poster by F. Marx.
MidlandRailNF, MidlandRailShadowNF. Based on this poster.
MinstrelPosterNF, MinstrelPosterTwoNF, MinstrelPosterWHG.
ModernTypographyNF.
MyGalSwoopyNF (2002). Based on Shograd (1924).
Namesake (2002). Loosely based on Allan Gothic by Allan Brandtner.
Nickodemus-Extremus. Based on Aldous or Huxley Vertical.
NotMaryKateNF. Oskar Kress's font Kress Versalien (1926, Schriftguss AG) inspired Nick Curtis to make Not Mary Kate NF.
OldGateLaneNF, OldgateLaneOutline.
Otto Heim revivals from Heim's book Farbige Alphabete (1925): Captain Swabby NF (2003, free), Halcyon Days NF (2007, not free), Monkey Fingers NF (not free), Walrus Gumbo NF (free, after a 1925 face by Otto Heim; the commercial version of Walrus Gumbo NF appeared in 2011), Riot Squad NF (2000, free).
OurGangNF (1999).
PackardClipperNF (2003). Inline face based on this Citroen ad by Pierre Louts (1925).
PointsWestNF.
PopularCafeAA, PopularCafeNF. Based on these posters by Rae (1927).
PublicEnemyNF. Based on this Jimmy Cagney movie poster.
RicksAmericanNF (2002).
Roller Coaster (2000).
Sho-CardCapsNF, ShoCardCapital. An adaptation of Futura Display.
SwishButtonsNF. Dingbats.
TestarossaNF (2002). Based on this 1907 poster by Leopoldo Metlicovitz.
ToylandNF, ToylandOutlineCapital. These faces are outlined and shadow-cast versions of ITC Motter Corpus by Othmar Motter.
Troglodyte NF (2006). Curtis: This fine fat face is based on a font called Advertisement Grotesque, discovered in a 1942 book entitled Lettering Alphabets for Draughtsmen, Advertisement Designers, Architects&Artists, by the intrepid Alfred Bastien. In 2011, he changed that description after discovering that in fact the design goes back to Albert Auspurg' Messe Grotesk (1921-1927).
TropicanaNF (2003). This is based on Elancé by A. Bardi (1931).
UndergroundNF (1999). Commercial version in 2009. This revives Edward Johnston's The Underground for London's metro.
VielleVarsovieNF (sic)(2003). Based on I. Rubin's constructivist poster from 1936.