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24Design Studio
[Nur Cholis Majid]

Known as Holis Majid and Nur Cholis Majid. Jakarta, Indonesia-based designer (b. 1991) of Prodush (2018), The Circous (2018: a circus font), Northden (2018: a vintage typeface), Rockinsoda (2018), Light City Sans (2018), Glowria (2018), Huvet Rough (2018: a free weathered typeface), Millicious Script (2018: a free brush font), Restorans (2018: hand-printed), Blank City Script (2018), the signature font Ashyta (2018), Blue Captain (2018), the script typefaces Jenifa (2018), Pretty Girl Monoline (2018), Chicken Noodle (2018), Grinty (2018), Ristica Script (2018), Underbridge (2018: brush), Granshey (2018), Naycila Script (2018), Night Work (2018), Little Spring (2018), Basfar (2018) and Troficanos (2018), the free art deco font Palm Tree (2018), the dry brush script Wild Horse (2018), the condensed Epicologic (2018), the octagonal font Avriella (2018), and the techno font Effort (2018), and the squarish typeface Bedebah (2018).

Typefaces from 2019: Madali, Lumiera, Mantra, American Label, Kida Main, Besty (font duo), Mellonia, Refaline Script, Eliotica, Chance, Lemonace (font duo), Reyonha Script, Mideltone, Prodush, Trushme Script, Wakeup, Sugarly, Rushely Script (retro signage script), Cromana, Arigatho (brush).

Typefaces from 2020: Mideltone (textured), Maghnoyha (a monoline script), Wild Brush, Hotelio (a monoline sans), Roadkey Line (an inline all caps typeface), Sercerez (brush font), Collectials, Avekins, Cread, Gardenia, Glowria, Jenifa, Larrisan (a decorative serif), Light City, Millicious, Mindate, Mordova, Murner, Nobstars, Pittania, Rockside.

Typefaces from 2021: Artmosfear, American Label (a Victorian label font), Asiatic (an inky script), Ballocs, Benhard (a vintage display font), Biorka Serif, Brith Brish, Chance (a squarish sans), Clowsh Esport, Catherina Script, Confillia (a clean sans), Focger Serif, Ganirus, Grimson (a signage script), Madtone, Monstario Serif (in the plump serif genre), Muve Serif (incised caps), Pancrack (a font for children), Redsans, Subaraya Retro Script. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

27 TTC Fonts

Nick Shinn ran an interesting project in his 2009 class at Humber College in Toronto. In the 1950s, Toronto built a subway system [which is run by the TTC, the Toronto Transit Commission], with comprehensively modernist architecture. As part of the program, a geometric, all-caps typeface was designed (anonymously), for use in signage [read Joe Clark's article about the type and its history]. Nick Shinn's course began with digitizing the original drawings, to introduce the technicalities of font production in FontLab, and then proceeded with students producing their own designs for a matching lower case. The 27 students each produced a typeface. The results are here: Alex Plociennik, Andrea Luis, Andrew Clanahan, Andrew Hodge, Chris Bacchus, Cornelius Quiring, Craig Steffan, Daniel Marcus, Dan Mitchell, Danny Wu, Darren Ray, David Spindler, Gurchan Birdi, Jackie Saik, Joe Beausoleil, Katie Short, Mag Ciemiega, Michael Cirillo, Michael Lao, Michael Neto, Nick Seeger, Nik Firka, Orlena Chan, Piotr Dymura, Scott Krysa, Tiffany Delve, Todd Haskins. [Google] [More]  ⦿

38 Lineart Studio (or: Grayscale, or: Fontsources)
[Muhammad Ridha Agusni]

Architect and designer in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, b. 1980, who set up Grayscale, then 38 Lineart, and finally Fontsources.

In 2018, he released the hexagonally-patterned color font Space, the nervous monoline display typeface Barcelona, the monoline script Brandy, the tattoo and metal band blackletter font Amstha, Twinkle (hexagonal texture), Premium Quality, Hightide (signage script), Ashley Pages, Bold Grunge (a wood style Western font), Rabbit House, Strongbold (brush style), Onthel (a rhythmic signage script), Cafeine, Seulanga (calligraphic), Sweet Bubble, Downhill, Architecture (technical writing font), Wisethink (rough brush), Emerald, Ghotic, Oakland (signage script), Parthenon (signage script), Strawberry Night (script), the formal calligraphic font Beauty Athena, the inline font Epicentrum, and the signature font Attitude in 2018.

Typefaces from 2019: Ghoust (a marker font done at Cititype), Diamant Handwriting (a signature font), Utrecht (with Siti Saribanon Nurjannah), Exhibitionist (a fine rhythmic script), Holimount, Prague Metronome (a thin signature script), Allegroost (a brush typeface), Anisha (script), Kyoto Northern, ChiQuel (a Victorian display typeface that can be layered), Hillstone (a dry brush script), Malique, Ginchiest (a retro signage script), Kid Knowledge, Haghia, Khatija Calligraphy, Bernound, Graffity, Brandy Script (monoline), Downhill, Concept (sketched, blueprint font), Konya (signature script), Blacksmith, Curve Calibration (condensed sans).

Typefaces from 2020: The Pallace (a great natural inky signature script by Muhammad Ridha Agusni and Siti Saribanon Nurjannah), Chipen (inline, all caps), Jakarta (a flowing inky script by Muhammad Ridha Agusni and Siti Saribanon Nurjannah), Rhode White (a great signature script by Muhammad Ridha Agusni and Siti Saribanon Nurjannah), Bailamore (a creamy signage script), Vogie (a sporty / techno sans family of 72 fonts, plus a variable font), Rollingtime (a brush script jointly designed by Muhammad Ridha Agusni and Siti Saribanon Nurjannah), Piedmont (a heavy connected handwriting script advertized as a masculine signature font), Whiplash (an all caps dry brush font), Aceh (a 36-style geometric sans), Youthink, Sacred Letter (a vintage weathered script), Serif Sketch (by Muhammad Ridha Agusni and Siti Saribanon Nurjannah), Corinthiago, Smart Chameleon (a handcrafted typewriter font by Muhammad Ridha Agusni and Siti Saribanon Nurjannah), Hiroshima Gyoshi (a brush font inspired by Japanese calligraphy), Roughmarker (dry marker font), Brotherhood, Blugie (a fat finger font), Rome Ionic (an all caps roman typeface), Black Orchestra (a great horror or black metal font), Black Orchestra (a horror font).

Typefaces from 2021: Magreb (an 8-style renaissance serif typeface), Toxide (calligraphic; Celtic; uncial), Redtone (a 14-style geometric sans), Moula (an 18-style geometric sans for Latin, Greek and Cyrillic), Zouk (blackletter), Zagreb (an inky signature script by Muhammad Ridha Agusni and Siti Saribanon Nurjannah), Alsace (Victorian), Backbone (a black metal blackletter typeface), Roundkey (a 24-style condensed, but not round, sans), Wordwalker (a marker pen font by Muhammad Ridha Agusni and Siti Saribanon Nurjannah for Cititype), Sweet Bubble (a bubblicious font), Souljah (an elegant inky calligraphic script).

Creative Fabrica link. Another Fontbundles link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

4th February
[Sergiy Tkachenko]

Sergiy Tkachenko (b. 1979, Khrystynivka, Cherkasy region, Ukraine) lives in Kremenchuk, Ukraine, and has been a prolific type designer since 2008. Sergiy graduated from Kremenchuk State Polytechnic University in computer systems and networks in 2007. Various other URLs: Microsoft link, Identifont, 4th February, Behance, Klingspor link, Revision Ru, Russian creators, CPLUV Fontspace, Twitter. Kernest link. Sergey Tkachenko's typefaces:

Abstract Fonts link. Dafont link. Creative Market link. Behance link. Hellofont link. Open Font Library link.

View Sergiy Tkachenko's fonts. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

7N Types
[Situjuh Nazara]

Indonesian creator in Jakarta (b. 1985). 7NTypes includes several designers, including Keithzo, but Situjuh Nazara is the founder and main contributor. Creator of The Amazing Grace (2012), Twofold Uncomplete Design (2012), Alighty Nesia (2012, an open geometric sans family), Gratis (2012, free headline sans), C7Nazara (2012) and Situjuh Hand (2012, a curly typeface).

Typefaces from 2013: Hurufo+Numero (sans family), Yaahowu (a rounded sans family), Gobold, Bryana Aningsih Shara (upright script), Gpkn (circle-based monoline sans).

Typefaces from 2014: Smoolthan (monoline organic sans), Remponk (multilined), Playsir (comic book typeface), Defonarts, Tulisan Tangan 74, Fortheenas_01, Evogria (bold and mechanical), Anysome, Blackplotan, Dotcirful (dot matrix typeface), Handgley, Brokeren (techno sans), Headsome&Modif.

Typefaces from 2015: Manophiser (sans), Theodista Decally (upright connected script), Upbolters (a macho sans caps typeface).

Typefaces from 2016: Cutrims (a polygonal typeface), Xacose.

Typefaces from 2017: Blessing in Disguise, Chirota (handcrafted), Hastoler, Merysha-Italic, Merysha (serif), SHAOutline, ShareHappinessAround (rounded sans), SomethingLooksNatural, Tentram-Italic, Tentram, Reitam (sans), Myfrida, Ribeat (smooth brush), Etchas, Goeslim, JulySeventh, Justtellmewhat, Offerings, Prohandy, Reprineato, Steagisler, Stea, Miss Nealy, Hastro, Dialoegue, Kisah Ceritra, Chesan, Boxise, Creword, Breetty, Anydore (calligraphic), Brushaff, Budiyaya (brush), Brotherina (connected script), Chosence (sans family), Handycheera, Aulyars (calligraphic script), Molleat.

Typefaces from 2018: Freshness, Christed, Xyling, Youthing October Fourteen, Kayskew October Eleven, Hoty, Friday October Twelve, Codian October Nine (art deco), Caboge, Stripe October Seven, Nesdate October Ten, Codian October Eight, Odian October Nine, Stripe Shadow October Seven, Clambake October Six, Lovina October Five, Grande October Four, Grande October Three, The October Two, The October One, Favoner One, Homade McRacken, Besta Baru, Srows, Sanson, Bestar, Kathen, Byby, Charilla, CuteBeSpecial, FriendlySchoolmates-Italic, FriendlySchoolmates, GirlsMarks, HeartWarming, HeartWarmingExtra, Kaylonick, LearnShareColaborate-Bold, Mergic, MOGrhythm, OpenMinded, OpenMindedInside, PassiontoAction, PassiontoActionSlant, TeamWork-Italic, TeamWork, Yessy, Feltarigo, Motira, Adelio Darmanto, Troche, Nicolera, Mantul, Yukikato, Gebrina, Veni, Onadio, Aliena, Gabelisa, Still Loving, Shink, Sottee, Milyone, Kelidya, Yuliya, Hestina, Masbro, Goday, Milgun, Togetha, Thisay, Dhitha, Charline, Briany, Candire, Arinda, Anglena, Abilya, Story of Super Boys, Richela Kids, Seelyn, Pulen, Podo Moro, Sri Muliyo, Neigfriste, Hardino (monoline script), Purple River, Yoshephin, Theola Kids, All Season, All Season Ornaments, Hello Teman, Attracted Monday, Cirquesa, Hopeitissed (signage script), Hettas, Certhas, Fattana, Qeiza, Having Fun, Flotta, Soe, Misses, Siry, Mommy's Kitchen, Thany, Mother's Touches, Create Something Today, Well Bred, Cheria, Beatific Margella, Hidea, Gobold Blocky, Riztteen, Stika, Bintar, Ginta, Menscho, Hilona, Dehasta Momentos, Mungkin, Shartoll Light, Robaga Rounded, Ingat, Ascota, Klapjo.

Typefaces from 2019: Homazing, Pre (script), Millythea, Rough Rough, The Friday Stroke (brush script), Anu, Dearly Loved One, Khalifa, Vesetia, Blending Attraction, Lova Valove, Quotable, The Simple One, Matchinger, Touch Over Next, Waiting For, Being Love, Lova Valove Serif, Clawster, Hopia, Sanson, Being Love Sans, Back To Ancient Time, Protector, Mystag, Oreta, Dearly Loved Slab One, Yep, Nuaz (a stitching font), Bronice, Nesdate October Ten.

Typefaces from 2020: Sheroo (beatnik style), Thank You So Much, Styla, Racy Mango, Josy Wine (spurred), Lonely Melody, Alegra, Alenor, Conformable, Sweet Hansan, River Script, Kevin Aprilio, Jorby, Maines, Say Yes, Fish Grill, Flash on Saturday Night, Literally Natural, Lady Nature, Joyful Story, Brush Hours, Daily Walker, Free Monday, Mila Bright, Marchone, Githo Love, Fondacy, Jumat, Brastagi, Christiany, Feltarigo, Gabelisa, Gibran, Baligle, Do It With Love (a Valentine's Day font), Vecoly, Delightious, Ataro, Anticed, Cherrythea, Merrycle, Twolank, Atozimple (a monoline sans), Bikito (a curly script), Tyfanie, Hilya, Lonnie.

Dafont link. Web site. Creative Market link. Creative Fabrica link. Another Creative Fabrica link. And another Creative Fabrica link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

A Is For (was: Aisforapple)
[Emilie Rigaud]

Émilie Rigaud is a French designer who obtained an MA in typeface design from The University of Reading (2009), based on her typeface Coline, a family of seven typefaces intended for pocket books. Before Reading, at ENSAD, she made the simple monoline sans family La Miss Ulm (2006).

In 2007, she started work under the guidance of Alejandro Lo Celso and Philippe Millot on a revival of the first type printed in France, at the Sorbonne, by Ulrich Gering. This work is based on a 1478 edition of Virgilius.

Grotesque 6 (2009) is based on a typeface published in 1880 by Stephenson Blake.

In 2010, she founded Aisforapple, where she published Jaakko (signage), Coline Cursive, Coline Première, Coline Extrême, Grotesque 6, David (2014) and BTP (polygonally-outlined typeface).

In 2016, the type foundry published Knif Mono Regular, which was designed by Axel Pelletanche-Thévenart under the art direction of Guillaume Grall and Benoit Santiard. It was produced by Emilie Rigaud.

In 2017, Émilie Rigaud published the sharp-edged typeface Tongari, which was modeled after samurai blades. Tongari Display followed in 2020.

In 2018, she designed Naoko, a 7-style wide sans with short descenders, named after astronaut Naoko Yamazaki.

Typefaces from 2020: Pachinko (six rounded almost typewriter styles including many monospaced fonts and italics), Olympe Mono (a monospaced and monolinear typeface revived from an old typewriter).

Speaker at ATypI 2017 in Montreal. Old URL: Mouton Sauvage. Klingspor link. Personal site. [Google] [More]  ⦿

A2 Type
[Henrik Kubel]

A2-Type (or simply, A2) is a type foundry set up in the autumn of 2010 by the London based design studio A2/SW/HK. The designers are Henrik Kubel and Scott Williams. A2's bespoke type design is mainly the responsibility of Henrik Kubel, though every typeface is developed and approved by both partners. Kubel is self-taught, making his first typefaces while studying at Denmark's Design School from 1992 until 1997. Their typefaces:

  • 4590
  • 60 Display.
  • Amplify (2013) won an award at TDC 2014.
  • Antwerp (2011). A readable text family designed by Kubel during an Expert Type Design Class in 2011 at Plantin Genootschap in Antwerp.
  • A2 Archi (2005, Henrik Kubel): an octagonal face.
  • A2 Aveny-T (2000, Henrik Kubel): Poster typeface commissioned as aprt of the identity of the Aveny-T theatre in Copenhagen.
  • Agriculture.
  • Archi.
  • Banknote.
  • A2 Battersea (1999, Henrik Kubel): inspired by Meta, DIN and Transport Alphabet. Followed in 2012 by Battersea Slab.
  • Bauhouse.
  • A2 Beckett (2008). A condensed sans family with the masculinity of Impact.
  • Boing.
  • Copenhagen
  • A2 CPH Tram (2009, Henrik Kubel): revival of an odd mini-serifed type found on the exterior of Danish trams, ca. 1920.
  • A2 CWM (2008, Henrik Kubel): constructivist type designed for the headlines and cover of Cold War Modern Design 1945-1970. Octagonal.
  • Dane.
  • A2 Danmark (2008, Henrik Kubel): a display stencil family.
  • A2 Ergonomics (2011).
  • Flavin Medium. A neon tube font.
  • A2 Flowers (2005, Henrik Kubel): arrows, fists, flourishes, ornaments.
  • A2 FM: slab serif family.
  • Foundation (2018) in Sans (Number 44, Condensed, Wide), Serif, and Serif Didot subfamilies. These are all revivals of skeletal typefaces. Foundation Sans Number 44 was inspired by Circular Gothic No. 44 (1879, Charles E. Heyer, for the Great Western Type Foundry). Foundation Sans Condensed and Foundation Sans Wide are derived from two types described as Caractères pour Marques de Linge (typefaces for marking on linen) in the Signes section of the first volume of Spécimen Général des Fonderies Deberny et Peignot (ca. 1934). Foundation Serif is based on Caractère No. 7, another Caractère pour Marques de Linge in that 1934 Deberny & Peignot specimen book. Kubel's inspiration for Foundation Serif Didot was a sheet of lettering (dated 1939) he discovered in the archive of the influential Danish architect and graphic/industrial designer Gunnar Biilmann Petersen, 1897-1968.
  • Grand. A stencil typeface.
  • A2 Grot 10 (2009, Henrik Kubel): a take on the Grot Series by Stephenson Blake. Grot 12 followed in 2015.
  • A2 Impacto (2005-2011, Henrik Kubel): Impact?
  • A2 Klampenborg (1997, Henrik Kubel): industrial style sans.
  • Kunstuff.
  • London (2010).
  • Magna.
  • Maximum.
  • A2 Mazarin (2017). A2 writes: Originally designed as a Garamond-inspired metal typeface by Robert Girard ca. 1921-1923, and published under the name Astrée by Deberny Peignot, the typeface was soon recut and renamed Mazarin by the English foundry Stephenson Blake in 1926. That single style original has now been expertly restored and reimagined as a contemporary typeface in multiple styles.
  • Melissa Script (2010).
  • A2 Monday (2003-2016, Henrik Kubel): based on 19th century English vernacular serif signage type.
  • Moscow Sans (2014-2015). Award winning custom fonts and pictogram system for Moscow Metro. Art directed and designed by A2 (Scott Williams and Henrik Kubel) with Margaret Calvert as type and pictogram consultant. Cyrillic script designed in collaboration with Ilya Ruderman.
  • Naive.
  • New Grotesque Square series (2015). A newspaper typeface modeled after a Stephenson Blake typeface. Followed by New Grotesque Round in 2015-2016.
  • New Rail Alphabet (2009). A refreshed and expanded version of Margaret Calvert's alphabet from the 1960s which saw nationwide use with British Rail, BAA, and the NHS. Developed in cooperation with Margaret Calvert.
  • New Transport (with Margaret Calvert). A digital version of Transport, the Jock Kinnear and Margaret Calvert typeface for the British road signs. New Transport will be commercially released in September 2013.
  • Register (2012-2017). A text typeface family inspired by French renaissance types.
  • Regular (2012-2016). Think Futura in new clothes. Accompanied by Regular Slab.
  • Sans, Slab and Serif typefaces for a redesign of The New York Times Magazine in 2015. The starting point for the Serif font is the Stephenson Blake Garamond-ish metal typeface Mazarin also known as Astrée from French foundry Deberny & Peignot. The slab fonts used for pull quotes and headlines are a continuation of the magazines existing Stymie font but in a condensed format. The sans fonts are linked to the industrial grotesque types, with metal type specimen versions of Futura and Akzidenz fonts as loose models for inspiration.
  • Nosferato.
  • Ole.
  • Outsiders (+Outsiders Light and many other weights). A slab serif family.
  • Parsons Green Medium.
  • A2 Record Gothic (2019, Henrik Kubel), after Robert H. Middleton's American grotesk, Record Gothic (1027, Ludlow). Kubel writes: In celebration of Record Gothic's eclectic history, we designed four related but independent styles: Slab, Mono, Stencil and Outline.
  • Square.
  • Staton.
  • Tagstyle.
  • Test.
  • Triumph.
  • A2 Typewriter (2000, Henrik Kubel): based on Olivetti Typewriter 22.
  • A2 Vogue Floral: a fashion mag modern display face in two styles.
  • Vogue Paris. Granshan 09 Type Design Competition. 1st Prize, Display fonts.
  • A2 Zadie (2005, Henrik Kubel): inspired by Edwardian railings surrounding the Royal Army Military College in London. Used on the cover of the Zadie Smith bestseller On Beauty (2005, Penguin Press, NY). Granshan 10 Type Design Competition. 3rd Prize, Display fontt described as an ornamental blackboard bold type.
  • In 2014, Scott Williams and Henrik Kubel (A2 Type) co-designed A23D, a 3d-printed letterpress font. It was fabricated by model making specialists Chalk Studios. The font is presented by New North Press, which specializes in traditional letterpress printing. Adrian Harrison made a short film about the birth of the font, charting its progress from preliminary sketches to first inking and printing at New North Press. A23D won an award in the TDC 2015 Type Design competition.
  • English 1766 (2017). Kubel's take on Caslon.
  • Regular (2017). A sans family inspired by Memphis, Karnak, Stymie and Futura.
  • Schwiss (2018). Inspired by Akzidenz Grotesk and Helvetica.
Custom type by them include an alphabet for Qantas Airlines (2017), a masthead for Toronto Life (2010), a custom typeface for Banca Sella (2018), Qualcomm (2017), Arne Jacobsen (2018?), Evening Standard Newspaper (2018: 43 fonts), New York Times Magazine's Olympics issue (2018: a monowidth font for stacking), Eurosport Pyeongchang 2018, Weekendavisen (2007-2010), Design Museum London (2010), Faber&Faber (2009-2010), Afterall Publishing (2006-2010), Faulkner Browns Architects (2007), Penguin Press (2005), and Norrebro Bryghus (2005).

At ATypI 2013 in Amsterdam, he spoke about New Transport. Winner of the type design prize at the Tokyo Type Directors Club TDC 2019, with Matt Willey, for the New York Times Magazine Olympic font. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Abbasy Studio
[Angga Kristiandri]

Bandung, Indonesia-based designer of these typefaces, by year:

  • 2021: Mionic (a reverse contrast slab serif by Adam Fathoni Haris and Angga Kristiandri).
  • 2020: Klyson (a retro signage font duo), Becks Delights (a supermarket script font), Berryspickers.
  • 2019: Tiverton (Sans, serif, Script: by Adam Fathony Haris and Angga Kristiandri).
  • 2018: Deltras, the weathered handcrafted typeface family Drustic Dialy (with Adam Fathony Haris), Eastside Brush (a brush signage script), Poptis, Heaver (a monoline script), Roughish (brush), Chivels (a great layered font), Cinnamon Peaches, The Clastic (baseball script).
  • 2017: Rustling Trees (a dry brush script, with Adan Fathony).
  • 2016: Karlberg Script and Clarkson Script (signage script), both done with Adam Fathony.
  • 2015: Carbonera Brush (with Adam Fathony).
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Abduhan Fikhri
[Doehantz Studio]

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Abdul

Lebanese designer who created Beantown (2004, an athletic lettering font), Staubach (2004, an athletic lettering typeface based on the lettering of the Dallas Cowboys), Wagner Modern (2011), Kroftsmann (2004, on octagonal face), Kavelry (2004, based on the Kemper Insurance logo), 4th and inches (2008, rounded octagonal; based on the proprietary font used by Russell Athletic, makers of sports apparel as used by Georgia Tech BKB, Washington State, Alabama State, Tennessee State, Mississippi Valley State, and many others in college football), and PopWarner (2004, a Bank Gothic lookalike), Wagner Zip Change (grotesque), Richardson Fancy Block. Creator of some free soccer team lettering alphabets in 2010: Louisville, Puff Script, Red Raiders, Richardson Fancy Block, Wagner Zip-Change (based on grotesque signage letters), ACMilan2009, ASRoma, ChampionsLeague, England2007, MLSUniform, RealMadrid2009. About his GeauxXPDF typeface (2010), he writes: I had extracted a nearly complete set on this one a few years back, except for J and Z which I created on my own. As best I can tell, it only exists as an upper case font without most punctuation, so I created that too to make it more useable. I don't know how much LSU [Louisiana State University] paid for this design, but to me it always looked like something that Larabie or Iconian would have given away. He also extracted HDRadioAlphabet from a rounded Arial typeface he found on HD radio. His UScoreRGK (2012) is a blocky angular font used on-screen by Fox Sports. LCD Display (2012) is a 28-segment LED font. UA Terrafont (2012) was based upon the vector art in this PDF file.

In 2013, he published the athletic lettering family High School USA and the octagonal typeface UA Cadet.

See also here. Dafont link. Fontspace link. Another URL. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Abdul Malik Wisnu
[Almarkha Type]

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Abdul Manan
[Belove Studio (or: Takiy)]

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Absonstype (was: Haksen Graphic, or: Haksen Letters, or: Haksen Studio)
[Sarwo Edhi Prayitno]

Edhi Sarwo or Sarwo Edhi Prayitno or Edhi Prayitno. Magelang, Indonesia-based designer, b. 1982, who set up Haksen in 2017 and Absonstype in 2021. He designed Ballete (2018), Metteora (an irregular script) (2018), Philbrook (2018: a tall sans), Romantic (2018: a connected monoline script), Anonim (2018), Rumetes (2018), Polythem (an upright script) (2018), Brooklyn (2018, a dry brush font), Amellia (2018: a swashy script), The Immortal (2018), Arpeggio (2018), Saint Petersburg2 (2018), British Columbia Serif (2018), Balutteli (2018), Balutteli Serif (2018), Belleson (2018), Hello Pretty (2018), The King (2018), Angry+Hungry, (2018), Busset City (2018: a monolinear rabbit ear script), Muttung (2018: a rustic script), Saint Petersburg (2018), Niken (2018: script), The Chocolate (2018), Delicious (2018), Adellina (2018), Antique Balutteli (2018: Serif and Script), Sweet Girls (2018: curly script), Katty Pretty (2018), The Wormies (2018), Mellisa (2018), Stylistic Sign (2018), Bestalia (2018), Lincoln (2018), the upright script Paulo Pacito (2018) and the italic script Willona (2018).

Typefaces from 2019: Please (roman caps), Hamburg (a rabbit ear calligraphic script), Angellyne (script), Big Bang (script), Ballado (an extended sans), Bello (a calligraphic script), Roberts (a bold brush signage script), Babyhome, Hellena, Mottion, Albero (an all caps vintage sans), Alberobello, Cnossus, High Dreaming, Dreaming, Blame (all caps; sans and serif), Great Authorized (a vernacular script), Ambyar, Sikatch, Berash, Romeo Fans (a dry brush script), Right Female, Attention (font duo), Babylon, Soulmate (calligraphic), World Pressure, Senada, Rothena, Masha, Blade, The Brandy, Arkana, Southeast (a dry brush typeface), Angela Aiglory (a rabbit ear script), Beauty, Love Heart (a Valentine's day font), Anyone, Stones, Dragon, Karyland, Radiga, Rumero, Mylord, Pinnocio, Black Cat, Melburn, Bumblebee, Black Forest (font duo), Saturday, Biscuit, Amuba, Angela, Amy, Washington, Hasella, Grusel (dry brush).

Typefaces from 2020: Lamborte (techno), Tobelord (a flared all caps display sans), Challenge (inky script), Elmore, Twice Spoiler (a dry brush script), Effingham (wild script), Billystory, Mangosteen, Morning Girls, Millenial Script, Tittowest (described as a futuristic serif), Millestones (brush), Monsterio (futuristic, slab serif), Oldbrothers, Thunderboss (an octagonal sports font), Father's Entreaty, Bunny Story, Coding Sign, Botanical Flourish, Soulwave, Hello Crafter, Pretty Night, Megatura (a decorative serif), Into Paradise, Netherland Cracker, Mango Salsa, Beauty Mermaid, Secret Admire, Standing Classy, Athena, Retanglez, Heartbright (a script), Bunny Story, Withyou, Alligattory, Anandya, Coding Sign, Jasmine Sheffield (a wild script), Millenial Script, Morning Girls, Secret Admire, Netherland Cracker, Mango Salsa, Eiffel Shine, Sweety, Big Stomach, Piano Teacher, Romantic Chicago, Donkey Casting, Falling Love, California Dolphin, Meritoriously (a scrapbook font), Honey Moon, Really Distinct, Sandblast, Ferments (a scrapbook script), Lovely Unicorn, Austria Memories, Birama (a dry brush script), High Billion, Believe (a clean wide sans), Consistance (an inky signature script), Matrixoid (in the Saul Bass style), Paris Helen (a romantic script), Mostly Bonny (script), Westony (a wild inky script), The Fresh of Onion (a fat finger font).

Typefaces from 2021 at Haksen: Really Distinct (script), Sandblast (a brush script), Big Stomach (a scrapbook font), California Dolphin (a scrapbook script), Falling Love (a scrapbook script), Piano Teacher (script), Donkey Casting (a scrapbook font), Nostrud, Austria Memories (script), High Billion (a font duo), Honeymoon (a dry brush script), Romantic Chicago (a brush script), Elmore (script), Mostly Bonny (script), Alberobello Serif (a display serif), Big Bang (script), Antagonist (bold and flared), Megatura (a decorative serif), Thunderboss (techno), Santa Fe Spring (script), Funboldies, Hastag (a rabbit ear script), Mattiass (a dry brush script), Mottion, Beby Asia (a wild script), Angellyne, Babyhome, Feeling, Senada, Hellena, Rothena.

Typefaces from 2021 at Absontype: Greatelo (a free techno font), Beillonei (a display typeface), Rottering (a thin fashion mag serif), Andromeda, Restore, Barcelona (a monolinear display sans), Alteron (a bold display sans), Rescueto (spurred), Avemon (a display serif), Kagestone (a display serif), Rectoba (a squarish display typeface), Teritone (a squarish typeface), Demora (a 6-style squarish sans).

Typefaces from 2022: Efiles (a display typeface given the psychedelic treatment), Netherland Cracker (a bold upright scrapbook script). Creative Fabrica link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Adam Fathony
[AF Studio]

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Addictype

Designers of Gasline (2016, grainy stencil), Watshot (2016, signage font), Weyouth Script (2016). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Addy Sukma Bharata
[Suke Toejoeh (or: Pollux of Geminorum)]

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Adhi Nugraha Sapto Aji
[Superkij]

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Adhitya Nugroho
[Tastype (or: Goodware Std)]

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Adianto Nuri Fahrezy
[Adinuritype]

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Adil Budianto
[Suro Studio (or: Surotype)]

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Adinuritype
[Adianto Nuri Fahrezy]

Indonesian designer (b. 1998) of the script typefaces Symphony (2019) and Kalulla (2019: bold retro signage). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Aditya Nugraha Putra
[Weird Store]

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Aditya Rezki Apriyadi
[Embun Studio (or: Embuntype)]

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Adrian Frutiger

Famous type designer born in 1928 in Unterseen, Switzerland, who died in September 2015. He closely cooperated with Linotype-Hell AG, after having been artistic director at Deberny-Peignot in Paris since 1952. He established his own studio in 1962 with André Gürtler and Bruno Pfaftli. Art director for Editions Hermann, Paris 1957 to 1967. Frutiger lived near Bern, Switzerland, and was very interested in woodcuts. In 2009, Heidrun Osterer and Philipp Stamm coedited Adrian Frutiger Typefaces The Complete Works (Birkhäuser Verlag), a 460-page opus based on conversations with Frutiger himself and on extensive research in France, England, Germany, and Switzerland. Quote: Helvetica is the jeans, and Univers the dinner jacket. Helvetica is here to stay. He designed over 100 fonts. Here is a partial list:

  • Président (Deberny&Peignot, 1954). Digitized by Linotype in 2003.
  • Delta.
  • Phoebus (Deberny&Peignot, 1953).
  • Element-Grotesk.
  • Federduktus.
  • Ondine (Deberny&Peignot, 1953-1954). The Bitstream version of this font is Formal Script 421. Adobe, Linotype and URW++ each have digital versions called Ondine. Bitstream's Calligraphic 421 is slightly different.
  • Méridien (Deberny&Peignot, 1955-1957). Digitized by Adobe/Linotype in 1989.
  • Caractères Lumitype.
  • Univers (Deberny&Peignot, 1957). About the name, Frutiger wrote I liked the name Monde because of the simplicity of the sequence of letters. The name Europe was also discussed; but Charles Peignot had international sales plans for the typeface and had to consider the effect of the name in other languages. Monde was unsuitable for German, in which der Mond means "the moon". I suggested "Universal", whereupon Peignot decided, in all modesty, that "Univers" was the most all-embracing name!. Univers IBM Composer followed. In 2010, Linotype published Univers Next, which includes 59 Linotype Univers weights and 4 monospaced Linotype Univers Typewriter weights, and can be rented for a mere 2675 Euros. In 2018, Linotype added Univers Next Typewriter. In 2020, Linotype's Akira Kobayashi dusted off Univers Next Cyrillic and Univers Next Paneuropean.
  • Egyptienne F (1955, Fonderie Deberny&Peignot; 1960, for the Photon/Lumitype machine).
  • Opéra (1959-1961, Sofratype).
  • Alphabet Orly (1959, Aéroport d'Orly).
  • Apollo (1962-1964, Monotype): the first type designed for the new Monotype photosetting equipment.
  • Alphabet Entreprise Francis Bouygues.
  • Concorde (1959, Sofratype, with André Gürtler).
  • Serifen-Grotesk/Gespannte Grotesk.
  • Alphabet Algol.
  • Astra Frutiger. A typeface variant of Frutiger licensed under Linotype. It is the font used on the highways in Switzerland.
  • Serifa (1967-1968, Bauersche Giesserei). URW++ lists the serif family in its 2008 on-line catalog. Other names include OPTI Silver (Castcraft), Ares Serif 94, and Sierra. Bitstream published the digital typeface Serifa BT. But it is also sold by Adobe, Tilde, Linotype, URW++, Scangraphic, and Elsner & Flake. The slab serif is robust and is based on the letterforms of Univers.
  • OCR-B (1966-1968, European Computer Manufacturers Association).
  • Alphabet EDF-GDF (1959, Électricité de France, Gaz de France).
  • Katalog.
  • Devanagari (1967) and Tamil (1970), both done for Monotype Corporation.
  • Alpha BP (1965, British Petroleum&Co.).
  • Dokumenta (1969, Journal National Zeitung Suisse).
  • Alphabet Facom (1971).
  • Alphabet Roissy (1970, Aéroport de Roissy Charles de Gaulle).
  • Alphabet Brancher (1972, Brancher).
  • Iridium (1972, Stempel). A didone with slight flaring.
  • Alphabet Métro (1973, RATP): for the subway in Paris.
  • Alphabet Centre Georges Pompidou. The CGP typeface (first called Beaubourg) used in the Centre Georges Pompidou from 1976-1994 is by Hans-Jörg Hunziker and Adrian Frutiger, and was developed as part of the visual identity program of Jean Widmer. It is said that André Baldinger digitized it in 1997.
  • Frutiger (1975-1976, Stempel, with Hans-Jörg Hunziker). In 1999, Frutiger Next was published by Linotype. In 2009, that was followed by Neue Frutiger (a cooperation between Frutiger and Linotype's Akira Kobayashi). In fact, Frutiger, the typeface was made for the Charles De Gaulle Airport in 1968 for signage---it was originally called Roissy, and had to be similar to Univers. It was released publically as Frutiger in 1976. The modern Bitstream version is called Humanist 777. Frutiger Next Greek (with Eva Masoura) won an award at TDC 2006. Other digital implementations of Frutiger: M690 (SoftMaker), Quebec Serial (SoftMaker), Frutus (URW), Provencale (Autologic), Frontiere (Compugraphic), Freeborn (Scangraphic), Siegfried (Varityper). In 2018, under the aegis of Akira Kobayashi, the Monotype Design studio published the 150-language superfamily Neue Frutiger World (including coverage for Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, Georgian, Armenian, Hebrew, Arabic, Thai and Vietnamese).
  • Glypha (1979, Stempel). See Gentleman in the Scangraphic collection).
  • Icône (1980-1982, Stempel, Linotype). Digitized by Linotype in 2003.
  • Breughel (1982, Stempel; 1988, Linotype).
  • Dolmen.
  • Tiemann.
  • Versailles (1983, Stempel).
  • Linotype Centennial (1986). Based on Morris Fuller Benton's Clarendon typeface Century, Linotype Centennial was designed for Linotype's 100th birthday.
  • Avenir (1988, Linotype). In 2004, Linotype Avenir Next was published, under the supervision of Akira Kobayashi, and with the help of a few others. In 2021, the Monotype team released Avenir Next Paneuropean (56 styles, by Akira Kobayashi). Avenir Next World, released by Linotype in 2021, is an expansive family of fonts that offers support for more than 150 languages and scripts. The subfamilies include Avenir Next Hebrew, Avenir Next Thai, Avenir Next Cyrillic, Avenir Next Arabic and Avenir Next Georgian. Avenir Next World contains 10 weights, from UltraLight to Heavy.

    Contributors besides Adrian Frutiger and Akira Kobayashi: Anuthin Wongsunkakon (Thai), Yanek Iontef (Hebrew), Akaki Razmadze (Georgian), Nadine Chahine (Arabic), Toshi Omagari (Arabic) and Elena Papassissa (Greek, Armenian). Lovely poster by Ines Vital (2011).

  • Westside.
  • Vectora (1991, Linotype).
  • Linotype Didot (1991). See also Linotype Didot eText Pro (2013), which was optimized by Linotype for use on screens and small devices.
  • Herculanum (1989, Linotype): a stone age font.
  • Shiseido (1992).
  • Frutiger Capitalis (2006, Linotype): a further exploration in the style of Herculanum, Pompeijana and Rusticana. Linotype trademarked that name even though at least five fonts by the name Capitalis already exist.
  • Pompeijana (1993, Linotype).
  • Rusticana (1993, Linotype).
  • Frutiger Stones (1998, Linotype) and Frutiger Symbols.
  • Frutiger Neonscript.
  • Courier New, based on Howard Kettler's Courier, was one of Frutiger's projects he was involved in ca. 2000.
  • AstraFrutiger (2002): a new signage typeface for the Swiss roads. Erich Alb comments: With a Frutiger condensed Type and illuminated signs during night it is mutch better readable.
  • Nami (2008) is a chiseled-stone sans family, made with the help of Linotype's Akira Kobayashi.
  • Neue Frutiger (2009, with Akira Kobayashi) has twice as many weights as the original Frutiger family.
  • In 2019, the Linotype team released variable fonts for Frutiger's main typeface families, Avenir Next Variable, Neue Frutiger Variable, and Univers Next Variable.
Bio by Nicholas Fabian. Erich Alb wrote a book about his work: Adrian Frutiger Formen und Gegenformen/Forms and Counterforms (Cham, 1998). Winner of the Gutenberg Prize in 1986 and the 006 Typography Award from The Society for Typographic Aficionados (SOTA). Famous quote (from a conversation in 1990 between Frutiger and Maxim Zhukov about Hermann Zapf's URW Grotesk): Hermann ist nicht ein Groteskermann. A quote from his keynote speech at ATypI1990: If you remember the shape of your spoon at lunch, it has to be the wrong shape. The spoon and the letter are tools; one to take food from the bowl, the other to take information off the page... When it is a good design, the reader has to feel comfortable because the letter is both banal and beautiful.

Frutiger's books include Type Sign Symbol and Signs and Symbols. Their Design and Meaning (1989, with Andrew Bluhm, published by Studio Editions, London; Amazon link).

Linotype link. FontShop link. Adrian Frutiger, sa carrière française (2008) is Adèle Houssin's graduation thesis at Estienne.

Klingspor link. Wikipedia link. View Adrian Frutiger's typefaces.

View some digital versions of Avenir. Vimeo movie on Frutiger by Christine Kopp and Christoph Frutiger entitled "Der Mann von Schwarz und weiss: Adrian Frutiger". More Vimeo movies. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Adrien Midzic

Fatnobrain was Adrien Midzic's design studio in Paris. Born in 1982, he co-founded Pizza Typefaces with Luc Borho in 2018. Midzic designed these typefaces or type families: Fine (lineal), Blokus (free pixel font, 2009), Cimen (strong sans, designed for Smacl Entraide), Mesquine (lineal), Blitz, Cucha, Stencil Reverse, Huit (2009, a gorgeous didone headline face), Stenha (stencil).

Fonts made in 2010: The ETH family (art deco sans).

Custom typefaces by Midzic: Aquitaine (2013, for Région Aquitaine), Nilka (2013, for his personal identity), No End (2013, a fat didone), Ethon Serif (2013, a perked up serif typeface for Penguin Books), Kasai Est (2011, for the Congo-based Kasai Est Magazine), Festival De Film Documentaire (2011), Nevenka (2011, condensed sans).

In 2014, Adrien Midzic, Jason Vandenberg, Jérémie Hornus, Julien Priez and Alisa Nowak co-designed the creamy script Vanilla FY. It was renamed Vanille FY after a few days. Still in 2014, Adrien Midzic, Jérémie Hornus and Alisa Nowak co-designed the very humanist sans family Saya FY and Saya Semisans FY. Adrien Midzic and Joana Correia co-designed Saya Serif FY (2015).

At the free font cooperative Velvetyne, he published the sans typeface Lack (2014).

In 2015, he made the 3-style sans typeface Suber for an art fair in Paris. The roman transitional typeface Bota Serif (2015), which was inspired by Cochin (designed by Charles Peignot in 1912) is a custom font designed for Hotel des ventes de Poitiers. In 2017, it was finally released for retail.

In 2016, Adrien designed the bold titling typeface Debeo and the modern condensed Latin/Arabic typeface 29LT Adir (with Naji El Mir; at 29 Letters).

In 2017, he published the piano key typeface Mixal, which became a large experiment on variable fonts and is free for everyone.

Typefaces from 2018: Kern, Kern Office (a sans with some Futura features), Forno (sans), VTF Lack (a free single weight monoline geometric sans for Latin, Greek and Cyrillic, published by Velvetyne), Metal (an all caps multi-width variable font originally designed for marché Dauphine), Orelo (a 120-style high-contrast fashion mag font family; +Orelo Hangul, 2020).

Typefaces from 2019: Ultra Solar (experimental), 1871 Mane (a custom sans typeface), Wasa (a tense sans in seven styles), Shrill, Gangster Grotesk (free), Stupid (a hacker / hipster font), Kern (geometric sans).

Typefaces from 2020: Shreck Issue (very tall and ultra-condensed), Metal (brutalist), Version ACT (a two-axis variable font), Debeo (a heavy sans), Dozza (a hybrid family named after ITC Mendoza by Jose Mendoza Almeida), XMX (experimental).

Typefaces from 2021: Campingo (a roundish informal typeface inspired by camping and outdoor life), Bota (with Ines Davodeau: first designed for Boissnot&Tailliez, Bota is a modern interpretation of Georges Peignot's Cochin (2012)), Pleasure (hipsterism pushed to the fringe of addiction), Model Standard (ModelStandard Mono, ModelStandard SemiMono, ModelStandard Sans).

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AF Studio
[Adam Fathony]

Adam Fathony (or Adam Fathoni Haris; AF Studio, Bandung, Indonesia) created the vintage typeface Grandesa (2014), the signage typeface Magnifika (2014) and the Victorian typeface Marema (2014).

In 2015, he published the connected swashy script typeface Octavia Script, the brush scripts Carbonera and Shallom, the hand-lettered Vanilla Daisy Script and Mightype, the watercolor script Hollycakes, and the connected Brayden Script (and Sans).

Typefaces from 2016: Drustic Daily, Karlberg Script, Ecosmith Script, Halosense Script (calligraphic), Lunar Cone (connected layered script), Clarkson Script, Salvador Script, Salvador Serif, Salvador Condensed, La Venice Script (retro signage lettering).

Typefaces from 2017: Clarkson Script (brush lettering), Bignord Vintage (with Fauzan Rafhy), Douglas Collection (12 fonts: Aaronade Script, Ancaster Script, Burlington, Calgury, Montreal Rounded, Morphic 60s, Norwood Old, Ogdensburgh, Palmeira, Rutland Extended, Wolves Sans, Wolves Serif), Almost Lover, Rhythmic Dances (rough script), Sevastian (layered font set), Rustling Trees (dry brush), Little Karla Script.

Typefaces from 2018: Figuera Variable (a late Victorian, early art nouveau typeface family; variable font format), Brignola (a calligraphic penmanship script), Eastside Brush (a brush signage script done with Angga Kristiandri), Marshfield (a retro cursive typeface by Adam Fathoni Haris and Renov Olivian), C'est La Vie (font duo), Chivels (a vintage typeface done with Angga Kristiandri at Abbassy Studio), Sevastian (a layered font family), Drustic Dialy (weathered; with Angga Kristiandri), Elli Bellie (calligraphic).

Typefaces from 2019: Scottsdale Serif (at Typeverything), Scottsdale Desert (an opentype feature-laden display serif), Norfolk (Narrow, serif), Tiverton (Sans, Serif, Script: by Adam Fathony Haris and Angga Kristiandri), Havard (a layerable athletic lettering set of 12 fonts), Gorga Grotesque.

Typefaces from 2020: Auvelle (a hairline sans), Windsore (a font trio), Howli (layerable, rounded; sans, serif and script), Genty (a creamy retro signage script typeface by Ilham Herry and Adam Fathoni Haris), Burnest (a vintage typeface by Adam Fathoni Haris and Renov Olivian), Glaw (a psychedelic font by Ilham Herry and Adam Fathoni Haris), Oliviar Sans (28 styles and a variable font), Budge (a layerable retro signage script by Ilham Herry and Adam Fathoni Haris), Stanlow, Muray House (a bold swashy bathroom towel typeface by Ilham Herry and Adam Fathoni Haris), Esteric (a playful tapered font by Ilham Herry and Adam Fathony).

Typefaces from 2021: Alstera (an oblique serif), Monvar (a layerable Cooper Black style typeface by Ilham Herry and Adam Fathoni Haris), Rische (a 6-style display serif with huge counters and an enormous x-height; by Ilham Herry and Adam Fathoni Haris), Ottenthic (script and serif), Mionic (a reverse contrast slab serif by Adam Fathoni Haris and Angga Kristiandri), Matchbox Font Collections (a set of vintage fonts based on lettering on matchboxes; it includes substyles called Linea, Lettre, Deco, Scriptura, Ornato, and Graso).

Typefaces from 2022: Balide (a 70s style display typeface), Norsy (a 21-style and variable flared font family). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Afri Giani
[Gian Studio]

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Aga Silva

Aga Silva (aka Mme. Ping) is an ex-architect/urban designer, who now lives in Krakow, Poland. Creator of the Glitter family (kaleidoscopic, star-shaped, and possibly of use as snow fonts), Stars Promo (2012), Ivy Tiles (2012), Lillius (2012, floral and froggy dingbats), Maya Tiles (2012), Ballpen (2012, hand-printed), Mickey Script (2012), and Nillie's Love Letters (2012).

In 2011, she designed Grand Duchess (script face), Rosette110621 (kaleidoscopic dingbats), Brasserie (connected script), Marker Script, Skarpa LT (an avant-garde hairline face), Skarpa Regular, Skarpa Bold, Auld Magick (blackletter), Two Am, and Fantasy Dingbats.

Typefaces from 2013: Monmica (an upright copperplate script), Skarpa 2.0, Trufla (English round hand, copperplate script), Trufla Words (calligraphic), Calissa (copperplate script), Calissa Words.

Typefaces from 2014: Mavblis, Lavenda (a connected copperplate script), Roicamonta (connected script).

Typefaces from 2015: Skarpa Round, Nistiver (calligraphic script), Lavenda (calligraphic script).

Typefaces from 2016: Lidaxid (connected script), Hinzatis (calligraphic script), Roicamonta Basic (an upright connected calligraphic script), Monmica Fancy, Bisalir (heavy script), Piambis (thick signage script), Piambis Round, Piambis Sharp.

Typefaces from 2020: Skarpa (a revised version of her 2011 typeface), Skarpa Condensed.

Typefaces from 2021: Timernis (a 9-style humanist sans based on 1940 stone engraving commemorative plaque). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Agathe M. Joyce
[Cataleya Butcher]

Cataleya Butcher (aka Agathe M. Joyce) is a Mauritius-based designer, b. 1983. She created Waving at Christmas (2018, a textured script), Beauty in the Ordinary (2018), the calligraphic script typeface Black Sneakers (2018), Strike Your Path (2018), Smile of the Ocean (2018), Harmonious Calendar (2018), Ladybirds (2018), Cherishing Moments (2018), Delicious Adventures (2018), Beautiful and Openhearted (2018), The Championship (2018: sports signage script), Mysterious Elegance (2018), Gentleman in the Shadow (2018), Miraculous Christmas (2017), Athena of the Ocean (2017), Mechanic of the Heart (2017), Heartbeat in Christmas (2017), Fascinating Celestina (2017), Enchanting Celebrations (2017), Refreshing And Softening (2017), Mauritian Vibration (2017), Laughing and Smiling (2017), Pictorial Signature (2017), Blueline Paradise (2017), Special Valentine (2017), Chocolate and Delight (2017), Elegant and Sensational (2017), Sleeping in Castleland (2017), Children of the Starlight (2017), Sweetheart Birthday (2017), Fire on the Mountain (2017), Motherland (2017), Back From The Dead (2017), Dancing in the Rainbow (2017), Saturday be like Madness (2017), Painting in the Sunlight (2017), Bread & Cheese (2017), Margueritas (2017), Capinella ou Beaujolais (2017), Quantum of Mechanic (2017), Ombeline Ludolphides (2017), Jeans & Fashions (2017), The Night Creatures (2017: vampire script), Agua de Jamaica (2017), Surfing Kiteboarding (2017), Champion Shipmate (2017), Marchand de Venise (2017), The Black Pearl (2017), Matador de Nimes (2017), Jardin Des Bermudes (2017), Stranger Back in the Night (2017), Marguaritas (2017), Soulmaker in the Mountains (2016), Ornament of Archaeological (2016), Fontaine de Diamant (2016), Atelier du Machiniste (2016), Heart Romance (2016), Sanctuaire du Machiniste (2016), Midnight Legend (2016), Valentina de Queensland (2016), Seduction of Cristabelle (2016) and Alexandra Orléans (2016), the signage scripts Rocking Season (2016) and Acceleration Reaction (2016), the rough typeface Road of Deal (2016), the plump typeface Docteur Tacotac (2016), and the vampire script Castle Octopus (2016). Home page. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Agence Eureka

Flickr page by Agence Eureka, which has scanned many lettering books from the art deco era and the immediate post-war era. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Agni Ardi Rein Prasetyo
[Agniardi]

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Agniardi
[Agni Ardi Rein Prasetyo]

Yogyakarta, Sumedang and/or Bandung, Indonesia-based student-designer (b. 1998) of the free handcrafted typefaces Natural Signature (2019), Rollingdore (2019), Aesthetic Gelatinate (2019), Weslona (2018), Bradles (2019), Argopuro (2019), Callista Oliander (2019) and Stay Ontheway (2019).

In 2020, he published the script typefaces Blushing, Charlotte Smoothy, Familiar, Bakira, August Cameron, Askana, Hanah Montana, Yellow Playlist, Jartifisa (a wild calligraphic script), Wreckout (a brush font; with StringLabs), Millatyna (a playful font; with Analogous), Cydonia (a blackletter font; with Typotopia), Happyland, Double Chocolate, Katrina Signature, Mellorine, Chillout, Galatik and Delilah.

Typefaces from 2021: Childish. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Agung Aris

R. Agung Aries Triyanto is the Indonesian designer (b. 1975) of the brush script typeface Destain (2016), the Broadway style deco typeface Broad (2015: originally called Broadway, it as renamen Broad in 2016), and the Victorian typeface Brandals (2016).

In 2017, he created the connected script typeface Molluca, the signage typeface Cheese Latte, the heavy brush typeface Breed and the avant garde sans typeface Moody Rock (+the shadow version called Moody Rock Extrude).

In 2018, he designed the handcrafted typeface Cuties Caps. The mini-slabbed Bounaville was added in 2019. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Agung Maskund
[Decade Type foundry]

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Agung Syaifudin
[Vuuuds]

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Agus Zamroni
[Jroh Creative (was: JROH Communications)]

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Ahmad Aswin
[Angin Studio (or: David Novrian)]

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Ahmad Ramzi Fahruddin
[Arterfak Project]

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Ahmad Rofingi
[Kokok Studio]

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Ahmad Zakiy
[DoubleZ Studio (or: Ode Arts)]

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Ahmad Zulfikar Ali
[Zet Design (or: Afredo.fk, or: Seventype)]

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Ahwe Project
[Dida Ahluddin]

Tasikmalaya, Indonesia-based designer (b. 1997) of the upright script typeface Charganolton (2019) and the modular typeface Mitsuha (2019). In 2020, he released the script typefaces Raleigh Modesto, Sweenline, The Disnathos, and Dhelman.

Typefaces from 2021: Mechaniclove (a stocky bold upright script), Anboug (a retro signage script), Angela Heart, Anghora, Backstone, Bloadrish, Boendalove, Bootterfly, Brush Curly, Cheerful Dynamite, Christmas Halcyon, Christmas Holland, Elizafat, Fallind, Hand of King, Hatimune, Higher Monday, Hittany (a monoline script), Holiday Sweet Lovely, Hypherin (a bold signage script), Kandel, Kashiwa, Kawula Moeda, Kidszonia, Kralken (a display serif), Rosemarine (a delicate flared serif), Signatype, Skyzone, Soulness, Sweenline, The Mainstay.

Typefaces from 2022: Findastone (script), Balnuettes (a bold signage script). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Aiyari
[Ricky Rinaldi]

Bandung, Indonesia-based designer (b. 1988) of the modular display typeface Kurawal (2013) that is based on compositions of curly brackets. In 2015, he designed the angry brush typeface Violence, the connected creamy script Nurture (2015), the handcrafted sans typeface Imperiosa (2015), the connected Fabulous, and the watercolor brush script Sweetiest.

Typefaces from 2016: Holiday (17-script family), Dreadful (a layered Halloween typeface family, with dingbats), Casual Brush, Lucidity (signage script), Euphoria (Victorian), The Painter, Minority (very condensed hand-lettered typeface), Thunderstorm.

Typefaces from 2017: Tjikapoendoeng Script (formal calligraphic script by Ricky Rinaldi and Juru Aksara), Lovadelic (psychedelic), Neptunian (dry brush), The Moonlight (comic book script), Savath (a horror font), MacLaurent (tattoo font).

Typefaces from 2018: Lucidity (an expansion of his 2016 version, including Psych, Expand, Extras: psychedelic / art nouveau trio), Winter Is Coming (a beatnik font), The Beardy, Dreadful (a layered horror movie font), Saturday Night (a great retro disco poster typeface family with a particularly striking interlocking style).

Typefaces from 2019: Spooktacular (a Halloween font), Spooky Sans.

Typefaces from 2020: Tropika Island (a great tiki font), Swettiest, Laguna Vintage.

Typefaces from 2021: Ayr Blufy (a puffy supermarket signage script).

Typefaces from 2022: Ayr Thrope (a weightlifter's font).

Dafont link. Behance link. Graphicriver link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Ajibatype
[Jamhur]

Ajibatype was founded in 2021 by Jamhur, the Aceh, Indonesia-based designer of Blanton Script (2021: a curly script), Haylin Script (2021), Mistella Script (2021), the 14-style signage script Ralsteda Script (2021), which can be found on Behance under the related name Ralston (2021). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Akang Kamezvara

Bandung, Indonesia-based designer of the bold handcrafted typeface Zeligh (2017). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Akhmad Misbakhul Munir
[Munerf]

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Akhmad Reza Fauzi
[Reza Design (or: Silverstein Design)]

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Akhmad Reza Fauzi
[Grezline Studio]

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Akifatype Studio

Aceh, Indonesia-based designer of script typefaces. The Studio's fonts from 2018: the signage script typeface Merciana Script, the curly Maitlyn Script, Dallastic Script, Fantabulous Script, Hinella Script, Dealova Script, Funtastic Script.

Typefaces from 2019: Instory (a dry brush script), Atlantic Script, Fallefi Script (a great upright calligraphic script), Mithana Script, Azzury Script, Molianty, Twenty One, About Loving, Farmfresh Script, Wonderfully Script.

Typefaces from 2020: Mordibella (a dry brush script), Bastian (a fat finger font), Kailash (a dry brush font), Baver Brush, Holmeria, Anther Brush, Matteona (a dry brush script).

Typefaces from 2021: Kynthia Script (upright and stylish), Asbatun (Arabic emulation), Qaboos (serif), Bollofora (a dry brush script), Fabulous Signature, Aprilous (a fat finger font), Shalleh (an Arabic emulation typeface), Abrupt (a dry brush script), Gibrella (a fat finger script).

Typefaces from 2022: Bertone (a scrapbook brush script), The Brayland (a retro signature font), Rumbia (hand-crafted). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Akmal Yusar
[Picatype Studio]

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Aksa & Nusa Co.

Jakarta-based designer of the vintage typeface Pumper (2016), the Victorian signage typeface Hippia (2016), the script typeface Pat Judge (2016), the brush script Wilder Mood (2016), the signage typefaces Bostly Script (2016) and DBrakes (2016), and the weathered hexagonal typeface Broster (2016).

Typefaces from 2017: Lebakre (a monoline script), Wilder Mood (brush type). Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Aksara Type Foundry
[Yudhi Priansyah]

Solo, Indonesia-based designer of the all caps slab serif typeface family Rollfast (2017), the weathered interlocking typeface Buntara (2016) and the Victorian signage typeface Sinara (2014). Creative Market link. Creative Market link for Aksara Studio. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Aktab Studio
[Ilhamsyah Vutra]

Aktab Studio (Bandung, Indonesia) designed the signage script typeface Asiyah (2016) and the script typefaces Pamega (2016) and Allema (2016).

Typefaces from 2017: Alistair Signature (signature font), Lysandra (script), Freeday Script (monoline and connected), Freeday Sans.

In 2019, he published Angelia (font duo), Javelyne, Aufa (a text typeface), Nafisyah (+Shadow, +Outline, +Texture), Calmer (a sans), Shelly Signature, Tettingo (script), Brilout (vintage display style), Eastchaft, Fillia Script, Senella Script (a heavy monoline font). Creative Market link. Dafont link. Fontspace link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Al Imelli

Author of The Book of Alphabets and Layouts, Designs, Scrolls, Panel Ends, Descriptive Matter: The Art of Metal Etching for Ornamental and Sign Purposes, Written and Illustrated by Al. Imelli (1922, Signs of the Times Publishing Co, Cincinnati, OH) and Imelli's Alphabets and Layouts (1922). Alternate link. Hathi Trust link. For a list of the alphabets in the book, scroll down and check the current page.

Some of Imelli's alpabets inspired others to create digital typefaces. Examples:

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Alan Meeks

Prolific type designer, b. London, 1951. Alan started working in 1970 for Graphic Systems as a lettering artist. In 1975, he joined Letraset as the Senior Type Designer and Studio Manager where he was responsible for all the artwork produced by the Letraset studio. During his tenure at Letraset, he designed over 40 popular typefaces, including Bramley, Candice, Bickley Script and Belwe. Most of these typefaces also showed up in the Scangraphic collection. Together with type director Colin Brignall, Alan contributed to the success of Letraset. All the original typographic artwork produced at Letraset was produced by hand cutting the fonts in Rubylith, a highly-skilled technique known as stencil cutting. Alan was responsible for training the entire Letraset studio in this art. Most of the original Letraset artwork has now been archived at St. Brides Printing Library, London. Today, Alan works independently, specializing in all facets of corporate identity including type design, typography, packaging, and development of logos and symbols.

His oeuvre (sold via MyFonts) includes:

Galadriel, Kornelia and Sparky are floating around freely in cyberspace.

FontShop link. Linotype link.

View Alan Meeks's typefaces. Yet another page with Alan Meeks's typefaces. Klingspor link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Albanis Ashmun Kelly

Author of Expert Sign Painter (1911). That book served as inspiration for Nick Curtis's Gasoline Alley NF (2002). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Albatross (or: Font Deals)
[Jay Hilgert]

Albatross is Jay Hilgert's foundry in Oklahoma City, OK, est. 2008. Before Albatross, Jay Hilgert ran Bittbox (or: BB Free Fonts), a site dedicated to free clipart and vector art.

Typefaces from 2008 include the informal outline typeface Tire Shop, the informal 3d shadow typeface Blox (2008), the 3-d wood typeface Baja California, the stunning four-style family called BB Petie Boy (which includes an ornamental caps style, a grunge style, a blackboard style and a sketch style), Fusty Saddle, 23rd Street (a graffiti font) and Whiteboard Modern.

In 2009, he followed up with Oil Change (3d, hand-drawn).

In 2011, he created the futuristic family Naughty Astronaut (+Cowboy), the Western typeface ABTS Gunsmoke, the connected retro script typeface ABTS Milk, ABTS Feather Pen, ABTS Oklahoma (retro deco), ABTS Aviator (2011, art deco caps face), and ABTS Day of the Dead (ornamental skulls, Mexican style), ABTS Crestwing (an inline caps face), Helios Pro.

Typefaces from 2013 include Boom (a comic book typeface family, with hand-drawn Boom Symbols).

Typefaces from 2014: Signyard (a retro overlay font family that evokes motel signage), Microbrew (letterpress emulation in many increasingly grungy styles, accompanied by Ornaments and Banners), Sparhawk (a 3d layered display font), Castor One (wood and letterpress style), Altus (a hand-drawn elliptical sans, +Altus Extras: ornaments).

Typefaces from 2015: Corinth Ornaments, Auburn (brush script), Microbrew Unicase, Corinth (hand-drawn geometric sans with letterpress influences).

Typefaces from 2016: Moraine (a weathered letterpress emulation typeface family), Microbrew Soft.

Typefaces from 2019: Blakstone (a letterpress emulation family), Hanscum (vintage, handcrafted and letterpress-inspired).

Creative Market link. Dafont link. Creative Market link. In 2011, he started Font Deals. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Albert Pereta
[La Foneria]

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Alcode
[Sukjana Almunandar]

Banda Aceh, Indonesia-based designer (b. 1993) who specializes and excels in formal calligraphic typefaces. Creator of the thin calligraphic typefaces Yesterday (2017: upright) and Jazzi Script (2017), and the swashy formal calligraphic typefaces Peaches (2017), and Sinday College (2017).

Typefaces from 2018: Malikon, The Duality, Karmila Script (a signature font), William Duke (a great formal calligraphic script), Differenlight (Spencerian calligraphic), Stipa Willington (formal calligraphic), Gatlik Saphir (formal calligraphic), Lile Dahliya (formal penmanship calligraphy), Bulgattie (copperplate calligraphy).

Typefaces from 2019: Laront Monoline, Claristy, Graceful (a thin Spencerian script), Beduga (a signature script), Desirable Calligraphy (Spencerian), Fantera (a baseball script).

Typefaces from 2020: Colfige (a fashion mag typeface), Claristy, Dalgond Script (formal calligraphic), The Duality (a formal calligraphic script), Peaches (a penmanship script), Imagine (calligraphic), Willmaster Calligraphia (a Spencerian penmanship script), Quntas Script (a hairline calligraphic font), Kota Datoma (wild calligraphy).

Typefaces from 2021: Betting Soker (a brush script), Tugafy (fashion mag font), Mole Display (a distorted font), Avole (a hipster fashion mag font), Qanthorely Castigra (a wild Tree Frog genre script), Bolgifam (a triptych of stylish typefaces including a formal copperplate calligraphic style), Matilost Wikly (script), Silta The Farming (a brush script), The Kaluge (a feminine display typeface), Silta The Farming (a brush script), Tylaco (an art nouveau typeface), Dofta (a high-contrast decorative typeface), Dofta (a high-contrast decorative typeface), Batick Rodist (a wild script in a font duo), Blosta (a fashion serif and a copperplate calligraphic script), Piguet Script, Migueto (a fashion mag typeface), AvOle Serif (a fashion mag typeface; identical to Migueto).

Typefaces from 2022: Roti Brown (an elegant wild script). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Aldy Sidik
[Epiclinez (was: Studio Epiclines, or: Letterbaja)]

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Alejandro Paul
[Sudtipos]

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Alejandro Paul

Designer who lives in Buenos Aires and who teaches graphic design and typography at the Universidad de Buenos Aires. He has worked as an art director in prestigious Argentina-based studios, handling high-profile corporate brands such as Arcor, Marta Harff, Morph, SC Johnson, Danone, and Movicom. He runs Estudio Paul. Professor at Facultad de Arquitectura, Universidad de Buenos Aires. Co-creator, with Apostrophe at Apostrophic Laboratory, of Usenet (2000), FontCop I through IV (2000) and the pixel font family Cayetano. Published the dot matrix font Stardust with T-26 in 2000. Designed the gorgeous font Elektora in 2000. He developed with Michael Lynch a 17-font Tennis set of grid-based pixel fonts. At Typeworx, he published Reflex (2002), a commercial 6-style unicase font family. Another web site by Alejandro. Cofounder of DAS, a design studio in Buenos Aires.

Cofounder of Sudtipos (2003), where he does custom work and creates new typefaces.

His work there includes Tierra (a titling face), Latinaires (2003-2018: originally called Latina Sans), Reflex, Downtempo (2003), Stardust and Mosaico (1999, pixel face).

Still at Sudtipos, he digitized the beautiful handwriting/calligraphic typefaces by Angel Koziupa called Alma (2005), Murga, Habano and Tiza, which together with his script typeface Argenta (2004), Oxida (2005), the medieval script typeface Mama Script (2004, designed with Alfredo Graziani), Divina (2004, with Alfredo Graziani), and the sans family Kautiva (2004) can be bought via Umbrella Type.

For children's orthography, he developed Estrada Hand, on commission for Editorial Estrada. He was working on the serif family Libertina (2004).

Herencia (2004, a handwriting typeface done with Diego Giaccone), Grover (2004, slab serif), Milk Script (2004, with Alfredo Graziani), Mama Script (2004, with Alfredo Graziani), Politica (2004, a techno typeface with a very thin Thin weight) are at Sudtipos.

The Bluemlein Scripts (2004-2005, Umbrella and Veer) are based on the calligraphic renderings of Charles Bluemlein, shown in a 1943 ink catalog: Miss Le Gatees, Mr Rafkin, Mr Keningbeck, Mr Lackboughs, Lady Dawn, Mrs Von Eckley, Mr Sheppards, Mr Dafoe, Mr Canfields, Mr Stalwart, Mr Sandsfort, Mr Leopolde, Mr DeHaviland, Mr Blaketon, Miss Stanfort, Miss Packgope, Miss Fajardose, Mrs Saint-Delafield, Mrs Blackfort, Mr Sopkin, Mr Sheffield, Miss Lankfort, Herr Von Muellerhoff, Dr Sugiyama, Dr Carbfred. (Note: Soft Horizon's Lainie Day (1993) is an earlier free font in the style of Lady Dawn and Mr Lackboughs). In 2011, that series was made available at Google Web Fonts.

Sudestada (2005, Sudtipos) is a handwriting script developed with Diego Giaccone. Cuisine (2005, Umbrella Type) is an informal bold script. Mousse Script (2005, Sudtipos) is based on Glenmoy, a 1932 Stephenson Blake typeface. Suave Script (2005) is a 4am jazz bar script. Ministry (2005) is related in style but less funky, Chocolate (2005) is for sales ads, and Cenizas (2005, with Angel Koziupa) is straight from an old manuscript.

Whomp (2006, Umbrella) was based on a partial sign-painting font by Alf Becker (1930s), and so was Buffet Script (2006, Sudtipos). Affair (2006, Umbrella) is swashy and calligraphic, while Candy Script (2007) and its italic version Sugar Pie (2011) are based on Argentina's market lettering. Galgo Script (2007) is a brush calligraphic font based on a design of Angel Koziupa.

Burgues Script (2007) is an ornate calligraphic script based on the lettering of calligraphy teacher Louis Madarasz (1859-1910) (award at TDC2 2008). Burgues Script, Adios Script (2008: it won an award at TDC2 2009), Feel Script and Sugar Pie all won awards at Tipos Latinos 2008.

Sinfonieta (2006) and Buffet Script are fifties style connected scripts. Feel Script (2007) is based on lettering that calligrapher and logo designer Rand Holub created in 1950 and that was subsequently captured in Intertype's typeface Monterey (1958). Some letterforms were redrawn from vintage American magazine ads (some by Holub himself), Cuisine (2008, food advertising script), Pronto (2008, comic book style, by Alejandro Paul and Angel Koziupa), Grover (2004, rounded sans family), Grover Slab (2004). Burgues Script, Adios Script, Feel Script and Sugar Pie all won awards at Tipos Latinos 2008. Calgary Script (2008, Umbrella) is a pure signpainting job.

Accolades from all typophiles for his calligraphic wunderkind, Compendium (2008).

The 2009 haul: Sugar Pie (signage font), Bravissima Script, Theorem (upright semi-script).

Speaker at ATypI 2009 in Mexico City.

The year 2010 starts off with a bang, five awards at Tipos Latinos 2010: a grand prize for Brownstone Sans, and four standard awards, for Semilla, Kewl Script (for food packaging and store windows), Calgary Script, and for Business Penmanship.

Typefaces from 2010 include the baseball lettering typeface Fan Script and the tattoo script face Piel Script (piel=skin), which was influenced by Burgues Script and more remotely by showcard lettering by B. Boley (1930s, Sign of the Times Magazine). Piel Script won an award at Tipos Latinos 2012.

In 2011, he and Koziupa made the fat signage typeface Aventura and Viento (a grunge version of their earlier 2004 face, Brisa).

He added one retro connected signage font to the Filmotype collection in 2012, called Filmotype Kitten (original from 1955). Filmotype Zephyr (2012) is an italic roman formal script. Filmotype Yukon (2012) is inspired by the classic Palmer style of penmanship.

Storefront (2012) is a swashy signage typeface based on an incomplete alphabet by Alf Becker.

His signage script typeface Hipster Script won an award in the TDC 2012 competition and at Tipos Latinos 2012.

Typefaces from 2013: Rolling Pen (a connected script that recalls the business penmanship genre), Bellissima Script (based on a copperplate calligraphic alphabet from Bellezas de la Caligrafía by Ramón Stirling, 1844).

In 2014, he helped Panco Sassano, a lettering artist and illustrator from Mar del Plata, who designed the wide connected semi-calligraphic handwriting typeface Horizontes Script (Horizontes subsequently won an award at Tipos Latinos 2016). Still in 2014, he published the fat packaging or signage script Bowling Script, which is based on Freely Drawn Italic, a non-font alphabet by Ernst Bentele (1953).

In 2015, Alejandro Paul, Yani Arabena and Guille Vizzari combined forces in the signage script typeface Quotes (Script+Caps) (2015, Sudtipos).

Merengue Script (2015, with Panco Sassone) is a fun creamy script, ideal for pastry shops, tea rooms or supermarkets.

Steak (2016) is a connected vintage signage script based on an Alf Becker design.

Envelove (2017) is a script typeface family consisting of Script, Icons, and Caps, designed at Sudtipos by Yani Arabena, Guille Vizzari, and Alejandro Paul. Winner at Tipos Latinos 2018 of a type design award for Envelove.

Still in 2017, Guille Vizzari and Alejandro Paul co-designed the great Moleskine notebook-inspired typeface family Proprietor. Proprietor comes in Script, Icon, Deco, Wide, Open and Roman styles. It won an award at Tipos Latinos 2018.

Rigatoni (2017): A skyline didone based on mid-20th century example by Eugen Nerdinger.

Bibliophile Script (2017). A pair of copperplate calligraphic typefaces.

Fixture (2018: a 72-font grotesk family published by Sudtipos).

Newbery Sans Pro (2018). A simple workhorse sans typeface family that is inspired by German industrial design and the lettering of Eugen Nerdinger.

Winner at Tipos Latinos 2018 of a type design award for Tennis Set, Bibliophile Script, French Bulldog, Envelove, La Taqueria, and Speakeasy Set (a collection of (copperplate) script, sans, modern, flare and gothic substyles).

From 2019: Hot Salsa (a retro brush script; with Ximena Jimenez), Old Letterhand, Clockmaker (arts and crafts style), Steak Script (inspired by an old alphabet by Alf Becker), Address Sans Pro (a sans family inspired by Butti and Novarese). In 2019, Alejandro Freitez and Claire Menager, under the art directoship of Alejandro Paul, designed the multistyle wood type look / Western / Victorian / reverse stress / hyper-decorative Presley Slab.

Typefaces from 2020: Apothicaire (a wonderful quaint serif family in the frivolous didone genre; three variable fonts, 16 styles in all), Inglesa (a penmanship script), Dilemma, Dilemma Serif (Dilemma is a sans/serif type system with 42 styles; it is inspired by the anonymous Polyphème, Cyclopéen and Extra Condensé designs from the early 1900s at the Peignot Fonderie; two variable fonts are included), Sporty Pro (a large sports / athletics font family).

Typefaces from 2021: Plethora (an 18-style family and two variable fonts that build on Julius Herriet's Old Style Ornamented for Bruce Type Foundry; Alejandro added various frills, ligatures, weights, exaggerating in true Victorian spirit), Magari (a fat face or Normande; Alejandro likens it to Italian classics of the 19th century though), Regional (27 styles, plus variable styles).

Typefaces from 2022: Wienerin (a revival and expansion of Olympia (1929) by Carl Otto Czeschka, one of the members of The Wiener Werkstätte). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Aleksandr Sukiasov

Georgian designer (b. 1988, Georgia) who runs his own foundry in Tbilisi. MyFonts link. He created the Helvetica-like Lax family (2010).

In 2012, he created the free typeface Grammatika (or Grammatica) out of Helvetica and DIN. Open Font Library download site.

AS Naya (2012) is a minimalist condensed sans family. AS Nerd (2012) is a sign-painting brush script.

In 2013, the following typefaces could be bought at Graphic River: AS Scripty, AS Vardo (hairline sans), AS Negal, AS Vino, AS Neo Medium, AS Amplo (a wide all caps sans), AS Neo, AS Bordo Regular, and AS Grammatika.

Klingspor link. Behance link. Link to his studio. Graphic River link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Aleksandra Samulenkova

Aleksandra Samulenkova (b. Latvia) studied visual communication at the Latvian Art Academy in Riga and at Kunsthochschule Weißensee in Berlin, where she took a type design course with Luc(as) de Groot. In 2012 Aleksandra graduated from the Type and Media program at KABK, Den Haag.

Aleksandra's graduating project Pilot is an angular display typeface with German expressionist influences. It won the first prize as a titling face at The Fine Press Association's inaugural Student Type Competition, and won an award in the TDC Typeface Design competition in 2017. From 2012 until early 2017 Aleksandra worked as a type designer at LucasFonts in Berlin. In the beginning of 2017 she moved to the Netherlands to work independently.

Aleksandra's retail typeface in the Bold Monday catalog: Pilot (2017). She also designed Necktie.

Speaker at ATypI 2016 in Warsaw on Diacritics as a Means of Self-Identification. In that talk, she looked at several Eastern European nations that were created during the 19th century, and in particulat, Latvia.

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Alessandro Fulciniti

Alessandro Fulciniti (Axel or Alex Fulton) is the designer at FontStruct in 2008 of Digg (based on the Digg.Com logo), SmartShop, Triple-X, Last Brick (3d brick face), Last Brick Neon, Bubble Gum, Maxxell, Pico (pixel face), Omino (dingbats of men), jelly_fish_1, pixel_runner, red_light_district (dot matrix face), three_am. Son of Statement and Statement are heavy block fonts. Other typefaces: Acchooga (condensed), Dottic (2008, pixel face), Headshop (2008), Three AM (2008), Red Light District (2008, dot matrix face) and Fat Bit Lova (2008, pixel face), Brooklin Bros (2008, octagonal), Absurd, Dottic (pixel face), Hybrid Boost, Five AM, Futuristica (Bank Gothic-inspired), HeadShop, Americana (American flag-themed glyphs), Elevator (lightbulb signage font), Bombay (Indic simulation), Regent (octagonal, between two horizontal lines), Spaceman (pixel meets kitchen tile), Faster Baby, Fontharrt, Subpixel, Promises, Best-before-end (horizontal stripes), Weekend (fat headline face), Predator's Alphabet, Futures, Magnus (constructivist), Zeppa (great---Far West meets LED), Wide Horizon, Pixelity, Wide Horizon Rounded, Snipers' Font, Gunny (heavy metal stencil), Pinball Special 5, Gallop, Horizon Condensed, Western Zappa (Far West font), Wide Horizon Rounded, Nano Spaceman (nice fat kitchen tile style), Black Sheep, Best-before-end, Black-Sheep, Bubble-Gum, Crazy-Pixel, Faster,-baby!, Gallop, Horizon-Condensed, Last-Brick, Little-Spaceman, Magnus, Pinball-Special-5, Promises, Teenage-Mutant-Ninja-Font, Weekend, Zeppa, maxxell, pic. Born in 1975 in Northern Italy, he is a columnist for the Italian web design portal html.it since 2003, who has written extensively on CSS, javascript and web design. Web site. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Alex Couture

Indonesian designer of the signage script typefaces Headey (2019: brush script), Montana and Montana Rough (2017) and Quentine (2017). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Alex Etewut

Moscow-based artist who created these typefaces in 2016: Buena Onda, Londa (a connected script), Foie Gras (signage script), Fuego, Cama (a thick connected script), Blackthorn, Savoiardi (connected monoline script), Savoiardi Sans, Savoiardi Display, Zimbra (a zebra stripe font), Signal, the Vincent Van Gogh-inspired Absinth, the Russian fairy tale font Anchor, the handcrafted Swan, the weathered Cliché Font, the constructed extraterrestrial font Structure, the geometric solid typeface Forma, the semi-calligraphic Absinthe and Glasgow, the calligraphic oriental brush typeface Yakudza, and the brush typefaces Augenblick and Barbada.

Typefaces from 2017: Curator (a curvy decorative didone), Gluck (a rounded monoline sans family with outlined and double outlined styles), Laser Dots, Zarathustra (a soft blackletter typeface family), Pedrera and Pedrera Script, Hooley (advertized as a party font), Forma (free counterless typeface), Fuego (calligraphic script), Arc Boutant (a vintage ballpoint-laden text typeface), Moloko (script), Etalon (a 33-style organic sans family), Molodos All Caps, Click (Stripes, Black), Geometry Pair, Venzel (an interesting experimental deco typeface), Batllo (inspired by Gaudi), Pluma (handwriting).

Typefaces from 2018: Pistoletto (a jelly or toothpaste script inspired by the work of Roy Lichtenstein and Michelangelo Pistoletto), Lento (a monoline script family), Rajomon (a dry brush typeface), Solomonk (an inky script), Ma Tilda, Warka, Abudabi (connected script), Lunar, Tilda (a monoline sans with character), Jeunes (connected script), Danken (a textured all caps typeface family), Salud (a hand-drawn slab serif, with some interesting sketched and arched styles), Hoochie, Brutto (stencil with alyering and coloring potential), Hvala, Mafond (slab serif), Tadaam, Liberal (a simple monoline sans).

Typefaces from 2019: Etewut Serif, Etewut Sans, New Lobster (sigange script).

Typefaces from 2020: Vulgary (a glistening oily font family), Spiro 2020 (a rounded sans), Chakra (script), Baker ST (spurred, all caps), Geraldica (a monoline script).

Typefaces from 2021: Domosed (sci-fi), Riley Wow (a round oily font for emulating glows).

As Etewut Graphics in Florence Italy, he published Pronto (2018, a monoline sans) and Allora (2018).

Typefaces from 2022: Domosed Slab Serif. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Alex Frukta
[Alexey Frolov]

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Alex Liebold
[Context Foundry]

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Alex Sheyn
[Avondale Type Co]

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Alexandre Saumier Demers
[Coppers & Brasses]

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Alexey Frolov
[Alex Frukta]

Designer in St. Petersburg, Russia, b. 1992, aka Alexey Frukta. He made the free fonts Kankin (2012, a heavy display typeface for Latin and Cyrillic), Silverfake (2012), Tetra (2011. +Cyrillic), Pacifica (2011), Perforama (2010), Velvet Drop (2010) and Bardelin (2010), Sumkin (2010, a fat signage typeface for Latin and Cyrillic), SumkinfreetypeMRfrukta2010, TotShrift-BoldBold (2010), Bext (2010), the leaf-themed display typeface Kaori (2010, Latin and Cyrillic), Grandnover (2010), and the futuristic typefaces Kvadro (2009), Brava Novella (2010, heavy slab serif) and Kardon (2010), downloadable here.

Some of his fonts are commercial, including the beautiful fat display typeface Houston (2013).

Behance link. Klingspor link. Hellofont link. Gumroad link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Alfaraby Studio
[Faizal Alfarabi]

Calang, Indonesia-based designer (b. 1996) of the calligraphic typefaces Shanella (2019), Undestand (2019: upright script), Quick Start (2019), Maillane (2019), Shanetha (2019), Holliday (2019), Claudia (2019), Chilldranety (2019: monoline), Changda (2019), Marsellina (2019), Calysta (2019), Khumaira Brush (2019), Thaanderley (2019), Brigadil (2019), Barbarella (2019), Labang Donya (2019), Bagadang (2019) and Culture (2019), and the script typeface Break Out (2019).

Typefaces from 2020: Alfaraby, Amania, Billabang, Capacity, Cattaya Rusty, Chimahy, Chokellate, Coralina, Faradila Love, Girl Love, Holliday, Mandala, Realistica, Ronald, Rossalle.

Typefaces from 2021: Sallenda (an upright monoline script), Girl Love (a swashy script), Karephia (a bold rhythmic script), Realistica (a scrapbook font), Draghile (formal calligraphic), Lenkina (a signage script), Chandiluna (formal calligraphic), Fathan (a brush script).

Typefaces from 2022: Natalia Smitt (a scrapbook script), Calliagona (a swashy serif), Blustella (a scrapbook script). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Alfiyan

Aka Logo Labs. Tangerang, Indonesia-based designer of the signage typeface Ready For Fashion (2016), the handwriting font Marseille (2018), Swag Marker (2017), and the futuristic / techno typeface Hermes (2017).

In 2018, he designed the free script typeface Billie Harley and the signature font family Sam & Sally.

Typefaces from 2020: Marmoreal (calligraphic), Herschel (font duo), Gorga, Diandra (a signature font), Fringland (calligraphic), Chasmophile (calligraphic), Behofeel (calligraphic), Candelion (calligraphic), Avital, Bandakala (script), Andamar (sans), Andamar Script (a signage script), Anaximander (a display serif), Almerian (a monoline script), Jansky (a signage script), Raya (vintage), Milestone (a signage script), Malbrouck (a penmanship script). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Alfredo Graziani

Born in Buenos Aires, and a resident designer in Barcelona, Alfredo Graziani is the codesigner with Alejandro Paul at Umbrella Type of the medieval script Mama Script (2004). At Sudtipos, he created the script typeface Milk Script (2004, with Alejandro Paul: based on lettering seen in a 1923 Speedball manual), as well as Divina.

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Ali Hamidi
[Brithos Type]

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Alice Glenane

Together with Remy Chard, Alice Glenane (Gold Coast, Australia) created the experimental typeface Shadow Line (2013) which was inspired by the architecture of The Queensland Museum. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Alice Resseguier

French type designer who contributes to FontYou. In 2014, Alice Resseguier co-designed the punchy poster typeface Kraaken FY with fellow FontYou designers Bertrand Reguron, Valentine Proust, Julien Priez, Gia Tran, Jérémie Hornus, and Alisa Nowak.

Bertrand Reguron, Alice Resseguier and Gia Tran co-designed the retro signage script typeface Coco FY (2014).

Alice Resseguier and Gia Tran co-designed the girly script typeface Lola Lola FY (2014). This typeface was forcibly renamed Chelly FY a few days after its first appearance, possibly because there already was a typeface called Lola by Laura Messeguer. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Alicia Menal

Graphic designer in Granada, Spain, who created the slab serif typeface Limon in 2015. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Alif Devan
[Deerhead Studio (was: Micromove Design)]

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Alif Ryan Zulfikar
[Sakha Design]

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Alisa Nowak

French type designer who studied at Fachhochschule Düsseldorf (2009) and at the Ecole supérieure d'art et de design d'Amiens, France, class of 2011. At ESAD her graduation typeface was called Eskapade. In 2012, the blackletter typeface Eskapade Fraktur was published by Type Together. The angular weights Eskapade Regular and Eskapade Italic were added in 2012.

With Sebastien Degeilh, she is a partner in Nowak & Degeilh, a French type foundry started in 2012. At Nowak & Degeilh, she created the 3d geometric overlay font family Carton (2012).

For the next few yours, her work was published by Fontyou:

  • She co-designed the stylish Egyptian typeface Achille FY (2012) with Gia Tran, Gregori Vincens, Valentine Proust and Bertrand Reguron, and Achille II FY (2014) with Valentine Proust and Gregori Vincens.
  • With Gia Tran, Gregori Vincens, Valentine Proust and Elvire Volk, she co-designed the monoline sans display typeface Younion FY (2013). Younion One FY is free at Dafont.
  • Codesigner of Kaili FY (2013): an exotic typeface with crazy ligatures, inspired by Indian scripts, designed by Gregori Vincens, Bertrand Reguron, Gia Tran and Alisa Nowak.
  • The EPS format display typeface Alice FY (2013). Co-designed by Alisa Nowak, Micaela Neustadt, Gia Tran, Bertrand Reguron and Valentine Proust. Alice FY was inspired by Adrien Genevard's lettering. Sub-themes are Alice in Wonderland and playing cards.
  • The EPS format frilly script typeface Lullaby FY (2013), co-designed by Alisa Nowak, Micaela Neustadt, Gia Tran, Bertrand Reguron and Valentine Proust at Fontyou. It too was inspired by Adrien Genevard's lettering.
  • Exquise FY (2013). A fashion mag didone co-designed by Bertrand Reguron, Alisa Nowak, Valentine Proust, Elvire Volk and Gia Tran at Fontyou.
  • Bruum FY (2013) by Gia Tran, Alisa Novak, Micaela Neustadt, Bertrand Reguron and Grégori Vincens. Bruum FY is a curvy stressed elliptical sans typeface.
  • Four typefaces done with Luis Gomes and Jeremie Hornus: Booster FY (2013: a rounded sans), Gauthier FY (2013: a transitional typeface family, followed in 2014 by Gauthier Next FY), Lean-O FY (2013: a slab serif with leaning asymmetrical brackets; see also LeanO Sans in 2014), Marianina FY (2013: a contemporary condensed 24-style headline sans family with simple strokes. Characterized by kinks in the ascenders).
  • Gregori Vincens, Gia Tran, J&eacxute;rémie Hornus and Alisa Nowak co-designed the humanist sans typeface Klaus FY (2013).
  • The slender display typeface Sérafine FY (2013). Co-designed with Jason Vandenberg and Jérémie Hornus.
  • Codesigner with Mr. Zyan of the alchemic hipster font Pyrenees FY (2013).
  • She collaborated with Jérémie Hornus and Fabien Gailleul on the design of the astrological simulation typeface Astral FY (2013). The same group of three collaborated in 2014 on Naive Gothic FY.
  • In 2014, Adrien Midzic, Jason Vandenberg, Jérémie Hornus, Julien Priez and Alisa Nowak co-designed the creamy script Vanilla FY. It was renamed Vanille FY after a few days.
  • Still in 2014, Adrien Midzic, Jérémie Hornus and Alisa Nowak co-designed the very humanist sans family Saya FY and Saya Semisans FY.
  • Luis Gomes, Jérémie Hornus and Alisa Nowak co-designed the rounded sans typeface family Booster Next FY in 2014.
  • Joao Costa co-designed the thin lachrymal typeface Zitrone FY in 2014 at FontYou with Jérémie Hornus and Alisa Nowak.
  • In 2014, Monica Munguia, Alisa Nowak and Jérémie Hornus co-designed the blackletter typeface Blackmoon FY.
  • In 2014, Matthieu Meyer, Alisa Nowak and Jérémie Hornus co-designed the wedge serif typeface Ennio FY at FontYou.
  • The punchy poster typeface Kraaken FY (2014) was designed by the FontYou team of Bertrand Reguron, Alice Resseguier, Valentine Proust, Julien Priez, Gia Tran, Jérémie Hornus, and Alisa Nowak.
  • In 2014, Joachim Vu, Jérémie Hornus and Alisa Nowak co-designed the classical copperplate script typeface Vicomte FY.
  • Codesigner with Jan Dominik Gillich of Sperling FY (2014, FontYou), a didone-inspired headline or fashion mag display typeface family.
  • Designer of Marianina Wide FY (2014).
  • In 2014, Alisa Nowak, Gregori Vincens and Andrey Kudryavtsev created Achille II Cyr FY.
  • Codesigner of Hansom Slab FY (2014, Gia Tran, Jeremie Hornus and Alisa Nowak).
  • Still in 2014, Julien Priez, Hugo Dumont, Jérémie Hornus and Alisa Nowak co-designed Rowton Sans FY, a sans family patterned after Gill Sans in six weights, from Hairline to Bold---named after Arthur Eric Rowton Gill, it has the Gillian lower case g but italic lowercase is a bit too far afield for my own taste, especially the squeezed g.

In 2015, Jérémie Hornus, Clara Jullien and Alisa Nowak co-designed the spurless / organic slightly inflated sans typeface family Diodrum at Indian Type Foundry. Diodrum Rounded (2020, by Manushi Parikh, Jérémie Hornus, Clara Jullien and Alisa Nowak) is a spurless organic sans family.

In 2016, Alisa Nowak, Julie Soudanne and Jean-Baptiste Morizot co-designed Graphico (Indian Type Foundry): Its letterforms are industrial and square-sided. The typeface looks like the product of precision mechanics: it should be featured together with tech---either old tech like appliances or watches, or new tech like apps and laptop stands.

In 2016, Alisa Nowak designed the all caps art deco / avant garde typeface family Inbox that comes with many great ligatures and interlocking glyph pairs. It was published at Indian Type Foundry.

Alpinist (2016) is a humanist sans with a small x-height optimized for magazine design and other editorial applications. The edges are slightly rounded for easy reading. It was designed by Jeremie Hornus and Alisa Nowak. Somehow, it evolved into Alpino at Fontshare.

In 2016, Jeremie Hornus and Alisa Nowak released Associate Sans and Slab (+Stencil), and Associate Mono at Indian Type Foundry. This is a family with an American gothic look.

Vesterbro (Jeremie Hornus, Alisa Nowak, Ilya Naumoff, Black Foundry, 2017) is a high-contrast Latin / Cyrillic typeface with a Viking feel that won an award at Granshan 2017.

Papelli (2016) is an informal typeface family by Alisa Nowak and Julie Soudanne.

At Fontstore / Fontshare, she released the 6-weight sans typeface Excon in 2017. Excon is named after and a tribute to French designer Roger Excoffon (1910–1983). Excon's letters are top-heavy, a rarely-explored idea in type design Excoffon himself experimented with.

In 2017, Jérémie Hornus, Théo Guillard, Morgane Pambrun, Alisa Nowak and Joachim Vu co-designed Bespoke Sans, Bespoke Serif and Bespoke Slab at Fontstore / Fontshare. In 2020, Bespoke Stencil was added.

In 2017, Jérémie Hornus, Julie Soudanne and Alisa Nowak designed the attractive titling didone typeface Zesta.

Zodiak (2021, Jérémie Hornus, Gaetan Baehr, Jean-Baptiste Morizot, Alisa Nowak, and Théo Guillard at Fontshare) is a free 24-style text family with Century-like newspaper roots and sturdy bracketed slab serifs that was originally named Claire (2020).

In 2020, Jeremie Hornus, Theo Guillard, Morgane Pambrun, Alisa Nowak and Joachim Vu co-designed Bespoke Stencil (2020, Fontstore). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Alison Argento
[Dear Alison]

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Alit Design (or: Gurita Hitam)
[Alit Suarnegara]

A graduate of Institut Seni Indonesia Denpasar Bali who is based in Denpasar, Bali, Alit Suarnegara (Gurita Hitam, b. 1986, Denpasar) created these typefaces:

  • 2022: Psychofun (psychedelic), Lhont Down (a bouncy baseline serif), Spidro Marley (a flared display serif), Bellyman (an art nouveau boutique serif), Hulahoy Typeface (a formal reverse stress script), Bulone (a display serif with curved stems and terminals), Mankey (glyphs with wavy kinks), April Blossom (a scrapbook script), Soka (a 28-style display sans), Mollyn (a 14-style casual sans), Mongek (a 13-style display serif with funky curves), Round Saetan (a ribbon typeface), Putrey (a 9-style display grotesk), Rosehot (a display serif), Maglony (a 9-style font with sharply cut edges and terminals), Nillota (a 13-style display serif), Romans Lovers (a 12-style decorative serif), Maboth Typeface (blackletter), Belong Faith (a spurred tattoo (?) blackletter), Hello Mytoys (a modernized blackletter), Belligoes (blackletter), Boiller (a 14-style Peignotian sans).
  • 2021: Mybook Again (a great swashy calligraphic script meant for romantic events), Radja Lover (a calligraphic font with hairline connectors), Brohoney (a 13-style text family), Two Race (a race car font family), Piersob (a very wide display sans reminiscent of the old Porsche logo font), Black Mild (Victoriana), Decondor (a 14-style delicate mini-serif), Gathell (a 13-style fashion mag serif), Hero Beam (spurred, Victorian), Vaclice Script, Nokarin (a bold calligraphic script), Horseboy Boots (Western, with terminals that emulate hooves), Mokgech (blackletter), Sutray (a rather formal upright script), Mister Honey (Tuscan), Nandola (a fine calligraphic script), Bungker (a layerable hand-drawn slab serif), Brolimo (a 14-style Peignotian sans), Takashimura (a Japanese emulation font), Bunker (a layerable marquee font family), Dronefly, Miloner (a 14-style fashion mag serif), Mono and Friends (handcrafted and rounded), Roby Soho (a simple flared display sans in 12 styles), Saihat (emulating Arabic calligraphy), Gofienda (a calligraphic script), Rusty Store (Victoriana), Chalk and Friend (a sketched typeface), Grunge Decade (art nouveau), Kenoky Coffekan (a 15-style decorative sans and script duo), Botaky and Botaky Script (a wavy display font), Hidrofont (vintage), Roller Alika, Mistic (a decorative serif), Burgie (14 styles: an ink-trapped swashy and inky display serif), Hand Real (a thin monolinear script), Assox (a reverse contrast Tuscan typeface), Balian (a textured typeface that is based on Balinese carvings), Handy Quomte (calligraphic), Brohillo (a display serif).
  • 2020: Karmila, Shary (a 52-style sci-fi sans font that could also be useful in sports), Brave Eighty One (techno, squarish), Mollas (a decorative serif), Crying, Milk and Balls (a 28-style display typeface with rhombic tittles, wedge serifs and razor blade edges---the connection with milk or balls will forever remain mysterious), Boiling, Mallent (brush script), Bemalla (script), Marons (a script/serif hybrid).
  • 2019: Black Quality (inline, vintage), Caibojog (watercolor brush), Bonillo, Balimoon, Mofita, Nahye, Pintgram, Subscriber, Lovina Script , Bolehdong (script), Zamrack, Melloner, Melloner Fun, Beautiful Lovina, Localghost (a signature script).
  • 2018: Controwell (a Victorian script and text collection), Raustila, Rollete Qaku (dry brush), Norffo, Nermola Scripcy Font, Braton Composer.
  • 2017: the script typefaces Rumble Brave Script (as part of the vintage typeface Rumble Brave), Mellony (2017: dry brush script), Raph Lanok (brush style), Jandys, Jandys Dua, Billy Ohio (2017: dry brush), Localghost and Valledofas, and the vintage tattoo typeface Young Heart.
  • 2016: the thin connected script typeface Mooglonk, the signage script Altoys, the decorative didone Florva, the connected script typefaces Asfrogas, Rofitaste (brush style), Qarvic (a sans), Qarvic Icon, Morva (a decorative didone), Young Heart (a free vintage typeface with spurs), and Brushgyo.
  • 2015: Bromello (brush script), Vroffloow (in script and sans styles), Godfeem, Mooglonk, Floren (a display serif), Lawasth, Mooglonk Serif, the brush typeface The Faino, the tattoo font Alitide, the watercolor brush typefaces Roomfer and Norffo, the connect-the-dots typeface Circle Line, and Kemayu.
  • 2014: the beveled typeface Piramid.
  • 2013: the spurred signage typeface Starck.

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Alit Suarnegara
[Alit Design (or: Gurita Hitam)]

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Aliv Pandu
[Type Colony]

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Aliv Pandu
[Sehat Co (or: Duasatu)]

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Allmo Studio
[Muhammad Nur Alamsyah]

Designer in Wonogiri, Indonesia, b. 1987. In 2018, he published the free script typefaces Hailuna and Anthemie. His commercial typefaces include the excellent retro signage script Bohemian Melody (2018), the signage script Avangarde (2018) and the handcrafted Mentawai (2018).

Typefaces from 2019: Vignettic (a heavy retro signage script), Basuki Script, Agradian (script), Adonessia (wild calligraphy), Black Hummer (brush script, identical to Bellarsky), Ethiopia, Starlight (script), Giorello (a signature script), Ducky Manly, Mohica (a license plate font), Realistica (a brushed signage font), Mondella (a ronde script), Bellarsky, Thunder, Thunder Rough.

Typefaces from 2020: Pottery Crafting (a brush script), Manhattan (a dry brush script), Retrophilia, Castlefire (a circus font), Ebullience, Humanely, Resemhary.

Typefaces from 2021: Vignettic (a wonderful creamy retro signage script), Mohan (a decorative serif).

Typefaces from 2022: Rattani (a hyper-inktrapped display typeface). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Almanac Design
[Matthew Moffatt]

New York City-based designer of Radio Corp (2015, an art deco family designed as a tributed to the 1920s New York City architect Ralph Thomas Walker), Circle Deco (2015), Insomnia Deco (2015) and the sketched art deco typeface Jingle Display (2015).

Typefaces from 2016: Logic (a puzzle display font), Marine Terminal (based on maritime signage). Creative Market link. Almanac Design link. Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Almarkha Type
[Abdul Malik Wisnu]

Indonesian designer of the brush script Sometimes (2019), the high contrast serif typeface Quakiez (2019), the serif typeface Romerio (2019), the condensed all caps piano key typeface Romestone (2019), and the script typefaces Cherolina (2019), Photorichies (2019), Photography Script (2019), Retrochips (2019), Mountecarlo (2019: monoline), Beautinela (2019: monoline), Ophelie (2019, Script+Sans), Denalova (2019), Shelline (2019), and Mathelline (2019).

Typefaces from 2020: Banana Juice, Bella Sweety, Bubble Bobble (a bubblegum font), Dear Sunshine, Oatlander (retro baseball script), Sweet Purple, Monieta (an inky and creamy rabbit ear script), Orange Milk (a playful handcrafted typeface), Rockbitz (a children's book font), Seathera, Avocado Creamy, Bolyvina, Charlie Angela (an inky calligraphic script), Lovemy, Chadelova (an enhanced script), Grumbear, The Mezirane, Charlotte Amalie, Crash Soul (a dry brush script), Costiera (a dry brush script), Handestonie (a monoline script), Mentality (a signage script), Technovier (a monolinear squarish sans), Antiquesta (a dry brush script), Belgium Catherine, Cronisse (a display serif), Pronave (an all caps display typeface), Uniser (condensed all caps sans), Westack (a display serif), Avone (a stencil serif), The Roletta (a dry brush script), Waluxe (a fashion mag all caps sans with flared stems), Dear Sunshine, Mikalotta (poster script), Walker Knight (a vintage all caps typeface), Towards (stencil), Cronisse (a decorative serif), Avaneonz (a neon font), The Heista Killer (a dry brush horror font), Someone (a dry brush font), Vicenza (an all caps skyline font), Bristone (a wide sans in six styles; perhaps for car tire ads), Shutterlocks (a dry brush script), Romantics (a creamy script), Revoxa, Yippie Yeah, Wonderful Day (calligraphic), Girly (a girly script), Kamelitta (a wild curvy script), Roadstore (a spurred vintage all caps typeface), Springloved (a paper cutout typeface and a a fine inline poster font), Saturated, Choxr, Blackheat (a super condensed all caps sans), Retrohols, Alibabe, Lordcorps (an octagonal sports or military font; with a stencil style), Headcorps (a sports shirt or military stencil font), Pineforest (with soft spurs), Airborne 86 (a military stencil), Orchide (a dry brush script), Beneficha (wild calligraphy), Radens (a retro bold signage script), Brokenz (a heavy condensed sans), Delninoys (a playful sans), Lorenza (sans), Elcatraz (Mexican simulation font), Hubby Bunny, Rosadetta (script), Swingsnug, Chickens Lovers, Rollinkland, Grumbear, Bubble Bobble (a bubblegum font), Blackheat (a heavy ultra condensed typeface), Brokenz (a muscular display sans), Lorenza (a fashion mag sans), Belgium Catherine (a signature script), Amazed Breath (script), Rockmore (a brush script), Empirez (an octagonal slab serif sports font), Amazed Breath.

Typefaces from 2021: Neurock (pure sci-fi), The Cheelaved (spurred, Victorian), Headbears (a sports font), The Antique (a vintage typeface), Vespalogy (a vintage display font), Bestorika (a decorative serif by Abdul Malik Wisnu and Rivo Adriansyah), Quakerhack (a rough brush font), Balietta (a flowing script), Brothery (a retro signage script), Beauticella (a signature script), Glamorez (a luxurious serif), Reloaded (a military stencil font), Austragen (a bold sharp-edged display typeface), Bearetta (script), Keawneta (a display font), Racerz (a speed font), Stangith (a decorative serif co-designed with Rivo Adriansyah), Quick Letter (a wide signature script), Arcinoll (a graffiti font), Charlie Brocklin (a thin signature script), Retrolight (a multiline neon sign typeface), Mokalatte (a wild script), Thugolatz (an all caps typeface with many interlocking ligatures), Author Think (a signature script), Bionetha (calligraphic), Bouncyland (a stylish wild script), Little Knight (a scrapbook typeface), The Brushentica (a beautiful dry brush script), The Soulmate (a dry brush script), Bettawork (a dry brush script), Philips Dutcher (a signature script), Recons (a techno font), Heezpiero (futuristic), Milky Quaker (a playful supermarket font), Rostemary (a fat finger font), Therestone (a Flintstone font), The Checkmate, Chick Chack (a heavy rushed script), Retroman (an Italian Western font), Brown House (a national park font), Emeralde Chamerions (a serif and script duo), Redzein (an octagonal slab serif), Rostera (a bold script), Sketchup (a sketched font), Thealiens (a condensed all caps sans), Williesh (a meaty display serif), Amazing Sweety (a scrapbook font), Heellaaz (an all caps children's book font), Almeira, Americans Classy, The Corps 86 (a military stencil), Brexo (a techno font with solid and stencil versions), Romeline (a scrapbook font), Yippie Yeah (a rounded monolinear marker pen font), Avaneonz (a neon or paperclip font), Sangira (a stylish serif), The Blackheads (a bold script), Kandaline, Marinaga (a creamy brush script), Mochalosta (script), Morning Sweety, Rockmore (a bold script), Deloire (a 4-style all caps sans), Montelova (script), Quinger (a monolinear decorative serif), Wonderella, Wonderful Sunset, Bellachia (a scrapbook script), Choxr (a very condensed all caps sans), Keepsmile (a rounded children's book font), Lovely Sweetie (a scrapbook font), Melanista (a wild script), Rollinkland (a brush font), Bellamona (a monolinear script), Bettanesia (handwriting), Bonalisha (script), Overwave (wavy), Beautimy (a wild script), Melatie (a wild script), Memorita (a wild script), The Handnature (a Treefrog script), Heinch (a 5-style all caps sans), Sweetie Banana (a scrapbook script), Sweetie Moment (a wild calligraphic script), The Dear (a retro script), Winterline (a wild script), Young Evaline (a signature script), Salt + Pepper, Sindenetta (a signature script), Autumnilla, Bella Ciao, Rosadetta (a wild calligraphic script), Saturated (a wild calligraphic script), Wondiletta, Bubblez, Lovely Orange, Milkalotta, Luxoorea (a stylish fashion-model-skinny all caps typeface), Momotako (a paper cutout font), Neonblitz (a neon font), Unione Force (an octagonal sports or military font; with a stencil style), Westman (a Western font), Delamoore (an all caps high-contrast display serif), Delaproza (an all caps display serif), Kinglead (a cartoonish font), Modesfa (an all caps display serif), Hexore (a slab serif), Deluxes (a stylish display sans), Kenzomaru (an oriental brush font), Lumbero (wooden plank font), Pineforest (a Victorian label or sign painting font), Beneficha (a wild calligraphic script), Brokenz (a bold condensed sans), Orchide (a dry brush script), Revoxa (a 4-style sans), Romantics (script), Schein (a sans and slab serif pair), Someone (a dry brush script), Towards (a minimalist stencil font), Averox (a futuristic all caps sans), Chicken Lovers (a playful informal font), Hubby Bunny (a cute display sans), Swingsnug (an informal monolinear sans).

As Typotypea">Typotypea, he published the script typeface Manthoels (2020) and the roman all caps typeface Stinker (2020).

Typefaces from 2022: Signattimes (a signature script), Thematheka (a constructivist font published on the day Putin invaded Ukraine), Overbillions (a dry brush script), Brolachess (a stylish all caps semi-serif), Suntage (a wide vintage all caps font).

Typefaces from 2021 published by Gassstype but made by Abdul Malik Wisnu: Ruthless (a heavy dry brush font), Timeless Nature (script), Unranked (a rough mural font). Creative Fabrica link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Almeera Studio
[Rinto Dwi Nugroho]

Or Rinto Dewangga. Kedu, Temanggung, Indonesia-based designer, b. 1985, of these script typefaces in 2018: Twinkle, Zetetic, Oklahoma Script, Stela, Santa Fe, Wall Street (a luxurious signature font), Lambretta, Kongo, Blackbeard, Sinister Brush, Zimphony.

Typefaces from 2019: Halycoon (for signage), Magenta, Qiara (font duo), .

Typefaces from 2020: The Boldstyle (a creamy upright signage script), Morrissley (wild, calligraphic), Sefilya, Milkshake Scriptsweet, Dorithy, Applezack, Floristya Script (swashy, calligraphic), Crusty Breads, Fairytales, (a Valentine's day script), Wonderlove Monograms, Floral Split Monogram, La Foonte, Vanquish, Sanbrush, Cool Baby, Helen Paris, Froogstones, Droop Sheep, Betterlove, Pinapples (sic), Rectoversa, Magic Winter, Romantic Rhapsody, Royale Amoure Font Duo, The Rollingstar, Srinthile Script, Northland, Wonderia, Artisoul Signature (a monoline signature script), Bilderberg (a bold display serif typeface), Beauty Gadish (calligraphic).

Typefaces from 2021: Astralie (an angular calligraphic serif), Astralie (a display serif), Galeoge (a circle-based monolinear art deco sans), Marvella Typeface (a display serif), Billiers (a display serif), Metaphora (a fat swashy script), Mongbeach Script (a wild calligraphic script), Monasha Script, Babylone Script, Sefilya Script (a scrapbook script), The Northland + Southland Combinations (a vintage sans and script duo), Gloomy Saturday (a font duo), Abraghen (an experimental serif), Sallenas Grandes (a display serif). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Alphabet Soup (or: Michael Doret)
[Michael Doret]

Michael Doret is a commercial hand lettering artist in Hollywood, CA, but born in New York in 1946. A graduate of The Cooper Union, he was interviewed by MyFonts in 2011. He worked at PhotoLettering as an assistant of Ed Benguiat. Klingspor link. Behance link. Veer writes: A graduate of the Cooper Union, Michael has run his own design studio for many years - first in New York City - and currently in Hollywood. An eight-time winner of the New York Art Directors Club Silver Award, Michael is a specialist in logos and letterforms. His unique typographic vision blends elements of lettering, illustration and graphic design. The inspiration for his work has come from such diverse sources as matchbook covers, theater marquees, enamel signs, early and mid-20th century packaging, and various other artifacts of this great land of ours. Although for much of his career he executed his work in traditional media, he now works almost exclusively in a digital format. In 2006, he set up his own foundry, Alphabet Soup.

Fonts sold by MyFonts. Behance link. FontShop link.

His typefaces:

  • Dark Angel (2013). A gloomy black blackletter hybrid.
  • Deliscript (2009): an upright connected script with accompanying slanted version. It was inspired by neon signs in from of Canter's restaurant in Hollywood. Winner at TDC2 2010. And a winner in the Type Design category, CA Magazine's Award of Excellence in their 2011 Typography issue.
  • Deluxe Gothic (2010), a Bank Gothic style face. DeLuxe Gothic was also the name that Intertype used for their version of Bank Gothic. Images: i, ii), iii.
  • Dynascript (2011). Patrick Griffin did the Opentype programming. Dynatype (2012) is the upright, slightly more formal cousin of Dynascript.
  • Grafika (2009): a gorgeous 1930s art deco typeface originally designed for the credits of the movie Savages. Doret calls it extreme deco.
  • Metroscript (2006, Alphabet Soup): a connected retro script.
  • Orion (2003): an upright, linear script, based on an enameled sign (probably of 1930s vintage) that designer Michael Doret picked up at a Paris flea market.
  • Power Station (2006): a 3-d athletic lettering and beveled family, with styles such as Block, Wedge, Block Low, Block High.
  • Steinweiss Script (2010): a 2200-glyph curly script typeface called Steinweiss Script (2010), which captures a lot of the spirit of Steinweiss's album covers from the late 1930s and 1940s. (Opentype programming help by Patrick Griffin).

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Alphabeta
[Habib Otang]

Medan, Indonesia-based designer of Bifocals Grotesk (2017: free at Pixel Surplus), the script typeface Almyra (2017), the brush script Tequilla (2017), the dry brush typeface Wolfgang (2017), the signage script typefaces Burlsworth 1900 (2017) and Franklyn 1706 (2017) and the free heavy handcrafted poster typeface Thyeena (2017).

Typefaces from 2018: Hatsch, Arnold Script, Arnold Sans, Neo Zapeline, Neo Mayhem (signage script), Galantis (signage script), Carlson (signage script), Gladiol Haze Script, Zeichen Script (free), Martens Script, Martens Sans, Mayhem.

Typefaces from 2019: Fancy Melody, Lil Stuart (script).

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American Sign Museum

Founded by Tod Swormstedt, former editor and publisher of Signs of the Times magazine, the American Sign Museum (est. 2005) is based in Cincinnati, OH. Mike Jackson at the American Sign Museum lists the top 25 early sign making books, roughly in order of his personal preference. Many of these contain great alphabets that can provide inspiration. His list with Mike Jackson's comments in italic:

  • Frank Atkinson: Art of Sign Painting (1909, 1915, 1929, 1937, 1983, 1985, 1991). Probably the single most influential sign making book of its time.
  • C.J. Strong: Strong's Book of Designs (1910, 1917, 1982). C.J. Strong was very influential in the sign world following the turn of the century. This book has been reprinted several times, however all the early editions were spattered with wonderful color plates. Strong was also responsible for the Detroit School of Lettering at this time.
  • R. Henderson: Henderson Sign Painter (1906, 1991). Another of the sought after period books; originals are fairly scarce. R. Henderson seemed to be the person responsible for compiling the book of plates by various noteworthy sign designers of the time. The Denver artist, John G. Ohnimus, stands out among the group with striking images, lettering, and layouts.
  • Al. Imelli: Alphabets and Layouts (1922). Loaded with alphabets.
  • Fred Knopf: Coast Manual of Lettering and Designs (1907). Fred Knopf and J. M. Mahaffey compiled a wonderful book of layouts, designs, and alphabets using some of their own material and a who's who list of outstanding sign designers of the period.
  • J.N. Halsted: Modern Ornament & Design (1927, 1985). An original of this little jewel is very hard to find. With no alphabets, J.N. Halsted concentrated on illustrations, ornaments and graphic design.
  • E.C. Matthews: Sign Painting Course (1954, 1958). This book is heavily illustrated with his layouts, letterstyles, and ornaments but the text which covers about half of each page is equally informative.
  • Thaddeus David: David's Practical Letterer (1903). This book was published by Thaddeus Davids Company but was compiled by Sidney Hackes and was illustrated by Arnold Binger. The first half of the book is fairly generic with basic instructions on brush and pen lettering.
  • Charles Wagner: Blueprint Textbook of Sign & Showcard Lettering (1926). Charles Wagner operated the Wagner School of Sign Arts in Boston and this book was used as the textbook.
  • E.L. Koller: Artistic Showcards-How to Design and Make Them (1924). E.L. Koller was the Director of Art Schools for the International Correspondence Schools and it appears it was mostly his artwork used in those textbooks. This book includes layouts, letterstyles, color schemes and ornamentation.
  • H.C. Martin: 1000 Showcard Layouts (1928, 1930, 1984). An amazing book if only from the realization of the effort it took to produce it! H.C. Martin, a frequent contributor to Signs of the Times Magazine, was commissioned to produce a book of 1000 showcard layouts specifically to be used in a book.
  • Samuel Welo: Studio Handbook (1927, 1935). This book features numerous hand-lettered alphabets and several pages of ornaments, dingbats, and panel layouts.
  • W.A. Herberling: Basic Lettering (1922). W.A. Heberling was the Instructor of Sign, Scene, and Pictorial Painting at the Mooseheart Vocational Institute in Mooseheart, IL. This book was also used as a textbook, taking beginners through the basics right up to painted pictorial billboards.
  • Ashmun Kelly: The Expert Sign Painter (1910 (1922)). Ashmun Kelly wrote this book for the technical side of the sign trade audience. He explains some of the most complex elements and techniques of the trade including gilding, mirroring, frosting, and embossing.
  • Raymond J. LeBlanc: Gold Leaf Techniques (1961 (plus numerous reprints)). Raymond J. LeBlanc wrote the quintessential book on working with goldleaf of the time. With a few revisions to allow for updated materials, most of the techniques described in his first book are still being used today.
  • Don Sturdivant: Modern Showcard and Theatrical Lettering (1948). Don Sturdivant produced this book at a time when showcards were still commonplace from department stores to theaters. By that time, showcard writing was a fairly specialized part of the sign industry even though the same theories of layout and design applied across the board.
  • Bill Boley: Basiks of Lettering (1952). Bill Boley's general script look was quickly adopted by many of the handlettering artists of the day. Only six different alphabets are shown.
  • Alf R. Becker: One Hundred Alphabets (1941). Alf Becker produced this book for Signs of the Times Publishing Company and who advertised it in their magazines for quite a few years. There were numerous other titles touting a collection of alphabets, but this one seems to have been the most popular even though finding an original is still tough.
  • Duke Wellington: Theory and Practice of Poster Art (1934, 1986). Duke Wellington worked in some of the finest poster and card shops of the time and many of the projects in the book have a strong movie theme. While there are several color plates, the majority of the book consists of black and white photos of his cards and numerous pages of Deco style images and layouts.
  • J.M. Bergling: Art Alphabets and Lettering (1918). J.M. Bergling produced four books of merit which were considered technical art books. They were produced for architects, craftsmen, engrossers, engravers, lettering specialists and commercial artists and were reprinted numerous times throughout the century. The latest known editions were printed in 1980.
  • George: Speedball Lettering Books (1923-1952). A constant source of inspiration.
  • E.L. Koller: ITC & ICS- Correspondence School Textbooks (1924-1935). During this period, the International Textbook Company and International Correspondence School produced dozens of sign-related books. Actually these were textbooks usually sharing some of the same chapters. E.L. Koller is credited with much of the text and illustrations used in the textbooks and he did produce a similar set of stand alone books with much of the same information.
  • H.C. Martin: Martin's Idea Books 1-4 (1935-1937). This group of four Speedball-sized booklets showcased Martin's later work with even more zest and eye appeal than the original book. #4 was produced in 1937.
  • C.J. Strong: Detroit School of Lettering 1-10 (1905). C.J. Strong owned and operated the Detroit School of Lettering along with a mail order supply department. This group of ten booklets are about the same size as a normal Speedballlettering book, but slightly thinner.
  • D.M. Campana: The Artist and Decorator (1925). An art nouveau text influenced by Alphonse Mucha.
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Amir Subqi Setiaji
[Blank Sub (or: Subqi; or: Blankids; was: Bombas Type)]

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Amir Subqi Setiaji

Yogyakarta, Indonesia-based designer of Raitons (2017: signage script), The Crumble (2017, script), Batallion (2017, script), Deadly Phyton (2017), Loguetown (2017, signage script), Axettac Script (2017) and Cadass (2017: baseball or signage script).

Typefaces from 2018: Avant Grande (dry brush), Ematodas (brush), Rattem Hullax, Wiltasso (script), Battams, Rassain, Phyton, Bloomy Script.

Typefaces from 2019: Resshoir (dry brush script), Guzttass, Katteline Rumadhon, Sholaria (a formal calligraphic script), Bathagor (a heavy signature script), Crumble.

Typefaces from 2020: Hzoland (a fat finger font). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Amtypes (was: TypeWolves, Amtypefoundry, or Try and Error)
[Angga Mahardika]

Bandung, Indonesia-based designer of the angular signage typeface Lawson (2014), the Victorian signage typeface Houden HTN (2014), the paint brush typeface Valerie (2014), and the ironwork typeface Pipeburn (2014).

In 2015, Angga made the hand-painted typeface Hellous, the handcrafted Belion, Haste, Seafool and Teaters, the brush typefaces She Lovely, Stay Bold and Rainfall, the great rough brush typeface Harvest, the calligraphic (wedding script?) Judy, the brush face Tropica Island, and the script typeface Callera.

Typefaces from 2016: Badhorse, Burtons Script, Heats, East Coast, Happy Boys, Bird House, Sailor (a vintage rounded letterpress emulation typeface in solid and rough versions), Alloha (brush script).

Typefaces from 2017: Cinamon (brush script), Blackships (Victorian), Explode (a fresh all caps sans layered typeface), Black Gate, Cup Cakes, Wildest Script, Buffalo.

Typefaces from 2018: Hellios (a signature script), Haste, Sunborn Sans, Sunborn Script, Bright, Sweet Belly, Cortez (octagonal), Silver Stone (a vintage Western font), Sumo Book.

Typefaces from 2019: Masquerouge.

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Ana Paula Fernandez

Nueva Leon, Mexico-based creator of the bold Times roman style typeface Bronco (2016) and the custom signage script Kingdom (2016). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Andespa Art

Aceh, Indonesia-based designer of Lamelo Script (2015, a signage or branding script) and Bella Script (2015, a heavy packaging script). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Andhika Pradana
[Ikiikowrk]

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Andika Fez
[Austin Signs]

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Andika Putra
[Andmicro Studio (or: Scratchones)]

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Andika Setiawan
[Dikas Studio]

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Andinistas
[Carlos Fabián Camargo Guerrero]

Bogotá-based Colombian graphic design studio and type foundry Andinistas was founded in 1998 by Carlos Fabián Camargo Guerrero, Lennyn Salinas, Mariangeles Valero, Juan Carlos Valero, Jorge Alexander Camargo Guerrero, Rafael Rincón, and Jordi Teres. It was first located in Caracas, Venezuela, but moved in 2003 to Bogotá, Colombia. New names in its organization include Alexander Moreno. Many of its designers are Venezuelan.

Among their typefaces: Nikona, Magola (2008, puffy script), Angelita, Pepelepu, Zerotipo, Skuke, Retro, Radio Bemba, Pumarosa, Pr1, Oficia, Nativa, Mongol (free), Lirrot, Leroy (1999-2008, computer screen stripes), Leroy Dingbats (1998-2008), Hiroformica, Hibrida, Guerilla, Guerilla Outline, Gruada, Gancho Petare, Escuedra, Esbelta, DSNett, dia-D, Download, Denego, Cristal, Codiga, Codiga Icon, Codiga Destroy, Codiga Codec, Chacao Petare, Cazon Gothic, Boa, Biol, Ave-cedario, Anaira.

Cazon (2007, Camargo Guerrero) is a family of calligraphic origin consisting of 7 styles: Gris, Negra, Uno, Dos, Tres, Dingbats A and B and is based on the paintbrush letters found in the popular markets of La Guaira, Caracas. This family won an award in the experimental typeface category at Tipos Latinos 2008. Lirrot (2007) is a 6-style grunge handwriting typeface bordering on the psychotic, and comes with Lirrot Dingbats. It too won an award at Tipos Latinos 2008.

PP Lepu (1998-2008) is pixel grunge. Josefina (+Dingbats1) is a curly script also made in 2008. Navaja (2008) and Diad are collections of grunge fonts with grungy dingbats. Lucrecia 1 through 3 (2008) is a fat connected script family ranging from clean to splattered.

Telesforo (2008) radiates anger from its brushy grungy limbs. Telesforo Black won an award at Tiupos Latinos 2012. Ninja 1 and Ninja 2 (2008) are script fonts, and are accompanied by Ninja Dingbats (2008). Dsnet (2008) is a 6-style bare-bones rounded squarish family. Flaminia and Flaminia Dingbats (2008) are useful for food-related signage. Modelia (2008) is thick, informal, and looks like it was brushdrawn. Modelia won an award at Tipos Latinos 2010. Filomena (2008) is a brush family with a goth theme and an accompanying goth dingbats. Obdulia (2008) and Floro (2008) are extreme mural grunge fonts. Marimonda (2009) is grunge calligraphy.

Typefaces from 2012: Demetria (a hellish script), Ciclope (army stencil), Meteora (a sturdy weathered family), Kamuy (a grunge typeface, with dingbats, that links to Asian comic style lettering, and Japan in the Pacific War), Naturalia (an informal sans family).

In 2013, he made Gluten (a poster typeface family), Bengala Script (a distant relative of Mistral), Chef Script (a large signage script influenced by Ross F. George's Speedball lettering manual (1957)), Chef Script Dingbats (hilarious restaurant dings and fists), Sumergible Script.

Typefaces from 2014: Citronela (cartoon or Caribbean hotel signage font family), Bemol (a set of script fonts in craftsman style), Nemocon (creamy script), Acustica (a calligraphic Acustica Script, with didone Acustica Caps, and a decorative Acustica Dingbats), Cereal (+ Script (a vampire script), Skin and Dingbats).

Typefaces from 2015: Draw (which includes a gorgeous calligraphic Draw Script), Coffee Break (signage script family, +dingbats), Solar (a set of seven handcrafted styles).

Typefaces from 2016: Enjoy (Script, Caps).

Typefaces from 2017: Warhol (irregular scripts), Makeup (a crayon font by Carlos Guerrero and Carolina Suarez).

Typefaces from 2018: Bechamel (a delicious curly brush script), Bechamel Roman (based on the unicase letterings of the movie Willy Wonka and the chocolate factory), Stevia (script).

Typefaces from 2019: Bleak (an experimental layerable font inspired by wood type, Piet Zwart, Lissitzky and van Doesburg), Nutcake CatchWords.

Sonora won an award at Tipos Latinos 2014. Combine Script and Combine Caps (layerable colorable fonts), and Nemocon, won awards at Tipos Latinos 2016. Winner at Tipos Latinos 2018 for Clothing, a titling typeface published at Andinistas by Camilo Zamora and Carlos Fabian Camargo.

Typefaces from 2020: Cherrypie (a food packaging script), Rapsodia (a decorative all-caps family with curl, spurs, Victorian details, and decadent frills).

Typefaces from 2021: Visible (an inky script family), Caribe (Script, Caps, Shields).

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Andmicro Studio (or: Scratchones)
[Andika Putra]

Perhaps Andika Putra. Bali, Indonesia-based designer of these mostly handcrafted typefaces in 2020: Mogella, Bellmoco Handcola, Qomallida, Bellmeta, Aquarium, Quacko Mahaka (a decorative blackletter), Ragellia Mellinda, Ameyallinda Signature, Romantic Hanimun, Mellinda Creative, Helala, Azazax, Kreatife, Saraba, Sayang, Sayanag, Adadaha, Dadagata, Esenene, Agamama, Adaaba, Mamanada, Nomer, Manararo, Kakatama (blackletter), Yandilove, Amellia, Vadimbrush, Kajumillan (a signature font), Rollina (a display serif), Bellania (script), Homework (script), Orlline (script), Amboqia Boriango (a display serif), Bollando (a creamy script), Aku Sayang, Designer (stencil), Calligraphy, Rassika Love, Student, Shells and Starfish, Ayuku Love, Bahagia Jarah (a rabbit ear script), Smart Sport (squarish), Student Smart, Besbogo, Bellbion, Sunrise Minimalist, Hanmade, Balloman, Bonogoda, Balfa Hode, Malliboro, Garangan, Mangolia, Bllodir Smart, Bollgania, Fonmini, Amekanu, Typography (a painter's font).

The following Dafiont sites all go back to the same designer:

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Andrea Vacovska
[Beige Type]

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André Zottolo
[Artist of Design]

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Andrei Robu
[Typeverything]

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Andres Ramirez
[Vastago Studio]

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Andrey Kudryavtsev
[Andrey Kudryavtsev Type Foundry (or: AKTF)]

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Andrey Kudryavtsev Type Foundry (or: AKTF)
[Andrey Kudryavtsev]

Foundry in Irkutsk in Siberia.

Andrey Kudryavtsev designed Spacexplorer (2012), Necromant (2012), Flexy Sans (2011), Otrada (2011, signage script), Micronica (2008), a font shaped like old TV screens, Karlson (2009), Imperator (2010, a Trajan face), Alter (2010), Sommelier (2011), Alebarda (2009), Rubicon (2009) and Flexy Sans (2009).

Typefaces made in 2012 include the macho slightly flared Antey (Latin and Cyrillic) and the strong display sans typeface Tambov.

In 2013, AKTF published Softipen Script. In 2014, he created Qwincey FY (a high-contrast slightly flared almost Peignotian sans family, published by FontYou), Warren Narrow and Achille II Cyr FY (together with the Fontyou team of Alisa Nowak and Gregori Vincens).

Typefaces from 2015: Smile Pro (a fat multi-style handcrafted poster family of exceptional beauty; together with Rodrigo Araya), Ardilla Small (a rounded small x-height sans done together with Rodrigo Araya; inspired by the children's show Peppa Pig), Plumps, Antey, Crisper.

Typefaces from 2016: Pequena Pro Cyrillic (Rodrigo Typo), Robest (unicase).

Typefaces from 2017: AK Sans, Hatter Cyrillic Display (a Halloween font), La Pica (by Rodrigo Araya and Andrey Kudryavtsev), Fairystory (curly typeface), Kreker (a rounded poster sans), Stickout (comic book style).

Typefaces from 2018: Czarevitch (a Cyrillic and Cyrillic simulation pair), Skaz (a psychedelic type inspired by the Victorian typeface Ringlet), Sitari, Dozer, Squick (a comic book / children's font family by Franco Jonas, Andrey Kudryavtsev and Rodrigo Araya), Freept (a free marker font), Nightelf, Ingot (a condensed rounded blackletter), Insolenta. Ding (2018) is a great fattish cartoon font that was co-designed by Rodrigo Araya Salas, Andrey Kudryavtsev and Franco Jonas. See also its extensions, Ding Pro (2019) and Ding Extra (2019).

Typefaces from 2019: Clarence Alt (a an almost bubblegum children's book sans by Franco Jonas, Rodrigo Araya Salas and Andrey Kudryavtsev).

Typefaces from 2020: La Pica Bonus (a vernacular or supermarket style font and dingbat family by Andrey Kudryavtsev and Rodrigo Araya Salas), Ancoa Slanted (an angular display family in 15 styles; by Andrey Kudryavtsev, Rodrigo Araya Salas and Franco Jonas Hernandez), Skippie (a comic book family by Andrey Kudryavtsev, Rodrigo Araya Salas, Bruno Jara Ahumada and Franco Jonas, and four sets of dingbats including Skippie Monster Lucha Libre and Skippie Monster Halloween), Ancoa (an angular 19-style layerable typeface by Andrey Kudryavtsev, Rodrigo Araya Salas and Franco Jonas Hernandez).

Typefaces from 2022: Chessnota (a chess font).

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Andrey Sharonov
[Aurora Type Co]

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Andrie Nugrie
[Nug's Project]

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Andriy Dykun
[NREY]

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Angel Caballero

Spanish type designer who created many typefaces at José Iranzobetween 1948 and 1965. These include: Gotico (1951, blackletter), Nueva Escritura Inglesa (1948), Junco (1962-1965: fino, seminegro, negro---condensed contrasted sans family), Pincel (1956, informal signage script), and Supremo (1956: fino, fino cursiva, seminegro, seminegro cursiva, negro, negro cursiva). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Angel Koziupa

Argentinian lettering artist who worked for 35 years for McCann Erikson and has produced freelance works for other major agencies like Interbrand, Futurebrand, and others. Veer wrote: The talented Angel Koziupa has been lettering, creating type and designing logos for the past 40 years. His handiwork is behind nearly every important packaging logotype in Argentina. He worked 35 years for McCann Erikson and has produced freelance works for other major agencies like Interbrand, Futurebrand, and others.

Koziupa designed a number of alphabets in cooperation with Alejandro Paul of Sudtipos, who created digital typefaces out of them.

His typefaces include Jugo Script (2014), Avellana Pro (2012), Bayoneta Pro (2012, an angular typeface), Machete Pro (2012, related to Bayoneta Pro), Aventura (2011), Coche (2011, a signage face), Aguafina Script (2009, free at Google Web Fonts and at OFL), Primavera (2008, a signage face), Angelus (2008), Felipe (2009), Amarinda (2004, Sudtipos), Argenta (2004), Biographer (2009, an upright almost connected script), Bravissima Script (2009), Bubblegum Sans Pro (2011), Cenizas (2008), Chocolate (2008, a market sign family in weights called Amargo, Caliente and Dulce), Condiment (free at Google Web Fonts), Cupcake (2010, a food signage face), Murga (2003), Tiza (2003), Galgo Script (2007, rough-edged calligraphic script), Kilo (2010, signage face), Koziupack (2008), Kozmetica Script (2011, a delicate wedding script or make-up brand script), HabanoST (2003), Argenta (2003), Malbeck (2003), Alma (2005), MobleySans (2003), Malambo, Oxida (2005), Inoxida (2009), Piedra (2010, grunge; free at Google Web Fonts), Pinguino (2005, condensed brush face), Platinus Script Pro (2012, a wedding font), Ricotta Script (2011, a true signage face), Romy (2007, graffiti script), Voyeur (2011), Almond Script (2007), Candombe (2007, a brushy script with an African theme---the Pro version is from 2013), Amorinda (2007), Cafelatte (2006, signage face), Matogrosso Script (2009), Uplink (2009, upright connected script), Aladin (2009, an art nouveau-meets-Arabic face; free at Google Web Fonts and at OFL), Delight Script (2011: a 1950s signage face, which won an award at Tipos Latinos 2012), Diplomatic (2009) and MobleySerif (2003) were created by Alejandro Paul based on his letters. They can be purchased at Umbrella Type. Also at Umbrella, Paul and Koziupa made the casual script typeface Brisa (2004; its grungified version is Viento, 2011), and the script typefaces Chocolate Caliente, Amargo and Dulce (2005), Felipe (2005), Cooked (2006, rough-edged), Chicle ST (2007, bubble gum wrapper type, free at Google Web Fonts), Lombriz (2005), Bakery Script (2006, for signs in stores), and the frizzy Cenizas (2005).

Bilined deco scripts such as Festival Script Pro (2013: a winner at Tipos Latinos 2014), Tanguera (2007), Aranjuez (2012), Bellas Artes (2007, doubly-lined script), Heraldica Script (2013), and Evergreen (2014, a leafy script).

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Angelo Konofaos

Cambridge, UK-based designer of the calligraphic brush script typeface Inkinity (2017) and the handcrafted typefaces Handflow (2017), Norsanda (2017) and Bustille (2017). Creative Market link. Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Angga Kristiandri
[Abbasy Studio]

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Angga Mahardika
[Amtypes (was: TypeWolves, Amtypefoundry, or Try and Error)]

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Angin Studio (or: David Novrian)
[Ahmad Aswin]

Aka Debby Aristiya or Ahmad Aswin (Angin Studio) or David Novrian, b. 1996. Jakarta, Indonesia-based designer of the vintage rounded hand-lettered typeface Kirana (2016), the signage script Voltury (2018: MouseCrafted in Dublin, Ireland claim that they made this font though), Heller Sans (2018), the vintage signage scripts Harlend (2018) and Crawley (2018), the vintage fonts Crumble (2018) and Magnolia (2018), and the titling typeface Cascade (2018).

Typefaces from 2019: Rebeque Deco, Larasati, Verveda 01, Northern, Cemoro (an all caps sans), Mullion (a wedge serif), The Bordellia (font duo), Verveda, Carily, Bellonion (monoline script), Boulder, Gillnord (a weathered monoline script), Castela (script).

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Ania Kruk

Ania Kruk (b. 1987, Poznan, Poland) is a designer in Barcelona. She has studied towards an MA in design at the University of Aerts in Poznan, 2005-2011 and obtained a Masters in Advanced Typography and Editorial Design in 2010 at Eina (Escola de Disseny i Art, Barcelona).

She created the text typeface Arnie (2011). She writes: Arnie is a text typeface designed for books and poetry. Due to calligraphic origin, rather classical proportions and flat curves, it seems solid and stable. While big counters and varying line weight make it look light and airy in long texts. She also created the signage script face Cookie (2011), which is free at Google Web Fonts. Panna Kotta (2010) is an upright italic. Ladaco (2008) is inspired in Polish folkloric cut-outs.

Krotta One (2012, Google Web Fonts) is an italic typeface. It was renamed Kotta a few days later.

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Anna Cairns

Anna Cairns (b. 1989) studied Communication Design at the University of the Arts Berlin, Willem de Kooning Academie Rotterdam and University of Art and Design Karlsruhe. She interned at Magma Design Studio and works as a freelancer designing type, websites, publications and visual identities. In 2016, she created the American signage brush script typeface Acron (Volcano Type). Volcano Type link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Anna Giedrys

Anna Giedrys, who is based in Lidzbark Warminski, Poland, and in Czechia, works as a graphic designer focusing on visual identities, illustrations, and typeface design. She obtained an MA in graphic design and visual communication from the University of Fine Arts in Poznan (Sign and Typography Studio) and graduated as a Master of Arts. During her exchange studies of graphic and fashion design at Vilnius Fine Arts Academy (Lithuania), she fell in love with calligraphy, lettering, and pattern design. Currently, she runs her own studio Ancymonic and collaborates with Rosetta Type Foundry. Google Plus link.

Her typefaces:

  • Signika (2011) and Signika Negative (2011). A free sans family at Google Web Fonts, it was designed for pedestrian signage.
  • Yrsa and Rasa (2015, open-source type families published by Rosetta with financial support from Google). The fonts support over 92 languages in Latin script and two languages in Gujarati script (Gujarati and Kachchi). The design and production are by Anna Giedrys and David Brezina. Yrsa is the name of the Latin-only type family. Rasa is the name of the Gujarati type family. They explain: Both type families are intended for continuous reading on the web (longer articles in online news, magazines, blogs). In Yrsa, a special consideration was given to Central and East European languages and proper shaping of their accents. Rasa supports a wide array of basic and compound syllables used in Gujarati. In terms of glyphs included Rasa is a superset of Yrsa, it includes the complete Latin. What makes Yrsa & Rasa project different is the design approach. It is a deliberate experiment in remixing existing typefaces to produce a new one. The Latin part is based on Merriweather by Eben Sorkin. The Gujarati is based on David Brezina's Skolar Gujarati. Anna Giedrys updated Yrsa substantially in 2021.
  • In 2021, Ross Mills, Anna Giedrys and Paul Hanslow co-designed the 14-style sans family Laconia at Tiro Typeworks.

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Anna Safitri
[Runsell Type (or: Runsell Studio, Studio Runsell)]

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Annas Alam Yahya
[Letteralle]

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Anthony Zavala

Graphic designer in Arica, Chile, who created the signage typeface Peru Chicha (2017). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Anton Cahyono
[Motokiwo]

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Anton Didenko
[Kavoon]

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Anton Marcos Kammerer

Sao Paulo-based designer of the grungy poster typeface Sijunho (2014), It Began in Africa (2013), the titling typeface Planalto (2013), the rounded sans signage typeface Street Market (2013), the sans headline typeface Kuatia (2013), the paintbrush font Ink Revolution (2013), and the warm serif typeface Serifado (2013).

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Antonio Cerri
[CRR TNN]

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Antonio Muñoz

Chilean designer who created the rounded signage typeface Panadería in 2009 at Tipos de Cartagua while studying at the University of Chile. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Anugrah Pasau
[Lafontype (pr: tardiexwas: Pixifield, Elementype, Fontliner Studio)]

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Anxiety Studio (or: Design Co)

Portland, Oregon-based designer of these typefaces in 2019: Countdown (spurred; Rough, Outline & Ornament), Countdown Ville, The Hotling (brush font), Sihaloho (signage script), Blues Vacations, Hacrley Serif, Roller Coaster (Victorian), Orlando (a monoline signature font), Fairing Brush (a Halloween brush font), Lydiani, Rusty The Buttcher, Anetha Faith Signature, Gibsons Co Vol.2, Tunnels (dry brush), Hellena Jeslyn (a signature font duo), Gibsons Co, Saint Quard Serif, The Wolfman SignPainted, The Beatcher Typeface (a vintage all caps titling typeface).

Typefaces from 2020: Marotho, Leatherhand Stencil.

Typefaces from 2021: Future Unwritten, The Luxury (Sans, serif), Theodore Bagwell (font duo), Chammer Beauty, Broken Letters, Manasco (stencil), PQRS Handpainted, Holluise Vintage, Freestyle. [Google] [More]  ⦿

A.P. Boyce

Author of The Art of Lettering and Sign Painting Manual (1878). [Google] [More]  ⦿

aphoria

Designer at FontStruct in 2008 of Interest (dot matrix), Order (constructivist), Attica, Continuum (rounded bold), Fairway (+Slab, +Serif), Slant (techno), Cowboy (2008, Western-themed), Lights in the sky, Olymia Bold, Solida (psychedelic), Digi (pixel face), Villa (heavy slab serif) and Olympia Light. In 2009, he added Versional, Crown, Vend, Reed (Slab, Sans, both octagonal), Spaced Out (Bold, Italic, Regular), Jingle, ReMix (kitchen tile), Squire (3d face), Garage Sale (stencil), Signage, Futility (blackletter), Expearemint, Textual, Callout, tweedie, Embolden, Clipped, Economical, Emphasis, Vessel, Honest, Union (+Flat, +Sans, +New), Interest (pixel/dotted face), Venus Sans, Minanim, Diner (rounded), Lights in the Sky (De Stijl-like font), Opine, Charmer (+Inverse), Tweedle, Textual, Solida (ultra round), Slant, Slant, Villa (heavy slab serif), Versional, Vend, Union, Union Sans, Union New Sans, Union New Flat, Paperclip, Poofy, Steel (+Outline: octagonal), Crown, Diner (rounded), Solemn Bold, Solemn, reed Sans Mono (octagonal).

Fonts from 2010: Full Deck (playing card font), Scrollboard, Power Up (piano key face), Groovy Fu, Formality, Union New (+Sans, +Flat), Angle Tutorial, Aurora Light (elliptical monoline sans), Pushpins, Aurora Light, Scrawl (marker face), Evity (a grotesk face), Altipen (upright script).

Fonts from 2011: Obleak (oblique techno face), Likea (a heavy mechanical sans), Uptake (elliptical).

Fonts from 2012: Omit (a bilined stencil face).

Fonts from 2013: Emblazoned.

Typefaces from 2014: Game Over, Aurora Light, Flowidity, Oxquad (textured, octagonal). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Aqeela Studio

Aceh, Indonesia-based designer of the following script or signage typefaces in 2018: Refadhiana Lajuba (calligraphic), Annjelina (calligraphic), Willdiyana (calligraphic), Mollgarete, Dino Party (a children's book font), Sweet Dream, Sweet Sweet (a curly script), Milena Hymes Script, Aggie Marder Script, Musche Moulton Script, Marshabella (calligraphic), Cathleen, Angelica, Bella Madelyn, Michelle Stine, Alissa Thomas, Angies Luis Script, Krusyida, Ossellany Script, Austria Script, Motesia (calligraphic).

Typefaces from 2019: Varelisa, England (a wild script), Sarllina, Amilya (a curly script), Fartos Benofa, Sinta Script, Leone Moliss, Davina Sichelle, Molin (a softly curved serif), Berlin Script, Antonio, Bilges (a display didone), Sarmytos, Mortyni, Beldon, Goliyana (a formal calligraphic script), Mellysa, Osella Estin (a signature font), Mellionery, Antilira, Amerthyna.

Typefaces from 2020: Autelan (a baseball script), Martonisa (wild calligraphy), Megilan (an upright formal connected script), Modusa (a stylish display serif), Mastura, Mollisa, Agestin, Will Shortz, William (script), Chery Santos (a wild script), Eilee Smith, Cathie Glas (an inky calligraphic script), Coletta Davis, Botterill Signature, England Signature, Brittany Coleman, Douglas, Arabela, Agatha (an open upright script), Melistoria, Michelle Stine, Qorlyna Script, Refadhiana Script, Molisa (script), Gabrina (script), Gogles, Gracelina, Amrelia, Rostina (an upright calligraphic script), Sicheli (a brush script), Amidah (an upright ronde script).

Typefaces from 2021: Alhirah (a rabbit ear script with heart-shaped tittles), Aulyana (calligraphic), Rosnila (a curly script), Marcha (an upright script), Ellastia (a thin script), Bitsaylen (an inky signature script), Sastica Nora (a hairline rabbit ear script).

Typefaces from 2022: Batmeton (an elegant formal retro script).

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AQR Typeface
[Azra Qaireen]

Medan, Indonesia-based designer of the calligraphic typefaces Andara Script (2016) and Sareeka Script (2016). In 2017, Azra designed Sensational (a signature script), Asyiela (calligraphic script), Kaktoes (signage script), Blackout (vintage signage script), Adreena Script, Zaheera, Lanara Script and Nazeefa Script (free at Dafont).

Typefaces from 2018: Sakage (signature font), Antara Script, Raisa Lovers (font duo), Sydnee (calligraphic), Anastacia Signature, Aurellia Script, Outside Collection, Nicole White.

Fontspace link (for free downloads). You Work For Them link (for commercial downloads). Dafont link. Creative Market link. Graphicriver link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Ardian Nuvianto
[Damarkurung9 Studio]

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Ari Fadli
[Debut Studio]

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Arief Setyo Wahyudi
[Typia Nesia]

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Arif Gunawan
[Natural Ink]

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Aring Typeface
[Måns Grebäck]

Måns Grebäck (Aring Typeface, Örebro, Sweden) is a prolific Swedish designer (b. Lindesberg, Sweden, 1990), who lives in Borlänge, Sweden. Måns Grebäck has a bachelor's degree in graphic design from the University of Dalarna (2012). In 2010, he went commercial, and started selling fonts through MyFonts. In 2011 he started Mawns Design. In 2013, that was renamed to Aring Typeface. In 2011 he already had over seven million downloads of his fonts, which were featured at websites such as Dafont and Myfonts. He also does custom type work. His typefaces, both free and commercial:

View Mans Grebäck's typefaces.

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Ariyuno Yuthanggara

Graphic designer in Jakarta, who created Guilloyine (2016, a sharp-edged stylish brush typeface), Handmad (2016), Backhorn (2016), Mustang (2016, signage typeface) and Straight Hand (2016, brush typeface). Creative Market link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Armand

Creator of the free connected retro script typeface Armand (2012). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Art and Sign Unlimited
[Jerry Berg]

Jerry Berg (Art and Sign Unlimited) created these signage typefaces in 2014: Zipper, Quick Script (calligraphic), Maverick, Poster Script, Longhorn, Empire (spurred, Victorian), Backfire, Cascadia, Casino (Victorian), Casino Fancy.

In 2015, he created Shop Casual, Hamilton Grand (flowing formal script), Muy Bueno (a regular monoline script font), Rough Draw, Gambit and Tradition. In 2015, he designed Ale House (a slab serif done with Lavonne West).

Typefaces from 2016: ASU Stingray Regular (a casual rhythmic hand), Dragonfly (Victorian octagonal style), California Script.

Typefaces from 2017: Tramp (signage script).

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Art City
[Daniel Bak]

Artcity is a digital type foundry and lettering studio based in Legionowa, Poland. Artcity specializes in designing fonts for comic books and books for children. The principal, Daniel Bak, is the Warsaw, Poland-based designer of the free monoline signage typeface Sweet Melody (2012). In 2014, Sweet Melody became a commercial typeface. He also designed the comic book typefaces Wormtongue, Fatality, Uzurpator (2014) and Angry Ronin (2014), the hand-printed typeface Danny, the techno typeface Technikolor (2014), the poster typeface Jeffs Garage, the Latin/Cyrillic children's book font family Zira (2014), and the Latin / Cyrillic / Greek children's book typeface Cornelius (2014).

In 2018, he published Baobab.

Typefaces from 2022: Handcraft (a scrapbook script).

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Arterfak Project
[Ahmad Ramzi Fahruddin]

Ahmad Ramzi Fahruddin (aka Ramzehhh and as Ramz Fahruddin, b. 1993) established Arterfak Project in 2015. He is the Palembang, Indonesia-based designer of the display typefaces Aidah (2015, spurred), Temenyut (2015, spurred), Basenglah (2015, a geometric solid typeface), Local Genius (2015), Oropitem (2015, blackletter), Cakmacak (2015), Maeninaja (2015), Yagitudeh (2015, a free doodle font), Cagar (2015, free), Pletakrutuk (2015) and Beguyur (2015), the free experimental techno typeface Semravut (2015), the lava lamp typeface Cagar (2015) and the free spurred vintage typeface Outromoro (2015).

Typefaces from 2016: Anehena (a beveled ornamental typeface), Bongoknian (spurred), Sebasengan (sketched, arched, stitched, textured, eroded and embossed substyles), Sekatoon (Victorian), Bekelakar (Victorian), Sambeltigo, Wayawaya (free bilined art deco), Geroboktuo, Bedengkang, Ringam, Cindo Kato (spurred Victorian typeface), Ngopi Doken (a layered handcrafted typeface family), Bedesau (Victorian), Temenyut (spurred Victorian style), Sirugino (a spurred tattoo / blackletter type), Buyanbengak (spurred), Geradakan (dry brush type).

Typefaces from 2017: Martinez (Tuscan), Hughoney, Rockrace, Monabelia (Victorian), Philosophiya, Love Quake, Childwood, Circulat Decorative Frames, Dakmodal, Yasaman, Bsakoja, Meringam, Besigetz (Victorian), Bedempank, Ngamboel (a modern inline), Jemahok (an inline typeface), Sirunian (decorative blackletter), Belinjangan (brush style), Cerudikan, Kanjian (Victorian deco).

Typefaces from 2018: Mirandah (monoline, vintage), Subversia (Victorian), Bertha (a free display family that includes Shadow Line, Sans and Spurred substyles), Quickers, Marchelle (art deco), Lourena, Mellynda, Leophard (octagonal), Wishteria, Slashback, Katheryna, Febiolla, Tropicane, Maretha (a monoline script).

Typefaces from 2019: Requeiro (a spurred inline vintage font), Mourich (an all caps display typeface), Newston (a tall condensed news headline typeface family), The Black Sugare (blackletter-inspired), Magnies (an elegant stencil), Hermona (a spurred vintage label font), Bronzier (a sports font), Mayhena (a monoline script), Amnestia (a vintage all caps typeface), Highrush (font duo), Humeira (for children's books), Montheim (retro signage font), Hodgeson (a slab serif family), Delaroca, (a spurred black metal band font) Banda Niera, Bargers Distressed (spurred, Victorian), The Realita, Newston (a compressed skyline-style font), Ariestha Script, The Black Square, Requiem (Victorian or rococo inline caps), Invasible, Ferguson (an almost monoline slab serif family), Mirenath (a rounded vintage monoline typeface), Afolkalips (a tribal painted font inspired by the Papuan culture), Mellandry, Masterson (a slab serif western font), Marsheila (art deco), Kanjian, Belinjangan, Sirunian (a decorative spurred typeface), Quickers, Marcheile (slightly art nouveau), Marcheile, Monabelia, Nourishe (a fashion mag sans).

Typefaces from 2020: Trashbone, Burgery (a monolinear all caps children's book font), The Brande and Lotaline (a decorative serif), Rimba Andalas (a tribal font), Bronela (a decorative serif), Wonder Night (a beatnik font), Malinsha (a signage script), Marones (spurred, vintage, all caps), Katenila (a fat finger font), Meliana Script (a brush script), Romelio (sans / script pair), Bondrians (a vintage label font), Black Ravens (a dry brush font), Shinkoya (vernacular lettering), Brothership, Novante (stylish caps), Almatine Script (a flat pen calligraphic script, with perhaps a touch of Arabic script emulation), Almatine Sans, Wargate (a military stencil font family), Bragley (a cartoon font), Varino (a rounded unicase sans family), Ranille (a bold display serif), Neilvard (a vintage label font family), Nagietha, Khodijah (an Arabic emulation font), Sometimes Rough, Savaneta (a vintage all caps typeface), Valmera (a Peignotian sans), Hargalia (classic calligraphy), Cherione (a unicase font), Revans (a display sans).

Typefaces from 2021: Larantuka (an informal font with a dancing baseline), Bolandes (a weathered monoline sans), Delauney (a formal art deco typeface), Chieezy Burger (grungy, vernacular), Ranmor (a vintage slab serif), Andalia (a signage script), Insiders (a dry brush script), Granesta (a dry brush font), Abigral (a Peignotian serif), Suzanstein (a dripping blood font), Broken Console (a retro video game pixel font), Naluka (a tiki or nature park font), Lovatine (a scrapbook script), Rushen (vintage caps in curvy, regular, distressed, stencil and shadow versions), Siegra (futuristic), Komersie (a bold supermarket font), Borensa (a reverse stress font), Rashavine (a dry brush font), Blankone (a brush font), Montagna (a monolinear script), Hadnich (a heavy signage script), Sallomae (a scrapbook font), Vankours (a dry brush font), Wonderful Melanesia (a decorative serif), Albertson (a Tuscan font), Rantika (a bold brush script), Rusthack (a stylish brush typeface), Mustopha (an upright typeface in arabesque style), Marviona (a marker pen font), Marviona (a marker pen font), Niquitta Mirzani (script), Shikamaru (emulating a Japanese brush), Mortend (a 5-style expanded all caps sans), Barlock (an all caps and spurred varsity font), Northash (stencil), Motteka (a beatnik font), Sharely (a brush font), Rompies (a condensed titling sans), Beardsons (a vintage label font), Broken Crush (dry brush).

Typefaces from 2022: Bradrock (a vintage semi-Tuscan Western font), Market Written (a fat finger font), Almalik (Arabic emulation), Vanitha (a brush script), Rambors (prismatic caps with four parallel lines), The Last Shuriken (emulating Japanese), Warzone (an all caps echno / sci-fi font), Kalidony (calligraphic with heart-themed tittles), Lemands (a stocky condensed display typeface).

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Arthur Vanson

British designer whose typefaces were published by Letterhead Fonts. They include Stratford (2002), Hindlewood (2002: a fraktur family, in Sans, Soft, and Hard; and Regular or Groteque), Opening Night (2002: for sgnage), Red Sable Script (2006, photolettering age script), Senatus, Flash Script (signage), LHF Chesham Sans (2002-2012), Wade Grotesque (2003), Wade Dynamic (2008, bold sans), Cincinnati Poster (2003, signage), Tallington (2003, a great gas-pipe lettering font), Stevens Percepta (2003, inspired by showcard writer/designer Mike Stevens), Speedstyle (2004, comic book face), LHF Tideway Script (2004, connected fifties script), Essendine (roman), Stevens Percepta (flared headline sans), and American Sans. Klingspor link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Arthy Type
[Sani Sanjaya]

Aka Opentypes. Indonesian designer, b. 1983, of Gelat (2021), Mantra (2019: signage script), Tokyo Drift (2019: a speedster font), Louvre (2019: a fashionable display sans), Billian (2019: an autocrat's sans), Sigma (2019), Angettypes (2019: a bold script), Neuron (2019: sans), In The Dark (2019: based on the ACDC logo), Bodhi (2019: a wild brush font), Sylvanna Script (2019), Emely Script (2019), Tom Harvey (2019: a weathered script), Brave Heart (2019: Victorian), Riogrande (2019: a retro signage script), Reaverock (2019: a spurred black metal typeface), Brotherjhon (2019, Bold and stencil), and Gajetto (2019: a bold geometric sans). Creative Fabrica link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Artimasa
[Muhajir]

Artimasa (Banda Aceh, Indonesia) designed the calligraphic typeface Prada in 2013.

In 2014, Artimasa added Aliva (connected signage script), Thander (heavy signage script), Sherina (thin script), Adelia (signage script), Steady (a signage script), Advena (a monoline script), Authentica (vintage script), Brandall (connected script), Graceful (script), Felisha (a creamy script), Zelda (connected script), Bulgary Script (a swashy connected wedding script), Heyzilla (connected script), Nabila (signage script), Hipsteria (connected script), Zakia (script) and Baliho (signage script), and the free 60s signage or baseball script typeface Streetwear.

Typefaces from 2015: Balqis (calligraphic script), Debby (free brush script), Lettuce (calligraphic), Fadilla (connected calligraphic script), Steelheart (calligraphic script), Shaqila (signage script), Hamster Script (free), Cherrybelle (brush script), Hillwood (connected signage script), Snatchy Script, Harlott (a free connected brush script), Endless Sorrow (funky lettering), Atlantika, Oldways (free modular typeface), Winterfell (a connected calligraphic script), Fairy Tales, Foreplay, Bad Mood (vintage signage script), Delisa.

Typefaces from 2016: Klasik (a free rounded display sans typeface family), Equable (free handcrafted retro typeface), Sweet Sorrow (a free retro signage script), Cutie Star, Playlist (free).

Typefaces from 2017: West Side (a free). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Artiqlogy

Indonesian type designer. His catalog in 2021 showed these typefaces: Befano (an organic monolinear sans), Beristan (a monoline script), Besthany (script), Bodine (an organic stencil font), Elanob, Helina (a calligraphic script), Heyosan (a heavy slab serif), Lenolove (bilined), Marchey, Maron Rose, Martend, Meylina, Paulend, Questy, Quick Browel, Serona (Sans, Signature), Shebae, The Ground (sans), The Ruttmey (art deco), Tuned Rompies (a retro signage script), Vellary, Weny Mesy, Wiylona, Zebros. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Artisan Studio (or: Artisans)
[Roiyani Teungku]

Banda Aceh, Indonesia-based studio associated with Nava Abel and/or Roiyani Teungku and/or Teungku Dibale. Designer of these typefaces in 2015: the calligraphic signage typeface Antero, the calligraphic typefaces Elastic, Braveheart, Midnight and Lettuce, and the creamy brush script typefaces Aqualita and Scylla.

In 2016, he designed Metafora (a fresh upbeat script), Worker, Asly Brush, Mallow Script, Arnetalia and Wholler (connected calligraphic typeface)

Typefaces from 2017: Manifesto, Good Night, Best Lottre.

Typefaces from 2018: the upright script typeface Sumantry (which is by Roiyani Teungku), the signage script typeface Plants, Solange (font duo), Angelica (inky script), Nathalia, Chica Maravilla, Handwriting (a signature font), Mighty Girl (font duo).

Typefaces from 2019: Smoothen, Olivera, Story Fresh (a fine brush script), Martoni (a thin script), Hortense (wild calligraphy), Magnison (vintage font duo), Ringstone (a rhythmic signage script), Vectory.

Typefaces from 2020: Gonero (an 81-style unkerned sans family), Segments (a signature script), Quanika, Hand Sworth (a signature script), Black Stanky, Brandy (formal almost copperplate calligraphy), Mostyn (a retro signage script), Polites (a slab serif).

Typefaces from 2021: Roy Smith (script), Arnetalia (calligraphic), Beby Asia (a wild script). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Artist of Design
[André Zottolo]

Commercial foundry that was in Kensington and/or Moorhead, MN, but is now in Park Rapids, MN, run by André Zottolo. Most of his fonts are hand-printed, such as AZ Cut Script (2011, a script), AZ Pledge, AZ Grampa, AZ Fast Fury, AZ Hello, AZ Dude, AZ Tiki, AZ Script, AZ New Rough, AZ Imperial, AZ College (+Brushed), and AZ Vintage Tattoo, all made ca. 2010-2011.

His earliest fonts were free. They included Alpha, Barracuda, Collem, Cornelia, Declan, Funtime, Roughfart, Tiki, MessyGirl.

Typefaces from 2011: AZ Union is a Western face. AZ Text and AZ Dramamine are grungy hand-printed typefaces. AZ Sailor Tattoo is an outline tattoo face. AZ Hello Brushed is a brush typeface inspired by auto repair signs. AZ Rough Fart is a squarish mural brush face. AZ Wings is Victorian. AZ Placid is an eroded outline face.

Type designs from 2012: AZ Mavericks (based on a skateboard logo), AZ Barista (inspired by Leonetto Cappiello's poster art from the 1920s), AZ Indian (signage script), AZ Harpers July (inspired by Edward Penfield's poster art from ca. 1900), AZ Plug Italic (inspired by the poster art of Edward Penfield and Franz Hazenplug, ca. 1900), AZ Audiotape, AZ Kiss (sketched type), AZ Varsity (athletic lettering), AZ Varsity Brush (textured version), AZ Claire (fat signage script).

Typefaces from 2013: AZ Watercolor, AZ Brand (connect-the=dots script), AZ Hobie (signage script), AZ Storm (Western look), AZ Declan (scratchy typeface), AZ Clouds (spurred).

Typefaces from 2014: AZ Scorch (a worn headline font family), AZ Black (didone engraved currency font), AZ Ultra, AZ Retro, AZ Postcard 3D.

Typefaces from 2015: AZ Yoyo.

Typefaces from 2016: AZ Cruisin.

Klingspor link. Creative Market link. Fontspring link.

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ArtOne CreativeWorks (was: Locomotype)
[Arwan Sutanto]

ArtOne Digital (formerly Locomotype) is the type foundry of Arwan Sutanto, a graphic designer in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, who also owns ArtOne Creativeworks. Arwan created the elliptical sans face Fonquero (2014), the free brush typeface Belepotan (2014, +Italic), Fonesia (2014), Fonesh (2014), Fonia (2014), and the free outline typeface Fonarto XT (2014; updated in 2019 to Fonarto v2). Fondian (2014) is a commercial rounded Comic Sans style typeface. Fonago (2014) is a vintage font. Tinta Script (2014) is an upright script.

Typefaces from 2015: Fonesia, Cemara (brush script typeface), Garris (monoline script), Fonstyle, Fonari, Fonderful, Fonjava (a rhythmic script), Fonjazz, Fonino (brush script).

Typefaces from 2016: Om Telolet Om (free), Sumptuous (sans), Sumptuous Light, Boldero Brush (inspired by graffiti art), Hotline (a monoline connected signage script), Jogjakartype, Jogjakartype Logos.

Typefaces from 2017: Endeavora, Bahagia (signature script), Windtalker, Asalasik, Fonalux, Fonquero Sedo, Wolesbro, Morning Dew, Eufoniem (upright connected script), Delicy, Matahati (script).

Typefaces from 2018: Hokyaa, Jankador, Dephion (font duo), Bakso Sapi, Lemoo.

Typefaces from 2019: Crimstone (a weathered octagonal typeface), Noiry (script), Bonega (an all caps inscriptional sans), Pantura (a playful casual font), Kaftice, Redsniper (Victorian), True Happiness, Harmona (Script, Sans), Pestapora, Lendiga (a monoline script), Zoelander, Wkwk, Romantick, Sweet Pancake (calligraphic script).

Typefaces from 2020: Reffort (a fourteen-style sans showing emotion in its counters), Sandega (a stencil font), Halokia (a condensed monoline connected sans), Shelda, Nilakandi (an upright script), Bakso Sapi, Komikula, Antario (a stylish sans), Giga Sans (an 18-style geometric sans), Toska (squarish).

Typefaces from 2021: Gunterz (a macho all caps hardware store techno typeface), Filarion (a polygonal typeface in the style of Ben Shahn), Kanzaki (a 10-style playful script).

Typefaces from 2022: Bradia (a condensed Victorian typeface).

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Arwan Sutanto
[ArtOne CreativeWorks (was: Locomotype)]

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Arys Design
[Iordache Ionut]

Graphic designer in Dublin, Ireland. His typefaces in 2014 include Tipsy Script, Sketch Up, Woods Woods, Chiply Script, Exuber (a condensed didone), Coplex, Adelaide, Denise, Amalia (a condensed formal script), Paradise (a ronde script), Aberdeen (a vintage handmade typeface) and the extensive typeface family Vernon Sans.

In 2015, he created Broondy Serif (a didone typeface with wedge serifs), Volare (vintage family), Ellington, Adamina Script (a sturdy connected signage script). Creative Market link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Asd Studio (or: Ash-Shiddiq Studio; was: Qanita Studio)
[Ghazi Humam Fauzan]

Bandung, Indonesia-based designer, b. 1997, of the script typefaces Mella Nissa (2019: brush), Lemon Juice (2019), South (2019), Anita Jane (2019), Sientta (2019), Ancient (2019), Marioline Barnard (2019), Mawar Merah (2019), Broken Heart (2019) and Aleysia (2019).

Typefaces from 2020: Winny Beatrice, Band of Brothers, Sandy Antoniuss (a fat finger font), The Imaginationsi (a Treefrog script), Hillary Beauty Script, Automobile Contest, Before Sunday, Qimberly, Brownies Cake, Amiela (a whirly script), Juliette Michel (wild calligrahy), Qillsey Einstein (a dry brush script), Rossi Mithori (script), Laurels Qeylla, Jenifer Malvia, Minimallistic, Ordinary.

Typefaces from 2021: Lemonilla (a scrapbook script), Summer Children (a scrapbook script), Capcay Spicy (a scrapbook font), Creamy Orange (a scrapbook font), Melted Cheese (a scrapbook font), Lovely Sunday (a wonderful inline calligraphic script), Bouncy Manuscript (a monoline script), Hudiya Script, Hi Ashoka (a bold brush script), Making Signature (a signature script), Mollen Crispy (a bold scrapbook script), Amirtha (a wild script), Lesthary, Cute Smile (a creamy vernacular script), The Bride (signage script), Mellina Nidda (a dry brush font), Super Banana (a fat finger font).

Typefaces from 2022: Incredible Friday (a dry brush scrapbook script). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Ashley West

Ashley West (Montreal, Quebec) designed the oily signage typeface Florida Macaroni (2013) and the dot matrix typeface Peggo (2013).

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Astigmatic One Eye
[Brian J. Bonislawsky]

Astigmatic One Eye (AOE) has lots of nice original fonts by Brian J. Bonislawsky (b. 1973, Pittsburgh, PA). Many are free, others are not. AOE joined Font Brothers Inc in 2006. Brian Bonislawsky currently lives in Las Vegas, NV.

Fontsquirrel link. Dafont link. Fontspace link.

A partial list of the AOE fonts made in 2011: Engagement (2011, a free brush script at Google Web Fonts), Fascinate (2011, an art deco typeface at Google Web Fonts; +Inline), Original Surfer (2011, a free Google Web Font inspired by a vintage advertisement for the "California Cliffs Caravan Park"), Smokum (2011, a Western / Italian face), Yellowtail (2011, signage face), Redressed (2011), Special Elite (2010, a free old typewriter face), Aclonica (2011).

Typefaces from 2008 or before: Horseplay AOE (2008, Western style), Cake and Sodomy AOE (2008), Good Eatin AOE (2008), Paradiso AOE (2008, inspired by logotype of the Paris Resort and Casino in Las Vegas), Montelago AOE (2007, a script inspired by the logotype of the Mirage Resort and Casino in Las Vegas), Jack Chain AOE (2007), Henhouse (2007), Schnitzle (2007), Luxurian AOE (2007, inspired by the logo of the Luxor Hotel&Casino in Las Vegas), Digital Disco AOE (2007), Mighty Tuxedo AOE (2007), Makeshift AOE (2007), Clarity AOE (2007, slab serif headline; + grungy version), Red Pigtails AOE (2007), Run Tron 1983 (2002), Eyeliner AOE (2006, Tekton-like), Mother Hen (2007), Gloversville (2007, comic book style), Mighty Tuxedo AOE (2007, condensed sans), Quick Handle AOE (2007), Surfing Bird (2007), Hydrogen (2004), Hardliner (2004, fifties diner style), Big Ruckus (2004), SS Antique No. 5 (2004), Europa Twin (2003), EuroMachina (2003, techno), Lord Rat (2003: papercut sans), Love Anxiety (2003), BuzzSaw (2003), Skullbearer (2003, skull dingbats), Beatnick Blue (2002), Geisha Boy (2002), Mardi Party (2002), Midcrime (2002), Ocovilla (2002), Ruthless (2002), Saltie Doggie (2002), Whiskers (2002), Royal Gothic, Family, Eggit, Jericho, Wild Monkeys (2002), 5FingeredGothSW, AlienArgonautAOE, AlphaMackAOE, AmphibiPrint, AngiomaAOE, AntiChristSuperstar, AntiChristSuperstarSW, AstigmaSolid, BigLimboAOE, BigLimbodOutAOE, BoneRollAOE, BoneRollAOEBold, BoundAOE, BrailleAOE, BulletBallsAOE, ButterflyChromosome, ButterflyChromosomeAOE, ButtonButton, ButtonButtonAOE, CType, CTypeAOE, CelticLionAOE-Bold, CelticLionAOE-BoldItalic, CelticLionAOE-Italic, CelticLionAOE, CharailleAOE, ChickenScratch, ChickenScratchAOE, ClunkerAOE, ClunkerAOE-Bold, CropBats, CropBatsAOE, CropBatsIIAOE, DarkNightAOE, DeadGrit, DeliveryMatrixAOE, DetourAOE, DigitalDiscoAOE, DigitalDiscoAOEOblique, DingleBerries, DoggyPrintAOE, DraxLumaAOE, DungeonKeeperII, DungeonKeeperIIBold, DungeonKeeperIIItalic, EggItAOE, EggitAOE-Italic, EggitOutlineAOE, ElectricHermes, ElectricHermesAOE, ElectricHermesAOECharge, FearAOE, FilthAOE, FishyPrintAOEOne, FishyPrintOneAOE, FishyPrintTwoAOE, FutharkAOE, FutharkAOEInline, FutharkAOEInline, GateKeeperAOE, Ghoulish Fright AOE (2006), GlagoliticAOE (1999, grungy glagolitic), GorgonCocoonAOE, Gotik, GreyAlienSW, HAL9000AOE, HAL9000AOEBold, HAL9000AOEBoldItalic, HAL9000AOEItalic, HandageAOE, HandageAOEBold, HauntAOE, HybridLCDAOE, IDSupernovaSW, IslanderAOE, JokerWildAOE, KillMeCraig, KillMeCraigAOE, Kinderfeld, KittyPrint, KittyPrintAOE, Kornucopia, KornucopiaAOE, LinusFace, LinusFaceAOE, LinusPlayAOE, LinusPlaySW, Lochen, LovesickAOE, Manson, MasterPlan, Mervale Script Pro (2012: a brushy script based on the 1940's Fawcett Publications Mary Marvel comic), Microbe, MooCowSW, MotherlodeLoadedAOE-Italic, MotherlodeLoadedAOE, MotherlodeStrippedAOE-Italic, MotherlodeStrippedAOE, MysterioSWTrial, NightmareAOE, OrnaMental, Pantera, PapaManoAOE, PenicillinAOE (described as a bacterial stencil typeface), PixelGantryAOE, PixelGantryAOEBold, PixelGantryAOEBoldItalic, PixelGantryAOEHeavy, PixelGantryAOEHeavyItalic, PixelGantryAOEItalic, PixelGantryHiliteAOE, PixelGantryHiliteAOEItalic, PoppyAOE, PoseidonAOE, Prick, QuiltedAOE, QuiltedAOEBlack, QuiltedTrial, RippleCrumb, RippleCrumbUltraCon, ROCKY, ROCKYAOE, RustedMachineSW, SSExpAntiqueAOE, Schizm, Schrill, SchrillAOE, SchrillAOEOblique, Scrawn, ScrawnAOE, ScrawnCyrAOE, ScrawnKOI8AOE, ScrewedAOE, ScrewedAOEOblique, ScrewedSW, SeaweedFireAOE, SenthAOE, ShampooSW, ShottyTransferTrial, SkinnerAOE, SlurCrumb, SpatCrumb, SpikeCrumbGeiger, SpikeCrumbSwizzle, SpikeCrumbSwollen, SteelcapRubbingTrial, StruckSW, StrutterAOE, SunspotsAOE, SurferComicTrial, TRANSHUMANALPHABET10, TRANSHUMANKATAKANA20, TannarinAOE, TannarinAOEOblique, TibetanBeefgardenAOE, TibetanBeefgardenAOE, TouristTrapAOE, TransponderAOE, TransponderGridAOE, UglyStickAOE, VanguardIIIAOE-Bold, VanguardIIIAOE-BoldOblique, VanguardIIIAOE-Oblique, VanguardIIIAOE, Ventilate, VentilateAOE, Y2KPopMuzikAOE, Y2KPopMuzikOutlineAOE, YoungItchAOE, ZeichensSW, ZenoPotionAOE, Zombie, BeatnikBlueAOE, BeatnikBlueFillAOE, GeishaBoyAOE, MardiPartyAOE, MindCrimeAOE, OcovillaAOE, PolynesianTouristAOE, RuthlessAOE, SaltyDoggieAOE, SpruceAOE, WhiskersAOE-Oblique, WhiskersAOE, WhiskersAltCapsAOE-Oblique, WhiskersAltCapsAOE (2002), Habitual, Automatic (techno), Bitrux, Filth (an eerie brush script), Cake&Sodomy, Gulag, Bad Comp, Detour, Alien Argonaut, Dark Night, GateKeeper (Halloween font), Gargamel Smurf, Invocation, Neuntotter, Geisha Boy, Saratoga Slim, Gobe, Stingwire, Lavatype, Tapehead, Islander, Clunker, Digelectric, Gargamel, Krulo-Tag, Krelesanta, SurferComic, Bound, Culture Vulture, Intruder, Cavalier, Anoxia, Synchrounous (IBM logo style lettering), Luna, Data Error, Lunokhod, Jericho. There are many techno and gothic fonts. Kill Me Craig is the first 26 death scene dingbat font (scenes by Craig Dowsett). KittyPrint takes the LinusFace font concept to more realistic cat head dingbats. Krelesanta (not free) is a funky font inspired by the band Kreamy Electric Santa. The free ButtonButton is useful for making buttons. Lovesick AOE is a scrawly, lovelorn typeface, i's dotted with hearts. Strutter AOE is based on the KISS logo. Senth AOR is a runic font. Charaille is one of the many dot matrix fonts. Cavalero is inspired by the logotype of the Chevy Cavalier.

At Bitstream in 2001, AOE published Cavalero, Stingwire and Tannarin. And in 2002, he published the comic book font Big Limbo, Euro Machina BT and Islander there. Bio at Bitstream.

In 2005, Bonislawsky and Sandler realeased 500 fonts, via Bitstream and MyFonts, under the label Breaking The Norm.

In 2006, Astigmatic published their typewriter collection, which includes Military Document, Bank Statement, State Evidence Small Caps, State Evidence, Urgent telegram, Library Report, Overdrawn Account, Customs Paperwork, Incoming Fax and Office Memorandum.

From the bio and various pieces of information, one is led to believe that Brian was born in Poland, and now lives in Miami, but that may be wrong.

In 2010, he placed a free font at the Google Directory, Syncopate. Along the same lines, we find the derived square serif typeface Stint Ultra Condensed (2011, Google Web Fonts) and Stint Ultra Expanded (2012).

In 2011, several other typefaces followed there, like Ultra (fat didone), Maiden Orange, Special Elite (2010, a free old typewriter face), Just Another Hand, Crushed, Luckiest Guy (comic book face), Aclonica, Redressed, Montezuma (a curly connected upright script), Devonshire (brush script), Fondamento (calligraphic lettering), Yellowatil (connected retro script), Righteous (free at Google Web Fonts: inspired by the all capitals letterforms from the deco posters of Hungarian artist Robert Berény for Modiano), Ribeye and Ribeye Marrow> (cartoon and/or tattoo style lettering---free at Google Web Fonts), Spicy Rice (2011, free festive display typeface at Google Web Fonts).

Contributions in 2012: Marcellus (2012, Trajan, flared roman, at Google Fonts and CTAN), Eagle Lake (a free calligraphic font at Google Web Fonts), Uncial Antiqua, Jim Nightshade (2012, free at Google web fonts), Dynalight (2012, a retro script inspired by a vintage luggage tag for the Southern Pacific 4449 Daylight steam locomotive), Yesteryear (a retro script loosely based on the title screen from the 1942 film The Palm Beach Story), Parisienne (Google Web Fonts: casual connected script based on a 1960s ad for bras), Shojumaru (Google Web Fonts: an oriental simulation typeface inspired by a poster for the Marlon Brando movie Sayonara), Berkshire Swash (Google Web Fonts), Audiowide (Google Web Fonts), Romanesco (Google Web Fonts: a narrow calligraphic style), Galindo (Google Web Fonts), Oregano (Google Web Fonts: based on cartoon style lettering of calligrapher and logo designer Rand Holub. This style of hand lettering adorned many retro brochures and advertisements of the late 40's through the 1960's), Peralta (Google Web Fonts: an Egyptian comic book face), Eagle Lake (Google Web Fonts: calligraphic), McLaren (Google Web Fonts: comic book style alphabet), Freckle Face, Hanalei Fill, Hanalei [Polynesian bamboo or tiki lettering], Purple Purse, Margarine, Risque, Clicker Script [image], Stalemate [a gracious script, by Jim Lyles for AOE], Mouse Memoirs, Quintessential [Google Web Fonts: chancery hand], Bigelow Rules, Englebert [Google Web Fonts: from the title screen of the 1930's film titled Der blue Engel, starring Marlene Dietrich], Sacramento [Google Web Fonts: connected script].

Typefaces from 2013: Freckle Face (grunge), Grand Hotel, Purple Purse (Purple Purse draws its inspiration from a vintage Ivory Soap ad from the 1950's. Somewhat of a cross between Bodoni and Pixie, this font finds that it never truly takes itself seriously).

Stiggy & Sands is the American type foundry of Brian Bonislawsky and Jim Lyles, est. 2013. Their first commercial typefaces, all jointly designed, are Luckiest Guy Pro (a fat comic book font based on vintage 1950s ads) and Marcellus Pro (a flared roman inscriptional typeface with both upper and lower case, originally published in 2012 by Astigmatic).

Typefaces from 2014: Franken Jr AOE Pro (inspired by the title screen from the 1966 Hanna Barbera cartoon Frankenstein Jr), Good Eatin Pro AOE (inspired by the title screen from the 1942 Warner Bros. cartoon Dog Tired), Ghostkid AOE Pro (comic letter style).

Typefaces from 2015: Shanks Antique 5 AOE (after the newspaper typeface Memorial (1865, Stevens, Shanks & Sons)), Reliquaire AOE (a somber blackletter typeface inspired by Memorial (1881, Boston Type Foundry)).

Typefaces from 2016: Mailuna Pro AOE (a gothic sans), Kentish AOE Pro (art deco). Reardon AOE (a digitization of a film typeface called Joyce Black by LetterGraphics), Berkmire AOE (1970s style robot-inspired techno font), Blackheath Pro AOE (this typeface started as a digitization of a film typeface called Roberts Square by LetterGraphics), Delaware Pro AOE (art deco), Rutland AOE (a futuristic font that is a digitization of a film typeface called Maccaro by LetterGraphics). In 2016, Brian J. Bonislawasky and Jim Lyles published the rugged octagonal mega typeface family Tradesman at Grype. In 2017, they added the art deco typeface Cowling Sans AOE (which is based on alphabet from "Lettering for Commercial Purposes" by Wm. Hugh Gordon). In 2018, they published the letterpress emulation typeface Prison Pro, Pink Sangria (50s style movie font), Manic Tambourine, Motenacity (a Martian cartoon font), the old typewriter font Office Memorandum Pro, and the Flintstone font Strongman.

Typefaces from 2021: Klutz AOE Pro (a condensed all caps beatnik font), Data Error AOE Pro (based on early dot matrix printers), Customs Paperwork AOE Pro (based on the NuMode Type No. 61 vintage typewriter), Rinzler AOE Pro (a great stencil font that revives LetterGraphics' Caren), Restraining Order AOE Pro (an old typewriter font), Brazarri AOE Pro (an Aztec emulation font based on MacKeller, Smiths and Jordan's Bizarre from 1884).

View Astigmatic's typeface library. View the typefaces made by Brian Bonislawsky.

Fontsquirrel link. Dafont link. Fontspace link. Creative Market link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Atelier de Design Holistique
[Joel Maillot]

Designer in Camboulazet (was: Albi and Toulouse), France, who created the didone display typeface Black Italic in 2014, and the blackletter Gothique, the wavy Dancing Font, Tape Font, Mosaique, the splendid Mono Gorille, Curiosité, the free geometric sans typeface Activitic, and the signage font Shibby in 2016.

In 2017, he designed Sharpness Grotesk.

Typefaces from 2018: Joplin (a free experimental pair of typefaces that play on positive and negative spaces), 518 (a free color font), Meta (a courageously named emoji-enriched free monoline rounded sans; I am sure that under pressure from FontShop, it was renamed 518 after a few weeks), Spectacle (free), Fracture (a free blackletter font).

Typefaces from 2019: Abac (free).

Typefaces from 2020: Spectacle (free). Behance link. Another URL. Yet another URL. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Atelier Vonau
[Bernd Vonau]

Mosbach, Germany-based designer of Mibelle (2015), Edmond Bold (2015), Brad Bold (2015, brush font), Josia (2015, handcrafted by a child), Palm Script (2015, curly font), Sarayon (2015, fat crayon script based on daughter Sarah's handwriting), Friday Script (2014), Vector Font No 5 (2015), Jekyde Bold (2015, fat brush font), Inkje Italic (2015, brush),Bbambink (2015) and Bambist Condensed (2015, hand-made with bamboo pen and ink).

Typefaces from 2016: Miller Mini, Palim (grungy curly script), Mondeen, Mondeen Condensed.

Typefaces from 2017: JuliMoon. Creative Market link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Attila Acs

Hungarian designer (b. 1982) of the grungy typewriter typeface AA Typewriter (2010), and the handwritten Budapest Markets (2010). Home page. He lives in Burley Heights and/or Gold Coast, Australia.

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Aulia Rahman
[ShowUp Type Foundry]

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Auratype
[Wahyu Dwi Cahyo]

Indonesia-based designer in 2020 of Bali Sunrise, Andala Script (a retro signage script), Massha and Milano (a thin signature script).

Typefaces from 2022: The Auratype (a retro signage script). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Aurora Type Co
[Andrey Sharonov]

Donetsk and Kiev, Ukraine-based designer of the bubblegum / cartoon font Balloon (2015), the brush typefaces Adelina Script (2015) and Supertramp (2015), and the free signage typeface Candy (2015).

Typefaces from 2016: Americus (a weathered sign painting emulation font), Legend (Script, Serif, Sans Serif), Makers (brush), Heartland.

Typefaces from 2017: Bourbon House, Aurora Script (formal calligraphic script), Bjola (an informal children;s book font full of joie de vivre).

Typefaces from 2018: Gastro Kultura (handcrafted).

Typefaces from 2019: Amoresa (a vintage calligraphic script), Special Place Script, Palmer Script, Palmer Sans, Bonita Melodia.

Typefaces from 2020: Migura Sans (an 8-style fashion mag sans), Delirian (a calligraphic script).

Typefaces from 2021: Reika (a soft signage script), AS Palmer (a retro script), Acris (a stylish typeface with Cruella-style long fingernails).

Typefaces from 2022: Brokson (a vintage set of fonts that includes signage scripts and serif fonts). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Austin Signs
[Andika Fez]

Solo, Jakarta, Indonesia-based designer of Centuries (2019), Belgian (2019: a free chocolate or signature script), Creation (2019), Sophia (2019), Joyful (2019), California (2019), Bale & Melanie (2018, a script), Displayed (2018), Austin Signs (2018), Dream Only (2018: a free signature font), Bold Year (2018: a rounded sans), Quick Dream (2018), Foreland (2018, free) and New French (2018, a free handcrafted typeface).

Typefaces from 2019: Shopping (a signatue font), Le Havre City, Rocket Wildness (techno), Nicest Women (script and sans).

Typefaces from 2020: Coconote (handdrawn), Greatney Script (monolinear), Antrian Script (monolinear), Lexa (a bean font), Black Rio (a bean font), Quote Line, Cyberpunk, Necks (a free dry brush font), Black Trio (brush), Summer Fun (free, interlocking), Lexa Display (brush), Kansas Retro (retro signage script), Pro Human (octagonal), Bean (a brush font duo), Suntime (an inky script font), Toress (a brush script), Crush (a brush font), Marinford (a variable width sans), Autumn Mood (Script, Sans), Little Mount (a comic book font), Guidelovely (an outlined script), Berlin Sans, Berlin Signature, Hello Galleria (Sans, Script).

Typefaces from 2021: Home Rock, Grey Bear, Lyrics (handdrawn), Guide Lovely (script), Ramadhan Fest (faux Arabic), Le Havre City (a casual rounded sans). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Authentic Studio
[Faras Dina]

Or Faras Parkom. Langkat, Indonesia-based designer of the free rhythmic scriopt typeface Mainmia (2017), Ottoman (2018, sans and script), Korkila Script (2018) and Maldiva Script (2018). Typefaces from 2019: Adellion, Satalia Signature, Carlanta (free), Martuah (signage and packaging script), Gradiola (monoline script), Amchiela (signage script), Gardhen Script.

Typefaces from 2020: Parchom, Barika (a creamy script), Cardanaya (blackletter), Mainsan, Berkahi Blackletter, Jandu Signature, Baliga Blackletter, Malanaya Script.

Typefaces from 2021: Admara, Balonia, Bastin Cutie, Bulgani (blackletter), Christmas, Clanton Ellie, Damage, Farmhome, Galexya Blackletter, Haluga, Happy Christmas, Hello Santa, Juliette, Kalinda (a groovy poster typeface), Kaliya, Kamore, Karnia, Narnia, New Bulgani, Spooky Hallowen, The Quest, Valentine Day. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Authentype (or: Mix Jpg)
[Ekayasa Ekayasa]

Aka Ekayasa. Bali, Indonesia-based designer of the display serif typefaces Wano Quin (2020), Black Wano (2020), Mix Dimly (a wild calligraphic script) (2020), Horst More (2020) and Barsillago (2020), the funeral parlor font Mixink Std (2020), the signature script typefaces Milly (2020) and Weisy (2020), the script typefaces Amelo (2020: monolinear), Quritta (2020) and Battic (2020), the nature font Foturest (2020), the display typeface Yougats (2020), and the signage script typeface Qaylla (2020).

Typefaces from 2021: Wave Vero (a stylish display serif family), Cavas Nera (a decorative serif in nine styles), Balune (an extra-condensed hipsterish sans), Balune Handwrite (script), Sarony (script), Ayulia Molga (script), Qustyle (Victorian), Sand Forest (Victorian), selga (a decorative serif), Magero (a decorative serif), The Calonue (a decorative serif), Cavas (a decorative serif), Calonue, Daylosta (a bold monolinear script), Ayulia Molga (curly), Syake (a swashy display sans), Roses Bolero TP (a 9-style sharp-edged display typeface family), Sand Forest (Victorian), Silagus Modern (a signature script), Milysa Signature, Barsillago, Sinelys Brush, Hildor San (a 9-style display typeface), Hildor (an elegant semi-script).

Typefaces from 2022: Dolego (a 9-style display font), Valute (a 9-style display sans with asymmetric shoulders), Margic Tp (a flared display serif), Reclamo (a wide fashion mag sans in 18 styles). Creative Fabrica link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Autographis
[Gert Wiescher]

München-based foundry, est. 2008 by Gert Wiescher, whose main font foundry is Wiescher Design. Myfonts link. Specializing in handwritten scripts and rough fonts, they created Obsession A through F (2012, a penmanship typeface family), Pigalle Swing (2012), Amaro (2011, a signage script family; + Amaro Block, +Amaro Fleurie), Obsession (2011, a calligraphic family), Astara (2010), Golden Love (2010), Homer (2010, a comic character script), Moon Love (2010), Perfecto (2010), Nikita (2009, upright connected script), English Lazy Bird (2009), Script Hand (2009), Angel Eyes (2009), Cheap Thrill (2009), Viva Maria (2009), True Love (2009), WildThing (2009), Doria (2009), Verena (2009), Astria (2009), Chloe (2009), Bea (2009, brush), Xan (2009, rough Japanese-style script), Fat Sally (2009, comic book face), Wally (2009, calligraphic), Ysadora (2009, calligraphic), Zoe (2009, calligraphic), Joyosa (2009), Ulissia (2009, hand-drawn slab serif), Querida (2009), Riana (2008), Quiana (2008), Quirina (2008, calligraphic), Naomi (2009, calligraphic; based on his Nana), Don Julio (2008, calligraphic), Donna Julia (2008, calligraphic), Novita (2008, calligraphic), Novido (2008), Flatpen (2008, a rounded sans face), Kato (2008), Leona (2008, brush script), Tina (2008, fat brush), Maeva (2008, calligraphic script), Oona (2008, like Maeva), the brush script Paula (2008), the upright cursive typefaces Grazia (2008) and Greta (2008), the brush script Juliana (2008), the comic book style typefaces Carina (2008), Isara (2008), Kiki (2008), and Fanny (2008), and the calligraphic script typefaces Dalia (2008), Elisara (2008), Simona (2008), Helenia (2008), Annabella (2008), Brigitta (2008) and Constanza (2008). Gert writes about himself: I went to Paris when I was very young, just for the sake of art. That caused many a sleepless night to my beloved mother, but she accepted my decision. Once I met Salvador Dalí, but he did not take me very seriously. To this day I dont know why! After some years I decided to start a serious life. I got married and studied graphic design at the Hochschule der Künste in Berlin. Making detours, once more to Paris, then to Barcelona, where I designed the OECD pavillion for the Osaka World Expo at the office of Harnden&Bombelli, I reached South Africa. Grey and Young advertising got to know me! I had to fiddle around with Agfa cameras and films, Epol dog-food, several kinds of toilet paper, unbelievable insurance companies and I-dont-know-what. Sometime on a holiday in Munich I stayed there. Someone made me an offer I did not want to refuse. DFS&R-Dorland bought me out of South African slavery! I now became an art-director for Paulaner, CMA, Phillip Morris, and Peugeot. Being a young adventurous man, I changed to the Herrwerth&Partner agency, which at that time was supposed to be the most creative outfit in town. Mister Herrwerth taught me to think simple. I was allowed to introduce IKEA into the German market. Afterwards I became Creative Partner with Lauenstein&Partner. That was OK, til someone discovered his love for horses! Thats when I rented my own office in 1982! Since then I design some typefaces per year, I guide a couple of nice young people (apprentices) along to designer stardom. I write a couple of books and newspaper articles about design, computers, food, drink and crime! As a graphic designer I have nothing but happy clients! I am open to every challenge! [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Avondale Type Co
[Alex Sheyn]

Avondale Type Co is a type foundry established in 2013 and located in the Avondale area of Chicago. It is a type coop that groups several designers. It is a subsidiary of the design studio Bright Bright Great. Its typefaces:

  • By Alex Sheyn of Bright Bright Great: ATC Krueger (2013, an ultra-thin compressed straight-edged sans serif typeface), ATC Rosemary (2013, a didone with heavy contrast and shiny exaggerated ball terminals).
  • Finki Pro (2013). A layered and beveled type family by Quinn Keaveney.
  • Codex (2014). A spurred wrought iron and black death typeface by Justin Siddons.
  • ATC Nasty (2015).
  • ATC Overlook (2014) is a great grotesque sans family by Alex Sheyn. Almost monolined and genetically geometric, it is characterized by a lower case "e" that has a very short tail. Samantha Dion Baker made a free patterned version called ATC Overlook Baker in 2014.
  • ATC Timberline. A wide open sans in 14 styles.
  • The connected script typeface ATC Ripley (2014).
  • The grotesque typeface ATC Duel (2015): Bold and bolder, ATC Duel is an extended grotesque sans-serif font family comprised of over 500 glyphs in 5 weights and 10 styles. Duel is an ultra wide display font whose rounded shapes and sharp edges are inspired by the letterforms and lines of 1960s cars, the Golden Age of automotive design.
  • ATC Fritz (2015): ATC Fritz is a numerals specific display face comprised of over 60 glyphs in 8 layerable fonts. Fritz's numerals are chunky, bold, and soak up color. Inspired by modern sign painting techniques, Fritz works best where numbers need to stand out.
  • ATC Saturn. A rounded octagonal techno typeface.
  • ATC Yara (2016).
  • ATC Arquette (2017). A geometric sans.
  • The free handcrafted typefaces ATC John Doe, ATC Jane Doe and ATC Jay Doe (2017).
  • ATC Abernathy (2019). Described as a soft humanist serif by ATC.
  • ATC Merrin (2019).
  • ATC Hal (2019).
  • ATC Oneshot (2019). A sign painter's font inspired by bodega signage.
  • ATC Doubletap (2019).
  • ATC Vera (2020). A unicase sans.
  • ATC Monarch (2021). A rhombic medieval display typeface by Christian Dexter.

Behance link for Alex Sheyn. Alex Sheyn's home page.

Behance link. Other people at Avondale or Bright Bright Great include Drew Rios and Jason Schwartz. We also find typefaces by Quinn Keaveney and Justin Siddons. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Ayca Atalay

Istanbul, Turkey-based type designer. She releassed her first typeface, Newcraft Serif in 2016, and published Benedicte Script and Rawbrush later that year.

Typefaces from 2017: The handcrafted typefaces Aardwork, Jackrabbit, Goodwill Script, and the supermarket signage typeface Signface.

Typefaces from 2018: Toote Sweet, Paperboy (a playful hand-drawn serif), Madfish.

Typefaces from 2019: Message in a Bottle, Destined (a brushed font and a signature script), Diamonds & Pearls (a signature script), Cake & Cutie, Think Cosmic (script), Polytones, Qliché (a thick monoline script), Modern Society (a monolinear rounded display sans), Bisquit, Ever After, Bellissimi (script).

Typefaces from 2020: Metaphysica (a futuristic typeface with purposeful glitches), Coquillette, Radian (an information design sans), Ink Tonic (an SVG brush font), Easy Notes (a fat finger font), The Twenties, Wildcard.

Typefaces from 2021: Hydrella (a sans with sharp terminals; includes a variable font), Verstyle (a 6-style sans), Verstyle (a 6-style sans).

Typefaces from 2022: Prose Sans (an 8-style wide display sans and variable font family), Gardo Grotesk (a grotesk display typeface with serious ink traps). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Ayumi Ishida

Designer of the heavy signage script typeface Marineford (2017). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Azam Ramadhan

Surabaya, Indonesia-based designer of the signage script typeface The Brosello (2018), which was published by Letterhend in 2018. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Azra Qaireen
[AQR Typeface]

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B Machina
[Bruno Maioral]

Portuguese designer of the signage script typeface Dreamdelion (2017). Graphicriver link. Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Bagas Ardiatma
[Trustha Studio]

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Bai Mellon
[Sideshow]

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Bang Benu
[Redbox Design]

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Bangkit Setiadi

Illustrator in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Designer of the brush signage typefaces Raidand (2017) and Lacosta Script (2017). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Bangkit Tri Setiadi
[Blankids Studio]

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Barri Lubis
[Mogul Type]

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Bartek Nowak
[GRIN3]

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Bastien Sozeau
[Uplaod]

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Bazzier Graphik
[Hery Siswanto]

Designer of the upright signage script typeface Eustachio (2019). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Bea Stach

German designer of the signage / brush typeface Laken (2008, Avoid Red Arrows). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Beary Design (or: Letter Beary)
[Dian Haniffan Hadi]

Or Dian Haniff. Yogyakarta, Indonesia (and/or San José, CA)-based designer of Brimstone (a scrapbook script) (2022), Smile Hana (a scrapbook script) (2022), Miss You (a scrapbook script) (2021), Walmars (a scrapbook script) (2021), Welove (a scrapbook script) (2021), Billie Family (script) (2021), Valentday (2020), Hello Valentines (2021), Agia Mary (2020: a creamy upright script), Hello Dove (2020: a fine script), Helena Sweety (2020), Hi Joana (a playful script) (2020), Animal Paws (2020: a textured font for children's books), Cat Paw (2020: a scrapbook font), My Butterfly (2020), Gallmore (2020), Hellstand (2020), Cat OPaw (2020), My Butterfly (2020), Gallmore Slab (2020), Plants Lovin (2020), Magic Love (2020), Manaline (2020: a monoline script), Magic Love (2020), Love and Heart (2020), Pineapple Slice (2020), Salted Caramel (2020), Hello Summer (2020), Ruby Dance (2020), Hardiness (2020), Sidelines (2020), Bannie (2020: a signage script), Sidelle (2020), Smitta Bali (2020: script), Gantrol (2020: a great retro signage script), Gantry (2019: identical to Gantrol?), Sottel (2019), Hamelin Script (2019:a signage script), Hatmi White (2019), Amatins (2019), Anuin (2019), Dino Kids (2019), Gatelo (2019), Baby Fun (2019), Nora Halim (2019), Bannie (2019), Mama Bunny (2019), Hansley (2019: a script), Chellion (2019: a meaty script), Casttano (2019), Gritten (2019), the display typeface Great Brington (2019), Dalena (2019: script), the children's book font Happy Kids (2019), the slab serif typefaces Helman (2019) and Arizon (2018), the decorative font Good Brinton (2019), the copperplate serif font Heiden (2019), the script typefaces Queen Elena (2019), Sennita (2019), Shantty (2019) and Belico (2019), and the marker pen font Moyudan (2019). Creative Fabrica link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Beige Type
[Andrea Vacovska]

Andrea Vacovska (Beige Type, Prague, Czechia, b. 1987, Klatovy) created Blaue Brush (2014), a handmade typeface painted with a Japanese brush marker on smooth paper. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Bejeletter
[Eddy Mahfud]

Indonesian architect, b. 1989. Designer of Grookey Shawn (2020), the curly script Neo Osaka (2020), Syakaila Script (2020) and the kawaii script font Baby Nasha (2020).

Typefaces from 2021: Rolling Story (a rhythmic script), Roxy Vp (stencil), Comicartoon (a cartoon font), Comicartoon (a cartoon font), De Gozaru (a swirly calligraphic script), Gv Time (a creamy signage script).

Typefaces from 2022: Secret Mango (18 styles), Archipad Pro (a 36-style sans and slab serif family). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Belove Studio (or: Takiy)
[Abdul Manan]

Aceh, Indonesia-based designer (b. 1994) of the script typeface New York (2019), Satriana (2019: a formal calligraphic script), Saleng (2019: a display sans), Larisa (2019: wild calligraphy), Capture (2019: a monoline typeface), Golden Sea (2019: a calligraphic typeface), Worn Path (2019), and Bradlay (2019),

In 2020, he released Wongsolo, Jahannam Balla, Giatang Collection, Batta Quath (formal calligraphic), Corolla, Quigt (a monolinear and bold sans), Fablus, Satarina, Malika (a heavy script) and Moons (a rounded sans).

Many of these fonts are also at Takiyuddin's sites, but the connection between the sites is blurred. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Ben Balvanz
[Fontalicious]

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Ben Kiel

Graduate of the type design program at the University of Reading, who joined House Industries (Wilmington, DE) in 2006 to work as a typeface designer, director, and developer. He also worked with Ken Botnick at emdash. He runs Typefounding, a typeface design and production studio in St. Louis, Missouri. He teaches at Washington University in St. Louis and the Type@Cooper certificate program at Cooper Union, and has taught at the Maryland Institute College of Art and the University of Delaware. He is a partner at XYZ Type with Jesse Ragan.

He designed Katje and Cimarron (2005, University of Reading, a serif family with support for Latin and Greek). Speaker at ATypI 2006 in Lisbon on Python scripts for FontLab and RoboFab. Image.

In 2011, Vincent Pacella, Ben Kiel and Adam Cruz created the fat slab serif face Goliath, based on Film No. 6206 in the PhotoLettering archive. West Barnum Ultra, designed by Dave West and digitized by Ben Kiel&Adam Cruz in 2011, was film no. 5494 in the original Photo-Lettering archive.

At House Industries, he redesigned the iconic Rea Irvin lettering for The New Yorker in September 2013. The typefaces are named New Yorker Irvin and New Yorker Neutraface. In 2012 at House Industries he revived the Photo Lettering Inc font Worthe Numerals, which pushed fat didone to its limits.

Still at House Industries, Christian Schwartz, Mitja Miklavcic and Ben Kiel co-developed Yorklyn Stencil.

Cortado Script (2014) was designed by Jesse Ragan and Ben Kiel. It was inspired by Swedish illustrator's Cecilia Carlstedt's hand-painted lettering. It follows one year after a similar signage script typeface, Carlstedt Script (2013), also co-designed by Jesse Ragan and Ben Kiel---it was a custom signage typeface for Aldo Shoes.

In 2015, Mark van Bronkhorst set up TypoBrand LLC in Berkeley, CA. As part of TypoBrand, he published several typefaces that are modern digital reinterpretations of ATF typefaces. The collection is published by TypoBrand LLC under the names ATF Type or American Type Founders Collection. Ben Kiel co-designed, sometimes with others, classics such as ATF Alternate Gothic (2015), ATF Brush (2015), ATF Egyptian Antique (an expansion of Schraubstadter's Rockwell Antique by Mark van Bronkhorst, Igino Marini, and Ben Kiel), ATF Railroad Gothic (2016), ATF Garamond (2015), ATF Headline Gothic (2015), ATF Livermore Script (by Mark van Bronkhorst, Igino Marini, and Ben Kiel), ATF Poster Gothic (2015) and ATF Wedding Gothic (2015).

At XYZ Type, Ben Kiel co-designed Cortado Script in 2013 with Jesse Ragan and designed the sans typeface Grep (2017).

In 2019, Ben Kiel participated in the development of ATF Franklin Gothic (Mark van Bronkhorst, Igino Marini, and Ben Kiel). A broad and multi-weight interpretation of Morris Fuller Benton's classic from 1905, Franklin Gothic, which only had bolder weights. For the lighter styles, the designers were inspired by Benton's Monotone Gothic.

Girard Sky (2019) is based on Alexander Girard's original typeface for his redesign of Braniff Airways. Working with the original drawings for the photoset typeface found in the Girard archive, the design was revived as part of the Alexander Girard collection. Followed by Girard Slab (2019).

Typefaces from 2020: Ballast (Future Fonts: a condensed slab serif). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Beni Pantona
[MissinkLab Studio]

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Benny Demmer

German creator of the Tuscan font Beans (2009) and the italic signage typeface Garcia (2009). Dafont link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Benoît Santiard

Graphic designer in Paris, b. 1980. Teacher at the École d'Architecture de la Ville&des territoires in Marne-la-Vallée. Cofounder, with Guillaume Grall, of Building Paris. Creator of the traffic-like sans typeface capitale (2009) for the signage of a concert hall. Werkman Letterpress (2009) is a font designed from letterpress woodblocks. It was inspired by the first issue of the magazine The Next Call (1923) by Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman. UnkleBenz (2009) is based on his own handwriting. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Beraka Fonts
[José Alberto Big Beraka Lobos]

Chilean designer (b. 1985) who lives in Tamuco. His typefaces:

  • 2008: the graffiti fonts BerakaFont, GhettoStreetz, IWrite, Krash!!, Ozone, SadocWild, SkoolKrash, Soulsimplez, Sprayerz, Stylin'BRK, TMS-One.
  • 2009: eX02 (nice grungy letters), Mojah Sans (signage), Beraka 2, Beraka 3, Crawn Fat, AbeceDroh (graffiti), Droh, Tag Attack, Urban Riot, Akareb, Kosquilla (comic book face), Sadoc Wild, Soul Simplez, Scratched Junk.
  • 2010: the graffiti typefaces Antifont and Krash, ex02 Stencil, Street Vendetta (graffiti), and the hand-printed typeface Palillo Loco Demo.
  • 2019: Matapacos.

About Me page. Devian tart link. Gumroad link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Bernd Vonau
[Atelier Vonau]

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Bertrand Reguron

French designer of Achille FY (2012, a slab serif typeface done with Gia Tran, Alisa Nowak, Valentine Proust, Elvire Volk, and Gregori Vincens). This typeface was published at Fontyou.

Codesigner of Kaili FY (2013: an exotic typeface with crazy ligatures, inspired by Indian scripts, by Gregori Vincens, Bertrand Reguron, Gia Tran and Alisa Nowak) at Fontyou.

The EPS format display typeface Alice FY (2013) was co-designed by Alisa Nowak, Micaela Neustadt, Gia Tran, Bertrand Reguron and Valentine Proust at Fontyou. It was inspired by Adrien Genevard's lettering. Sub-themes are Alice in Wonderland and playing cards. The EPS format frilly script typeface Lullaby FY (2013) was co-designed by Alisa Nowak, Micaela Neustadt, Gia Tran, Bertrand Reguron and Valentine Proust at Fontyou. It too was inspired by Adrien Genevard's lettering. Exquise FY (2013) is a fashion mag didone co-designed by Bertrand Reguron, Alisa Nowak, Valentine Proust, Elvire Volk and Gia Tran at Fontyou. Gia Tran, Alisa Novak, Micaela Neustadt, Bertrand Reguron and Grégori Vincens co-designed the curvy stressed elliptical sans typeface Bruum FY (2013). In 2013, Denis Moulin, Bertrand Reguron, Valentine Proust and Laurène Girbal co-designed the hipster typeface Theory FY (2013, alchemic).

In 2014, Gia Tran and Bertrand Reguron co-designed the zombie script Vidok FY (free at Dafont).

The punchy poster typeface Kraaken FY (2014) was designed by the FontYou team of Bertrand Reguron, Alice Resseguier, Valentine Proust, Julien Priez, Gia Tran, Jérémie Hornus, and Alisa Nowak.

Bertrand Reguron, Alice Resseguier and Gia Tran co-designed the retro signage script typeface Coco FY (2014). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Betterfear.us (or: XXII Fonts, Or Doubletwo Studios)
[Lecter Johnson]

Lecter Johnson (Betterfear.us) published many free fonts between 2007-2012. At Behance, we find the name John Thorn (Germany) and a mention of Hamburg, but also a reference to Greatwhite in Beirut, Lebanon.

Typefaces: XXII Sinoz DSP (2010-2011, elliptical face), XXII Gory Bastard (2011), XXII BLACKMETAL WARRIOR (2010), XXII Menga (2010, a technical sans family), XXIIARMY (2007, stencil), XXIIDECONSTRUCTION-DESTRUCTION-AREA (2007, grunge), XXIIDONT-MESS-WITH-VIKINGS-HARDCORE (2007, octagonal), XXIISTRAIGHT-ARMY, Army Dirty (grunge stencil), XXIIUltimate-Black-Metal (2007, cracked metal look), XXII Scratch (2007, scratchy face), XXII DEVILS-RIGHT-HAND (hand-printed), XXII BLACK-BLOCK (grunge), XXII MISANTHROPIA (2008, a rigid geometric sans family), XXII Arabian Onenightstand (2008: Arabic or Indic simulation face), XXII Urban Cutouts (2009, grunge), and XXII Static (2007, futuristic).

His web site has a threatening nazi sort of look, but the fonts are (were) free. Betterfear.us claims to be located in St. Pauli, Hamburg, and is also known on MyFonts, where some of its fonts can be bought, as Doubletwo Studios. These include XXII Yonia (rounded script family loaded with opentype features), XXII Goregrinder, XXII Grober Bleistift (2013, marker font), XXII Centar (a sans family with a free regular style), XXII Totenkult (2012), XXII Blackened Wood (2013), XXII Candylove (heavy signage or packaging script), XXII Centars Sans (2012), XXII Daemon Runes (2012), XXII Total Death (2012), XXII HandTypewriter (2012), XXII Daemon (2012), XXII Marker (2011), XXII BLACK BLOCK SERIFA (2008), XXII Mescaline (2009 Western style), XXII Misanthropia (2010, geometric sans), XXII Marker (2011), XXII Blasphema (2011) and XXII STREITKRAFT (2008, a stencil family with grungy versions added). Older list of fonts: Devils Right Hand (blackboard script), Black Block (grunge), Static (techno), Ultimate Blackmetal, Scratch, Don't Mess With Vikings, Army Dirty (grunge stencil), Army Straight, Black Block Eroded.

Typefaces from 2014: XXII YeahScript (signage script).

Typefaces from 2015: XXII Geom (a geometric sans typeface family), XXII Awesome Script (for signage).

Typefaces from 2016: XXII Neue Norm (techno sans), XXII Cool Script, XXII Geom (a geometric sans typeface family), XXII Grober Pinsel (brush typeface).

Typefaces from 2017: XXII Neue Norm Rounded, XXII InAshes (grungy blackletter).

Typefaces from 2018: XXII Geom Slab.

Klingspor link. Alternate URL. Behance link. Dafont link. Another Behance link. Old URL. Another Dafont link Yet another Behance link. And a final Behance link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Bhadal Studio
[Nasruddin Bhadal]

Banda Aceh, Indonesia-based designer, b. 1990, of the signage script typefaces Hancock Script (2019), Maestro Script (2019) and Hector Barbossa (2019). Typefaces from 2020: Parmela, Bradley, Aotria, Remington. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Billy Argel

Brazilian graphic designer and prolific creator of free typefaces, which often combine calligraphy, retro signage, and grunge.

Fonts from 2019: Talk Sing, New Garden Two (a circle-based sans), Hearts Garden, Garden Black, Adalgisa, Mellissa, Mattisse, Universal Sans, Universal Script, The Light, Campesina, Babeface, Soulstice, Movements, Love Empure, No Stress (grungy sans), Flowers (script), Magical Day, North Shore (a weathered slab serif), Theodora, Amandita, Brilhant, Alamoana, Palomita, Superworld, Black Rose, Mistical, Rocks (grungy), Marvelous, Dinasty, Magic Touch, Hot Jacket (brush script), Simplicity (beatnik face), Ibiza Crystal, Mystical Eyes, Allicia, Misterios del Amor, Sugar Kisses, Gonna Getha (weathered sans), Valentine Day, Secretss, Honey Lips, Got to be real, Afternoon in Stereo, Hotel Costes, Wall Paper,

Fonts from 2018: Children's Party, Music Magic, Awesome Season, Lavelle, Wonderful Night, Chapter One, Atmospherica, Lost Sunset, Claudina, Run To The Hills, Placid Pool, New Balance, Euphoria, Claudia, Barbecue, Salsa Parrilla, Pilsen Extra, Morphine, Love is the Law, United Forces, Smell a Daisy, Allegratta, Hamburguer, Gingerale, Anette, Marshmallow, Bunch of Flowers, Cinderela, Antonine, Sepetiba, Anastasia Script, Alliance, Mustard, Superstar, Makeup, Flowers of Summer, Honeybe, Mirella, Fantastic (signage script), Inked Skin, Girls Got Rhythm, Dirty Queen, Ipanema, Antidote, Galaxie, Moving Star, Miraflor, Beredith, Allessa, Worldwide, Andorra, Single case, Carpenters, Monster Party (eerie font), Dontchastop, Love Strong, The Hills, Romantica, Attraction, Burning Heart (monoline script), Local Motion, Summer Daisy, Pumpkins, Space Jam, Sweet Movements, California Sun, Body & Soul, Choppers, Magical Waste, Over The Seas, Vegan Yummy, Glamour Girls, Flower Power, Quick Kiss, Star Light, Costa Rica, Nuclear Boots, Amore Mio, Lovely Summer, Roses Everywhere, Love Is The Antidote, Wisdom Words, Limousines, Mysteries of Passion, Moving Pictures, Blackberry Jam, Movie Poster, Beauty Mountains, Bunch Blossoms, Flora, Inked Angels (tattoo font), Loveland, Beautiful Lovers, Belle et Belle, Cherry Blossom, Let It Be, Casual Chance, Caranda, Aromabar, Capable of Loving, Miss Daisy, Mardi Gras, Last Frontier, Nouvelle Vague, Travel Light, Mind Rescue, Bella Fashion, Amarula, Sweet Easy, Indian Strength, Everlast, Megan, Hello Beauty, Vegan Style, Andaluzia, Ambar Pearl, New Era, Candice, Hometown, Sunrise Place, Lemon Jelly, Nature Beauty, Natural Beauty, Black Pearl, Tan Pumpkins, Acid Label II, Thrasher, Inked Babes, Ribbons in the wind, Calligraphy (inky), Amsterdam, Sweet Sixteen, Sunset Beach, Star King, Countryside, Crazy Love, Little Sister, Creature, House Queen, Dr Phibes (beatnik style), Moskitoes, Nirvana (script), Iceland, The Cure, Mr. Fink (beatnik style), Sea Balance, Hot Dog, Blow Up, Blow Me (crayon font), Sunrise, Joes Burguer, Splatted, Moonbeam, Tomatoes, Beautiful People, Hamsters, Vacations in Paradise, Lover Artefacts, School Days, Traffic, Campus (weathered athletics font), Universidad (weathered athletics font), Sundance, Siberian, Rich The Barber, Aurora, Dove of Peace, Clipper, The Quick Fox, Daisy Days, Dieselpower (grungy texture), Progress, Loud and Clear, Generator, Wannabees, Ripmonsters, Shity Chats, Death Before Chocolate, Karmacoma, Clever Couple, Astrovegan, Clarification, Breakfast on the beach, Graceland (signage script), Beauty Bright, Atlantida (letterpress grunge), Cassandra, Gene Loves Jezabel (brush), Great Cities, Crackerdown, Lost Ages, Bite Chocolate (script), Sunflowers (script), Mon Cherry (script), Lovely Day (heart font), Miracle Place, Ebony Eyes, Skywalker, Zabritzkyes, Black (grungy octagonal slab serif).

Fonts from 2017: Waiting a Silver Moon, Master of Comics, Millenia, Fantastic Reason (signage script), Varukers (dry brush), Awakening (grunge), Majestic (signage script, Emotional Rescue, Misstral, Elements, Alouette, Cure of Pain (ink splash type), Farenheight (octagonal), Peacemaker (upright retro script), Altavista (creamy script), Ananda (script), Alexandra (script), Paper Rib (script with paper rib outlines), Honeymoon (script), Gotcha (heavy headline type), Christmas Day (signage script), Clarice, Orange (signage script), Indiana (baseball script), Magnificent (blackletter), Sketching Summer (signage), September Five, Cross Town (weathered), Saturday Nights (signage script), Blessed (baseball script), Blobbers (baseball script), Jam Sessions, Moon Walker (dry brush), Drawing Nature, Sketching Stars, Lone Wolf, Cubika Script, Bonneville Co, Walk (wide wood type), Rio Black (counterless), Secret Agent, Trouble (blackletter), Trouble II (blackletter), Living Colours, Crystal, Sepia (letterpress poster font), Rainbow Bridge, Black Diamonds (signage script), Candy Shop, Enthrall (sharp-edged retro signage script), Movie Makers (script), Sunshine Boulevard, Black Napkins (grungy), Brush Stroke, Carolina Mountains, South Gardens, Calling Angels, Cherry Kisses (candy script), Messenger Pigeons (script), Shine, Carolina Hills, Shave The Whales (tattoo script), Diamonde (baseball script), Yananeska, Black Ball, Miss Hanna (signage script).

Fonts from 2016: Sweet Sensations, Breeze (brush script), Christmas Time (script), Propaganda Sight, Modern Stencil, Eyes Wide Open, Bella Donna, Safira Shine, Heaven Matters, Electricity (fifties script), Maccrap Asphalt (textured), Blockhead Dude (beatnik style), Weekend Flower Hunters, Sunset Clouds (tattoo script), Bikinis, Chedelparedon (scartchy font), Dattermatter (connected script), Granada-Blues (connected script), Mistery-Curse (connected script), Walking-Stones (calligraphic), Moderata, Spring Time (calligraphic), Desert Queen, Marriage Moment (wedding script), Angel Tears Neue, Germanika (blackletter), Great Day, Sunday Morning, Texas Tango (weathered Western font), Stenciled, Casablanca Noir, Brasileirinha, Carioca, Asphaltic Grain, Asphaltic Scratch, Nova Stamp (grungy), Bananas (brush script), Enjoy, Reminiscent Drive, Bananas (signage script), Mandela Script, Altamonte (baseball script), Landscape, Landscape Land, Old Type, Sedex, Good News, IA Type, Satisfaction (heavy creamy signage script), Sebastiana (baseball script), Urgh Type (grunge), Texas Tango (spurred Western font), Factory (textured), Rio Glamour (sans), Like (Italian style Western font), Heaven Gate (connected script), Colt (Western font).

Fonts from 2014: BackStab (metal band blackletter font), Strongbox (concave Western font), Goiabada, Bonesoup, Blanc Chateau (tattoo script), Botas Sujas (grungy letterpress font), Bigbobs (cartoon face), Yukathin N Conte Smile, Sambahollyc, Cherry Jam, Cacha (grunge), Rubber Stamp, Yukafont (hand-printed), Cabriolet (brush script), Sweet Correction Roth (tattoo script).

Fonts from 2011: Tabu, Caribbean Tool (roman caps face), Pijamas (hand-printed 3d outline face), Nova Solid (Nova Regular and Bold are from 2014), Chocolate Dealer, Happy Family (dingbats), Save The Mini, Tosca Zero (grunge), Epidemia (grunge), Skt and Destroy (grunge), High on fire, Manabu, Masterplan, Thrashline (multiline), Triumph Rewind, The Dreamer, Why, Uranium Mafia, Blessed Day, Caribbean Tool (floral caps face), Lost Winner, Dove Love (curly valentine's Day font), Safe Iodine (texture face), Easy Trouble, ArgelFont, BUTECO (sketch font), DIAMONDDUST, Dropping, Ink In The Meat (tattoo font), NORMAL, Popcorn (a great grunge hand-drawn Futura Black), POPCORNSKETCHSKETCH (a sketched face), ROCKETAIR, ShitHappens-Cursive. Panhead (grunge Western face).

Fonts made in 2010: Thrashline, Dotled (a fuzzy texture face), Refurbished, PUNKBABE, CANDYINC, GreenPillow, DIRTYBAGBOLDTRIAL, LEDLIGHT, MAJORGUILTY, Network Vampires, NEWESTTRIAL (Western face), VATOS, Billy Argel Font (calligraphic), ACIDLABEL, BeyondSky-trial, HURTMOLD, TOSCAZERO, TABU (grunge), EASY TROUBLE, BOMBFONT (puffy letters), BILLYARGELFONT (calligraphic), Soap Store (grunge), ANGELTEARS (calligraphic), BUTOXQUEEN-trial, ELECTRICHANDS (cursive hand), FLOWERFLOW-trial, HAPPYFAMILY-TRIAL, HEARTQUAKE (grunge), MSKITOKILLA (grunge), NIGHTSTALKER-TRIAL (grunge), RAINFOREST (handwriting with rough edges), ROADMOVIE, ROSE TATTOO (an outlined hand-printed beauty), TWINPINES (brush), WANNABEME (sketched), WEDDINGNIGHTMAREStrial (calligraphic), BEERNOTE, GREENMIND (grunge), PORNFASHION, MASTERPLAN (grunge), SNIPERSHOT.

Fonts from 2009: COOLECTOR, BODYHUNTER-Bold (grunge), CLUBHAUS-Bold (ultra black, mechanical/octagonal), MAKEMEALPHA (grunge), NewGardenLight, TRIUMPHREWIND (grunge), Nachos and TV, Oxidisaster, Helloween, Lemon Day Semibold (a sketch font), Tosca Zero, Outlaw (Western face), Gangland (scratchy brushy face), B Side (vertical stencil).

Fonts from 2008: Plastic Pill (fat art deco face), Bedspread Assassin, A Bite (grunge), Dirty and Classic (grunge calligraphy), Gas Mask (grunge stencil), PANHEAD (grungy Western billboard font), My Turtle, Cubiculo Gallery (created for the Cubiculo Gallery in Sao Paulo), Ginga (grunge calligraphic--think award-winning grunge!!!), Wallrider, TOY_SOLDIERS-Bold (grunge), Abite (grunge), ACIDLABEL, Bulldozer, Cheap Stealer, DONOTEXIST, HANGUP (3-d bouncy letters), HYERBA (Far West font), LAZYDAY (hand-printed outline caps face), LEDLIGHT, Mon Bijoux (ornamental), MANABU (futuristic), PEIXEFRITO, Positiv-A, Killed DJ (multiline grunge), Sniper (grunge), Black Oak (smudged face), ShAnKed,

Fonts from 2007: Olho de Boi (a great scratchy handwriting font inspired by the first Brazilian postage stamp which was released on August 1, 1843), Skull TS2 (skull dingbats), REBOARD, Hurtmold (rounded octagonal face), PDRPT (grunge), the Soma family (modern stencil), Caatinga (2006, artsy display face), Santos Dumont (handwriting: free at DaFont).

Klingspor link. Dafont link. Abstract Fonts link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Bing Febby Aldiansyah
[Rvq Type Foundry (was: Hey Bing Type Foundry)]

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Black Cats Media
[Mihaela Serbanescu]

Designer of the swashy calligraphic typefaces Berson Dream (2018), Beradon Script (2017) and Enyssala Script (2016), the Victorian ornaments typefaces Beradon Frames (2017) and Vondey Ornaments (2017), the script font Amastery (2017), the prototypical Victorian typefaces Vondey (2019) and Troemys (2018) and the signage typeface The Trickster (2016).

Typefaces from 2019: Sorinka (a handcrafted party font), Biosha, Rebetha, Corisa, Bohema, Divine Light. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Black Lotus
[Riska Kurniawan]

Aceh, Indonesia-based designer of these sometimes eerie display typefaces in 2019: Neo Thomasy, Queen of Sahara, The Jungle, The Viper Stone (a vampire script with a monogram style), Droidlady, Soulring, Braxica Lily, Arch Diary, Avenomous, Oscar, Neptunes (octagonal, sci-fi, stencil).

In 2020, he designed Berliana Elemixia (a scriptish display typeface) and the rustic spurred Victorian typeface Asteric Vintage.

Typefaces from 2021: Sweet Honey (a scrapbook script), Fathiyya Script (calligraphic), Atjeh Night (a lava lamp typeface), Holy Mordigan (cursive; with calligraphic undertones), The Stacy (an upright retro signage script), Arcandias Downtown (a decorative serif), The Florest (floriated caps). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Blank Sub (or: Subqi; or: Blankids; was: Bombas Type)
[Amir Subqi Setiaji]

Yogyakarta, Indonesia-based type foundry set up in 2017 by two independent foundries, Blankids (Bangkit Setiadi) and Subqi (Amir Subqi Setiaji). Yogyakarta, Indonesia-based designer of the Victorian typefaces Sacred Bridge (2017: co-designed by Bangkit Tri Setiadi and Amir Subqi Setiaji) and Barakah (2017), the script typeface Alyssum Blossom (2017), and the signage typeface Mattoa (2017, co-designed by Bangkit Tri Setiadi and Amir Subqi Setiaji).

In 2018, he designed Headster (signage type), Hondurhas and Black Drama (a free Victorian typeface, with Bangkit Setiadi).

Typefaces from 2019: Sholaria (luxurious calligraphy), Hophus Roghus (a Victorian typeface by Bangkit Tri Setiadi and Amir Subqi Setiaji), Crumble, Hondurhas (a vintage typeface family by Bangkit Tri Setiadi and Amir Subqi Setiaji), Hungry Beast (a Victorian typeface by Bangkit Tri Setiadi and Amir Subqi Setiaji).

Typefaces from 2020: Alstoria (a decorative serif by Bangkit Tri Setiadi and Amir Subqi Setiaji).

Typefaces from 2021: Royal Grande (an old English blackletter with a variable font option), Rotten Banquet (a 19th century / Victorian display typeface), Kovanov (a 14-style serif), Bilgosia (a display serif family), Rosvard (a layerable vintage all caps font by Amir Subqi Setiaji and Bangkit Tri Setiadi). Creative Market link. Graphicriver link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Blankcraft (was: Fallen Type, or: Fallen Graphic)
[Vava Aryanto]

Karanganyar, Indonesia-based designer of the upright script typefaces Lettering Script (2018), Rosalinda (2018), Roxxette (2018) and Allabama (2018), the handcrafted Minnesotta (sic) (2018), and the grungy typefaces Xsodux (2018), Stikers (2018) and Kaze (2018).

Typefaces from 2019: Quitgan Script (signage script), The Spooky Time (a beatnik font), Sunday (bold sans), Bythemis Quertas (script), Elegant, Voques (all caps), Brongline Presiom, Summer Tropical, Alarate Script, Letterhear (calligraphic) Frayhord Monoline, Situgintu, Rubinetto (a signage script), Rottrydam Wargna, The Hartes, Mosgrade, Fashion Script, Charllie (upright script), Originality Script, Friday Worst Letters, Silhouette.

Typefaces from 2020: Bogies Bird, Tilmans (a fine decorative serif), Goovy Modice (a psychedelic serif), Revitale (a Victorian display typeface), Former Broston, Choges (a creamy serif), Youth Cow, Boxes Dream, Follio Cooper (a creamy script), Cats Style, Minoila, Ameliya, Hummingbird, Loveline, Hisyam, Brightlast (a retro script), The Heglio (a formal script), Monthella, Motgan (weathered textured caps), Bronxi (a flared all caps sans), Revolage (a vintage sans serif and monolinear script pair), Quentes Fleur (spurred, Victorian), Midnight Story, Hella Mella, Daylight, Xiolien, Flawless, Tails Mermaid, Havana, California Sunrise, Range Orange, Mallaba, Banbos (a dry brush script), Anattalia (script), Bright Sunkiss (script), Rattaullie (a beatnik typeface), Imagine Dreams, Schuttezerg Script, Makgraf Script (for signage), Sweet Duck, Theyriad Script (signage script), Hilgreds Script (a nice fat signage script), The Matesih (a plump signage script), Othersight Script, Roquero (an octagonal athletics font).

Typefaces from 2021: Kinderly (a signature script), Red Ribbory (a spurred Victorian typeface), Red Ribbory (a spurred Victorian typeface), Muriely (a warm if not mischievous display serif), Amigo (a script), Thinkers (a dry brush script). Creative Fabrica link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Blankids Studio
[Bangkit Tri Setiadi]

Nengtak, Bangunjiwo, Kasian, Bantul, Semarang and Yogyakarta, Indonesia-based designer (b. 1991) of Marchell (2017: copperplate calligraphic script), Bluesky (2017), Kallisa Script (2017: brush), the signage typeface Mattoa (2017, co-designed by Bangkit Tri Setiadi and Amir Subqi Setiaji), Blandes (2017: brushed signage font), Slender (2017: signature font), Sacred Bridge (2017: co-designed by Bangkit Tri Setiadi and Amir Subqi Setiaji), Wildcats (2017: vintage signage font), Alentine (2017, brush style), Black Django (2017), Rockaboy (2017, signage), Raidand (2017, brush signage script) and Conjure (2017, Victorian).

Typefaces from 2018: Flanella, Clarissa, Kallisa (dry brush), Funkies (signage script), Monthelo (a retro signage script), Chomolatte, Anthemis (a heavy signage script), Northead (a vintage display typeface), Quiska, Fresty, Old Finlander (Victorian), Black Drama (a free Victorian typeface), Blackjack (sign painter font).

Typefaces from 2019: Sagesta, Hayline, Old Finlander (a blackletter vampire font), Streamzy (a great graffiti font), Questario, Heatting, Bubble Boom (defined by graffiti and comic books), Brigherdz, Black Night (a horror font), Sporter (octagonal), Orlande (brush script), Dayland (formal calligraphy), Birallina, Stonekids (a layerable signage script for children's books), Beautiful Roses (a swashy calligraphic font duo), Butchery, Heykido, Queenline (monoline, swashy), Letter Marker, Frenda (a monoline retro signage script), Rockadelic (signage script), Bresley (a signature font), Brayles (a brush signage script), Hondurhas (a vintage typeface family by Bangkit Tri Setiadi and Amir Subqi Setiaji), Hungry Beast (a Victorian typeface by Bangkit Tri Setiadi and Amir Subqi Setiaji).

Typefaces from 2020: Anelise, Andrea Belarosa, Signatria, Happy People, Deckled, Beatney, Blezer, Bomber Squad, Lodstay (a graffiti font), Right Strongline, Westerion (spurred), Tuberosa, Lodstay (a graffiti font), Restown, Black Squad (an ominous slab serif), Graffiti Rebel, Rastelay (a brush script), Bros Rover, Hardsign, Street Hipster, Cripsy, Madelia, Paisley Cupcake, Miracle Day, Hello Valentica, Romantic Crafty, Strabela Moisty, Stay Girly, South Beast, Monstora (a playful scrapbook font), Alstoria (a decorative serif by Bangkit Tri Setiadi and Amir Subqi Setiaji), Belyard (a signage script), Barlen, Brendy-Berly, Cincha (a cartoon font), Everline (a bilined script), Feelista, Femina (a calligraphic signature script), Lemon-Squash, Lovely-Creamy, Milko-Denilo, Pretty-Yellow, Romie-Shine, Samberia, Belsmont, Bembies, Baby Monkey, Amdoly Cokie, Craptons, Danilena, Benchey, Cuty Tubby, Beirnite, Bilber Bread, Sweety Cats (a cartoon font), Andrea Bilarosa, Balgeris, Aperly, Adora Chalie, Beauty Angel.

Typefaces from 2021: Broly (a creamy blocky font that looks at first like a Hebrew emulation font), Blood Blaster (a cartoon font), Brenza (an urban mural brush font), Aloha Dance (a tiki font), Gresta (a chunky supermarket script font), Black Blast (a super-fat cartoon font), Star Blast (a fat cartoon font), Stone Ocean (beatnik vernacular lettering), Berlion, Vampire Zone (a horror font), Brockers (a graffiti font), Bomber Throw (a bubblegum font), Helsky (a playful font), Scream Zombie, Ageoline (a sign painting script), Airneo (a graffiti font), Cristone (a tattoo blackletter font), Square Spray (ultra-fat), Street Lord (inspired by murals), Rosvard (a layerable vintage all caps font by Amir Subqi Setiaji and Bangkit Tri Setiadi), Loving Kitten (a scrapbook font), Urban Rebel (a plump graffiti font), Bolgen (a sketched font), Mondeline (a signature script), Bomber Squad (a graffiti font), Algeline (a wild script), Hello Almeida (a fat finger font), Northead, Belgetha (handwritten), Hello Valentica, Romantic Heart, Street Urban (a plump graffiti font), Bondy Quirky (a scrapbook font), Slenderline (a signature script), Diamonda (handwriting), Biber Beard (an all caps children's book font), Morthena (a copperplate script), Deliosa, Almeida Script, Hello Nightmare, Rough Letterline, Wildcats (a signage script).

Typefaces from 2022: Smack Boom (a cartoon font).

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Bloom XXVI

Bandung, Indonesia-based designer of the brush typefaces Flow Oil Paint (2017, OpenType SVG format), Thinks (2017, OpenType SVG format), Heady Rough (2017, dry brush, SVG), Matthew Rough (2017), Velowley (2017), and Discovar (2017), the sans typeface Carbon (2017), Salvathore (2017, pure Victoriana), the handcrafted poster typeface Majestic (2017) and the calligraphic typefaces Nuvaticia (2017) and Olwas (2017).

Typefaces from 2018 include Charles Swarel, Floatwod (Victorian), Scarletto, Harbour, Jamsuit, Macquina, Bouquet (flowery caps), Phelovetica, Beverley (a signage script), Phelovetica (a feminine script), and Nuvaticia (script). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Blue Line Design

North Coast, Australia-based creators of the display typefaces Samatta (2015, a Peignotian sans), Milk Barn (2015), Canyon (2015, handcrafted, with an outline typeface in the style of athletic lettering), Pocket Knife (2015, +3D), Otter Pop (2015), Meso (2015 a tribal font set with Inca themes), Fuego (2014) and Creamsicle (2014, signage type).

Typefaces from 2016: Schoolyard (children's didactic hand-lettered fonts), Millstreet (based on a font found in a school book from 1886).

Typefaces from 2017: Parapet (blackletter). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Blue Vinyl
[Jess Latham]

Blue Vinyl (est. 1997) has free and commercial designs by Jess Latham (b. 1974, Birmingham, AL).

The early typefaces (before 2003): Grumble (1999, grunge), Hot Fudge (2003), Dia De Los Muertos BV (2003, Halloween-style dingbats), Delorita BV (2003), Dance Craze (2002), Redford (2002, black display font), CharmsBV (2002, dingbats), LearningCurve BV (for children), HornyDevils, Princess (girls stuff dings), TurnTable (2001), Vinyl Smooth (2001), StereoLab, 60sChic, Airwave, Cafe Noire, Lucky Charms, Punk Rock, Chains, Slasher, Blue Melody, Sugar Coma (1999, junk food dingbats), Metal on Metal, Hearts, Crushed Out Girl, Nuwave, Deco Cafe, Screen, Rock Star (dingbats), Gothic Ultra Trendy, Film Star, Mary Jane, Turning Japanese, Lushus, Rockabilly, (my favorite thick display letters) Moma Grape, Modular 2000, Cyber Phonic, Comic Zine (3d), Grrlz Stuff, Retro Bats, Terrible Nervz, Pop Up, Moonbow, Tropicana (Luau dingbats), Tiki Tooka, That 70's Ding, Karaoke Superstar, Pippi, Pocket Calculator, Kool Ding, Kool Ding 2, LittleTroubleGirl, Grumble, SeeingStars, AllStarBV, Awesome80sBV, HellcatsBV, HotRodGangBV, Stereolab, SweetHeartsBV, BumbleBeeBV, CandyStoreBV, CHAINSColorFill, ComicZine, CHAINS, EeronautsBV, Charms, Film-Star, JimmyDoodles, LooseCruseBold, LooseCruse, MODULAR, MonkeyWrench, OneTrickPony, PubertyStrike, PUNKROCKColorFill, PUNKROCK, Plexifont (see-through letters), SeeingStars, SooperDooper, TerribleNerves, Pandamonium BV, TrickorTreatBV, WebstarBV, Sonic Reverb (2003), Jacks (2003), Rodeo Girl BV (2003, handwriting), Jacks BV (2003, free), Majorette, Albedo, Retroclassics (two dingbat fonts), Westmore BV, KnockOut, Spellbound (2000), Speedway, Chocolate Mint Surprise, Pinky, Sparky, Glamorous, Bohemian Garden Party (1999), Fashionista (brush), Pink Martini, ValentinesBV, Macrame BV One (2002, single, double and triple-lined commercial font), Macrame Super Triline (2002), Redford BV (2002), Charms, Wedding Wishes (2002, dingbats), Bric A Brac BV (2002), Meringue BV (2002, handprinting), Retro Classics 3BV (2002, dingbats), Roller Baby BV (2003).

2004: Swan Song (calligraphic), Shimmer (connected cursive handwriting), Spin Cycle, Rock Star 2.0 (dings), Gros Marqueur (marker pen typeface).

2005: MyScars, My Bleeding Scars, Azuki (Japanese brush simulation), Taroca, Taroca Extras.

2006: BV Sans (2006), PrintClearly (2006, children's orthographics).

2007: Save Her (ecological dingbats), Confection (fancy script), Parsley Script, Pointed Brush.

2008: Synthetique (dot matrix), Lavender Script (calligraphic), Giant Head (ultra fat signage face), Synthetique (thin dot matrix), Print Clearly, Dashed and Bold (simple sans), Disko (comic book style).

2010: Darlena (a swashy didone), Italian Hand (a connected script), Love Romance (Valentine's day dingbats), Patchouli Display (2009-2010), Secret Admirer (connected script).

2011: Fancier Script (signage face), Garden Brush (a flowing brush script).

2013: Blue Vinyl (signage script). Barmbrack (a decorative, almost sign-painted typeface).

2014-2015: Felt That (connected marker script).

2016: Relation (connected retro brush script).

2017: Head Turn (handwriting), Said In Script (handwritten cursive script).

2018: Enticing Script.

2020: Fudge Sauce.

Fontspace link. Font Squirrel link. Dafont link. Klingspor link.

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Bluestype Studio (was: Jefri Design)
[Jefri Dwi Alfatah]

Sidoarjo, Indonesia-based designer (b. 2000) of Margareth Script (2019: monoline), Rotten Brothers (2019), Gatteway Signature (2019), Sabrina Pamella (2019), Wonderkids (2019: a children's font), Pevanytta (2019), Blackpool (2019), Southwill (2019: a monoline script), Ventina (2019), Kingstand (2019), Andalusia (2019), Nottingham (2019: a monoline script), Fatherland (2019: a monoline script), The Hanster (2019: a monoline script), Bandicat (2019: a children's book font), Brittney Signature (2019), The Suavity (2019), The Submit (2019), Salatama (2019), the handcrafted typefaces Kindness (2019), Kittenblue (2019), Jackblack (2019), Boldy (2019), Bambu (2019), and Bumper (2019), and the connected script typefaces Buttervill (2019), Angellita (2019), Hamellista (2019), Lambada (2019) and Tunggang (2019).

Typefaces from 2020: Bellinda Christina, Sandblack, Denira Signature, Northampton, Angellia, Caroline Amanda, Magdallena (a signature script), Balada, Elliana Samantha, Hanglatter (a sign-painting font).

Typefaces from 2022: Modern Royale (a vintage luxury serif). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Bluetype (or: Ardana Creative)
[Ferry Ardana Putra]

East Java, Indonesia-based designer of script typefaces. In 2020, he released Rhapsody (a retro signage font), Briquete (a signature script), Juliette Signature, Syncrho Retro Script (a signage script), Betthofen (wild calligraphic), Callifornia Signature, Killer Queen, and Skyfall.

Typefaces from 2021: Whisper Script (a brush script), Geofanny (a monoline layered script font), Briquete Signature, Callifornia Script, Mollusca Font Trio (a doodle font trio), Husein Script (a brush script), Bazinga Comic (a ten-style cartoon font; called Buzinga over at FontBundles), Schrodingers Signature (a nice font, but not based Schrödinger's hand), Singo Sans (condensed, caps only), Midway Retro (a gorgeous retro signage script). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Borges Lettering (was: CBdO Fonts Foundry)
[Charles Borges de Oliveira]

The CBdO Fonts Foundry is headed by Charles Borges de Oliveira (b. New Orleans, 1971) and is located in Arlington, WA. Borges's typefaces are mostly scripts, signage typefaces and comic book style typefaces. many of them were first done at or are copublished with Letterhead Fonts.

He also sells through Font Bros and Letterhead. Klingspor link.

View the typeface library of Charles Borges. Fontspring link. Interview in 2013.

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Borutta (or: Duce Type)
[Mateusz Machalski]

Borutta (or Duce Type) is the creative studio of über-talented Warsaw-based designer Mateusz Machalski (b. 1989), a graduate of Wydziale Grafiki ASP in 2014, and of Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts. His oeuvre is simply irresistible, charming and a worthy representative of the Polish poster style---witness Alergia (2016), Magiel Pro (2017) and Madiso (2017).

He is the creator of the blackletter-inspired typeface Raus (2012), which also could pass for a Cyrillic simulation font. It was possibly made with Pawel Wypych. He also made Kebab (2012, a fat caps face), Duce (2012, art deco: withdrawn from MyFonts after Charles Borges complained that it was a rip-off of his own Gloria), Fikus (2012), Woodie (2012, a condensed rough wood type face), Polon (2012), Aurora (2012, a German expressionist poster face), Musli (monoline connected script), HWDP (2012, poster font), Wieczorek Script (2012, hand-printed), Hamlet (2012, a sword and dagger typeface, renamed to Prince), Caryca (2012, Cyrillic simulation, done with Pawel Wypych), Bezerro (2012, poster face), Bitmach (2012, pixel face), Meat Script (2012, a caps only market signage brush script), Krac (2012, a tall poster font), Hermes (2012: Ten Dollar Fonts), Berg (2012, a roughened blackletter face), Buldog (2012), Dudu (2012, tall condensed face).

In 2012, Polish designer Wojciech Freudenreich and Mateusz Machalski combined forces to design the techno typeface SYN, which is based on an earlier De Stijl-genre alphabet by Freudenreich. In 2020, they released the free typeface family SYN Nova, which includes additional styles and a variable font.

Machalski likes old wood types, which inspired him in 2012 to publish a wood type collection of weathered display typefaces: Condom, Hype, Whore, Banger, Buka. Elo (2012) and Duce (2012) are fat weathered wood types.

Typefaces made in 2013: Wood Type Collection 2 (which includes Brie, Kaszti, Mader, Modi, Rena, Roast, Ursus), Zigfrid (headline face), Salute (letterpress style), Benito (a letterpress or geometric wood typeface), Bojo (heavy wood style poster face), Picadilly (heavily inktrapped open counter sans family), GIT (a manly headline sans), Lito (an eroded poster typeface), Haine (vernacular caps), Aneba (an organic sans family, renewed in 2016 as Aneba Neue), Vitali (sans), Korpo Serif (slab serif), Korpo Sans (elliptical family; +Greek, +Cyrillic).

Typefaces from 2014: Adagio Slab, Adagio Serif, Adagio Sans (a superfamily not to be confused with the 2006 typeface Adagio Pro by Profonts), Adagio Sans Script, Adagio Serif Script, Adagio Slab Script, Tupperware Pro. Tupper Pro (42 styles) was designed by Mateus Machalski and the RR Donnelley team.

Typefaces from 2015: Tupper Serif (again with RR Donnelley: a custom superfamily for pairing Latin, Cyrillic, Hebrew an Greek; for Tupperware), Vitali Neue, Legato Serif, Corpo Serif, Corpo Sans, Zigfrid, Picadilly (a great ink-trapped sans typeface family with an erect g).

Typefaces from 2016: Nocturne (just like Magiel, this free typeface was designed as part of the Warsaw Types project: this wedge serif text typeface is inspired by the lettering on stone tablets commemorating the victims of World War II, and prewar Jewish shop signage), Favela (an experimental, geometric sans, for headline and fashion magazine use), Gangrena (a weathered typeface system co-designed with Ania Wielunska), Migrena Grotesque (earlier named Enigma Grotesque but probably in view of a clash with the name Enigma used by Jeremy Tankard changed to the appropriately named Migrena Grotesque), Alergia Grotesk (a take on the classical geometric grotesque style, in 60 weights, for Latin, Greek and Cyrillic), Alergia Remix (a hipster / hacker / Futura take on Alergia Grotesque).

Typefaces from 2017: Nocturne Serif, Massimo (copperplate semi-serif influenced by New York; originally called Madison, they were frced to change the name to Massimo), Magiel Pro (a geometric display family influenced by Polish banners from the Russian occupatuon era, 1945-1989; it has a charming Black and a hairline, and covers Cyrillic too).

A particularly intriguing project in 2017 was Bona, which set out to revive and extend Andrzej Heidrich's old typeface Bona. Mateusz Machalski contacted him for advice on the revival project. The resulting typeface families were published by and are available from Capitalics. The centerpiece is the warm and wonderful text typeface Bona Nova. It is supplemented by the extreme contrast typeface family Bona Title and the inline typeface family Bona Sforza. Participants in the project also include Leszek Bielski, Ania Wielunska and Michal Jarocinski. Google Fonts link for Bona Nova. Github link for Bona Nova.

Typefaces from 2018: Bilbao (an innovative blend of sans, slab and mono genres in 18 styles), Cukier (a logo font family inspired by the vernacular typography from Zanzibar).

In 2018, Mateusz Machalski, Borys Kosmynka and Przemek Hoffer co-designed the six-style antiqua typeface family Brygada 1918, which is based on a font designed by Adam Poltawski in 1918. Free download from the Polish president's site. The digitization was made possible after Janusz Tryzno acquired the fonts from Poltawski's estate. The official presentation of the font took place in the Polish Presidential Palace, in presence of the (right wing, ultra-conservative, nationalist, law and order) President of Poland, Andrzej Duda. Calling it a national typeface, the president assured the designers that he would use Brygada 1918 in his office. It will be used for diplomas and various other official forms. In 2021, with Anna Wielunska added to the list of authors, it was added as a variable font covering Latin, Greek and Cyrillic to Google Fonts. Github link.

Typefaces from 2019: Gaultier (a sans family that is based on the styles of Claude Garamond, Robert Granjon and Eric Gill---a serifless Garamond and Gill Sans hybrid; includes a fine hairline weight), Aioli (a commissioned type system), Promo (a rounded sans family), Sigmund (the main style is inspired by the Polish road signage typeface designed in 1975 by Marek Sigmund: With the increase of weight, Sigmund turns into a geometric display in the spirit of vernacular typography from the signs of Polish streets; followed in 2022 by Sigmund Pro (15 styles)), Podium Sharp (based on Dudu, this 234-style family is a hybrid between different old Polish modular and geometric woodtypes such as Rex, Blok and Bacarat; note that 234=2x9x13, so fonts are numbered in Univers style from 1,1 (ultra-compressed hairline) to 9,13 (ultra expanded heavy)), Harpagan (an experiment in reverse and unusual stresses).

Typefaces from 2020: Tyskie (a custom sans for Tyskie Magazine), Habibi Display (an ultra-fat display typeface inspired by bold Arabic headline typefaces), Podium Soft, Afronaut (an experimental Africa-themed font). In 2020, the team at Capitalics in Warsaw, namely Mateusz Machalski, Borys Kosmynka and Ania Wielunska, revived Adam Poltawski's Antykwa Poltawskiego (1928-1931) as Poltawski Nowy.

Typefaces from 2021: Alfabet (a 20-style Swiss-inspired sans with narrow connectors, with support for Latin (+Vietnamese), Greek and Cyrillic scripts, including Ukrainian, Bulgarian and Serbian forms), Change Serif (a 10-style Robert Granjon-genre garalde designed as a part of Mateusz Machalski's PhD project, carried out in 2015-2021; the main goal was to create a typeface allowing for the typesetting of complex humanistic texts, containing many historical letterforms; each font contains 4000 glyphs and covers Latin, Cyrillic and Greek), Engram (a soft geometric sans family in 22 styles; close to his own earlier font, Enigma, 2016).

Typefaces from 2022: Yalla (inspired by Arabic headline type).

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Boy Moch Tomi
[Work Ins Studio]

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Brian Grant

Signpainter since ca. 1970. Codesigner with Charles Borges de Oliveira of the Western slab serif typeface Kodiak (2014). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Brian J. Bonislawsky
[Astigmatic One Eye]

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Brian Magner

Brooklyn-based foundry Brian Magner (of Brian Magner Design&Direction) created the hand-painted signage typeface Lobster Hand (2011). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Brithos Type
[Ali Hamidi]

Brithos Type was co-founded in 2020 by Ali Hamidi and Abdullah, and is located in Indonesia. Designer of these handcrafted typefaces in 2020: Christmas Mint, Xet-hand Script, Briasantika, Roustel, Aremoin, Jandella, Preitysweet (formal calligraphy), Holly Jolly Christmas (alphadings), Astronauta script, Junior Prince, Xambdoria, Romansh, Hoho Christmas, Lord Spirit (a signage script), Owl Cute (a fat script), Stay and Shine (an oily typeface), Christmas Mint, Xethand Script, Halloween Fright, Little Witch (a prototypeical vampire script), Rosacfild (a script font), Sellfresh (all caps), Maribast (an upright script), Arbinova (slab serif), Sreilack (a dry brush script), Fuiraqui (upright script), Saulifriend (a breezy connected script), Quirthy, Forestland, Winter Forest, Blue Dolphin, Rounstac, Duadog, Cute Miaww, Wolland, Auntie, Be Great Fontsa, Jasdiara, Autumn Garden, Junior Prince, Romansh, Xambdoria, Yummy Ice Cream, Fatefulness, Bray Notes, Baby Names, Anissa, Downhill, Sonja Longford, Boniceta, Cuby Fox, Buble Fish, Be Great Fonsa, Jasdiara, Claria, Germaint, Marvind, Sea Horses.

Typefaces from 2021: Argufy (a chunky typeface), Gray Light (hand-printed, scrapbook style), Handy Organizer. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Bro Luthfi
[Mysunday]

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Brody Neuenschwander

Brody Neuenschwander was born in Houston, Texas in 1958. He studied art history at Princeton University and the Courtauld Institute, London, receiving his PhD in 1986. He studied calligraphy at Roehampton Institute under Ann Camp and then became assistant to Donald Jackson. Since 1988 he has worked as a free-lance calligrapher, first in Wales and now in Bruges, Belgium. Clients have included the U.S., UK, and Belgian governments, the BBC, Time-Life Books, and the Royal Mail. He has worked with director Peter Greenaway on several films, including "Prospero's Books" and "The Pillow Book." Brody is currently working to install trilingual signage in the Coptic quarter of Cairo. Brody got the Belle Lettere Award in 1997.

Codesigner with Maciej Polczynski of Ozzy (2019, Laic). Described as calligraphic funk, this typeface cannot be properly classified.

John Berry's report of a presentation. His presentation at Sonoma State University. John Berry's report of a presentation. Speaker at ATypI 2016 in Warsaw. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Bruno Maioral
[B Machina]

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Buchstabenakrobatik

German designer of the brush signage typeface Sign Hand (2020). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Bungee

Chromatic signage typeface for vertical and horizontal setting. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Burhan Afif
[HansCo]

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Burntilldead
[Eric Kurniawan]

Eric Kurniawan (or Burntilldead, b. 1986) is located in Bali, Indonesia. He created the vintage script typeface The Goldsmith Vintage (2015).

Typefaces from 2016: Lazarus (a brush font), Bestters Supply (signage script), The Wild Hammers, Ramblin Script, Ramblin Sans, Angeline Vintage (brush typeface), Victorian Deco (more Victoriana), Steelworks (letterpress), Angeline (swashy brush script), La Petitenget, Azarus (brush style), Victorian Parlor (Victorian).

Typefaces from 2017: Dandeleon, American Whiskey, Vulturemotor (with Gusti Ngurah Widiantara), Sandglow (signage script).

Typefaces from 2018: Renaissance Garden (vintage), Victorian Fonts Collection (which consists of King Edward (Edwardian) and Queen Victoria (Victorian)), Billyforges (weathered letterpress style; with Ade Meida and I Gusti Widiantara).

Typefaces from 2019: Victorian Decade (18 fonts: +Gradient, +Outline, by Eric Kurniawan and Ade Meiada).

Typefaces from 2020: Alocasia (Sans, Script and Serif), Victorian Supremacy (an 11-style ornate Victorian / blackletter typeface family), Galactus (sci-fi), Prestissimo Classy (Serif and Script: the Script features copperplate calligraphy), Historium and Historia (a weathered vintage typeface), Sportage (a squarish sports font).

Typefaces from 2021: Mashbro, Barones (a vintage label font), Arterium (a vintage Victorian label font family), Veinline (a vintage script font), Bonitalia (script), Alota (funky and groovy 1970s font), Energize (techno), Metalsmith (a weathered all caps typeface), Bower (an early computer emulation font), Broto, Celestic (a decorative partly psychedelic serif), Dellucion (an art nouveau serif), Glitcher (a great art nouveau typeface), Greta, Lazarus, Racer Boy (a techno family), Silly Kids, The Sitcom (a retro script).

Typefaces from 2022: Mooners (a spurred Victorian liqueur font), Morvem (an 18-style psychedelic typeface). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Bykineks
[Dede Kurniawan]

Sukabumi, Indonesia-based designer (b. 1998) of the angry signage script typeface Zarra (2020). In 2021, he designed Wakaba (an ink bleed script). In 2022, he released Gin (blackletter calligraffiti) and Agasthiya Rococo (a spurred rococo script). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Cafe.no
[Cato Hernes Jensen]

Cafe.no was founded in 2000 by Norwegian designer Cato Hernes Jensen, who holds a BA in Graphic Design from Staffordshire University (UK) and an MA in Sociology from the University of Oslo. He also studied computer engineering in his hometown Horten.

His typefaces include Journeyman (2016: an all caps layered display typeface in the sign painter tradition, which comprises 3d Shadow and Silhouette styles and covers Latin, Greek and Cyrillic).

In 2019, he published Brexit. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Camila Gonzalez

Chilean designer of Frititas (2008, a fat comic book and/or signage face; Tipos de Cartagua) who studied type design at the University of Chile. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Camila Nagle

Campinas, Brazil-based designer of O Faroll (2015, a vernacular signage typeface) and Black Chalk (2015, a rounded sans typeface). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Candra Hamdani
[Vultype Co]

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Canoute
[Canoute Creative]

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Canoute Creative
[Canoute]

Calang, Indonesia-based designer (b. 1986) of these calligraphic typefaces in 2020: Christmas, Blustella, Chandiluna (formal and swashy), Wondelight, Draghile. Other typefaces from 2020 include Butterly Script, Athena (a bold signage script), Helo Hanna (signature script), Corraline (a display typeface). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Caoca Studio (or: Heroglyphs)
[Olivia Theresa]

Bandung, Indonesia-based type designer specializing in scrapbook fonts.

Typefaces from 2021: Jingle Cookies, Halloween Time, Alpaca Rain, Dingo Nursery, Cheese Sandwich, Charming Winter, Dashing Christmas, Magic Blooms, Dear Love.

Typefaces from 2020: Prune Blossom, Author Junior, Party Festival, Thankful Cookies Font, Christmas Valley, Warm Noodles, Your Summer, Happy House, Back To School, Pink Unicorn Font, Pink Beach, Rolling Film, Chill Time, Holiday Season, The Merry Holiday, Winter Holidays, Chocolate Cheese, Holly Jolly, Some Time.

Typefaces from 2019: The Rudolf Sleigh, Christmas Glee, Pumpkin Halloween, Automono (a rounded monolinear monospaced sans family), Summer Break, Milky Unicorn, Merry Bright, Brain Wash.

Typefaces from 2018: Altocumulus, Great Heart, Jolly Christmas, Winter Story, Romantica Script, Orange Juice, Black Shadows, Baby Seal, Adabame, Ericlaire, Uniquely, Sunday Hawaii, Summer Seas, Pool Party (monoline), The Lettering Font, The Great Circus, Brain Wash, Parents Greet, Monday Lovers (athletic lettering), Moms Note (handcrafted), Meidy, Maldisa, Historia, Laborations (sans stencil), Magic Trick, Kajika, Little Edelweiss, Hello Alpha, Hairmusk (brush), Gallerina, Father and Son (sans), Summer Peach, The Patriot (all caps sans), Vaganza (spurred), The Harison, Twigs (brush script), Valery (vintage), Torberta (spurred), Sants (squarish sans), Out Hill, Super Slayers, Sun Street, Summery, Summer Nude, Retros, Keripik (fat marker font), LaVonn (sans), Happy Valentine's Day (dingbats), Valentine's Edition Dingbats, Irish Green, The Stoothgart, Tying The Knot, San Barley (horizontally hatched), Easton (monoline sans), Pop Fist (condensed sans), Oracles (all caps sans), Pandoura, Popera, Loverstruck.

Typefaces from 2017: Right Brush, Spooky Tricks (halloween font), Treasure Script, Summer Joy, Brave Hearted (outline font), Father And Son, Super Slayers, Earth and Sky, Almondia, Hello People (comic book script), Northern, Looking, Parents Greet, Baker Sweet, Avocados.

Typefaces from 2016: Ineffable (regular and grunge), Saqanone, Salmonberry, Huckleberries, Mongli (a sharp-edged sans), Retros (inline), Andrade (brush style), Amecas (squarish), Queenata (signage script), Ranania (script), Paradise (calligraphic), Valery, The Mastiff, Little Edelweiss (curly informal typeface), Loverstruck, Calamandria, Pulsate (stencil), Peanut, Sedalia (brush script), Delaboean, Rhapsody (blackletter), Chiqarine (connected script), Berretti (a Broadway style art deco typeface), Cupello Sons (a geometric serif), Quella (brush script), Hello Alpha, Historia, Desmosedici. In 2014, during her studies in Bandung, Indonesia, Olivia Theresa created the frilly ornamental caps typeface Sambasa (2014), which was designed on a Georgia skeleton.

Creative Market link. Behance link. Behance link for Olivia Theresa. Creative Market link for Heroglyphs. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Carine de Wandeleer

Carine de Wandeleer was born in Argentina to a French-Belgian immigrant family. She studied fine arts and graphic design at University of Buenos Aires, but lives and works in Spain.

Kycka (2011) is a hand-printed slab serif family designed for children's books. Karty (2011, Eurotypo) is a blackboard bold pair of typefaces inspired by Baskerville. Marilyn (2011, Eurotypo) is an informal bouncy heavy sans face. Natalie (2011) is a condensed slab serif face.

In 2012, she published the connected script family Gilda, the informal cursive typefaces Zanya, Miss Seshat (Eurotypo) and Belha, the script typeface Lirio (Eurotypo), the hand-printed Pimpin, and the fat finger family Souffle.

Typefaces from 2013: Aleka (a vampire script in the style of Bombshell Pro), Mots (a light feminine script), Vernaccia, Eydis (connected script), Bonna (a successful calligraphic family), Rocha (funky cartoon style), Mussa (a curly children's book font), Onna (multiline script), Blondy (curly signage script), Gemma (connected script), Gemmadonati (another connected script), Lavinia (signage script), Ameglia (seductive upright flourished vernacular script).

Typefaces from 2014: Juliette, Urbis (curly script), Tansy (a charming connected script), Flamenca (connected script), Mde Sade (flowing wedding script), Nubila, Gardeny (script), Eroli (connected calligraphic script), Andria (script), Kumma (script), Tout, Tout Web Icons, Tout Restaurant Icons.

Typefaces from 2015: Parisi (calligraphic script), Scintillae Script, Santa Rita (signage script), Kira (brushy font), Amorino, Aprilis (signage script), Redbird (brush script), Muscari (connected script), Ambar (connected script with a roman caps set called Ambar Serif).

Typefaces from 2016: Lyllo, Redmoon Basic, Sond (brush script), Nuit (an informal typeface based on hand-printing), Wildly (brush type), Bloem (Script and Sans), Brun (brush typeface), Joias, Scriptum (brush script).

Typefaces from 2017: Halley, Brighten (brush script), Decize (an ornamental didone), Tapa (a sharp-serifed text family), Serenus, Pasteque, Galia, Mikha, Mikha Sans, Junius.

Typefaces from 2018: Anemos (a powerful retro signage script), Bernyck (retro script), Mathylda Script (a calligraphic signature font), Cinefile, Stanffords (a brush script paired with Stanffords Sans), Clauques Script and Sans (a signature script), Jacine (Sans+Script), Pial, Mont Rose (based on examples published in Script Lettering (1957, M. Meijer)), Barcares, MyBella (a casual calligraphic script), Skyr Pro (handcrafted), Gageac (a decorative didone), Atmosfera (a glamour sans based on didone contrast), Waylom (script).

Typefaces from 2019: Novata, Violant (a medieval script), Manises (inspired by a text written on a 16th century tile), Mostaza (a signage script), Trauville (calligraphic), Magie, Magie Slim, Beauville Script (a retro script), Bovary (a calligraphic script).

Typefaces from 2020: Turer (all caps, in the Tekton or Koch Antiqua genre), Indalo (a casual script), Rhodes (a calligraphic typeface), Calinda, Aulas (a decorative serif), Raspail (copperplate calligraphy), Calagio (a casual script), Clichy (a casual sans), Colomby (copperplate round English handwriting), Rembord (an inclined script), Montigny (emulating an 18th century roundhand script).

Typefaces from 2021: Verbum (a casual bold script), Grao (a casual script), Tarnese (a calligraphic script), Real Blues (script), Brabon (a heavy signage script), Escaut (a wide inky script).

Typefaces from 2022: Cockcrow (a connected sans), Castagna (a calligraphic script). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Carl Reiter Reissberger

Austrian graphic designer, who taught drawing and typography in Vienna. He died in 1983. Creator of Forte (Agfa-Monotype, 1962), a bold unconnected signage script. For another (free) interpretation, see Chyrllene K's Forte (2013).

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Carlos Fabián Camargo Guerrero
[Andinistas]

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Carlos Lujan

Fresno, California-based designer of the brushy signage typeface Brandit (2015). Creative Market link. Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Carmel Type (or: Just Lucky)
[Drew Melton]

Drew Melton (Carmel Type and Just Lucky, Los Angeles, CA) is a graphic and type designer, letterer and occasional illustrator. He has worked for a wide range of clients including McCann, Saatchi & Saatchi and Penguin Books. Many of his typefaces are exquisite.

He created the vintage shaded typeface Lastra (2014, improved in Lastra Display in 2015), Westward Numerals (2014), Steel Cut (2014, numerals), Chisel (2014, numerals), Show Stopper (2014, a signage typeface), Ballpoint Script (2014; released in 2019 at Typeverything), Awning Display (2014), Brite Script (2014, Ten Dollar Fonts), Handsome Script (2014, a calligraphic copperplate script), the signage typeface Sideshow (2014) and the Tuscan typeface Magnifique (2013, +Inline, +Shadow).

Typefaces from 2015: Numerals (Book Club, Butcher Block, Chisel, Chisel Shadow, Chisel Fill, Elegante, Elegante Fancy, Yuma), Dolcetto (a stunning swashy calligraphic copperplate script for stately occasions), Lumber Co (an Italian Western wood style font family at The Designers Foundry; together with Jason Carne), Rubber Boots (a text typeface with considerable contrast), Stockpile (numerals), Luxus Gothic (blackletter), Yuma Numerals. In 2015, Jason Carne and Drew Melton co-designed the large condensed titling typeface family Skyward and wrote: Robust, towering, and geometrically refined, Skyward is a surefire classic cocktail of equal parts utility and elegance. Stuffed Crust, bold and loud, will be a hit too. Drew writes: Big and greasy never looked so good.

Typefaces from 2016: Boulangerie (a Tuscan typeface by Drew Melton), Motor City (by Drew Melton and Jason Carne; an industrial strength slab serif; the name Motor City was already taken by Casey Cole in 2012, so we'll wait and see if there will be a name change in the works).

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Carolina Santillan

During her studies at FADU / UBA, Buenos-Aires-based Carolina Santillan designed the signage typeface Chicha (2017). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Cassette Type Foundry
[Mathew Prada]

La Paz, Bolivia-based type foundry. In 2017, they published the free heavy creamy display typeface Graffismo. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Cataleya Butcher
[Agathe M. Joyce]

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Cato Hernes Jensen
[Cafe.no]

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Chaidir Gata
[Gatype (or: Chairul Art)]

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Chairul Ashar
[Hiro (or: ashar1802)]

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Chank Fonts (or: Chank Store, or: Chank Diesel))
[Charles R. Anderson]

Born in Edmonton in 1969, Chank works out of the north-east corner of Minneapolis. Chank Diesel is a famous and prolific designer, type designer, busy-body and mentor. His Chank Foundry in Minnesota was started in 1992. Free fonts sub-page. Chank Diesel is Charles Andermack in the NY Times and Charles R. Anderson, b. Edmonton, 1970, elsewhere. Chank Fonts was run with Heidi Olmack ("El Mack de los Toros"). Earlier notices in his typefaces refer to CAKE Publications (2401 University Ave. NE, Mpls, MN 55418), Chank Foo, Schmopyright, and Exploding (PO Box 90100, San Diego, CA 92169). Bio by Susan Froyd. See also here or here or here or here. Handwriting font service for 95USD. 95 USD Go font Yourself font service based on filling out a form. Piece on Chank in the MinnPost.

Chank became a popular and colorful figure who said this about himself: I like to drink a lot, and would like to think I'm known for it. Several of my fonts were inspired by booze, and I like to encourage other people to drink more, too. My best font is called Liquorstore.

A partial list of his typefaces:

  • 200proofmoonshineremix.
  • A: Adrianna (2004, a sans family), Anger-Prerelease, Asswipe, AsswipeDeluxxe, AztecPezRegular, Adrianna Extended (2005), Aguas Frescas, Ammonia.
  • B: BabOonjaZzbaSsoOn, Ballers Delight (2007, free), Bell Martellus (2006, a Carolongian script family designed with Bill Moran of Blinc Publishing for the James Ford Bell Library at the University of Minnesota: Bell Martellus was derived from a book published in 1475 by Henricus Martellus entitled Liber Insularum), Bastard, Bawdy (T-26), Birthday Girl, Blinkers, Bonehead, Brainhead, Bric-A-Brac BV (2002), Bridie, Brieincarnation, ButtplugTaft, B Complex, Badoni, Boochie&Snoochie (T-26, by by Khai Pham&Chank Diesel), Billsville, Blazedale, BlincType Letterpress Fontpak (2004, commercial: Gideon, Golgotha, Gomorrah, Goshen, Hamilton Offset, Player Piano, Prospect Modern and Sodom), Braingelt (gothic), Brimley, Brubecks Cube (2004), Buckethead.
  • C: Carima (2002), Cheesewiddler, Chicken, ChickenBonus, Chrysler Electric (2007, fifties style connected script), Chumley (2002, first grade handwriting), Cleptomania, CrotchlessTeddyRoosevelt, CurbDog (by Matthew Desmond), Cookie Dough (2002), Chaloops (2005, comic book face), Chankbats (2001, +Objects, +Critters, +Flowers, +Flakes), Chauncy (ChauncyDecaf, ChauncyFatty, ChauncyPerkins, ChauncySnowman; this popular series from 1996-1998 is the first font family Chank ever made based on his own handwriting), Chauncy Pro, Chippewa Falls (2005), Chub, Chunder (1996, T-26), Cocaine, Coffeedance, Collateral Damage, Corndog, Coronette (2006, slab serif), Cosmic (1996), Couchlover, Cowboy Rhumbahut (2000, Matt Frost), Crusti, Crusti Wac.
  • D: DickwhippedLincoln, DongCasual, Duesenberg (T-26, by Jamie Nazaroff), Dutch-Oven, Dutch-Treat, Darling Nikki, Dekapot (2007), Destructive Decisions (2013, a foggy font), Drunk Cowboy, Dry Cowboy (2006, Tuscan).
  • E: Easterbuns (2008, Ascender Corp: a signage face), EatpooChubby, EatpooSkinny, EatpooTall [note: the latter three fonts were renamed Eatwell], Evergreen, Eatwell, El Hombre, Evolve (2015: video game font co-designed with Turtle Rock Studios).
  • F: Fatthinfog, Flutterby (2006, free), Fornicator, Fucker, Fastlab (by David Cushman), Fosho (2014), Fridayluck, FriskyFlakes (2004).
  • G: The Gemini Type Fontpack (2015: GT-Adrianna DemiBold GT-Adrianna Bold, GT-Adrianna ExtraBold, GT-Fairbanks, GT-Forward Thinking, GT-Hydropower ExtraCondensed, GT-Kegger, GT-Shopaganda, GT-Shopaganda Condensed, GT-Timeless Geometric. These fonts aaare optimized for use as exterior cast-metal signage in bronze or aluminum in collaboration with Gemini, a family-owned industry leader in the wholesale manufacture of dimensional letters, logo and plaques based in Cannon Falls, MN), Girl77, Glovebox, Goshen, Groovies-Normal, GFY Handwriting Fontpak, GFY Handwriting Fontpak 2, Gobbler. The GFY Handwriting Fontpak (2002-2005) is a collection of 21 fresh handwriting fonts in OpenType format for Macintosh or Windows. Contains the following fonts: GFY AuntSusan, GFY Brutus, GFY HeySteve, GFY JacksBluePrint, GFY Jeanna, GFY Josie, GFY Kersti, GFY Kimberly, GFY Loopy, GFY Marcie, GFY Mancini, GFY Michael, GFY Palmer, GFY Peggy, GFY Pollak, GFY Shue, GFY Ralston, GFY Sidney, GFY Sonya, GFY Thornesmith, and GFY Woodward. His DFY Handwriting Fontpak 2 (2008) contains GFY Artie, GFY Bobby, GFY Bobbys Kid, GFY Bracco, GFY Butcher, GFY Carmela, GFY Christopha, GFY Clarice, GFY Erin B, GFY Father Mike, GFY Finn, GFY Furio, GFY Georgio, GFY Janice, GFY Junior, GFY Madre, GFY Meadow, GFY Paulie, GFY Syl, GFY Tina, GFY Tony, GFY Uncle Junior, GFY Vito.
  • H: Halebopp, Harvester 3D (2008), HelveticaInaHamper, Hermenaut, HieronymousBoschian, HipstersDelight, HooskerDont, HooskerDoo, Hoover, Hystrix, HystrixHystrax, HystrixHystraxBordex, HystrixHystraxSleestax, HUGS (2005, comic book style), Hilde Sharp.
  • I: Imastar, IndustrialSchizophrenic, Isotope, Instructor.
  • J: Javatronic (retro), JawboxChanky, Jawbreaker, Jeffersonofabitch, Johnson, Jingles (with Mike Cina), Jawbox.
  • K: Kat Walk (geometric sans), Keester Black (2002), Kaiser, KlippyDingbats, Kraftwerk, KraftwerkNarrow, Kroozr, Kwikfont, Kegger (2007, a collegiate lettering face), Kazootie, King George (2003, ransom note font).
  • L: Lambretta, Lambrettista, Laundrette, LemonadeSpeedster (retro), Limonata (2016, a display family, co-designed with Nicollazzi Xiong), Liquor 3D, Liquorstore Bold and Bolder (2017: stackable, layerable), Luncheonette, Laundry, Lavaman, Liquorstore (1997, a squarish face; since 2005 also in OT as Liquorstore 3D).
  • M: Mars (2007), Marcusia, Metolurgy2typeindexcom, Mikrokoszmo, MisterFrisky, MisterLincoln, Mister Twiggy (woodsy design), Monko-Blocky, MC Auto (2002), McKraken, Mantisboy, Mars (2007, a custom family for Mars Inc), Millesime, Mingler (MinglerNipsy, MinglerRitzy, MinglerTipsy), Miss AmyLynn (2008, based upon the handwriting of the former Miss Kentucky, Amy Lynn Brown), Mister Hand, Moonshine (Moonshine Murky).
  • N: NailedToTheCross, NapkinTheModern, Nomadic Egyptian (2005), Nomadic Sketchbook (2005, like Nomadic Egyptian, based on drawings by Kent Aldrich of the Nomadic Press), Newcastle (2005, blackletter typeface designed with Kevin Hayes), Nube, Naughties, Newercastle, Nicotine (+Jazz).
  • O: Omnivore, Oooopsie (this 1997 font is just Helvetica with some circles dropped on top of it. The Helvetica trademark and Adobe copyright notices are still in the font!), OooopsieReverse, Ooopsie, Ollivette (2008, old typewriter), Ollivette Elite (2008), Orbital, Orbus (OrbusBjorkus, OrbusMultiserif).
  • P: Panefresco (2011, 16 styles---a free sans family), PHreAkKruSty, Panzer, Paregos, PhysicsAlpha, PhysicsBeta, PlasticLasso, Player Piano (old stencil), Poker Party (2003), Polaroid22, Portastat, Prickly, ProletarianBeta, Prospect-Modern, Puckfont, Parkway, Patching Compound, Porkshop (1997, based on immigrant Manhattan signage; +PorkshopGoodluck), Professor Minty (2006-2010: spindly and gothic).
  • Q: Quimby Gubernatorial (2007), Quimby Mayoral (2002).
  • R: Redherring, RhumbaHut, Ribjoint, Rubble, Ribjoint, Rosemary (2000-2001, T-26, a sign painters font).
  • S: Spooooky (2011, a custom typeface design for the 2011 Target Halloween campaign), Saltwater, Schwinger (2003, script face), Schwing Shift (2003), Shadowboxer, Shakopee, SharpieStylie, SaucyMillionaire, SooperCosmic, SpaceKrafty, Spacesuit, StarryFHope, Sundayluck, Swister (2004), GFY Santa Script (2004), Skylab, Shatner, Sunshine (2000-2001, T-26, grunge), SandraOh, Shrub (2007, grunge), Sister Frisky, Skippy Sharp, Snipple, Soccerboy (2012, a hand-drawn multiline typeface), Space Toaster, Spunkflakes (2002), Sunflower (2006, distressed typewriter), Sunshine, Swingdancer (2002, a custom connected script font first made for P. Puff Company).
  • T: Tabitha, Tacklebox, TackleboxFive, Transam, Transam03 (2003, commercial version), Thymesans, Trucker (2005), Turman Grotesk.
  • U: Ultramagnetic (by Mike Cina), UncleStinky, Urban Circus.
  • V: VenerealDisease, Venis Small Caps (2004, T-26), Venis (2000: big text family, T-26: reviewed by Hrant Papazian).
  • W: Westsac (2003), Whorn, Wichita, Woodrow, Wordy Diva (1995, based on the handwriting of Lisa Bralts).
  • W: Wolves Gothic (2020), Woodrow, Wordy Diva.
  • Y: Yearling (2000), Yellabelly.
  • Z: ZsaZsa Galore.

At Ascender: the mostly hand-printed typefaces Birthday Girl, Bleacher, Bobby Zee, Chauncy Decaf, Churros, Collateral Damage, Couchlover, Easterbuns, Loopy Fiesta, Mister Marker, Mister Twiggy, Prickly, Snowballs, Space Toaster, Tipsy, Twigdancer, Younger Than Me (2009, grunge).

Chank also has a bunch of free fonts such as Yellabelly (handwriting), Fridley, Airboy, SundayLuck, Shadowboxer, Portastat, Fridayluck, Twenty Six Snake Rumba, and Blinkers.

Interview by MyFonts in 2011.

Dafont link. I Love Typography link. Behance link. Klingspor link.

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Charles Borges de Oliveira
[Borges Lettering (was: CBdO Fonts Foundry)]

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Charles Gibbons
[Oddsorts]

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Charles Nix
[New Fonts]

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Charles R. Anderson
[Chank Fonts (or: Chank Store, or: Chank Diesel))]

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Cheyenne Russell

Student at Savannah College of Art and Design, 2008-2012. Creator of the signage typeface One Shot Script (2012). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Chiara Quaggia

During his studies in Milan, Chiara Quaggia created the signage typeface Ray Ban (2013) by reverse-engineering the famous Ray Ban logo. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Christin Arnhold

Designer in Trier, Germany. She used the lettering on a shop in Mainz to develop the signage script typeface Lapina (2011). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Chuck Davis
[Letterhead Fonts]

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Cifonts
[Daniel Cifuentes]

Daniel Fuentes, who founded Cifonts in 2015, is the Badalona, Spain-based designer of the typeface family Niu Sasson (2014) and Tapas Signpainting (2016). He studied at EINA in Barcelona, graduating in 2015. His graduation typeface ther was the text book typeface Rals. Behance link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Cindy Kinash
[Cultivated Mind]

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Claude Médiavilla

French type designer (b. 1948) who was born in the South of France. He studied typography, calligraphy and painting at the School of Fine Arts in Toulouse. He received the Prix Charles Peignot in 1982. In 1992, the President of France invited him to design the inscriptions for the royal tombs in the Basilique Saint Denis in Paris. He published Calligraphie (Imprimerie Nationale, 1993). Author of Calligraphy (Wommelgem, Belgium, 1996) and Histoire de la calligraphie française (Albin Michel, 2006; examples here). In 2009, with the help of Atelier des Signes, he created a typeface for the signage at Chateau de Fontainebleau. Additional URL. In 2010, Mediavilla cofounded Media type Foundry with Sonia Da Rocha and Joel Vilas Boas in Paris.

His typefaces:

  • Galba: an elegant roman titling face, done at Mecanorma in 1987.
  • Media Script (Mecanorma, 1985).
  • Mediavilla (CCT, 1976).
  • Mediavilla Script (Graphitel, 1986).
  • Palazzo (Mecanorma, 1984).
  • Tory (1991).

Examples of calligraphic alphabets drawn by him and shown in his Histoire de la calligraphie française (2006): Bastarda, Cancellaresca, Carolingian, Cursive gothic 1410, Luxeuil, Roman Capitals, Roman cursive 1st century, Roman cursive 4th century, Rustica 1st century, Textura 14th century, Textura 15th century, , Tourneure 15th century, Uncial 4th century.

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Claude Pelletier

Quebec-based typographer and type designer (aka Diogene) who specializes mainly in revivals of obscure or old typefaces.

Dafont link. Yet another URL. Abfonts carries many of his fonts. Fontspace link.

His typefaces:

  • Aerolite C Pone (2013). A calligraphic connected copperplate script.
  • Angelica CP (2011). After a Fotostar font, Angelica, ca. 1960.
  • Banner Star (2012). An American flag-themed display typeface.
  • Barrio CP (2011). An inline face based on a Neufville original.
  • BeansCP (2010, after a font found on page 10 of Art Deco Display Alphabets: 100 Complete Fonts by Dan X. Solo).
  • Bienetresocial (2003), BienetresocialBold (2003).
  • Bizarre and Bizarrerie (2010; based on Edwards and Inland, both designed in 1895 by Nicholas J. Werner at the Inland Type Foundry; renamed in 1925 by BBS)
  • Bloque Demo (2011). Experimental.
  • Bold (2008)
  • Bolina (2015). A copperplate calligraphic script after Dan X. Solo's alphabet shown on page 12 of Dan X Solo. Script and Cursive Alphabets (1987, Dover).
  • Bonte Divine (2017).
  • Carre (2009, athletic numerals).
  • Caslon CP (2012, based on Caslon 223 Bold).
  • Champignon (1999-2009, a formal calligraphic script)
  • Chartrand (2010, Victorian)
  • Chomage (2009)
  • Chopin Script (1999-2010, calligraphic; after Polonaise by Phil Martin)
  • Constanze Initials (2010). After Constanze Initials by Joachim Romann (1956).
  • Crayonnette (2000-2001). Same as his earlier font Derniere (1999).
  • DeClaude (2010, patterned and named after DeVinne)
  • Dojo CP (2011)
  • Dynamic CP (2010, based on page 48 of The Solotype Catalog of 4,147 Display Typefaces as Dynamic Deco)
  • Ebony (2011). Based on a Marder&Luse design from 1890. Ebony is on page 38 of 100 Ornamental Alphabets by Dan X. Solo and also on page 43 of The Solotype Catalog of 4,147 Display Typefaces.
  • Embrionic 85 (2012, +Swash Caps) and Embrionic 55 Swash (2012): an ink trap sans display family modeled after Robert Trogman's Embrionic in the FotoStar collection.
  • Essai (2003)
  • Euclid CP (2011): based on an 1880 typeface at Central Type Foundry.
  • Fancy Text (2004, blackletter)
  • Fantaisie1 (1999)
  • Gourmandise (2013), an exquisite Normandian-style didone display typeface.
  • Grandee CP (2014). Claude says that it is based on T.H. Grandee, but that is too cryptic for me...
  • Haricot (2010, a fat modular typeface based on Beans in the Dan Solo catalog)
  • Humeur (2001-2002, funny smilies)
  • IEC5000 (2011). A symbol font with electrical and other icons.
  • Initiales Medium (2011).
  • Jeux Cache (2016). A boxed letter font.
  • JohnHancockCP-Medium (2010, bold didone)
  • Landi Echo (2011). A remake of Landi Echo by Alessandro Butti (1939-1943).
  • La Tribune (2011). A newspaper type.
  • Le Golf or Le Trou (2010, art nouveau typeface by Antoine Szczebanski, digitized by Claude Pelletier; also on page 71 of the Solotype catalog)
  • Les Etoiles (2013): an inline typeface
  • Les Tuyaux (2018). A great slinky font.
  • Lionel CP (2010, a multiline typeface inspired by Letraset's 1973 typeface Stripes)
  • Louisa CP (2015). A free calligraphic copperplate script. Louisa CP is Louisa on page 56 of Script and Cursive Alphabets: 100 Complete Fonts by Dan X. Solo.
  • Malvern (1999)
  • Manquis CP (2012). A roman typeface.
  • Maratre (2013). A delicious connected copperplate calligraphic script that revives (or is almost identical to) François Boltana's Aurore (1993).
  • Monterey Wide (2011). A Tuscan ornamental face, based on a showing on page 22 of The Solotype Catalog of 4,147 Display Typefaces.
  • Motscroises (1997)
  • Niaisage (2012). A lachrymal caps only typeface.
  • Oxford CP (2010, a multiline face, based on the 1960s typeface by Christine Lord)
  • Pasdecourbe (2003)
  • Pasdenom (2001, no punctuation)
  • Peak CP (2020). A revival of VGC's photo font Peak.
  • Pepinot (2012), an art nouveau typeface based on Coral Inline on page 190 of The Solotype Catalog of 4,147 Display Typefaces.
  • Pistilli Roman (2011, after the original by Pistilli)
  • Postface (2012). A bold signage script face.
  • Rita Smith (2012). After Primavera by Rita Major.
  • Rogers, Rogers2 (1997). He says that it is not his font---that he just rearranged the glyphs. According to Claude, can be found in the book Treasury of Authentic Art Nouveau Alphabets, ed. Petzendorfer, Plate 23. It was made in 1902 by A.V. Haight for Inland Type foundry.
  • Salamandre (2012). A tall 19-th century style slab typeface based on Iguana, a design of Sally-Ann Grover.
  • Simplement (2011) is Cut-in Medium on page 163 of The Solotype Catalog of 4,147 Display Typefaces.
  • Stylie Stymus (2012).
  • Threshold (2014).
  • TriangleETcircleShadow, TriangleETcircleShadowed (2010, 3d iron work style face)
  • UptightC (2010, multiline face).
  • Whitin Condensed Black (015). Whitin Condensed Black is Whitin Black Condensed on page 151 of The Solotype Catalog of 4,147 Display Typefaces.
  • YagiUHFNo2 (2012).
  • Zenith CP (2016). A free connected calligraphic (wedding) script typeface.
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Clément Gillard

Lille, France-based graphic artist who studied at ECV Lille. Designer of the vernacular typeface Montana (2014-2015), the hybrid typeface Bebas Android (2015), and the condensed sans typeface Gills (2014). Together with Edouard Spriet, he created the rounded organic sans typeface Kimono (2015) for wayfinding applications---it uses the circle as a basic building block and is developed with chromatic use in mind.

Typefaces from 2016: Writna (feels like a runic font, although the authors claims inspiration from old Asian sources). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Clément Nicolle
[Stereotype (was: Zone Erogene, or Dasklem)]

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Cocijotype
[Elí Castellanos Chávez]

A 2004 graduate of Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosi. As a student at CEAD in Mexico, Elí Castellanos Chávez (b. 1980) is the director of Cocijotype, a foundry located in Oaxaca. He taught editorial design and typography in Loma Bonita, Mexico. Cocijotype was earlier called Sexytype. He won the Gold prize at the Morisawa Type Design Competition in 2014. He works as a Font Developer at studio Dalton Maag in London.

Flickr page.

Their typefaces:

  • Koch's Neuland inspired Elí to create Barrilito (2009). This anthroposophic typeface won an award at Tipos Latinos 2010 in the script category.
  • Barricada (2008, Sudtipos) is a fat rounded signage typeface that was awarded in the Tipos Latinos 2008 competition in the non-text category.
  • Lucecita (2009) is a dot matrix LED font. It won an award at Tipos Latinos 2010 in the screen typeface category.
  • Barronegro (2009) is a text family on which he has been working between 2006 and 2009. Barronegro is based on the cultural heritage of Oaxaca, as found on local posters, menus, shops, clothing, and art.
  • Miniblock (2009, by Manuel Guerrero) is created to stack letters next to each other to look like labyrinths. It won an award in the Tipos Latinos 2008 competition for best text family.
  • Optica (2008, Manolo Guerrero) is a tribute to Colombian artist Omar Rayo's optical art.
  • Block02 (2009, Manolo Guerrero) is a FontStruct font that is part pixelized, part stencil.
  • Optica (2008, Manolo G) is an optical experiment.
  • Chicha (2012, Diego Sanz) is based on Peruvian market signs.
  • Quincha (2009, Diego Sanz) is the quechua word for stone wall. Letters can be packed together in a way that reminds one of ancient Inca art.
  • Casiopea (2010) is a corporate or signage type family that comes in six weights including Bold and Thin.
  • Zipolite (2011). A mix of grotesk and humanist. See also Zipolite Rounded (2013). Zipolite won an award at Tipos Latinos 2014.
  • Hola is a text typeface that won an award at Tipos Latinos 2014. In addition, it won the Gold Prize in the Latin category at the Morisawa Type Design Competition 2014.
  • Calmetta (2017). Designed at Dalton Maag as an extension of Dalton Maag's wayfinding font Pantograph originally created by Marc Weymann.
  • Speaker at ATypI 2018 in Antwerp (together with Eloise Parrack) on a revival project summarized as follows: In November 2017 an international cohort on the Expert Class in Type Design, based in the UNESCO world heritage site of the Museum Plantin-Moretus, embarked upon a collaborative project to research and revive a Renaissance-era typeface of the Flemish punchcutter Hendrik van den Keere from the collection of Christophe Plantin. Comparing Van den Keere's well-known Real Romain (1575) and Ascendonica Romain (1577) with his Small Pica Roman (1578), and investigating the patterning, proportions, and details, our research led to the design of a revival using Small Pica Roman at 9-point Didot size as a departure. Evaluations of the approaches of working in metal and standardization in type design at different optical sizes were considered, and were contrasted to methods and tools of digital typeface design today. The unique and rich historic archive of punches, matrices, and printed materials provided an exciting basis for our research, leading to some surprising discoveries counter to our expectations and to accepted theories found in many typography and type design texts. This project provoked a wide range of interpretations, approaches, and opinions about how to create a contemporary usable digital typeface, whilst honouring and imagining the intentions of Van den Keere five centuries past.

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Code Shop

"Creator" of the connected script typeface Dringosler (2014), the chalkboard font Grocery Round (2014), and the signage typeface La Chiploito (2014).

Upon closer inspection, it turns out that Dringosler is a blatant copy of Dragon Is Coming (by Maelle Keita) and that La Chiploito is an unauthorized copy of La Chatte à Maman (also by Maelle Keita). The fact that Maelle Keita's originals are free and that the copies are sold by Creative Market makes this a very sad case indeed. I hope that Creative Market will send all the past proceeds to Maelle Keita and ban Code Shop from its line-up. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Coen Hofmann

Born in Amsterdam in 1939, Hofmann started out as a typesetter, and then morphed into a calligrapher and an author on calligraphy, and finally into a type designer.

Designer at URW++/Fontforum of

  • Admira (2019). A revival of the striped all caps money font Admira (1940, Schriftguss).
  • Altrincham (2003).
  • Caxtonian Black (2012). A blackletter.
  • Globus Cursive (2015, +Cyrillic). This cursive font is a revival of a font by Friedrich Hermann Wobst (1932, D. Stempel AG).
  • Gothic Initials (2015). After an original from 1821 by Firmin Didot's foundry.
  • Holland Gothic (2012). A blackletter.
  • Jason Uncial (2012). A unicase uncial design.
  • Perugia Cursive (2003). A gorgeous calligraphic script based on the 19th century "Scrittura Rotonda Francese" and "Scrittura Italiana" developed by Italian calligrapher Cesare Silvestrini.
  • Pinel Pro (2014). A revival of a didone from 1899 by Joseph Pinel called French 10pt No. 2. URW++ writes: Coen Hofmann digitized the font from a batch of very incomplete, damaged and musty drawings, which he dug up in Altrincham. He redrew all characters, bringing up the hairstrokes somewhat in the process.
  • Ramona (2004). A shaded typeface.
  • Revis (2011). A formal script based on Daphne, a typeface that was originally designed by German type designer Georg Salden. For some reason, that typeface was withdrawn from the URW++ library some time later.
  • Romeo (2004). A 3d beveled shadow face.
  • Sax (2008). A didone typeface family.
  • Seizieme Pro (2013). Based on the 1905 font Série 16 by Peignot, which was mainly used for scientific publications.
  • Signpainters Script (2013). A connected copperplate script.
  • Silvestrini (2003). A gorgeous Gando-style ronde. Based on the 19th century "Scrittura Rotonda Francese" and "Scrittura Italiana" developed by Italian calligrapher Cesare Silvestrini.
  • Sirius and Sirius Caps (2003). A garalde family developed together with British type designer Neville Brown.
  • Technotype (2011). A revival of Herbert Thannhaeuser's 1952 slab serif family Technotyp.
  • Thomas Schrift and Thomas Versalien (2015). Based on Friedel Thomas's Thomas Schrift and Thomas Versalien from 1956-1958.
  • URW Akropolis (2016, URW++). A revival of the cigar box open typeface Acropolis designed by the Ludwig Wagner foundry in Leipzig in 1940.
  • Pergamon (2016, URW++). A wonderful 10-style didone typeface family that revives, extends and modernizes Pergamon Antiqua first designed in 1937 at Ludwig Wagner in Leipzig by Alfons Scheider.
  • Marli (2016). A revival of the cursive typeface Korso by F. Schweimanns (1913).
  • Moewe (2017). An open typeface in the blackboard bold genre that revives Möwe (1929, Heinz Beck for Genzsch & Heyse).
  • Golf (2017). Golf was originally designed by Henry Reinhard Möller in 1935 for Schriftguss KG. Coen Hofmann redrew the capitals and then added lower case letter and Cyrillic alphabets.

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Commercial Script

Commercial Script is a typical Spencerian (connected) script, with early versions available from the Chicago and Inland typefoundries, ca. 1888. The most famous, and very popular, implementation is due to Morris Fuller Benton in 1906 and cut by ATF in 1908. It is similar to Bank Script, but heavier and with fewer flourishes. It also is similar to Typo Script. Some modern day digital versions:

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Context Foundry
[Alex Liebold]

Context Foundry is run by Alex Liebold out of Savannah, GA. Alex Liebold's typefaces include:

  • Monster Party (2007). Monster-themed caps.
  • Cougher (2008-2010). A grotesque based on the lettering of Edward McKnight Kauffer and vintage travel posters
  • Fresh Produce (2008). A hand-painted signage typeface by Greg Christman.
  • Ghoulies (2008). A ghost-themed all-caps alphabet, drawn by Greg Christman.
  • Montreal (2008). A fat counterless typeface by Jenna Holcombe.
  • Eric Schwartzwelder drew Chiropractor (2008), a bold mechanical face, and the display typeface Jayhawker (2014).
  • Elise (2014). A layered flourished all caps typeface.

He also runs 414 General Store with Courtney Burroughs. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Cooldesign Lab
[Kurniadi Saputra]

Indonesian designer of Angella Script (2016), Agustina (2016, a connected script), Joshan (2016), Mr. Night Script (2016), Luciana Script (2016), Biancca (2016, calligraphic script), Robert Brush (2016) and Bubble Kids (2016, a bubblegum font).

Typefaces from 2017: Pauline Script (calligraphic), Momenttion, Melisca, Resolusi Script, Fanesia Script.

Typefaces from 2018: Irlandia Script, Robert, Martine Script, Charmington, Starlive Script, Chandelle Signatures Script, Chandelle Display, Chelline Script, Harland, Bridget Script, Melinda Script, Letterline, Miersha Script, Charmington Script, Safaraz Script, Rustine Script, Coolline, Brightday, Alexandra, Michella.

Typefaces from 2019: Blackstar (a swashy calligraphic font), Mackenzie (a calligraphic script), Charliez Script, Brightday (a thin script), Morris (a fine calligraphic script), Nicolette, Mistery Font, Cataline Script (calligraphic), Restiany (formal calligraphy), Claretta (a squarish typeface).

Typefaces from 2020: Olella (a calligraphic script), Moenna, Hanisha Lovely, Megona (a display serif), Quinshia Script (a clean script), Chandello, Carliste Script, Anchoe (a decorative serif), Casemiro, Southern Hills, Standbury Script (a signage script), Fadello (a monoline script), Katie Findlay Script (calligraphic), Southern Hills.

Typefaces from 2021: Devinno Script, Delinda Script, Stairway (calligraphic), Lovetina (script), Cheliya (calligraphic), Earline (wild, calligraphic).

Typefaces from 2022: Asgaria (a stylish display seif), Qellina (a calligraphic script), Selestyna (a scrapbook script). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Coppers & Brasses
[Alexandre Saumier Demers]

Quebec-based type type foundry Coppers & Brasses was set up in 2011 by Alexandre Saumier Demers and Étienne Aubert Bonn in the plateau area of Montreal. Both graduated from the graphic and type design program at UQAM in Montreal and went on do the Type and Media program at KABK in The Hague, The Netherlands.

Creators of these typefaces in 2012: Martha (monospaced slabby grotesque done by both founders), Sardine (fat signage typeface by Bonn), Freitt (blackletter typeface by Bonn). Nicole (2012) is an elegant basic sans typeface by Olivier Mercier-Chan Kane.

In 2013, Etienne graduated from the Type & Media program at KABK in Den Haag. In 2014, Alexandre in turn graduated from the Type & Media program at KABK. For his graduation, Alexandre developed the didone typeface family Lewis. He writes: Lewis is a typeface designed for mathematical typesetting, specifically for the TeX typesetting system. It consists of 3 text styles (Roman, Bold, Italic) and 3 math styles (Math Italic, Greek, Blackboard) for use as variables. The text Italic relates to the Roman while the Math Italic stand out with its cursive construction. Likewise, the Greek differentiate easily from Latin characters. The Blackboard inlines are adapted for text sizes with their wide and open cut. Lewis features many size variants and extending shapes, ideal in displayed equations.

The list of their retail and custom fonts:

  • Guillon (2016). Manufactured for Studio Feed.
  • GSM Grotesque (2016). A custom typeface by Coppers and Brasses and Studio Feed, for GSM Project.
  • Caserne (2015). A custom stencil typeface designed with Samuel Larocque for the Montreal-based studio Caserne.
  • CCM Grotesk (2015, Latin and Cyrillic). A custom typeface for Canadian sporting goods brand CCM, with a textured version. The Cyrillic was overseen by Russian type designer Maria Doreuli.
  • VLNL Wurst (2015, VetteLetters). This wurst-themed typefaces comes in three styles, Brat, Blut and Bier Wurst. The interesting aspect of this font is that Demers developed a special Wurst Schreiber software for drawing segments as sausages in RoboFont.
  • Double (2015, Alexandre Saumier Demers and Étienne Aubert Bonn). A retail typeface family from condensed to wide with wedge serifs, a copperplate feel, and slight flaring. Ideal for display work.
  • Canal (2015, Étienne Aubert Bonn). A fantastic retail sans typeface family: Canal is a typeface family inspired by the blue collar, hard working people that were the late 19th and early 20th centuries labor force of the new continent. It is a sturdy workhorse with a wink of humanism.
  • Martha (2014, Alexandre Saumier Demers and Étienne Aubert Bonn). A retail typeface family with curvy typewriter influences, some monospaced styles and a grotesque to boot.
  • Klaus (2014, Étienne Aubert Bonn). Developed for personal web and paper work.
  • Théorie (2014, Alexandre Saumier Demers and Étienne Aubert Bonn). A techno stencil typeface commissioned by UQAM's Bureau de Design for the Bâtisseurs of the science faculty award.
  • Lewis (2014, Alexandre Saumier Demers). A font system for typesetting mathematics in TeX, developed at KABK.
  • Alphonse (2014, Alexandre Saumier Demers). An elegant garalde custom text typeface.
  • Nurraq (2013, Étienne Aubert Bonn). Developed as a school project at KABK, Nurraq is a multi-script typeface system that matches a Latin serif text typeface with a Canadian aboriginal syllabics character set for the Inuktitut language.
  • Compass (2013, Étienne Aubert Bonn). A revival based on the early drawings of Monotype Plantin series 110 by Frank Hinman Pierpont and Fritz Stelzer.
  • MLS Soccer (2012). A handcrafted custom typeface by Alexandre Saumier Demers and Étienne Aubert Bonn, commissioned by Sid Lee.
  • Radio Canada (2017). A custom corporate humanist sans typeface for the French TV network in Quebec, co-designed by Charls Daoud and Alexandre Saumier-Demers of Coppers and Brasses. Google Fonts link. Github link.
  • Mortier (2021): A typeface inspired by old hand-painted advertisements on brick walls---many of which still exist as ghost signs in cities across the world. This unique style of lettering was influenced by precomputer techniques wherein sign painters would use the brick wall on which they were painting as a reference for laying out their text.

Alexandre spends most of his time since 2016 working on variable font projects for The Type Network (ex-Font Font Bureau). Home page of Alexandre Saumier Demers. Behance link for Coppers and Brasses. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Corradine Fonts
[Manuel Eduardo Corradine]

Manuel Eduardo Corradine Mora was born in Bogotá in 1973. He graduated from the School of Graphic Design of the National University of Colombia in 1996, and became a graphic designer. He started by custom-designing fonts and by making typefaces for his own company, Casa Papelera El Cedro (The Cedar Papermaking House), for printing invitation cards. With other designers like Carlos Fabián Camargo, John Vargas and César Puertas he formed Tipográfico in 2007 to strengthen the type discipline in Colombia. Corradine Fonts is Manuel Corradine's own foundry in Bogotá, Colombia, founded in 2006. Today, he is one of Colombia's principal type designers. He also teaches at Universidad Piloto de Colombia in Bogota.

Fonts from 2007: Kidwriting (a family which includes Kidwriting Dingbats 1 and 2), Garabata (a fantastic handwriting face), Garabata Dingbats, Hexagona Digital, Quadrat (grunge), Quadrat Old (grunge), Quadrat Dirty (grunge), Quadrat Broken, Quadrat Ugly, Neogot (experimental, 8 styles).

Fonts from 2008: Mucura (handwriting), Prissa (handwriting), Salpicon (a script), Cuento Serif (a bouncy hand-printed family), Memoria (brush script), Charco, Happy Day (comic book family with Happy Day Dingbats), Espectro (a swinging script with swashes and a Dingbats style), Furia (handwriting), Candelaria (based on house signs in the La Candelaria neighborhood of Bogotá), Old Village (1600's style), Old Village Ornaments, Rapidda (a successful simulation of quick handwriting), Hueca (an outline children's script), Antigua (an old swashbuckler family), Colegial (a great-looking hand script), Pincel (a fantastic paint brush family with accompanying splatter dingbats), Trazo (Corradine's handwriting), Arcos (a techno family), Caveman (a primitive stone-look type family), Rumba (two styles; an elegant flowing brush script), Parche (graffiti family), Elegance Monoline (a greeting card script typeface that won an award at Tipos Latinos 2008), Abuelito (script).

Fonts from 2009: Helga (flowing script), Mussica (+Swash, +Antiqued: a delicate Victorian typeface; followed in 2017 by Mussica Italic), Guarapo (hand-printed), Toxic (futuristic stencil), Emotion (comic book face), Bloque 3D, Rock and Cola, Betco's Hand, Telefante (comic book family), Nancy's Hand (more comic book hand-printing), Alambre (multiline/paperclip), Sensual (calligraphic hand), Zape (in the style of Tekton), Antrax Tech (grunge), Masato (handwriting), Hu Kou (oriental simulation).

Fonts fgrom 2010: Miel (a curly script), Oferta (a signage script), Corradine Handwriting (and Corradine Handwriting Italic, 2015), Alberto (connected hand), Changua (hand-printed).

Fonts from 2011: Plebeya (2011, connected hand), Mimi's Hand Connected, Legendaria (an extensive connected calligraphic family).

Fonts from 2012: Tecna (a techno family co-designed with Sergio Ramirez), Neuron (a fantastic 16-style rounded elliptical sans family created together with Sergio Ramirez), Bucanera Soft (blackletter), Bucanera Antiqued (grungy blackletter), Official (a simple monoline sans family), Almibar (a connected calligraphic Spencerian script), Eterea (a roman all-caps family), Eterea LC (the lower case set), Canciller (an italic roman, done with Sergio Ramirez), Quarzo (2012, a formal copperplate script done with Sergio Ramirez).

Typefaces from 2013: Neuron Angled (still with Sergio Ramirez), Alianza Slab (a great-looking slab family), Alianza Italic and Alianza Script (a packaging font), all made jointly by Manuel Eduardo Corradine and Sergio Ramirez.

Typefaces from 2014: Whisky (a large blackletter family with inlines and fills for layering co-designed with Sergio Ramirez; related to German expressionism, it won an award at Tipos Latinos 2016), Whisky Italics, Beauty Script (with Juan Sebastian Rincon), Emblema and Emblema Headline (tall-legged art deco sans family by Duvan Cardenas), Wild Pen (a 1200-glyph set of typefaces that can be used to simulate handwriting thanks to smart replacements in Opentype), Sinffonia (a thin informal typeface with oodles of choices for swashes).

Typefaces from 2015: Be Creative (a vintage display typeface), Typnic (a varied handcrafted layered and script typeface family; rhymes with picnic), Typnic Headline Slab.

Typefaces from 2016: Naugles (thick display face based on the Naugles logo), Scrans (a modern signage script), Bloque (heavy slab family), Bloque Italic.

Typefaces from 2017: Cristal (layered, triangulated and beveled font family, including exquisite Cristal Dingbats and Cristal Frames), Almibar Pro (connected calligraphic script).

Typefaces from 2018: Tierra Script, Pueblito (rustic style).

Typefaces from 2019: Austera Text (a comfortable workhorse serif).

Typefaces from 2020: Kidwriting Pro.

Klingspor link. Behance link. Creative Market link. MyFonts link. Fontspring link. Font Squirrel link.

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Cory Say

Garland, TX-based of the signage font Wingman (2015) for a rebranding of Pizza Hut's WingStreet. Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini

Born in Firenze in 1969. Cofounder with Francesco Canovaro and Debora Manetti of the Italian design firm in Firenze called Studio Kmzero. He co-designed some typefaces there such as Arsenale White (2009). In 2002, Pancini developed Targa, TargaMS and TargaMSHand (for comic books?), basing his design on the peculiar sans serif monospace typeface with slightly rounded corners and a geometric, condensed skeleton that Italy had been using for its license plates. In 2022, Francesco Canovaro redesigned this font into a versatile multi-weight typeface, Targa Pro, which includes Targa Pro Mono (which keeps the original monospace widths), Targa Pro Roman (with proportional widths), both in five weights plus italics, the handmade version Targa Hand, and Targa Pro Stencil.

The handwriting of Lord Byron led Pancini to develop the brush script typeface Byron (2013, Zetafonts).

MyFonts credits him with the rounded avant garde sans family Antipasto (2007), but elswhere we read that this typeface is made by Matteo di Iorio, so there is some confusion. It was extended in 2017 by Pancini as Antipasto Pro.

In 2014, Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini and Francesco Canovaro co-designed Amazing Grotesk (+Ultra). He also designed the calm bold geometric rounded sans typeface Cocogoose (2014; replaced by Cocogoose Pro in 2017) and the stylish deco font Offensive Behaviour. Cocogoose Letterpress is free. Cocogoose is part of the Coco Gothic family, a collection of twelve typefaces each inspired by the fashion mood of every decade of last century, named after fashion icon Coco Chanel. Cocogoose is Coco Gothic for the 1940s. See also Coco Gothic Pro (2021).

In 2015, Pancini published the grand family Coco Gothic. This Latin / Greek / Cyrillic typeface family features a small x-height and sligghtly rounded corners to make the avant garde and geometric sans typefaces in vogue in the 1970s come alive again, ready for 21st century fashion magazines. It comes with substyles that recreate many moods, including art nouveau and arts and crafts (Cocotte), Italian propaganda style and Italian deco (Cocosignum), hipster style (CocoBikeR), or Bauhaus (Cocomat). Coco Gothic was initially developed as a corporate font for Lucca Comics & Games Festival 2013. The rounded geometric sans family Cocomat (by Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini, Deborah Manetti and Francesco Canovaro) was inspired by the style of the twenties and the visions of Italian futurists like Fortunato Depero, Giacomo Balla and Antonio Sant'Elia. Updated in 2019 as Cocomat Pro.

Still in 2015, Cosimo and Zetafonts published the connected creamy baseball script Bulletto, the grungy handvetica Neue, and the calligraphic wedding typeface Hello Script. In 2015, at Zetafonts, Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini designed CocoBikeR (2015) to celebrate the hipster and bike cultures. CocoBikeR (for Latin, Greek and Cyrillic) is part of the successful Coco Gothic typeface family. In 2017, Pancini designed the 1930s Italian art deco typeface families Cocosignum Maiuscoletto and Cocosignum Corsivo Italico. In 2021, he published the 48-style (+variable) font family Coco Gothic Pro. This is a redrawn and expanded set of fonts: Inspired by a biography of Coco Chanel and trying to capture the quintessential mood of classical fashion elegance, Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini designed Coco Gothic looking for the effect that the first geometric sans typefaces (like Futura, Kabel or the italian eponyms like Semplicita) had when printed on paper. The crisp modernist shapes acquired in printing charme and warmth through a slight rounding of the corners that is translated digitally in the design of Coco Gothic. [...] A distinguishing feature of Coco Gothic Pro is the inclusion of ten alternate historical sets that allow you to use the typeface as a true typographic time machine, selecting period letterforms that range from art deco and nouveau, to modernism and to eighties' minimalism. Equipped with such an array of historical variants, Coco Gothic Pro becomes an encyclopedia of styles from the last century. There is also attention to Darkmode and there is coverage of Cyrillic and Greek.

Typefaces from 2016: Adlery (a curly brush script), Kitten (Fat, Swash, Swash Monoline, Slant, Bold: signage script family), Adlibitum (a blackletter typeface by Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini and Francesco Canovaro), Morbodoni (a display didone by Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini and Francesco Canovaro).

In 2016, Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini, Andrea Tartarelli, Giulia Ursenna Dorati and Andrea Gaspari co-designed the 1940s vintage brush script typeface Banana Yeti, which is based on an example by Ross George shown in George's Speedball 1947 Textbook Manual. The Zetafonts team extended the original design to six styles and multilingual coverage. The ExtraBold is free. Still in 2016, Pancini designed Calligraphunk, an experimental typeface that mimicks polyrythmic calligraphy, by alternating two sets of lowercase letters to emulate handwriting.

In 2016, Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini, Matteo Chiti, Luca Chiti and Andrea Tartarelli co-designed the retro connected brush script font family Advertising Script, which is based on an example from Ross George's Speedball 1947 Textbook Manual.

Beatrix Antiqua (2016, by Francesco Canovaro, Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini and Andrea Tartarelli). This humanist sans-serif typeface is part of the Beatrix family (Beatrix Nova, etc.) that takes its inspiration from the classic Roman monumental capital model. Its capitals are directly derived from the stone carvings in Florence's Santa Croce Cathedral. Beatrix keeps a subtle lapidary swelling at the terminals suggesting a glyphic serif, similar to Hermann Zapf's treatment in Optima.

Amazing Grotesk (2016) is based on a logo designed by Francesco Canovaro.

Studio Gothic (2017, by Francesco Canovaro, Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini and Andrea Tartarelli) is an 8-style geometric sans family based on Alessandro Butti's geometric sans classic, Semplicita.

Hello Script and Hello Sans can be used for layering and coloring. The Christmas-themed version is Hello Christmas.

Pancini designed the 64-strong typeface family Body Grotesque and Body Text in 2017-2018, together with Andrea Tartarelli. It was conceived as a contemporary alternative to modernist super-families like Univers or Helvetica.

In 2017, Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini and Andrea Tartarelli co-designed the sans typeface family Kabrio, which gives users four different corner treatment options.

Anaphora (2018). Anaphora is a contemporary serif typeface designed by Francesco Canovaro (roman), Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini (italic) and Andrea Tartarelli. It features a wedge serif design with nine weights from thin to heavy. Its wide counters and low x-height make it pleasant and readable at text sizes while the uncommon shapes make it strong and recognizable when used in display size. Anaphora covers Latin, Greek and Cyrillic.

Canovaro's Arista served as a basis for the 29-style monolinear rounded sans typeface family Aristotelica (2018) by Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini and Andrea Tartarelli. See also Aristotelica Pro (2020).

In 2018, he designed the italics for Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini's Domotika typeface family. Between 2018 and 2021, Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini and Andrea Tartarelli developed the 8-weight humanist sans typeface Domotika for Latin, Cyrillic and Greek, further into the 18-style Domotika Pro (2021).

In 2018, he published Radcliffe, with Andrea Tartarelli, a Clarendon revival with Text and Casual subfamilies. Radcliffe (a Clarendon revival by Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini and Andrea Tartarelli), and added the layerable condensed Cocogoose Narrows to the Cocogoose family. Codec (2018) by Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini, Francesco Canovaro and Andrea Tartarelli is a geometric sans typeface family in which all terminal cuts are horiontal or vertical. See also Codec Pro (2019).

His Double Bass (2018) is a jazzy 4-style typeface family that pays tribute to Saul Bass's iconic hand lettering for Otto Preminger's The Man with the Golden Arm film title sequence and other movies, Bass's vibrating, almost brutal cut-out aestethics, and the cartoonish lettering and jazzy graphics of the fifties.

In 2018, he published the sharp wedge serif typeface Blacker to pay homage to the 1970s. In 2019, that was followed by Blacker Pro (Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini and Andrea Tartarelli, who write: Blacker Pro is the revised and extended version of the original wedge serif type family designed by Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini and Andrea Tartarelli in 2017. Blacker was developed as a take on the style that Jeremiah Shoaf has defined as the "evil serif" genre: typefaces with high contrast, oldstyle or modern serif proportions and sharp, blade-like triangular serifs). Still in 2018, he designed the swooping polyrhythmic calligraphic typeface Calligraphunk.

In 2018, Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini and Andrea Tartarelli designed Holden, a very Latin cursive sans typeface with pointed brush aesthetics and fluid rhythmic lines.

In 2019, Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini, Francesco Canovaro and Andrea Tartarelli published the monolinear geometric rounded corner amputated "e" sans typeface family Cocogoose Classic, the sans family Aquawax Pro, and the condensed rounded monoline techno sans typeface family Iconic.

In 2019, Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini, Andrea Tartarelli and Maria Chiara Fantini at Zetafonts published a slightly calligraphic Elzevir typeface, Lovelace.

In 2019, the lapidary typeface family Beatrix Antiqua (Francesco Canovaro) was reworked by Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini together with Andrea Tartarelli and Maria Chiara Fantini into a 50-style type system called Monterchi that includes Text, Serif and Sans subfamilies. Monterchi is a custom font for an identity project for a famous fresco in Monterchi, developed under the art directorship of Riccardo Falcinelli.

Tarif (2019) is a typeface family inspired by the multicultural utopia of convivencia---the peaceful coexistence of Muslims, Christians and Jews in tenth century Andalusia that played an important role in bringing to Europe the classics of Greek philosophy, together with Muslim culture and aesthetics. It is a slab serif typeface with a humanist skeleton and inverted contrast, subtly mixing Latin zest, calligraphic details, extreme inktraps, and postmodern unorthodox reinvention of traditional grotesque letter shapes. The exuberant design, perfect for titling, logo and display use, is complemented by a wide range of seven weights allowing for solid editorial use and great readability in body text. Matching italics have been designed with the help of Maria Chiara Fantini and Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini, while Rania Azmi has collaborated on the design of the arabic version of Tarif, where the humanist shapes and inverted contrast of the Latin letters find a natural connection with modern arabic letterforms.

Late in 2019, Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini released the fun typeface family Hagrid at Zetafonts, which writes: Crypto-typography---the passion for unknown, weird and unusual character shapes---is a disease commonly affecting type designers. Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini has celebrated it in this typeface family, aptly named Hagrid after the half-blood giant with a passion for cryptozoology described by R. K. Rowling in her Harry Potter books. Extreme optical corrections, calligraphic counter-spaces, inverted contrast, over-the-top overshoots: all the inventions that abound in vernacular and experimental typography have been lovingly collected in this mongrel sans serif family, carefully balancing quirky solutions and solid grotesque design.

In 2020, Pancini released Stinger (2020, a 42-style reverse contrast family by Francesco Canovaro, Cosimo Pancini, Andrea Tartarelli and Maria Chiara Fantini) and Boring Sans (a typeface family designed along two variable axis: weight and weirdness). As part of the free font set Quarantype (2020), Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini designed Quarantype Embrace, Quarantype Hangout, Quarantype Hopscotch, Quarantype Joyride, Quarantype Sackrace, and Quarantype Uplift (with Maria Chiara Fantini).

In 2020, Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini and Mario De Libero revived Nebiolo's Carioli (1928) as Cairoli Classic and Cairoli Now at Italian Type / Zetafonts. They extended the original weight and width range and developing both a faithful Classic version and a Now variant. The Cairoli Classic family keeps the original low x-height range, very display-oriented, and normalizes the design while emphasizing the original peculiarities like the hook cuts in curved letters, the high-waisted uppercase R and the squared ovals of the letterforms. Cairoli Now is developed with an higher x-height, more suited for text and digital use, and adds to the original design deeper inktraps and round punctuation, while slightly correcting the curves for a more contemporary look. Cairoli Variable has a weight and width axis.

In 2020, Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini and Mariachiara Fantini---with the help of Solenn Bordeau---released Erotique at Zetafonts. Erotique evolved from Lovelace, an earlier Zetafonts typeface. Zetafonts describe this evil serif as follows: it challenges its romantic curves with the glitchy and fluid aestethic of transmodern neo-brutalist typography. Late in 2020, they added Erotique Sans, the sans version of Erotique, also designed by Cosimo Pancini and Maria Chiara Fantini.

Late in 2020, he co-designed the 46-style font family Eastman Grotesque together with Francesco Canovaro and Andrea Tartarelli. This monolinear sans with a tall x-height comprises an interesting Eastman Grotesque Alternate subfamily with daring and in-your-face glyphs. The typeface evolved from Zetafonts' earlier Bauhaus-inspired typeface Eastman (2020). Later fonts in this family include Eastman Condensed (2021, by Francesco Canovaro, Cosimo Pancini and Andrea Tartarelli).

In 2020, Cosimo Pancini, Andrea Tartarelli and Mario De Libero drew the 60-style Cocogoose Pro Narrows family, which features many compressed typefaces as well as grungy letterpress versions.

Sunshine Pro (2020, Zetafonts) was designed by Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini and Solenn Bordeau expanding the original Sunshine design by Francesco Canovaro, part of the Quarantype collection (2020), which in turn was designed as a typeface for good vibes against Covid-19. Sunshine Pro is an experimental Clarendon-style font with variable contrast along the weight axis---contrast is reversed in light weight, minimized in the regular weight and peaks in the bold and heavy weights.

Coco Sharp (2021) is a 62-style sans feast, with two variable fonts with variable x-height, by Francesco Canovaro, Cosimo Pancini and Andrea Tartarelli.

Co-designer of Heading Now (2021), a 160-strong titling font (+2 variable fonts) by Francesco Canovaro, Cosimo Pancini, Andrea Tartarelli and Mario De Libero that provides an enormous range of widths.

Keratine (2021, Cosimo Pancini, Andrea Tartarelli and Mario De Libero). A German expressionist typeface that exists in a space between these two traditions, mixing the proportions of humanistic typefaces with the strong slabs and fractured handwriting of blackletter calligraphy. Pancini, its main designer, writes that it explores the impossible territory between antiqua and blackletter.

Geppetto (2021) is a frivolous Tuscan font that started out as a revival of a condensed Tuscan wood type family appearing in the 1903 Tubbs Wood Type catalog and which was probably derived from an 1859 typeface by William Hamilton Page. Pancini built a variable font on top of it and calls it a font for fake news.

In 2021, Pancini added Coco Tardis as a variable font with a time travel slider to the Coco Gothic family.

Millard Grotesque (2021) is a true "grot" in the Akzidenz Grotesque sense of the word. This typeface family was designed by Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini and Andrea Tartarelli.

Pancini's Descript (2021) is a variable script font with two axes, slant and speed of writing.

Milligram (2021) is a very tightly set grot by Cosimo Pancini and Andrea Tartarelli. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Cotbada Studio
[Nicolas Isfani]

Bireuen, Indonesia-based designer of the swashy script typefaces Restafi Script, Marchelina Script, Malika and Agus, the signage script Aqlima, Angelines, and the curly Ragetti Script in 2017.

Typefaces from 2018: Sofiebestin, Gallisia Design Script, Jodie Badiston Script (a signature font), Crolinesy Daggaes Script, Chalifor Dalsatic (an SVG script), Mottingham Script, Mathanifo Script, Dhanikans Signature, Sophier Rotties.

Typefaces from 2019: Julie Brious, Rollgates (monoline sans), Rollgates Luxury, Rollgates Victoria, Rollgates Fabulous, Bernitha, Angelica Berkeley (script), Cartines Script, Betharia Script, Mark Rasford (a signature font), Young Love, Sanger, Proper Lady, Mexabetto, Happy Monday, Genjutsu (a comic book font), Gasttula, Funbold, Deep Feeling, De Califortia, Blongoc Script, Kaget Botalies Script, Romans Rexamples (font duo), The Blagious Bold Script, The Bextrias Script, Alessa Beilaire (a calligraphic signature font).

Typefaces from 2020: Gabrielly (Regular, Script: for fashion mag applications).

Typefaces from 2021: Streamline Moderne (a vintage display typeface), Yipes (a display sans). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Crack-A-Jack Studios
[David Jackson]

Crack-A-Jack Studios is located in North Balwyn, Victoria, Australia, and run by David Jackson. Fonts subpage. Fonts came in packages such as the signage font pack Signer Can'O Fonts: Signer (Brush, Casual, Fancy, Latin, Italic, Sans, Serif, Script, Text, Title). He also has tattoo fonts such as Tattoo Black, Tattoo Regular, Tattoo Thin, Tattoo Gothic. The free Lemon Chicken font (2000) has some late art nouveau frivolity in it. Check also Yenotten.

Fontsquirrel link. Klingspor link. Fontspace link. Another Fontspace link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Craft Graphic (was: Thrift and Thistle)
[Matt Hull]

British free font foundry located in London run by Matt Hull (or Matt Rowan), a graphic designer, web designer and illustrator based in Surrey, UK. Behance link. Creative Market link, where Matt started selling his fonts. Matt's typefaces:

  • Acquaintance is a free rounded hand-drawn display typeface that is best used for headlines.
  • Acta (2019). A weathered label font.
  • Albium (2019). A rounded sans.
  • Aneto (2019). A rounded sans.
  • Baird Sketch Serif (2019).
  • Cavalcade is a free hand-drawn 3d face.
  • Crotched (2012).
  • Delineate is a free handwriting face.
  • Exesa (2019).
  • Flumen (2019).
  • Gaunt is a free uppercase variable-width poster face.
  • Griffonage is a free uppercase chalk/pencil/crayon typeface for a scribble or scrawl style. See also Griffon (2019).
  • Incision (2012). A paper cut out typeface.
  • Jabre (2019). A condensed sans.
  • Ottavia (2019). A simple sans.
  • Meander. Hand-printed.
  • Perplex is a heavy ink script face.
  • Piav (2019). An open single stroke sans.
  • Polpo (2019). Hand-crafted.
  • Quercia (2019). A contemporary slab serif.
  • Sampler (2012). An ornamental caps typeface based upon an original needlework sampler pattern.
  • Selva (2019).
  • Signe (2019). A condensed display typeface.
  • Viscid (2012). A brush face.
  • Winchester (2019). A script typeface.
  • Typefaces from 2013: Franq (poster typeface), Densen, Chroma (a sign painters' font), Mulligan (a hand-drawn Western / Victorian typeface).
  • Typefaces from 2014: Heiter, Viscount (Western typeface).
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Craft Supply
[Nazzar Saputra]

Kediri, Indonesia-based designer of the monoline script and sans typeface Quetty (2017), the rhythmic script font Quitman (2017), the geometric sans typeface Francy (2017), the signage script font Danilla (2017), the all caps sans typeface family Stockport (2017), Stockport Rounded (2017) and the great creamy super-heavy signage script typeface Kidding Script (2017).

Typefaces from 2018: Rustelyn (script), Sweet Buttermilk (Script, Sans), Lucylane (a monoline script), Blusty Script, Riffle (a skyline typeface), Melvis, Deluce (a luxury serif), Dutchy, Aguero (a luxury serif font), Finland, Finland Rounded (rounded monoline sans), Coldiac (an all caps luxury serif), Tigreal (a vintage slab serif), Road Race, Road Race Extra, Logam (sans), Houston Sports (spurred), Studly (a layered font), Morning Gold, Houston Italic, Comodo (sans), Rainly (brush SVG), Offlander (condensed sans), Offlander Rough (free), Salvalyn, Bafora (dry brush SVG font), the sans typeface Bondie Condensed, Bondie Extrude, Troye Serif (display didone), Troye Sans, Troye Script, Boardley Script (layerable retro signage font), Rotterin (a free signage script), Giveny (caps only fashion serif), CS Mulan (Victorian), Pastelyn, Belgium (a distinguished all caps sans), Finland (sans), Rickies (brush), Bravely, Houston (a semi-octagonal font by Wahyu Hadi Yuana), Pommel (a free script by Wahyu Hadi Yuana), Prestage (condensed all caps sans), Prestage Outline, Lovelyn (display serif), Espoir (a Peignotian font by Wahyu Hadi Yuana and Nazzar Saputra), Espoir Serif, CS Juicy (a color font), Retrocycles (monoline display sans), Fadelyn (script and sans), CS Gordon, CS Harley (sans), CS Maria, CS Nancy (sketched), CS Rocky, CS Roger, CS Rosalia, CS Sandreas.

Typefaces from 2019: Giroud (a free copperplate font), Cattus, Rovey, Vendeur, Colbiac, Angelic Bonques Script, Angelic Bonques Sans (a formal sans), Railly (dry brush), Gold Coast (vintage, all caps), Gold Coast Rough, Souther (brush script), Passtyn (Script, Sans), Larissa, Duskey (a weathered vintage typeface by Wahyu Hadi Yuana and Trio Nazzar Saputra), Rolves, Kitten Days, Jadyn Maria (signature script), Betty Rose, Fenord (a heavy sans), Adelya, Groce, Qualey, CS Nancy Inline, Manyland, Marques (wedge serif), Jocker (a vintage layered spurred typeface family), Nordin (sans), Masitha (script), Croco (Peignotian sans).

Typefaces from 2020: Marques Vintage, Monocole (all caps sans), Mondeur, Espano (all caps, serif), Celine Peach (Sans, Script), Marlyn.

Typefaces from 2022: Funkley (funky and psychedelic). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Creativework Studio (was: Creativework69 Studio)
[Daddi Daryawan]

Bandung, Indonesia-based designer, b. 1969, of Skatter (2018: signage script), Indonesian (2018), The Beach Boy (2018), Bali Paradiso (2018), Betterday Calligraphic (2018) and Hartford (2018).

Typefaces from 2019: Playground, Bellaviesta (script).

Typefaces from 2020: Cheese Roll (a layerable comic book typeface), Freezone, Crunchy Croissant, Spooky Monster, Caramel Candy, Sketcher, The Centurion (a decorative blackletter), The King Of Romance (a rabbit ear script), Chicken Sticks (a fat finger font), Caramel Candy, Brigitte Eigner (a signature script), Black Eagle (a dry brush script), Chicken Soup, Homelike (an oily bubble or balloon font), Khalifah (Arabic emulation), Blackboard, Grandes (a fat script), Enchantee, Alessandra, Mellodious (a monoline script), Monkey+Banana, Mister Clown, Maheswari (a wild script) Blessing (script), Deathblood (brush).

Typefaces from 2021: Blacksign (a dry brush script), Black Eagle (a dry brush script), Brigitte Eigner (a signature script), Caramel Candy (a creamy scrapbook script), Chicken Sticks, The Centurion (a frivolous decorative blackletter), The King Of Romance (a rabbit ear script), Grandes (a heavy retro signage script), Mister Clown (a children's book font), Enchantee. Creative Fabrica link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Creatype Studio (or: Taro Creatype, Crella Marketplace, Rahardi Creatype)
[Mohamad Rian Rahardi]

Depok and/or Bangka Belitung, Indonesia-based designer (b. 1979) of these script typefaces in 2018: Guthenberg (signage script), Rampage Monoline, Chicago Script (baseball script), Entreaty (signage script), Striped King, Rathyland, Banshee (brush script), Aksana (brush script), Just Signature, Granite (brush), Wakanda, Halimun (signature font), Jacklyn (signature font), Winchester (signature font), Jelytta, Bulgatti, Southampton, Little Jack.

Typefaces from 2019: Barcetto, Butterly, Huttely, Qrownly, Questa White (a monoline script), Oklahoma, Guthenberg Bold, Estylle Madison, Thankfully, Mistrully, Sophia Christie, Attemptyon, Maghody, White Angelica, Gilligan Shutter (monoline script), Ballystic, After Sunset, Barcelony, Brittany Signature, Cervanttis, Clattering, Estrela, Endestry, Guttenbay, Hello Santtiny, Herdrock (brush style), Hey Lucky, Kasting Script, Billystuck, Porcelain, The Gwathmey.

Typefaces from 2020: Death Rock (dry brush), Gwyneth, Kamilya, Kids Now, Lemony, Mandaly, Mossley, Ondyne, Wildrock, Hello Sunny, Hurtley, Magnolia, Myrwala, Priscyla, Rockys, Skulrock, Summer Beach, Yearbook, Montrelo (a rounded interlocking sans), Kingstyle, Starshy, Kastyle, Scarletty, Thransty, Quinttor, Breaker The Brush, Jattayu, Lazy Jumps (dry brush), Besties Matthew, Gesthyla, Ganttlets (dry brush), Estelly, Oklahoma, Blastyes, Stadella, Twister, Gistesy, Broadway (art deco), Brittanya Goldenite, Monttrela, Estrela (a rabbit ear script), Alesandra, Eleanor, Evangeline, Masticusy, Sydhartta, Jumps Steady, Bandage Kroasty, Hanastly, Retylle Solyta, Rampage Monoline, Estylle Madison, Halmahera, Hypebeast (spurred, caps), Whisholder (spurred, caps), Cristabella, Mallorie, Baquette, Crocky, Gadroons, Halymoon, Magdalyn, Raysha.

Typefaces from 2021: Agatha Christy, Anastasya (a monoline script), Antipathy Stamp, Anttelope, Aquawave, Attena (calligraphic), Aurelye, Babyque, Ballantik, Barcelona, Barthony, Bedtime Story, Bellagio Chic, Black Diamond, Brandon Matthews, Brittany, Broadway, Brokllyng, Broster (a weathered vintage slab serif), Brotherhood Brush, Brownies, Bryan Kimberly, Bucherry, Cherly Blossom, Connecticut, Coutline (stencil), Creamy, Cristabella, Dellyssion, Doodleland, Dorothy, Edward, Elisabeth, Endless Loveness, Enternal, Enternity, Essperanza, Eugellyca, Fioretta, Franchisca, Fruiti Juicy (a cut-out typeface), Gading Retro (a retro signage script), Garry Shelby, Gaston & Jacklyn, Gebrush, Ghostily Spooky, Gisella Anistasy, Goldisyle, Gorock, Graffity, Hamston, Hancoke Adventure, Hardbeat, Hattrick, Hello Sunny, Helloo Gladiattor, Heredittary, Hurtley, Jabottabeck, Jealousy, Jordan Dunk (script), Judthing, Juliette, Junkies, Kalemanja (Greek emulation), Kalistra (a bold monoline sans), Kallisoka (a display serif), Karllina, Kattalyna, Kidos Park, Kidstation, Kingstyle, Klassik Style (a retro signage script), Komika (a cartoon font), Komsiyochi (a signature script), Kulldesak, Lamorry, Layttona, Lazzy Dog, Little Queen, Lord of Scotland, Mackyloo, Magnifyco, Magnolia, Mallorie, Manchester Signature, Marleigh (a chunky display serif in the Windsor genre), Megaloman, Misrelly, Moanster, Modest (stencil), Monstera, Montrelo, Moonview, Myrwala, Peachy, Priscilla, Priscyla, Quickly Sustain, Quinlliyk, Rattiar, Rontrelan, Rowytta, Rustty, Sabertooth (a dry brush font), Sachssy, Sacramento, Samanthy, Scratchy, Shutterland, Skulrock, Sophiaticha Handwritten, Southwell, Sticky, Sugena Rawuh (a monoline script)m Summer Beach, The Brands Quest, The Brown Fox Stylish Marker, The Quest, The Rocky, Therhog, Tropikana, Vegawanty, Vinttadge, Western Wildler, Westlynn, When Modern Meet Vintage, Wintter, Wyaletta, Wyattiky, Wyattruly (calligraphic script), Gwyneth, Death Rock (a dry brush font), Yearbook, Rockys, Ondyne, Mossley, Lemony, Kids Now, Wildrock, Mandaly, Kamilya, Hanessy, Crocky, Raysha, Magdalyn, Halymoon, Gadroons, Baquette, Searghy, Marlyne, Grunge!, Bryshty, Jacklyn Blands, Sunquish.

Typefaces from 2022: Brittany Signature. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

CRR TNN
[Antonio Cerri]

Antonio Cerri (b. 1972, Catania, Italy) freelances in web, graphic and motion design from San Giovanni La Punta, Sicily. He created some typefaces in 2010, such as the futuristic CRR NTN (+Outline).

In 2011, he made Labyrinthus, a multilined all caps family: inspect each glyph and note that there is one point of entrance and one exit. Still in 2011, the decorative family Atlantide and the futuristic all caps typeface Silver Chisel appeared.

In 2012, he designed the techno family Steel.

Typefaces from 2013: Firebird (techno, automotive, speed font family).

In 2014, he made Luna Crescente, a layered multicolor 3d typeface.

Typefaces from 2016: Xandra (script), Xova (a 5-layer techno/logo font), Xova Rounded, Maria Script (heavy signage script).

Typefaces from 2020: Bilya Layered, Xova Layered, Labyrinthus Rounded.

Typefaces from 2021: Astralys (futuristic caps), Labyrinthus Pro (labyrinthine).

View Antonio Cerri's typefaces. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Cruz Fonts
[Ray Cruz]

Cruz Fonts was established in Oakland, NJ, in 2004 by Ray Cruz, who has been a designer of custom lettering and custom typefaces to major ad agencies, publishers and corporate clients in the New York City area for almost 30 years. He has created many display typefaces for Agfa/Monotype, Bitstream, Phil's Fonts and Garage Fonts. Presently Ray Cruz is working as Type Director at Y&R NY, and is an adjunct professor at FIT and Kean University teaching type design. Bio at Garagefonts.

His oeuvre:

Bio at Garagefonts. P22 link. FontShop link. PDF catalog.

View Ray Cruz's typefaces. Klingspor link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Cucu Supriyadi
[Seventh Imperium]

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Cultivated Mind
[Cindy Kinash]

Cindy Kinash is an apparel graphic designer from Canada. She started the Cultivated Mind foundry in 2012, and made a reputation as a script font designer. She published the hand-printed poster typefaces Amour (2012), Happy Cloud (2012), Have a nice day (2012, +Ornaments), Gionni (2012), Dreamy Hand (2012), Taluhla (2012) and Hello I Like You (2012). Requiem (2012) is grungy.

Cocobella (2012) is a delightful Treefrog-style connected brush script. Luella (2012) is a vintage poster font family. It includes several typefaces with ornaments.

Typefaces from 2013: Pacific Northwest (hand-drawn poster typeface), Mimbie (+Kitschy Ornaments, +Spooky Ornaments, +Social Media Icons), Maisy.

Typefaces from 2014: Westcoast Letters, the curly typeface Veronia (2014, with Callie Hegstrom), Local Market (with Charles Gibbons), True North (with Charles Gibbons: a set of letterpress emulation and poster typefaces in all caps; +Extras), Ciao Bella (with Charles Gibbons: a hand-drawn copperplate script emulation with four lovely hand-drawn sets of floral ornaments), La Chic (sic) (a poster font family on a didone body, with several sets of frilly frames), Pacific Northwest Letters, Pacifc Northwest Labels, Azaelia (hand-painted; comes with a dingbat font that has handmade frames, page dividers, ribbons and fancy flourishes).

Typefaces from 2015: Mulberry Script, Glamour Brush, True North Textures (letterpress emulation; with Charles Gibbons), Wanderlust (watercolor brush script), Wanderlust Collection (including Wanderlust Letters Pro, Decorative, Boho, Chic, Shine, Gold, Caps, and Ornaments).

Typefaces from 2016: Viva Beautiful, Garden Grown (brush script; +US B, +US C Caps), Local Brewery (vintage script). Local Brewery evolved in 2020 into Local Brewery Collection, and includes Icons, Extras, a monoline script and a tall all caps monolinear sans.

Typefaces from 2017: Northwoods (handcrafted sans).

Typefaces from 2018: Beauty Club (a script and a didone text family), City Streetwear, Beauty Style, Bushcraft (a geometric monoline script).

Typefaces from 2019: Garden Collection, Viva Beautiful Collection, Northwoods Rough, Eastville Square (signage script).

Creative Market link. YWFT link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Daddi Daryawan
[Creativework Studio (was: Creativework69 Studio)]

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Dai Foldes

Painter turned type designer in Baltimore, d. 2021. Creator of Velocipede Stencil (2011), an art deco typeface made for a bike shop in Baltimore. At Lost Type Coop, he published the humanist remaissance italic typeface Pigeon (2011) and the calligraphic script Cylburn (Lost Type): Cylburn is a semi-connected script, structurally based on Roundhand but written with a pointed brush and restrained tension that separate it from its traditional roots.

In 2014, he created the commercial signage typeface Globe Script, which was renamed Eubie Script (dedicated page). Eubie Script draws from the many lettering styles of Harry Knorr, an artist at Globe Poster for over 50 years.

In 2016, Dai Foldes and Laura Worthington designed the connected script typeface family Adorn Garland Smooth. Fairwater (2016), co-designed by Laura Worthington and Dai Foldes, has Script, Sans, and Serif subfamilies, as well as several sets of Ornaments. The Serif subfamily conjures up tattoo lettering, but also mathematical blackboard bold style and art deco. And still with Laura Worthington, Dai designed Renata (2016), a connected calligraphic script.

He started the Spencerian calligraphic typeface Kadabra, which was finished and released by his partner, Victoria Rushton, at Future Fonts in 2021, a few months after Dai's passing. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Daksina Type
[Deemak Daksina]

Bandung, Indonesia-based designer (b. 1998) of these script typefaces in 2019: Ramestone, Rossegenia (for signage), Steffany, Kottario, Attahost, Highnorth, Don Carlitto. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Damarkurung9 Studio
[Ardian Nuvianto]

Surabaya, Indonesia-based designer, b. 1992, of the script typefaces Honeymoon Avenue (2019), Northingtown (2018), Aleyna (2018) and Sunrise (2018).

Typefaces from 2019: Rockville Solid, Meredith (brush script), Catalunya, Manzein, Better Memories, Sweet Lemonade, Baillando, Magzwell.

Typefaces from 2020: Last Dream (a signage script), Broughton (a vintage script), Oranges Marmalaide, Sweet Lullaby, Maloney, Smooth Dahlia, Suntowns, Feelin Sweet (brush script), Daphne Haney.

Typefaces from 2021: Silkplum (a scrapbook script), Chasing Miracles (a supermarket script), Better Minds (script), Blantick Script.

Typefaces from 2022: Romantyc Paradise (a scrapbook script). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Damelev Studio (was: Logo Labs, Tanziladd, Rawi Project)
[Nyapa Tanzil]

Yogjakarta, Indonesia-based type foundry, est. 2016, whose designer is Nyapa Tanzil, who also used the alias Tanzil Adduha (b. 1991), who operated as Logo Labs before changing the name to Damelev Studio.

Their first typefaces include Fadillah (2016, brush script), Raya (2016, spurred Victorian style), and Cabe Brush (2016). Typefaces from 2017: Candelion, Audrey Script, Mentkent (monoline connected script), Jansky Script (signage brush font), Bandalaka Script (connected brush script).

In 2018, he designed Malbrock (or Malbrouck Script: a classic calligraphic penmanship script), Nayland Script, Avital (font duo), Windpeak Script, Andamar (Script, Serif), Montante (calligraphic), Adamantine, Caernarfon, Diandra (signature script) and Quinshawna.

Typefaces from 2019: Behofeel (a gorgeous crisp calligraphic script), Marmoreal (formal calligraphic), Munchen Script (script font), Chasmophile (a formal calligraphic script).

Typefaces from 2020: Daizen Script, Alqaisumah Script (formal calligraphy), Brandoneir Signature, Elika Gorica, Bornice (a decorative serif), Broger Display (hipster meets arabesque, The Herera (a baseball script), Roberston Display (intestinal style), Armies Display, Dalglish (a display serif with clean lines), Anaximander (a condensed swashy fashion mag wedge serif typeface), Herschel (font duo), Gorga, Fringland (calligraphic), Almerian (a monoline script), Milestone (a signage script).

Typefaces from 2021: Naguboty (art nouveau), Bayanaka, Noeran (a dashing display serif with exaggerated ink traps), Avaunt, Merson, Claude, Rokurou, Reinhart Script, Monfem, Gunsan Serif and Script (an art nouveau-inspired font duo), Northway (a dramatic bold display typeface), Ardmore Display (psychedelic). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Damien Aresta

Pleaseletmedesign is a duo of Belgian graphic designers comprising Pierre Smeets (b. 1981) and Damien Aresta (b. 1979). They set up their own graphic design studio in 2004 after graduating from Saint-Luc Higher School of Arts in Liège (Belgium) and spending almost a full year in ERG (Graphic Research School) in Brussels (Belgium). The projects of pleaseletmedesign range from graphic design, books, posters, identities and stationnery to exhibition design, signage, titles sequences, and website in cultural sectors as diverse as music, architecture, cinema and advertising clients. Toyota Belgium used a car to design the outlines of an upright script called iQ (2009). Free download. The font was made by Pleaseletmedesign. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Dan Cotton

Signpainter and letterer who worked for Hallmark in Kansas City, then in Denver, CO, and is now based in Boise, ID. In 2015, he was working on the signage typeface Krapp Jelveeto. In 2016, he published the soft rounded signage typeface Organic Cotton.

In 2017, he created the brush script typeface Shavano (+Rough). Behance link. Creative Market link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Daniel Adamko

Hungarian designer of HUN-DIN 1451 (2012). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Daniel Bak
[Art City]

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Daniel Cifuentes
[Cifonts]

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Daniel Hernandez
[Hernández Type (was: Estudio de diseño Calderón)]

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Daniel Petrino

Daniel Petrino (Birmingham, AL) created Moustache Script (retro signage font) in 2013.

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Daniel Utz

Daniel Utz lives in Stuttgart, Germany. Involved in corporate (graphic and type) and interactive design, he also teaches digital typography at the Hochschule für Gestaltung in Schwäbisch Gmünd. Designer of FF Netto (2008), a simple rounded sans family created for minimalist designs, signage, and pictograms. This was extended to FF Netto Icons UI in 2014. In 2023, FF Netto became simply Netto.

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Danilo Miguel

Marilia, Brazil-based designer (b. 1985) of the music score emulation typeface Musicografi (2013), the script typefaces Cursiva (2015) and Bico de Pena (2015), the outlined typeface Tubolacao (2015), and the handcrafted shaded typeface Riscada (2015, +Black).

Typefaces from 2016: Mikelis (connected upright script), Cartame (an urban vernacular signage brush typeface).

Typefaces from 2018: Handnilo.

Typefaces from 2019: Librasnilo (Brazilian sign language), Cordenilo (an angular vernacular typeface). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Darío Manuel Muhafara
[Tipo]

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Dathan Boardman
[Squid & Steve (or: Rocket Type)]

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Dave Correll

A graduate of Detroit Lakes Vocational Technical school, Dave has been making signs since 1983. He designs storefronts, dimensional signage, banners and logos at his Faribault, MN-based sign shop. His typefaces at Letterhead Fonts include Anna Banana (2004), LHF Basher (2004, brush style), Blacksmith, Brushwork, Coffee Shop, Divine (2007, blackletter), Flamingo Script, Lakeside, Marie Script (2006), Mister Muster, Mystery Font (2014, art nouveau), Orchard (2007), Packard Script, Piranha Script, Samster Script (2004, a signage face), Signkit Script, Signmaker, Spirit Script, and Stonecutter. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Dave Rowland
[Eclectotype (was: Schizotype)]

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David A. Occhino
[David Occhino Design (was: Treehouse Graphic Design)]

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David Adrian Smith

David Smith is a lettering and signage artist in Torquay, the city of Fawlty Towers, specializing in vintage and Victorian designs. In 2015, he designed the Victorian style typeface Mayer: This is the original font I created for the song titles for the Album Born and Raised by the American pop and blues rock musician, singer-songwriter, recording artist, and music producer John Mayer. Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

David Fleming Nalle
[Scriptorium (Ragnarok Press, Fontcraft)]

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David Jackson
[Crack-A-Jack Studios]

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David Kerkhoff
[Hanoded]

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David Occhino Design (was: Treehouse Graphic Design)
[David A. Occhino]

Treehouse Graphic Design was David Occhino's font outlet. It is now called David Occhino Design. The Treehouse collection specialized in Startrek, futuristic, Disney and Indiana Jones style fonts, but has widened lately. Most fonts are commercial, but there are a few free ones:

  • Exclusive Designs: Tangaroa (2009, tiki font), TradeWind, Nautilus, Graviton, Voyager, Cinema, Firefly, Forest, Emblem.
  • Signage typefaces: Craftsmen (2010), Craftsmen Ornaments (2010).
  • Movie Fonts: Safari (1996, based on the famous Indiana Jones movie logo created by Mike Salisbury and David Willardson; version 2 in 2011), Venture, Astro, Galax-E, Time Travel, Iron Hero, Knight, Blade, Aeronaut (1997, avant-garde).
  • Art Deco Fonts: Aeronaut (1997; Aeronaut 2.0 in 2011), Cinema, Pan-Pacific (2010: based on the classic 1940s lettering style that was used for the signage for the famous Pan-Pacific Auditorium).
  • Theme Park Fonts: Kingdom (1996, blackletter), Mansion, Encounter, World.
  • Sci-Fi Fonts: Astro SE, Basestar, Blade, Encounter, Galax-E, Graviton, Nautilus, Time Travel, Voyager.
  • Halloween Fonts: Hocus Pocus, Nautilus, Mansion 3.0 (1996-2009), MansionCryptBats (2009, free).
  • Education Fonts: School.
  • Free Fonts: Aurebesh (for Star Wars, 1997), Forbidden Eye, Tangaroa Glyphs (Hawaiian petroglyphs, 2009), World Symbols, Big Thunder Dingbats (2009: Western dingbats).
  • Western fonts: Big Thunder (2009).
  • Fonts I can no longer find: Aurebesh, DNealianArrows, DNealianGuides, DNealianRegular, Starspeeder, StarspeederUpright, Pyramid's Venture, Victorian Mansion.

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David Parr
[Fontwright Design]

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David Quay

British type and graphic designer (b. 1948, London) who graduated from Ravensbourne College of Art&Design in 1967, and after working as a graphic designer in London, founded Quay&Gray Lettering with Paul Gray in 1983. David Quay Design started in 1987, and finally, in 1990, he co-founded The Foundry with Freda Sack and Mike Daines in London. The Foundry also develops custom typefaces, marks and logotypes for companies inernationally these include a special typeface to be readable at very small sizes for Yellow pages, corporate fonts for BGplc (British Gas) NatWest Bank, and signage typefaces for both RailTrack in the UK and the Lisbon Metro system in Portugal. After Freda's death, he set up The Foundry Types with Stuart de Rozario. He taught typography and design at the Academie St. Joost, Hogeschool Brabant from 2001-2003. He taught part-time at IDEP in Barcelona, and lives and works in Amsterdam. In 2009, he started selling his fonts at MyFonts. He is also a designer at Retype in Den Haag, The Netherlands. His fonts, in chronological order:

  • Custom lettering and type for the Penthouse calendar.
  • 1983: Santa Fe (monoline script), Agincourt (1983, Letraset and ITC, blackletter), Blackmoor (1983, ITC, English-style blackletter).
  • 1984: Titus, Vegas.
  • 1985: Quay, Milano.
  • 1986: Bronx (brush script).
  • 1987: Bordeaux (a skyline font family, Letraset), Bordeaux Script.
  • 1988: Latino Elongated, Mekanik.
  • 1989: Aquinas, Robotik, Helicon (1989, Berthold).
  • 1990: Quay Sans (a humanist sans based on Syntax), Digitek, Teknik.
  • 1991: Letraset Arta.
  • 1992: Coptek, La Bamba, Lambada (1992, Victorian; Letraset), Scriptek (angular design, ITC).
  • 1993: Marguerita (curly vampire script).
  • 2010: Kade (Re-Type---it is a display/semi display sans family of fonts based on vernacular lettering photographed around the harbours of Amsterdam and Rotterdam).
  • 2011: Bath (2010-2011), a typeface developed with Ramiro Espinoza for the signage and orientation of the city of Bath. It comes in Bath Serif and Bath Sans versions.
  • Foundry Gridnik (2016, The Foundry). Influenced by Wim Crouwel's work: Foundry Gridnik was developed from the single weight monospaced typewriter face, originally created by Dutch designer Wim Crouwel in the 1960s.
  • Foundry Tiento (2020). A magnificent very Latin didone family with exquisite hairline ligatures.
  • Fernhout (2021). The prototypical kitchen tile typeface. Quay was inspired by an icomplete alphabet Wim Crouwel designed in 1963 for an exhibition poster font the Dutch painter Edgar Fernhout at the Van Abbemuseum.

List of his typefaces, or revivals, at MyFonts: Bordeaux (Elsner+Flake), Bronx (Elsner+Flake), Agincourt (ITC), Aquinas (ITC), Blackmoor (ITC), Bordeaux (ITC), Bronx (ITC), Coptek (ITC), Digitek (ITC), La Bamba (ITC), Lambada (ITC), Latino Elongated (ITC), Letraset Arta (ITC), Marguerita (ITC), Mekanik (ITC), Milano (ITC), ITC Quay Sans (ITC), Robotik (ITC), Santa Fe (ITC), Scriptek (ITC), Teknik (ITC), Vegas (ITC), Titus (Linotype), Kade (Re-Type), Metallic Sky (SoftMaker), Foundry Sans (The Foundry), VLNL Hollandsche Nieuwe (VetteLetters).

View David Quay's typefaces. Klingspor link. FontShop link. Linotype link. View David Quay's typefaces. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

David Vereschagin
[Quadrat Communications]

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David Waschbüsch
[Fontom Type]

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Davis Andi Pradana
[Ribeth Studio (or: Fonthana Studio)]

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DCO (or: dcoxy medina, or: Atelier Oxydes)
[Greg Médina]

DCO (or: dcoxy medina, or: Atelier Oxydes) is Greg Médina. Atelier Oxydès is located in St Maurice de Cazevieille, France. He specializes in very funny drawings. Creator of these typefaces in 2012: the fun figurine dingbat typefaces called Alien DCO and Warrior DCO, the hilarious typeface dingbat fonts Zombiz and Teubé, Bubbledco, Profilsdco, Ovni (futuristic dingbats), Punkskull DCO (2012), and the kaleidoscopic Formes (2012).

Typefaces from 2013: Felicity (ornaments), Gross Brush (grunge), Dark Forest, Follow The Arrow, Snow for Santa, Eat My Cookie, Cooking Set (dingbats), Florality, Big Bang Comix, Babydoll (geometric monoline sans, with a shadow style), Dirty Macadam, Elegance Two (frames), My Sweet Sunshine, Lucie Mandragore, Pimp My Christmas (dingbats), Magic Kiss, Women and Shoes, Halloween Bell, Dust Scratches, Elegance (ribbon ornaments), Dumbass Town, Meaning of Life, Life Style Memory, Tribal Tattoo Addict, Ornaments Soul, Lost Area, Funny Toys, Space Dude, Sick Crew, Teubé 5, Teubé 3, Teubé Hat, Teubé Bot, Plastic Pets, Girl Power, Alien Dude, Formes 2, Alien DCO2, Teubé2.

Typefaces from 2014: Gants de Soie, Anne Exilum, Kaboom & Bang, Dcoxy Stamp (a baby-themed dingbat font), Rooster Serif, King Rooster (constructivist), Speak Easy, Skater Girls Rock, TheCinthia Edito, Bad Spirit, Birdy Game (creamy typeface), Shell Gate (tattoo font), Mandala Home, Macaroni&Cheese, Holy Moly (rounded comic book sans), Delphine et Mathias Script (tattoo font), Limonade de Camomille (signage script), Indians Lives (signagecscript), Ether Cute Poison (signage script), Tartare de Violettes (vampire or tattoo script), Karl Wright Script, Bubble & Soap, Break The Silence, Spooky Night, Right Balance, Peanut Butter Cookies, Rabbit Hole (brush script), Smile Parade, Radio Trust, Oakland Sista, Dust & Blast, Psycho (weathered shadow typeface), Bowling Shoes (connected script), Ornament Mix (dingbats), Shuriken Dance Like A Tiger (script), Arthus Hightone (tattoo script), Dark is the Night, City of Angel, From Brush to Caps, Donovan Quidaw (a ronde), Not A Drope (brush face), Karl Wright, Kerala Quest, Rock and Roll Street, Ray Morgan Style, Wind of Change, Mama Love, Mama Punch (athletic lettering), Queen Luna, Kelly Brush The World, Shadow Boxing (an upright connected script), Header Ornament, Sweet Dreamz, Zombie Morning (brush typeface), Dragonfly on my Nose, Estella Cello, Djah Beat, Roses Kingdom (uopright connected script), Buddha Moon, War Brush, Icarus Kharma, Cheese Cake, Badiane (upright loopy script), Meny Please, Young Shark (spurred typeface), Keep It Up (heads), Purple Shadow (Victorian decorative typeface), Tears of Joy (flourishes), Hilarious, Teubé Tribute.

Typefaces from 2015: Radical Beat (tattoo script), Raisin des Sables (script), Bandits (tattoo script), Vinegar Stroke, Mad Rats, Sliced by Hand, Ready to Ride, Chardons, Mr Sunshine, Chardons Brush, Gueules de Loup, Atlantic Mail (rhythmic script), Daily Quantum, La Maison de Papier, Friday Night (supermarket signage style), Butter Kings (tattoo script), Lady Bohemia (tattoo script), Kilowatts, Akodia (a lava lamp typeface), Moustache Club, Brioche au Potiron (avant garde sans), Bisous (signage script), Deadly Inked (tattoo script), Spider Monkey (poster font), Qualité Deluxe Platinium (signage script), Distillated, Blood Shade, Ribambelle (thin script), Burning Man, Amandes Salées (tattoo script), Bring Me That Glyph (alchemic), Mad Potato Bill, Authentic Ratatouille, Fugu + Maki (a great set of thin-veined poster fonts), Une Sale Histoire de Yak (script), Pamela Wants to Ride, Sani Andrew des Kiwis, Grilled Chicken, Ancestral Katana Sword, Magic Bean Salade, Alice And The Wicked Monster, Rhum Banane, Honey Moon (borders and filets), Rookies Showtimes (signage font), Digging The Grave.

Typefaces from 2016: Watch Out (brushed typeface), America Stars, Grown Localy (sic), Winter in Alaska (glaz krak style), Dusty Muffin, Gillie & Hilda, Chatelain des Radis, Manhattan Avenue (heavy script), Seasider, Suburban Pledge, Baldaquin, Original Woody, Your Fear (vampire script), Drone Nation, Big Car Short Gun, Cameltoe Kalypse, Doctor Cosmicucumber, La Cithare (connected script), Agatha Needs Flesh (script), Bostella (script), Jonquilles, La Cité des Mille Reines, Shotgun, Thunder Strike, Atelier Omega, Aldebaran, Bichette, Bulldozer (brush font), La Citadelle des Papillons.

Typefaces from 2017: Polibrush (monoline sans), Endless Wall, Chicken Socks, Barry Kades, Sansaul Petronika, Stubborn Shark, Sharky & Meduza, Oblivion (script), Brainfish Rush, Summer Fever, Bethanie Snake, Last Shade (weathered), Raku (heavy brush), Lily of the Valley, The Bully (grungy signage script), Stick & Kick, Sketch (brush script), Joly Death (blood drip type), Bambino, Gatalike, Lucia (connected monoline script), Gatalike, Island of Dreams, Snow Riders, Amtrash, Stardust (signage script).

Typefaces from 2018: Mustardy, Wawie Patch, Anathematise, Delich (an SVG dry brush font), Sweet Spot (doodles), Detrimental, Shitzu & Porko (a comic book font family), Detective Bildo, Daylight & Moonlight (brush script), Deadline Countdown, Rotten Pumkin (sic), Rhapsodize, Chunks (heavy script), Shenanigans (dry brush), Cassandre, Ridiculous, Slam, Lithium Hill (dry brush), Litchis Island (a painted script), Snowballs City, Litchis on Velvet, Brainfish, Burglar, Action Protocol, Snowballs Season, Shania & Heinz (brush script), Slamers, Madera studio, Chaude Sourie, Barber Street.

Typefaces from 2020: Pickle Juice, Klaxon Gaston, Mezalia Sumatra (hatched), Bozos (squarish), Niktalope, Livie (a fat finger script), Ornamentis, Artisanalerie, Marbles Trick, Komou, Black Swan, Historic Seattle, Iconic Poopies (yes, poop-shaped icons!), Thurdy Sticks, House Marker, Zorgho, Blue Mist, Dreambats (dingbats), Strike Block (dingbats), Esteban+Solina, Rusty+Gosh.

Typefaces from 2021: Shelter (script), Seekers, Game On (sketched, 3d), Green Room (a marquee font), Madame Viviane (script), Lemon Sangria (inline), Chicken Pot Pie (arched), Wombats (squarish), Chico Rocket (inline), Red Bee (a half-black typeface).

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Deadlock Studio
[Rhega Juliandy]

Rhega Juliandy (Deadlock Studio, Bandung, Indonesia; b. 1991) designed the rhythmic brush script Nailika (2015), the calligraphic Sweet Holiday (2015), the flowing script typeface Vallerie (2015), the beautiful brush script typeface Nailika (2015), the curly display typeface Milady (2015), the free fat marker typeface March (2015), the wonderful connected brush script Allenois (2015), the logotype Voltus (2015), the thin calligraphic script Theodore (2015), the script typefaces Sweet Holiday (2015) and Rose (2015), and the script typeface Anke (2015).

Typefaces from 2016: Humphrey (a sans headline family), Diamor (monoline packaging script), Mallena, Everlasting Script, Clockwise (brush script).

Typefaces from 2017: Flattery (retro signage script).

Typefaces from 2018: Friday Vibes, Bouvardia, Roland Emerald (Victorian and layerable).

Typefaces from 2021: Baerst (art deco), Cerelina (a decorative serif). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Dear Alison
[Alison Argento]

Travel writer based in Cherry Hill, NJ. Designer (b. Augusta, ME, 1977) of the children's scribble font Urly Lurnin (2008), and of Smiley (2008, comic book face), and of the informal handwriting fonts Pickled Sans (2008), Slim Pickens (2008), Smokehouse (2008) and Gladly Mailed (2008).

Bender Script (2008) is a brush script developed from an incomplete script drawn by Charles Chas Bluemlein.

Barnstormer Script (2010) is a sign painter typeface. Gonte (2013) is a sketchbook script typeface. Saskya (2015) is a rough chancery script.

Glade (2015) is a formal calligraphic copperplate script in five widths.

In 2016, she designed the architectural lettering typeface Robard, the brush script typeface Beckford Script and the ballpoint pen script Generous Hospitality.

Typefaces from 2020: Postale (a monoline gas pipe sans). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Dear Type
[Veneta Rangelova]

Dear Type is run by Bulgarian type designer Veneta Rangelova, who is based in Sofia. In 2015, she created the creamy signage typeface, the accompanying Lifehack Sans, Lifehack, the casual script typefaces Hello Headline and Brunette, and the bold brush script Renovation.

Typefaces from 2016: Blooms, PhotoWall (casual connected script), BeachBar (a large signage script family), Amberly (a connected script), Amberly Sans, Guess (a connected script set accompanied by an all caps geometric sans family, Guess Sans).

Typefaces from 2017: Galiano (Text, Serif and Regular: the Text is italic, the Regular is a swashy script, and the Serif is a didone), Odds (a casual sans and dingbat family), Moments, Timeout.

Typefaces from 2018: Karlie (script and serif duo).

Typefaces from 2019: Roosk, Fits.

Typefaces from 2020: Romper (rounded, monoline, handcrafted), Skate (a cursive typeface).

Typefaces from 2021: Binomic (a monospaced sans with typewriter slabs for some letters and a swan-shaped lower case ell.

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Debut Studio
[Ari Fadli]

Banda Aceh, Indonesia-based designer (b. 1991) of the brush script typefaces Georgia (2016) and Chelsea Brush (2016), the handwriting font Delima (2016), Go Doodling (2016, +dingbats), and of the brush typefaces Arigato (2016), Ardina Script (2016) and Ordinary (2016).

Typefaces from 2017: Justin (brush script), Alex Dirte (ink splash brush), Alexandria (script), Mainstream Script, Love Story, Priscillia Script, Rachael Script, Hello Dina Script, Rock n Doll, Strike Alone Script, Mighty Eagle, Middle Class Script, Revolution, Nagita Script (swashy calligraphic).

Typefaces from 2018: Abbasy Calligraphy, Michali Script, Handletterink, AusthinaBrushCalligraphyScratch, Merci Heart (dry brush script), Glitter, Bright Script (signage script), Zeloya (a flattop font), Hey Sunset (brush), Michelle (hand-lettered), Levo (a layerable sans), Coquin (handcrafted), Arrival, Kaliber, Nichole Script.

Typefaces from 2019: Diamonds, Braydon Script (dry brush script), Rhinatta Script, Dhaniel, Blondy (brushed and speckled), Cream Peach (brush script), Amel Brush, Holidays (brush script), Beatley (brush script), Blastimo (brush), Blastimo Sans, Aprilea, Sophiet (dry brush), Brittney (dry brush), Astrokids, Astrokids Doodle, Panterick (brush script), Matilda (script), Delimax (brush script), Authentic Script, Berlin Script, Mountain Script.

Typefaces from 2020: Debutan Brush Script, Dalgona (script), Dinalima Script, Bestania.

Typefaces from 2021: Cream Peach, Love Story, Alexandria script, Hello Spring, Retromax (a reverse stress script), Monicha, Platina Script (for signage), Hinterland, Kashina, Calligra Marriage, Monstera, Southernia, Minneapolis Script.

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Decade Type foundry
[Agung Maskund]

Decade Type foundry (Bandung, Indonesia, est. 2008) is run by Agung Maskund (Agung Gumilang Sugih), b. 1987, Bandung. It specializes in Victorian and vintage type. Creator of Authentic Labels (2013), New Black (2012, a metal band typeface) and Chicano Brush (2012, graffiti face). Note: It is possible that Chicano Brush was made by Gilang Purnama.

In 2013, they published Reckless (by Gilang Purnama: a retro car font), Fabulous Drop Cap (with a free demo font), Los Santos (graffiti style), Logotype Frenzy (brushy signage face), Insurance Maps (inspired by the Sanborn Map Company's 1909 insurance map catalog), Basingstoke (a spurred display typeface by Gilang Purnama Jaya), Hustlers Rough (Western Tuscan signage font), Lakester (another Tuscan signage font with layering), and Griba (alchemic typeface).

Another great typeface project is the National Currency Font (2013), which features spurs and an engraved look. Stay Gold Script (2013) is a vintage signage typeface. Aesthetique (2013) is a Victorian ornamental Tuscan design.

Typefaces from 2014: Stanwood (Victorian), Herschel.

Typefaces from 2015: Tervia (spurred vintage typeface), Edmond (vintage typeface), Pretty Script.

Typefaces from 2018: Versica (by Irma Asharini and Agung Gumilang Sugih).

Typefaces from 2020: Voska (a bold display serif family), Breland (a titling typeface, and decorative borders and ornaments by Agung Gumilang Sugih and Irma Asharini).

Cofounder of Image Type with Ihsan K. Lazuardi and Gilang Purnama.

Behance link. Creative Market link. Fontspace link. Behance link for Agung Maskund. Another Creative Market link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Dede Kurniawan
[Bykineks]

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Dede Mulyadi
[Harder Type Foundry]

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Deduk Suandana
[Made Deduk]

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Deemak Daksina
[Daksina Type]

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Deerhead Studio (was: Micromove Design)
[Alif Devan]

Studio in Denpasar (Bali) and Jakarta, Indonesia, run by Alif Devan (b. 1996, Jakarta). Alif created the signage typefaces Venetian Regular (2016), Vendetta (2016) and Venture Script (2016), the rough brush fonts Alaska Handstylish (2016) and Sidekick (2016), the brush script Moksha (2016), and the handcrafted typefaces Valentia (2016), Kudeta (2016) and Salient (2016).

Typefaces from 2017: Westland, Vandella, Vandals, Ornacle (hexagonal, hipster), Carnicus (blackboard bold), Elmore (brush), Troophs, The Sinatra, Thousand Lake (rounded all caps sans), Vaughan Handstylish, Goldiana, Vagabond, Monseur (hipster style), Paraoh (an alchemic font), Brush Pen, The Risk (brush font), Vendetta, Extraordinary, Tayledic (script), Vincentia, Veronica, Verbena (brush script), Vienna (handcrafted), Vattican (sic) (brush script).

Typefaces from 2018: Vontage (a monoline script), Vaughan (brush script).

Creative Market link. Sellfy link. Behance link. A more recent Behance link. Creative Market link for Deerhead. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Dega Syukurilah

Dega Syukurilah (was: Dega Burn) (Bandung, Indonesia, b. 1984) created the signage typeface Overall (2016), the elegant sans titling typeface Marker (2013) and the wavy gothic typeface Underhood (2012-2013). In 2016, he designed the vintage typeface The Braschel Club, the connected signage script Parahlilla and the accompanying Parahlilla Sans, and the free Western signage typeface El Capitano.

Typefaces from 2017: Les Jeux (sans display typeface), Ujang Bedog (semi-blackletter).

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Delve Fonts (was: Delve Media Arts)
[Delve Withrington]

Delve Withrington (Alameda, CA; b. 1970, Asheville, NC) studied at Savannah College of Art and Design, designed signage, print projects and web pages in addition to designing custom typefaces, worked for Fontshop, and in 2004, joined the type team at Agfa Monotype, which morphed into Monotype Imaging, Redwood City, CA. From Asheville, NC, he moved around and ended up in San Francisco. In 1996, he founded Delve Fonts in Berkeley, CA (in fact, Delve Media Arts, and later renamed Delve Fonts). He has collected a virtually complete list of books on typography. Author index. MyFonts link. Designer of these typefaces:

  • Beleren (2015). A custom typeface for the trading card game Magic: The Gathering (Hasbro).
  • Blasphemy Initials: a free (and also commercial...) spooky font.
  • Blot Test (1999): a dingbat font inspired by the work of noted German psychologist Hermann Rorschach [1885-1922].
  • Cody (1999): an informal comic book face.
  • Continuo (1996): an all caps bilined outline face.
  • Cortina (2011). A futuristic family by Joachim Müller-Lancé.
  • Delve Hand (1996-2003).
  • Eucalyptus Regular.
  • Eulipia (1997-2003): organic.
  • Helfa (2011). Delve writes: Readability is baked in with a generous x-height, fine proportions that have a medium height to width ratio, and reasonable contrast in stroke weight variation.
  • Filmotype Washington (for Font Diner). Designer unidentified.
  • Muskeg. A combination of German expressionism and brush styles.
  • Oktal Mono (2012, a rounded octagonal modular typeface by Joachim Müller-Lancé and Erik Adigard of MAD studio in Sausalito).
  • Peso (1999): an octagonal family inspired by a parking sign discovered in Guanajuato, Mexico.
  • Quara (2009): a techno sans.
  • Smith & Nephew (2003) and Smith & Nephew Cyrillic (2015), rounded sans typefaces in the style of VAG Rounded.
  • Tilden Sans (2004-2009): low contrast, large x-height.
  • Tome Sans (2020). A 10-weight sans superfamily, with a variable font option.
  • Uppercut Angle (2011). A signage typeface by Joachim Müller-Lancé. It was originally developed for the Krav Maga training center of San Francisco.
  • Ysobel (2009; winner of an award at TDC2 2010). Delve co-designed the newspaper type family Ysobel (Monotype) with type designers Robin Nicholas, head of type design at Monotype, and Alice Savoie (Frenchtype, Monotype). The sales pitch: According to Nicholas, the idea for the Ysobel typefaces started when he was asked to create a custom, updated version of the classic Century Schoolbook typeface, which was designed to be an extremely readable typeface - one that made its appearance in school textbooks beginning in the early 1900s. See also Ysobel eText Pro (2013).
His Art work often involves type. Bitstream's Type Odyssey 2 (2002) has Continuo, Blot Test, Peso, Peso Negative. In 2009, Steven Skaggs designed Rieven Uncial and Rieven Italic at Delve Fonts. Pic.

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Delve Withrington
[Delve Fonts (was: Delve Media Arts)]

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Denis Libon

Canadian designer of the (free) shadow circus fonts Black Angel (2011), the art nouveau typeface Freshwater Classic (2011), Candle 3D (2011, +Black), and Topsquare (2011). He created the oriental simulation typeface Stick Rice (2011) and the display typeface Melted (2011).

In 2012, he created the shadow typeface ShowLetters, Pullstar (fat signage script family), Pullstar Holinight (2012), Tracker (hand-printed), Medley Script, Rose Heart, Spear Mint, Brick Wall (a texture face), Crispy, Crisp, Armand Chief (connected script), Mystic Arm, Back of Times, Back of Shadow, Fairland (blackletter), Armand Cocktail, and Thorn Heart.

In 2013, he published Jess Font and Jessy Heart.

Dafont link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Denise van der Graaf

Dutch designer of the signage script typeface Gracefull (2018). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Design Culture (was: Cubanica Fonts)
[Pablo A. Medina]

Pablo A. Medina designs all fonts at Cubanica Fonts in New York. He is a Communication Design professor at Parsons the New School for Design and lives in the East Village of New York City. He has also taught at Maryland Institute College of Art. MyFonts page. Cubanica became Design Culture in 2016.

Cubanica fonts:

  • 24hrs.
  • Calaveras (2011). Based on a signage style in Buenos Aires called Fileteado.
  • Cuba (1996). A 3d signage typeface based on a sign for the restaurant La Flor de Cuba on Bergenline Avenue in Union City, New Jersey. It evokes of hand-painted signs on glass.
  • Dekalb (2017).
  • Diablitos (2011).
  • First Avenue (2000). Based on an old metal neon sign, it was first published at Plazm.
  • Imbalance (2002). An experimental sans.
  • Marquee.
  • Medina Gothic (2005). A clean sans family.
  • North Bergen (1996). A vernacular sans.
  • Sailor Gothic (2003).
  • Sombra.
  • Vitrina (1996). A connected signage typeface first published at Plazm.
  • Union Square. A bold stitching font, and at the same time a nice homage to the mosaic typography in the New York subway system.

Klingspor link.

View Cubanica's library of typefaces. View Pablo Medina's typefaces. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Dexsar Harry Anugrah
[Majestype]

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Dharma Syahputra
[ETF Supply (or: TypeHaus)]

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Dharma Type
[Ryoichi Tsunekawa]

Yet another foundry of Nagoya, Japan-based designer Ryoichi Tsunekawa, who also runs Flat-It, Prop-A-Ganda, and Holiday Type. The first download is the industrial grotesk typeface Bebas Neue (2010), which was followed in 2014 by Bebas Kai, in 2018 by Bebas Neue Semi Rounded and Bebas Neue Rounded, and in 2019 by Bebas Neue Pro. Bebas Neue can now be had for free at Open Font Library and at FontFabric, where new weights and a Cyrillic were added. Bebas Neue v2 is free at Github and Google Fonts. Dedicated web site.

The connected signage typeface Sneaker Script and the 19th century set of ornaments Gothic Extras followed in 2012 and 2011, respectively. Great Victorian (2012) follows the prototypical Victorian style.

In 2015, Dharma Type published the great ultra-black creamy signage script Piepie. In 2016, he published the powerful layered Mighty Slab.

Typefaces from 2017: Pansy Bo (calligraphic), Nothing (script), Daisy Lau (calligraphic), Banana (script), Lily Wang (calligraphic), Calling Code (monospaced programming font), Commuters Sans (elegant wide sans), Mighty Slab, Rigid Square (octagonal), Taro (sans), Concrete Stencil.

Typfaces from 2018: Victorian Orchid (a transitional text typeface characterized by a Victorian era A and a frolicking lower case g), Dr Slab (an extraordinary layerable and colorable rounded slab poster typeface), Code Saver (a condensed monospaced programming font), Sometype Mono (a free programming font family; MyFonts link).

Typefaces from 2019: City Boys Soft, City Boys (sans), Slow Tempo (a relaxed sans family), Baby Baby (an experimental layerable font), Dharma Gothic Rounded. Like Dharma Gothic, it is an antiqued condensed sans serif designed inspired by 1800s-style wood type. It comes in 42 styles.

Typefaces from 2022: Debugger (a 6-style octagonal monospaced programming font).

Dafont link. Creative Market link. Behance link. Graphicriver link. Adobe link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Dialekt Design (was: Robert Beck Design)
[Robert Beck]

Canadian graphic designer and creative director Bob Beck has been living in the Montreal area since 1995. In 1999, he set up Dialekt Design. His typographic oeuvre is extensive:

  • Learned Behaviour (1996-1997), Manipulator, LaPlaya, 1996, all experimental/exploratory typefaces available from 2Rebels.
  • Table Manners, 1997, PsyOps, 2Rebels, Prototype Experimental Foundry (defunct). Beck: Table Manners was born out of the desire for a highly readable text typeface with a subtle graphic edge that would amplify with size. This otherwise simple and geometric type shows its mischief through devilishly spiked-serifs and unexpected curves.
  • Loop. 1998. The loop typeface is a pure research project designed by Dialekt in order to investigate the development of simple letterforms through rigid, bold geometric structures and rigorous grid systems.
  • RagingBoner, 1999. Custom typeface designed for Burton Snowboards for product packaging and communications materials.
  • Hermetique (2001), designed initially for Cascades Paper's exclusive use on paper sample swatchbooks, soon to be released in modified form as a full family.
  • Private Press, 2001. This typeface was letterpress printed from an original 1858 10-Line woodtype specimen from the Wells, NY type foundry, and then digitzed in ultra high resolution to retain all the character and wear of this aged alphabet. It is available for purchase as a bitmap TIFF image collection only.
  • Asylum, 2005. Asylum is a hand-lettered typeface designed specifically for a snowboard project application for Performance Boardshop in Quebec. It contains 1,313 unique individual glyphs and comes in OpenType format.
  • Blaikie, 2006. Blaikie is a custom commission for Canadian Law Office Heenan Blaikie, a national copyright and patent law office. It was developed for proprietary use in all communications materials, as well as signage and wayfinding needs internally for all offices Canada-wide.

Klingspor link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Dian Haniffan Hadi
[Beary Design (or: Letter Beary)]

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Diana Dobrut

During her studies in Poznan, Poland, Diana Dobrut created Liszka (2014, a calligraphic script typeface), Hot Pepper (2014), and Snow Fat (2014, a creamy script). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Dida Ahluddin
[Ahwe Project]

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Didi Syarif
[Walkeren]

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Diego Quintana

Creator (b. 1988) of a geometric type family in 2009. He is based in Santiago, Chile, where he studied type design at the University of Chile and runs a graphic design and photo illustration business. Techno font made in 2009 according to strict geometric rules. Hetilica (2009) is a free shop signage font. Halfway (2009) is a free experimental typeface in which half of the strokes are missing. Link at Tipos de Cartagua, where one can download Hetilica. Scans of Unnamed Font 2 (2010): i, ii.

Klingspor link. Abstract Fonts link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Diego Sanz Salas

Peruvian creator (b. 1984, Arequipa, Peru) at FontStruct in 2009 of Sencilla (+Cuadrada, +Morena), a family that covers Latin, Cyrillic, Extended Latin, Hebrew, Greek, Armenian, Coptic, Arabic, Thai, and Devanagari. At FontStruct in 2008, he made mercury and mercury_bold. At Cocijotype, he created the artsy Incan stone wall-inspired Quincha (2009), which according to this site is the first commercial font made in Peru. It won an award in the experimental category at Tipos Latinos 2010.

Amarilis (2011) is an ornamental caps face, which can be bought here.

Chicha (2012) is a bouncy curvy layered set of typefaces published by Cocijotype. It is based upon Peruvian market signs.

Typefaces from 2018: Papaia (plumpish and curvy, with many dingbats). Winner at Tipos Latinos 2018 of a type design award for Papaia.

MyFonts link. Logo. Interview in March 2010. Behance link. Klingspor link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Dikas Studio
[Andika Setiawan]

Bogor, Indonesia-based designer (b. 1996) who set up Dikas Studio in 2016 and (with Muthia Fajrijannah) Ludere Studios in 2020. His early fonts at Dikas Studio include the handcrafted display typeface Hantam Mereka (2016), the letterpress emulation font Caredrock (2016, 14 styles), the vintage label font Redvolve (2016), Sunday Quotes (2016), the spurred Victorian typefaces Bohem (2016) and Sadis (2016), Besitoea (2016), a vintage Sunburst collection (2016), the spurred Caringin (2016) and Dramaga (2016) and Sherlock (2016), the sci-fi typeface Space Weel (sic) (2016), the vintage Savaro (2016), the free poster typeface Kalemun (2016), and the mix-and-match poster typeface family Bollo (2016).

Typefaces from 2017: Stay Wildy, Oldventure, Historycal, Holiday in Monday, Chapter One (grungy), Bohem Press (spurred vintage style), Hillenberg (vintage).

Typefaces from 2018: Rajawaley, Outistyle (brush script), Outistyle Brush, Mahoni (an attractive fat script), Wildlast, Wild Ones.

Typefaces from 2019: Hot Sauce (a fat brush), Pine Script, Gutter (a hand-drawn all caps sans), Brotherland (vintage, weathered), Gutter Rust (free), Wildy Sign, Wildy Sans, Baby Wildy, Sherlock Press, Pine Forest, Marlies (script).

Typefaces from 2020: Liong (a friendly Western or saloon style slab serif), The Sherloks (vintage, spurred), De Floras, Chillow.

Typefaces from 2021: Kiti Cuties, Straightler (grungy), American Signer (a baseball script), Great Mammoth (a heavy poster typeface), LD Cherries (a scrapbook font).

I am really at a loss here---at Behance, we read that Nuryana Fajartama designed some of these fonts like Sadis and Dramaga. Creative Fabrica link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Dimas Wicaksana
[Godzilla B]

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DIN 1451

German highway, railway and industrial typeface that is based on strict specifications. It was used on German cars for license plates, as well as on German trains. Linotype writes: The abbreviation "DIN" stands for Deutsches Institut für Normung (The German Institute for Industrial Standards). In 1936, this standards committee settled upon DIN 1451 as the primary lettering style for use in the areas of technology, traffic, administration, and business. The committee chose a sans serif design because of its legibility, and because its forms are also easy to reproduce. This typefaces design was not foreseen to be used in advertisements or other "artistically oriented purposes," and there were disagreements about its aesthetic qualities. Nevertheless, the DIN typeface has been set everywhere in Germany since its adoption, especially on signs for town names and traffic directions. Over the decades, it has managed to make its way into advertisements, too, perhaps because of its ease of recognition. The contemporary font version of DIN 1451 has been adopted and used by designers in other countries as well, solidifying its world-wide design reputation. Try it out today for signage, magazine layouts, book covers, or flyers. DIN 1451s industrial heritage makes it surprisingly functional in just about any conceivable application. Poster by Federico Arguissein (2013). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Din Studio (or: Doni, Ditatype)
[Donis Miftahudin]

Yogyakarta, Indonesia-based designer (b. 1990) of these script typefaces in 2018: Radicalis (script), Blacktail (layered, spurred, Western), Aniyah (formal calligraphic script), Angelina Script, White Star, Better Saturday, Volaroid, Gravity Handwritten, Wellington (Sans), Mister Froggie, Amadora (upright script), Brilliant, Portland, Adora Queen, Fox Tail, Deliciously (+Sans), Breaking Down (brush-lettered), Welcome Home.

Typefaces from 2019: Smooth Fantasy, Le Jour (font duo), Kafina, The Stranger (dry brush), Rolling Back, Marline, Blue Rose, Better Summer, Lemonday, Rottely (a decorative serif) (by Muhammad Romzul Khoir?), Monday Vacation (a dry brush or chalk font; +Sans), Brilliant Soulmate (a signature font), Perfect Redemption (dry brush), Redemption (dry brush), Andasia, Saturday Lovers, Pondspell (a free dry brush font), Sailing Heart (dry brush script), Calling Loves Script, Just Calling, Zingakon (a brush font), Anastik, Miracle Script, Camellia, Blueberry, Lovely, Gulali (a heavy monoline script), Boga Bogi, Bigtime (script).

Typefaces from 2020: Bright Angels, Blaster Timers, Hawken (a sharp-edged display typeface), Lemonlove (squarish and interlocking), Darknight (a dystopian typeface), Kickout (a sports font), Vintage Melody (a vintage signage script), Anyva (a formal calligraphic script), White Pigeon (a heavy retro signage script), Ayalena, Gamerock (squarish, dystopian), Marrline (an upright monoline script), Black Bones, Westlake (a bold display serif), Anzilam (a regular script with a beheaded lower case f), Among (a condensed monolinear sans), Black Indie, Blue Rose, Kanetin (a sans), Menthol Signature, The Fox Tail (a lava lamp script), Willson (all caps, slightly flared), Kasdio, Lovely, Miftah, Shall Blossom (a dry brush script), Striker (squarish, modular and characterized by square counters), Waranty (a display serif), Aiytha (formal calligraphic), Blastine (a fine inky script), Sporten (squarish; a sports font), Vantely (a one-style monolinear sans), Atteron (a refined decorative all caps typeface), Carade (a decorative serif), Esporte (constructivist), Kafina (a decorative serif), Netraly (a condensed bold organic sans), Regular Brush (a dry brush script), Jafrine, Watterline, Redkits (a dry brush script), Feel Better (a dry brush font), Maraton (a blackboard bold font), Hellomind (a monoline script), Rodwick (a sports font), Norwill (a sports font), Kaithryn (an inky script), Ventralie (blackletter), Kingroad (a blackletter or tattoo font), Hunterlife (a blackletter font), Lovera (a display serif with tall x-height), Rankfine (a formal script), Slashmine (a calligraphic blackletter font), Blackside (a blackletter or tattoo font), Fiosthic (an inky script), Calvera (squarish), Revillia (a decorative serif), Aniyah (formal calligraphy), Better Saturday, Gacor (sans), Bright Rainbow, Dellons Signature, Le Jour, Mister Jacky (brush script), Panama (brush script), Roaster Brush (a dry brush script), Speedline, Sawah (a wide techno logo font), Finest Butter, Garetha (a decorative serif), Rithem (a dry brush script), Vintage Rotter (a monoline script), Amelliyo (a dry brush script), Okinawa (a dry brush script), Rostave (futuristic), Voyntea (calligraphic), Montheylin (a formal calligraphic script), Soage (all caps, mini-serifed), Avalors (a sci-fi font), Mister Sally, Razor Bland (all caps, a heavy razor-sharp sans), Request, Halvert (layered, all caps, vintage), Jasson Gillen (script), Mertalion (a vintage all caps mini-wedge serif), Black Bones (a dry brush script), Halleyo (a dry brush script), Pitchey Bloom, Rocklay (a smooth brush script), Black Arcade (Tuscan), Blaster Timers, Batteny, Bettermind Signature, Castrade (a thin architectural sans), Brown Sunflower, Slash Signature, Chyali, Rockel (squarish, techno, cybernetic), Best Quotes (a brush script), Sweet Fig, Remind (a heavy decorative serif), Stradas (spurred, Victorian), Neon Planet (a neon or paperclip font), Neon Planet Script, Malion (a display serif), Akserant, Akserant Display, Moderrat (a 7-style wide tuxedoed sans family), Pretty Queen, Cybero (a techno / cyberpunk typeface), Sisterhood (a dry brush script), Qeskile Voyage, Breathing (a dry brush script), Fogie (a ten-style display serif), Feeling Passionate, Bella Vista (a thin monoline script), Spring Sunday, Bogota (a display serif), Marcelo (an all caps train font), Montaseli (Sans, Script), March (a display mini-serif font family), Crowded (a vintage font), Grown, Gellatio (a dry brush font), The Poisoned Heart (an art nouveau style script), Costa Rica (script), Brightwall (a dry brush script).

Typefaces from 2021: Valiety (an 8-style display serif), Lafayette (a dry brush script), Margita (an 8-style cultured sans), Steamy Miracles, Smiling Lovely (a dry brush script), Grandift (a squarish typeface), Writable Story (an inky script), Beach Vibes (a brush font), Bigruns Brush (a horror brush font), Blimps (a dry brush script), Yellow Palette (dry brush script), Hysteria Rollers (a brush script font duo), Wild Month (a chubby flared all caps typeface), Denlia, Mirava (an 8-style geometric sans, from hairline to bold), Medyan Script (a bold retro signage script), Morning Vintage (a heavy reverse stress retro script), Misslena (a decorative serif), Boldy Vintage (a bold retro signage script), Finest Vintage (a creamy retro signage script), Reverse Vintage (a reverse stress script), Brave Gates (a dry brush font), Retro Vibes (a signage script), Angella White (a dry brush script), Carloti (a stylish all caps sans), Fitriyah (a decorative, almost painted, serif), Stay Retro (a signage script), Arthur Keith (a brush script oozing personality), Beauty Satine (script), Handoyo Signature, Lost Monday (a heavy monoline script), Vintage Round (a vintage signage script), Vintage Lander (a fat script), Sending (a dry brush script), Sweet Moments (a dry brush script), Vilane (a 7-style geometric sans), Windey Signature (calligraphic), Wonderful Branding (a dry brush script), Glory Signature (upright), Basking (a decorative serif), Billie Sight (an inky script), Finding Beauty, Antique Heritage (a rounded monolinear upright script), Fancy Matter (a monoline script), Safira March (a display serif), Beauty Swing (a decorative serif), White Space (a decorative serif), Billion Miracles (a signature script), Kickoff (a squarish font), Skater Squad (a graffiti font), Streetbomber (graffiti), Streetfire (graffiti), Streetlife (graffiti), Bomber Dreams (graffiti), Bosskids (graffiti), Bostero (a graffiti font), Urban Blocker (a fine bulky graffiti font), Bomberboy (a graffiti font), Billionary (a 7-style slab serif), Magelo (a thin-slabbed serif; seven styles), Miguel (a tuxedoed mini-serif typeface in seven styles), Chicago Makers (a fine vintage decorative serif; eight styles), Feeling Steady (a dry brush script), Flatlion (a monolinear script), Javyer (a thin script), Romely (a 7-style fashionable Peignotian typeface), Billastim (a thin and wild script), Universe (futuristic, octagonal), Wertign (a thin and wild script), Boomber Rockstar (a graffiti font), Vintage Rovery (a plumpish decorative serif), Starstone (squarish, modular), Portaly (a rounded monolinear sans), Spaceline (a sci-fi font).

Din Studio spun off Vintage Division in 2021, where it published their vintage fonts. The initial collection in 2021: Big Flask, Black Arcade, Blacktail, Boosters, Carlingthon, Cravery, Crowded, Dracolas, Fieldstone, Finest Vintage, Lastones (art deco), Lostcowboy, Medyan Script, Mertalion, Monoline Fighter, Morning Vintage, Mostlatest, Reverse Vintage, Royale Dreams, Stay Retro, Vintage Bridge, Vintage Feeling, Vintage Lander, Vintage Melody, Vintage Rotter, Vintage Round, Vintage Rovery, Western Brother.

Typefaces from 2022: Stainger (a 16-style display sans), Rakeny (a 7-style sharp-edged display serif), Billstone Signature. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Dirk Heider

Creator of Zierfische (2011, a signage face): Zierfische is based on an exterior sign for a tropical fish store in East Berlin (GDR). The original sign was salvaged and now resides in the Buchstaben Museum in Berlin. The museum commissioned the sign's original designer, Manfred Gensicke, to complete an alphabet based on the sign, which was then digitized by Dirk Heider resulting in the finished font "Zierfische." [Google] [More]  ⦿

Dirtyline Studio
[Hendra Maulia]

Banda Aceh, Indonesia-based designer of the script typefaces Humblle Rought (sic) (2015), Nirmana (2015, brush type), Cecilia Script (2015), Stay High (2015, graffiti influence), Gracias Script (2015), Bowlist (2015), Miguella Script (2015), Islander Brush (2015), Zailla Script (2015), Funkiess (2015), Scarlet (2015), Amanda (2015, calligraphic), Natasya (2015, a creamy signage font), Violla Script (2015), Seulanga (2015), Cornish (2015), Butller (2015), Twice (2015), Evelyn (2015), Steelmond (2015), Humble (2015; also spelled Humblle with two l's), Swirlesque (2015) and Jeumpa (2015). Aka Dirty Line Type.

Typefaces from 2016: The script typefaces Tendencia, Bull Stander (+Slab), Black Pearl Sans, Befolk, Wild Heart, Kick Hornet (brush style), The Beard, Drama Queen Script, Valiente Brush, Beautiful Dreams, Tropical (2016, in Brush Script, Brush, Brush Caps, Sans and Monoline styles), Rising Script, Rising Brush, Be Grateful, Sweetline, Lightening Sript, Zailla Script, Adorabelle Script, The Luxury, Harbour (brush type). In addition: Mortuguais, Black Heat (Victorian), Sweetline and Neptern (a Saul Bass style font).

Typefaces from 2017: Significent, Lindsey Smith Script (signature font), Axewell, Matchstic (retro signage), The Booster (baseball script), Cursive Script, Kindness Typeface (signage brush), Conquer (dry brush), Significant, The Boundaries (signage script), Blinded (fat brush script), Maldives Script, Mind Blowing (brush), Skywalker (brush script), Reshuffle Script.

Typefaces from 2018: Specta Retro Script (2018, a signage script by Hendra Maulia and Aulia Rahman), Hype Beast (brush font), Shockwave (SVG brush font), Humblle Rought (sic), Brewery (SVG font), Shanders (brush script), Hoodson (signage script), Emberblaze (brush font).

Typefaces from 2019: Blackink (a tattoo font), Hatch (brush script), Matao Serif (a decorative didone typeface done with Aulia Rahman), Black Theory (brushed), Magnison Script (signage script), Hoodson Script, Hyperflow, Baby Boomer, Hereditary, Stereohead (dry brush), Metafora, Metafora Sans (free).

Typefaces from 2020: Dx Sitrus (a 12-style display family), DX Rigraf (a 55-font sans, with a variable typeface on the side; the i and f are slab serif glyphs though), Hedgehock (a signage script), Hatch Brush (a dry brush script), Skywalker (a brush script), Matriver (a dry brush script), Adolle Bright (a quill pen script), Emerat (a heavy script), Nagaiya (a 15-style display sans (+a variable cut) characterized by sharp spurs; by Aulia Rahman and Hendra Maulia), Balecimo (a wild script), Scalter (a 42-style sign lettering typeface with Serif, Sans, Script and Variable options), Hazzard (script), Casta (a display serif in 55 styles; with a variable font), Cynthia Blooms (a signature script), Baby Boomer, Significent, Aliva Brush Script, Reshuffle Sans, Ancient Zurich, Rustler Barter (a display font done with Aulia Rahman), Neue Metana (a wide display sans by Aulia Rahman and Hendra Maulia), Mabrick Serif, Mabrick Signature.

Typefaces from 2021: Wagon (an 18-style sharp-serifed typeface family with a dancing baseline), Dx Gaster (a 15-style display or headline serif, with two variable fonts tossed in the mix), Magtis (a 10-style retro fashion mag serif by Aulia Rahman and Hendra Maulia), Scalter, Harmond (a 47-style display serif family with art nouveau charm), Cigra (a decorative serif by Aulia Rahman and Hendra Maulia).

Type department link.

Typefaces from 2022: Garcia (a Picasso-esque display typeface by Aulia Rahman and Hendra Maulia), Consta (an 8-style display serif by Aulia Rahman and Hendra Maulia). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Disney Fonts

A list of fonts commissioned by Disney: Atlantean (movie Atlantis: The Lost Empire), Hunnypot (for Winnie the Pooh branding), Kem Weber (art deco typeface used on signage at Walt Disney Studios and theme parks), Mara (Indiana Jones and the Temple of the Forbidden Eye), and World Bold (for use on Epcot signage and media).

Fonts licensed for Disney software include

  • Disney Comic (rebranding of Snap) - various Disney Print Studio titles
  • Disney Heroic - Hercules Print Studio
  • Disney Print (rebranding of Apache) - various Disney Print Studio titles
  • Disney Simple (aka Pooh) (rebranding of Fontoon) - various Disney Print Studio titles
  • Donald - various Disney Print Studio titles
  • Flik (rebranding of Zemke Hand) - A Bug's Life Print Studio, Incredibles Print Studio
  • Flounder (rebranding of Clover) - Little Mermaid Print Studio, Incredibles Print Studio
  • Hyena - Lion King Print Studio
  • Jungle Fever - Lion King Print Studio
  • Lucky (rebranding of Ad Lib) - 101 Dalmations Print Studio
  • Mickey - various Disney Print Studio titles
  • Mickey Shadow (rebranding of Bertram) - Incredibles Print Studio
  • Minnie - various Disney Print Studio titles
  • Mushu (rebranding of Arnova) - Mulan Print Studio, Incredibles Print Studio
  • Perdy (spotted restyling of Sprocket Deluxe) - 101 Dalmations Print Studio
  • Pongo (rebranding of Sprocket) - 101 Dalmations Print Studio
  • Sebastian (rebranding of La Bamba) - Little Mermaid Print Studio, Incredibles Print Studio
  • Tribal - Lion King Print Studio
  • Wizzer (rebranding of Mister Earl) - 101 Dalmations Print Studio

Commercial fonts inspired by Disney designs include several fonts by David Occhino such as Aeronaut (The Rocketeer logotype), Big Thunder (Big Thunder Mountain Railroad logotype), Encounter (Alien Encounter signage), Galaxie (Wall E logotype), Mansion (Haunted Mansion signage---based on Rubens), and World (Epcot signage). Lettering Delights created LD Walt, LD Mick E). Jukebox Type designed Alpengeist (Matterhorn poster lettering), Baileywick (Mary Blair lettering/artwork; renamed from Blairesque), Fairytale (Sleeping Beauty poster lettering) and Peregroy (101 Dalmations). Parachute created PF Wonderland Pro (Alice in Wonderland 2010 logotype and titles). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Dmitriy Annenkov

Perm, Russia-based designer of the retro signage fonts Beauford (2015) and California Dreaming (2015), the connected script typeface Jennifer's Flowers (2015) and the heavy calligraphic typeface Magnificent (2015).

In 2016, he designed the retro signage script fonts Hollywood and Berry Juice. Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Dmitry Rodionoff

Moscow-based graphic designer and photographer. During his studies at the British Higher School of Design in Moscow, he created the Latin/Cyrillic packaging script typeface Convienta (2013), the psychedelic typeface Jimmi Hendrix (2013), and the blackletter poluustav hybrid typeface Frakstav (2013, Latin and Cyrillic). Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Doehantz Studio
[Abduhan Fikhri]

Jakarta, Indonesia-based designer (b. 1989) of the bold signage script typeface De Hafia (2019), the script typefaces Hey Keysha (2019), Saitama (2019), The Rotterdam City (2019), Estonia (2019), The Sweetheart (2019) and Azkadina (2019).

In 2020, he released the script fonts Marsella, Ezkialova, Misterlove, Mozarella, Override, Angelic, Kiara, Elok, Angelic, Nabilla, Roadstay, Everloved and Credentials, and the frilly typeface Midnight Tales.

Typefaces from 2021: Softrock (blocky textured caps), Authenticity (a rabbit ear script), Aidil Fitri (a creamy upright calligraphic script), Little Bosquee (a squarish all caps sans), Harder (a well-behaved script), The Flourish (a formal calligraphic script with elegant flourishes). Gumroad link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Don Marciano
[Juan Miguel Castillo]

San Salvador, El Salvador-based illustrator. Designer of the oriental simulation typeface La Oriental (2018), the casual typeface Cipote (2018), the wide sans typeface Draper (2018), the fat display typeface Hornet (2018), the free athletic lettering font Varsity Team (2018), the free all caps comic book typefaces Benja (2018) and Sivar Regular (2016), the fat rounded sans Yeyey (2016, kawaii-inspired), the rounded sans typeface Lola (2016), the display typeface Contrastes (2016), and the free cartoon font JuanMikes (2016). Typefaces from 2017 and 2018: Castillo (free blackletter), Brand Co, Galactico (a sci-fi font), Cuadra (a block font), Arqui (a blueprint font), Bootcamp (+Bootcamp Morsecode), Camar (a heavy sans poster font), Cipitillo (a horror font), Don Graffiti, Hache, Innova (a techno font).

Typefaces from 2019: Bloody Scary (a Halloween font), Invader (a Halloween font), Kabuto (an oriental simulation font based on katakana and hiragana), Bend (bilined), E-Muse (a sports font), Slugger Monogram, Amore, Slugger (signage script), Alvaro.

Typefaces from 2020: Edge, Play Heavy, Natalia (a vintage script), Mystico, Castillo (blackletter), Marquez (a vintage serif), Poster, Torque, Ernesto, Frida, Don Graffiti (graffiti font), Recluta Stencil (a military stencil), Carmela (a bold script), Andrea Script, Freelancer Display, Junior (a casual script), Hugo Slab, Vaglio (an all caps sans), Alambre Lowrider Thin (squarish), John West (a spurred Western font), Santa Monica.

Typefaces from 2021: Farrah (art deco), Noticia (a news headline font), Turmeric, Comico (a cartoon font), Soria (a bold caps font), Buggy (a lumpy font), Zorro (a Western font), Puerto (a vintage titling sans), Only You (an upright script), Pupusa. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Doni Purwoko
[Zeenesia Studio]

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Donis Miftahudin
[Nathatype]

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Donis Miftahudin
[Din Studio (or: Doni, Ditatype)]

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DoubleZ Studio (or: Ode Arts)
[Ahmad Zakiy]

Based in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, Ahmad Zakiy set up Double Z Studio in 2015. He created the watercolor brush script typeface Greatesque and the script typeface Doodlesack in 2015. Designer of Better Rattler (2016, a dry brush font), Alejandra Script (2016), Aysheea Inline Script (2016) and Lovely Chaos Script (2016, dry brush).

Typefaces from 2017: Tatyana Script, Belle Ame, Cute Trouble.

Typefaces from 2018: Bestone, Broda Script (signage), Monique Vontana (script), Bride Vibes Script (wedding script), Ballies (marker script), Ana Maria.

Typefaces from 2019: Bigtone Script, Fondant, Oullifar (a monoline script), Goozabumps.

Typefaces from 2020: Kareem Mubarak (Arabic emulation), Auston.

Typefaces from 2021: Belgian Chocolate (a fat finger script), Ballpoint Catalog (a ballpoint pen script). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Douglas Vitkauskas

Brazilian resident who specializes in original grunge designs. His typefaces are mostly free. Some commercial typefaces are available via Creative Market.

Typefaces from 2020: VTKS Beleza Pura (calligraphic script), Classical Hit, Lovecure, VTKS Smile (modular), VTKS Blocketo (a pixel font).

Typefaces from 2019: VTKS Dracena (a dirty brush script), VTKS HyperBoldi (all caps, grungy), VTKS Amplexus (dancing letters), VTKS Dynamic (grunge), VTKS Unamour.

Typefaces from 2018: Vtks Rockino v2, Vtks Bela Vista (a treefrog script), Vtks Core Reason, Vtks Hand Made, Vtks Blacqui Letter (a decorative inline blackletter), Vtks La Prensitcha, Vtks Brilhante, Vtks Beautizinea, Vtks The Dark, Vtks Lettering, Vtks Urbanizart, Vtks Textones, Vtks Autorized, Vtks BoldCool, Vtks Sportage, Vtks Relpius, Vtks Escape, Vtks Demolition (grunge), Vtks Challenge (weathered), Vtks Propriedade, Vtks Cafezito (coffee klatsch font), Vtks Propaganda (grunge), Vtks Lightness, Vtks Success.

Typefaces from 2017: Carbo 753 (grunge), RokiyoSan, BlowUp (splashy brush), Madalena, Mural, Heavy Duty (grunge), Krueza, Azeitona, Mindfulness, Carruagem, VTKS Sal Grosso, VTKS Realm (grunge), Mercado, Dreamland 223, Dreamland 777.

Typefaces from 2016: Vtks Colored Soul, Vtks Lombriga, Vtks Karmapolis, Vtks Katiassa, Peacemakers (art nouveau), Vtks Gran Moda (brush), Vtks Obscena (curly font), Vtks Zamioyn (childen's script), Vtks Long Time (painted letters), Vtks Solaris (hand-drawn), Vtks Zuadinha, Vtks Peace and Love, VTKS Shine (brush script), VTKS Kacilds (children's script), VTKS Friaka, VTKS MockUp, VTKS Amarelli, VTKS Perereca, VTKS Raladeira, VTKS Rough Col, VTKS Integral, VTKS Voluntario (brush script), Vtks Burning (curly and bewitched), Vtks Simplex Beauty (ornamental caps), Vtks Raladeira, VTKS Black Hair (a fun irregular brush script), VTKS Felicidade (script).

Typefaces from 2015: VTKS Love U, VTKS Mockup, VTKS Academy, Family, Poster (grunge caps), Hunt, VTKS Articles (Treefrog-style script), VTKS Sonho (Treefrog), Lounge Set, Vacancy, Red Line, Old Mobile, Raining, Happiness Always, Good Day, Nicely, Desgaste (spurred), Basic Lines, Water Lily.

Typefaces from 2014: VTKS Painel (brush), VTKS Motor (handcrafted), VTKS Super Funny, VTKS Tender Love (vampire script), Limpeza (signage script), Delicious, VTKS Hotel, Propolis (brushy script), VTKS Rash (irregular hand), Pedra Azul (vampire script), MRD 67 VTKS (grunge), VTKS Samanbaia (Treefrog-style script), VTKS Channels, VTKS Dreamer, VTKS Money, VTKS Belinha (inky script), VTKS University (striped typeface), VTKS Classicuda, VTKS Authentic, VTKS Burning, VTKS Modern Look, VTKS Beta, VTKS Bandoleones, VTKS Pedra Bruta (rough brush script), VTKS Recover MB 1, VTKS Simplex Beauty, VTKS Dirty Letters.

Typefaces made in 2013: VTKS Rust, VTKS Easy Work, VTKS New One, VTKS Old Tee, VTKS Free Soul (Victorian), VTKS Have A Nice Day (grunge), VTKS University, VTKS Piscina, VTKS Divertida, VTKS Modern, VTKS Lovely, VTKS Back To Basics, VTKS Sujinha, VTKS Inked, VTKS Grungy, VTKS Thanks You, VTKS Love Is Everything (curly font), VTKS Dura 3D (showboat Western), VTKS Youth Spirit, VTKS Lightness, VTKS Premium, VTKS Authentic (a calligraphic brush script), VTKS Rafia, VTKS Have A Nice Day, VTKS Classical Hit, VTKS Lumina, VTKS Dirty 2, VTKS Good Day (Treefrog-style hand), VTKS Boutique, VTKS Storm 2 (grunge).

Typefaces made in 2012: VTKS Street Vision (graffiti font), VTKS Show, VTKS Lounge Set, VTKS Total Flux Disturbed, VTKS Total Flex Clean, VTKS Love Love, VTKS Ballerina, VTKS Contrast, VTKS Friendly, VTKS Orbital, VTKS Exame (dirty stencil face), VTKS Future (stencil face), VTKS Fresh, VTKS Laundry, VTKS Curumin, VTKS Citrino (a spurred inline face), Vtks Squizita (grunge), Vtks Blank, VTKS Broadband, VTKS Logic (grungy texture typeface), VTKS Expert (grunge), VTKS Worker, VTKS Chalk 79 (chalk font), VTKS Vinte e Cinco, Good Vibration, VTKS Bagacao, VTKS Message, VTKS Keystorm (texture face), VTKS Scratch, VTKS Minus, VTKS Fail, VTKS Busseta (dymo label font), VTKS Assign, VTKS Carrier (grunge), VTKS Lovers Italic, VTKS Good Vibration 2, VTKS Encounter (grunge), VTKS Natural, VTKS Seven.

Typefaces made in 2011: VTKS Message (grunge), VTKS Lovers (frilly), VTKS Carrier (grunge), VTKS Contact (texture typewriter face).

Designs from 2010 include VTKSSIGNOFTIMES, VTKSSIGNOFTIMESbold, VTKS Unidade, VTKS Scream, VTKS Personal, VTKS Noise (texture face), VTKS Mint, VTKS Legal (Treefrog-style hand), VTKS Fresh Mint, VTKS Ink, VTKS Study (a sketch face), VTKS Morning Rain (+3D, +Bold), VTKSEMBROIDERY, VTKSLowRider, VTKSLowRiderBox, VTKSREVERSO, VTKSREVERSOOPTIONB, VTKSURBANTIME, VTKSURBANTIME3d, VTKSURBANTIMEbold, VtksBeautifulDreams, VtksVictory, vtksRudeMetalshadow, vtksarmy, vtksarmy3d, vtksshow, vtkssolution, vtkssolution3d, vtkssolutionbold, vtkssuper, vtkswhitepage3d, VTKSCOMIC, VTKSHIGHLIGHT (2010, a sketched face), VTKSHIGHLIGHT2, VTKSHIGHLIGHT3, VTKSXtra, vtkscrazytime, vtksmorningrain, vtksmorningrain3D, vtksmorningrainBOLD, VTKS Trunkset, VTKS Control, VTKSCURVE, VTKSDOWNTOWN (chalk or brush face), VTKSLOVEANDPEACE, VTKSSOLUOCRIATIVA, VTKSSOLUOCRIATIVADOIS.

In 2009 he designed vtks Water cristals, vtksControl, vtkskeystorm, vtkstrunkset, VTKS Distress (grunge), VTKS Deja Vu, VTKS Giz, VTKS Sunny Day, VTKS Mercearia, VTKSRASURADA (grunge), VTKSSABONETE (grunge), Vtksespinhuda (grungy), and vtkssbadodechuva (grungy).

In 2008, he created VTKSSKULLS, VTKS Focus (curly letters), vtksRascunhoErrado (hand-printed), vtksanimal2 (brush/paint), VTKSFLOWERSINOURSOUL, VtksRelaxingBlaze (double script), Quadrada e Gordinha, VTKS Velhos Tempos (great scratchy script face), Squizita, Mural, VTKS Revolt, VTKS General Use, VTKS Good Luck For You, VTKS-BEAUTY, VTKS-CHIP-SET, VTKS-CHOICE, VTKS-CORE, VTKS-No-Name, VTKS-SKULLZ-ME, VTKS-SummerLAnd, Vtks-Blank, Vtks-FININHA, Vtks-Hardness, Vtks-Noba, vtks-alcalina, vtks-caveirada, vtks-squares, vtks-syndicate, VtksCapsLoco (all caps), VtksEntulho (grunge), VtksSonho (elegant scratchy script), vtksalcalina, vtkscaveirada (grunge), vtkstrutagem (grunge), VTKS Encantar (grunge).

In 2007, he designed VtksDesgaste, VtksWineLabel, VtksWineLabelTwo, VTKSBlackLabelNormal, VTKSBlackLabelNormalFilete, VtksBlack, VtksBlackLabel, VTKS Untitled (grunge), VTKS-News-Label, VTKS-ROCK-GARAGE-BAND, VTKS-SCRUBBED, vtks-REPORT-erRoR, VTKS Clean, VTKS Easy Way (informal outline lettering), VTKS Hardness (grunge), VTKS Mural (scratchy script), VTKS Alpes, VTKS No Name (ornamental caps), VTKS Beauty (ornamental caps), VTKS Refused (grunge), VTKS Gore, VTKS Estilosa, VTKS Bandana, VITKS Furious, VITK Colagem, VTKS36, VTKSDearLove (curly lettering), vtks38 (double-lined hand), vtksLemonDrop (comic book face).

Fonts made in 2005 include D_OLD_MODERN, D_OLD_MODERN2, Scretch (scratchy face), Busseta, D Old Miner, Assign (handwriting), Fail (grunge) and Minus (scratchy face).

Pay fonts include Beautiful Dreams, Black, Black Label, Bronze Age, Desgaste, Design Pencil, Embroidery, Funny Lines, Good Vibrations, Keep Your Mind Clean, Low Rider, Mixed Job, Natural Style, Number Zero, power Age, Sexy Lines, Shadow, Urban art, Victory, VTKS V2, Warrior, Wine Label, Xtra.

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Doyald Young
[Doyald Young: Logotypes and Letterforms]

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Doyald Young: Logotypes and Letterforms
[Doyald Young]

Graphic designer, typographer, type designer, author, teacher and lecturer, born in 1926 in Holliday, TX. He died on February 28, 2011 due to complications following a heart operation. He attended Los Angeles City College, Los Angeles Trade Technical Jr. College, and Art Center College of Design where he has taught for 27 years and holds the honorary title Inaugural Master of the School. Doyald drew characters, often of a calligraphic or handlettered nature. He was deeply influenced by his mentor, Hermann Zapf.

Steve Heller writes: When digital programs like Fontographer made it easy for anyone with a computer to create typefaces, many of them purposefully inelegant, he advocated a high level of craftsmanship that he believed had been lost. In so doing, Mr. Young challenged a new generation to reject so-called grunge design in favor of precision. When the American Institute of Graphic Arts awarded Young its 2009 Medal for Lifetime Achievement, Marian Bantjes wrote Taste. Practicality. Formality. Understated prestige. The combination of those qualities forms as perfect a descriptor of Young's work as any you are likely to find, both in the process and the result. Although he is widely known for his elegant curves and scripts, he has never been a showy designer---there is not a trace of ego in his work. The range of letterforms able to flow at any time from his hand is great, and there is no way to particularly define Young's mark unless you have seen the hand-drawn comp. That is where his work is unmistakable: perfect letterforms drawn in pencil at a surprisingly small size without so much as a mark of hesitation or awkwardness. The style varies but the fluidity and perfection do not.

Links and media: Scott Erickson's movie on Doyald Young. FontShop link. Klingspor link. Short obituary and video. Longer video about his life. Steven Heller's obituary in the New York Times. Obituary by Marian Bantjes for AIGA.

He was adored and respected for his craft and gentleness. Portrait. Another portrait (credit: Louise Sandhaus). Author of several influential texts:

His typefaces include the extra bold condensed sports scripts fonts Home Run Sanscript (1999) and Home Run Script (1999, a connected bold retro signage script), Young Gallant (2010, a formal calligraphic script based on the alphabets his teacher, Leach, trained him on), ITC Eclat (1985, 1992, fat script face, which was used for titles by Comedy Central and the Queen Latifah movie Beauty Shop), Young Finesse (2003, an Optima-inspired thin headline typeface used in his book, Fonts&Logos), Young Finesse Italic (2006), Guts (1976, VGC), and Young Baroque (1984, 1992, Letraset; calligraphic Spencerian copperplate script; this is copied by Castcraft as OPTI Yen Script). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Drawwwn Studio
[Ryan Thomas]

Drawwwn is a multi disciplinary design agency based in Bristol, UK, and sewt up in 2012. Ryan Thomas is the Bristol, United Kingdom-based designer of these stylish display typefaces in 2020: Geeeki, Koooky (a wonderful set of plumpish caps), Mooono (monospaced), Maaarka (painted, SVG format), Juuuicy (a heavy signage script), Traaam (inspired by the Sydney tram), Aaarp (paper cut style), Eyyye (a retro reverse contrast display typeface), Squaaar, Haaari (inspired by George Harrison and the "Haaari" Krishna movement), Fattty, Sorro (retro Italian and squarish).

Typefaces from 2021: Maaark (a dry marker pen font), Kofffi (art deco, SVG format), Zzzang (vintage futurist woodblock font, made for manifestos, proclamations and protestations), Paxxx (an ultra luxurious serif), Geeeki Soft.

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Drew Melton
[Carmel Type (or: Just Lucky)]

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Dumadi Studios
[Toni Dzulham]

Known as Toni Dzulham and Dumadi Pangandaran. Pangandaran, Indonesia-based designer, b. 1991, of the casual monoline typeface Dumeng (2018) and the modular typeface Herison (2018). Typefaces from 2019: Marlina (script), Lucky Star (a fat brush script), Bllastt (brush script), Chickybom (a cartoon font), Babell (a heavy all caps sans), Mellows, Sarllett (signage script), Whoody (a cartoon font), Dumadi (a children's book font), Attasiyap, Comic Comoc (a fat comic book font), Hermazz (a comic book font), Multikultural (monoline script), Husaeni (squarish).

Typefaces from 2020: Masquero, Sarttink Signature, Helga Brush (dry brush), Royal Mission (dry brush), Black Archer, B=derby Jookes, Flower Mager, Remover, White Allies, Bogarts Metal, Avaca Davra (a brush font), Brandon Bromley, Magic Broom (an all caps cartoon font; +Monogram), Cooper Jackson, Rofland, The Bambank Script, Ravella, The Mummy (like a glaz krak font), Hormath, Night Hunter, Common Rejection, Qadar (all caps, dry brush), Salty Candy, Uravika Classy (informal, comic book style), Derick Skone (a heavy all caps brush font), Ninja Fighter, Milton-Keynes, Relaxnes, Shatomi (a signature font), King of Monster, The Beauty, Moomy Craft, Lockdown, Baby Balloon, Andry, Kero Kero, Rostyana (a rhythmic signage script), Cracked Stone, Fros Bold (a layerable cartoon font), Boochain, Ghaisan (a signage script), Bimbey (a layerable font with shadow effects), Sikat (constructivist), Love Hunter, Anyfreak, Ruang Jenuh.

Typefaces from 2021: Blotchy Bitter Texture (grungy textured caps), Breakiss (a dry brush script), Pastilaris (a monolinear display sans), Block Paper (a paper strip collage typeface), Bogie Bogie (a flat top logo font), Shibori (hand-crafted and preppy), Exercise (a display font with tiki or tribal influences), Untrouble (futuristic), Content Creator (a fat finger font), Homeville (a retro script), Saya Satpol (a bold sketched typeface), Walktimes (a squarish blcky typeface with stencilized glyphs at the lowercase positions), Faxnes (a brush script), Pisangkeju (a monolinear scrapbook font), Regorden (script), Strange Agent (a brush font), Holicya (a heavy retro signage script), Honey Pools (a fat finger font), Tomket Boys, Ambiguous (a brush script), Buco Nero (a dry brush font), Little Sooner, Swishine, Lonely Together, Milton Keynes (a creamy signage script), Shallow Thoughts (a fat finger font). Home page. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Dwi Ahidian
[Lemonthe]

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Dzulka Elfira
[Tebaltipis Studio (or: Tebaltipis Lab)]

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E&F Gyles

London-based foundry at the end of the 19th century. Creators of Quill Pen Script, an art nouveau signage face. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Eaver Studio (or: Wahyu & Sani Co)
[Wahyu S. Adi Wibowo]

Wahyu & Sani Co is the duo of Sani Sanjaya and Wahyu Wibowo in Magelang, Indonesia. In 2021, Wahyu Wibowo set up Eaver Studio. Designers of the display typeface Bouncy Hunter (2016), the dry brush typeface Little Antelope (2016), the script typeface The Signals (2017, Serif, Script), and the signage brush typeface Handstyles (2016).

In 2019, they designed Genera (a 44-style almost monoline sans family; by Wahyu Wibowo), Kiyana Display (a high-contrast display sans), the 18-style sans typeface Creo, the stylish typeface Regatto, the connected script Lambo, the techno typeface Tenika, the flared typeface Pocus Primera, the fashion mag typeface Kiyana, the flared serif typeface Serat, the font duo Melanic Black, the script typeface Heinsler, the display typeface Borui and the 20-style geometric sans typeface Guerrer (by Wahyu Wibowo).

Typefaces from 2020: Frock (a swashy 16-style sans), Algera (a 20-style spurless, almost organic, sans), Berka (a 14-style mixed genre sans), Regave (a 24-style (+variable) typeface inspired by Danish lettering of Knud Valdemar Engelhardt (1882-1931) who designed the street signs for the Copenhagen suburb of Gentofte. Engelhardt's design was loosely based on the lettering of two Danish architects of the time: Thorvald Bindesbøll (designer of the Carlsberg logo) and Anton Rosen. The signs were so successful that they are still in use today; Regave features the cut-off Danish g), Neufreit (an 18-style sans), Morn (an interesting geometric sans in 20 styles: all counters, e's excepted, are perfect circles), Scatio (an information design sans family), Goldbill (a 56-style geometric sans with short (Goldbill XL), regular or tall (Goldbill XS) ascenders and thus inversely proportional x-heights; + two variable styles).

Typefaces from 2021 at Wahyu & Sani: Serat Ultra, Revaux (a decorative didone; 14 styles), Geliat (a sans in 44 styles).

Typefaces from 2021 at Eaver Studio: Biryllo (script), Tenar Black (a display serif influenced by Souvenir and Cooper Black).

Typefaces from 2022: Genera Grotesk (22 styles, plus a variable font).

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E.C. Matthews

Author of Sign Painting Course (1954, 1958). Mike Jackson writes: This book is heavily illustrated with his layouts, letterstyles, and ornaments but the text which covers about half of each page is equally informative. Earlier, in 1928, he wrote How to Paint Signs and Sho' Cards. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Eclectotype (was: Schizotype)
[Dave Rowland]

Type foundry in Sheffield, UK, first called Schizotype, and in 2021 renamed Eclectotype because this is not a foundry that likes to stick to trends or expectations. Its designer, Dave Rowland (b. 1982, Chesterfield) grew up in Sheffield, UK, but was based in Japan, the Philippines, Liverpool, Surat Thani, Thailand, and Koh Samui, Thailand [where he presently lives]. MyFonts Interview.

He created these fonts in 2009: Quesadilla (signage type, Mexican simulation face), Quesadilla Shadow, Schizotype Scrolls, Quiff, Toothpaste, Astroboy (connected script), Decolletage (art deco), Kazumi Sans, Acid Haus, Dr. Black, Dr. Eric, Soyo Gogo, BMX radical (brush), Team, Miami Hopper, and Tubularis (multiline face), Sickle, Klique (futuristic display face), Uncle Eric (a cartoon face), Praline Smooth (connected script in the style of Mistral), Kwaktur, (blackletter typeface based on the logo of Belgium's Kwak beer), Blackball (another blackletter) and Modulogue (a modular display family).

Additions in 2010: Christmas Tuscan (a modular Tuscan), Masonic Lodge, Mook (a retro, unicase, bubble font), Toothpaste 2, Gaden Sans (organic monoline typeface that includes a hairline weight), Sizemore (all caps slab headline face), Quickscript (signage face), New Wave.

Fonts designed in 2011: Brag Pro (like Brag, a Cooper Black alternative), Brag Stencil Pro, Chestnut (curly, hand-printed), Brag (a fat round face in Cooper Black style), Gelato Script (a connected signage face), Brag Stencil (2011), Streetscript (2011, brushy signage face).

In 2011, he created a quaint text family, Vulpa, with quirky foxtail terminals.

Typefaces from 2012: Margot (a rounded slab serif described as a lovechild of American Typewriter and Cooper Black), Range Serif (an angular typeface), Pastiche Brush (a brushy connected script inspired by the titles of the 1959 movie Imitation of Life (Wayne Fitzgerald)), Quayside (a bulbous baseball or signage script).

Typefaces from 2013: Alight Slab (hairline slab), Anultra Slab (a heavy bold slab serif), Ollie (a connected baseball or signage script), Urge Text (an extensive modern text family with ample language support and plenty of mathematical symbols, and large ball terminals).

Typefaces from 2014: Range Sans (a grotesque sans family with the quirky angular cutouts inherited from Range Serif), Samui Script (upright connected script), Streetscript Redux (signage script), Price Didone (created for setting elegant price tags).

Typefaces from 2015: Oldskool Script (a connected signage script; one of many quite different commercial fonts with the same name), Hazel Script (a great flowing calligraphic script designed around the time of the birth of his first child, Hazel; the name may create confusion as there is a famous BB&S metal font with the same name), Mastadoni (a fat didone for headlines and fashion mags), Kake (a great creamy sign-painting font), Bali Script (creamy signage script), Flat Sans.

Typefaces from 2016: Cinema Script (retro movie script), Chill Script (a retro non-brush signage script), Blanket (a soft cursive font, ideal for children's books), Schizotype Grotesk (a very original angry geometric grotesk, with bucketloads of pizzazz), Astrid Grotesk, Asterisk Sans Pro (a versatile humanist sans family for Latin, Greek, and Cyrillic), Strelka Ultra (a retro space age typeface), Revla Serif (beatnik style, emulating randomly positioned handlettering).

Typefaces from 2017: Duckie (a bubblegum or creamy signage script), Tusque (a layered decorative Tuscan typeface), Ekamai (a tight non-connected creamy signage script), Quinella (seventies script), Delfino Script (retro signage script), Tchig Mono (a special, almost hipster monospace typeface family), Revla Sans (beatnik style), Revla Sans Text, Eroika Slab (a robust wedge serif family).

Typefaces from 2018: Aziga (descrived by Dave as a high (occasionally reversed) contrast, postmodern, deconstructed-reconstructed, serifless (mostly), fashion didone), Revla Slab (bouncy, beatnik), Galix (subdue futuristic sans family), Gelato Luxe (an update of his earlier Gelato Script), Engria (an angular brush-inspired text typeface).

Typefaces from 2019: Gelato Fresco (a warm flowing script), Amica Pro (a stocky part humanist part geometric workhorse sans), Galix Mono, Backstroke, Gigantic (an exercise in ultra-fatness).

Typefaces from 2020: Gelica (a 14-style retro soft serif family influenced by Cooper Black, Goudy Heavyface and Ludlow Black), Capsule (a reverse-stress high-contrast rounded sans-serif), Sausage (a friendly fat rounded typeface that is is unapologetically bold and bulbous. Influenced by magnetic fridge letters, hot dogs and 70s phototype fonts, it is retro, but not cloyingly so).

Typefaces from 2021: Revla Round (a child-friendly version of Revla Sans), Megumi (a formal hairline fashion mag script), Yink (a bulbous psychedelic experiment).

Klingspor link. Behance link.

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Eddy Mahfud
[Bejeletter]

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Edi Gunawan
[Edignwn Type (or: Fitriyawan)]

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Edignwn Type (or: Fitriyawan)
[Edi Gunawan]

Magelang, Indonesia-based designer of the signage script typeface Justlyne (2017), the connected scripts Arthurdale (2018), Natalia Rosaline (2018, a font duo at Runsell Studio), Rusted Orlando (2018: monoline), Jaquilane (2018), Soulgates (2018) and Qatar Capital (2018), and the handwriting typeface Morristone (2018). He also designed the vintage typefaces Classic Arkansas (2018), Retro Chalet (2018) and Echomotors (2018).

Typefaces from 2019: Hemispheres, Acherone, Historical (Script, Sans), Natasha, Windgard (brush signage script), Throttles, Lancaste, Northam Thorne, Josephine (script), Pacific Coast, Jessie Odelya.

Typefaces from 2020: Rundeck (a Victorian display serif), Hallen (a decorative serif), Inlander (a vintage label font), Retroica (a vintage display sans).

Typefaces from 2021: Homkiges (a connected italic typeface), Higakles (a 9-style family that contains slab serifs and sans versions ranging from Regular to Stamp), Martellas (a vintage font duo, +Dingbats), Duhline (chamfered vintage caps), Neoland (a fat signage script), Polands (a reverse stress western font), Retrokia (a monolinear supermarket script), Monogram Holder, Laquile (a ten-style meaty script), Brocades (vintage and grungy), Bygonest (an old typewriter font), Rustic Printed (letterpress emulation), Menalde (a vintage all caps typeface), Marline (a vintage slab serif display typeface), Hertical (an 8-style vintage caps typeface with sharp serifs), Peacher (an elegant formal script with serious contrast).

Edi Gunawan is associated with Runsell Studio and/or Fitriyawan.

Typefaces from 2022: Derpache (script, caps and dingbats (script, caps and dingbats)), Plastun (a weathered retro signage script). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Eduard Felegeanu
[Eduard's Pocket]

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Eduardo Omar Rodríguez Tunni

Buenos Aires-based graphic designer and prolific type designer who runs Graphic Design Firm. Since 2005, he has been teaching typography together with Marcela Romero and Pablo Cosgaya at the Centro Cultural Ricardo Rojas. Behance link. Klingspor link. Fontspace link. Google Plus link. Interview by MyFonts. His typefaces, haphazardly organized:

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Eduardo Souza

Brazilian graphic designer. Creator of Muerte (2011, FontStruct). Behance link. A vernacular bar sign inspired him to create the script typeface Barbosa (2011). An old poster for aguardente de cana gave enough material for a Tuscan typeface called Sao Paulo (2011). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Eduard's Pocket
[Eduard Felegeanu]

Berlin, Germany-based designer of the free brush signage script typeface GoodHood (2020). He also created a 570-strong set set of icons, Rubber Icons that can be purchased from Graphikstash. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Edwin W. Shaar

American type designer, designer, writer, b. 1906 or 1915. For some time he was assistant art director at Monotype and art director at Intertype. He made several phototype typefaces. His typefaces include:

  • 1939: Czarin (lowercase only by him), done at Baltimore Type.
  • 1939: Flash and Flash Bold (Lanston Monotype), a signage or supermarket script typeface of limited beauty. Linotype has a similar fat brush typeface called Okay. I assume it has the same genetic roots. See Slager (2012) and Falcon by SoftMaker, LTC Flash by Colin Kahn for LTC/P22, Flash SB by Scangraphic, and Flash EF by Elsner and Flake for a digital version of Flash, Brush Hand (by WSI), Brush Hand New (a free font by Keith Bates) and 0670 Script (also by SoftMaker) for a digital version of Flash and/or Okay. Mac McGrew: Flash is an informal brush-drawn script letter, cut by Monotype in 1939. It was the first typeface designed by Edwin W. Shaar, who designed Flash Bold the following year. The lighter weight is somewhat similar to Dom Diagonal, cut later by ATF. Also compare Balloon.
  • 1940: Valiant (Lanston Monotype), a display face. Mac McGrew: Valiant is a vigorous thick-and-thin letter with the appearance of having been lettered quickly but well with a broad pen. It was designed by Edwin W. Shaar for Monotype in 1940, and is similar to Lydian Bold Condensed, though a little heavier. It is suggestive of Samson, but condensed.
  • 1952: Futura Extra Bold (Intertype), followed by Futura Extra Bold Italic in 1955 at Intertype as well. For a digital version, see Function Script by SoftMaker.
  • 1952: Nuptial Script (Intertype).
  • 1954: Futura Script (Scangraphic). See Future Script EF by Elsner & Flake, and Function Script in the Softmaker collection.
  • 1954: Imperial (+Bold, +Italic), done at Intertype, and called Gazette by Linotype in 1977. The New York Times uses Imperial for its text since 1967, but it is based on in-house scans of the old metal Imperial (an Intertype design from 1954), not on the digital versions from Intertype or Linotype. The typophiles discuss Imperial: Kent Lew states The New York Times text is Imperial. Has been for at least the last several years. Koppa points out that the NY Times Imperial designed by Intertype looks like an ATF Century Old Style rip-off. [...] I will stick with my opinion that the original, the metal Century Old Style, credited to M Benton, is better than the copy-cat Intertype Imperial and most definitely better than the copy-cat digital Imperial I saw on myfonts.com last night. Bitstream made a digital version of Imperial. Mac McGrew: Imperial was designed by Edwin W. Shaar in 1954 as a newspaper text face. Like most other news typefaces it has a large x-height with short descenders. but unlike most news typefaces of the time, it blends certain oldstyle and contemporary characteristics, and is a little narrower and more closely fitted. This gives a feeling of friendliness and warmth, but retains a high degree of legibility.
  • 1960: Royal (+Italic, +Bold): a sans family that is easy to read in small point sizes.
  • 1960: Windsor (+Bold) (Intertype, New York), a newspaper face.
  • Vogue Extra Condensed (Intertype).
  • 1974: Satellite (+Italic, +Bold), done at Intertype. Mac McGrew: Satellite is a newspaper typeface designed by Edwin W. Shaar for Intertype in 1974. With large x-height and sturdy hairlines, especially in the bold version, it is designed for legibility under the rigors of high-speed newspaper production, but without sacrificing a stylish appearance.
  • Shaar Diane, a Photo-Lettering calligraphic face.

Linotype link. FontShop link. P22 link.

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Edy Type
[Ricardo Victor Rousselot Schmitt]

Ricardo Victor Rousselot is a calligrapher and type designer born in Argentina in 1936. He was trained in the sixties in Chicago in the studio Ficho&Corley Inc., which was led by a disciple of Frederic Goudy and Oswald Cooper, Carl Corley. After that, he returned to Buenos Aires, and in 1975, he settled permanently in Barcelona, where he teaches at the University of Barcelona.

His typefaces include Carlomagno (1997-2000) and Uncial Romana (1996), released by Neufville.

He sells his fonts nowadays through his foundry, Edy Type. For example, in 2010, Edy Type launched the lively connected handwriting font Despeinada, which, Ricardo says, tries to find the middle between Mistral and Zapfino. Chevronne (2010, not my favorite) is based on mediaeval / gothic forms but tries to be contemporary. Drumbeat (2011) is a calligraphic script face, and Bambola (2011) is a curly signage script.

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Ekahermawan
[Putu Eka Hermawan]

Bali, Indonesia-based designer of Brastika (2020: a decorative serif), Kopitha (2020: a decorative serif), Castrelon (2020), the blackletter typeface Herkaloya (2020), the display serif typefaces Diskanila (2020) and Astila (2020).

Typefaces from 2021: Sunbest Mora (a curly serif with Victorian influences), Klaristha (a Victorian serif), Dhaks (a display typeface with traditional Hebrew terminals), Rottran (a woolly serif font), Kostania (a superb display typeface with plenty of ligatures), Bakihara (a blackletter), Bhostra Lala (a hyper-decorative font), Frastha (a wavy hipsterish display typeface), Brolian (a display sans), Shallota (a 9-style stylish display script), The Kanderlic (a creamy signage script), Kalivo (a 9-style display typeface with flared strokes).

Typefaces from 2022: Balkind (an 8-style display serif), Distrela (a 5-style display serif). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Ekayasa Ekayasa
[Authentype (or: Mix Jpg)]

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Eko Bimantara
[Type Dish]

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Eko Nur Cahyo
[Kulo Kale Studio]

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Eko Nurcahyo
[Marchtwentype Studio]

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Elena Schneider

Graphic designer from Dortmund, Germany, who lives in Husavik, Iceland. Her design company is called Elefont. After studying visual communication in the university of applied sciences in Dortmund, she co-founded the design studio Radau. Graduate of the University of Reading in 2011. Elena designs logos, retail and custom fonts. She is a visiting lecturer at HBK Saar and LHI Reykjavík, and a mentor at Alphabettes, a network to support and promote women in the type industry.

Creator of these typefaces: Eskorte (2011, her graduation project), Eskorte Persian (2011), Klebo (2011, mechanical / octagonal), Eskorte Armenian (2011), Paroli (2011, a bold rounded signage face, Die Gestalten), and Biec (2012).

In 2013, Eskorte was published by Rosetta Type. Eskorte supports Arabic, Farsi, Urdu, and over ninety languages using the Latin script. Titus Nemeth was consulted for the Arabic portion.

Cargo Collective link.

In 2016, Elena Schneider and Miles Newlyn co-designed the almost reverse contrast typeface family New Herman.

In 2019, she published the experimental techno typefaces Halunke and Konsole at Future Fonts. She writes about Konsole: Konsole is a clean sans serif typeface with a touch of technology. Inspired by audio equipment, it gives off robotic energy. A variable font was added in 2019.

Still in 2019, she released the German expressionist typeface Birra Bruin at Darden Studio.

At Tomorrow Type, she released the Cyrillic version of Halunke (2020).

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Elí Castellanos Chávez
[Cocijotype]

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Elias Duran

Creator of the angular signage typeface Lyna Kety (2012), the brush script Aula 402 (2012), the brush typeface Joshe (2012), and Found It On Dafont (2012). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Ellen Morales

Designer of the signage script typeface Lollypop (2012). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Elliott Amblard

Elliott graduated in graphic design at EPSAA (Ecole Professionnelle Supérieure d'Arts Graphiques et d'Architecture de la ville de Paris, France) in 2012.

Together, Elliott Amblard (France) and Gia Tran created the bold signage / retro baseball script typeface Paname FY at FontYou in 2014. At Long Type, he created Oradour: Inspired by french vernacular lettering, it is also a very contemporary re-interpretation of Eurostile typeface (Aldo Novarese) by stripping it from this dated aesthetic. FontYou link.

In the TypeMedia program at KABK in Den Haag, he designed Emil for his graduation in 2015. Emil is situated between a text typeface and a slab serif typeface. It is characterized by convex stems and low contrast and includes a Hairline weight.

In 2016, he published Yuzu at Indian Type Foundry. It is a simple yet effective straight rounded sans typeface family. Guide (2016), also published by Indian Type Foundry, is a wayfinding and traffic sign sans typeface family.

In 2017, Elliott Amblard and Théo Guillard designed Read Greek Condensed, which won an award at TDC Typeface Design 2018.

In 2018, Elliott Amblard and Jérémie Hornus co-designed the information design humanist sans typeface family Drive. It is accompanied by the more typewriter-styles families Drive Mono and Drive Prop, and published by Black Foundry. Angus (2018) is a multiplexed rounded sans typeface family by Elliott Amblard that includes a variable font. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Elsö Magyar Betüöntöde

Type foundry in Budapest where Zoltán Nagy published most of his typefaces. These include Ungarische Grotesk breitfett (1967), Ecsetiras (18=967) and Reklam Kurziv (a signage face). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Emanuele Fonticoli

Roman graphic designer who created the signage typeface Fonticoli (2012). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Embun Studio (or: Embuntype)
[Aditya Rezki Apriyadi]

Malang, Indonesia-based designer (b. 1996) who set up Embun Studio in 2018. Designer of these free fonts in 2019: Bungalow (script), Perfectly (script), Southern (a signature script), Dorillya (script), Rocketto (script), Gluottine, Janythri, Saithik (script), Mistrain (signage script), Greatquest (a bold script), Hahagia (script), Sanliurfa (for signatures), Reactivo (for children's books), Canthika (script), Hardwork (a signage font), Villaga.

Typefaces from 2020: Zero Hero, Kathiya, Arthens, Brown Sugar, Think, Galapagos (a decorative serif), Brigitta, Candy Cookies, Antharis, Ballisty, Blayer Charles, Starife, Syakira, Think, Black Pearl (a font duo), Madelyn.

Typefaces from 2021: Gilbert Qualifi (a stylish display serif), Brigitka Modern. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Emil Karl Bertell
[Fenotype]

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Emilie Rigaud
[A Is For (was: Aisforapple)]

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Emtheen Studio
[Muhammad Dimas]

Tangerang, Indonesia-based student-designer (b. 1999) of these typefaces: Z Bonus 01 (2019: a minimalist all caps sans), Schalke (2019: serifed), Marion (2019: serif), The Essentials (2019: script), Sherland Modern (2019: script), Asteriska (2019: a free dry brush typeface), Richmans (2019), Lorde Soon (2019), Manilla Script (2019), Display (2018: a free SVG font), Valencia (2018), Cashion Script (2018), Sayonara (2017: signage script), Salmon Script (2018), Creshex Brush (2018), Menulist (2018: a standard script). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Enrique Arellano
[Estudio Arellano Type Foundry]

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Epiclinez (was: Studio Epiclines, or: Letterbaja)
[Aldy Sidik]

Indonesian designer of these display typefaces in 2019: Raw Entry (a dry brush font), Giannis Rising, Jay Boyd, Fortune Maker, Vulcanica, Frankenstainer, Joel, Storynight, Alnoor, Alshareef, Lovely Wife, Best Friend Forever, Happy Weight, Thicky Lines, King Billy, Clear Lines, Slim Bike, Everlights, Mounica (a clean sans), Vintage Sky, Giannis Rising.

Typefaces from 2020: Fruity Cake, Full Of Love, Sunkiss Cafe, Bubble Drink, Almond Cake, Mike Wick, Anti Gravity, Coffee First, Anthemic (a fat finger font), Winterlust, Bella Rosemary, Melody and Memory, Coastland (a brush script), Light Storm (a dry brush script), Farm Days Out, Peak Season, Blinked, Courtside, Stay Wild, Jess, Milk Bath, Night Blazer, Cold Desert, Happy Wednesday, Lemon Party, Make History, Other Side, Burswood, Holsworth (a brush script), Jack Smith, Life Mission, Lioness (a brush script), Love Castle, Star Blossom, Takeshimura (a brush font), Brown Sound, Just Style (a brush script), Love Castle, Star Blossom, Flowing Waltz (a monoline script), Lights Of Athena (a creamy script), Tiger Wong (an urban brush typeface), Pretty Lily (a brush script), Ultimate Victory (a brush script), Walks Of Life (a dry brush font), Ultimate Victory, Little Tokyo, Down River, Watershed, Beautiful Sky, Moonlight In Tokyo (a wild script), Thug Rose, Strong Enough, The Good Stuff (a thin signature script), Decorate, Margaret River, Jettro, Farm Days Out, Love in Space, Tweets, Steph, Wood Lover, Brave King, Queen Bella, Burswood, Otherside, Little Tokyo, Bomb Track, Thrive (display caps), Cats and the City, Imperfection, Avocado, Pink, Rope a Dope, Heavy Relic (a dry brush typeface), Life Story, Buzzer Beater, Vlogger, Motoride (a retro signage script), Livercool (a creamy script), Basketball Diary, Strong Enough (script), Thank You Kobe (a rough brush), King Billy, Epic Hello.

Typefaces from 2021: Wild Summer, Light Dance (an irregular script), Moon Rays (a liquid font), Spooky Town, Betthofen Script, Bali Sky (a scrapbook script), Endlessly (a scrapbook script), Lets Hoop, Fruity Mellow Sun (a scrapbook script), Stay Together, Lunch Show (a poster font), Pride And Joy, Wild Autumn (a scrapbook script), Spring Ride (a playful font), Tisha (a striking dry brush script), Vintage Summer (script), Classy Jazzy (handcrafted, with inflated stems), Dream Earth (a brush font), Loose Jeans (a fat finger font), Frozen Tree (a fat finger font), Satin Orange (a wild script), Erlissa (a wild upright calligraphic script), Barrlow (script), Sweet Farm Story, Fun City Life (a casual bold sans), Funky Rhythm (script), Lucky Night (a fat finger font), School Trip (emulating a child's writing), Early Hours (a scrapbook font), Happy Star (a bold high contrast script), Early Hours (a scrapbook font), Air Time (a marker pen font), Beachside (hand-printed and condensed), Candymore (hand-printed), Chili Chips (a fat finger font), Fruit Viesta (vernacular), Stay (an inky script), Fiery Sun (a paper cutout font), Silver Shark (dry-brushed caps), Testify, Bombtrack (an outlined and shadowed brush font), Katniss (a nice inky script), Bombtrack (an outlined and shadowed brush font), Katniss (a nice inky script), Scarfish (a dry brush script), Mountain Side, Purple Sky (a creamy script), Heart Spoken, Loving Heart, Countless Blessings (hand-printed), Dream Island, Love Flowers (script), Summer Crackers, Weeknight, Good Night Kiss, Charming Beauty.

Typefaces from 2022: Lily Stevan (scrapbook lettering), Steffi (a scrapbook script), Cisse (a scrapbook script), Come Alive (a fat finger font), Summer Quest (a marker pen font) Exquisito (urban), Dunk City (a dry brush script), Matteus (an irregular script), Heart Of Mine (a fat finger script), Pizza Mania (a fat finger font), Claudie (a wild script), Rivalries (a scrapbook font). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Ergibi Studio
[Riyadh Rahman]

Watampone, South Sulawesi-based designer (b. 1995) of the script typefaces Maghrib (2019), Westline (2019), Billistone (2019), Zakiyah Script (2019), BeaQueen Script (2019: monoline), Athika (2019), Holmes Signature (2019) and Claudya (2019), the dry brush typeface Grotters (2019), the monoline script American Lemon (2019), the creamy display typeface Quacker (2019), the vintage typeface Brattlies (2019), and the modular monoline display sans typeface Holmes (2019).

Typefaces from 2020: Golden Ballpoint, Arfelick Feather (a heavy brush script), Dream Glory (a font duo), Fireclay, Nerut (a decorative all caps serif), Southmore (a wild script), Poetry Darling (wild calligraphy), Jushley Shine (a brush script), Spartwell (dry brush script), Roaring Jungle, Quacker (a creamy display serif), Patrick Cleo, Osaka Chips (a supermarket signage font), Leonardo da Vincen, Hazard (a brush font), Garloise (a vintage monoline script), South Signature, Peach Cuties, Chocolate Crispy, Cluisher Brush (a fantastic street art brush typeface), Vanrott Destroy, Sultan, Arfellion, Leonardo da Vincen, Hazard, Krasty (a creamy signage or baseball script), Vanrott, Emirose, Summer Sans, Mount Hills (a decorative display serif), Summer South (a font duo).

Typefaces from 2021: Mishelia (a fashion mag serif with hairline connectors), The Jagret (a rounded bold display serif), Zaystack (a dry brush script), Costyle (script), Luxury Modish (a wild inky calligraphic font), Callient (an inky script), Lostar (a wavy, almost intestinal, font), Vigran Maroll (an all caps decorative serif), Jungle Mask (a stylish flared decorative serif), Wangi (a stencil typeface with ball terminals), Bramz (intestinal art nouveau caps), Cheorcy (a monolinear unicase typeface), Glow Better (a font dup featuring interlocking and sword terminals), Brams (a psychedelic display serif), Quick Sillent (a brush script), Madinah Authentic (script), Hillshort (a vernacular brush typeface for supermarkets), Noctura Georgia (a brush script and sans font duo), North Zone (an urban brush), British Castilla (serif and script duo), Billbreak (a smooth brush script).

Typefaces from 2022: Brams (psychedelic). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Ergo Hiki (or: Ergo Fonts)
[Ezeqviel Ergo]

Buenos Aires-based designer of the free abstract display typefaces Lain (2014) and Ohmu (2014). He also made Kuurude or Kuudure or Sona (2014, a fashion mag font), Sahaquiel (2014), Kirishiki (2014) and Magnesia (2014).

In 2015, he made Chiba (thick handcrafted vernacular signage font), Ganguro (a free piano key typeface), Mizore (a free pixel font), Touka (sans), Kohta, Asuna, Ayanami (free), Usumi (a brushy script), Sumire (fat finger font), Nagato (Peignotian caps), Eiga (a free octagonal typeface), Shiro (octagonal piano key typeface), Bishoujo (brush script), Misato (brush script), Mikuru (brush script), Sensei (free brush script), Chizuru (watercolor brush script), Yamcha (free handcrafted typeface), Gasai (a grungy textured typeface), Hokage, Kaneda (free), Kagome (free), Metagross and Kagura (a severe but free modular type inspired by religious repression in the middle ages). His fonts are made with FontStruct.

Typefaces from 2016: Gessekai, Amaterasu (textured all caps typeface), Boketto (free unicase), Obake.

Typefaces from 2017: Bimyou (brush style), Kintsukuroi (handcrafted), Natsu (brushed font).

Typefaces from 2019: Sensei, Ganbaru.

Old Behance link. Dafont link. Fontspace link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Eric Kurniawan
[Burntilldead]

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Erica Jung

Brazilian printmaker, graphic artist and illustrator, b. 1975. Her fonts are created together with Ricardo Marcin at Pintassilgo Prints (est. 2009). Pintassilgo relocated to Florianopolis at some point. Her fonts at PintassilgoPrints include Petulante (scratchy caps) (2021), Skaligari (eighties punk) (2021), Slotrip (2021), Soapy (foam-textured caps) (2021), Conversa (2021), Tenacious Brush (2021), Clarks (2021: a modular typeface based on the work of Lygia Clark, one of the giants of Brazilian postwar art), Cachalote (a poster typeface) (2021), Search (an all caps dry brush font) (2020), Grok (2020), Pickles (2020), Pain de Mie (2020), Outside (2020), Altogether (2020: a doodling beauty with eight choices for each glyph), Ars Nova (2019: art nouveau), Pind-O-Rama (2019), Pieches (2019: a linocut font inspired by the powerful political and social posters by Paul Peter Piech), Soundstar (2019), Clafoutis (2019), Pedrita (2018), Transmogrified (2018), Melodia (2018), Minute (2018), Mindset (2018), Salted (2018), Plunct Plact (2017: a children's script), Manihot, Brushtones (2017), Strange Times (2017), Mudstone (2017), Plumcake (2017), Cordelia (2017), Dunkelbunt (2016, inspired by the eccentric artist, architect and designer Friedensreich Hundertwasser), Chronic (2016, influenced by the work of HAP Grieshaber and Willem Sandberg; expanded in 2020 to Anachronic), Unboring (2016), Sunbeat (beatnik style), Hand It (2016, a childish script), Botanique (2016, after Lucian Bernhard's Schmalfette Bernhard Antiqua, 1912), Somehand (2015), Gumdrop, Granz (2015: retro lettering based on a Porgy & Bess album cover by David Stone Martin), Stabile and Stabile Toys (2015, handcrafted), Cluster (2015, a layered letterpress emulation typeface), Stick Around (2014), Marker Aid, Unpack, Felt Noisy (fat brush), Blueshift (2014), Daft Brush (2014, a vernacular brush), Tuesnight (2014, offbeat poster font), Periplus (2013), Marujo (2013: a decorative typeface inspired by paintings of Arthur Bispo do Rosário, a Brazilian artist who lived for 50 years in a psychiatric institution), Brush Up (2013: a rough brush script), Undersong (a stackable script system), Tremendous (2013: a retro poster typeface), Rockinstead (2013), Runcible (2013, +Cleft, its glaz krak version), Mamute (2013: a layered letterpress style type system), Sabotage (2013: squarish poster font inspired by the iconic Vertigo movie poster by Saul Bass), Sheldon (2013, based on posters by the Polish graphic artist Marian Stachurski; +Extras), Dranskof (2013, inspired by a page from a publication for children by Serbian writer, poet and journalist Dusko Radovic), Gentil (2012, an all caps poster font), Sundowners (retro poster face), Kokoschka (2012, based on the lettering on the poster of an expressionist play by Austrian painter, printmaker and writer Oskar Kokoschka in 1909), Monstrinhos (2012, dingbats), YWFT Duncan (2012), Card-o-mat (2012, bird dingbats), Soundtrack (2012), Monstro (2012, fat poster face), Attic (2012).

Typefaces from 2011: Melkslijter (2011, a stylish art deco typeface based on a brochure by Dutch graphic artist Dirk Hart), Polyspring (2011, a Victorian typeface hand-drawn based on Italia Condensed, Keystone, 1906), Berimbau (2011), Populaire (2011, a hand-drawn poster caps typeface that was inspired by the electrifying posters from May 1968 by Atelier Populaire, and loaded with alternates to give a random effect), Manicuore (2011, a hand-drawn typeface inspired by Italian movie posters by the prolific movie poster artist Symeoni, aka Sandro Simeoni), Smashing (2011, a fat hand-printed poster face), Smashing (2011, a fat hand-printed poster face), Chancellor (2011), the eccentric poster face Polygraph (2011, based on lettering of the Polish poster artist Leszek Zebrowski. Images: i, ii, iii, iv, v, vi, vii, viii, ix, x), the vintage serif typeface Organically (2011), Transitore (2011: Transitore is a lively hand-drawn font with loads of alternates and ligatures which, managed by advanced OpenType features, help create a convincing handcrafted look), the poster display typeface Sforzando (2011; +Alto), the signage typeface Jongleur (2011).

Typefaces from 2010: the Cuban poster typeface Transmogrifier (2010, based on lettering by Cuban poster artist Eduardo Muñoz Bachs), the ultra-fat art deco typeface Loudine (), Crocante (2010, comic book face), Love Birds Pattern (2010), Swung Note (2010), Amarelinha (2010, hand-printed), Cuadrifonte (2010, a fat hand-printed family including styles called Pics, Sketch (regular), Fill and Line), Xylo Sans (2010, wooden texture face), Ritornelos (2010, a curly all caps hand-printed face), Roadway (2010, based on wood Clarendons), Bandoliers (2010, an informal hand-printed sketched face, with 3D versions such as Beefy, High and Rocky), Changing (2010), Vitrines (2010, hand-printed), Prokaryotic (2010, a "bacterial attack" face), Football World (2010, soccer silhouettes), Singela (2010), Butterfly Effect (2010), Tonal (2010, ultra-fat with mini-counters), Dynatomic (2010, inspired by the hand-drawn lettering of a 1964 polish movie poster designed by Andrzej Krajewski), Lovebirds (2010, bird silhouettes), Somewhat (2010, hand-drawn), Oyster (2010, hand-drawn dingbats), Grante (2009, a lively poster face), Mondiale (2009), Nanquim (2009, sketched letters), Merceria Antique (2009) and Arca (2009, + Dashed). All have an informal and attractive look, and were co-designed with Ricardo Marcin.

The prints of Horst Janssen had a characteristic uneven hand-printed lettering that led Erica Jung and Ricardo Marcin to design the multi-featured opentype typeface Horst (2010). Nova Horst followed in 2012.

Creative Market link. Klingspor link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

ErlerSkibbeTönsmann (and: Character Type)
[Henning Hartmut Skibbe]

ErlerSkibbeTönsmann is an agency for corporate, editorial and typeface design in Hamburg, Germany. Its main type designer is Henning Hartmut Skibbe, a German communications designer located in Potsdam and/or or Hamburg, b. 1979. He studied graphic design at the University of Applied Science Potsdam and was a typeface design student of Luc(as) de Groot. Some time around 2019, Henning Skibbe set up Character Type and joined The Type Department. Skibbe's typefaces:

  • Arctic (2006). A headline font family. Arctic Black Basic is free.
  • Haptic (2008): a sans logotype that won an award at TDC2 2009). In 2015, Skibbe followed this up with the connected brush signage family Haptic Script. In 2019, HapticScript and Haptic Pro were rereleased at his own type foundry, Character Type.
  • Nautik (2004-2006). A free calligraphic take on Courier. Image by Francisco Baudizzone.
  • News Sans (2019). Ninety styles of pure newspaper and information design type.
  • Skibfont (2002-2003). A free calligraphic font.
  • Codesigner with Johannes Erler in 2009 of FF Dingbats 2.0, a redesign and update of FF Dingbats (1993). This was followed in 2014 by FF Dingbats 2.0 UI and FF Dingbats 2.0 Inverted UI.
  • The agency did the typeface design for Sueddeutsche Zeiting in 2011-2012. Its new corporate typeface, SZ (Serif, Sans, Sans Condensed, Text, 40 fonts in all), is described as follows by Henning's codesigner, Nils Thomsen: In 2011 and 2012 I participated on the corporate typeface for the German daily, "Süddeutsche Zeitung", at the office "Bureau ErlerSkibbeToensmann". Hand in hand with type designer Henning Skibbe and art director Christian Tönsmann the different styles and weights were carefully designed. The technical part was edited by fontshop.com. SZ Text is based on Excelsior (Chauncey H. Griffith, 1931). The new typeface got narrower and the capitals smaller and lighter. To this we added lots of new details, which worked better and made it overall more efficient in tight columns and line spacing. SZ Serif is based on SZ Text and replaced the "Times" (Stanley Morison, 1931). Higher contrast and slightly narrower letter shapes makes it more useful for headline typography. SZ Sans is designed for strong headlines and replaces "Helvetica" (Max Miedinger, 1957). Simple and silent shapes gives the right touch to the neutral character of "Süddeutsche Zeitung". SZ Sans Condensed is made for tables in the sport or economy segment. It replaces FF Unit (Erik Spiekermann & Christian Schwartz, 2003-2011).
  • In 2019, Skibbe published these four editorial design font families at Character Type: News Sans Compressed, News Sans Condensed, News Sans Extended, News Sans Wide. He writes: The News Sans family was designed to allow for a maximum range of visual shades when creating a typo­graphic look, effortlessly ranging from loud and expressive, to subtle and reserved. The large x-height combined with low as­cenders and descenders allows for tight and efficient designs. All sharp corners were trimmed off to add character and a nuance of extra space. NewsSans' strokes link humanist curves with American Grotesque details and solid square stems. Make no mistake, the w and other glyphs reveal fashionista hipster ideas from the 2010s, thus moving these families a bit away from old school American grotesques. In 2020, at The Type Department, News Sans was released under the new name New Sans (Compressed, Extended). Later in 2020, Skibbe released News Serif (20 styles, three optical sizes).

MyFonts page. Linotype page. FontHaus page. Behance link. URL for Skibbe. Klingspor link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Erwin Indrawan

Indonesian graphic designer and calligrapher. Codesigner with Dexsar Harry Anugrah Dexsar (Majestype) of Bandung (2014, a flowing connected brush script typeface) and Kayto Script (2017). Creative Market link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Estudio Arellano Type Foundry
[Enrique Arellano]

Enrique Arellano (b. Colombia) runs Estudio Arellano Type Foundry in Mexico City. Behance link. Creator of Barata Display (2012, a free signage typeface).

In 2013, Arellano went commercial. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Estudio Calderon
[Felipe Calderón]

Felipe Calderón Arteaga is a graduate of the Academy of Professional Drawing in Cali, Colombia, who runs Calderon Design and Calderon Estudio Type Foundry. As an illustrator, calligrapher and graphic designer based in Cali, he won an award in the display type category at Tipos Latinos 2012 for Letrista Script (a signage script).

In 2013, he designed the signage script typeface Tulipan, which comes with Broken Caps (+pro in 2014) and several sets of ornaments.

Typefaces from 2014: Risotto Script (a calligraphic signage script with slightly rough edges), Planet Express.

Typefaces from 2015: Trendy (a brush script) and Hollie Script Pro, which won an award in the TDC 2015 Type Design competition. Trendy Script won an award at Tipos Latinos 2016.

Typefaces from 2016: Pistacho (a handcrafted font family for coffee shops), Ruth Script (a retro brush style signage script family influenced by signs in bars, billiard halls, motels and night clubs).

Typefaces from 2017: Melts Script (based on Colin Brignall's Harlow Solid; followed in 2018 by Melts Script Rough), Saltbush Rough, Saltbush (handcrafted script/sans pair).

Typefaces from 2018: Bordonaro Script, Bordonaro Spur (influenced by old beer labels and includes some serifs based on Frederic W. Goudy's Copperplate), Bordonaro Script Rounded, Bordonaro Spur Rounded, Fregata Sans (a playful solid and inline sans) and Fregata Script Inline (a rope font).

Typefaces from 2019: Vallejo Serif (a flared titling typeface inspired by the Stephen King's book covers), Vallejo Serif Rounded, Sussan (a handlettered typeface family, +Sussan Extras by Jhony Velasco).

In 2020, Felipe Calderon and Jhony Velasco co-designed the compressed typeface Compilation Grotesk. With Ritmo Estudio he designed the inscribed lapidary typeface RT Singular (2020).

Typefaces from 2021: Sweep Poster (a 7-style sharp serif), Blunch (a vintage all caps typeface with flared terminals), Masantina (a meaty decorative sans, designed by Ritmo Estudio), RT Austin Plain (a retro beer label script).

Typefaces from 2022: Prody (a warm serif family in three styles inspired by Cheltenham, Belwe and Souvenir).

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Etcetera Type Company (or: ETC; was: Finck Font Co)
[Tyler Finck]

Graphic designer and musician (b. 1982) at the New York studio AWP who grew up in Maine and is currently based in Ithaca, NY. In 2018, he founded Etcetera Type Company, which is based in Spencer, NY.

His typefaces:

  • The fat counterless caps typefaces Blackout and Blackout Midnight (2008). Blackout Sunrise (2013) is an outlined face and Blackout 2am is a reversed font. Blackout Noon followed in 2014. Free download of Blackout at the League of Movable Type.
  • Ostrich Sans (2011). This typeface comes in many weights, including a beautiful Ostrich Sans Inline and a hairline. In 2016, this was followed by the layered monoline sans typeface family Ostrich Proper (+Inline).
  • Knewave (2011, Google Web Fonts). A brush signage face. League of Movable Type link.
  • Porter Sans (2013). A large wide headline type family. It has a free inline outline weight. Later additions include Porter Sans Ink (2014) and Porter Rough (2016). Porter FT, which includes new rounded styles, was added in 2017.
  • Elm (2013). Hand-printed.
  • Lickety Split (2013). A crayon or brush face.
  • Almost (2013). A poster typeface.
  • Guilder (2011-2013). A free typeface family with an inline thrown in.
  • Ithaca Sans (2013).
  • Fartlek Sans (2014). A handcrafted poster typeface.
  • Katahdin (2014). A free font.
  • Upstater (2014). A a classical American gothic with shaded and layered styles.
  • Grandstander (2014). A comic book face. Grandstander Classic (2017). In 2020, Grandstander became a free Google font---and a two-axis variable font was added for the occasion.
  • Boo City (2014). A pixel face.
  • Didactic Display (2014). A grungy typeface.
  • Upstater Ink (2014). A grungy typeface.
  • Finck32A (2014).
  • Saturnight (2014). A heavy brush typeface.
  • Typocopia (2014). A letterpress emulation typeface.
  • Taurus Mono (2014). An outline font.
  • Southpaw (2014). A nice informal hand.
  • Chawp (2014). A crayon face.
  • Mr. Brunch (2014). A brush face.
  • Gluten FT (2014).
  • Flabbergast (2015). A didone.
  • Korsque (2015). A layered typeface.
  • Bico (2015). A rounded condensed organic typeface.
  • Ichabod (2016). An antiqued serif typeface.
  • Altitude Condensed (2016).
  • Imbue (2016). A condensed didone poster typeface (also called a skyline typeface) at Google Fonts. See also Imbue FT (2017). ETC Imbue (2019) is a variable font version of Imbue with a variation in optical size from Text to Display.
  • Retrograde (2016). A monoline and monospaced organic sans.
  • Plainview (2016). A squarish and fat typeface.
  • Nonesuch (2016). A condensed sans.
  • Juju (2016). An octagonal layered typeface family.
  • Atiga (2017).
  • Mr Brunch FT (2017). A children's book font.
  • League Mono (2017). A free font.
  • ETC Gluten (2018). An organic font family.
  • ETC Epilogue (2018). A variable sans font. Github link. Google Fonts link. Prologue (2020) is a reworking of ETC Epilogue.
  • ETC Anybody (2018-2020). A 72-style variable font with weight, width and slant axes. Free at Google Fonts. He writes: Anybody is a big family that combines an affinity for Eurostile plus a heavy dose of 90s inspiration. It's flexible enough to adapt to a variety of situations. From UltraCondensed to ExtraExpanded, type set in Anybody can take up a tiny amount of horizontal space or so much space that you'll need several lines. Its high x-height and low cap height help exaggerate extreme widths and weights. Github link.
  • Furrow (2018). A grungy sans.
  • Cease (2018). A squarish techno typeface.
  • ETC Trispace (2019). A variable font with weight and width axes, based on League Mono.
  • ETC Tourney (2019). A variable octagonal font, playing on the theme of outline versus inline. Free Google Fonts download (2020-2021). Github link.
  • Struthio (2019). A rounded sans.
  • Birdo (2020). An inline typeface.
  • Gluten (2021). A free script font family at Google Fonts.

Alternate URL, called The League of Movable Type. Typedia link. Kernest link. League of Movable Type link. Creative Market link, Klingspor link. Dafont link. Home page. Creative Market link. Abstract Fonts link. Google Plus link. YWFT link. Old home page. Behance link. Github link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

ETF Supply (or: TypeHaus)
[Dharma Syahputra]

Or Fajar Wahyu Pribadi. Medan, Indonesia-based designer of the modern scripts Anomaly (2016, a signature script that is free at Dafont), Semesta (2016), Triani (2016) and Aidad (2016), the roundish slab serif typeface Canaal Slab (2016) and the connected monoline script typefaces Ulleel (2016) and Gomma Monoline Script (2016). Firman Suci Ananda (Medan, Indonesia) is somehow also involved in the production or advertisement of this typeface.

Volkschaft TF (2017) is a baseball script jointly designed by Firman Suci Ananda and Wahyu Pribadi.

Cofounder with Firman Suci Ananda of Tyfomono, which made the script typefaces Cartel Deux and TF The Fest, and TF Hillmark (a script typeface by Firman Suci Ananda and Wahyu Pribadi) in 2017.

Typefaces from 2018: Hurley 1967 (+Script), US Bill Sans (published by Unidaas; co-designed with Firman Suci Ananda and Irfan Ulya), US Blaak (a wedge serif by Firman Suci Ananda and Fajar Wahyu Pribadi). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Etienne Aubert-Bonn

Étienne is a graduate of the graphic and type design program at UQAM in Montreal. Cofounder in 2011 of Coppers & Brasses in Montreal, together with Alexandre Saumier Demers. He studied at Type@Cooper in New York and at KABK in Den Haag, The Netherlands (class of 2013). He also teaches type design at UQAM in Montreal.

In 2012, he designed the signage typeface Sardine and the blackletter typeface Freitt. Together with Alexandre, he created Martha (a monospaced slabby grotesque), still in 2012. At The Cooper Union, he created Barapa (2012). His fonts at Coppers Brasses:

  • Double (2015, Alexandre Saumier Demers and Étienne Aubert Bonn). A retail typeface family from condensed to wide with wedge serifs, a copperplate feel, and slight flaring. Ideal for display work.
  • Canal (2015). A fantastic retail sans typeface family: Canal is a typeface family inspired by the blue collar, hard working people that were the late 19th and early 20th centuries labor force of the new continent. It is a sturdy workhorse with a wink of humanism.
  • Energir (2017). A corporate stencil typeface for Gaz Metro, now called Energir.
  • Ilisarniq (2018). Designed for the Kativik School Board---the only school board of Nunavik. The education programs developed by the school board are offered in all schools of the 14 Nunavik communities, in Inuktitut as first language and in French and English as second languages. The school board operates 17 primary and secondary schools as well as 5 adult education centers all over Nunavik. The goal was to create a modern and clean looking typeface that incorporates both the Latin alphabet and the Inuktitut Syllabics characters. The typeface family has been developed with the help of the board and the community to make sure its readability was optimal. The design has also been optimized to make sure that the color of text was similar between the two scripts. The typeface is available for free at Coppers and Brasses.
  • With My-Lan, Etienne co-designed Mammouth (2017). Mammouth is a gala on Tele Quebec where teenagers can vote for the people, events, and causes that influenced them the most during the year. This commissioned typeface family contains a heavy and an ultra-fat style.
  • Codesigner, with My-Lan Thuong of Maple Leafs (2017), a fast and aggressive typeface commissioned for the Toronto Maple Leafs as a display face to use along with their existing typefaces.
  • McGill Sans and McGill Serif (2019), custom designs for McGill University in Montreal.
  • Martha (2014, Alexandre Saumier Demers and Étienne Aubert Bonn). A retail typeface family with curvy typewriter influences, some monospaced styles and a grotesque to boot.
  • Klaus (2014). Developed for personal web and paper work.
  • Théorie (2014, Alexandre Saumier Demers and Étienne Aubert Bonn). A techno stencil typeface commissioned by UQAM's Bureau de Design for the Bâtisseurs of the science faculty award.
  • Nurraq (2013). In 2013, Etienne graduated from the Type & Media program at KABK in Den Haag. His graduation typeface is called Nurraq. He explains this Latin/ Inuktitut typeface: Nurraq is a multi-script typeface system that matches a Latin serif text typeface with a Canadian aboriginal syllabics character set for the Inuktitut language. The very different nature and origin of these two scripts creates an interesting context for both typefaces to share influences coming from each other's tradition, and, by doing so, bridging the gap that usually separates these two forms of writing. Nurraq won an award in the Morisawa 2014 type competition.
  • Compass (2013). A revival based on the early drawings of Monotype Plantin series 110 by Frank Hinman Pierpont and Fritz Stelzer.
  • MLS Soccer (2012). A handcrafted custom typeface by Alexandre Saumier Demers and Étienne Aubert Bonn, commissioned by Sid Lee.
  • Triade (2016). A heavy titling or display typeface with tons of personality.
  • Hochelaga (2012-2017). In cooperation with Feed Type. An all caps sans inspired by old street signs in Montreal.
  • Bookmark (2020). A 2-style geometric sans made for the Canadian mobile company Fizz.
  • In 2020, Etienne Aubert Bonn and My-Lan Thuong co-designed Baryton at Coppers and Brasses, a revival of Frank Bartuska's playful photo era didone typeface Century Bartuska.
  • Agena and Agena Display (2021). A large display sans family with many hipster traits.
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Eurotypo
[Olcar Alcaide]

Institute in Benalmadena, Spain (was: Santa Severa), where one can take 4-week courses at 1450 Euros a shot on the Etruscan alphabet, Trajan, Cuadrata and Rustic Roman Capital letters, and related subjects. They also organize lettering tours in Italy and guided tours in various musea. The teachers are Alberto Di Santo (Professor of the visual communication, Tor Vergata University, Rome; Professor of Graphic Design, Istituto Europeo di design, Rome; Professor of editorial design, La Sapienza University, Rome; Professor of Typography, C.F.P. Sinalunga, Siena) and Olcar Alcaide (b. 1952, Argentina, Professor of Graphic and Typography Design, University of Buenos Aires; Professor of Typography, University of Lanús, and Professor of Graphic Design, Marbella Design School, Spain). Type link jump page.

Eurotypo is also the foundry of Olcar Alcaide.

Catalog of Olcar Alcaide's typefaces.

In 2010, he published the text family Antium and the warm signage typefaces Mijas Ultra and Lila Pro Heavy.

Typefaces from 2011 include Lila pro, Atenea (a humanist sans family), Agerola Script (a fat flowing signage face), Teja (signage face), Zalea (yet another signage face), and Nabu Pro (a connected signage script). Equalis (2011M, with Juan Lavalle) is a monoline slab typeface with a huge x-height and wide open counters. It was followed by Equalis Stencil (2011). Ravel (2011) is a fat signage script face. Atenea Egyptian (2011) is a solid slab serif family. Berta (2011) is a signage brush typeface with connected and unconnected versions. Optic Art (2011) is an ornamental typeface with building blocks that can be used for overlays. Creator of Eurotypo Bodoni Bold (2011).

Typefaces from 2012: Cubus (dingbats), Saxo Deco (art deco), Moliere (2012, an elegant didone family with outspoken ball terminals), Melon Script (a fat curvy signage script family), Riky (comic book family), Chipa (a signage and package design script), Heket (an expressive curly script), Lenga (a slab serif typeface family), Mikal (brush script). Duktus is a 1940s style script in the style of Donatello (1935, Wagner & Schmidt), Troubadour (1927, Wagner & Schmidt), Liberty Script (1927, Willard T. Sniffin), Trafton Script (1933, Howard Allen Trafton), and Coronet (1937, R.H. Middleton).

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Typefaces from 2013: Dignus (influenced by Bank Gothic and Eurostile), Bague (old Dutch style with little contrast, in the style of Jan Van Krimpen), Lugo (a heavy signage or advertising script), Brittes (copperplate script), Talis (contrast-rich sans family), Fiesole (display family with an awkward back-curled lower case d), C Duflos (after a bâtarde coulée by Claude Duflos, a French engraver who was acitve around 1690).

Typefaces from 2014: Talks (creamy signage script), Fiume (calligraphic script), Predy, Daevon (copperplate script), Beily (letterpress style), Ritts (a heavy script-like display family), Ritts Cursive (in the style of the brush signage scripts descending from Robert E. Smith's Brush Script for ATF in 1942).

Typefaces from 2015: Valentia (a semi-copperplate calligraphic script followed by Valentia Condensed in 2016), Stabia, Digatte Quill (connected script), Digatte (connected monoline cursive script).

Typefaces from 2016: Duero (signage script), Turia (calligraphic script), RRollie (a lapidary typeface based on the roman inscriptions), Valentia Nit (a copperplate typeface enriched with swashes and extensions).

Typefaces from 2017: Citix (a great calligraphic / penmanship script), Citix Two Condensed, Alfabetica (humanist sans), Merick.

Typefaces from 2018: Fortezza (a stiifened didone), Portoluce, Hotdogger (a cursive brush font family), Hotdogger Extras (dingbats), Favarotta, Vikive (a grotesque family), Aretino (a renaissance text typeface), Mirabella, Lectio.

Typefaces from 2019: Palio (a condensed tall didone), Fractus (blackletter), Blackduck (blackletter), Sgraffio (copperplate script).

Typefaces from 2020: Eolia A (a 12-style low contrast grotesque typeface), Breda (a 12-style geometric sans), Breda Two (six additional condensed styles), Marcus Traianus (in the Trajan style, with lowercase included as well), Eurotypo Sans, Eurotypo SII, Eurotypo BKL (a Baskerville-inspired family), Cannoli (a retro brush lettered signage script).

Typefaces from 2021: Zornale (a 7-style text family inpsired by the Zornale, an original manuscript that contains a daily record of the books acquired by the Venetian bookseller Francesco de Madiis, between 1481 and 1488), Alacant (a 14-style slab serif with elliptical shoulders), Tre Giorni (a carefully designed script in solid and outline styles), Due Giorni (a rhythmic calligraphic script), Sagasti (a text typeface with straight serifs), Calcis (a 10-style sans), Rufolo (an 8-style lapidary typeface influenced by Robert Hunter Middleton's Stellar (1929), William A. Dwiggins' Albertus (1932) and Hermann Zapf's Optima (1952)).

Typefaces from 2022: Zornale Title.

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E.V. Norat II

American designer, b. 1945, of these typefaces:

  • 914 (2009). A techno sans family modeled after Porsche's logo.
  • NPS 1935 (2008). An art deco typeface that was used on numerous posters/prints made for the National Park Service (NPS) and the Works Progress Administration (WPA) during the years of Depression era, ca. 1935. NPS Signage 1945 (2010). Revival of an art deco type of font that is used since 1916 on numerous signs/signage within national parks of the USA.
  • Railroad Roman 1916 (2010).
  • Redring 1969 (2008, sans).
  • Teletype 1945-1985 (2008-2013). He writes: This typewriter-based, serif, mono-spaced font is similar, but not exactly, to the actual Teletype typeboxes. These were used initially by the Civil Aviation Agency (CAA) right after World War II (later reorganized as the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)) in the various electro-mechanical Teletype (TTY / TWX) machines. These teletypes machines were used by Air Traffic Controllers at over 360+ Flight Service Stations facilities, the U.S. Weather Bureau/Stations, International weather stations, military and many other facilities throughout the world primarily for weather reporting/dissemination purposes and for occasional communication purposes.
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Evgeny Tkhorzhevsky
[Robot Smith]

Based in Vladivostok, calligrapher Evgeny Tkhorzhevsky (Robot Smith, or ET Lettering Studio) created Braxton (2013, a brush script published by Fontfabric---one style is free), and Construct (2012, a constructivist experiment with geometric solids).

In 2014, he created the semi-connected vintage signage script (or marker script) typeface Suzee FY (Fontyou), the creamy script Kumiz FY (with Gia Tran, Fontyou), which is a renamed version of Maio FY (with Gia Tran, at FontYou).

In 2016, together with FontFabric, he designed the great free rough-edged script typeface Resphekt (Latin/Cyrillic).

Another alias is Robot Smith.

Behance link. Behance link for ET Lettering Studio. Dribble link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Evgeny Zotov

Russian designer of the elegant Latin / Cyrillic script typefaces Elza (2012, a revamping of Elzevir), and Cheldon (2010) and of a cyrillized version of Walbaum. Zotov lives in Krasnoyarsk. In 2014, he designed the signage / packaging font Label Food.

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Evolys Digital

Zimbabwe-based designer of the sans typeface Dado Sans Pro (2017), Maleo Semi Serif (2017), the brush script typefaces Gushungo (2017) and Digreto (2017), the futuristic typeface Avanteus Broken (2017), the handcrafted typeface Amara Heavy (2017), the brush script Simplistic (2017), and the nice signage typeface Burn The Bridges (2017). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Ewen Prigent
[La Boîte Graphique]

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Eyetype / Typestation
[Fadhl Waliy Haqq]

Fadhl Waliy Haqq (hailing from Surakarta, Indonesia) ran Alternatype, Akutype and Akufadhl before setting up Eyetype and Typestation. At Eyetype, he published the didone variant Bunta (2018-2019, with Cesar Araya). In 2018, Fadhl designed Mustache, Thick, Solution and Quick On (MyFonts mentions that Roiyani Teungku designed this).

At Typestation, he published Rapido (2019).

A 2019 font reportedly by Roiyani Teungku at Eyetype is Platanos (a signage script). Also in 2019, we find Bandet which was originally designed by Ayi Teiry in 2017.

Typefaces from 2020: Agustrush, Bettylavia (a rabbit ear script), Kentrell Scripts (also by Ayi Teiry).

Typefaces from 2022: Kingswell (a thin handwriting font). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Ezeqviel Ergo
[Ergo Hiki (or: Ergo Fonts)]

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Ezza Adhreza Brahma
[Ezzazabra]

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Ezzazabra
[Ezza Adhreza Brahma]

Based in Bandung, Indonesia, Adhreza Brahma (b. 1987) is a typographer and illustrator. At Dafont, one can download Barbarossa (2013), Libre (2013, bilined typeface), Variol (2013), Attic (2009) and Vol (2009). The last two are (incomplete) techno fonts. Bite of Crab (2010) is a monoline octagonal shell. Angled (2013) is a futuristic typeface inspired by traditional letters from Makassar, Indonesia called Lontara. Bite of Crab (2013) is a modular octagonal typeface. Wallflower (2013, free) is a headline sans typeface. Nocte (2013) is a free gothic condensed sans typeface.

Typefaces from 2014: December, Kandel (a great layered typeface in Regular, Bevel and Inline versions), Jingga, Expatriate (a compass-and-ruler typeface), Father (vintage signage face, with 3D and Distort styles).

In 2015, he designed Puna (copperplate), Nawaitu (signage typeface), Tresno (a curly brush script), Mementomori (a modern blackletter), Gulana Slab Serif, the piano key typeface Zaun, and the 7-style vintage typeface family Sonten, which comes in 3D, Bevel, Contour, Deboss, Outline, and Shadow forms.

Typefaces from 2016: Hujan (a fun calligraphic printed typeface), Canda, Canda Script, Ririwa (evil ghost: a wonderful scary ink splatter font).

Typefaces from 2017: Oun (a vernacular blackletter typeface inspired by the Khmer alphabet).

Aka Ezza Zebra. Behance link. Creative Market link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

F. Arthur Pearson

Author of Ticket and Show Card Designing (1924, publ. Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons, London). [Google] [More]  ⦿

FA Studio (or: Fluffy Art Studio)
[Indra Gunawan]

Or FA Supply Co. Yogyakarta, Indonesia-based designer (b. 1987) of these typefaces in 2016: Scratch, Jasmine Script, Silent (brush script for horror movies), Morning Sky, Smoothless (brush style), Section (marker pen font), Old Press (letterpress emulation font), Old Peace (signage script). Aka Arsenio Azka.

Typefaces from 2017: Need Bullet, Jessica Script, Blackstairs (brush script), The Authentic Script, Wild Style.

Typefaces from 2018: Doraemon (fat marker font), The Murder (a horror font), Sempak, Venom, Brooklyn Script, New York, Boomber (graffiti font), The Red Moon (Halloween font), Zebra Cross. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Fábio Augusto

Brazilian graphic designer from Sao Paulo. He made the 9x6 pixel fonts Pico Sans and Pico Serif (2003). In 2005, he co-custom-designed EstadoSerif with Eduilson Wessler Coan and Ericson Straub for the Jornal O Estado do Paraná. Other typefaces: Titane (2006, a surgically clean sans family), Temp (2005, a semi-organic display face), Favela (2005, an angry street signage type). Pixel typefaces by him include Ampla Screen (2005), Chemo Screen (2006), Dinheiro Screen (2006), Extended Screen (2006), Matrize Screen (2006), Nikola Screen (2006, Soviet look), Station Screen (2006), Xquadra Screen (2006), Xquadra Tiny Screen (2006).

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Fabrizio Schiavi
[Fabrizio Schiavi Design (or: FSD)]

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Fabrizio Schiavi Design (or: FSD)
[Fabrizio Schiavi]

Fabrizio Schiavi was born in Ponte dell'Olio in the Piacenza province in 1971. FSD Fabrizio Schiavi Design in Piacenza was opened in 1998. With Alessio Leonardi, he co-founded Fontology. He also co-launched the experimental graphics magazine Climax in 1994.

Bio at FontFont where he made FF Mode 01, FF 0069, FF GeabOil, FF9600, FF Trade 01, FF Steel Mix, FF Steel Ring, FF Steel Jones.

[T-26] designer of D44 (1994), Lithium (1994, dingbats), Moore895 (1994), Moore899 (1994), Sidewalker (1994), Exit (1988). Many of his typefaces are grungy such as Washed (1994). Some are minimalist, such as Monica Due (1999), Monica (1999), and Eco (2001, developed from a logo in the 70s for Ageco). The latter three fonts are very geometric in nature.

Other fonts: Washed (1994), Parakalein, Aurora Nintendo (1995), Aurora CW (1995), Mode01 (1995), GeabOil (1995), 9600/0069 (1995), Fontology (1995), CP Company (2000: a corporate sans), FSDItems (2001), FSDforMantraVibes (2001), Pragmata (2001, monospace, designed for programs), PragmataFlash (2002, a pixel font), Pragmata Pro (2011, still monospaced), Sys (2002), SysFlash (2002, a pixel font), Sys 2.0 (2012, a condensed sans designed for very small print), Virna (2003, a multiline typeface for Italian MTV, discussed here). The Pragmata and Sys series were optimized for screen usage. In addition, Sys has many ink traps, so it prints well at small sizes, and is more legible than Verdana.

He does some custom typeface design, such as the innovative sans serif family called CP Company (2000). Other clients include Al Hamra Complex Kuwait, Nike, MTV, YU, Beretta, Abitare magazine, Ferrari and Philip Morris.

In 2007, he produced a stencil and signage font, Siruca (see also here), for the Al Hamra Complex, one of highest skyscrapers in the world, located in Kuwait. Siruca Pictograms (2008) is free. In 2015, he followed that up by a non-stencil rounded sans called Sirucanorm: Designed using golden ratio formulas, it's inspired to DIN and Isonorm typeface.

In 2013, he published Sys Falso, Abitare Sans (30 weights, originally commissioned by the group Rizzoli Corriere della Sera. Abitare is an Italian magazine).

Typefaces from 2014: Nove (a German expressionist typeface inspired by B movie typography: Nove freshly reworks exploitation film era movie poster lettering, refitting the genre to a contemporary audience. The expressive typeface was done for a Nike Italy spoof campaign featuring 1970s cult film director Enzo Castellari and a recently found film reel from his archives, featuring several current Italian athletes and American basketball star Kobe Bryant).

The rounded sans typeface Widiba Bank (2015) was co-designed with Jekyll & Hyde in 2015 for the brand identity of the new bank of Gruppo Monte dei Paschi di Siena.

In 2016, he designed the custom corporate typeface R&M in art nouveau style.

In 2020, he released the (variable) retail version of CP Company called oook.

In 2021, he released Nure (a 54-style sans font family that includes a three-axis (weight, optical, width) variable font).

At ATypI in Rome in 2002, he spoke about the need for more fonts.

Hellofont link. FontShop link. Font Squirrel link.

Showcase of Fabrizio Schiavi's typefaces. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Fade Hurricane
[Robert Lievanos]

A multidisciplinary branding, signage, logo and design studio based in Southern California. Designer of the octagonal machismo typeface Power Slam (2021). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Fadhl Waliy Haqq
[Eyetype / Typestation]

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Fadly Pratama
[Hururfraktur]

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Fahrizal Tawakkal
[Fontdation (was: Twicolabs Design)]

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Faisal Tanjung
[Sizimon Studio]

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Faishal Mahdy
[Shaltype (or: Pudji Pangestoe Type Foundry)]

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Faizal Alfarabi
[Alfaraby Studio]

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Fajar Abdul Fatah
[Sibelumpagi Studio (or: Bale Design Studio)]

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Fajar Gunawan
[Fargun Studio]

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Fajrin Ilhamy
[Grewfont Studio]

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Famco Type foundry
[Ihsan Windy]

Indonesian designer of the script typefaces Ethiopia (2018), Windy Love (2018), Ladylove (2015), Patricia Script (2016), Autodudact (2016: brush script), Rabusto (2016: signage brush script) and Masyieta (2018). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Faras Dina
[Authentic Studio]

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Fargun Studio
[Fajar Gunawan]

Banda Aceh, Indonesia-based designer of The Overleys (2016, brush script), Ringtown (2016), Janesville Script (2016), Marcellina Script (2016, calligraphic), Granville Script (2016, calligraphic), Black Hawk (2016, connected script), Olivia Script (2016), Alexandria Script (2016), Nazhifa Script (2016) and Shameera Script (2016).

Typefaces from 2017: Invictus (a wild brush script), Hellobello (a marker pen or comic book font), Victoria (script), Butterflies Script, Monalisa Script, Heathens Script, Heathens Sans.

Typefaces from 2018: Hanthem Script, Batrisyia Script (calligraphic), Monstterday Script, Camelia Script, Summertime Script, Quantum (brush script), Faradisa Script.

Typefaces from 2019: Quinton Script, Bridgers (a dry brush font), Angela Love Sans, Angela Love Script, Black Ocean (dry brush script), Invictus (a brush script), Mustafa Script, Scarlette Script, Betterday Script, Liontin, Hello Diandra, The Overleys (a signature script), Bellanaisa (a formal wedding script).

Typefaces from 2020: Joseph Sophia (script), Winter Glows, Winterflows (dry brush script), Hokagata Brush (dry brush script), Monotage (a monoline script), Quicken, Kembara Cinta Outline, Kembara Cinta, Summertime, Quantum, Historia Script (a signage script), Bethaney Script.

Typefaces from 2021: Sweet Dreams (a scrapbook script), Violette Brush (script), Cautions Brush (a scrapbook script), Rockless (script), Wulkie (a bold hand-crafted typeface), Better Rouge, Squeamish (script), Catchy Bellonia (script), Michel Elisha Script, Lovely Flowers (a signature script). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Fathi Al Ghazi
[Youthlabs Studio (was: Zrox Studio, Muhammad Fathi Al Ghazi)]

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Fatih Günes
[Oldschool Designer Co (or: Design Dukkan, or: Font Art)]

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Fauzi Hidayat
[Ojes Studio]

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Faythe Levine & Sam Macon

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Felipe Calderón
[Estudio Calderon]

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Fenotype
[Emil Karl Bertell]

Fenotype, a Finnish type foundry, has the original (often techno) designs of Emil Bertell (b. 1983, Helsinki) and his brother Erik Bertell and wife Kea Bertell. Emil has been studying graphic design at University of Art&Industrial Design in Helsinki since 2004. He designed most of his typefaces during 2001-2004, and works as a freelance illustrator. Behance link.

Typefaces made in 2002: Disco (prismatic), Lakmus, Valimo, FUTU, Test1, Foton Torpedo, Cheaptype, Personal Computer, Copycut, Unicode 0024, HKI Metro, HKI NightLife, Digital Kauno, Fenotravels (dingbats), Tivoli, Kosmonaut, 10124, JouluFonttiFenotype, Testi, 1laitos, 1120, 0629 (2002, a kitchen tile font), 0927, 0210, FTdingsprevi, Fenotypedings#lego3, Genotype, NeoPangaia, NeoPangaia 2, Nipponblocks, Pectopah, Personalcomputer, Pouttu, Samarin (2002, athletic lettering), Unicode0024, URALphat, URALthin, URAL, URAL3d (all Latin/Cyrillic fonts with incomplete punctuation though), Automania (multiline), Copycut, Halo, 222_2003, Tantor, Letters, Rikos, Lastu, ThreeTheHardWay, Bukkake, Halo. Emil's brother Erik designed Neon (paperclip face), Mama and Mama Round (paperclip typefaces). In private email, he calls himself Carl. The foundry evolved from 2theleft.

Fonts made in 2003: Military Dingbats, 08 02 03 Fenotype, Projectsfenotype, Rock-it.

Fonts made in 2004: Scandinavian Titan white, Scandinavian Titan, Acid Test 2, Acid Test (texture typefaces), 080203, Letters11, Linja, Projects, Rock it, Simpletype. Commercial typefaces: Sapluuna, Shortcut, Transeuro-Express, Omega-Uros, Fenotype Dings, Military Dingbats, Nippon Noodle. Typefaces made in 2004: Kolari, Kolari Light, FTfaces, Twisted Ontogenesis. Alternate URL.

In 2005: RoundAbout, Nihilist Philosophy, Boogie Monster, Chunky Hunk (Western), Diy Typeface (kitchen tile style), Futuretro (stencil-like), 3TheHardWayOverrun, Pedant Dilettante, FT Rosecube, FT Blockbuster, 3TheHardWayRMX, Adios Gringo (Western face), Helsingfurt (3d oil glow face), Cream Soda (liquid), Thashed Paper Bag, Big Medium.

In 2006: Rock It Deluxe (grunge), Cassette (dingbats), Kings Garden (Japanese trees as dingbats).

MyFonts link, opened in 2009, where one can buy 080203, 3 The Hard Way Overrun, 3 The Hard Way RMX, Adios Gringo, Depth Charge, FT Helsingfurt, FT Roundabout, FT Scandinavian Titan, FT Twisted Ontogenesis, Ice Cream Soda, Kings Garden, Kolari, Nihilist Philosophy, Old Note, Rock It, November Script, and Majestic Mishmash (ransom note caps), Digital Kauno (2002, upright script), 10.12, EB Vintage Future, Fenotype Dingbats, FT Forest, FT Funghis, FT Military Dingbats, FT Weapon of Choice, Motel Xenia, URAL, Valima.

Additions in 2010: Linguine (connected script), FT Telegraph (slab serif), FT Brush, FT Industry Machine, FT Giorgio, Killer Elephant (signage), FT Supervisor (ultra-condensed), FT Dead Mans Diary (scribbly), FT Grandpa Script (grunge calligraphy), FT Stamper (angular lettering), FT Tantor (fat, rounded), FT Bronson (fat display typeface with mustache dings thrown in), FT Master of Poster (bi-level display typeface with many ligatures and interlocking letters), FT Hidden Forest (tree dingbats), FT Mammoth (grotesque headline face), Rikos (futuristic), Squarendon Extra Bold (2010, a Clarendon), FT Moonshine Script (a Treefrog style face), Billboard (a hand-printed rounded caps family), EB Bellissimo Display (rounded monoline sans), Malamondo (an all caps display typeface with a large number of interlocking ligatures), Linja (2002 and 2010, a rounded ultra condensed family), Punavuori (2002 and 2010: a monoline sans family), Signor (2010, a rounded all caps family), Mrs. Lolita (connected script), Funghi Mania (mushroom dingbats), Funghi Mania Script, Darlington (very open upright connected script family), Archipelago (+Caps: an upright connected script), Tower (pieces that enable one to modularly construct towers when stacked; created as a school assignment at the University of Industrial Art&Design Helsinki in 2006), Monster (just as Tower but for monsters), Verna (informal face with ball terminals), Verner (2010, a connected script version of Verna), Verner (2010, a connected script version of Verna).

Typefaces from 2011: Pepita Script (an upright connected script with small lachrymal terminals), Pepito (its nonconnected version), Barber (upright script family), Banzai Bros (a fat caps-only signage face), Mishka (an upright connected script with tear drop terminals).

In 2012, he created Salamander Script, Taiga (connected upright script), Mercury Script (a set of upright connected script typefaces), Slim Tony (a bubblegum retro signage face) and Mercury Ornaments.

Typefaces from 2013: No. Seven (a successful brushy signage or baseball script), Alek and Alek Ornaments (an upright signage script), Voyage (a vintage script), Barracuda Script (brushy signage face), Bonbon (signage script), Bonbon Ornaments, Scaramouche (a playful connected script).

Typefaces from 2014: Larry (sturdy connected script), Silver (upright connected script), Powder Script, Peaches And Cream (creamy signage or baseball script), In and Out (a connected retro signage script), The Carpenter (a script family in the style of Mercury Script).

Typefaces from 2015: HMS Gilbert (a collection of 14 hand-crfated vintage types), Lager (a signage script family with adaptable swashes and other opentype goodies), Vanilla Shot, Journey (a smooth and elegant vintage script family of four weights and a matching ornament set, packed with alternate characters, and, in Bertell's style, perfect connections between glyphs), Tea Biscuit (signage script), Skipper, Skipper (connected script), Frost (a signage typeface that is just right, a sure award winner), Monday (sign apinting typeface).

Typefaces from 2016: Jazz Script, Fragola (sign painting font), Syrup (sign painting font), Cosmopolitan (monoline connected script), Bluebell (copperplate calligraphic script), Inkston (vernacular brush script together with the standard handcrafted sans and text styles), Beaujolais (brush script), Black Script (a heavy signage script), Beaujolais (an organic brush script), Cold Brew (signage script), Inkheart (tattoo style).

Typefaces from 2017: Camper (monoline script, accompanied by Camper Print), Aether Rain (thin script), Thang, Big Fish, Bolton (Bolton Script and Bolton Script, and the degraded Bolton Print pack), Vodka (Slab, Sans, Pen and Brush), Poster Brush, Fresh Press (signage style), Praktika (grotesk), Praktika Rounded, Blossoms, Kitchen (sign painting brush), Letterpress Studio, Takeaway, Aether Rain, Pitcher (baseball script), Karu (a workhorse sans), Bluebell (calligraphic), Roster (signage script), Dog Days, Catsy, Alfons (in Script, Display, Sans, Serif, Tiki, Extras and Ornaments subfamilies), Cosmopolitan (monoline script and sans pair), Snooker (retro signage script), Salty (a creamy brushed signage typeface).

Typefaces from 2018: Aster Script, Audrey (a monoline script and sans duo), Galatea (a 48-style sans family by Erik and Emil Bertell), Double Porter (an 18-style font collection with scripts, sans, and grunge faces thrown in the mix), Matchstick, Fruitos, Corner Deli (a layerable set of fonts in script and sans styles), Bayamo (a brush script done for Monotype), Sidecar (a connected monoline neon sign script, and a matching sans), Ginger John, Brush Marker, Shirataki (monoline soft pen script), Ash (a crayon font), Breakfast Script, Dallas Print Shop (a display family by Teo Tuominen and Emil Karl Bertell), Capital (a sans and serif family by Teo Tuominen, Erik Jarl Bertell and Emil Karl Bertell). Elixir, Maestri (a classical connected scrupt by Teo Tuominen and Emil Karl Bertell), Popcorn (brush script), Cherry (signage script), Goodwater, Signature Script, Kingfisher (a beer botle signage script), Sonder (brush script).

Typefaces from 2019: Taurus (an all caps logotype family by Emil Bertell, Erik Bertell and Teo Tuominen), Ex Libris (a high contrast flared serif titling font), Riley (a retro sign painting script), Allison Script, Milky (a sign-painting brush script), Portland (a reverse contrast typeface by Emil Bertell, Erik Bertell and Teo Tuominen), Zeit (a transitional text typeface by Emil Bertell, Erik Bertell and Teo Tuominen), Boardwalk Avenue Rough (a monoline script and a weathered all caps sans), Avion (a sans family by Emil Bertell, Erik Bertell and Teo Tuominen), Yes Script, Gainsborough (script), Florian (a roman typeface with crisp edges and some contrast), Vogue Sans (a haute couture all caps contrast sans), Fabrica (a decorative frilly didone by Emil Bertell, Erik Bertell and Teo Tuominen), Chai (an expressive sans / serif hybrid), Rainmaker Script (monoline), Aequitas (a stylish sharp-edged roman typeface family), Tapas (by Emil Bertell, Erik Bertell and Teo Tuominen: a Serif, Sans, Deco and Script collection), Lawrence (a stylish roman typeface), Kallio Brush (a signage brush script), Morison (a great 32-style wedge serif typeface by Erik and Emil Bertell and Teo Tuominen), Felicity Serif (a juicy bold high-contrast serif), Las Palmas (Brush, Pen, Slab, Condensed), Honey Drops, Explorer, Boardwalk Avenue (a sans/script font duo), Skye (a heavy decorative didone), Leftfield (a retro baseball script), Steak And Cheese, Agile Sans (a humanist sans by Emil Karl Bertell, Erik Jarl Bertell, and Teo Tuominen), Punk Rocker, Silverline, Perfume (Pen, Brush and Sans), Hops And Barley, Allison.

Typefaces from 2020: Laurel (by Teo Tuominen, Emil Bertell and Erik Bertell: a 4 style sans with amnay wedge elements), Omnipop (Sans, Brush, Script), Paper Tiger (a Victorian Script accompanied by a condensed flared serif in two weights and a chunky sans serif), Resolve Sans (by Teo Tuominen, Emil Bertell and Erik Bertell: an extensive grotesk super family of 124 fonts: from compressed to extended, thin to black), Gambler (a 14-style display type collection), Rockford Sans (2020: an 8-style geometric sans with large x-height and slightly rounded corners; Emil Bertell, Erik Bertell and Teo Tuominen), Slacker (a brush script), Grand Atlantic (a vintage display package), Magnolia (Brush, Serif), Walden (a heavy rustic serif typeface by Emil Bertell, Erik Bertell and Teo Tuominen), Klik (a geometric sans family with Bauhaus influences, by the dynamic trio of Emil Bertell, Erik Bertell and Teo Tuominen), Rose Garden Deluxe (a font duo), Felicity (a heavyweight display sans).

Typefaces from 2021: Alonzo (a 24-style Peignotian sans by Emil Bertell, Erik Bertell and Teo Tuominen), Imagist (a 12-style sharp-edged serif by Emil Bertell, Erik Bertell and Teo Tuominen), Maine (a 12-style modernized book antiqua by Emil Bertell, Erik Bertell and Teo Tuominen), Briston (a bold creamy serif in the Windsor genre), Lagom (a 16-style slab serif with some Clarendon charm; by Emil Bertell, Erik Bertell and Teo Tuominen), Skillet (a chubby Cooper Black-genre typeface full of hedonism and joie de vivre), Kings Valley (a decorative serif), Shaker Script (monolinear), Wonder (a 12-style rounded serif in the style of Windsor; by Emil Bertell, Erik Bertell and Teo Tuominen), Ellie Script (a signature script), Dirty Sundae (a casual font), Grand Cru (a refined serif family with 36 styles; by Emil Bertell, Erik Bertell and Teo Tuominen), Kiosk (a 4-style vintage headline typeface family in Script and Sans versions).

Typefaces from 2022: Blood Orange (in the Cooper Black / Windsor / Souvenir genre), Tomato Ketchup (supermarket kitsch in the fat rounded Windsor genre).

Dafont link. Behance link. Creative Market link. MyFonts interview.

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Ferdian Syah
[Ijemrockart]

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Fernanda Marinho

Belo Horizonte, Brazil-based designer of the creamy signage typeface Marinho (2012). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Fernando Haro

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Ampuero and Laredo, Spain-based designer (b. 1971) who set up deFharo. Creator of the monoline sans typeface Depez (2011), Fabada (2011), and the free monoline geometric sans typeface La Chata (2011). La chatte, in French? Maybe not.

In 2011, he made the monoline organic sans typeface Lerótica (free at OFL).

In 2012, he created Nabatea (stone chisel typeface), V de Vacia (a grungy outline face), Sabática (organic), the straight-edged data style typeface Gabardina, the grotesk typeface A Bebedera, the shadow typeface B de Bonita, D Puntillas, and the deconstructed Qebrada.

In 2013, he designed Yacarena Ultra, H.H. Agallas, Nacimiento (a dymo label font), J Airplane Swash (a psychedelic typeface named after Jefferson Airplane), CA Garrutas (grunge), CA Gatintas (grunge), I Am Telefono (the largest phone dingbat and scanbat typeface on earth), Wach Op-Art (kaleidoscopic icons), K.O. Activista, I Am Hueca, X Template (stencil), H.H.Samuel (rounded sans), U2 Metalona (a beautiful white-on-black display face), M F Plexus Italic, J.M. Nexus Grotesque (an "thin inline" fat grotesque), Wachinanga, Tabaquera, Pabellona (grunge), El Pececito (video game font), the poster typeface Hobby of Night (OFL), H2O Shadow (outline version of Fabada), Zabatana Poster (a didone-inspired poster font), Oaxaquena Tall, Yacimiento (wood style wedge serif), and Rabanera.

Typefaces from 2014: Babalusa Cut, A Cuchillada, Sabandija (a plump round display typeface), F2 Tecnocratica, F1 Secuencia Quad (pixel face), La Pejina FFP (bilined), Tabaiba Wild, Gabachita (ultra-condensed rounded sans).

Typefaces from 2015: Tabarra Pro (Swiss style sans family for Latin, Cyrillic and Greek), A Sogra Ruth (ultra-condensed art deco), Gaban (an outline version of Tabardo), Tabardo (a heavy blocky font), Wacamoler Caps (a Tuscan typeface inspired opening credits of the Western movie Winchester '73 directed by Anthony Mann in 1950), Ubicada (condensed geometric sans), Rabiosa (neurotic font), Zacatecas (condensed shaded sans), F3 Secuencia Round, La Babaca (a powerful black condensed sans in the style of Impact), Obcecada Sans + Serif (condensed with almost disappearing descenders), Eacologica Round Slab (a nice commercial font with an incomplete set of numerals), Palim Script (curly), Vacaciones (signage face), de La Cruz.

Typefaces from 2016: Yugoslavia (calligraphic), Love Box (stencil), Cienfuegos (connected retro script named after the Cuban her Camilo Cienfuegos), Gaitera Ball (round fat script), The Black Box (a retro banner font), Durum Kebab (shadow sans), Jolgoria In Town (script), Yerbaluisa (signage script), Escobeta One (brush script), Posteratus Rex, Bastardilla (a cursive font), Rotulona Hand, The Juke Box (retro juke box lettering), Angelique Rose (connected monoline script), Promenades, Bucanera (a swashbuckle font), Lucemita, Panama Road (a casual calligraphic font), Deslucida, Disoluta, Sucesion Slab, Tabarra Pro Round, Qebab Pro Shadow, Monserga (white on black), Indulta SemiSerif.

Typefaces from 2017: Partizano Serif (a retro poster font; free demo), Jack Stanislav (a great condensed movie poster font), Fontanero (rounded fat sans), Yonky (fat slab serif), Zigzageo, Libertatus (manual serif fonts based on a Czech poster from 1935), Libertatus Duas (slab serif), Flamante Sans, Flamante Serif, Flamante (Round, SemiSlab, Stencil, Seca, Cairo, Roma), Seisdedos Dead (rough stencil fonts), Neo Latina (stencil), Carta Magna (blackletter), La Sonnambula (signature script), Bola Ocho (an eightball font), Clandestina (textured, layered), Acratica (signage script), Penitencia Inline, Autarquica (outlined vernacular style), Caminata One (shaded signage typeface), Sin Razon (wedge serif), Glotona Black and White (a layered tattoo style font duo), Glotona Dots (the textured versions of Glotona), 6th Aniversario, Tribal Box (squarish sans, with tattoo ornaments and a great environment for borders), Candy Pop (bubblegum font), Sargento Gorila (army stencil font), Libertinas + co (a curly calligraphic script; the free version has no numerals).

Typefaces from 2018: Gudariak (a free color SVG font: Vicente Ballester Marco (Valencia 1887-1980) was a graphic designer and Valencian poster artist affiliated with the CNT (Confederacion Nacional del Trabajo) who created political propaganda posters of clear modernist and post-cubist influence during the Spanish Civil War. The Gudariak typeface is inspired mainly by one of the posters he made for the Government of Euskadi and also in others where the author continues to explore this particular typographic style. ), Farisea Fraktur, Octuple Max (techno), Ordeal Eroded, Panfleta Stencil, Secuela (free), Fragua Pro (condensed sans family), Getho (a geometric semi-sans), Cowboya Tuscan (a curly Tuscan circus font), Txuleta Deco (a striped art deco typeface), Coltan Gea (slab serif), Getho Semi Sans, Cowboys (a Tuscan typeface), Drystick Geo Grotesk, Diezma, Grifa Slab, Coltan Gea (slab serif family), Paloseco (geometric and grotesk), Stoica (a color SVG font), Letrera Caps (a rounded square style layered and color font that pays homage to the sans serif inline genre), Enagol Math (a condensed rounded slab serif based on carefully applied mathematical ratios), Heptal, Velocista, Octagen Condensed, Octagen Black, Sextan Serif, Sextan Cyrillic, Quickat (signage script), Octagen (condensed sand with short descenders), Wolframia Script (flowing handwriting), Pentay Slab, Pentay Sans, Pentay Book, Cuatra, Judera (Flat and Ring: monospaced, unicase and totally sqaurish), Quotus (slab serif), Tripleta Grotesk (a 16-style geometric sans family).

Typefaces from 2019: Pervitina Dex (sci-fi), Megalito Slab, Obesum Caps, Jane Roe (sans), Icons Opentype, Felona (stencil: a variable font), Neo Fobia, Bocartes Fritos (food icons), Red Thinker (a squarish monoline sans), Pena Caldaria (blackletter).

Typefaces from 2020: Anoxic (a squarish monoline sans).

Typefaces from 2021: Humato (a sturdy font for weightlifters), Probeta (a squarish techno sans family in 42 styles), Speeday (a speed emulation sans).

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Fernando PJ

Professor at Universidade Salvador in Salvador, Brazil, b. 1981. Creator of the signage / comic book typeface Bonoco (2005) and the vernacular typeface Suburbana (2003, graffiti or market lettering). These fonts were inspired by street lettering in Salvador. Dafont link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Ferry Ardana Putra
[Bluetype (or: Ardana Creative)]

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Ferry Hadriyan
[FHFont (was: Feydesign)]

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Ferry Septian
[Uncurve]

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FHFont (was: Feydesign)
[Ferry Hadriyan]

Ferry Hadriyan (FHFont and before that, Fey Design, located in Indramayu and/or Cirebon, Indonesia) designed these typefaces in 2015: Milkytwins Modern Wave, Fantasia (a charming curly upright script), King City (calligrapghic signage script), Chocolate Heart Script, Adefebia (calligraphic wedding script font), Sexy Shout, Awesome Display (signage script), Love Mile (curly brush-painted font), Shakila (a vampire script), Hard Brush Ghost, Telena Brush, Slow Motion Script, Heaven Sky, Candy Sugar, Chocolate Heart (curly script), and Hard Brush.

Typefaces from 2016: Anniversa (wedding script), Point Break, Atlantis Heart (brush font), Hometown (a 15-style vintage letterpress-style family, +Clean, +Rough), Apple Tree (dingbats), Strawberry, Wild Zova (a free brush script), Beauty Heart, Devil East, Sexy Shout, Hometown Script (signage script), Awesome, Hunter Heart (free vintage titling font), Voltury, Wowangle Brush Script, Nightamore (free brush script font), Honeymoon Midnight (calligraphic).

Typefaces from 2017: Peace Maker (script), Hunter Skyfar (dry brush), Wonderfebia (wedding script), Chocolate Milky, Soybeanut (upright script), Vertical Brushy, Firefly, Ambergris Script (calligraphic), Arthouse Display Pro (Victorian), Real Stones, Hard Stones Pro, Photograph (a formal calligraphic wedding script font).

Typefaces from 2018: Bloomy Script, Strongloves (dry brush), Break Stones.

Typefaces from 2019: Esmetralda, Pinkalova (a free brush script), Magentasia, Butter Swany, Butter Luchy, Caramello, Wondertime (dry brush), Mangotea, Simpletune, Pintenium Script (brush script), Pinkalova Script, Pentenium (brush script), Dragtime, Auntekhno Script (handlettered script style), Salute Riches, Shutten Reason, Young Blood Solid.

Typefaces from 2020: Festany (a dry brush script), Button Grinder (all caps, dry brush), Marijose (a dry brush script), Astro Jack, Browsa (a modular all caps typeface), Frigtona (a dry brush script), Ankerisey (dry brush script), Southwave, Vinegart (dry brush script), Brightsome, Bitten Amore, Artics Snow, Aimchestar (a brush script), Hello Beauty, Rightside (a dry brush script).

Typefaces from 2021: Mount Light (despite the name, a bold script), Standgrow (a fat script). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Figuree Studio
[Icep Anwar Fadhil]

Ciamis, Indonesia-based designer, b. 1989, of The Refano (2018), the bold sans Boldé (2018), Bolde Rough (2018), Aesthetic (2018), Hello Mozza (2018), Black Freeday (2018), Thankies (2018: a free cartoon font), the heavy cartoon typeface Meowza (2018), the techno typeface Raven MX (2018), the rough brush typeface Diavolo (2018), the futuristic font Xylene (2018), and the monoline sans typeface Gennaro (2018).

Typefaces from 2019: Play Kidz, The Barethos (signage script), Monstorm (a vampire font), Mister Pumpkins Aged, Bratsy Script (a great fat signage script), Azkanio Script (calligraphic), Baby Boo, Ruckshack, Augustha, Nightfall Script, Rushing Nightshade (signage script), Rockidz, Unicorn Pop (a fat market signage font), The Gunslinger Waterdrop (a dripping paint font), Hello Spring, Rabbito (beatnik), Fontastique, Fontastique Carved, Kids Zone (cartoon font), John Austiney (a compact script), Viktoria Serif, Funkie Bunny, Alifia (monoline script), Forever Together (Script, Sans), Under The Snow (a monoline marker pen font).

Typefaces from 2020: Moonliona, Morning Sunshine, Black Magnet (hairy), Robo Briant (octagonal), Pluton (sci-fi), Summer Sunshine, Komix Eighties, Midnight Workers, Cocobels (curly), High Beasty, Metro Beardy, Magic Dreams, The Rughton Script, Khaleiyfa, Kiddie Land, Perfect Love Carved, Ignazio (a bold all caps sans), Anarchy Brothers, Qubiko (squarish, yet playful), Gabrietha, Death Markers (a dripping blood font), Glitter Lovers, Headlight, Brotherside Signature.

Typefaces from 2021: Midnight Workers (a potent display sans), Winter Dreams (a scrapbook script), Bombardies (a graffiti font), Eatboy (bold rounded supermarket font), Greatboyz (graffiti), Metro Beardy (a bold script), Realistic Theory (a brush script), Astroph (a vintage antiqued rounded slab serif), Rabbito (a children's book or cartoon typeface), Bigroads Script, Hardlighten (a signage script), The Baghtone Script (for signage), High Beasty (a powerful signage script), Ignazio (a bold all caps sans), Death Markers (a sign painting font), The Brother Hoops (a dry brush script), Run Child (a fat finger font).

Typefaces from 2022: Magic Dreams (an all caps comic book font). Creative Fabrica link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Filippo Campana

Filippo Campana (b. 1984) created the thick brush signage typeface Lo Snello in 2014. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Filmotype Sales Company

Filmotype Sales Company was located at 4 West 40th Street in New York City. In 1955, they published a catalog entitled Lettering Styles Display Types, from which some samples are shown in the link. The catalog has no full alphabet specimen and is thus of limited value for type historians and type revival experts. Frank J. Romano writes here: In 1952, Al and Beatrice Friedman [the founders of Filmotype] introduced the Filmotype, a simple manual phototypesetter that was not much bigger than a shoebox and used 2-inch filmstrips with all glyphs in linear order, with marks below them so that the operator could position the letter and expose it to the photo paper. The process was blind in that you could not see the letters as they were exposed. The Friedmans would go on to introduce the Alphatype phototypesetter. The Sybold Report mentions: Filmotype has a 35-year history as a supplier of filmstrip headline setters. Its founders later moved on to start Alphatype Corporation, keeping Filmotype as a subsidiary. In 1987, Harry and Seta Brodjian, who were Alphatype employees, acquired Filmotype with the intention of rejuvenating the company. In 1989, the firm began development of a digital headliner. A year later, it began digitizing its fonts. The company was renamed Filmotype Corporation. The fonts were at one point sold in packages such as a 30 dollar TrueType Font Package of 100 designer typefaces and an EZ Effects Windows program. Typefaces were renamed: Clarendon becomes Clarion, and so forth. At that point, Filmotype had offices in Glenview, IL, and was run by Gary Bunsell. About the renaming practices, the typophiles mention that Filmotype fonts were given letters&numbers by VGC when they pirated a substantial number of them. Their original names were attached by someone going through a dictionary and just picking arbitrary words for Filmotype fonts that were initially just letters and numbers also.

In 2006, the Filmotype collection was bought by Font Diner. In 2007, Font Diner started publishing digitizations of the collection: Glenlake (condensed Bank Gothic, by Mark Simonson), MacBeth (script), Alice (casual script), Zanzibar (calligraphic), La Salle (brush writing originally by Ray Baker in the 1950s, named after Chicago's LaSalle Street), Quiet, Ginger (Mark Simonson; masculine headline typeface genetically linked to Futura), Austin (paintbrush), Brooklyn (hand-printed), Honey (handlettered script), Jessy (handwriting), Modern (i), Vanity.

In 2010, Stuart Sandler published a book entitled Filmotype by the Letter, in which he details the company's history. He also set up Filmotype as a foundry in Eau Claire, WI. Additions to the Filmotype collection in that year include the signage typefaces Filmotype Kentucky, Filmotype Kingston, Filmotype Harmony and Filmotype Hamlet, and the geometric sans Filmotype Fashion (orig. 1953). The signage typefaces were originally made by Ray Baker for Filmotype in the 1950s, and were digitized by Patrick Griffin and Rebecca Alaccari.

Activity in 2011. Patrick Griffin and Rebecca Alaccari revived the condensed sans typeface Filmotype Giant (2011) and its italic counterpart, Filmotype Escort (2011), as well as Filmotype Prima (a sho-card face from 1955). Neil Summerour contributed Filmotype Horizon after an original signage typeface from 1954. Mark Simonson created Filmotype Gay, a tall monoline sans originally from 1953. Filmotype Ford (2011) and Filmotype Jamboree (2012, an informal script based on a 1965 original) are due to Stuart Sandler. Filmotype Quartz is an inline face.

Activity in 2012. Alejandro Paul contributed two scripts, Filmotype Yukon (based on Palmer style penmanship) and Filmotype Zephyr (formal italic roman). Later in 2012-2014, the production took off, with many contributions by Patrick Griffin and Charles Gibbons (who created Filmotype Zeal in 2013 for example).

Typefaces from 2021: Filmotype Kinzie (by Lily Feinberg), Filmotype Andrew (by Patrick Griffin; a bold and wide extension of the retro casual script font Filmotype Athens). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Firman Suci Ananda
[Tyfo Mono (was: Ease Type, or: Cartel Deux or Koll Kolls or Arctic Co)]

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Firman Syah
[Olexs Studio (was: Rabbit Type, Mr. Rabbit, and Olex Studio)]

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Flat-It
[Ryoichi Tsunekawa]

Japanese foundry in Nagoya that offers free and commercial Latin fonts made by Ryoichi Tsunekawa, who also runs Bagel & Co, Dharma Type, HolidayType and Prop-A-Ganda. Most of his work was done at Flat-It. His typefaces:

  • 2021: Best Choice (a monospaced sans), Short Films (an art deco sans in twelve styles), Golden Decades (a 16-style sans that borrows from several sans genres).
  • 2019: Mid Century Sans, Tamba Sans, Rama Gothic Rounded, Bio Sans Soft.
  • 2018: Fairweather (clean sans), Kaneda Gothic (a basic severe condensed gothic), Vincente (a tall condensed display didone family).
  • 2017: Calling Code (monospaced programming font), Commuters Sans (elegant wide sans), Mighty Slab, Rigid Square (octagonal), Taro.
  • 2016: Bio Sans, Gomme Sans, Quiet Sans, Siro (sans).
  • 2014: Pero (condensed rounded organic sans), Kiro (minimalist organic sans), Graphie (modern geometric sans), Compasse (semi-condensed sans), Como (rounded sans).
  • 2013: Spoon (organic, rounded, monoline sans family), Antoinette Monogrammes (based on early 1900s embroideries by Janon Co; with frames), Clonoid (a sci-fi family that pays tribute to arcade game logos in 80s and 90s), All Round Gothic Demi (a sans based on perfect circles), Griffon (copperplate titling face), Antique Spenserian (based on Spencerian Script by Mackellar, Smiths and Jordan).
  • 2012: Geom Graphic (a retro sci-fi family that can be considered as a squarish version of Eurostile), Sheepman (modular), House of Cards, Space Colony (a lovely monoline futuristic techno family), Rama Slab (an antiqued wood-style slab serif), Rama Gothic. An antiqued sans serif family that recalls the wood type era), Diamond Ring (an art deco typeface inspired by Japanese cosmetics-packaging designs and posters from the late 19th and early 20th centuries), Controller (techno meets organic in this rounded squaris sans family), Revolution Gothic (an extended version of PAG Revolucion), 2008, which was inspired by retro propaganda posters and wallpainting in Cuba from the 60s to 80s; Revolution Gothic P followed in 2014), Diamond Ring (art deco).
  • 2011: Yummo (monoline organic sans), Sheepman (based on the wood type No. 506 of William Page), Onick (2011, an art deco neojaponist fat display face done for Wordshape), Shiva (2011, hairline sans), Mocha Mattari (2011, grunge), Dharma Slab (2011, inspired by 1800s-style wood type), Dharma Gothic (2011, +P), Rama Gothic (2011, also inspired by 1800s-style wood type), Dimensions (2011, squarish), Design System (2011, a large family based on 70s style techno typefaces), Speedometer (2011, condensed piano key face).
  • 2010: Stereo Gothic (2010: an extended all caps slightly techno sans family), Behrensmeyer Vigesimals (2010, a pixel format connected script), Civilite Vigesimals (2010, pixelized Civilite), Flat10 Arts and Crafts (2010), Flat20 Hippies, Flat10 Segments (2010), Flat10 Antique (2010), Flat20 Gothic (2010), Flat20 Streamer (2009, pixelized ribbon font), Flat10 Fraktur, Flat10 holy, Flat10 Holly, Flat10 Stencil, Flat20 Headline, Flat10 Artdeco, Word From Radio (2008-2010). Cigarette (2007, Bauhaus/Peignot-style).
  • 2009: African Elephant Trunk (2009), Concrete Script, Concrete Stencil (2009, a stencil calligraphic script), Perfect Magic (2009), HT Maison (2009, signage face), HT Farmacia (2009, connected school script), HT Espresso (2008, upright script), HT Cartoleria (2008, connected script), HT Cafe (2009), Sneaker Script (2009).
  • 2007-2008: Bistro Mono (2007, an awkward monoline face), Thousands (2007), Balaghat (2008), Garash Script (2008, a Halloween face), Woodstamp (2008), Banana (2008, brush script), Rebel Train Goes (2007, a piano key font), Rouge (2007, an elegant lipstick-on-the-bathroom-mirror pair of typefaces), Yasashii (2007, a great geometric art deco Broadway-style family, famous for being used in Damien Chazelle's La La Land, the 2017 blockbuster movie), Lily Wang (calligraphic script), Nothing (2007), Garash (2007, Arabic simulation), Moon Star Soul (2007, Western saloon font), Grandes Vacances (+ Une, Deux) (2007), Pansy Bo (calligraphic), Dremie (2007, an art deco headline typeface with Open and Fill weights), Grandes Vacances (2007, based on 19th century billboard letters), Xesy (2007, a fantastic "ronde" high-contrast upright connected script), Deluta Black (2007, a soft blackletter), Cotoris (2007, a 4-style family that takes inspiration from Koch Antiqua and the art nouveau movement).
  • 2006: Daisy Lau (calligraphic), Agedage Luxeuil (based on a monasteric script from the 8th century), Agedage Cancellaresca, Agedage Beneventan, Agedage Simple Versal (2006, Lombardic caps simplified), Amsterdam Modern (art nouveau influences), Flat10 [Holly, Holy, Stencil, Fraktur] (a set of pixel typefaces), Machiarge (a heavy connected brushed signage script), Chic Hand (connected script), Double Dagger (geometric stencil family), Fault (an art deco striped lettering face), Killernuts (headline serif typeface with brush stroke endings), Underconstructionism! (a rectangular look family with associated dingbats), Machia (decorative script), Kiwi (geometric hairline), Bagel (roundish comic book face), Jaguarundi (distressed), Boycott (distressed), Tokyotrail (futuristic techno family), Coconut (noisy outline face), Coconut Split, Fresh Tomato (LED simulation), El Piedra (letterpress emulation), Dried Tomato (LED simulation), Dutch Style, Mocha Harrar (great stencil face), 103 (experimental, Bank Gothic style), Airhead, ArealBlack, Awkward, BagelNew, BagelOld, Banbino, Bebas (2005, industrial sans), Bebas Kai (2014: free!), Bebas Neue (2010: free!), Bebas Neue Bold, Berlin89, Blackout (redesigned in 2011 as the ulta-narrow Dimensions), Boycott (grunge), Built-1970, Bunyan, Busted, Camera (2007), Canstop, Chiangmai (Thai simulation face), DBLline, Dijkstra, Dutchstyle, Fling, Graphite, Harcomaso, Hiexplosive, Hitech, Honeycomb, Junkmix, Kanatypo, KemikalHi, Machia (a calligraphic family), Meegoreng, Mikrob, Natsupopy, Overwork, Palsu, Plamo, Plasitico, REC001, REC002, REC003, Resistance, SQRT, STdigi (LED font), Shandy, Superstar, Tembaga, Tenaga, Tomodachi, Tragedia, Trucker, VRdigital, VRembroidery, Welcome2M, Workaholic, Zeebraa, plot-A, plot-K, Appendix 3, Gesso (grunge), Pusab (ultra round; one free weight), Sushitaro, Typewrong, Celtics Modern (a Celtic family of fonts). At T-26, he published CRZ (2006), Guppy, Ohana (octagonal), Picnica (2006), and Wearetrippin.

MyFonts link. Fontsquirrel link for their free fonts such as Bebas (2005, industrial sans), Boycott, Gesso, and Pusab.

Typefaces from 2022: Senpai Coder, Madromit (a layerable futuristic font inspired by the early computer fonts), Tokyo Olive (art deco), Poipoi (a layerable 3d or bubblegum font).

YWFT link. Bagel & Co. link. Klingspor link. Dafont link. Dafont link.

Interview.

View Ryoichi Tsunekawa's typefaces. Kernest link. Adobe link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Flavia Zimbardi
[Zimbardi (was: Zimbardi Calomino)]

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Flora Argemí

Chilean designer of La Choly, a signage typeface that won an award at Tipos Latinos 2008 in the non-text typeface category. Her Rakatan Negra (2011) is a comic book typeface that can be had for free at Andez.

At Tipos Latinos 2012, Flora Argemí won an award in the display type category for Perejil. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Florencia Maryis Iglesias

Graduate from FADU, University of Buenos Aires, who created the typeface Tomato Soup (2008), which, as the name indicates, should be a script reserved for cans of Campbell's. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Flycatcher Design
[Michael Gilliam]

Michael Gilliam (Flycatcher Design, Shawnee, OK) created the hand-drawn typefaces Sweetheart, Mischief, Nomad (heavy brush), Borderland, Hemingwar (poster typeface: +Stencil), Milk Stout, Billow (thick watercolor brush script), Celestial (another thick watercolor brush script), Bistro Sans & Serif (+Inline: a stackable partly sketched typeface family), Adrift, Campfire Stories (brush font family), and Flycatcher in 2015.

Typefaces from 2016: Lunar Eclipse (letters with missing pieces), Forever Summer, Twenty Nine (script font), Einstein (thin connected script), Honeycomb (connected script).

Typefaces from 2017: Twinkle Star, Tehika (signature script), Hearth+Home, Rockstar, Kiwi Refresher, Lushmore, Academy House (brush script), Katastrophe (connected script), Safirestone.

Typefaces from 2018: Kentucky (signature script), Rancho (spurred and Tuscan), Brooklyn Script (for signage), The Hustle (a condensed headline sans), Hopscotch, Forsaken (font for skateboarders), Floral Thunder (Sans, and monoline Script), Dear Sasha (monoline script), Ringstown (brush script), Rawkstone (font duo). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Fondue Fontes
[Juliano Augusto]

Marcelo Dante (b. 1965) and Juliano Augusto founded the 45Jujubas studio in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. They offer these free fonts: Abrusquita (2010, calligraphic), Joana (2010, a Clarendon; +JoanaO, an outline version), Oferta (2010, a signage face). On their home page, we find illustrations, custom fonts, font posters and general graphic design. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Font Bundles

London-based font vendor who started in 2015 or 2016, and carries mostly brush script typefaces. They are mainly pushing their own work.

Typefaces from 2017: Treasure Script, Hastter Sontial script, Dealina (calligraphic script), Red Mist, Queen, Wishing Well, Highlights, Handy Man, Hey Betty, Polar Bear, Realtech, Golly Gosh, Magic Man, Ardina Script (by Ari Fadli), Rusty Bucket (dry brush), Dolly Script (calligraphic wedding script), Handstyles, Bouncy Hunter (spurred), Django (Western), Olivia Script, Questioned, Renegade, One Dance (calligraphic), Mammoth (script), Honey Bee, September Script (calligraphic), Amanda (calligraphic), Sandy Pro, Lilly Mae.

Typefaces from 2018: Squishy, Squishy Extras (sea life dingbats), Billie Harley, Origami, Arkinay, Moscow (a Cyrillic emulation typeface), Bindi, Felt Tip, Christina, Park Ranger, Rembulan, Catchy Script, Champagne (brush and ink splatter), Azalea, Loft Yian (script), Love Candy, Wisdom Script, Montage (signage script), Bristol, Stephanie Jane (brush pen font), Glamorous Silhouette (font duo), Sun City (sans), Crackers, Sliders Script, Jaquilane (upright script), Gladis (formal calligraphic script), Wheatbread (monoline sans), Monstera (a stylish serif typeface), Sailor (tattoo font), Comic Boom (cartoon font), Kely Rose, Radical, Granger (brush font), New Type (prismatic), Sugar Script, Aloha Big Man, Magical Unicorn, Chocolove, Gentle, Roseland, Queensland (copperplate calligraphy), Pink Grapefruit, Jingle Boo, Old Press, Michigan (outline slab serif), Boulder Holder, Angelica (a creamy signage script), Anchor, Freshca (upright connected script), Zimbra (zebra-striped, by Alex Etewut), Adele, AlyshiaScript, BackStitch, BirthdayScript, Brat, BringHearte, CherryBlossom, Eastland, ElhammerBrush, Enyssala, Florva, GloomyDay, HappyBirthday, Heavenfield, Herbie, Junitha, Kayleigh, Mirantie, Mountiane, Nattalia, Quance, QuickBrush, Rafifi, Reebiolla, Rockets, SandyBeaches, Springer, Strangelove, TheCharlotte, Valentino, VictorianMonogram, WinterTime, Zebra.

Typefaces from 2019: Radicals (signage script), Lovebird, Ridgeway, Lindale, Moscow, Anthem, Blackstar (blackletter), Maskoolin, Tatima, Hands Down, Monday Blues, September Script, Restuner, Mammoth, Hey Betty, Ciscopic, Hatterline, Jaiho Script, Diamonds, Indah Script, Amanda (calligraphic), Molyna, Mellow Line, Sandy, Renegade, Loveya Script, Angelina Script, Heilig, Dealicha, Allana.

Typefaces from 2020: Sleeplesson, Nostalgia Script, Fb Super Fun, Fb Lawnmower, Fb Lovehearts, Fb Leonardo, Fb Fancycorgi, Fb Bananasandwich, Fb Doodled, Fb Mighty Spiky, Quirkle, Toasted Cinnamon, Loveya Doodle, Neon Light (a marquee font), Cliche, Zipper, Fb Mainland, Fb Strawberry, Fb Many Mondays, Fb CountryGirls, Fb Caramelong, Sausages (a chunky script). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Font Diner (or: Stu's Font Diner)
[Stuart Sandler]

Stuart Sandler (Minneapolis) runs six foundries: Font Diner (est. 1996), Sideshow, Breaking The Norm, the Tart Workshop, Font Bros (est. 2006), and Filmotype (est. 2006). He runs a handful of other companies and web shops as well, including Mister Retro (est. 2004). He is passionate about retro type. DaFont link for their free fonts. Fontspace link. Interview.

Catalog of the best selling Font Diner fonts. Images of Stuart Sandler's best-selling fonts.

Free fonts: Rickles (2007, script), AirConditioner (2002, fifties style upright script), BahamaSlim (2004), BlackNight (2002, blackletter), BlackWidow, BubbleMan, ChannelTuning, Corrupter, CreakyFrank, DecayingKuntry, FeaturedItem, FontOnAGrain, FontOnAStick, Fontdinerdotcom (one of the earlist beatnik style digital typefaces), FontdinerdotcomHuggable, FontdinerdotcomLoungy, FontdinerdotcomSparkly, Fontdinerdotcom Jazz Dark, Fontdinerdotcom Jazz Light, Hothead, KeeponTruckinFW, Leftovers (2002), MaverickBE (stencil face), Musicals, PickAx, Rickles (2009; upright script), RocketScript (2002, retro script), Schnookums, SinsofRhonda, Spacearella (2002), StencilGothicBE, ThatsSuper, Turnpike (2009), Witless, XerkerFW.

Commercial fonts: Continental Railway (1998, retro connected script), Anastasia, Chatty Cocktails (1998, art deco), El Nino, Guest Check, Hamburger Sandwitch (1998), Jumping Bean (1998, comic book style), Lionel Classic (1998, an art deco all caps face), Milwaukee, Motor Oil, and the greatest of them all, Coffee Shop (1998, exaggerated ascenders), a must! Other typefaces: Permanent Waves (1998, + Expanded: retro connected script), Yarn Sale (curlies), Fat Sam (not bad!), Etiquette, Taylors (1998, another great display font; co-designed with Dan Taylor), Kentucky Fried (1998, comic book / signage style), Beer Wip, Seuss, Jack Bisio and FinerDiner, Shivering, Dry Cleaners (2002), Singlesville Script (2002), Dripping Blood, Bowlorama, Action Is, Automatic, Chicken King (2002), CocktailShaker (2002, at Chank), Concurso Italian and Concurso Moderne (2003), DoggieBagScript, Johnny Lunchpail (2000, comic book style), Kitchenette (connected retro script), Lil Tipsy (2003), Milwaukee Neon (1998), Milwaukee Neon Shadow (1998), Motorcar Atlas (2000), Regulator, Stovetop (2002), Swinger (2002), WARNING (2002, rough stencil), BEBlob, BECROSS, DecayingAlternate, Decaying, EvilBrew, TheBlob, Insane Asylum, Creepy Crawly, Crossover, Fire Baaaad!, Rotten Teeth, Candy Good, EvilOfFrankenstein, HMan, HManPt2, PlasmaRain, Chicken Basket (2004), Chowderhead (2004), Cocktail Script (2004, upright), Country Store (2004, Western style), Dairyland (2004), Emblem Chief (2004, fifties diner script), Motel King (2004), Queen Rosie (2004), Sweet Rosie (2004, blackboard bold), Secret Recipe (2004), Square Meal (+Hearty) (2004), Bahama Slim (2004), Space Immortalizer, Matchbook and BE Streetwalker. Many font have a cool retro/fifties look. The InFlight Meal font set (2001) includes Al's Motor Inn, American Highway, Kiddie Cocktails, Lionel Text, Mosquito Fiesta, New York to Las Vegas, Pink Flamingo, Refreshment Stand, Starlight Hotel, Volcano King. The LasVegas font set: El Ranchero (2002), Hamburger Menu, Hamburger Menu Marquee, Holiday Ranch, International Palms, Lamplighter Marquee, Lamplighter Script, Las Vegas to Rome (stone chisel face), Leisure Script, Leisure Script Marquee, Mirage Bazaar (2002), Mirage Zanzibar (Arabic theme face), Mister Television, StarburstLanes, Starburst Lanes Twinkle, Vegas Caravan. At ITC, he published ITC Kiddie Cocktail (2003), ITC Mosquito Fiesta (2003), ITC Volcano King (2003).

In 2006, Font Diner acquired the Filmotype collection and its trademark, Filmotype. Sandler writes: Filmotype initially manufactured a simple manual phototype machine utilizing display typeface designs on 2-inch filmstrips. Additional films were sold to start-up typesetting companies in order to increase their product selection. Font Diner will create new digital versions of the Filmotype collection, recreating it to meet todays graphic design standards. [...] We intend to release the Filmotype library in OpenType format so the original designs can be fully realized with a dynamic feature set including alternate glyph forms and automatic substitutive ligatures.

In 2007, Font Diner started publishing digitizations of the collection: Glenlake (condensed Bank Gothic, by Mark Simonson), MacBeth (script), Alice (casual script), Zanzibar (calligraphic), La Salle (brush writing originally by Ray Baker in the 1950s, named after Chicago's LaSalle Street), Ginger (Mark Simonson; masculine headline typeface genetically linked to Futura), Austin (paintbrush), Brooklyn (hand-printed), Honey (handlettered script), Jessy (handwriting), Modern, Vanity, Filmotype Ford.

In 2010, Stuart Sandler published a book entitled Filmotype by the Letter, in which he details the company's history.

Free fonts on the Google Directory, dated 2010: Fontdiner, Swanky, Cherry Cream Soda, Permanent Marker, Homemade Apple, Schoolbell.

In 2012, David Cohen and Stuart Sandler published these typefaces at Neapolitan: Irish Grover Pro (2010, a bouncy face), Satisfy Pro (2011, a connected retro script face), and Slackey Pro (2010, a paper cut out style face). At the same place, he also published Crafty Girls Pro (2010, co-designed with Crystal Kluge). With Crystal Kluge, he also co-designed the flowing connected script typeface Aya Script (2012).

At Sideshow, he published the pen-drawn connected script Mister Brown (2013) and the retro signage script typeface Cocktail Sauce (2014).

View Stuart Sandler's typefaces.

Jolly Lodger (2012, Google Web Fonts) is an informal retro script.

Typefaces from 2018: Cherry Soda, Deviliette, Fat Sam, Doggie Bag Script, Cherry Soda, Deviliette, Fat Sam, Doggie Bag Script, Black Night (an eerie blackletter), American Cheese (retro display style).

Typefaces from 2019: Madelinette Grande (by Stuart Sandler and Crystal Kluge: created by hand with traditional pointed pen, it includes calligraphic penmanship and rustic styles).

Typefaces from 2021: Bon Marche (a curly vernaculat script by Stuart Sandler and Crystal Kluge), Los Angelino (a script by Stuart Sandler and Crystal Kluge), La Bohemienne deLuxe (a calligraphic script by Stuart Sandler and Crystal Kluge), Epicursive Pro (a script by Stuart Sandler and Crystal Kluge). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Font Fridays
[Nabina Ghosh]

Nabina Ghosh's blog in which he displays his fonts. These include Traffic Police (2008, a stencil typeface based on signage outside a Kolkata police station), BharatLotus (2008, ornamental), English (2008, Indic simulation), Travels (2008), Service (2008), BeanBags (2008, handwriting), Thane (2008, based on taxi stickers in Navi Mumbai), HornPlease2 (2008, signage font), Don'tTouch (2008, hand-printed), Stop Signal (2008, display), Horn OK (2008) and CargoLab (2008, stencil). All fonts are on Indian themes. Free downloads after registration. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Fontalicious
[Ben Balvanz]

Original fonts by Ben Balvanz from Cedar Rapids, Iowa (b. Cedar Rapids, 1975), who now lives in South California. His original Fontalicious domain ceased in 2005 but was repurchased in 2007 with the help of Font Bros. Some fonts can be downloaded here and here. The list: Topanga (2017), Coney Island (2002), Cheeseburger (2002), Tabletron (2002, LCD font), Senor Pooglins, Plush (2001), Slide, Discotech, Galaxy, Pacfont, Rusty, PinniePoker, Geeves (tall letters--great), Moonpie Cadet, Fidelle, FontTwelve, Mister Easy, Mister Dope, Frosty, Chankenstein, Discotech, VintageVacation, Dazzler, Joinks!, Cyberwhiz, Swinkydad, Sonic Superpowers, Mikey Jax, Klink-o-mite, Caveman, Gloo Gun, Skylab 600, Cyberpop, Cyberjimmy, Smartie Capos, Jenkins, Earwax, Pimpbot 5000, Dreamy, Quinkie, Milkfresh, DateRape (great), SpaceAce, GirlieLeslie, Groovalicious Tweak, Porky's, International Chunkfunk, SuperTrooper, Chachie, Zodiastic, Great Head (dingbats), Chick (sassy!), the Eight Track family, Speedfreek, the Odyssey family, AlphaStep, Alpha Clown, dopenakedfoul, Lounge Bait, SpaceBeach, Jubie, Bean Town, Funkotronic, UndieCrust, and Poppycock, Pornhut, Robokid, Kinkie (Valentine's Day font), BorderMon (dingbat), Technicolor, Tennis (stencil), Moloky, JabbieJunior, Rave Queen, Alpha Niner, Croobie, Wednesday, Populuxe, the nice BoozeBats, Geekbats, Garage Sale, Arcade, Glamocon Retrobats, Fontalicious Thingbats, Good Head, Baby Kruffy, Kruffy, Fine-O-Mite, Disco Inferno, Jokewood, Toggle, Swinger, SurfSafari, OmegaMax, Pogo, Elvis, Trendy University (stencil), Hoedown, Fat, Atomic, Rocket, 12 Good, Moonpie Cadet Good, Dynomite, Superstar DJ (dingbat), Kravitz, Kravitz Thermal, hungrumlaut, Sporto, Sabadoo, Snappy, Chickabiddies (geek dingbats), Mandingo (1999, buncy hand-printed style), Heartbreaker, Smilage, 52 Pickup, Return of the Retrobats (wow!), Wunderland, Omega, Great Head, Air, Blackjack, BlackjackRollin, Borneo, CharlesAtlas, Cheri, CheriLiney (2001, Valentine's Day theme), DeejaySupreme, DigitCube, DigitLoFiShift, DigitLoFi, Digit, DimitriSwank, Dimitri, DiscoInferno, DunebugAlternates45MPH, DunebugAlternates, Dunebug, Dunebug45MPH, Freestyle, Garanimals, Gas, GleeClub, Jenkinsv20, Jenkinsv20Thik, JenkinsKeepinitReal (1998), KravitzExtraThermal, Moderna, MoogSchmoog, Moog, PussycatSassy, PussycatSnickers, Queer, Redensek, Sanka, Schmotto, SchmottoPlotto, Squarodynamic01 through 10 (pixel fonts), Stretch, SupervixenHoneyedOut, Digit, Digit Cube, Supervixen, TheKids (1999), TrendyUniversity, UltraSupervixenHoneyedOut, UltraSupervixen, WeLoveCorey, Manchester (great), Weltron (stencil font), Weltron Power, Mullet, Rolloglide, Planet, Gravity, Alba, BilloDream (2001), Stretch, Pasteris (based on the handwriting of Matthew Pasteris), PornStarAcademy (sports shirt lettering), Mullet, SuperStars (stars), Krupke (2002), Fresh Bionik, Stoney Billy (2001, not free), Hustle (2001, not free), Rustler (2001, Western font, not free).

At T-26: Marshmallow (2001, rounded monoline geometric face), Superfly (2002, a Western font), Thursdoo (2002), Pacfont Good (2002), Thug (2002), Dokyo (2002, a free competitor of Futura Extra Black and Folio Extra Bold), Supreme (2002), Fresh (2002, at Chank's place), Juice (2002), Pinball (2002, not free), RunTron1983 (2002), Pixel Pirate (2002), Odysseus (2002).

Rascal Miniatures, Wonderkid, Smilage Regular, Milk with Peanut Butter and Barnaby Candy machine are 2009 comic book style creations.

Other 2009 fonts include Gringo Enchilada, Brute Strength, Blonk and Sparkle, Cheri Liney, Metroflex, Weltron (techno family), Sanka, Rolloglide (multiline), Pussycat, Poppycock, Pasteris, Moog Schmoog, Moog Synthesizer, Magnum, Krupke, Joinks, Jabbie, Hustle, Hungrumlat, Gravity, Fresh, FineOMite, Dunebug 45mph, Coney Island, Blackjack, Atomic, Air Regular, Shatner, Pixel Pirate, Munkeyshine, Thursdoo, Swinkydad, Surf Safari, Supreme, Stoney Billy, Speed Freaks, Bike Riding Chopper (Tuscan), Popcorn Loaded (ultra fat), Malibu Oceanside, Snafurter (Sinaloa?), Der Weiner Stentzel (stencil), Wordworth Byte, Blingo Diamond and Tiger Roams Jungle (art deco chic).

Fonts from 2014: Blonk, Kangaroo, Giant, Jingles, Rascal, Coopman, Sinafurter (Sinaloa meets Frankfurter), Supergum (bubblegum font), Tiger, Popcorn, Der Weiner Stentzel (rounded stencil), Milk, Plague (scary font), Wonder (popart), Globitron (art deco), Death Squad (brush face), Spring Break, Tigra (stencil),Tigra (stencil), Fantastic, Parker (signage script) and the vector sets Mid Century Patterns, Banners (01, 02, 03, 05), Campus (01, 02, 03, 04: athletic lettering), Chickabiddles, Holiday 03, Jewelry, Lip Service 03, Optical Illusions, Seals, On The Radio, Viva, Hipster, Geometric Patters (+02).

Interview. Alternate URL. Dafont link. Yet another URL. And another one. Many fonts sold since 2007 by Font Bros (see here for the announcement). URL from 2005-2007. Behance link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Fontaste
[Miguel Reyes]

Miguel Reyes (b. 1984) is a graphic and type designer from Puebla, Mexico, who studied at Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla. He obtained a Masters in Type Design from Centro de Estudios Gestalt Veracruz. Since 2010, he cooperates with Typerepublic in Barcelona. Founder of Fontaste. Graduate of the TypeMedia program at KABK Den Haag in 2012.

His graduation project consisted of two display typefaces, Naila (a wedge serif) and Rocco (a fattish round sans face).

Typefaces at Fontaste, ca. 2013: Plastilina (+Display, +Deco: signpainter family), Sancho, Candela (signpainter script).

He joined Commercial Type in New York City in 2013. Miguel's grandest achievement to date is Duplicate (2013, Commercial Type: with Christian Schwartz), a typeface family that comes in three substyles, Slab, Sans and Ionic. Commercial Type writes: Christian Schwartz wanted to see what the result would be if he tried to draw Antique Olive from memory. He was curious whether this could be a route to something that felt contemporary and original, or if the result would be a pale imitation of the original. Most of all, he wanted to see what he would remember correctly and what he would get wrong, and what relationship this would create between the inspiration and the result. Though it shares some structural similarities with Antique Olive and a handful of details, like the shape of the lowercase a, Duplicate Sans is not a revival, but rather a thoroughly contemporary homage to Excoffon. Duplicate Sans was finally finished at the request of Florian Bachleda for his 2011 redesign of Fast Company. Bachleda wanted a slab companion for the sans, so Schwartz decided to take the most direct route: he simply added slabs to the sans in a straightforward manner, doing as little as he could to alter the proportions, contrast, and stylistic details in the process. The bracketed serifs and ball terminals that define the Clarendon genre (also known as Ionic) first emerged in Britain in the middle of the 19th century. While combining these structures with a contemporary interpretation of a mid-20th century French sans serif seems counterintutive, the final result feels suprisingly natural. The romans are a collaboration between Christian Schwartz and Miguel Reyes, but the italic is fully Reyes's creation, departing from the sloped romans seen in Duplicate Sans and Slab with a true cursive. Mark Porter and Simon Esterson were the first to use the family, in their 2013 redesign of the Neue Züricher Zeitung am Sonntag. Because the Ionic genre has long been a common choice for text in newspapers, Duplicate Ionic is a natural choice for long texts. Duplicate Ionic won an award at TDC 2014.

Early in 2014, Christian Schwartz, Paul Barnes and Miguel Reyes joined forces to create the manly didone typeface family Caponi, which is based on the early work of Bodoni, who was at that time greatly influenced by the roccoco style of Pierre Simon Fournier. It is named after Amid Capeci, who commissioned it in 2010 for his twentieth anniversary revamp of Entertainment Weekly. Caponi comes in Display, Slab and Text subfamilies.

Gabriello (2015) is a soccer shirt font designed by Paul Barnes and Miguel Reyes: Inspired by brush lettering, Gabriello was commissioned by Puma. First used by their sponsored teams at the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations, it was later used at that year's World Cup, held in South Africa. It was used on the kits worn by Algeria, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, and Ghana.

Marian Text (2014-2016) is a grand collection of ultra thin typefaces designed at Commercial Type by Miguel Reyes, Sandra Carrera, and Paul Barnes. Marian Text 1554 depicts the old style of Garamond & Granjon; John Baskerville's transitional form becomes Marian Text 1757; the modern of Bodoni, with swash capitals and all, becomes Marian Text 1800, and the early Moderns of the Scottish foundries of Alexander Wilson & Son of Glasgow, and William Miller of Edinburgh, become Marian Text 1812. And like the original, a black letter: Marian Text Black, referencing the forms of Hendrik van den Keere.

In 2015, Miguel Reyes designed the high-contrast sharp-edged yet curvy typeface family Canela at Commercial Type. It was followed in 2018 by Canela Condensed and Canela Text.

Ayer is an elegant condensed display typeface designed by Miguel Reyes between 2016 and 2019 for the fashion magazine W. Ayer (Commercial Type) was designed to be malleable and to assert a strong personality at a variety of scales. Commercial Type writes: Ayer Poster has the extremely high contrast that is typical of a fashion typeface and features four different italic styles: the workmanlike italic featured in all optical sizes, a chaotically beautiful Cursive with a full complement of swash capitals, a sharply stylish Angular, and Miguel's decidedly non-traditional interpretation of the staid Blackletter genre. In comparison, Ayer also has high contrast, though less so than the Poster. Finally, Ayer Deck is a low-contrast sans serif with gentle flaring.

Co-designer in 2019 with Paul Barnes of the fat face Isambard: The boldest moderns were given the name fat face and they pushed the serif letterform to its extremes. With exaggerated features of high contrast and inflated ball terminals, the fat face was the most radical example of putting as much ink on a page to make the greatest impact at the time. These over-the-top forms make the style not only emphatic, but also joyful with bulbous swash capitals and a wonderfully characterful italic.

In 2021, he designed the inky script typeface Candy Darling (with Christian Schwartz; commissioned by Richard Turley for Interview magazine) and Canela Blackletter (inspired by the long tradition of blacketter in Mexico) at Commercial Type.

In 2022, he designed the italic script typeface Eugenia at Commercial Type. Its four distinct fonts were derived from the 18th century work of Giambattista Bodoni. Eugenia was drawn to accompany Eugenio Serif, the design created for La Repubblica's weekly women's magazine D. [Google] [More]  ⦿

FontaZY
[Zakhar Yaschin]

Russian designer (also spelled Zahar Yaschin) of some fonts at Paratype. In 2014, he set up his own commercial type foundry, FontaZY in Oryol, Russia. He also published some typefaces at Art Lebedev Studio.

He created the blockish font Quasimode at Studio Dezygn. At Art Lebedev, he made ALS Ekibastuz (2006-2007, a sans family), Zwoelf (2008, with Oleg Pashchenko and Irina Smirnova), ALS Tongyin (2006, an oriental simulation face) and ALS Story (2008, together with Taisiya Lushenko).

He also made the Latin/Cyrillic sans family SansSay (2007) and MainStormZ, Harry Plotter New (Paratype), the angular Guenter (2001-2009, ParaType: inspired by East German calligrapher Guenter Gnauck), the script typefaces Rondo Script, Treasure (as in signatures), the hand-printed typefaces Art Brush, Art Pencil, Auktyon Z (2001, ParaType, hand-printed), Auktyon Dot Z, Kapelka (2005, ParaType, connected brush lettering), KvadratZ (2001, ParaType: fun sharp-edged typeface; includes dingbats), KvadratWoodZ, KvadratPictZ, the futuristic typefaces Astra, Avangard, the display typefaces MainStormZ, Harry Plotter (2003, ParaType), Elektro_Mech, Elektro_DC, Elektro_AC, the slab typeface Egypt, the comic book typeface Comicz, and the delicate sans typeface Solovets (2008).

In 2014, Zakhar created the fat paper cutout typeface New Year Poster, Korobok Soft, and Korobok Edgy.

In 2015, he made the creamy signage script typeface Kapelka New (Paratype).

Typefaces from 2016: Barberry (script for Latin and Cyrillic).

Typefaces from 2017: Armavir (a full suite of grunge fonts), Mojito (a vibrant bold script; some additional styles were created by Alexander Lubovenko).

Typefaces from 2018: Lorna (an upright connected script).

Typefaces from 2020: Allamare (vbrush script).

Alternate URL. Behance link. Home page. Art Lebedev link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Fontcaster
[Mårten Thavenius]

After completing a B.A. in Philosophy and Aesthetics, Swedish designer Mårten Thavenius (b. 1965) began working as an interface designer with IBM as senior GUI architect. In 2009, he left IBM to work as an independent web solutions consultant and typeface designer. His most popular designs are the comprehensive families Aptifer Sans and Aptifer Slab. He lives in Belgium and Sweden, and his foundry is called Fontcaster. Mårten Thavenius has a side-interest in screen typography.

He designed these typefaces:

  • FF Rattle Script (2000).
  • In 2006, he created two legible families (28 styles in all), Aptifer Sans and Aptifer Slab, both published via Linotype.
  • In 2010, he created Skilt Gothic (Font Bureau), about which Font Bureau writes: In the 1920s, Danish architect, printer, and designer Knud V. Engelhardt (1882-1931) prepared a series of striking types for signage, including those for the street signs in Gentofte, north of Copenhagen. Swedish designer Mårten Thavenius built upon some of the structural elements from Engelhardt's work to arrive at Skilt Gothic.

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Fontdation Studio
[Gabriela Octavia]

Aka Gabriela Christine and as Miibeedrawing and as Fontdation Studio. Illustrator and designer in Bandung, Indonesia, who created these typefaces in 2016: Westmeath (free), Zombie Dust, It's Mine, Unreal, the display typeface Anomali, the hand-painted Zomblo and Oh Blazt, the fairy tale ornament-inspired Marguerite, the brush script font Quish, the calligraphic Awesome, the hand-painted Azra, Raquella (monoline connected script), Unreal, The Brownies (signage brush font), Jacinda (calligraphic), Aurella (calligraphic script), Antreas (rough brush), The Roxv, Alder Type (rounded sans), North High (art deco), Flamingo, Aberus, Djangart (artsy and oriental), Smoother, The Heater, Leath, Hadrea, The Beat, Rarodette, Sweeney, Pertiwi Script (crazy calligraphic).

Typefaces from 2017: Game On (marker pen font), Honey (hexagonal), Amoreiza, Mountain, Baangkarr, Great Again, The Brocker (grungy), Maallaang Bronks (spurred baseball font), Natarajasana (tall-ascendered script), Elkarnito (a handcrafted poster font), Carvino, Almondia (sans), Lovalicious (monoline connected script), Nunu (squarish sci-fi font family).

Typefaces from 2018: Signatra (a signage script by Fahrizal Tawakkal).

Behance link. Creative Market link. Their designs can be bought here. Blogspot link. Newest Creative Market link. Designs Net link. Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Fontdation (was: Twicolabs Design)
[Fahrizal Tawakkal]

Fahrizal Tawakkal (Twicolabs Design, Malang, Indonesia, b. 1986) markets his fonts via Twicolabs Design and Fontdation.

In 2013, he created Colin, Dollar Bill, Coleen (Victorian signage face), Nurjan (free sans titling face), Trigger (Victorian typeface), Athenry (heavy block vintage typeface), Sly (Victorian typeface), Gauntlet (spurred typeface), Rooters (a spurred tattoo typeface), Incognito (spurred tattoo font), Incognite (like Incognito), Chuck Noon (a copperplate signage font available from Creative Market), Debute and Black Velvet (a Victorian advertizing typeface, followed by Black Velvet 2 in 2014).

Typefaces from 2014: Facile Pro (geometric sans), Deadhead Rough, Armament, Black Velvet, Facile Sans (free), Lifer (spurred, Victorian), Dublin (spurred), Dollar Bill 2, Carlingford (a spurred beer bottle typeface), Akura Popo (copperplate; free), TM Stanley (a spurred beer label font), Deadhead Script (signage script).

Typefaces from 2015: Greenore, Armament Stencil, Avondale (handcrafted all caps typeface), Deadhead Classic, Deadhead Brush, Patronia Script.

Typefaces from 2016: Westmeath (free art deco style), Kite Script, Armament, Premier Sans, Premier Script.

Typefaces from 2017: Haarlem Serif, Haarlem Sans (Dutch deco), Haarlem Deco (Dutch deco), Signatra (signage script), Chuck Noon 2 (copperplate caps).

Typefaces from 2018: Lansdowne (vintage all caps, copperplate), Lifer (spurred), Neue Stanley (spurred), Rebute, Pittsbrook Sans (octagonal), Pittsbrook Serif (octagonal, with small wedge serifs), Highwind, Nufced, Jalisco (monoline script), Linoleo Script, Slainte Script (monoline).

Typefaces from 2019: TF Handwriting, Tequila Sunrise, Chuck Noon Script (for signage), Tawakkal Sans (for headlines), Obsypac (Victorian), Baisteach, Pioggia (a text typeface with several didone elements such as ball terminals), Ferghaus Sans, Vallely, Cairlinn.

Typefaces from 2020: Mullingar (a sharp-edged display typeface), Killarney (a flared display font), Kinsale Display.

Typefaces from 2021: Athlone.

Fontspace link. Creative Market link, where one can buy the fonts. Hellofont link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Fontfabric
[Svetoslav Simov]

Fontfabric is the foundry of Svetoslav Simov, a visual designer who is located in Sofia, Bulgaria, b. 1984. They design highly innovative typefaces that have lots of style and flair. Most fonts cover both Latin and Cyrillic. Until 2022, their fonts were sold through MyFonts, but gradually they switched to their own independent shop.

  • Typefaces from 2008: Cubic (3d face), Clou (cloud-like letters), Colo (double-lined and geometric), Snail, Blou (very thick and counterless letters).
  • Typefaces from 2009: Uni Sans (first called United Sans), Kare (psychedelic), File (fat face), Zag (7-style monoline sans with tear drop terminals; it include Zag Drps and Zag Deco), Clou (cloudy letters), Facet (Black and Ultra: paper fold typefaces), Noveu (psychedelic, art nouveau), Pastel (brush face), Rolka (round ultra-fat and curly lettering), Val (rounded fat), Kvant (severe and octagonal), Duplex (fat techno), Avatar (ultra fat black), Dovde (bubbly, co-designed by Maria Karkova), LOT (fat art deco), MOD (ultra-fat), Oval (rounded sans), Quad (octagonal outline), Portal Strips and Portal Black (hyper-experimental geometric typefaces), Prisma (more ultra-fat experimentation) and Wigan (Wigan Thin and Bold of this paperclip typeface appeared in 2014).
  • Creations in 2010: Hero (free sans family), Null (ultra fat, free), Aston (a modern high-contrast rounded display face), DAN (free piano key font; Dan Pro is not free though), Solomon (headline sans family) [Images of Solomon: i, ii, iii, iv, v, vi, vii, viii], Dox (ultra fat geometric poster face), Sudoku (a geometric display family with several biline and triline styles, done with Fontan2), VAL Stencil (a stencil in which repeating letters makes them tilt the other way; free), Code (2010, a fantastic monoline sans family; images: i, ii, iii, iv, v), Dekar (techno), Clipdings Web, Clipdings Travel, Clipdings Graphic Arts, Babydings, Artdings, Reader (Light, Bold: avant garde sans), SAF2010 (comic book/signage: well, Jan Erasms, the designer in 2006 of Menyaka for FIFA WC 2010 is not happy, calling SAF a blatant imitation), Age Free (free fat organic face), GOTA (a free fat finger sans face).
  • Typefaces from 2011: Gabriel Sans (grotesk family), La Boheme (signage face), Qero Mite (an organic monoline sans), Code Pro (caps only clean sans headline family), Solomon Sans (a headline monoline sans family).
  • Typefaces made in 2012: Nexa (a geometric sans in 16 styles), Nexa, Rex (free octagonal family for Latin and Cyrillic), Hagin (free), Intro (26-style superfamily in the Futura style) and Intro Inline (free Futura-style family for Latin and Cyrillic). Intro Condensed was created in 2014.
  • Typefaces from 2013: Nexa Slab, Nexa Slab XBold, Nexa Slab Bold, Nexa Slab Book, Nexa Slab Light. [Recognize the typeface by the a and the g (an 8 with a small piece missing).
  • Typefaces from 2014: Nexa Rust (a weathered letterpress emulation family of 83 typefaces by Radomir Tinkov, Ani Petrova, Svetoslav Simov and Vasil Stanev).
  • Typefaces from 2015: Bronn Rust, Bronn Script and Bronn Rust Extras is a handcrafted collection of 22 typefaces created on the coat tails of the hugely popular Nexa Rust and other typefaces in the grungy worn letterpress and layering vogue. The roundish tightly set broad-ranged sans typeface family Panton is sure to make waves for years to come---it is the typeface for mobile devices. Sensa (2015, Radomir Tinkov and Svetoslav Simov) is a handcrafted 21-style family divided into the subfamilies Sensa Brush, Sensa Pen, Sensa Wild, Sensa Sans, Sensa Serif and Sensa Goodies.

View Fontfabric's typefaces. In 2015, Ani Petrova, Svetoslav Simov and Radomir Tinkov co-designed the 214-style mammoth font system Intro Rust, a rough version of Fontfabric's Intro. The fonts are partitioned over Intro Rust, Intro Script, Intro Head and Intro Goodies. Still in 2015, we find Nexa Script.

In 2017, Plamen Motev and Svetoslav Simov co-designed Uni Neue, a total remake of Fontfabric's earler typeface Uni Sans (2009). Svetoslav Simov, Plamen Motev and the Fontfabric team (Vladislav Jordanov, Stan Partalev, Mirela Belova, Jacklina Jekova, Nikolay Petroussenko) produced Zing Rust, Zing Sans Rust and Zing Script Rust in the same year: it consists of 521 handmade typefaces.

In 2018, Mirela Belova and Svetoslav Simov co-designed the 20-style geometric sans typeface family Mont. Svet Simov and Svetlin Balezdrov co-designed the humanist sans family Squad, and Simov published the free all caps flared terminal font Colus in 2018. Gilam was designed in 2018 by Ivan Petrov, Plamen Motev and Svetoslav Simov---it is based on DIN, but is more geometric and has obliquely cut terminals.

In 2019, Svet Simov, Radomir Tinkov and Stan Partalev designed the 72-strong Noah family of geometric sans typefaces, which is partitioned into four groups by x-height from small (Noah Grotesque) to medium (Noah and Noah Text) to large (Noah Head). Codesigner of Mozer (2019, by Svetoslav Simov, Ani Petrova, Mirela Belova and Nikolay Petrousenko: a condensed headline sans family that covers Latin, Greek and Cyrillic; Mozer SemiBold is free).

In 2021, Svetoslav Simov and Vika Usmanova dusted off the 18-style update of Mont called Mont Blanc. It has very short descenders and medium-sized ascenders, two variable styles, and some redesigned glyphs. Its biggest problem will be the name---surely, the famous Swiss pen maker Mont Blanc will complain sooner or later about its trademark. I am puzzled about MyFonts, which did not catch this problem when they announced the typeface. In 2021, Simov also co-designed Code Next (a 20-style geometric sans by Svetoslav Simov, Mirela Belova and Stan Partalev; it includes two variable fonts).

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Fontom Type
[David Waschbüsch]

Heidelberg, Germany-based type foundry of David Waschbüsch (b. 1988), who studied at the University of Applied Science in Darmstadt, Germany, class of 2011. About his free unicase modular stencil font BS Konstata (2010) he writes: Created for use as stencil for signage it features a set of only 10 different elements out of which you can compose the complete typeface. Therefore it borders between being somewhat grungy, modular and classic. Skyhook Mono is a versatile octagonal family. Future fonts include Bahnhof Zoo, Empty Sky and Fink Black.

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Fontscafe (was: Fonts-Lab)

Fonts Lab was an Italian free font foundry with emphasis on "free", even for commercial use. The first fonts, all made in 2011, included Fonts-lab Gift, Fonts Lab Symphony, Free For Fonts-Lab Subscribers, Lady Jane Old, Five Dollars Matter, Writing Something by Hand, Hint Retro, Hint Retro Grunge, Soul Handwriting (brushy script), Variety, Universal College Draft (2011, a sketched sports jersey alphabet), Handwriting Draft (sketch face), Around 20 (experimental), Adelfy, Old Printing Press (grunge), Frank Handwriting, Sketch Me, Retro Lined Area.

Fonts Lab became Fontscafe, located in Milan.

Production in 2012: Making Lettering Tall, Universal College (grungy athletic letters), Marmellata Jam (connected script), Marmellata Jar 01 and 02 (connected fat signage scripts), Henry Rodeo Circus (Western face), Scrappy-Looking, Contribute Free Version (connected fountain pen script), Basically Serif, I'm Fashionista, Sign Handwriting, Chalk Hand Lettering, Chalk Hand Lettering Shaded, Voluptate (retro connected script), Retroactive (a great connected script face).

Around June 2012, something happened---possibly a complaint from the FontLab software people---, and the name changed from Fonts Lab to Fontscafe. In the same year, a commercial foundry was started via MyFonts.

Typefaces from 2013: Free Sketching, Hand Printing Press [in ten styles such as Meshed, Scraped, Normal, Stencil, Stamps, and Eroded], Egregio Script (retro script), Hand Shop Typography A20 (an 8-style poster font set that includes shadow and inline typefaces), Hand Shop Typography C30, and many more in the Hand Shop Typography pack, including the frame font Hand Shop Elements.

In 2014, we find Hand Christmas Doodle, My Valentines Love (heart dingbat font) and Bold Pressing (vintage letterpress typeface family, with ornaments).

Typefaces from 2016: Handwriting Draft (a great sketched font that shouts Leonardo da Vinci), Universal College (a grungy athletic lettering font, updated from an earlier 2011 version).

Typefaces from 2017: Hot Varsity Team, Hot National Team, Back To School Elements, Hot Winner Team, Ultimate College Team (athletic lettering), Display of Character.

Typefaces from 2018: Publishing Draft Script, Publishing Script, Ottanio Pack, Advertising Master, HandPrinting Press Eroded, Making Lettering, Hot Legend Team.

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Fontwright Design
[David Parr]

American designer at Letterhead Fonts of Grindle (blackletter), Squeezebox (Victorian) and United Cigar (more Victorian fare). In 2014, John Studden and Dave Parr co-designed the Victorian display typeface family LHF Blackstone. Dave Parr's other typefaces at LHF and his own type foundry, Fontwright Design, include LHF Tributary (2014, a calligraphic blackletter; followed by LHF Tributary Distressed in 2016), LHF Ascribe (2014), LHF Heller's Script (with John Studden: a retro script), LHF Heller's Casual (2014), LHF Aledo (2014: a Western typeface), LHF Big Bob (2013, a sign painter's casual), Castlerock, Cedar Creek, Sanborn Thin (Victorian), FWD Egyptian Tower (2019: stackable), and Sheridan Script (fifties script).

Typefaces from 2022: FWD Zooks (a beatnik font).

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Fortunes Co (was: Celcius Design)
[Ramandhani Nugraha]

Cimahi / Bandung, Indonesia-based designer (b. 1986) of the hand-lettered alphabets Awesome (2015), Wonderwall (2015, a splash brush font), Valencia Sweetness (2015, brush script), Basik Rough (2015, brush), Innocents (2015), Againts (2014) (sic) and Leathery (2014).

Other typefaces: Magenta Latte, Glamour Beauty (2016), Traveler (2016: dry brush style), Electric Vibe (2016: dry brush script), Nouvele Louisela (sic: this 2016 renaissance typeface was influenced by the chancery hand), Valencia Sans (2016, brush script), Burnts Marker (2015, a dry marker script), Celestial (2015, pure Victoriana), Borderland (2015).

Typefaces from 2017: Beast (rough brush, SVG format), Mield Script, Fountain, Celestial, Postmark Typewriter (rough and textured), Pinkerton Script, Manhattan (brush script), Brighton (Victorian), Loveable Script, Camp Press, Campground (connected script; free after a complicated immigration procedure; see also Pixel Surplus).

Typefaces from 2018: Minted Mood, Modular, Carlsons Script (a vintage lettering family), Milestone (baseball script), Maldina, Signatra, Block.

Typefaces from 2019: Milles (an SVG format dry brush script), Miles Handwriting, Wincosin (free art nouveau caps), Hey Fonallia, Liondales.

Typefaces from 2020: Futurama (octagonal), Bilestone (a retro signage script), Morning Violetta (a swirly creamy display typeface).

Typefaces from 2021: Boldies Slab, Fd Catilde (a decorative serif with severely explicit ink traps), Fd Hallway (a retro signage or baseball script), Cutterlakes Script (a fat finger font). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Francesca Alice

During her studies at the University of Reading in 2015, Francesca Alice combined the didone and Celtic styles in her typeface Wink. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Francesca Schiro

Italian graduate of the Politecnico di Milano. Her signage style typeface Fiorucci (2011) is based on the logo of the Italian company Fiorucci. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Francesco Mistico Canovaro
[Zetafonts (or: Studio Kmzero, or: ZeroFont)]

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Francis Stephen Lestingi
[Signs of Gold]

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Frank H. Atkinson

Sign painter from the art nouveau era, who lived in Chicago and worked mostly for Cadillac. His books Sign Painting (1908) and Artkinson's Sign Painting (1915) influenced hand lettering and signpainting for many years afterwards. The following digital fonts are based on his designs:

  • FHA Sign DeVinne (2015, Michael Gene Adkins, James L Stirling).
  • FHA Tuscan Roman (2014, Michael Gene Adkins, James L Stirling).
  • FHA Nicholson French (2012). An art nouveau typeface digitized by The Fontry.
  • FHA Condensed French (2012, by Michael Gene Adkins and James L. Stirling) is based on Frank H. Atkinson's examples.
  • FHA French Eccentric (2009), by Frank Smith and Michael Gene Adkins. FHA Eccentric French Normal (2008) is free at Dafont.
  • FHA Modernized Ideal Classic (2011) by Michael Gene Adkins and James L. Stirling.
  • Bulletin Stub (The Fontry).
  • Book Poster (2010). A series of fonts at The Fontry.
  • Beauvoir (1993, David Nalle).
  • French Plug (2007, HiH).
  • Payzant Pen NF (Nick Curtis) is based on an Atkinson design shown in A Show at Sho-Cards: Comprehensive, Complete, Concise (1918).
  • Atkinson Eccenteric, Atkinson Boomtown and Atkinson Egyptian, all made by David Nalle at Scriptorium.
  • Still by The Fontry: the Broken Poster family (2010). In 2013, Michael Gene Adkins and James Stirling followed this up with the layered system Broken Gothic, which is based on Book Poster as well.
  • Dick Pape created these revival fonts in 2009: ArtNouveauSigns, FHA1908ClassicPlug, FHAAdvertisersThickThinPl, FHAAntiqueBlock, FHAAntiqueRoman, FHAArtNouveau, FHAArtNouveauSigns, FHABradley, FHABulletinPlug, FHABulletinRoman, FHAChicagoTuscan, FHAClassicBlock, FHACondensedFrench, FHAEccentricFrench, FHAEccentricRoman, FHAEngrossingText, FHAExtremeFrenchBold, FHAFrenchRoman, FHAFrenchRomanLight, FHAFullClassicRoman, FHAGunningSingleStroke, FHAHalfClassicRoman, FHAModernizedIdealClassic, FHAModifiedAntiqueTuscanRom, FHAModifiedPlug, FHANewYorkRoman, FHANicholsonFrench, FHAPosterBlock, FHARoundBlockThickThin, FHARoundFullBlock, FHAShowCardFrench, FHASignPaintersPlymouth, FHASingleStrokeBlock, FHASingleStrokeTuscan, FHASpikeSpurFrench, FHAStonehouseEgyptian, FHAWesternLightTuscan, FHAWesternRoman, FHAWesternSingleStroke. Download page. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Franklin Gage Delamotte

Author of The Signists Modern Book of Alphabets (1906). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Frantisek Storm
[Storm Type Foundry]

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Fredy Rakhman Sujono

Indonesian designer of the signage / brush script typeface Anyelir Script (2019). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Friedrich Groegel
[Fritz Grögel]

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Friedrich Poppl

German scribe and calligrapher (b. Soborten, Czechoslovakia, 1923, d. Wiesbaden, 1982), and designer of several text families, such as Poppl-Fraktur (1986), Poppl-Antiqua, Poppl-College (1981), Poppl-Exquisit (1970), Poppl-Nero (1982, his last face), Poppl-Laudatio (1982; see the clones OPTI Peach (Castcraft) and Poem Lavish (Softmaker)), Poppl-Pontifex (1974), and Poppl-Residenz (1977, classic calligraphy). These typefaces can be bought at Berthold.

Revivals: His neo-gothic typeface Saladin was later digitized and expanded by Patrick Griffin as Lionheart (2006, Canada Type). Hip Hop NF (2007) is a bouncy retro typeface based on Friedrich Poppl's Dynamische Antiqua (1960, Stempel). Elfort (2009, Iza W, Intellecta Design) is a calligraphic revival of work by Poppl. Poppl Stretto (1969) was at the basis of a revival by Canada Type called Wonder Brush (2012, Kevin Allan King and Patrick Griffin). Poppl Fraktur was revived and modernized by Ralph Unger as Parler Fraktur in 2018. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Fritz Grögel
[Friedrich Groegel]

Fritz Grögel (b. Wassertrüdingen, Germany, 1974) studied graphic design and typography at the University of Applied Sciences in Potsdam, Germany. In his graduation work French Délice, he explored the history of French letterpainting. After several years of work as a corporate designer, he attended the TypeMedia master course of KABK The Hague where he researched the German letterpainting tradition. Together with Elena Albertoni, he founded the studio LetterinBerlin in 2011. The following year he conducted extensive research at Berlin's Kunstbibliothek on the history of German lettering which is the subject of his talk at ATypI 2013 in Amsterdam. That talk is based on the content of the book Karbid From lettering to type design (2013) by Verena Gerlach and Fritz Grögel published by Ypsilon Éditeurs and released on the occasion of the Amsterdam conference.

His project for the Masters in type design program at KABK in 2010 led to the signage family Hinterland (2010), and to Builderdyke (2010), a revival project with Paul van der Laan: a digital reinterpretation of Johann Michael Fleischmann's Mediaan Romein.

Other typefaces by him include Glupsisch (2010, is a round piano key typeface created with the help of Typecooker), Fritzskript (a flowing connected script that was done at the Ecole supérieure Estienne, Paris), and Estelita (a calligraphic hand that was inspired by the titles of a French art deco silent movie by Marcel L'Herbier called L'Inhumaine).

Flickr page. Old URL for Fritz Grögel. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Fype Co
[Muhammad Hasan]

Aka Fitiyawan, who seems to have many other identities as well. As "Fype Co" (est. 2019), based in Magelang, Indonesia, he/she designed these script typefaces in 2019: Justoma, Ameyasi, Balgona (formal calligraphic), Qimona, Beardcanye, Renate, Grimalkin, Amelia Nature (a monoline script), Baliany, HoneySome, Blacks, Sunday Sugar (signage script), Minerals Buble, and Panda Script. Other typefaces designed in 2019: Biosphere (a squarish industrial style condensed all caps sans), Nought (an experimental slab serif), Graveyard, Blackfire (a rounded all caps sans with arts and crafts influences), Dioxide, Pomiform, Sci Fi Bronze, Prestigious, Relaunch, Marginal (oriental simulation), Necked (a sports font), Dia de Martini (Tuscan), Charlie (art deco), Kingfish (a cartoon font).

Typefaces from 2020: King and Queen (a 23-style lachrymal serif family), Saodah, Rei Biensa, Lemenso, Hiluan Sea, Beard Canye, Pier Georad (a supermarket signage script), London Bridge (a wide geometric sans with a short-armed lowercase r and a spectacular ri ligature), Glover, Prestigious (a fashion mag typeface), Dioxide (an all caps wedge serif titling typeface), Relaunch, Bollent (fashionable, all caps), Cargiona (a stylish plumpish sans), Moilgo (a curvy display typeface), Kickers (a rounded vintage display serif family).

Typefaces from 2021: Mister Frogs (a funky font with a cartoon feel), Bloena, Boedimant (a weathered stencil typeface), Dogiesland (scrapbook font), Gostend, Kamaboko (a delightfully loony children's book font).

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Gabhuk
[Ichya Ulumiddin]

Graphic designer in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. In 2016, he created Kapaloe Sans, Cobba Sans (rounded) and Gura Script (signage type). In 2017, he added Ata Kana (a sword-inspired heavy script). Graphicriver link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Gabriela Fantini

In 2015, Gabriela Fantini (Florianopolis, Brazil) and Andresa Brati co-designed the vernacular supermarket signage typeface Ofertão while studyig at Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Gabriela Machado

For a type design course at UFPE in Recife, Brazil, Gabriela Machado designed these typefaces: Armstrong (2016, pixelish), Scorpiton (2016, angular), 9x9 (dot matrix type), Andrade Modelada (2016, signage typeface) and Andrade Tentacao (2016, vernacular style). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Gabriela Octavia
[Fontdation Studio]

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Galih Aprilia
[Slametype]

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Gareth Hague

British type designer. With David James, [T-26] co-designer of AES, August. At Alias (a company he founded with David James in London), he made Barb (2016, a wide stencil typeface), Asperity (2012), Asphalt (2012), Aspic (2012), Caustic and Caustic Web (2012, chiseled), Lily (2012), Oban (2011, a gorgeous high-contrast didone family influenced by Thorowgood; with blackboard bold styles included), Ano (2012, a simple circle-based monoline sans family; followed in 2018 by the straight-edged Ano Angular), Cactus (2004, a condensed typeface family), Aspic (2011, a signage script), Asphalt (2011, signage script), Perla and Perla Outline (2004, an elegant artdeco unicase didone with teardrop terminals), Klute (Black, Capitals, White: an ugly and useless octagonal family that could be used for gnawing German expressionist pieces), Anomoly (2004), Key, Elephant, Harbour (2008: a medieval, broken look, with wedge serifs), Civility (2002, connected handwriting), Factory, Aminta, Granite (1995), Intimo, Jackdaw, Progress, Progress Two (2012), Sylvia, Jude (1999, a big text family), Mantis, Metropolitan, Metsys (1997), Pop (triline font), Sister (1995), Text.

In 2009, he designed 2012 Headline for the London Olympics---typophiles are generally disappointed with this daring design in the general angular category, and refer to better representatives of this genre such as Cyrus Highsmith's Occupant Gothic, Emigre's Elektrix, Hubert Jocham's Keks, and Chris Lozos's Dez Sans Script.

With David James, he designed Noah Text (2013).

In 2018, he designed Quair: Quair mixes typographic and graphic reference points, most notably from market-stall trader lettering and from Thorowgood and Scotch nineteenth-century typefaces. He also published the stencil typeface High in 2018.

Typefaces from 2019: Schism One, Schism Two, Schism Three [these are serifless versions of Alias Didot with various amounts of contrast. They are more modulated and twistier than Peignot], Vertical (a humanist sans with vertical terminals: a squarish, high-shouldered shape, suggesting Roger Excoffon's Antique Olive).

Fontworks interview. Catalog of Gareth Hague's typefaces. FontShop link. Klingspor link. MyFonts interview. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Garisman Studio
[Risman Ginarwan]

Bandung, Indonesia-based designer (b. 1994) of Patient (squarish) (2021), Wilden (a national park signage font) (2021), Renaise (2021: a letter sign typeface), Farson Family (a weathered vintage label font) (2020), Hookward (condensed and handdrawn) (2020), Retrosey (2020), Holdem (a geometric solid font) (2020), Pylox Street (a fat graffiti font) (2020), Hello Eatery (2020), Highly (2020: an all caps grotesk with some quirks), Chelsea Olivia (a font duo) (2020), Attractype Reborn (2020: a vernacular script), Blocky (2020), Beblock (counterless, handcrafted), Yournotes (2020: a notebook script), Austellia (2020: a dry brush script), Courtland (2020), Lastwinter (2020: a brush script), GR Milesons (2020: art deco), Amoore (2020: all caps, hand-drawn), GR Altosa (2020: a headline sans), Blacks Roobin (2020), Barnett (2020), Highly (2020), Zanaz (2020: a neurotic font), Header Marker (2020), Folkner (2020: emulating stamped letters), Backrush (2020: a dry brush script), Bebrush (2020), Alligator (2020: a death metal font), Nersans (2020: a vintage display sans), GR Read (2020: an all caps headine sans), GR Norch (2020: a sports font), Pintersan (2020), Wattgone (2020), Delight Love (2020), Cattle (2020), Kartoon (2020), Yournotes, Magic Spring, Strong Boyz, Indentia (2020: art deco), Bruzh (2020), Australove (2020), Keypass (2020), Ecriture (2020), Meethlake (2020), Ellouise (2019), Rezpector (2019), Childo (2019: rounded sign painting sans), Elbrush (2019), Jungle Land (2019), Winterbrush (2019), Wintersoul (2019: free), Cordon (2019), Humming (2019), Ouders and Ouders Stencil (2019: rustic), Black Ground (2019: a letterpress font), Hardcore (2019: dry brush), Wattermellon (2019), Attractype Reborn (2019), Real Brush (2019), Wardness (2019), Headson (2019), Signation (2019: signage script), Meranie (2019), Blocky (2019), Destone (2019), Sattersoon (2019), Bassheads (2019; a brush script), Beautiful Heart (2019), Rembank (2019: script), Darkwart Letter (2019), Winsberg (2019), Smackover (2019), Magelove One (2019), Lastwinter (2019), Beattingvile (2019), Sanpaullo (2019), Slovenia (2019), Hellotropica (2019), Molliquam (2019: a brush stroke font), Alinnea (2019: a signature font), Webrush (2019), Starbricks (2019: dry brush), Sacreditty (2019: a free dry brush), Donatellia (2019), Chelsea Olivia (2019: font duo), Austellia (2019: dry brush script), Maxtield (2019: a mural paint or graffiti font), Courtland, Hasthon (2019), Beattingvile (2019), Hardner (2019: monoline retro script), Vector Type (2019), Mighty Brush (2019), Thanose (2019: blackletter), Motowerks (2019: a fat monoline script), Millo (2019), Freudian (2019), Hurson Clean and Rough (2019), Nootdorp (2019), Afterkilly (2019: blackletter), Vintages (2019), Sutter Camp, Westpart (dry brush), Maqueen (2019: sans and script), Easttalia (2019), Meifen (2019: oriental simulation), Chakie (2019: chalk font), Reallova (2019: brush), Theme (2019: a painted texture font), Sunkiss (2019: brush script), Riborn (2019: vintage lettering), Southen (2019), Ultra Brush (2019), Soul Paint (2019: brush), Dirty Brush (2019), Hurson (2019: vintage style), Northen (2019: brush font), Dakwart Letter (2019: brush font), Lolitta (2018), High Xire (2018: dry brush), Hoolegan (2018: grungy), Lesjam (2018: sans), Letter Hellen (2018: a rabbit ear script), Venator (2018: brush script), Sellwyne (2018: a creamy brush script), Kakara (2018), JustJessy (2018), Ellaine (2018) and Adelard (Serif and Scratches) (2018). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Gary Godby

Sign painter and gilder now located in Blue Ridge, GA. He made the Victorian signage font families Tyler (2003, inspired by a typeface by E.L. Brown from the late 1800's), Palmer, Brien (2003, inspired by the Clive Barker "Imajica" book cover by lettering artist Iskra Johnson), and Dixie at Letterhead. Tyler was inspired by E.L. Brown who taught penmanship and engrossing in the late 1800's.

At SignDNA, he published the script typeface Monika.

At Carmel Type Co in 2015, he published the decorative Victorian typefaces Calliope [not to be confused with the 2005 font MVB Calliope], Bronwyn, and Vintage Design Elements in 2015.

Letterhead had this bio: Gary Godby's career as a sign artist has spanned nearly 28 years. He has worked in commercial sign shops in Virginia and Florida. While in Florida he spent thirteen years at Disney's in-house sign shop. In 1995 he returned to his native Virginia to work for Graphic Services, Inc., a large commercial shop in Manassas. Graphic Services is a full service sign and display company that primarily works for builders and developers. The shop employs 42 people with Gary's primary role as designer. "When you're designing," Gary says, "you see a project go from concept to reality, and I get alot of gratification out of that."

Klingspor link. Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Gatype (or: Chairul Art)
[Chaidir Gata]

Chaidir or Khaidir is the Indonesian creator of the calligraphic script typefaces Fronds Getturing (2018, a brush font), Just Married (2017) and Wisteria (2017). Typefaces from 2019: Montine (calligraphic), Feraldine Script (calligraphic), Westonia (script).

Typefaces from 2020: Baby Angelonia, Fairy Tail (rounded, handdrawn), Andy Bear (a fat finger font), Melinda Script (wild calligraphy), Shafira (calligraphic), Gidget, Sakamoto (a comic book script), Braylen (calligraphic), Black Panther (a dry brush script), Anatomi (a fat finger font), Shadow (script), Andesia, Logika (a formal script), Whitney, Haydena (script), Irendy (script), Cristabel (a calligraphic script), Armorel Script (an upright script), Stepira (script), Dea Githa (a creamy script), Antemowa (script), Rachel (script).

Typefaces from 2021: Chicago Darling Serif (a curly condensed display serif), Gataline (script), Kurato (a creamy comic book font), Milk And Honey (a Windsor style bold serif), Steel Leg (a heavy dry brush script), Arkusi (script), Best Street (an unconstrained calligraphic script), Mordane (a wild calligraphic script), Love Rose (calligraphic), Hey Jintan (a rhythmic brush script), Bosterina (calligraphic), Hamidha Script, Love Moment (a wild script), Gentury (a wild calligraphic script), Ameston (script), Sugako (a smooth script), Sweden Love (a hybrid between calligraphic and signage scripts), Akira Rosty (a high-contrast rabbit ear script), Babylonia, Kadupul Flowers (wild calligraphy), Ratgohe (an informal calligraphic typeface).

Typefaces from 2022: Fadhillah Signature, Super Blaster (a rounded decorative hand-crafted typeface), Maliska Script (calligraphic), Miabella (script). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

GautFonts
[J.F.Y. Daniel Gauthier]

J.F.Y. Daniel Gauthier (GautFonts) was born in Montreal in 1964, and lives in Hamilton, Ontario. His fonts from 2005 and before include BarrelOfMonkeys, ChainFontOpen, ChangChang, ChangChangWoodcut, DirtyDarren, FireStarter, GriffinDucks, Jenna Myles, LollipopLettering, Lymphnodes, PooCorny, PooSmooth, Quake3ArenaBats (scanbats), SapphireSativa (2005), ZappaBats, Judas Priest (2004), Caviar Rancid (2004), BackPage (2003), BatFont (2003), MagicCatalog (2003), Samdan (2003), The One Ring (2003), The 3 Stooges (2003), Yahoo Font (2003), BikerBones, CBGBFont, Cortesia, DryGulchBlack, DryGulchOpen, FlyLegs, Frank, MissingLink, PotLand, Punk, SheCreature, SweetLeaf, ThaiPedicure, TypoNegative, VectorBlack, VoodooDollLetters, VoodooDolls, VoodooDollsPinned, ZappaBats, Griffin (2002), GriffinBold (2002), HeadHunter (2002), Montezuma (2002), MontezumaAncient (2002), MrBubbleFont (2002), PhoenixOne (2002), PhoenixTwo (2002), Spliffs (2002), SteelTown (2002), TattooLettering Black (2002), TattooLettering Open (2002), VladDraculBats (2002), Beatnik Hayseed (2002), ChangChang (2002, oriental lookalike), Crumb (2002), GearBox (2002), Happening (2002), LogFont (2002), Piranha (2002), Sardines (2002), Tilt-A-Whirl (2002), ChineseWatchShop (2002), DickVanDyke (2002), Göt (2002), KamikazeBats (2002), Springfield Tablets, AlphabetFridgeMagnets, Beethoven, BeethovenRough, BeethovenRougher, Bicycle (outlined), BicycleFancy, BoobToob, Burris (Old West font), BurrisGhostTown, BurrisShootOut, CBGB (pearly letters), Chain Font Black, CheapSign, ChickenFarm, CornFed, CrappyDan, CrappyDanLowercase, DimWitGauche, DimWitRight, Eastwood, FantasticFont, Fear, FearlessVampireKillers, FeltCrappyDan, FrootStand, GassyGaut, GauFontExposition (trilined), Gauts, GautsMotelLowerLeft, GautsMotelLowerRight, GautsMotelUpperLeft, GautsMotelUpperRight, Gearbox (geary alphading face), Göt (blackletter), HoaryGaut, Houdini, IncantationOne, IncantationTwo, IrwinAllen, JackOLantern, Jagged, JoeJack, KathleenLowercase, KathleenUppercase, KentuckyFriedFont, KentuckyFriedChickenFont (2004, signage), LeadType, LeadTypeBoldInked, MadScience, Moscoso (morphed Western titling font, psychedelic), OogieBoogie, OrganDonorGuts, OrganDonorSkin, PinkCandyPopcornFont, PooCorny, PooSmooth, Potland (marihuana alphadings), Punk, RapaNuiLetters, RapaNuiMoaiBats, RapaNuiMoaiFont, RedStar (2004, pretty handwriting based on the pen of Linda Cappel), RedStarBold, RockFont (Flintsones font?), Sasquatch, Sea Creature, Shaman, ShermlockMadstyle, ShermlockSolid, Shock, ShockThick, SpookyMagic, StagTickets, StartlingFont, TattooParlour (2004, scanbats), ToOsamaLoveGeorge, TypewriterKeys, Vector, WebPress, WebPressBold, Weird, WereWolf, ZootAllures. He has some comic book fonts, some dingbats, and several fonts around the theme of magic.

Interview. Fontspace link. Dafont link. Klingspor link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Gayle Sato

Designer of MVB Calliope (2005, MvB), a market script. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Geen Bitter
[Thom Janssen]

Geen Bitter (Den Haag, The Netherlands) consists of Thom Janssen (b. 1984, Maastricht), Jorn Henkes and Rogier van der Sluis. All three are graduates of the Graphic Design course at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague, The Netherlands. Thom Janssen is a graduate of the TypeMedia program at the KABK in The Hague in 2017. The work of Geen Bitter has a strong typographical influence and covers designing typefaces, books, websites and identities, all with a typographic approach. Late in 2014, Geen Bitter disbanded. Thom currently works as a freelance type designer and as a researcher at PXL, Hasselt University, Belgium.

In 2013, they published Gewone letters Gerrit's early models. The blurb: A couple of years back, while cleaning the letterpress workshop at the KABK in The Hague, we had an amazing find. A package that hasn't been opened for some time. We opened it and found eighteen printing plates in mint condition. The printing plates, we soon found out, were made by Gerrit Noordzij and date back to the late 1960s. They contain a brief lesson about writing with the broad nib and, once familiar with this basis, writing and drawing some different techniques. Since it seemed the plates are never published before, we decided to do so and made a book containing prints from the plates. Next to the plates we asked former students if they still had old work and sketches with comments by Gerrit Noordzij. The result is a collection of sketches and material, together with five writings about the plates, Gerrit Noordzij and his contribution to the field of type and typography. The text has contributions by Albert-Jan Pool, Frank E. Blokland, Aad van Dommelen, Huug Schipper, and Petr van Blokland. It was published in 2013 by Uitgeverij De Buitenkant, Amsterdam.

Thom's graduation typeface in 2017 at KABK was Rikhard. He wrote: A variable font project with letter shapes inspired by English letter forms from around the 1780s, mainly Richard Austin, hence the name. With a weight axis for hierarchy in texts and an optical size axis in order to make small and larger text sizes look good. This project is an exploration in variable fonts. The goal was to learn about it, build workflow solutions, and have fun. This project is meant for typography on the screen. Browsers can take advantage of variable fonts, optical size can be automated and with CSS and JavaScript all the styles of the variable font can be accessed. One font, many styles: the future.

Their commercial typefaces:

  • Bex (2013). This sans typeface family is based on Thom Janssen's graduation project.
  • Cramp (2012). A casual hand-printed typeface by Rogier van der Sluis.
  • Herman (2013, Rogier van der Sluis). An elliptical monospaced signage typeface family with possibilities of layering and shadow effects. It is quite attractive and one of the finest typefaces in its genre.
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Gen Ramirez
[Tapatipo]

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Geoff Gunning

Aka Bud White. Dundee, Scotland-based creator of Winger (2013), Quird (2013), Knat (2013), Chinger (2013), Chum (2013), Plantor (poster face), Ohdoad (2013, an organic sans), Chunq Dipped (2013, blood drip font), Bacon Bad (2013, multilined wavy typeface), Hinge (2013, a thin sans face), Bumple (2013, FontStruct font), Waponi (2013, a military stencil face), Eeroom (2013, hand-printed), Platly (2013), the fun informal straight-edged typeface Bassist (2013), the ink spill typeface Oops (2013), the free brushy signage font Scribbage (2013), the hand-printed Order Up (2013), the tall Kinkich (2013, FontStruct), the paper cut typeface Chunq (2013), and the shaky typeface Landslide.

Typefaces from 2014: Baddit (bilined), Cobac (shadow face). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Georg Wilkens

Born in 1921, Georg was a co-student of G.G. Lange in high school. He worked as packaging designer. This led him to develop several packaging typefaces, which were then produced by G.G. Lange at Berthold.

Designer of the fat script typeface Manessa (1971, Berthold) and the tri-lined Tri-Star (1976, Berthold). [Google] [More]  ⦿

George Abbate

Type designer who published these fonts at Photo Lettering: Aqua Bold (signage font), Black Gothic Condensed, Gothic Bold, Nixon (a soft poster face), Stencil Condensed. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Gert Wiescher
[Autographis]

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Gert Wiescher
[Wiescher Design]

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Gesine Todt

Gesine Todt is a Berlin-based graphic and typeface designer. She studied type design under Lucas De Groot at FH Potsdam from 2004 until 2006, where she created the sans typeface Gabelle. At HTW Berlin University she studied graphic design and graduated in 2007.

In 2009 she graduated with an MA in Typeface Design from the University of Reading. Since then she works as a freelancer and enjoys the view from her studio in Berlin Kreuzberg. Her graduation project at Reading involved the sans typeface You Are Here. This typeface was made for wayfinding, and was compared in her thesis with famous wayfinding typefaces such as FF Info Display, FF DIN, Folio, Frutiger, ITC Johnston, Simple, Univers, Vectora, OfficinaSans, and Interstate.

In 2011, she put her typefaces up for free download at Google Web Font Directory: Amaranth (an upright italic; see also Open Font Library), Bigshot One (a showy didone display face), Snippet (2011), Leckerli One (2011: a fat signage typeface).

Fontspace link. Klingspor link. Fontsquirrel link. Google Plus link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Gestu
[Thiago Bellotti]

Brazilian type foundry, est. 2016 by Thiago Bellotti. The first typeface by Bellotti at Gestu is the calligraphic pointed brush script Acerola (2016).

In 2020, he released Closeby (ultra-condensed, rounded, italic) and Tocco (which is based on chunks of wood type; it includes a variable style) at Papanapa. Thiago also created the custom typeface Bib Sans (2021) at Papanapa. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Get Studio (or: Her Design)
[Herman Syah]

Herman Syah (Her Design and before that, Get Studio in Banda Aceh, Indonesia) created the signage script typefaces Selphia (2015), Unique (2015) and Maulina (2015), the watercolor brush typeface The Sweet Blooms (2015), the brush typefaces Native Land (2015), Bougenville (2015) and Dreamers Brush (2015, free), and the calligraphic script typefaces Amberlight (2015: in the wild calligraphy genre) and Rambies (2015).

Typefaces from 2016: Hamish (a free fruity and milky script), Colatin (a very slanted script), Joyful Script, Twilight Script (rough brush script), Enchanted Brush, Remember Script, Fitalia Script (brush font).

Typefaces from 2017: Ameliana (a smooth relaxing script), Spectrum (brush script).

Typefaces from 2018: Sherin (SVG brush font), Sprightful (brush script), Thunder Stone (Opentype SVG format).

Typefaces from 2019: Sittella, Nature, Gerniela, Hipetype (a painted, dry brush, SVG font), Hyldae Script, Princessa (a signature script), Sachie Script, Bolten, Melodiously Script, Quentin (dry brush script).

Typefaces from 2020: Stay Cool, Native Land (a brush script), Thunder Stone Script, Headey Script, Montana (a formal signage script), Everleigh Signature Script, Mauritania Script (a wild script), Swaziland (wild calligraphy), Roshelyn (a retro script), Anjaniya, Valentine.

Typefaces from 2021: Chalisha (a wet brush script), Thunder Stone Script, Melodiously (a dry brush script), Summer Glow (a groovy reverse stress typeface), Ampelas Brush Script (a dry brush script), Nola Tenley (script), Rhodesia (a plump display serif).

Aka Hermansy Man. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Ghazi Humam Fauzan
[Asd Studio (or: Ash-Shiddiq Studio; was: Qanita Studio)]

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Gia Tran

Gia Tran is a self-taught calligrapher and type designer. He has worked for Dragon Rouge, 4uatre and A&Mcreative in Paris, as well as Saffron Brand Consultants in Madrid. Gia was the Type Director at the French foundry FontYou, which was founded by Gregori Vincens in 2013. He also teaches calligraphy and type design at various graphic design and visual communication schools such as Strate College Designer, Intuitlab and ESAV Marrakech. With Brahim Boucheikha, he founded the Paris and Casablanca-based design studio Babelfont.

Under the cover of Type Lovers and/or Fontyou in Paris, Gia Tran created the medieval typeface Court Hand (2012) and the blackletter typeface Gothic Fraktur (2012). He also did some great calligraphic pieces.

In 2013, together with Gregori Vincens, Alisa Nowak, Valentine Proust, and Elvire Volk at FontYou, Gia Tran created the monoline geometric sans typeface Younion FY. Younion One FY is free at Dafont. With Franck Montfermé, he co-designed the ball terminal beauty Squirrel FY. The letters of this ultra-fat didone reveal audacious geometric smoothness at large sizes.

Codesigner of Kaili FY (2013: an exotic typeface with crazy ligatures, inspired by Indian scripts, by Gregori Vincens, Bertrand Reguron, Gia Tran and Alisa Nowak) at Fontyou.

The EPS format display typeface Alice FY (2013) was co-designed by Alisa Nowak, Micaela Neustadt, Gia Tran, Bertrand Reguron and Valentine Proust at Fontyou. It was inspired by Adrien Genevard's lettering. Sub-themes are Alice in Wonderland and playing cards. The EPS format frilly script typeface Lullaby FY (2013) was co-designed by Alisa Nowak, Micaela Neustadt, Gia Tran, Bertrand Reguron and Valentine Proust at Fontyou. It too was inspired by Adrien Genevard's lettering. Exquise FY (2013) is a fashion mag didone co-designed by Bertrand Reguron, Alisa Nowak, Valentine Proust, Elvire Volk and Gia Tran at Fontyou. Gia Tran and Jason Vandenberg created the decorative typeface Ella FY (2013, Fontyou). Gia Tran, Alisa Novak, Micaela Neustadt, Bertrand Reguron and Grégori Vincens co-designed the curvy stressed elliptical sans typeface Bruum FY (2013).

Beaurencourt FY (2013) is a 19th centery secretary's hand co-designed with Jeremie Hornus.

Gregori Vincens, Gia Tran, J&eacxute;rémie Hornus and Alisa Nowak co-designed the humanist sans typeface Klaus FY (2013).

At Fontyou, Benjamin Lieb, Gia Tran and Julien Priez co-designed the hand-drawn typeface Brixton FY (2013). Not to be confused with two earlier typefaces called Brixton, one by Tom Chalky, and one by Luke Ferrand. Since two of the three Brixtons are commercial, I expect FontYou to change the name imminently.

In 2014, Gia Tran and Bertrand Reguron co-designed the zombie script Vidok FY (free at Dafont). Together, Elliott Amblard (France) and Gia Tran created the bold signage / retro baseball script typeface Paname FY at FontYou in 2014. Minuit FY (2014, by Jason Vandenberg and Gia Tran) is a beautiful angular angry calligraphic display typeface. The punchy poster typeface Kraaken FY (2014) was designed by the FontYou team of Bertrand Reguron, Alice Resseguier, Valentine Proust, Julien Priez, Gia Tran, Jérémie Hornus, and Alisa Nowak.

Bertrand Reguron, Alice Resseguier and Gia Tran co-designed the retro signage script typeface Coco FY (2014).

Alice Resseguier and Gia Tran co-designed the girly script typeface Lola Lola FY (2014). This typeface was forcibly renamed Chelly FY a few days after its first appearance, possibly because there already was a typeface called Lola by Laura Messeguer.

Codesigner with illustrator Quentin Vijoux of the hand-printed typeface Léon FY (2014).

In 2014, he published the modular kitchen tile typeface Dorum FY with Julien Thébault.

Benjamin Lieb and Gia Tran co-designed the 4-style retro display family Belleville FY (2014).

With Evgeny Tkhorzhevsky, he designed the creamy signage script typefaces Maio FY (2014) and Kumiz FY [Maio renamed].

Hansom Slab FY (2014, Gia Tran, Jeremie Hornus and Alisa Nowak).

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Gian Studio
[Afri Giani]

Indonesian designer of Samuel (2019: a brush font), Sarlista Script (2019) and Avelon Script (2019: a formal calligraphic typeface).

In 2020, Giani released Andena (a script) and the calligraphic typeface Zathira.

Typefaces from 2021: Antares (a signature script), Samuel (a brush font), Bambe (all caps; dry brush).

Typefaces from 2022: Kriztina (a swashy formal calligraphic script), Asoka (a scrapbook script), Cattleya (a calligraphic script), Hello Anggela (a formal calligraphic penmanship script), Barna (a formal signage script). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Gilang Maulana
[Maulana Creative]

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Gilang Senzana
[Senzana (was: Inksun Aksara, or: Inksun Mildertype)]

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Gilar Studio
[Gumilar Pratama Adiatna]

Serang, Indonesia-based designer (b. 1990) of the free handwriting fonts Rafiosa (2019) and Hasta La Vista (2019), and the script typefaces Gilani Sign, Galinah (a rabbit ear script), Patlystic, Raline, Gilar Saleh, Aminarthie, Charlotte Bellamy, Gallillea, Hellowish, Hokie, Holiday Script, Isabela, Jhon Wick, Pandora, Riverlands Tully, Rudolp, Samudera, Santuy, Sella Callista, Shalitta, Starlight, Sunday Rully, and Taman Signature.

Typefaces from 2020: Fontana, Houston (inline caps), Goord (titling caps), El Fonte (all caps), Norland, Bonjour (condensed caps), Sigtia (calligraphic), Honney (calligraphic), Bigola, Axilia, Sunkisa, Santhin, Sulqata, Nagisha, Rithey, Rodelia, Betharia, Celya, Sonetha, Ruang Teduh, Reality, Jallu Salafi, Tagonda, Sigoda.

Typefaces from 2021: Bunny Flowers (a scrapbook font), We Are Allstar (a playful font, perhaps even beatnik), African Paradise (a beatnik font), House Easter (a scrapbook font), Nona Manis (a beatnik font), Anak Sultan (a scrapbook font), Luar Galaxy, Lovely Unicorn (a scrapbook typeface), Ikan Salmon (a beatnik font), The Crafty (a scrapbook font), The Funy Times (a scrapbook font), Lovely Unicorn, Fontena (an all caps arts-and-crafts sans), Amoselia (a wild calligraphic script), Bontour (a skyline font), Goordy (a classical roman caps typeface with unbracketed serifs), Hatolie (display wedge serif caps), Marisa, Cameta Cuttes (wild calligraphy), Hello Crimsons (blackboard bold), Chris Master (wild and calligraphic), Carilos (an all caps decorative serif), Budyloves (a romantic script), Valentina (an upright Valentine's day script), Berylover (a wild calligraphic script), Love Birdy (a wild calligraphic script), Loving Hearty (a lovers' script), Night City (a forceful script), Beach Loves (wild and inky calligraphy), Kity love (wild calligraphy), Love Angel (wild calligraphy), Lovely Valentine, Helo Xmas (wild calligraphy), Karoline (wild calligraphy), Looqie (a display font), Mettalian (a wild calligraphic script), Royante (a signage script), Verali (a wild calligraphic script), Quality Times (a wild script).

Typefaces from 2022: Collager (an 18-style display serif family). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Giuseppe Salerno
[Resistenza]

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Gleb Guralnyk

Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine-based designer of these typefaces in 2015: Odd Times (a vintage blackletter typeface), Brandy Label (a layered Victorian signage font), Smoking (a great Western layered poster font), Traveller, Letterhead (steampunk, vintage, Victorian), Age, Nataly Temper, Vintage Auto (a retro chrome automobile font), Golden Dust (a lava lamp font), Rusty Phoenix, Phoenix, the Victorian signage typeface Whiskey, Spirals, Biker (spurred inline font), the oily signage font Pin Up.

In 2016, he designed Far Kingdoms (Victorian), Brass Heart (steampunk / Victorian), Big City Light (a vintage movie theater typeface), Lostamp (a weathered vintage rough stencil script), Kexman (calligraphic script), Loftype (creamy brush script), Shoelaces (monoline script), Tobacco Box (Victorian), Humblest, Whiskey Label (a great vintage Victorian headline font), Insane Fear (spurred), Falchion Edge (Victorian display typeface), Inside The Box (techno), Amber Taste (a layered Victorian beer label font; see also Amber Taste Pro (2020)), One Thin Line (a paperclip font), Bald Eagle (Victorian), Autumn Feel (brush script), Dirty Cartoon, Magic Curls, Winery, Bite Hard (beveled caps), Lovebus (psychedelic style), Column (layered Victorian), Golden Brush, Marine Fairytale (Victorian), and Old Story (handcrafted).

Typefaces from 2017: Goodwine, Daub (EPS format brush alphabet), Rusted Bevel, Dirty Cartoon (a layerable cartoon font), Bald Eagle (vintage), La Belman (Victorian; see also La Belman Pro in 2020), Bright (creamy calligraphic), Winery, Magic Curls, Black Queen (Victorian style), Little Mess (dry brush), Lovebus (psychedelic), Bite Hard, Fiver (prismatic style), Sweet Rum (vintage), The Freaky Circus (Western circus font), Biker New (spurred), Flex Wire, Agress (graffiti style), Old Story, Rusted Brushpen (dry brush), Mosaic Pool, Ranch (vintage style with layered textures), Golden Dust, Letter Head, Limber (dry brush script), Patina, Craft Beer (a layered beer label font), Droptune (Victorian), Chimera Tail, Hardwatt (dry brush), Megawatt (signage script), Jamish (a handcrafted blackboard bold typeface), Oak Lumber, Odd Times (blackletter), Gunshot (an art nouveau display typeface), Bootleggers (a vintage label typeface), Brandy Label (vintage layered font), Smoking Typeface (vintage Western style, with layering).

Typefaces from 2018: Shining Night (a marquee font), Scratches, Candy Shop (a multiline titling typeface), Nataly Temper (a crayon font), Anise Seeds, Lostamp (a great stamp font), Hicksons (retro signage script), Loftype (creamy script), Far Kingdoms (spurred vintage typeface), Predators Cuspid, Sweet & Fresh, Frantic (a vintage car typeface), Affair (Victorian), Falchion Edge (spurred vintage style), Lost in Space, Traveler (an interlocking vintage Tuscan display typeface), True Black, Late Frost, Inside The Box (an interesting double-width font), Magic Garden (curly style), Skater Girl (retro script).

Typefaces from 2019: True Black (Tuscan), Nature Force, Sweettooth (script: 2018-2019), Rusted Bevel, Rusted Bevel, Fishermans Knot (a vintage label font started in 2018), Skater Girl (a heavy upright script), Cidrella, Western Shooter, Little Mess (a dry brush calligraphic script), Spirit Board (pure Victoriana), Ranch Vintage (shadowed, textured, vintage), Forged Fence (an ironwork font), Long Ride (an octagonal license plate font), Chimera Tail Rough, Patina.

Typefaces from 2020: Sweet Ponch, Natural Heap (letters in laurels), Street Rush, Cally (a decorative Tuscan typeface), Sunny Bay, Harietta (a retro monoline script), Cheer Inside (a vintage font), Frizzy (a vintage label font), Asia Impact (simulating an oriental brush calligraphy), Exa Metline (an inline font), Hallie (a curly display typeface), No Rules, Parallax, Golden Treasure (a vintage ironwork font), Squidink, Bushman (an organic sans), Florry (a display sans), Propeller, Spirit Board (a layered circus font family), Lord Grayson (Victorian), Grayson (a tall gloomy monoline sans), Grayson Rough, Kaipara (a patterned all caps font), Classic Heritage (a Victorian or steampunk signage typeface), Anise Seeds (vintage softly spurred Tuscan caps), Candy Shop (vintage trilined caps), Plop, Practish (an experimental slab serif family), Everleigh (a stylish thin typeface), Everleigh Duo, Love Affair (vintage, perhaps art nouveau), Lost in Space (sci-fi), Sweet and Fresh.

Typefaces from 2021: Dusky Rough (a Western or saloon font), Dusky Pub (a Western typeface with Tuscan features), Dusky Slab (a reverse stress Western font), Humblest Pro (an all caps display sans), Giftbox (a vintage label font).

Typefaces from 2022: Simply Royal (layerable vintage caps with an engraved money look), Go Pop (pop art). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Gloow Studio
[Muhammad Iqram]

Gloow Studio was founded in 2020 by Muhammad Iqram, who is based in Indonesia. Creator of Gentamas (a formal script that emulates copperplate) (2021), Anton Charlote (a retro signage script) (2021), Anthela (a retro signage script) (2021) and the retro script font Rigular Script (a retro signage script) (2021).

Typefaces from 2022: Antafeda (a retro signage script), Shaletta (a creamy upright script). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Go Faster Labs
[Paul Howalt]

Graduate of Arizona State University, class of 1992. Now based in Mesa, AZ, where he works as a designer and illustrator, Paul Howalt started Go Faster Labs. He created the spurred Western vintage signage typeface Clutch (2016). Behance link. Creative Market link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Godzilla B
[Dimas Wicaksana]

Or Dimas Aditya, b. 1995. Batu, Indonesia-based designer. In 2020, he designed the retro signage script font Relieve. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Gonzalo Castro

Valparaiso, Chile-based designer of the signage typeface A Golpe De Pincel (2013). Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Grant Cook

Grant Cook (Afrenasia, Melbourne, Australia) created a signage lettering typeface for a vinyl figurine project. He called it Afr Aspabozi (2013).

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Graphic Dash

Italian designer who specializes in decorative or display fonts. His/her typefaces:

  • These decorative serifs done in his/her Italian mood collection in 2021: Eros Romano, Partizeno, Percheno, Giornata, Saint Monica, Segundos, and Kousis.
  • These glamour sans typefaces done in 2021: Rubenko, Fabringo.
  • The display serifs Theramy (2020) and Loretto (2020), and the decorative wedge serif Raluka (2020).
  • The signature font Andalo Signature (2018) and Andalo Sans (2018).
  • The signage script typeface Formia Script (2016) and Natale Christmas Font (2016).
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Graphue (was: Krafted)
[Paul Jansen]

Amsterdam-based Dutchman Paul Jansen runs both Krafted and Flat Icons. At Krafted, he published mainly script typefaces. In 2020: Dandelion Fall, Bankstory, Summer Rose, Lilium Star, Agnetta, Claston, Caride Script, Ratilla Script, Pathita Script, Casira Script, Burnt Rose Chalkboard, Butterscotch, Billy Holiday, Alabama Book, Topsy Turvy, Sun Kissed, Balloo, Strawberry Swirl, Cherry Pop, Hello Honey, Namaqua, Fenway (a baseball script). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Gravual
[Sander Legrand]

Antwerp-based creator (b. 1990) of some free fonts, who went commercial in 2011 as Gravual.

Creator of the hand-printed Tuscan typeface Lullaby (2010), the oldtimer signage family Frizton (2011), the retro signage brush script Gasoline (2011), the crazy wood-style typeface Board Contest (2011).

Typefaces from 2012: The Nest (octagonal slab face), The Wolf (display sans), Bones (a stylish art deco capital set published by Gravual).

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Great Lakes Lettering
[Molly Jacques Erickson]

Great Lakes Lettering in Eau Claire, WI, showcases the type designs of Dathan Boardman and (Detroit, Michigan-based) Molly Jacques (formerly Molly Jacques Erickson). They jointly designed the illustrative handwriting font Frosted in 2012.

In 2013, they designed the script typefaces Asterism (Asterism Clean, Asterism Clean Bold and Asterism Monoline in 2015), Kailey Force (signage script in three styles, The Bold, The Brave, The Beautiful), Icing and Saint Agnes.

Typefaces from 2014: Brushy Mini, Helsing (a quirky serif inspired by Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897) and Edward Gorey's rendition of that story), Icing Blizzard, Frosted Blizzard.

Typefaces from 2015: Backlash (Molly Jacques Erickson, Dathan Boardman: the next step in gonzo splatter lettering scripts).

Typefaces from 2016: Kota Mini (brush), Butterskotch, Mon Voir (by Dathan Boardman, based on the calligraphic script of illustrator Jenna Rainey).

Typefaces from 2017: Tarot (beatnik style), Calla Script (with Dathan Boardman), Raindrop (a flirty handcrafted typeface family for editorial illustration).

Typefaces from 2018: Bon Voyage (based on the handwriting of Taryn Sutherland of Twinkle and Toast).

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Great Studio
[Mulkan Nazir]

Aceh, Indonesia-based designer (b. 1992) of these calligraphic script typefaces in 2017: Bronetto, Restful, Burnington Script, Symphony Script, Blessing Script.

In 2018, Great Studio designed Greenlight Script, Sagitarius Signature Font, Blinkstar, Bondan Regular (condensed sans), Angel Heart, Authemart (calligraphic), Kasandra Script, Molandika Script, Solidaritha Script, Saphira Script, Blussafir (script), Bestrong, Elise Dafisa Script, Staylisha (brush script), and Kingstoner Signature.

In 2019, he published Central Point, Riverstyle (a dry brush font), Winter Flowers, Anitasha, Restgold, American Favorite Script (Script+Serif), Espander (a dry brush typeface), Sundaris Script, Black Seashore (a retro signage script), the great copperplate calligraphic typeface Bettrisia Script, Hello Blushberry Script, and Kingstoner Font.

Typefaces from 2020: Le More Collection (a font duo), Kalista (a font duo), Blinkstar (calligraphic), Boston Angel (a decorative serif), Magister Script (a brush script), South Belgian (a soft vintage serif fnt), Solistaria Script (a hybrid copperplate calligraphic font).

Typefaces from 2021: Blacklist (a sharp-edged text family with 18 static and two variable styles), Bread Light (stylish caps), Contage (a 12-style display sans serif), Kelsy Fantastic, Bigola Display (a display serif), Mollie Glaston (a decorative ligature-rich serif), Colgent (a decorative serif). Creative Fabrica link.

Typefaces from 2022: Veronika Luxurious (a fashion mag sans). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Greater Albion Typefounders (or: GATF)
[Paul James Lloyd]

Paul J. Lloyd's type foundry in Western Australia, est. 2008. Lloyd (b. UK) made over 100 free truetype fonts before that. He writes: What we will offer is new designs, replete with Edwardian Fun, Victorian distinction, or any other piece of elegance we can manage.

Edwardian creations from 2008-2010: Ark Wright (traditional shop signage), Adantine, Goldbarre, Brosse, Crewekerne, Crewekerne Magna and Crewekerne Magister (arts and crafts face), Larchmont, Brissard, Brossard (slab serif), Bonavia, Bonavia Blanc, Clementhorpe, Veneribe, Chiara Script, Howlett, Svengali Roman, Bonning and Bonnington (1920's style families with ideas from University Roman), Absinette (2009, art nouveau), Bamberforth, Tumbletype, Vertrina, Bromwich, Great Bromwich, Fleete, Helenium. Chipping emulates the Edwardian 1920s. In 2012, he added the Bolton Commercial family (late Edwardian, early art nouveau).

Art deco typefaces: Oakland (2011, multiline typeface gleaned from a 1930s French car ad), Zenia (2010, trilined), Plebe (Plebia, 2008: a grotesk emulating the 1930s), Whitehaven (2008, an extensive art deco family with several shadow weights), Merry Fleurons (2008, Christmas ornament dingbats), Braxia (2008), Keynsia (fifties style art deco family with Peignot influences).

Other typefaces: Haymer is a large sans family made in 2010. Clunic (2008) is a blackletter face. Tectura (2008) is a handwriting font. Eldridge is a slab serif family. Aliqua (2009), Chipperly (2009) and Syondola (2008, Tuscan) are Wild West families. Terazza Tilings (2009) and Valentine's Fleurons (2009) are dingbat typefaces. Additions in 2009 include Lowndes (soft blackletter), Christmas Fleurons, Merry Snowmen, Cherritt (described as a Victorian era Courier), DoodleBirds, Halloween Fleurons, ButtonFaces, Sabio (neither slab nor sans), Daub (brush graffiti font), Sabinard (a modern swash face), Cullions (futuristic blackletter), Coronard (blackletter / roman hybrid), Easter Fleurons, Chapter Initials, Paveline (19th century calligraphic script), Mellin Sans and Open, Gildersleeve (evoking the 1920s Arts and Crafts movement), Stannard (a 1920's advertising inspired small caps face), Slattery (a horizontally shaded fun face), Slatterine (2009, more retro futurism), Spillsbury (2010, Victorian family), Cirflex (2010, geometric display typeface based on arcs of circles), Oxonia (2010, a classic roman family) and Vectis (classic Roman elegance, another small caps face).

Creations in 2010: Windevere, Albion's White Christmas, Paragon (a great didone display family with a wood type feel), Compton (slab serif family), Mexborough, Morover (Schwabacher family), Anavio (a classical roman family), Corvone (3d-effect font), Granville (Victorian), Corton (Victorian), Wellingborough (Victorian), Worthing (Victorian), Ark Wright (traditional shop signage), Bonaventure (art nouveau), Federal Streamliner (1950s feel techno face), Deva (classical roman), Crucis Ornaments (crosses), Bronzino (a roman with Arts and Crafts roots), Bertoni (2010, a didone family), Pardon Me Boy (train dingbats), Woodruff (Open Face fonts with a wood type look), Jonquin (based on a WWI poster; +Incised), Luscombe (1920s display family; +Parva), Movella (futuristic from the 1950s), Magdalena Sans (2010: a clear monoline sans), Endymion (2010: Tuscan), Paget (a Tuscan experimental all caps face), Portello (Victorian).

Typefaces made in 2011: Admiral (art nouveau), Tuscaloosa (Tuscan face), Eccles (bombastic Victorian), Wolverhampton (pre-Victorian), Doncaster (Victorian family), Metropole (art nouveau family), Corsham (stone engraved lettering family), Leibix (casual), Albia Nova (an elegant futuristic organic face), Flapper (art nouveau face), Bertolessi (curly Victorian), Tulk's Victorian Banner (all caps banner face), Fitzgerald (Victorian all caps face), Cleveden (Victorian headline family), Spargo (an extensive set of early 20th century-look engraved typefaces for official documents and securities), Bettendorf (2011, based on a 1900s masthead typeface), Wolvercote (2011, similar to Bettendorf), Pittsburgh (2011, a Western-style engraved face), Chubbly (2011), Portmeirion No. 6 (2011, a Victorian / circus design), Bronzetti (2011; images: i, ii, iii, iv, v, vi), Sophie J (hanprinted), Dem Bones (2011, glyphs made from bones), Stout (2011), Birmingham New Street (a Victorian family inspired by the hand lettered title on a 19th century railway map), Beckinslade (ornamental blackletter).

Production in 2012: Alfere Sans Stripes, Albion's Americana (Western stars and stripes face), Tudor Perpendicular (blackletter), Amici (rounded headline face), Amie (rounded sans), Wolverton Text (Edwardian family), Vinea (10-style display family), Par Avion (retro futuristic), AstroBats (retro sci-fi dingbats), Beeching (+Shadowed), Gondolieri (didone meets Tuscan), Penrose Slabserif (an Escher-like trompe l'oeuil 3d face), Haldane (art nouveau, Arabic look), Solidarius (chubby, fat felt-tip pen font), Bluebottle (angular display face), Merrivale (Victorian), Future Runes (runic simulation), Coliseo, Alfrere Sans (inspired by a 1950s television caption style), Tectura II (Lloyd's answer to Comic Sans), Secombe (Edwardian caps family), Milligan, London Court (Tudor-era caps family).

Typefaces from 2013: Speedblur, Belhampton (Edwardian), Merry Baubles (Christmas tree dings), Merry Bauble Letters (Christmas alphadings), Wroxeter (blackletter), Thurbrooke (+Banner, +Initials, +Black, +Reverso, all based on 19th century banner headings and engraved lettering), Bourne (a rounded type system), Henrician (a set of eight Tudor style display typefaces), Belle Jardin (art deco marquee face), Lavery (Edwardian), Baldione (a stylized didone), Chequers (a vintage poster face), Turvy Topsy (fat finger face), Merrivaux (faux medieval), Blout (German expressionist typeface), Easter Egg Letters, Isometrica (a banner typeface family), Valentine's Letters, Imperial Granum (roman titling face), Brollo (chunky display face).

Typefaces from 2014: Albions Very Old Masthead, Albions Engraved Black, Albions Old Masthead, Albions Incised Masthead, Albions Black Holly, Zanderley (pure Victoriana, +Initials), Landsdowne Commercial, Friendly Shaded Sans, Trivette, Wellmere Sans, Uncia Black, Henry VII, Greene and Rollins (layered Victorian typeface), Barollo, Alfrine, Alfrere Banner (+Incised), Lugano, Lanvier (1930s-style caps typeface family), Bonlivet (a hyper-decorative capitals alphabet from the late Victoian or early art nouveau era), Ames Text (a didone family with rounded brackets), Ames Roman (related to didones but with wedge serifs), Ames Weathered, Ames Shadow, Ames Shaded, Amersham (vintage signage family, 2013-2014).

Typefaces from 2015: Netherland Perpendicular (Victorian blackletter), Ledbury (Victorian), Ambergate (Edwardian poster face), Empyrean (futuristic, yet curvy), Flinscher (1920s script), Signwriter Standard, Display Hatched, Albions Marker No.1 (a charming outlined marker pen typeface inspired by Bembo and Caslon), Joyvrie, Kinver (Victorian), Nationale (Victorian), Doges Banner, Doges Darker (Victorian), Doges Delight (Victorian), Doges Venezia (Victorian).

Typefaces from 2016: Buntisland, Elmcourt, Allorette, Albion Sharp Italic, Deco Metro (art deco), SpeedSwash (blackletterish), Stridere (blackletterish), SpeedSketch.

Typefaces from 2017: Shervington, Cantebriggia 1207 (a weathered blackletter), Algreve, Alambart, Duquesne Dark Woodcut, Courtold Shadow, Athabasca (Wild West Tuscan), Fargo Tuscan, Millerstown (Western), Millerstown Races, Old Millerstown, Sasparillo (Tuscan), Sasparillo Fizz, Wylgate, Herald Banner.

Typefaces from 2018: Garstang Engraved, Halliwell Casual, Portculliard, Rotham Industria, Sombrieul (Edwardian), Shervington Engraved (a shaded typeface that appears hand-engraved on copper-plate).

Typefaces from 2019: Dewhirst Display, Rakia (retro futuristic), Eurobia (art nouveau style).

Typefaces from 2020: Draughtsman Engraved, Draughtsman Label Hand (Victorian), Civic Triline.

Typefaces from 2021: Albion Seventies, Portculliard Engraved (an engraved ultra-decorative blackletter).

Type announcements. Behance link. Klingspor link. Abstract Fonts link. Font Squirrel link. Kernest link. Abstract Fonts link. Hellofont link.

View all typefaces by Paul Lloyd. Images of Paul Lloyd's best-selling typefaces. Greater Albion Typefounders: typeface collection. View Paul Lloyd's Victorian typefaces. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Greg Christman

Greg drew Ghoulies (2008, Context Foundry, Savannah, GA), a ghost-themed all-caps alphabet. He also made Fresh Produce (2008), a hand-painted signage face. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Greg Médina
[DCO (or: dcoxy medina, or: Atelier Oxydes)]

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Greg Reid

American designer of the sign painter's gothic typeface Workhorse (2014), which was co-developed by Charles Borges de Oliveira and published at Borges Lettering. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Grewfont Studio
[Fajrin Ilhamy]

Indonesia-based type design studio. Their fonts from 2020: Cracks (a comic book font), The Talkshow (a signage script), Darkfather (script). Esporta, Crackers, Sketchen, Bassetta Pollina, Angkoh (a monoline script), Streetwall (rebellious, graffiti-style), Teargas (same as Streetwall), Signaturia, Quivera (sci-fi style). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Grezline Studio
[Akhmad Reza Fauzi]

Jakarta, Indonesia-based designer, who first set up Silverstein Design, then Reza Design", and finally, Grezline Studio. At Grezline Studio, in 2020, he released Mexiland (a retro signage script), Mexiland Serif, Brenson Charlotte (a creamy retro signage script), Sidney Hayden (a signage script), Ganetha (a bold rhythmic script), Natalie Caydence (a creamy script), Barthez (vintage, all caps), Geovano (spurred, 19th century look), Paula Matilda, Olivade, Barletta (spurred, vintage), Solvetta (a great inky script), Peter Quincy (a dry brush script), Jakobenz (Regular, Rough: an all caps logo font), Diane Amorta, Rodetta (a grungy vintage sans), Mike Samiya (a hand-printed brush typeface) and Shikatta (a script typeface).

Typefaces from 2021: Paula Natalie (a smooth-edged rounded retro script), Thalia Kendrick (a signage script), Atsuka Montreal (serif and script), Pierce Jameson (a heavy script), Remora Camilla (a retro signage script).

Typefaces from 2022: Julietta Madelyne (a signage script). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

GRIN3
[Bartek Nowak]

A group of independent designers from Poland, heade by Bartek Nowak, and located in Staromiejska. Nowak has been designing typefaces since ca. 2000. Typefaces:

  • Inkaust (2011). A grungy face.
  • Uniwerek (2011). A sketched hand-drawn family inspired by college and university sportswear.
  • Galicya (2011).A hand-printed poster family.
  • Tygodnik (2011, Bartek Nowak) is a poster font inspired by logo of Polish magazine Tygodnik Powszechny.
  • Tentacle Szrift (2011, Bartek Nowak) is a blackletter family.
  • Stencimilla (2011) is an army stencil face.
  • Goniec (2011) is inspired by graffiti.
  • Pascal (2011).A brush script.
  • Machina G and Machina R (2011). A pair of grunge typewriter typefaces.
  • Nokian11 (2011). A gridded face.
  • Quattro Tempi (2012). A sketched typewriter face.
  • Centura Round (2012). A hand-drawn monoline sans family.
  • Kidorama (2012) is a hand-drawn script inspired by the calligraphic models used in Polish primary schools.
  • Revers (2012). A roughened slab serif.
  • Eight Zeta (2012). A casual hand-drawn typeface family.
  • Skurier (2012) is a hand-drawn font inspired by Courier.
  • Monosketch (2012) is a hand-drawn font inspired by monospaced fonts like Andale Mono. This sketch typeface can be layered.
  • Holy Roller (2012). A lively hand-drawn outline typeface.
  • Larsson (2012). A tall poster font.
  • Antidotum (2012). A stamp or eroded wood typeface in the style of Veneer or Anodyne.
  • Sahan (2012). An elaborate Arabic simulation typeface.
  • Martita (2012). A festive connected script.
  • Secesja Pro (2013) is a redesign of his earlier Secesja PL font. It is a revival of Hermann Ihlenburg's über-Victorian typeface Nymphic Caps (1889).
  • Astalamet Pro (2013) is a dot matrix typeface that evolved from Astalamet Pure (2001).
  • Engineer and Engineer Stencil (2013) is a rounded techno sans family based on Bartek's own TechnicznaPomoc (2001).
  • Collegium (2013) is an athletic lettering font.

    Barme Reczny (2013) is a hand-printed typeface.

  • Splasher (2013) consists of nothing but ink, coffee and paint splashes.
  • Gwidon (2013) is a connected script typeface.
  • Athletico (2013) is a layered university sports lettering typeface family. See also Athletico Clean (2013).
  • Polina (2013) is a hand-drawn 3d shaded layered typeface system. Its original name, Dobra, had to be discarded because that name was already taken by Dino dos Santos.
  • Leitmotiv (2013) is a heavy calligraphic typeface.
  • Misterall (2013). An all caps brush typeface for posters.
  • Delegat (2014). A comic book lettering font inspired by handwritting of Frank Ching.
  • Procent (2014). Bold and hand-printed.

    Gotyk Nr 7: a grungy blackletter typeface that evolved from Nowak's 2001 typeface Gotyk Poszarpany.

  • Suarez (2014). A vintage upright connected script. The dingbats are called Suarez Extra.
  • Kowalski (2014) and Kowalski2 (2014). A swashy typeface family.
  • Revers (2014) is a grungy slab serif typeface.
  • Pascal (2014, handwriting), Inkaust (2014, fat finger font).
  • Jasminum (2014). A connected script together with a flower dingbat font, Jasminium Extra.
  • Quattro Tempi (2014).
  • Athletico Clean (2014). Athletic lettering font.
  • Procent (2014). A shop signage typeface.
  • Charlize Script (2015). A connected curly script family.
  • Rossellina (2015). A connected calligraphic script font.
  • Giulietta (2015). A calligraphic script family.
  • Bellfort. A letterpress font family.
  • Elementarz Pro (2016). A monoline school font.
  • Dramaturg (2016). A brush script.
  • Ripley (2016). A connected monoline script.
  • Baltasar (2016). A brush script.
  • Jeremy (2017). A brush script.
  • Bridgewater (2018). A brush font.
  • Bellfort Draw (2018). A hand-drawn typeface family.
  • Nauticus (2019). A monoline script and an all caps sans font duo.
  • Vintage Fonts Collection (2019). This letterpress extravaganza includes the following fonts: VFC Besson, VFC Besson Press, VFC Fantomen, VFC Fantomen Press, VFC Fiesta, VFC Fiesta Press, VFC Jagan, VFC Jagan Press, VFC Morty, VFC Morty Press, VFC Ogar, VFC Ogar Press, VFC Rewizor, VFC Rewizor Press, VFC Ruiz, VFC Ruiz Press, VFC Sufler, VFC Sufler Press.
  • Boromir (2019). A layerable font family.

Aka Leitmotif. Dafont link. Klingspor link. Fontspace link. GRIN3 link. Old free font URL. Creative Market link. Home page.

Showcase of Bartek Nowak's commercial fonts. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Groen Studio (or: Jorse Creative, or: Jorsetype)
[Symon Adam Abdullah]

Aka Ay Terry, Ayi Teiry, Roy Yan, Jorse Creative, Symon Adam, Symon Adam Abdullah, Ront Beld, Groen Studio, Lage Jorse, Roiyani, Roiyani Teungku, Roy Yani, Ront Jorse, Groen Lagoe and Roy Jorse, b. 1979. Banda Aceh, Indonesia-based creator of the connected retro signage script typefaces Exoticus (2015), Random Ink (2015), Catfish Script (2015), Umbrella (2015), Wolf Bane (2015: an upright connected script; a Pro version appeared in 2018), Bettaria Script (2015), Matador (2015), Melani Script (2015), Aslang Barry (2015, connected calligraphic script), Fameliya (2014, a connected wedding script), Olivera (2014), Mutiara (2014), Routine Script (2014), Bunthok (2014), Fretaliya (2014), Fatimma (2014), Cuplex Script (2014) and Semadome Script (2014). Ront also designed the brush typefaces Rocket (2015) and Fronte (2015), the more formal connected script typeface Monalisa (2014, renamed later to Montala, probably under pressure from Monotype, owner of ITC Mona Lisa), the calligraphic Amtenar (2015), the brush script Fire Vector (2015), the connected brush script typeface Standly (2015), the script font Maphylla (2015), Freestyle (2015), and the fun connected script typeface Emillia Script (2015).

Typefaces from 2016: the connected script typefaces Hermes, Beatrice, Bellati, Slowly and Elmaira, the sans typeface Asiach, the handcrafted typeface Country, and the brush script typefaces Astro, Getter, Metric, Brusher, Spontance, Fronte Script, Rocket, Arthands, Brokelly, Armant, Batagors (calligraphic dry brush style), and Almaida, the sans titling typeface Asiach, the connected script Spontance, the handcrafted Country Light, Twetter (swashy calligraphic style), Rantes, Lucue, Brusher (dry brush), Beetle (connected script), Freestyle, Notulen.

Typefaces from 2017: Herawati (signature font), Shabira, Bintang, Hand Boys, Sambilan, Betania (brush), Blangku, Valentina, Mother Love, Mangifera (calligraphic script), Happy Berry, Expant (dry brush script), Boston (brush script), Rosenesya (calligraphic script), Bonita (fat brush), Shabira, Amster (an elegant high-contrast signage script), Just Beauty, Justin, Blangku, Mother Love, Bettol, Anitha (calligraphic script), Settiya, Hello Sweety, Expant (dry brush), Boston, Bonita, Astro (brush script), Metric, Getter (dry brush script), Hermes, Arthands, Brokelly, Bellati, Country Family, Batagors (a great dry brush calligraphic script), Armant, Slowly, My Heart, Love & Heart, Heartless, Justin (rough brush script), Muthya.

Typefaces from 2018: Romantina, Solution (sans), Mellanie, Rocket, Fronte Script, Berlian.

Typefaces from 2019: Muctar (a signage script by Ront Jorse), Taranum (a calligraphic script), Delegation (Script, Sans; by Symon Adam Abdullah), Quintrell, Vortices, Wolfsbane (by Sai Poel), Wamelo.

Typefaces from 2020: Creative Signature.

Typefaces from 2021: Chayton (script), Osmont (a Treefrog script), De Monte (a 20-style geometric sans).

Behance link. Graphic River link. Yet another Creative Market link. Graphic River link. Newest Creative Market link. Fontspring link. Graphicriver link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Guguh Gumantoro
[Letter Stock (was: Gumacreative)]

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Guillermo Vizzari
[Yaniguille]

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Gumilar Pratama Adiatna
[Gilar Studio]

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Gunnar Link
[Skogtype]

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H.A. Simon

German type designer of fonts like the signage typeface Market (1996), and the graffiti typeface FF Marker (1994, co-designed with Thomas Marecki).

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Habib Otang
[Alphabeta]

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Haehae Design

Yogyakarta, Indonesia-based designer (b. 2000) of the signage script typeface Halaney (2020). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Hafis Hidayat
[Supertype Studio (or: Hafis Hidayat)]

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Hagilda

Hagilda is an independent type foundry in Israel est. by Michal Sahar and Danny Meirav, Hatayas (the "pilot"), who both graduated from "Bezalel Academy of Art&Design, Jerusalem" (1996, 1998) and who each runs his own graphic design studio in Tel Aviv. Its Hebrew fonts, mostly made from 2002 until 2007, include everything from signage typefaces to text typefaces: Artic, Kartiv, Infra, Font #37, Arbel Hagilda, Lemon Araq, Maccabi Block, A Glass of Milk Dfus, A Glass of Milk, SpeedMan, Plastic, Blender (+Condensed), The Smoker (Sans, Serif), Sothy, SouthWest, Raanan, Exclam, Alenbi (Sans, Serif), Mann, Semi Comeback, Palestina, Cristyle, New Font, New Hybrid Type, Simple, TLV, Uzi Slanted, Dots, HatzviG, AharoniG, FrankG, MiriamG, HaimG, HaimG Soft. Alef (2012) is free.

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Haidi Shabrina
[Mahameru Type (or: Haidi Illustration, or: Mahameru Type, or: HN Fonts)]

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Haikal Juanda
[Pista Mova]

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Haley Fiege
[Kingdom of Awesome]

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Hallyson Soares

Cabo de Santo Agostinho, Brazil-based designer of E Dia de Feira (2015), a supermarket signage font created for a school project. In 2016, he designed the octagonal typeface Geometria. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Hamam Jauhari
[Wacaksara Co]

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Hamber Perdiansyah
[Hoperative Design]

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Hanief Farandi
[Simetris (was: Hanief Studio, or: Hanzel Studio, or: Hanzel Space)]

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Hannes von Döhren
[HVD Fonts]

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Hanoded
[David Kerkhoff]

Hanoded is the foundry (est. 2010) of Dutch designer and photographer David Kerkhoff, b. Epe / Vaassen, 1969. In its first year, Hanoded was a free font outfit specializing in handwriting and hand-printed typefaces. Its creations could be seen at Dafont, Abstract Fonts and Fontspace. Fontspring link. Klingspor link.

In 2011, he went partially commercial via MyFonts. His typefaces became more diversified and are quite stunning at times:

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Hans van Maanen

Dutch science journalist who has published extensively in the Volkskrant. He is also into fine arts and illustration, and has even designed a few fonts. MyFonts page. Klingspor link.

  • His first production was Lexington and Lexington Handtooled (2006, a revival and major expansion of a 1926 Ludwig Wagner Schriftgiesserei typeface called Titanic. A typical art deco signage typeface which can be bought at Canada Type, and is characterized by its rabbit-eared k, l, b, d and h).
  • He also digitized and expanded Aurora Grotesk (1912, Johannes Wagner foundry) and called it Annonce (2006, Canada Type).
  • As explained by Canada Type: The story of Serena is a unique one among revivals. Serena was neither a metal typeface nor a film one. In fact it never went anywhere beyond Stefan Schlesinger's 1940-41 initial sketches (which he called Saranna). A year later, while working with Dick Dooijes on the Rondo typeface, Schlesinger was sent to a concentration camp where he died, along with any material prospects for the gorgeous letters he'd drawn. The only sketches left of Schlesinger's Saranna work are found in the archives of the Drukkerij Trio (the owner of which was Schlesinger's brother-in-law). The sketches were done in pencil and ink over pencil on four sheets of paper. And now Hans van Maanen revives Schlesinger's spirit as closely as the drawings permit. Hans Van Maanen thus digitized Serena (2007, Canada Type).
  • Dutch Mediaeval (2007, 9 styles) is a text family based on Hollandse Mediaeval, the 1912 Sjoerd Hendrik De Roos classic. Followed in 2013 by Dutch Mediaeval Book ST (done together with Patrick Griffin), which was engineered specifically for science writing.
  • Freco (2006, Canada Type): an art deco font.
  • Circulaire (2009, Canada Type) is a set of initial caps designed by Sjoerd Hendrik de Roos in 1926.
  • Adams (2008, Canada Type) is a revival and major expansion of Dolf Overbeek's Studio typeface and Flambard, its bold counterpart, originally published by the Amsterdam Type Foundry in 1946 and 1954, respectively.
  • Lotto: A brush typeface originally designed by expert ad artist Herbert Thannhaeuser for East German foundry Typoart in 1955. Revived by Van Maanen at Canada Type in 2009.
  • Diploma (2009, Canada Type) is a revival of Diplomat, a metal type made by the in-house team of Ludwig&Mayer and first published in 1964.
  • Roos (2009): A 10-style revival and extension of Sjoerd Hendrik de Roos's De Roos Romein (1948), created in cooperation with Patrick Griffin at Canada Type.
  • Archie (2010): a heavy techno sans banner face, done at Canada Type as a revival of work by Martin Meijer.
  • Agent (2010, Canada Type) is another revival of work by Martin Meijer.
  • Aragon (2010, Canada Type): Advertised as a workhorse Dutch Garamond family. Includes an open style called Aragon Initials.
  • Naga (+Naga Outline, 2011, Canada Type) is Hans van Maanen's original creation of art deco shapes intersected with intricate mazes of what could be Celtic or Mesoamerican knotwork art.
  • Zilvertype (2012). A 590-glyph typeface revival published by Canada Type: Right on the heels of the tremendous popularity wave that made Hollandse Mediaeval the most used Dutch typeface during the Great War years, Sjoerd H. de Roos was asked to design a 15 point type for De Zilverdistel, Jean-François van Royen's publishing company. So between 1914 and 1916, de Roos and van Royen collaborated on the typeface eventually known as Zilvertype, and which both parties viewed as an improved version of Hollandse Mediaeveal. Like Hollandse Mediaeval, Zilvertype was based on the Jenson model, but it is simpler, with more traditional metrics, and lighter and more classic in colour. Followed in 2014 by the expanded Zilvertype Pro.
  • Minuet (2007) revives Schlesinger's Rondo.
  • Grippo (2012). A layered font in six styles, with a general art deco look.
  • Gaulois (2012). Based on Scribe (1937, Marcel Jacno), an art deco era signage and advertising script.
  • Wilke Kursiv (2013) is based on Martin Wilke's Wilke Kursiv from 1932.
  • Aragon ST (2013, with Patrick Griffin). Related to Garamond, this family was designed for science writing, thanks to the incorporation of SciType. SciType is a flexible combination of oft-ignored letterforms and innovative OpenType programming that can be incoporated into existing text fonts in order for them to function seamlessly when including common science formulas and equations in regular text.
  • In 2015, Hans cooperated with Patrick Griffin on the sturdy small text typeface Leo.
  • Basilio (2017). a revival and expansion of the italienne typeface Hidalgo (1939, Stefan Schlesinger for Lettergieterij Amsterdam).
  • Der Mond (2018). A stick font.
  • Pala (2018). A condensed semi-bold sans typeface that is based on the tyopes seen on posters by activists.
  • Monostad (2019).
  • Litige (2019). A bold titling sans.
  • Salden (2019, by Hans van Maanen and Patrick Griffin). A grand effort to collect the lettering of Dutch book and book cover designer Helmut Salden in a series of typefaces.
  • Boerenzij (2019). A stencil type commissioned by Wapke Feenstra for an exposition in Rotterdam.
  • Mmomo (2019).
  • Artist in Space (2019). A commissioned typeface.
  • Normandia (2021, by Patrick Griffin and Hans van Maanen). A digital revival of the fatface typeface Normandia by Alessandro Butti at Nebiolo (1946-1949).
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HansCo
[Burhan Afif]

Yogyakarta, Indonesia-based designer (b. 1988) of the font duo Nesans and Nesans Signature (2019), the script fonts Sweet Love (2019: upright), Mondena (2019), The Bellinda (2019: calligraphic), Austin Capittal (sic) (2019: monoline script), Bread Store (2019) and Wrongler (2019), and the vintage (often, Victorian) display typefaces Blue Spirits (2019), Bandits (2019), Sonia (2019), Belgia (2019), Berlina (2019) and Berlin (2019).

Typefaces from 2020: Blue Spiris, Grapine (Victorian), Ricasto (a signage script), Grizlie (an octagonal sports font), Madanira (a semi-formal script), Amellisa Ink, Anstec (a techno / sports font), Razen (a techno / sports font), Sourta (a speed emulation sports font), Abigile (an upright script), Off Side (all caps, brush), Bastina Sindey (a dry brush script), Bread Store, Feeling Blessed (an upright rabbit ear script), Meristmas, Mosteri (a fantasy font), Ateros (a sci-fi typeface), Aloner (a sci-fi font), Nucleo (a sci-fi font), Roline (prismatic), Tahu Bullats (a creamy signage script), Valentiqu (a curly upright script), Magic Funk (a psychedelic script), Letter Magic (a decorative serif), Craft Lovers, Magzo (a decorative serif), Belights, Cute Meow, Baking Pastry, Sweet Butter, Feeling Blessed, Baby Bunny Script, Misteri Caps, Carglos (blackletter), Traditian, Genta (a rounded bold all caps typeface), Beyond Stars, Off Side (brush), Santoriu, Hi Panda, Crows (a curly serif), Zeniq (a stencil font), Nucleo, Abigile, Blaster, Botania, Crunchy, Femina, Graphite, Holly Days, Hot Sauce, Just Swirls, La Fiesta, Lets Espresso, Little Baby, Magic Sparkle, Ricota, Secillia, Shinesy, Skid Rock, Stripline, The Englands, The Spectre, USA Nation, Magzo (a display serif indeed for food packaging and logos), Stabillo (a food logo brand typeface), Austina Capitton, Kora Kora, Mosherif (Regular, Tall, Short), Golden Stanbury (a signature script font duo), Risolla Calisto (a wild calligraphic typeface), Wild Wolf (brush), Balistone (a wild script), Glastia Monoline, Amorista (a rabbit ear script), Eastblue, Crimmy (a dry brush script), Buchery, Castel, The Begundals, Sambal Pedas (a dry brush script), Blastoic (a dry brush script), Queen Sea, Skid Rock, Platinum Signature, Sonita (a condensed decorative serif typeface).

Typefaces from 2021: Bastro (a great obese short-necked retro display typeface), Romantic Serif, Pastel Orange (an elegant artsy ligature serif), Romantic Serif, Sunroll (fashion mag caps), Romla (a wide display serif), Magic Retro (a heavy magic mushroom typeface), Holingston (a dry brush script), Gopetter, Ballomont (handwriting), Astopher, Restoe Bumi (a handwriting font), Rotenfold (a script), Halima Sofira, Anastia Buttery (an inky signature script), Belighta (wild calligraphy), Bittle Birdy (an irregular typeface that will cause psychological damage), Magic Sparkle (a decorative all caps serif), Notted (an exaggerated fashion mag font loaded with smooth ligatures and featuring surprise gyhphs such as a lower case a that is a mirror of the lower case e).

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Harder Type Foundry
[Dede Mulyadi]

Dede Mulyadi (b. 1990) is based in Bandung, Indonesia, where he established Harder Type Foundry. He created the Victorian typefaces Golden (2014), Qwerly (2014) and Bandung Pride (2014), and the vintage signage fonts Anastasia (2014) and Billfont (2014).

Typefaces from 2015: Remires (Victorian), The Harrlems (curly script), James Fonts (a comic book or cartoon style all caps typeface), Ballarea (connected calligraphic script), Gullever (formal connected calligraphic script), The Georgios (script).

Typefaces from 2016: Humber (signage script), Voster, Heritage (monoline script), Ballet Script, Roister, Dear Saturday (signage script).

Typefaces from 2018: Lambreta, Caledon.

Typefaces from 2019: Raighton (a 20-vintage font collection).

Typefaces from 2020: Homebreaks, Rosemary Love (a dry brush script), Bandoeng (a vintage sign painting script that was inspired by the cover of a 1920 Nebiolo book).

Typefaces from 2021: The Stylist (an upright monolinear signature script), Blossom Dahlia (a monoline signature script), Beautiful Summit (script), Heartbear, Homebreaks, Local Goods (a sign painter's font), Old Landmark (a monolinear retro script). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Haris Purnama Putra
[Typetemp Studio (was: Geranium Space, Moovied Co, Eight Type Rits, Letter Rits Type, Templatehere)]

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Hasrullah Design

Located in Makassar, Indonesia, Hasrullah Design created the vintage (hipster) overlay typeface family Retro Pop and the retro signage typeface Scripter in 2014. These typefaces can be bought via Creative Market and Graphic River. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Hasta Type (was: Iklaz Studio)
[Salman Mashudi]

Solo and/or Surakarta, Indonesia-based designer, b. 1989, of the signature script typeface Velocity (2018) and the modular typeface Platina (2018). Typefaces from 2019: Metalia, Thuner (brush script), Srabi Script, Black Jackal (a brush font), Handscript (dry brush), Ragland (a bold script), Roland (a free brush script), Thunder, Betty Lavea.

Typefaces from 2020: Legends (script), Harmonica, Franky (a retro signage script).

Typefaces from 2021: Modjola (a brush script).

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Hasto Hst
[Sitintahitam]

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Hatf Type
[Rendi Rochimah]

Indonesian designer of the script typefaces Jakarta Night, Matsuyama (2020: brush style), Summer Vacation (2020), Senopathi (2020: wild calligraphy), Safetread (2020).

Typefaces from 2021: Fast Drift (a cartoon font), Night Action (bold informal caps), Ohayou Christmas (a comic book font), Nosy Ghost (bouncy caps), Santa On Duty (bouncy caps), Christmas Candy (textured), Classic Christmas (a bean font), Family Prosperity (script), Christmas Dream (textured for Christmas), Furious Night (a horror font), Loli Pop (bouncy capital letters), Santa Day (beatnik caps0, Xmas Bells.

Typefaces from 2022: Ghost Place (a Halloween font), Valentine Street (a Valentine's day graffiti font), Hell Plants (a hellish typeface), Arts Glory (a graffiti font), Happy Sunshine (groovy, psychedelic), Missing Soul (a grungy font), Monster Inside (eerie), Parkour King (a graffiti font), Heart Memory (with heart-themed texture), Blank Idea (dancing caps), Funky Hype (a graffiti or Flintstone font), Love Live (a display typeface with heart-themed texture), New Year Page (dancing letters). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Hayinah Hayinah
[Rockboys Studio (or: Rockboy Studio)]

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Head First Design
[Morice Kastoun]

Kastoun (b. 1977) lives in Melbourne and runs Head First Design. His typefaces:

  • Codesigner with Stephen Banham (The Letterbox) of Morice (2005, a paperclip face done with Niels Oeltjen).
  • In 2009, he published the free grotesque family Oceania.
  • Not quite Bank Gothic, Kastoun created Bernard Gothic No. 3 based on signage in port Melbourne from the 1920s.
  • Barefoot Gotham is a handlettering font custom made for the Barefoot brewery.
  • Kushtie (2010).
  • The Middlecase family (2015): the upper part of each glyph comes from the uppercase, and the lower half from the lowercase. Followed by Middlecase Next in 2017.
  • Sentic (2017). A geometric sans in Text and Display versions. Followed by Sentic Display (2020).
  • Mezza Display (2019).
  • Briery (2020). A sharp-edged display sans family in which many glyphs are held together by articulation points.
  • Squiggle (2021). A plump rounded inline sans.
  • Larrikin (2021). A 12-style distressed typeface that includes two scripts. The ten other styles imitate hand-carved woodcut lettering.
  • Ryker (2022). A 24-style monoline sans with a single stroke theme.

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Hector Vazquez

Goodyear, AZ-based designer of the free trekkie font Veloped Logotype (2011), the spurred rounded Suppli Logotype (2014), the spurred typeface Rafael (2014), and the signage / athletic lettering typeface Orlando (2014). Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Hello Black

Ad agency in Hermosillo, Mexico. Creators of the creamy script signage typeface Hello Type (2014). It is based on Hello Black's logo. Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Hendra Maulia
[Dirtyline Studio]

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Hendra Pratama
[HP Typework (was: Mikrojihad Inc.)]

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Hendry Juanda
[Letterhend Studio (or: Magang Letterhend)]

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Henning Hartmut Skibbe
[ErlerSkibbeTönsmann (and: Character Type)]

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Henrik Kubel
[A2 Type]

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Heri Juniawan

Heri Juniawan (Break Line Studio, Indonesia) designed the dry brush signage script typeface Styledeep (2017), and the script typefaces Kitsor Rauttie (2019), Aerrite Cellina (2018) and Millyard Script (2018). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Herlan Nawwi

Purwokerto, Indonesia-based designer of the signage script typefaces Flaming and Alfien (2017), and the brush script typeface Anisha (2017).

Typefaces from 2018: Flaming Script, Launch Atack, Qilla, Claudya Script (formal calligraphy). Graphicriver link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Herman Syah
[Get Studio (or: Her Design)]

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Hermann Zapf

Prolific master calligrapher and type designer, born in Nuremberg in 1918. Most of his life, he lived in Darmstadt, where he died in 2015. He is best known for Palatino, Optima, Melior, Zapf Dingbats, Zapfino, and ITC Zapf Chancery. He created alphabets for metal types, photocomposition and digital systems.

He studied typography from 1938 until 1941 in Paul Koch's workshop in Frankfurt. From 1946 until 1956, he was type director at D. Stempel AG type foundry, Frankfurt. In 1951 he married Gudrun von Hesse. From 1956 until 1973, he was consultant for Mergenthaler Linotype Company, Brooklyn and Frankfurt. From 1977 until 1987, he was vice president of Design Processing, Inc., New York (which he founded with his friends Aaron Burns and Herb Lubalin), and professor of Typographic Computer Programs, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York. Students at RIT included Kris Holmes and Charles Bigelow, who together created the Lucida type family. Other prominent students include calligrapher/font designer Julian Waters and book designer Jerry Kelly. From 1987 until 1991, he was chairman of Zapf, Burns&Company, New York. He retired in Darmstadt, Germany, but consulted on many font projects until a few years before his death. In the 1990s, Zapf developed the hz program for kerning and typesetting. It was acquired by Adobe who used ideas from it in InDesign.

Awards:

  • 1969 Frederic W. Goudy Award, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York.
  • 1973 Gutenberg Prize, City of Mainz.
  • 1975 Gold Medal, Museo Bodoniano, Parma.
  • 1985 Honorary Royal Designer for Industry, Royal Society of Arts, London.
  • 1987 Robert Hunter Middleton Award, Chicago.
  • 1994 Euro Design Award, Oostende.
  • 1996 Wadim Lazursky Award, Academy of Graphic Arts, Moscow.
  • 1999 Type Directors Club award for Zapfino (1998), New York.
  • 2010 Bundesverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse.

Some publications by Hermann Zapf:

  • Feder und Stichel (1949, Trajanus Presse, Frankfurt)
  • About Alphabets (1960)
  • Manuale Typographicum (1954 and 1968). Only 1000 copies were printed of the original.
  • Typographic Variations (1964), or Typografische Variationen (1963, Stempel), of which only 500 copies were printed.
  • Orbis Typographicus (1980)
  • Hermann Zapf and His Design Philosophy (Chicago, 1987)
  • ABC-XYZapf (London, 1989)
  • Poetry through Typography (New York, 1993)
  • August Rosenberger (Rochester, NY, 1996).
  • Alphabet Stories (RIT Cary Graphic Arts Press, Rochester, 2008). Review by Hans Hagen and Taco Hoekwater.
  • My collaboration with Don Knuth and my font design work [just an article], TUGboat 22:1/2 (2001), 26-30. Local download.

    List of his typefaces:

    • Alahram Arabisch.
    • Arno (Hallmark).
    • Aldus Buchschrift (Linotype, 1954): Italic, Roman. Digital version by Adobe.
    • Alkor Notebook.
    • Attika Greek.
    • Artemis Greek.
    • Aurelia (1985, Hell).
    • AT&T Garamond.
    • Book (ITC New York). Samples: Book Demi, Book Demi Italic, Book Heavy, Book Heavy Italic, Book Medium Italic. The Zapf Book, Chancery and International fonts are under the name Zabriskie on the SoftMaker MegaFont XXL CD, 2002.
    • Brush Borders.
    • Comenius Antiqua (1976, Berthold; see C792 Roman on the SoftMaker MegaFont XXL CD, 2002).
    • Crown Roman and Crown Italic (Hallmark).
    • Chancery (officially called ITC Zapf Chancery): Bold, Demi, Italic, Light, Liht Italic, Mediu Italic, Roman.
    • Civilité (Duensing). Mac McGrew on the Zapf Civilité: Zapf Civilite is perhaps the latest typeface to be cut as metal type, having been announced in January 1985, although the designer, Hermann Zapf, had made sketches for such a typeface as early as 1940, with further sketches in 1971. But matrices were not cut until 1983 and 1984. The cutting was done by Paul Hayden Duensing in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The first Civilité typeface was cut by Robert Granjon in 1557, based on a popular French handwriting style of the time. Other interpretations have been made from time to time, notably the Civilité (q.v.) designed by Morris Benton in 1922 for ATF. The new Zapf design has the same general character but with a more informal and contemporary feeling. A smooth flow between weights of strokes replaces the stark contrast of thick-and-thin in older interpretations. There are several ligatures, and alternate versions of a number of characters, including several terminals. Only the 24-point Didot size is cut or planned.
    • Charlemagne (Hallmark).
    • Digiset Vario (1982, Hell): a signage face.
    • Edison (Hell), Edison Cyrillic. Scans: Bold Condensed, Book, Semibold Italic, Semibold, Book Italic.
    • Euler (American Mathematical Society). Zapf was also consultant for Don Knuth on his Computer Modern fonts. In 1983, Zapf, Knuth and graduate students in Knuth's and Charles Bigelow's Digital Typography program at Stanford University including students Dan Mills, Carol Twombly, David Siegel, and Knuth's computer science Ph.D. students Scott Kim and John Hobby, completed the calligraphic typeface family AMS Euler for the American Mathematical Society (+Fraktur, Math Symbols, +script). Taco Hoekwater, Hans Hagen, and Khaled Hosny set out to create an OpenType MATH-enabled font Neo-Euler (2009-2010), by combining the existing Euler math fonts with new glyphs from Hermann Zapf (designed in the period 2005-2008). The result is here. The Euler digital font production was eventually finished by Siegel as his M.S. thesis project in 1985.
    • Firenze (Hallmark).
    • Festliche Ziffern (transl: party numbers).
    • Frederika Greek.
    • Gilgengart Fraktur (1938, D. Stempel). Some put the dates as 1940-1949. It was released by Stempel in 1952. Revivals include RMU Gilgengart (2020, Ralph M. Unger), and Gilgengart by Gerhard Henzel.
    • Heraklit Greek (1954). A digital revival was first done by George Matthiopoulos, GFS Heraklit. Later improvements followed by Antonis Tsolomitis and finally in 2020 by Daniel Benjamin Miller.
    • Hunt Roman (1961-1962, Pittsburgh). A display typeface exclusively designed for the Hunt Botanical Library (Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation since 1971), situated on campus of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, to accompany their text typeface Spectrum. Review by Ferdinand Ulrich.
    • International (ITC, 1977). Samples: Demi, Demi Italic, Heavy, Heavy Italic, Light, Light Italic, Medium, Medium Italic.
    • Janson (Linotype).
    • Jeannette Script (Hallmark).
    • Kompakt (1954, D. Stempel).
    • Kalenderzeichen (transl: calendar symbols).
    • Kuenstler Linien (transl: artistic lines).
    • Linotype Mergenthaler.
    • Melior (1952, D. Stempel; see Melmac on the SoftMaker MegaFont XXL CD, 2002). Samples: Bold, Bold Italic, Italic, Roman.
    • Michelangelo (1950, D. Stempel, a roman caps face; a digital version exists at Berthold and at The Font Company).
    • Marconi (1975-1976, Hell; now also available at Elsner&Flake and Linotype; according to Gerard Unger, this was the first digital type ever designed---the original 1973 design was intended for Hell's Digiset system; Marconi is a highly readable text face).
    • Medici Script (1971).
    • Musica (Musiknoten, transl: music symbols; C.E. Roder, Leipzig).
    • Magnus Sans-serif (Linotype, 1960).
    • Missouri (Hallmark).
    • Novalis.
    • Noris Script (1976; a digital version exists at Linotype).
    • Optima (1955-1958, D. Stempel--Optima was originally called Neu Antiqua), Optima Greek, Optima Nova (2002, with Akira Kobayashi at Linotype, a new version of Optima that includes 40 weights, half of them italic). Samples: Poster by Latice Washington, Optima, Demibold Italic, Black, Bold, Bold Italic, Demibold, Extra Black, Italic, Medium, Medium Italic, Regular, Italic. Digital clones: Zapf Humanist 601 by Bitstream, O801 Flare on the SoftMaker MegaFont XXL CD (2002), Opus by Softmaker, Columbia Serial by Softmaker, Mg Open Cosmetica, Ottawa by Corel, October by Scangraphic, CG Omega by Agfa compugraphic, Chelmsford by URW, Classico by URW and Optus by URW.
    • Orion (1974).
    • Palatino (1948, D. Stempel; the original font can still be found as Palazzo on Softmaker's XXL CD, 2002), Palatino Nova (2005, Linotype), Palatino Sans (2006, Linotype, with Akira Kobayashi), Palatino Greek, Palatino Cyrillic. Palatino was designed in conjunction with August Rosenberger, In 2013, Linotype released Palatino eText which has a larger x-height and wider spacing. Palatino samples: black, black italic, bold, bold italic, italic, medium, roman, light, light italic. Poster by M. Tuna Kahya (2012). Poster by Elena Shkarupa. Poster by Wayne YMH (2012). Zapf was particularly upset about the Palatino clone, Monotype Book Antiqua. Consequently, in 1993, Zapf resigned from ATypI over what he viewed as its hypocritical attitude toward unauthorized copying by prominent ATypI members.
    • Phidias Greek.
    • Primavera Schmuck.
    • Pan Nigerian.
    • Quartz (Zerox Corporation Rochester, NY).
    • Renaissance Antiqua (1985, Scangraphic). Samples: Regular, Bold, Book, Light Italic, Swashed Book Italic, Swash Italic.
    • Saphir (1953, D. Stempel, see now at Linotype).
    • Sistina (1951, D. Stempel).
    • Scriptura, Stratford (Hallmark).
    • Sequoya (for the Cherokee Indians), ca. 1970. This was cut by Walter Hamady and is a Walbaum derivative.
    • Linotype Trajanus Cyrillic (1957).
    • Textura (Hallmark).
    • URW Grotesk (1985, 59 styles), URW Antiqua, URW Palladio (1990).
    • Hallmark Uncial (Hallmark).
    • Virtuosa Script (1952, D. Stempel). Zapf's first script face. Revived in 2009 as Virtuosa Classic in cooperation with Akira Kobayashi.
    • Venture Script (Linotype, 1966; FontShop says 1969).
    • Winchester (Hallmark).
    • World Book Modern.
    • ITC Zapf Dingbats [see this poster by Jessica Rauch], Zapf Essentials (2002, 372 characters in six fonts: Communication, Arrows (One and Two), Markers, Ornaments, Office, based on drawings of Zapf in 1977 for Zapf Dingbats).
    • Zapfino (Linotype, 1998, winner of the 1999 Type Directors Club award), released on the occasion of his 80th birthday. This is a set of digital calligraphic fonts. Zapfino Four, Zapfino Three, Zapfino Two, Zapfino One, ligatures, Zapfino Ornaments (with plenty of fists). Poster by Nayla Masood (2013).

    Books and references about him include:

    Pictures of Hermann Zapf: with Lefty, with Rick Cusick, in 2003, with Frank Jonen, with Jill Bell, with Linnea Lundquist and Marsha Brady, with Rick Cusick, with Rick Cusick, with Stauffacher, a toast, with Werner Schneider and Henk Gianotten, with Chris Steinhour, at his 60th birthday party. Pictures of his 80th birthday party at Linotype [dead link].

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  • Hernández Type (was: Estudio de diseño Calderón)
    [Daniel Hernandez]

    Estudio de diseño Calderón in Chile had the work of two Chilean designers:

    • Daniel Hernández has some free fonts at Dafont and Font Squirrel. Klingspor link. His award-winning fonts include Stgotic textura (2006), Stgotic Fracktur (pixel blackletter), and the (free) unicase piano key font Pincoya Black (2008), which was based on Spanish Civil War poster, and won an award at Tipos Latinos 2010. He calls his ultra fat Roxy (2009) tipografia desde el culo del mundo.

      Behance link. His Flickr page. His lettering.

      Hernandez Bold (2010, Sudtipos) has slabs, serifs, and plenty of round curves. It won an award at Tipos Latinos 2012.

      Rita (2010, Sudtipos) is an ultra-slab all caps typeface inspired by the fat wood types. In 2018, Daniel Hernandez and Rodrigo Fuenzalida enlarged Rita.

      Designer of the free text font Belgrano (2011).

      Merced (2011) is a thin monoline sans. Sanchez (2011, Latinotype and YWFT) is a slab serif family with a free weight. In 2013, he published the beautiful sequel, Sanchez Slab, which is patterned after Rockwell. Sanchez Niu (2017) is another slab serif in this family.

    • Javier Quintana created the smooth and delectable text family Berenjena in 2007. He also made the roundish display typeface Botota (2007), which is reminiscent of market signage in Santiago.
    • Monroe (2010, Sudtipos, and revised in 2018, Latinotype) is a swashy slab family. See it in action in this I Love New York poster.
    • Patagon (2011, Latinotype) is a rounded wood-inspired poster typeface done with Daniel Hernandez and Luciano Vergara.
    • Guadalupe (+Gota, 2011, Latinotype). A hairline didone family with sufficient contrast and frilliness to satisfy the fashion mags.
    • Andes (2011, Latinotype). This is a playful slightly swashy sans family. Followed by Andes Italic (2012) and Andes Condensed (2012). See also Andes Rounded (2014) and Andes Neue (2019), which has 56 styles.
    • Bosque (2012) is a wood style family co-designed with Paula Nazal at Latinotype.
    • Magallanes (2012, Daniel Hernandez) is a contemporary neohumanist sans serif typeface family covering Ultra Light to Black. This typeface was followed by the 8-style Magallanes Essential (2012) and by Magallanes Condensed (2013).
    • Trend (2013). A layered type system done together with Paula Nazal Selaive. Followed by Trend Hand Made also in 2013 and Trend Rough in 2014.
    • With Eli Hernandez, Daniel Hernandez published the unicase typeface family Grota in 2013.
    • Roble (2013): A slab serif font family which Daniel places halfway between Andes and Sanchez. It is characterized by its clampy backbitten lower case c. The slab serif Roble Alt (2013) has eight weights of two fonts each.
    • Together with Miguel Hernandez at Latinotype in 2014, Daniel Hernandez designed the 1930s tall-ascendered sans family Arquitecta, which is promoted as an alternative for Futura, Kabel and Avant Garde. It was followed later that year by Arquitecta Office and Arquitecta Standar. They also co-designed Texta, a geometric sans for all. His Newslab (2014) family is a combination of Andes, Sanchez and Roble; the Regular and Italic styles are free.
    • In 2016, Cesar Araya and Daniel Hernandez co-designed the very Latin / curvy / warm slab serif typeface family Hernandez Niu.
    • The foundry became Hernández Type at some point. The fonts there, repeated from the former foundry, include Patagon, Merced, Hernandez Bold, Monroe, Pincoya Black Pro, Rita Bold and Fat, and Pincoya Black Free.
    • In 2016, Daniel Hernandez, now studying at the KABK in Den Haag, The Netherlands (2014-2018), created Lxy, an interesting dynamic (animated) display typeface made entirely with the Python programming language in Drawbot. At Latinotype, he published Basic Sans, Basic Sans Cnd and Basic Sans Narrow.
    • In 2016, Bruno Jara Ahumada, Alfonso Garcia, Luciano Vergara, Daniel Hernandez and the Latinotype Team designed the roman square capital headline typeface family Assemblage.
    • In 2017, Paula Nazal and Daniel Hernandez co-designed Trenda, a geometric sans family based on the uppercase of Trend. The rounded edge version of Trenda is Boston [16 styles; corrections and review by Alfonso Garcia and Rodrigo Fuenzalida].
    • Peckham (2018). An 8-style slab serif named after the birthplace of Vincent Figgins. Digital editing and corrections by Alfonso Garcia.
    • The Reinvention of Rita (2018). A slab serif.
    • In 2019, Latinotype published the great super-slab typeface Breton which was designed by Daniel Hernandez and Rodrigo Fuenzalida. Daniel Hernandez added the geometric sans family Biennale in late 2019.
    • In 2020, he released Magazine Grotesque at Latinotype. It is characterized by an overhanging umbrella lower case a, and an overbiting lower case e.
    • Facundo (2020, Paula Nazal Selaive and Daniel Hernandez, at Latinotype) is a 14-style geometric sans family.
    • In 2020, Luciano Vergara, Daniel Hernandez and Alfonso Garcia co-designed the 54-style sans family Aestetico. They introduce Formal and Informal subsets of fonts so that the family covers several sans genres.
    • Apparel (2020, Latinotype) is a 20-font display serif family inspired by the MacFarland series in the 1912 ATF catalog, which in turn was based on Heinz Koenig's Roemische Antiqua (1888, Genzsch&Heyse). It was designed by Daniel Hernandez and Alfonso Garcia.
    • Hernandez Bros (2021). By siblings Daniel and Eli Hernandez. This is a 7-style sharp-edged serif family loosely based on Bulfinch by William Martin Johnson (1903, ATF).

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    Hery Siswanto
    [Bazzier Graphik]

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    Hilmius Akbar
    [Type Factory]

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    Hindia Studio
    [Tulus Driyo]

    Malang, Indonesia-based designer of Breymont (2016, a hipster sans with a postmodernist trick---lower and upper cases are reversed), Sansa Dior (2016, brush script), Rising Star (2016, monoline signage script), the manly vintage typeface Blackfield (2016, with gorgeous 3d, textured and shadow styles), Kahuripan (2016, also with 3d and shadow styles), the eroded Mangano (2016), the squarish typeface Bosche (2016), the fashionable sans typeface Gaoel (2016), the hand-printed typeface Lekra (2016) and the all caps typeface Rubina (2016).

    Typefaces from 2017: Shadow Boxing, Citrus Script, Airwaves (poster sans), Airwaves Script, Bogart Script (dry brush), Porta Sans (a fashionable sans for logotypes and chic applications), Zeitgeist (fun brush style), The Frenttel (chubby brush font), Moenier, Breymont Sans (introducing the principle of flipped letters for added impact).

    Typefaces from 2018: Coltrane (an extended sans family).

    Typefaces from 2019: Distancia (a 12-style all caps sans inspired by 1970s sports cars).

    On Behance, we learn that the designer, Tulus Driyo, is based in Geneva. Or in Malang, Indonesia.

    Typefaces from 2020: Volante (a condensed all caps sans family).

    Typefaces from 2022: Northlane (a squarish all caps organic sans). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Hindra Permana
    [ndroadv]

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    Hiro (or: ashar1802)
    [Chairul Ashar]

    Jakarta, Indonesia-based designer of these display and handcrafted typefaces in 2020: Up and Down, Roots (a signage script), Moonsilver, Eve Adam, Vembazax, Delissa Beauty (monoline script), Feels so Good (a scrapbook script), Love Conchetta (script), Alleysha, Conceptual Progressive, Echo Ethnic, Hardliners, Homogenic, Neuborn (octagonal, constructivist), New Ancient (script), New Florence, Silly Girls, Smille, Tendencies.

    Typefaces from 2021: The Deen (a reverse stress display font), Carrot and Strawberry (a scrapbook font), Echo Ethnic (a display typeface), Archapolago (a casual bold script), Rootsy (a signage font), Sunday Vibes (script), Relaxy, Rollerblack (script), Straight Edge (all caps, for signage), Michella Songs, Hello Tiffany (a swirly Valentine's Day script), Silly Girls (a thin script), Delissa Beauty (a thin script), Eve Adam (wild, calligraphic), Pro Smile, Vembazax Rm (an all caps display typeface with some stencil styles).

    Typefaces from 2022: Fortunella (a high-waisted vintage display serif), Aztec Club (a hilarious decorated typeface), Makio (a 6-style organic sans), Aztec Club (a hilarious decorated typeface), Quickly Brown (a bold all caps supermarket font). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Hoperative Design
    [Hamber Perdiansyah]

    Indonesian designer (b. 2000) of the signage script Sunday Chillin (a signage script) (2021).

    Typefaces from 2022: Mintaka (a signage script), Bellati Blood (script). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    HP Typework (was: Mikrojihad Inc.)
    [Hendra Pratama]

    Banten or Serang, Indonesia-based designer (b. 1985) of Brookline (2020: sans), Hardome (2020: script), Sketsa Ramadhan (2020: Arabic emulation), Hoffermond (2020: script), Harvey Script (2020: monoline), Brotherline (2020: an upright monoline script), Shopie (2020), Sticky Notes (2020), Hugheid (2020: script), Rawk Brush (2020: dry brush style), Autography (2020: a signature font), Crossover, Sticky Notes (2020), Gillimore (2020: script), Nuchelle (2020: script), Bigfat Script (2020), Lovely Script (2020), Rottersand (2020), Birthland (2020), Quicklamb (2020), Alifia (2020), Rutheride (2020), Cartagena (2019: a dry brush script), Hisyam Facelift (2019), Hassanah (2019), Broderick (2019), Reactive (2019: a stencil font), Bellarina (2019: script), Sherlina (2019: script), Brushwell (2019: a dry brush script), Election Script (2019: monoline), Billgates (2019: brush script), Phallains (2019: a monoline script), Michland (2019: script), Blacktroops Stencil (2019), Hangover Brush, Colgneries, Spagheti (sic), Charmline Script (2019), Retrofunk (2019: a baseball script), Quick Signature (2019), Ramadhan Karim (2019: Arabic simulation font), Silent Fighter (2019), Groovy Script (2018, psychedelic signage script), Hisyam Script (2018), the free Barista Script (2018), the monolinear neon font Lazy Ride (2018), the free brush pen calligraphic typeface Azkia Script (2017), Knight Brush (2017), The Black Veil (2017, spurred), Hijrnotes (2016, connected script published at Aring), Banten Unfamous 2 (2016), Raven Script (2016, tattoo font), Nouradilla Script (2016), Bukhari Script (2015), Ababil Script (2015, tattoo script), Granada (2015, a wedge serif titling typeface), Al Ghifari (2015, brush script), MJ Zhafira (2015, a signage script; free demo font), Blacktroops (2015, a military typeface family with Basic, Rough, Inline and Stencil styles), Scriptonite (2015), Barber Kills (2015), Alisandra Script (2015, a brush pen signage script), Bukhari Script (2015, a free bold monoline cursive font), The Blackfat Script (2015, fat signage typeface), Granada (2015, spurred typeface), Fadli Script (2015), Jibriel (2015, ominous spurred vintage typeface), Umar (2014, a free spurred constructivist typeface), Aisha (2014, a spurred signage script), Rodja (2014, an Arabic simulation typeface), Banten Unfamous (2014), The Wahhabi Script (2014, free), The Black Veil (2014, a spurred font), Khadija Script (2014, free connected baseball script; +Khadija Spurs). Umar (2014) is an all caps font family that includes a stencil style and many athletic lettering styles. Dafont link. Home page. Behance link. Creative Market link. Fontspace link. Creative Fabrica link. Behance link for HP Typework. Dafont link for Hendra Pratama. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Hrvoje Dominko

    Graphic design student in Zagreb, whose mentor is Nikola Djurek. Under Djurek's guidance, he created a few script typefaces, included the plump Zembo Script (2012, appropriate for signage) and Doyald Script (2012, a calligraphic script after Doyald Young). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Hubert Jocham

    German über-type designer (b. 1965, Memmingen) who studied graphic design in Augsburg (Germany) and Preston (England). His degree project dealt with the history of the italic type of the renaissance and the relationship between roman and italic. In 1998 he moved to London to work for Henrion, Ludlow and Schmidt in corporate branding. He worked at one point for Frank Magazine in London. Today Hubert Jocham is a freelance designer located once again in Memmingen, Germany. He develops brandmarks and logotypes for leading brand agencies like Interbrand, Landor, Enterprise and Futurbrand. He designs text and headline systems for international magazines like GQ London, Vogue Moscow, Vogue France (2010), Vogue Turkey, L'Officiel Paris, and New York and German publishers like Milchstraße and Gruner&Jahr. He is responsible for the corporate type of Bally in Switzerland, the Kunsthaus Graz and Agfa Photo. He set up Hubert Jocham Type in 2007. MyFonts link. FontShop link. His typefaces:

    • Adonis.
    • The ecccentric serif families Alida Text and Display (2007).
    • Becca (2018). An extensive slab serif family.
    • Bent (sans family).
    • Bravery. A curvy wedge serif. Accompanied by Bravery Sans.
    • The Contra Sans and Contra Serif families.
    • Contura. Inspired by Jakob Erbar's Feder Grotesk, and designed with the fashion industry in mind.
    • The Crema family (2012) has various flowing thick signage script styles.
    • Debra. A modern grotesque.
    • Dolce.
    • Element.
    • Elsner&Flake fonts: EF Havanna (1996), EH Herbert (1996), EF Panther, EF Sahara, EF Keule and EF Tabard.
    • Esquina. An open and attractive sans.
    • The TV-screen-curved Fernseher family.
    • Fire.
    • The signage brush script typeface Flavour (2004).
    • Flow. A sharp-edged sans.
    • Glanz (2018). A high contrast fashion mag typeface family.
    • Glenda (2009). A script face.
    • Granat (2009). A 14-style rounded sans family related to Jocham's own Teleplu and Teleneue.
    • Jocham (2012). A fat connected signage script family that won an award at TDC 2013.
    • June, New June and New June Serif (1999, after the large x-heighted June, used in W-magazine and Harvey Nichols magazine).
    • Keks (2009). A broken angular type.
    • The industrial sans family Konsens (with related Konsens Stencil).
    • Leaf. A playful serif.
    • Legau (2007). A sans with lots of stroke modulation.
    • Libris, Bally Libris.
    • LTA Identity.
    • Madita (2011). An upright connected script family.
    • Magazine.
    • Matrona (2010). An ultra fat rounded family, awarded at TDC2 2011.
    • The display serif typeface Mighty.
    • Mommie (2006) was originally designed as a display typeface for L'Officiel magazine in Paris in 2003. It won a display typeface award at TDC2 2008, and was followed in 2008 by MommieBrush. Boris Bencic, the art-director asked Jocham to design a script with high contrast in the stroke, in the tradition of Spencerian Hand.
    • The wide basic sans family Monday.
    • Motora Sans (2011). A simple sans family which according to Hubert is pure gasoline and sweat.
    • Narziss (a beautiful high-contrast ornamental didone headline typeface, winner at TDC2 2010). Followed in 2012 by Narziss Pro Cyrillic. See also Narziss Grotesk and Narziss Text.
    • Neopop (2009). A circular type experiment.
    • New Libris Sans. This is a multi-weight extension of Libris, the corporate typeface of Bally, Switzerland, designed by Jocham in 1999. New Libris Serif.
    • Oktober.
    • Other Sans, Other Oldstyle.
    • Perfetto (2008). A classic serif family based on a typeface penned by Giovanni Francesco Cresci with an x-height of 8 mm, and published in his book Il perfetto Scrittore in 1570 (also seen in Tschichold's Meisterbuch der Schrift).
    • Polia (2014).
    • Ramon (2014).
    • Riccia (2010). A grotesk family with schizophrenic "a" and "g".
    • The angular serif typeface Rudolph.
    • Safran (2009). A solid 18-style sans family.
    • In 2005, he made the brush script headline typefaces Schoko and Drop.
    • In 2008, he added the brush signage families Schwung and Milk.
    • September.
    • Softedge.
    • Spring Sans (2008).
    • Susa (2009). A connected script face.
    • Tantris Sans (2014). Created for the book about the famous restaurant Tantris in Munich.
    • The comic book family Tasty (2005).
    • Teleneue.
    • Televoice (2018). A sans with elliptocal curves.
    • Venturio (50s diner face).
    • Verve Sans and Serif (2006-2007) are a pair of fun birds, especially the frivolous serif originally planned for a women's psychology magazine called Emotion. A few days after their publication, they were renamed Verse Sans and Verse Serif, probably because the name Verve clashed with Adobe's VerveMM font made in 1998 by Brian Sooy (by the way, there is also a Verve type family by Dieter Steffmann, dated 2000).
    • Vivid (2009).
    • Voice (2004-2005, elliptical sans). Subfamilies include Voice Edge, Voice Sans and Voice Shoulder, all done at URW. In 2007, Voice was removed from URW and is solely available at Hubert Jocham Type&Design. The family was extended and now includes many styles, subdivided in Voice (sans), VoiceEdge, VoiceShoulder, VoiceSerif, Voice Heavy, Voice Medium, Voice Ultra Bold, and TeleVoice.
    • The very interesting asymmetrically rounded Volt (2007), a sans family he claims improves on similar typefaces such as Bernhard Gothic, Barmeno, Dax, Prokyon, Voice Shoulder, and Phoenica.
    • Weekend.
    • Work ahead: this serif face (2005).
    • Xmas Rudolph (2006). A free display serif face.
    • Yuri (2017). A predominantly didone typeface with gently sloped serifs.

    View Hubert Jocham's typefaces. Another view.

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    Hunt Brothers
    [Walter Bernard "Ben" Hunt]

    Walter Bernard "Ben" Hunt (b. 1888, Greenfield, WI, d. 1970) was an American artist, outdoor educator and author. His books covered native American arts, woodworking, scouting, pioneering, jewelry making, metalworking, and calligraphy. Quoting wikipedia: Hunt was born in Greenfield, Wisconsin and grew up in a log cabin. He attended Milwaukee's South Division High School, but did not graduate, dropping out to become lithographic engraver at the Bruce Publishing Company. Hunt moved to Hales Corners, Wisconsin with his wife, Laura, in 1920. In 1924, Hunt, along with his father-in-law and his brother, Edwin C. Hunt, built a log cabin behind his home. The cabin, a 16x28-foot structure, made of tamarack logs, was the subject of Hunt's first article, How We Built Our Log Cabin. During the late 1930s, Hunt began to study the work of Native American artists. As part of his research, Hunt met with artists and leaders such as Nick Black Elk, Frank Smart (or Chief Gogeoweosh), and James F. "Buck" Burshears. Hunt shared his knowledge of "Indian lore" with Milwaukee's boy scout leaders and, in 1942, Hunt started writing articles for Boy's Life. He became a regular member of its staff, ultimately writing over 1,000 articles. Hunt's work for Boy's Life, led him to serve on the staff of the National Boy Scout Jamboree in 1950, 1953, 1957, and 1960.

    Edwin and Ben Hunt published Fifty Alphabets (1931), Lettering of Today (1935, revised in 1941), 60 Alphabets (1935, Bruce Publishing), and 101 Alphabets (1954, 1958). Several digital typefaces resulted from those publications. Grouped by type designer:

    • Pablo Mateu: HFF Hunts Deco (2012). Based on an alphabet designed by the Hunt Brothers in Lettering of Today.
    • Nick Curtis: Moonshine Script NF (2004). A casual connected script patterned based on 60 Alphabets (Hunt Brothers, Bruce Publishing, 1935).
    • Dick Pape created 11 fonts in 2012 that are based on 101 Alphabets, all named HuntBros101Plate followed by a plate number. Plate 02 is a Trajan typeface. Plate 5 is a Trajan face. Plate 6 is an art nouveau face. Plate 7 is a flared caps typeface. Plate 10 is a textured poster typeface. Plate 11 is an ornamental caps face. Plate 13 is a condensed caps face. Plate 14 could be considered as a Mexican vernicular typeface. Plate 18 is an antique italic face. Plate 25 is an upright script. Plate 26 Brush is fifties brush signage at its best. Plate 29 (octagonal), Plate 46 (Celtic), Plate 52 (German expressionist), Plate 54 Blackletter, Plate 56 (Lombardic), Plate 62 (uncial), Plate 63 Script, Plate 65 (Victorian ornamental caps), Plate 66 (Western typeface), Plate 74 (Mexican fiesta font), Plate 68 (Arabic simulation), Plate 71, Plate 76 (architectural lettering), Plate 77 (inline caps) and Plate 83 (stencil face) complete the collection.

    Download some typefaces based on the latter publication. Flickr site sith images of 101 Alphabets, courtesy of Diane Zerr. Local download of 101 Alphabets. Download link for Pape's typefaces. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Hururfraktur
    [Fadly Pratama]

    Tanjungbalai, Indonesia-based designer, b. 1988, of HuruFraktur (2019: a blackletter), Manttera or Manterra (2019: script), Qrayolla (2019), Fadeline (2019: a monoline script), Elille (2019: a layerable signage script), Winteradiva (2019) and Nutara (2019). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Hustle Supply Co
    [Jeremy Vessey]

    Jeremy Vessey (Hustle Supply Co, Charlottetown and/or Cornwall, PEI, Canada) created these commercial typefaces in 2014: Parlour (a grungy vintage typeface), Native (quaint style), Instapress (letterpress emulation).

    In 2015, he designed the vintage typeface Arbour, the free octagonal caps-only typeface Cast Iron, the handcrafted Yosemite, Wayfarer, American Tradition, Growler Script, Yonder and Longshore. He also made the old whisky label-inspired Höchstadt, and the brush typeface Sitka, which will have to be renamed once Microsoft's lawyers hear about the name, which coincides with MS Sitka (2013, Matthew Carter et al).

    Typefaces from 2016: Bourbon Grotesque, Holtzberg (a free letterpress emulation font), Bonfire, Belfast (brush style), Buffalo, Gibson Script (vintage label font), Hochstadt (a whiskey-inspired sans serif), The Great Outdoors, Summer Hearts, Oatmeal Stout (a vintage beer label font, with Rough, Hatched and Aged substyles that can be mixed and matched), Whiskey (letterpress emulation), Greenstone, Hochstadt Rounded, Hochstadt Serif, Pathways, Restless Youth, Yorkshire (brush script), Hustle Script (retro connected script done with the help of Scott Byrne).

    Typefaces from 2017: Ciderhouse, Boathouse (brush script), The National (condensed sans, in 12 styles, including aged, weathered versions), Renegade (dry brush), North Port (dry brush), Rustico (a free dry brush font), Gastro Pub (a 3d layered typeface family), Harper Script, The Brewers Collection, Everyday Script and Sans, Genuine Sans and Script (by Jeremy Vessey and Stephanie Arsenault).

    Typefaces from 2018: Calibre Super Condensed, Purveyor (vintage all caps), Rothmans (a heavy monoline script), Bolder (an OpenType SVG font), JV Signature (an opentype SVG font for signatures), Köhler (a condensed textured typeface family), Restless (brush script), Secret Society (spurre), Berringer, Portrait (signature script), the Artisan collection (letterpress set: Heinberg, Holtzman, Trade Supply, Barley Script).

    Typefaces from 2019: Purveyor, Avondale (monoline script), The Great Outdoors (all caps sans), Huscon (vintage label style), HSCO John Hancock (a signature font), Heather Oliver (a signage script), Haroldson (condensed sans), Youthful (dry brush script).

    Typefaces from 2020: Athletic Dept, Kendrick Serif, Arbour, The Shoreman (vintage, all caps).

    Typefaces from 2021: Hatchet Arrow (Victorian), Parkshore, The Sterling Bros (+Stencil), National (a 12-style ultra condensed all caps typeface), Artisans Moniker (a signage script), Wayward, Headline (a headline sans), Ashfort Brush Script, Hastington Script, Bohemian Hunter (a vintage wedge serif), Hustle Brush (a dry brush typeface), Birchfield (vintage), Acreage (a decorative serif), The Handwritten Watermark (script), Waves (a condensed all caps didone), Quartz Grotesque, Athletic Dept.

    Typefaces from 2022: Nolan (a free dry brush SVG font). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Hustletter (or: Acknesia)
    [Vindy Ary]

    Designer of the brush script or signage typefaces Batoshi (2018), Jacklyne (2018), Acknesia (2018), Rockwild (2018), Sapous (2018) and Diora (2018). Other typefaces include the monoline script typeface Khanela (2018), the vernacular font Think Action (2018) and the great connected signature script typeface Jamilah (2018). Typefaces from 2019: Camelia (script), Backabon, Baltimore, Americanism, Sapous, Fabiana.

    Typefaces from 2020: Kickrush (a bold brush script, or baseball signage script), Cwacker (script), Samantha (script).

    Typefaces from 2021: Abigale (script). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    HVD Fonts
    [Hannes von Döhren]

    Hannes von Döhren (b. 1979, Berlin) is a Berlin-based designer (b. 1979). His foundry is HVD Fonts. He started out with free handwriting and grunge fonts such as HVD Comic Serif Pro (2009, an alternative to Comic Sans, according to HVD), The Subway Types (2009, a graffiti family: Shik (New York), Deon (Paris) and Etan (Berlin) came together to show the typical tag styles of their respective metropolitan areas. The fonts were digitized, spaced, kerned and programmed by Hannes von Döhren).

    Later he went commercial, first at T-26, and then under his own label, HVD Fonts. His typefaces: Shelton (2008, T-26), HVD Peace (2008, an army stencil font), HVD Comic Serif (2007, a serifed spoof on Comic Sans), HVD Rowdy (2007), HVDSpencils-Block (2007, stencil), HVDSpencils (2007, stencil), HVD Steinzeit (2005), HVD Edding 780, HVD Rawcut (2005), HVD Age 11 (2006), HVD Shelton (2008, T-26: wood type grunge), HVD Bodedo (2009, potato-Bodoni lettering), Quench Pro (2008, Linotype), HVD Peace (2008), and HVD Poster (2006, grunge).

    Typefaces made in 2009: Grandma (great hand-printed style---move over, Comic Sans), Christmas Dingbats, ITC Chino (a soft-edged signage and sans family, done with Livius Dietzel), Klint (sans family, +Rounded), Brevia (a soft sans in seven styles), Cowboyslang (a Western slab serif family), Embryo (superblack), Embryo Open, and Opal, a classy old style text family with tall ascenders. Bumper (2009) is an ultra-black sans family in a style related to Impact.

    Typefaces from 2010: FF Basic Gothic (a grotesk family done with Livius Dietzel), Reklame Script, Shelton (grunge), Blow Up is a fat balloon font. His masterpiece of 2010 and perhaps of his career thus far is the Brandon Grotesque family that relives the 20s and 30s. [A year after I wrote the previous sentence, Brandon Grotesque won an award at TDC2 2011, and all during 2011, it was the most sold typeface at MyFonts. It was followed in 2018 by Brandon Grotesque Condensed.] Livory (2010, with Livius Dietzel) is a rounded serif type family of four fonts influenced by the French Renaissance Antiquas from the 16th century.

    Production in 2011: Brix Slab (2011, with Livius Dietzel), Brix Slab Condensed (2011, with Livius Dietzel:(24 styles in all), Pluto (16-style semi-scriptish sans family, +Italics), Cheap Pine (a wood type caps family), Supria Sans (free web font family; +Black). Together with Supria Sans Condensed, this 36-style family is a basic sans workhorse. It won an award at TDC2 2011.

    Typefaces from 2012: Shelton Slab (eroded wood type or dirty letterpress look), Diamonds (geometric caps only family), Pluto Sans, Love Potion No. 10.

    Typefaces from 2013: Embryo Tiny, Niveau Serif (an engravers / copperplate style typeface), Niveau Grotesk, Mikado (signage family for games, food and advertising with a lot of genetic material from Brandon Grotesque: Mikado Bold Demo is free), Brandon Text (similar to, but with a higher x-height and more rounded corners than Brandon Grotesque, it is more appropriate for long texts and small print), FF Mark (together with Christoph Koeberlin and the FontFont team: this font is marketed as Ze new Germanetric sans; one weight is free).

    Typefaces from 2014: Brix Sans (2014, created using precisely engineered glyphs for corporate or information design; with Livius Dietzel), Brandon Printed (a caps-only letterpress version of Brandon Grotesque).

    Typefaces from 2015: Brandon Grotesque Office (screen-optimized; specially designed for Microsoft Office applications, it has 4 styles), Brandon Text Office (also made for Microsoft Office applications), Goodlife (a hand-lettered collection, consisting of Brush, Sans, Script, and Serif styles), Americane Condensed and Americane (based on American wood types).

    In 2016, Christian Koeberlin designed Fabrikat, which had creative input of Hannes von Döhren. This simple geometric sans serif family is based on the DIN style used in the 20th century by German engineers. It has a plain and precise appearance, and is a textbook example of a compass-and-ruler typeface. The monospaced almost-typewriter version Fabrikat Mono followed in 2017.

    Typefaces from 2018: Giulia (a creamy cutesy baby shampoo font family).

    Typefaces from 2020: Brandon Text Condensed (in 12 styles), Bouba Round (a round sans family for small devices and wayfinding), Fabrikat Normal.

    Typefaces from 2021: Palast (Text, Display, Poster; with Bernd Volmer).

    Abstract Fonts link. Another URL. Font Squirrel link. I Love Typography link. Fontsy link. View Hannes von Döhren's typefaces. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Iara Adeodato

    Brazilian designer who looks like Woody Allen. His typefaces include Chora na Rampa (2012, signage family), Fonte Gorda (2011, pixelish) and Fonte Galhos (2010, dot matrix face). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Ibnu Utomo
    [Omotu]

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    Icep Anwar Fadhil
    [Figuree Studio]

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    Ichya Ulumiddin
    [Gabhuk]

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    Identitype

    Typefoundery, est. 2016 located in Aceh, Indonesia. Publisher of the signage typeface Specta Retro Script (2018, by Hendra Maulia and Aulia Rahman).

    In 2019, they released the decorative didone typeface Matao Serif, which was designed by Aulia Rahman and Hendra Maulia.

    Typefaces from 2020: Nagaiya (a 15-style display sans (+a variable cut) characterized by sharp spurs; by Aulia Rahman and Hendra Maulia).

    Typefaces from 2021: Magtis (a 10-style retro fashion mag serif by Aulia Rahman and Hendra Maulia), Cigra (a decorative serif by Aulia Rahman and Hendra Maulia).

    Typefaces from 2022: Garcia (a Picasso-esque display typeface by Aulia Rahman and Hendra Maulia), Consta (an 8-style display serif by Aulia Rahman and Hendra Maulia). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Ihsan Khairul Lazuardi
    [Imagi Type]

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    Ihsan Windy
    [Famco Type foundry]

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    Ijemrockart
    [Ferdian Syah]

    Aceh Besar, Indonesia-based designer, b. 1991. His typefaces from 2015 include of the connected script typefaces Marthana Script, Alleana Script and Love Moment. He also made the handcrafted Kanover (also called Rockmasta?), Berrybold, the spurred typeface Jackland, the squarish typeface Flying Landing, Big Round (a clean brushed sans family that includes Outline, Normal and Black), Six Only, Difer, Kuasque (brush font), Parakota, Ring Town, Brushers Hands, Dhiezar, Moon Fighter (slab serif), Koala Script, SnowBad, Tree Shoots, Rahmah, Malaka Brush, Always Pro (squarish), Brush Rock 17, Caribold, Funny, Longers (tall condensed sans), Ubet City (brush face), Srikhaya (handcrafted), Queeny (condensed sans), OnFrends (brush), Hamboe (handcrafted).

    Typefaces from 2016: Sameri (brush script), Dentra, Salita Script, Salita Sketch, Parakota (Halloween typeface), Rustic Script, Badegan Calligraphy, Sinyak Script, Badegan Script, Contento Script, Behind Script (calligraphic), Rumble, Elpida Thin (blackboard bold), Elpida Lean, Elpida Outline, Elpida Vintage, Elpida Light, Marisa Script, Husty Brush, Gradies Brush, Sunset Script, Insects, Insect Slab Serif, Little Stars Brush, Zackers, Rock Mella, Jackland Two (spurred), Turning & Curling (curly script), Drast Bold Script, Friends Da Vinci (copperplate calligraphic script), Dreams Liem, Sugar Vanila, Caribold, Arizona (+Shadow, +Outline).

    Typefaces from 2017: Rushtard Brush, Silver Made (free), Charlion Script, Raymod Colin Family, Big Blue Script (a signage font), Jackson Script, Scarlett Script (calligraphic), Scarlett Sans, Raquella (brush script), Madelon Script (connected script).

    Typefaces from 2018: Showbad, Birabella Script, Harpert Script, Roxinate, Dreams Liem, Evertone, Magarella Script (calligraphic), Bitlamero Script, Bestilla Script, Charlion Slant Script, Kristale, Barosaki Script, Ballqis, Marquella, Bishella, Hostens Signature, Latasha, Bontella, Vellesa Script, Peque, Marchy, Gasterye, Big Bone (a free script), Woulien Script, Criselda Script.

    Typefaces from 2019: Willford Brush, Lottekas Brush, Brodekist Brush, The Razels (brush script), Big Blue Rough, Elvira,

    Typefaces from 2020: Kliptones Brush (a dry brush script), Milmay Brush, Adestya Signature, Madrutype Signature (a thin monoline script), Sellotia Signature, Diversal Brush, Shirleya Script, Dalgonis Brush, Highway Signature, Barthley Script, Wonderting Script, Fillmade Signature, Slighty Script, Hilluxos Script, Dextor Script (a signage script), Ackerley Script (a retro signage script), Ferdian Signature.

    Typefaces from 2021: Hugehito Brush (a dry brush script), Dublishines Signature.

    Typefaces from 2022: Kanisty (a plump retro display serif).

    Aka Ijem Skupp Pen and IJ Letterplay. Creative Market link. Another Creative Market link. Dafont link. Behance link. Graphicriver link. Creative Fabrica link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Ikiikowrk
    [Andhika Pradana]

    Surabaya, Indonesia-based type designer who set up Ikiikowrk in 2020. Typefaces from 2021: Afrocultures (script), Akira (a zenbrush script), Arka Heritage, Bachroque, Beach Sound (a retro font), Bluntype, Brooklyn Pirates (a baseball script), Brownie Fox, Cameo Sans, Camera Obscura, El Mariachi, Eleanore, Felicidade, Fielke (between serif and script), Hellofolks Monoline, Kaivalya, Kooltura (psychedelic), Le Cirque, Lebron Slab Little Ribbon, Maxmillion (a brush that emulates the 1980s), New Kids Crew, Newaves (Signature), Sailor Vito, Silvercrush (a brush font), Southern Clan, The Archies Typeface (an unconnected creamy supermarket script), The Athens (script), The Cleopatras Typeface The Rascals Tjoekil Kajoe, Tropicalismo (script), Wolfgang Krauss (blackletter).

    Typefaces from 2022: Athens (a meaty condensed script), Camera Obscura (bold display type), Cleopatras (a mini-serifed vintage display font), El Mariachi (a stocky gunslinger slab serif), Kaivalya (described by the author as a cultural type), Le Cirque (a Tuscan circus font), Little Ribbon (a stocky script), Newkids Crew (a marker font), Afrocultures (a script with personality), Maxmillion (a retro script), Southern Clan (script), Tropicalismo (a handwriting font with some contrast), Brooklyn Pirates (a baseball script), Brownie Fox (a fat finger script), Fielke, Nevermine (wavy). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Ilham Herry

    Bandung, Indonesia-based designer (b. 1990) of the free Victorian typeface Pilar (2013). With Ezza Adhreza, he created Libre (2013).

    In 2014, he created the commercial Victorian typefaces Handter, Vigneta, Splandor, Bhavers (art nouveau) and Brilant (sic). In 2014, together with Panji Nugraha and Maghrib Lab, he started Flavor Type.

    In 2015, he made the brush typefaces Messy Script (with Maghrib Lab) and Wild Youth, Rusty ColaPen, the Victorian typefaces Fictoria and Artisan Display and the swashy watercolor script typeface Afecta (followed by Afecta Clean in 2018).

    Typefaces from 2016: Herchey (baseball signage script), The Hipton (layering typeface), Quite Hustle (a brush face done with Maghrib Lab).

    Typefaces from 2017: Balford (vintage or label typeface).

    Typefaces from 2018: Bilcase, Adelios (layerable and art deco), Caniste, Stoneburg (a free athletic lettering font family), Stoneburg Condensed, Caniste (Victorian).

    Typefaces from 2019: Samtom, Moister (calligraphic signage type based on old beer labels), Fontcise, Borest (a luxurious flared sans by Ilham Herry and Maghrib Lab), Fulgate (by Ilham Herry and Adam Fathony).

    Typefaces from 2020: Ephemera Bullsmith, Ephemera Wristen, Genty (a creamy retro signage script typeface by Ilham Herry and Adam Fathoni Haris), Glaw (a psychedelic font by Ilham Herry and Adam Fathoni Haris), Ephemera Kingsford (vintage), Budge (a layerable retro signage script by Ilham Herry and Adam Fathoni Haris), Muray House (a bold swashy bathroom towel typeface by Ilham Herry and Adam Fathoni Haris), Esteric (a playful tapered font by Ilham Herry and Adam Fathony).

    Typefaces from 2021: Monvar (a layerable Cooper Black style typeface by Ilham Herry and Adam Fathoni Haris), Rische (a 6-style dis[play serif with huge counters and an enormous x-height; by Ilham Herry and Adam Fathoni Haris). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    IlhamSyah Vutra
    [Inspira Type (or: Collabro Studio, or: Inspira Sign)]

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    Ilhamsyah Vutra
    [Aktab Studio]

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    Frenchman (b. 1957) who started making fonts in 2010, after a career in illustration, comics, and video games. In 2010, he created the free fonts BabyJo (pixel face), Bayday, Chrom (beveled face), LaPresse (grunge), Muffaroo, Poppy, Poppydot, Spacecard, Strokewith, Strokeless, ToonLand (comic book lettering), ToonLandBlack, ToonLandShad, TrashToys (grunge), WorldColors (3d face).

    In 2011, he published Francobelge (comic book face), Freepress (grunge), Gamix (Western titling face), Inmyroom (dingbats), Majestrick (calligraphic), Onomatopaf (comic book dings), Outerzone, OuterzoneB, Starz (dingbats), Stenstreet (grunge), Tram, Tramix (texture face), TrashToys02, War-Lettersn, Mixagex, Massive Dynamite (grunge), Not Well (grunge), Actu, Blck, Gling (texture face), HeRioz (silhouettes), Brightoon (cartoonish brush face), Muzo (ink spill face), Sharpy, Space Shop (dingbats), Pulp Dance (hand-printed), Essef (art deco), Retro Sign (grunge), Labo (grunge), Exhausted, Komikoz, Puzzled, Toonimals (dings), Penstriped (sketch face), Cashier (grungy), Dan Hand, Hardwell (grungy caps), Colleged (athletic lettering), Goodjean (jeans texture face), Seaside Things (dingbats), Real Tek (techno), Zou (3d hand-printed caps), Painter, Border Line (grunge), Handout (grunge), Tract (grunge), Pulpatone (grunge), Logos I Love, Pal Antic (chancery hand), Twent (fat rounded display face), DoodFlow (dingbats), Afro Add (texture face), Crump (grunge), Big White, Dark Room (grunge), Manifesto (grunge), Tacketil (a FontStruct font), Otto Land (sketch face), Over (outline face), Under (brush dings), Baskertown (grunge), Nursery Tale, Panic (texture face), BlackNDot (ink spill face), Beyond (striped display face), Advert, Car Crash (grunge), Heartz, Starsteel, Smart Faces, Blackflag (a brushed blackletter), Dock 51 (grungy stencil), Lead (3d face).

    In November 2011, he created a number of texture typefaces: Hotöcop, Pal Mod, Speedy (sketch face), Thirties Gold, Sunset GP.

    Further 2011 typefaces: Poptivi, Shadow Mole, Super Modern Black.

    Faces from 2012: Remanence, Winter Days (dingbats), Nowharehouse (grunge), Snuff (grunge), Cup of Tea (3d shadow face), Talk of the wall.

    Typefaces from 2012: Egirlz (dingbats), Art Post (white on black poster lettering), Volutes (copperplate calligraphic script), From me 2 you (curly script), PS I Love You, Kolossal (caps only), Kraash, Alexandre (3d engraved headline face), Monstres de poche (dingbats), Alternate (grunge), Warning, Dreams (brush face), Headline Crack, Bump Pad (textured typeface), Carton (grungy white-on-black stencil face), Maybe maybe Not, Frames n Riboons (sic), Blackboard (sketched face), Logotronik (a 3d techno face), Big Bad Dogs (dingbats), Libre Expression (engraved copperplate typeface), Mecagothix (textured blackletter face), Destroy, Destroy Helpers, Buy More, Things we said (curly face), Lost Saloon (Tuscan), Salon de Coiffure (beveled), Brighton Pier (grunge), Motel Vacancy (grunge), Bates Shower (dripping blood typeface), Venus Furs (texture typeface), Showmen, True Men Tattoos (dingbats), Quicker (sketch font), Romanum Est (grungy Trajan face), Also (scratchy letters), Lazy Day (3d font), Pusher, Hard Dumb, The Idiot, Overflowing (grunge), Fast Foont (sketched), Melange (grunge), Jumbo Parade (circus font), Happy Monsters, Zozox (experimental), Magic Sound (packaging typeface), Arena Mascaras (dingbats), Top View (3d face), Flagadoum, Last King Quest, Rhythm n Blacks (textured face), Troll Sketched, Superpoz (a 3d painted typeface of exceptional beauty), HalloCuties (Halloween font), Gothik Steel (circus font), Silvestre Relief (3d titling face), Just Like That (comic book face), Numero 10 (athletic lettering), Tet de Mor (skulls), Facelook, Xmas Dad, Instant Marker, Ragtimer, Punk Dots (textured face), Onomato Vlam (comic book balloons), 8th Cargo (textured mechanical octagonal face), Zu Kabarett (creepy curly German expressionist face), Unusual Day One, Happy New One (party font), Xmas Doods, Xmas Doods 2, Higher, Usual Day One, Team 401 (athletic lettering), Doonga (comic strip letters), Killer's Move.

    Typefaces from 2013: Them (fat brush), Ghost Code, Tiny Heroes (figurines), Over There (sci-fi), Higher than High, Abandon (sketched face), Broken Hearts, True Stories, A wolf at the door (wood style poster face), Elo Hand, Bots n Droids (dingbats), Toonimals 2 (dingbats), Halftoned Backup (textured face), Novlang (textured poster face), Come With Us, Ptits Pirates (pirate figurines), Board Dudes (skateboard dingbats), Big Bro's Watch (grungy), Doonga Slash (comic book face), Round About, Signz, Lethal League (grungy athletic lettering), Dark Times, Dandy Hat Trick, tardots (textured typeface), Dinoz (dinosaur dingbats), Big Surprise (fat script), Comix Loud, Arlequin, Fanzine Title, Scotch Taped, Phoenix (dingbats), Rock's Death (grunge), Tuamotu (textured), Trees Friends (dingbats), King Arthur Legend (blackletter), Fairy Strange, Flame On, Mystery, Money Go Round (ransom note font), Seven of One, Captain's Talk, Peaches en Regalia (sketch font), Wrong Board (textured or crayon typeface), Subito (comic book face), Extra Sales (signage face), Gimme Danger (grunge stencil), Alphabet City (graffiti font), Raleigh Rock, Rysky Lines, Splash, Good Vibers (comic book figurines), Tequilla Sunrise (3d shadow face), Graphers Blog, Star Waves, Splash, Action Comics, Wild Trails (wood plank typeface), Tiki Club (dingbats), Bad Striped (sketched face), Come With Me (paint drip face), Famous Oldies (textured face), Girly Toons (dingbats), Eshop Advert, Full Pack 2025, Dickson's Tale (a great grungy caps face), Hand Typewriter, Campus Relief (athletic lettering), ZalienZ (dingbats), Manga Style (oriental brush), Journal du Soir (letterpress emulation), Royal Delight (3d sketched face), Gothix Fate, Lettrisme (a letterpress ransom note font), NYC Zone 123 (graffiti face), Tedz (teddy bear dingbats), Merry Xmas, Last Day On Earth (textured typeface).

    Typefaces from 2014: Dite Alla Giovine (flared cursive script), Heavy Gothik (textured blackletter), Comix Bubbles, King of Scotland (textured), Lazy Sketch, Arabica Export (coffee bag texture), Scream Again, Season of the Witch, Soul Festival, Back Ride 342, Cheap-Potatoes, Nine-Feet-Under (grunge), Remingtoned-Type, Search'n-Destroy, Starz-2, Vanished, On The Roof (or: On The Tops), Mad Groove Blast, Another Brick (textured face), Destination Future, Perversionist, Dex's Jobs (Treefrog-style typeface), Ptit Coeur d'Amour, Mickey's School (athletic lettering), One Way or Another (a hand-drawn poster typeface), Californian Cars (license plates), Building State Empire, Back on Lime (shadow face), Next Ups (graffiti face), PatchFun (textured face), Railway to Hells, Shut'em Down, Misunderstanding, Another Brick (textureface), Perversionist (grunge), Destination Future, Linographer, Polish Posterisation, For Girls Only, Half Price 4 You (sketched typeface), Secret Agency (bad ink grunge), Player One (a grungy baseball Script), Raw Notice, Home Mad Popsters, No Silly Walk There, Bad Coma (lovely grunge), Dark Net Warrior (grunge), Cowboy Movie (Western font), Palm Beach (textured typeface), Search n Destroy (textured), Carnaval de mai, Variations (textured), Black Jeans (weathered font), City of Light, Santa's Air Mail (snow-capped letters), Cheap-Potatoes, Nine-Feet-Under, Remingtoned-Type, Search'n-Destroy, Starz-2, Vanished.

    Typefaces from 2015: Snake Jacket, Big Campus (athletic lettering), Penball Wizard, When The Eagles Dare, Urban Brush Zone (graffiti font), Wild West Pixel, World Black Shadow, Next Custom, Irresponsible Direction (grunge), Doodle Gum (textured), Posthuman (textured), Red Zone (glaz krak face), Smasher 312 (graffiti font), Columbine (dripping blood font), Tarentula's Web, Just Like This (retro funk), Eastern Brush (oriental brush typeface), Pulp Headlines (grungy typeface), War is Over (letterpress emulation), Thirties Relief, Flowers Power (sic) (floral caps), Direct du Gauche (inky brush), Jackpot (3d, sketched), Numero 10 Clean (athletic lettering), Lace Dreams (textured), Right Chalk (chalky crayon font), Lazy Sketch Black, Golden Age (shaded pixel font), Swamp Death (textured), Astounding News, Heavy Metal Rocking, Fifties Movies, Grunge Strokes 01, Cosmik Orchestra, Paysley Sports (sandy athletic lettering), No Safety Zone (grungy stencil), Quicksands (textured), Break It Down (glaz krak font), Naughty Cartoons, Mad Groove Clean (athletic lettering), Outlaw Stars (grungy Western face), Space Comics, Dirty Bowl 86 (athletic lettering), Cheap Potatoes Black (imitating pototo printing?), ExtraBlur (textured), Backside Air, Megalopolis, Curse of the Zombie, After the Goldrush, Avantgardiste 1934, Easy Fashion (textured), Free Thinking's Murder (textured), Phantom Zone (zombie texture), Snake In The Boot, Checkpoint Charlie (grungy stencil), For Girls Only Bold, Playing In The Mood (piano key face), Intergalactik Airlines, Les Mystères de Paris, Season of the Witch Black (blackletter), Resistance Is Futile (a great textured mechanical typeface), On The Tops Lights (matinee signage), Strawberry Fields, Serif of Nottingham, OnomatoBom (cartoon smaks).

    Typefaces from 2016: Dynamix (a shaded comic book typeface), Black Santa (snowy letters), Astral Delight, Mr. Headlines (titling sans), Sister Spray, Shaka Pow (cartoon font), Jack in the Box, Glitter Campus (athletic lettering), Ghost Crazy (heavy brush), Prezident, Flowers Kingdom (psychedelic), Galaxy Corps (octagonal stencil), Stitchn School, Brown Shoes, Armagedon (dry brush), Smasher 312 (graffiti style), Bad Stories, Master Droid, Heavy Metal Box (grungy letterpress), Outerspace Shoping (sic), Extros Backstage (squarish), Jelly Crazies (jellybean font), Black and White Banners, Ballad of Dwight Frye (grungy), Crazy Sixties, SciFi Movies, Maximum Strength (athletic lettering), Evanescente (sketched typeface), Urban Ghost, Vif Argent (watercolor brush script), Demolition Crack (textured), How to Disappear, Public Market, Pyjama Party, Magician Rings (modular sans), Pale Blue Eyes (brush script), All The Mad men (sketched), Dixociative (white-on-black), White Flame (octagonal typeface), Asian Delight (oriental brush emulation), Candy Shop, Barb Wire Club, Super Weird, My Socks Line.

    Typefaces from 2017: Scoubidou Rap, Good Morning (cartoon font), Graphik Arts (textured), Danger Zone Warning, Love The One You're With, Are You Hung Up (textured), Keys of Paradise, Mr Headlines Fancy, Game of Brush, Powerful, Ghost Shadow, Quick Menu Boards, Urban Fresh Air, Cheer Lace Leader (textured), Cracked Code (grunge), Very Simple Chalk, Fluo Gums, Very Popular, Personal Service, Blind Signature (crayon font), Blood n Guts, Quarterback Fight (octagonal athletic lettering), Supersonic Rocketship, Reboot Crush, Strange Path (dry brush font), Heroes Legend, Cache-Tampon, Championship (a great horizontally striped typeface), Silver Age Queens, Strange Tales.

    Typefaces from 2018: Play With Fire, Scrunched, Megalomaniac Headliners, Craps of Paper (white on black), All Things Must Pass (textured), Presque Normal, Interfearence, Pop of the Tops, Universal Knowledge, Digital College, Cold Turkey (a handcrafted horror font), Strange Magic, Grandissimo, Best Prices (sketched), Magician's Daughter, Children's Theater (textured), Magnifico, Lethal Slime, Pop of the Pops, Slow Death, Folk Festival, Strange Marvel, Strong Impact (octagonal), Heavy Metal Blight, Mango Slice, Are You Jimmy Carl Black, Strange Clowns, Mechanical Animals, Fast Forward, Spanish Castles, Vintage Warehouse, Swamp Black, Pixelmania, Enigma key, Vlump (wooden plank font), Guns n Flash Comix, Black Streamer, East Border (military stencil), Bot Craftshop, Super Quick, Don't You Know?, Return of the Flash, Only The Strong (weathered athletics font), Hands Up, Strange Shadow, White on Black, Ed Wood Movies.

    Typefaces from 2019: Inner Mounting Flame, Playtimes, Game Commands (white on black), Magic Spots (with a spotted texture), Vanishing (with a halftone effect), State Secret (squarish), All My Stitches (a hospital font), Lightyear Design, Ancient Ad, African Style (textured with African patterns), Secret Planet (sci-fi), Universal Ignorance, Give Peace a Chance, Hard Punk Gothic, Vraoum (speed emulation font), Galaxy Travels, Megapoliscape, Red Signal, Perfect Mystery (dry brush), Many Years Ago (mechanical, octagonal), Vintage Display (textured caps), Space Sport (textured, octagonal), Dancing Days, Steam Punk, Splatch (comic book font), Rear Defender (octagonal, stencil), Ghost Factory, Kids Magazine.

    Typefaces from 2020: Bright Star (sci-fi), Fiesta Rumba (a matinee font), Sergeant Rock (a stencil typeface), Tricky Hearts (a vampire font), Organic Brand, Campus Riot (grungy), Crazy Love Song, Shiny Signature, Evil Highway, Slightly Eroded, Lightyear Shadow, City Player (graffiti), Night of the Deads (a horror font), Ka Blam (an all caps cartoon font), Unforgettable, Corrupted File (grungy, pixelish), Urban Heroes (a dripping paint font), Victorian Art Magic Remains, Kid Games, Restricted Area (a dripping paint stencil), Dark Poestry, Platinum Sign, Tacos de Tijuana (a Mexican party font), Retro Shine, Lower East Side (a graffiti font), Holidays Homework (a chalk font), Deep Shadow, Finger Printed, Crushed (a glaz krak typeface), Bing Bam Boum, Stars Fighters (a Star Trek font).

    Typefaces from 2021: Baby Party, Shadow Of The Deads, Big Bad Bugs, Boldfinger (bold caps), Paperback Writer (sketched), Comics Tricks, Charming Sixties, Squarely, Mad King Games, Back to School (a varsity font), Youtube Star (an oily typeface), Silver Medal (beveled), Cosmic Blaster. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Imagi Type
    [Ihsan Khairul Lazuardi]

    Imagi Type is the first collaborative digital type foundry in Indonesia. The name IMAGI is an acronym based on the names of the three founders, Ihsan K. Lazuardi, Agung Gumilang a.k.a Maskund, and Gilang Purnama, who are based in Bandung.

    Designers of the signage typefaces Mecka (2015), Fetridge and Outfitter Script (2015, by Gilang Purnama Jaya), Le Gourmet (2015, a handcrafted blackboard menu brush script family), and Kulacino (2015, +Rough).

    Typefaces from 2016: Skiltmaler (spurred Victorian style, by Ihsan K. Lazuardi), Chesterfield (a sign painter typeface), Conseil (poster style).

    Typefaces from 2017: Michigan Brush (by Gilang Purnama Jaya and Kiena Audri), Trellist.

    Typefaces from 2018: Le Gourmet, Conseil (by Gilang Purnama Jaya). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Incinerator
    [Scott Ulrich]

    Scott Ulrich (Incinerator) is the designer of freeware/shareware fonts in 1993: CheapSignage-Standard, CriminalHand, DINGarbageschrift, Distemper, EvilClown, Garbageschrift, Garden, GeekSkinny, Misfortune, SeverelyExtreme, TapeGun, Thickhead.

    Fontspace link. Dafont link. Fontspace link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Indra Gunawan
    [FA Studio (or: Fluffy Art Studio)]

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    Ingga Nafasyah
    [Telllu Craft]

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    Ingrimayne Type (was: The Bovine Rebellion)
    [Robert Schenk]

    Ingrimayne Type was established in 1988 by Robert Schenk to sell his fonts via the web and via CDs such as the No-Hype Type CD (2500 typefaces in trueType and PostScript, with mostly original typefaces). Robert Schenk (b. 1946, Minnesota) lives in Rensselaer, IN. Before Ingrimayne, Schenk's type was distributed by Wayzata Technology. Free fonts at his site included Red Letter, Zirkle, Sallonext, Zarrow, Serpent.

    Specimen book. Alternate URL.

    Dingbat fonts: XPhyngern (1990, pointing fingers), XPointedDesert and XSimpleHands (1994, more fists), Schneeflaken (two snow fonts, now available as XSchneeFlaken), ComputerBugz (nice butterflies, now available as XCompuTerBuggz), Galaxies (around the theme of the sun and stars), GlitzyFlash (1990), Grandecort (1994), LeakOrLeach (1995), Baumfuss (1990), LeafMeAlone (leaves), StarsAndStripes, StarPieces, Fingers, SimpleHands, PointedDesert, IngyDing (1996, 3 dingbat fonts in the style of Zapf Dingbats; in 2010 overhauled into one 1400-ornament monster face, Ingy Ding MCD, containing smilies, arrows, Zapfian ornaments, dice, chess pieces, fists, weather dingbats, and so forth), IngyDingLeftovers.

    A list of fonts:

    • A: Aabced-Bold-Italic, Aabced-Bold, Aabced-Italic, Aabced-Regular, Aabced, AabcedBold, AabcedBoldItalic, AabcedExtraBold, AabcedItalic, AabcedRoman, AabcedXBold-Bold, AabcedXBold, Abagail-Regular, AbagailJackson, AccruedInterest, AcornSwash-Regular, AcornSwash, AcornSwashAltern-Regular, AcornSwashAltern, AcornSwashRoman, Accrued Interest, Albert Betenbuch (blackletter), AlbertBetenbuchExtrude, AllSmiles, AmericanMorseCodeIT, AnarckWarp, Anarckhie, AnarckhieBold, AnarckhieBoldItalic, AnarckhieDecayed, AnarckhieItalic, AnarckhieJiggled, AnarckhieRagged, AnarckhieShadow, AndrewAndreasBold, AndrewAndreasPlain, AndrewAndreasXBold, Andrew Andy College (athletic lettering), AndrewAndyStencil, AndrewAndyStencilBold, AndyEight, AntsyPantsy, ArgentBobSquish, Argenta, ArgentaBobbWig, ArgentaBobbed, ArgentaBold, ArgentabObbed, Asterx-Regular, Asterx, Auldroon-Regular, Auldroon (blackletter), AndrewAndyKactus, AntsyPantsy.
    • B: Baker Half (2004, an experimental hexagonally designed family), Balboat-Regular, BalboatBold, BalboatPlain, Bannetters (2021: letters for tilted banners), Barefoot, BaumSquiggle, Baumfuss-Regular, Baumfuss, BaumfussTwo-Regular, BaumfussTwo, Bear Anark (2021: a 10-style slab serif), BearButteTBold, BearButteTBoldItalic, BearButteTItalic, BearButteTPlain, BearButteTSpecial, BeastlyFont, Bene, BeneCryptExtrude, BeneCryptine-Regular, BeneCryptine (blackletter), BeneCryptineDistorted, BeneScriptine-Regular, BeneScriptine (blackletter), BetterEuroika, BetterEuroikaBold, BetterEuroikaBoldItalic, BetterEuroikaHybrid, BetterEuroikaHybridBold, BetterEuroikaItalic, BetterIngriana, BetterIngrianaBold, BetterIngrianaBoldItalic, BetterIngrianaHybrid, BetterIngrianaHybridBold, BetterIngrianaItalic, BetterKamp, BetterKampBold, BetterKampBoldItalic, BetterKampItalic, BetterTypeRightBold, BetterTypeRightBoldItalic, BetterTypeRightItalic, BetterTypeRightMedium, BetterTypeRightPlain, BetterTypeRightThin, BetterTypeRightThinItalic, BetterTypeRiteSpec, BetterTypeRiteSpecBold, Big-Regular, BigBottom, Big Stripes Mono (2021), Bigtop-Regular, Bigtop, Bilevel, Billowed (2022), BiteOfApple, Bizaro, BizaroRES, Blockboys, Bluster Left, BobsExtraPictures, BobsStandardChess, Bouncer (2019), Bowling, Bright Ideas (2020: lightbulb alphadings), BringInTheFrowns, Brrrrr-Regular, Brrrrr, BuggyFont, BumberShoot.
    • C: Caltic (2020), CemeteryWalk (2018), Cennerik-Bold, Cennerik-Regular, Cennerik, CennerikBold, CennerikEBold, CennerikExtraBold, CennerikPlain, CennerikSpiked, CennerikXBold-Bold, ChainLetterOne, ChainLetterTwo, CheckMateRES, ChessNut, ChessNutTwo, Chessterton, ChesstertonTwo, Circlet, Ckornoments (2020), Close Together (2020), CoffeeMug, Coffinated (2020: letters boxed into coffins), CompassOne, CompuTerBuggz, ConcavWarp, ConcavexCaps, ConcavexCapsWave, ConcavexStepper, CoughingNails, Court-Regular, CourtGesture, CourtJesterFrizzy, CrippledFont, CuthbMangle, CuthbeNick, Cuthbert.
    • D: DavidBurry, DavidFarewell, DavidFarewellBold, David Farewell Stencil, Dear John, Demotte-Bold, Demotte-Regular, Demotte, DemotteBold, DemotteWarp, Dinner-Regular, Dinner, DinoTracks (2021), Dottie, DrivEddie, Dschoyphul.
    • E: EdsDream, EdwardEdwinBold, EdwardEdwinPlain (1994, copperplate script), Eggad (2020), Eldroon, Erkball, ErkballBold, Euroika-Bold-Italic, Euroika-Bold, Euroika-Italic, Euroika-Regular, EuroikaBold, EuroikaBoldItalic, EuroikaItalic, EuroikaKamp, EuroikaKampBold, EuroikaKampBoldItalic, EuroikaKampItalic, EuroikaRoman, Euroika, Eyebel, EyebelBold, EyebelRuff.
    • F: FabFours (2015, patterned typeface), Fangs ALot (2022), FansiPensle (1990, connected signage script), FansiPensleBold, FansiPenslePlain, FansiPensleTwo, FansiPensleTwoBold (1990), FansiPensleTwoPlain, Febdrei, FebdreiBold, Federhozen-Bold-Italic, Federhozen-Italic, Federhozen-Regular, Federhozen, FederhozenBold, FederhozenBoldItalic, FederhozenItalic, FederhozenPlain, FeggoliteDancing, FeggoliteDancingItalic, FeggoliteHatched, FeggoliteKeyed, FeggoliteMonoBold, FeggoliteMonoPlain, FeggoliteRuffled, Fezdaz, Fishhook, FiveOhOne, FiveOhTwo, FlagDayFour, FlagDayOne, FlagDayThree, FlagDayTwo, Fly High, FlyHighBold, FlyHighBoldItalic, FlyHighItalic, ForTheBirds, FourJuly, FourJulyG, FourJulyH, Framo-Regular.
    • G: GLitzy, GLitzyBarbed, GLitzyPlain-Regular, GLitzyStripe, GLitzyVStriped, Galexica-Bold-Italic, Galexica-Bold, Galexica-Italic, Galexica-Regular, Galexica, GalexicaBold, GalexicaBoldItalic, GalexicaExtraBold, GalexicaItalic, GalexicaMono-Bold, GalexicaMono-Regular, GalexicaMono, GalexicaMonoBold, GalexicaMonoPlain, GalexicaPlain, GalexicaXBold-Bold, GlitzyCurl-Regular, GlitzyCurl, GlitzyFlash-Regular, GlitzyFlash, GlitzyJewel-Regular, GlitzyJewel, Gothamburg (blackletter), GothamburgBold, GothamburgShadowed, GothicHorror, GothicRock, GranCanaries, GrancMitSripes, GrandecortBold, GrandecortHoly, GrandecortMedium, GrandecortShadow, GretchenHelloBold, GretchenHelloPlain, Grundee.
    • H: Hammered, HandanaBold, HandanaPlain, HandmadeFont, HeartMatrixed, Hermainita, HermainitaBold, HermainitaPlain, Hexonu (2020: hexagonal), HeyPumkin, HippityDippityBold, HippityDippityInline, HippityDippityPlain.
    • I: IanSegoe, IggoliteMono, IngBurried, IngDingLeftover, Ingone, IngoneSaw, IngoneShadow, IngrianEuroikHybrid, IngrianEuroikHybridBold, IngrianEuroikaH, IngrianEuroikaHBold, IngrianEuroikaHBoldItalic, IngrianEuroikaHItalic, Ingriana, IngrianaBold, IngrianaBoldItalic, IngrianaCasual, IngrianaCasualBold, IngrianaCasualBoldItalic, IngrianaCasualItalic, IngrianaCasualPlain, IngrianaExtraBold, IngrianaItalic, IngrianaPlain, IngyArrows, IngyArrowsTwo, IngyDingThree, IngyDings, Ingy Star Tilings (2019), InsideLetters, InternationalMorseCodeIT, IrritationOne, IrritationTwo.
    • J: JabcedHy, JabcedHyBold, JabcedHyBoldItalic, JabcedHyItalic, JasperSqueeze, JasperSqueezeBold, JasperSqueezeBoldItalic, JasperSqueezeEB, JasperSqueezeEBItalic, JasperSqueezeItalic, JenneriCurved, Jennerik, JennerikBold, JennerikExtraBold, JennerikInfml-Bold, JennerikInfml, JennerikInfmlBold, JennerikInfmlExtraBold, JennerikInfmlPlain, JennerikInfmlXBold, JennerikRoman, Jester, JesterRES (Tuscan), JesterTwo (Tuscan), Jestres, JetJanBoldItalicGray, the Jet Jane family [JetJaneButton, JetJaneMonoBold, JetJaneMonoBoldItalic, JetJaneMonoCapsBold, JetJaneMonoCapsPlain, JetJaneMonoCapsThin, JetJaneMonoItalic, JetJaneMonoPlain, JetJaneMonoThinBook, JetJaneMonoThinItalic].
    • K: KampFriendshipBold, KampFriendshipBoldItalic, KampFriendshipItalic, KampFriendshipPlain, KampIngrianaH, KampIngrianaHBold, KampIngrianaHBoldItalic, KampIngrianaHItalic, KampIngrianaHybrid, KampIngrianaHybridBold, KampRipple, Karlisbad, KiddyChessFont, KlipJoint, Knaudens-Regular, Knaudens, Kneebls, KneeblsBold, KneeblsExtruded, KneeblsPlain, KneeblsRuffled, KneeblsThin, KnewFont, KnewFontBold, KnewFontJagged, KnewFontPlain, KnewFontWaisted, KnewFontWaistedBold, KnightMares, KolSpotted, KolStriped, KolkFizzy, Kolkman-Bold, KolkmanDimly, KolkmanGray, KolkmanShatter, KolkmanStriped, Kwalett (2020), Kwersity, KwersityBold, KwersityWider, KwersityWiderBold, Kwodsity, KyhotaBarbed, KyhotaOne, KyhotaTwo.
    • L: LaserTrain, LaserTrainBold, LastBigFling, LastBigFlingBold, LastMinuteChess, Laudens, LeakorLeach, LeakorLeachLeft, LeefMeAlone, LeefMeAloneHoles, LeekorLeech, Lentzers (2020), Letrinth, LetterTrain-Regular, LetterTrain, LetterTrainBold, LetterTrainBoldItalic, LetterTrainItalic, LetterTrainPlain, Lettergical (1994, blackletter with Lombardic capitals), LettergicalWave, LetunicalBold, LetunicalInline, LetunicalNormal, LetunicalShadow, LetunicalWarp, Library-Italic, Library-Regular, Life After College (2008, athletic lettering family), LineDrive, LineDriveBold, LineDriveOutlined, LineDrivePlain, LineDriveShadow, Lopsickles (a Hobo-style top-heavy font) (2021).
    • M: MITuscan, MMCheckered, MMDrawings, MMPattern, Mangaled, Masheen (1990, octagonal font), MasheenBold, MasheenConvicted, MasheenFlag, MasheenIIID, MasheenOutlined, MatthewTwo, MattsFastFont, MedicineShelf, MedievalGunslinger, MedievalGunslingerShadow, Metavoria (2021: playful), Minimalist-Regular, Minimalist, Minniesoda, MinniesodaBold, Modsten-Bold, Modsten-Regular, Modsten (stencil, 1990), ModstenBold, ModstenRoman, MoreTexture, MousyFont, MushmellowBold, MushmellowCactus, MushmellowOutline, MushmellowPlain, MuskitosCaps, MuskitosCapsShadDown, Myhota, MyhotaBarbed, MyhotaBold, MyhotaHatched, MyhotaHatchedBold, MyhotaPlain, MyhotaWithSpikes.
    • N: NailsNStaples, NairobiNormal, NeedALilly, NerdishHex, NerdishHexBold, Neu Altisch (blackletter), NeuAltischBold, NeuAltischGray, NeuAltischPlain, NeuAltischShadLeft, NeuAltischShadow, NeuAltischWormEaten, NeuropolMedium, NewLaudens, NewLibrary, NewLibraryItalic, NewNerdShadowed, NewNerdishBold, NewNerdishPlain, NewNerdishThin, NoPainRight, NoPainRightBold, NopainLeft, NopainLeftBold.
    • O: OakParkAve, OakParkAvePlain, OakParkBlvdPlain, OakParkExtruded, OakParkSpeckled, OakParkSquaRe, OakParkZiggy, OakParksTripped, Old Harold Ree (1992, a modification of PhederFract, which was a calligraphic fraktur typeface also by Schenk), OldHaroldReeBold, OldHaroldReePlain, Onyon (1997).
    • P: PastedWarp, PattyDay, PawnShop, Pedestrian, PencilFat, PencilIn, PencilOut, PensleCaligraf-Bold, PensleCaligraf-Regular, PensleCaligraf, PensleCaligrafBold, PensleCaligrafPlain, PeterPierreBold, PeterPierreCondensed, PeterPierrePlain, PeterPierreXBold, Pheder Frack (blackletter), PhederFrackBold, PhederFrackDtsh, PhederFrackDtshBold, PhederFrackDtshThin, PhederFrackPlain, PhederFrackShadowed, PhederFrackThin, PhrackCack, PhrackSle, PhrackSleBold, PhrackSlePlain, Phraxtured (blackletter), PhraxturedDeutsch, PhraxturedPlain, PhraxturedShadowed, Phyngern, Pigknot, PigknotBold, PlainPensle, PlainPensleBold, PlainPensleBoldItalic, PlainPensleItalic, PlainPenslePlain, PlainPensleXBold, PlainPensleXBoldItalic, Porker, PorkerGrey, Poultry Sign (2020), PutMyFootDown, Pzytupid.
    • Q: Qualettee, QualetteeBold, QualetteeMedium, Quatsity (2020), Quidic, QuidicHatched, QuidicHoley, QuidicItalic, QuidicRoman, QuidicShotUp, Quirtly, Qwatick (1992), QwatickBold, QwatickPlacard.
    • R: Ranger (1996, octagonal), RangerWider, Rankensteen, Rataczak-Regular, RataczakBold, RataczakBoldItalic, RataczakCandied, RataczakCondItalic, RataczakCondPlain, RataczakExtraBold, RataczakItalic, RataczakRoman, RataczakSwash, Rauchens, Razephu, Red-Regular, RedLetter, Renslaer, RoomingHouse, Rosary, RosaryBold, RoundUp, RoundUpBold, RoundUpShadow, RoundWhy (2019: Western), RoundWhyBold, RummageSaleOne, Rumpled, RundigPencilBold, RundigPencilMedium, RundigPencilNormal, Rundigsburg (1994), RundigsburgBold, RundigsburgMedium, RundigsburgPlain, RundigsburgShadowLeft, RundigsburgShadowRight.
    • S: SafetyPinned, Salloon, SalloonAStripe, SalloonCracked, SalloonHStripe, SalloonStripeBottom, SalloonStripeEnds, SalloonStripeMiddle, SalloonStriped, Saloon-Regular, SaloonExt, SaloonFrilled, Samsheriff (2020), Sansduski Mono (2022), Sansduski (squarish) (2022), Sansville, SansvilleBold, SarahfSlob, SarahfSlobItalic, SchneeFlaken, SchneeFlakenTwo, Screwged, Sdrawkcab-Regular, Sdrawkcab, Seasick, SeasickBold, SeasickMirror, SeasickMirrorBold, SeasonsGreetings, SeederChess, SeederChessSmall, Sergury, Serpent-Regular, ShadyCharacters, Sihmittree (2019), ShirlyUJest, SimpleChessFont, Sirpent, SJURecord (2019: blackletter), Skagwae, SkagwaeMono, Skigway, SkwareDots, SlimpiSquares, Slippery Fishes (2022), SmokeHausShadow, SmokeHaus (1998), SmokeHouseRough, SmokeHouseShatter, SmokeHouseWave, Snuggels (2020; hexagonal), Spicandspan, SquiggleRES, SquiggleRESBold, Stamper, Substance, SusiScript, SusiScriptBold, SusiScriptPlain, Swanville-Regular, Swanville, Swirlity, SwirlityBold, SwirlityScript, SwirlityText.
    • T: Tape Up (2022: a tape font), Tescellations (2012), Tessie Letters (2019), Tessie Some More (2020), Tessie Dingies (2012), TOCinRings, TRGrunge, Tacky (2005), Talloween, TapedUp, Teapot (1999), Teethee, TessieSpinners, TessieMiscellaneous (2018), TessieMoreStuff (2018), TessieXtraBirds (2018), TessieMoreBirds, TessieAnimals, TessieBugs (2019), TessieOddsNends (2019), TessieStandingBirds (2018), TessieFlyingBirds (2018), TessiePuzzlePieces (2018), TexturesOne, TiedUp, Tieroh, TierohBold, TierohSans, TierohSansBold, Tinkerer, TiredOfCourier (1992, + Bold, +BoldItalic, +Italic, +Plain, +Thin, +ThinItalic), ToothBrush, TootsieBold, TuskcandyBold, TuskcandyInline, TuskcandyPlain, Twigglee-Regular, Twigglee (1990, inspired by the hand lettering on the plates in a 19th century book on ornaments by Owen Jones), TwiggleeBold, TwiggleePlain, TwiggleeWarped, TwoTonedStoned.
    • U: UUeirdieBold, UUeirdieRoman, UUeirdieWarp, Undulate (a wavy typeface) (2021), Undulated (2021), Unikled, UnikledBold, UnikledPlain, UnikledSpotted, UnivoxAtomLight, UpsideDown, UrbanScrawl.
    • V: ValManGal, Valenteena, ValenteenaBroken, ValentinaContour, Valentine-Regular, Valgal, ValgalBold, Vglee, Vinetters (2020), VunderScriptBold, VunderScriptPlain.
    • W: WalcomeOne, WalcomeOneBold, Watchmaker, WatchmakerBold, WaterCloset, WaterWorksCaps (1992), WaterWorksCaps-Bold, WaterWorksCaps-Regular, WaterWorksCapsBold, WaterWorksCapsPlain, Weaving (2022), WeirdChessFont, Wetetque (1991, an all caps multiline family), WetetqueBold, WetetquePlain (1991), Whichit, WhichitBold, WhichitTwo, WhichitTwoBold, Woven (2022), WrenchedLetters, WurstCactus, WurstHassen, WurstchenDotted, WurstchenOutlined, WurstchenSplatted, WyomingMacroni, WyomingMacroniPegged, WyomingMacroniShadRight, WyomingMacroniShadowed, Wyoming Pastad (1994, Western slab face), WyomingPastadShadLeft, WyomingPastadShadowed, WyomingSpaghettiBold, WyomingSpaghettiPlain, Wyoming Strudel (Far West type).
    • X: XBobsExtraPictures, XBobsStandardChess, XChessNut, XChessNutTwo, XChesstertonTwo, XCompuTerBuggz, XGalaxies, XGalaxyOne, XIngDingLeftover, XIngyArrows, XIngyArrowsBetween, XIngyArrowsTwo, XIngyDingIII, XIngyDingTwo, XIngyDings, XInterntnlMorseCodeIT, XKiddyChessFont, XKnightMares, XLaserTrainBold, XLaserTrainPlain, XLastMinuteChess, XLeef Me Alone (leaf dingbats), XMMCheckered, XMMDrawings, XMMPattern, XMattsAnimalsOne, XMoreTexture, XPatColumRow, XPatCzeckerz, XPawnShop, XPhyngern (fists), XPointedDesert, XRoomingHouse, XSchneeFlaken (1995), XSchneeFlaken, XSchneeFlakenTwo, XSeederChess, XSeederChessSmall, XSimpleHands, XStarPieces, XStarsAndStripesOne, XStarsAndStripesTwo, XStellaStern, XStellaSternBright, XSternStellaNight, XTexturesOne, Xahosch, Xaltid, XaltidBold, XaltidPlain. The X fonts are predominantly dingbats.
    • Y: YahoschBold, YahoschMedium, YahoschPlain, YahoschWormy, Yassitf (2019: a sans), YngreEBStripe, Yngreena, YngreenaBold, YngreenaBoldItalic, YngreenaExtraBold, YngreenaItalic, YngreenaPlain, Youbee, YoubeeBold, YoubeeBoldItalic, YoubeeItalic, YoubeeShadow.
    • Z: Zarrow-Regular, Zarrow, ZcriptBold, ZcriptPlain, Zebraw, ZebrawOS, Zigzaggy (2021), ZimpleBlack, Zimric (2020), ZirkStressed, ZirkleOne-Bold, ZirkleOne-Regular, ZirkleOne, ZirkleOneBold, ZirkleOneRoman, ZumbelsburgBold, Zumbelsburg (blackletter, 1996).

    Klingspor link. Dafont link. Abstract Fonts link.

    View Robert Schenk's typefaces. View Ingrimayne's typeface library. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Inspira Type (or: Collabro Studio, or: Inspira Sign)
    [IlhamSyah Vutra]

    We find the names Septian Fauzi and IlhamSyah Vutra associated with Inspira Type. Jakarta, Indonesia-based designer of script and brush script typefaces, who also runs Aktab Studio. Fonts from 2019: Greenland, Jaeggers, Vancouver (script), Freya (a free script), Beneth (brush script), Gisella (script), Fearless, Anggada (a vintage script), Delia (a text typeface), Baratyuda, Stanford (or Standford: a vintage label font), Itikaf (a religious serif), Maldins, Riverside (signage script), Stucker, Rottordam, Cartoon, Cartoon Fancy, Magna, Hollaboi (a brush font), Bratarini, Nanda Script, Qiba Serif, Gula (a cartoon font), Qiba, Alvaro (a fat monoline script), Fresh Berries Script, Eastchaft, Fillia Script, Alistair Signature, Abhyaksa, Etherion (wedge serif), Adhe Sans, Herey (dry brush), Backhill (signage script), Cecillia (inky script), Never Ending (dry brush), Abhinaya (Victorian), Debtos Script, Dohong (vintage style), Dohong Kaliba, Bessita Handwriting, Cendolita Script, Dingbod Script (monoline), Aussiente, Pure Tintri.

    Fonts from 2020: Abimo, Baliosa (a signature script), Balkous, Bangga, Baswara Catra, Belly, Borude (sketched), Brigita, Bustracks, Candle, Cerita Senja, Confinental, Daniza Claretta, Dethars, Earthan, Eighties, Facibian, Fialiga (an octagonal sports font), Ghost Walker (dry brush), Gnaw, Goldstep, Halcyon, Hantari, Howkins (stencil), Intuitive, Itikaf, Jello, Khanaya (calligraphic), Kosmik, Kuffie, Lutuna, Malbourne, Mayasi, Mechanical (squarish), Mhoko, Nagista, Oblady, Our Story Begins, Panorama, Raimond, Rebellion, Sagittaria, Sanoraya (a tall inky script)Serpents, Shockwave (brush script), Sintya, Speedtrap (a speed emulation sans), Suballie, Sweetboys, The Bovalo, The Loccosta (dry brush), The Rolides, Throne (a wide all caps sans), Townsquare, Volare, Wildeoo, Wonderful Jungle. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Intellecta Design (or: Monocracy Types)
    [Paulo W]

    Intellecta Design is a design company in Brazil run by Paulo W (b. 1970) from Recife. In 2020, he also set up Monocracy Types. Paulo W is a gaúcho (Brazilian southerner), with interests in multiple areas, including poetry (he has published the digital opus Magical Book), graphic design and, most recently, type design.

    Dafont link. MyFonts. MyFonts link. Abstract Fonts link. YWFT link. Behance link. Blog. Home page. Fonthaus. Monotype. Eshops. Facebook. Flickr. Klingspor link. Wordpress. Devian tart. T26. Linkedin. Identifont. Linotype. ITC. Faces.co. His typefaces:

    • Free fonts: Inductive Resonance (2014: connected script), Retrodings (+Two, 2014), Living In The Past (outlined Tuscan face), Rough Ornaments Free (2014), CornPop Three (borders), Too Good To Be True (2013, retro script), Blanchard Inland (2013), Living Together (2013), Arresto (2013, brush script), Hertziano (2013, non-connected fat script), Japanese Tourist (2013), Nouveau Never Dies Free (2013), The Beat Goes On (2012, fifties script), Stencix (2012), Figgins Brute Trash (grunge), Fontaniolo Beveled (2011, ornamental caps), Czech Gotika (2011), Random Dingbats (2011), Victorian Free Ornaments (2011), Rustic (2011), Armorial (2011), Woman Silhouettes (2011), The Nile Song (2010, hieroglyphics), Smith Typewriter (2009), Sign Flags (2010, semaphore dingbats), Senectus Morbus (2010), MesoAmerica (2010, Indian symbols), ClassicSketches (2010, dingbats), Columns (2010, dingbats of Greek and Roman columns), EasyCuneiform (2010), EasyLombardicTwo (2010), EasyOpenFace (2010, blackboard bold style), Egidia (2010), Significante (2010, dingbats with, e.g., gender symbols), WhiteDominoes (2010, domino pieces), Easy Heraldics (2010), Intellecta Heraldics (2010), Heraldic Devices (2011), KidingsFree (2010, dingbats), RoughTuscan (2010), The French (2009, Fleur de Lys dings), AprendizCaligrafico (2010), Volitiva (2006, Trajan caps and chancery lower case, all based on work by Ludovico Vicentino Arrighi), Gaivota (2006), KurrentKupferstichThin (2006), PaulKlein (2010), PaulKleinTwo (2010), PortuguesArcaicoLectura (2005), ReproxScript (2009, based on Jerry Mullen's Repro Script from 1953-1954), RickGearyHomage (2007, scanbats), WestBalaio (2006, ornamental caps), Corto Maltese (2006, scanbats), Renaissance Coiffure (2006), Renaissance Ornaments (2007), Renaissance Shoes (2012, free), TTF Tattoef (2006, tattoo-inspired dingbats), ExperiTypo5 (2006), Lower Metal (2006), Geometric Serif PW (2006), Geometric (2006), Geometric Petras PW (2006), War II Warplanes (2005), Carbono (2005), Times New Vespasian (2005), BoldBold (2005), Vengeance (2005), Doppleganger (2005), Chancelaresca (2005), Cursivo Saxonio (2005), Gotische Minuskel 1269 (2005: a Kanzlei Schrift after Dekan Hermann zu Soest, 1269) and Guto Lacaz (2005, dingbats).
    • Richard Gans revival project: Gans Tipo Adorno, Gans Lath Modern, Gans Titular Adornada (2006), Gans Ibarra (2006, after Carlos Winkow's Elzeviriano Ibarra), Gans Antigua (2006), Gans Antigua Manuscrito (2006), Gans Radio Lumina (2006), Gans Fulgor (2006), Gans Carmem Adornada (2006), Gans Italiana (2006, extensive Italian-style slab serif family), Gans Titania (2007), Gans Titania Adornada (2007), Gans Titular (2007), Gans Gotico Globo (2007: 9 styles by Iza W), Gans Royality (2007: 3 styles by Iza W), Gans Headpieces (2008), Gans Rasgos Escritura (2010: filets---followed in 2011 by Rasgos Escritura Nuevos), Gan Esquinazos (2010, frames), Gans Blasones (2010, shields), Gans Neoclassic Fleurons (2008), Gans Classical Fleurons, Gans Ding.
    • Wood-inspired typefaces: Dead Wood Rustic (2007), Taranatiritza (5 wood type styles, after William Hamilton Page), Majestade (2007, by Iza W---two Tuscan style typefaces), Decorative Tuscanian (2007), Concave Tuscan (2010, wood type), Palermo (2007, by Iza W---Tuscan style family), Teatro (2009, Tuscan), Bruce Double Pica (2009, Tuscan; the Beveled weight is free), Antique Extended (2010, slab serif wood type), Dark Wood (2009, gothic), Dark Wood Beveled (2011).
    • Charles Bluemlein's script revivals: Bluelmin Kisaburo (2013), Bluelmin Ralph (2012), Bluelmin Ronald (2012), Bluelmin Sandsfort (2012) and Bluelmin Benedict (2012). (2012).
    • Blackletter: Salterio (2012, +Trash, +Three, +Gradient, +Shadow, +Shadow Two), Leothric (2011, bastarda), Bruce 532 Blackletter (2011, after George Bruce), Schneider Buch Deutsch (2007, +Trash, +Shadow, +Shadow Two), Schneidler halb fette Deutsch (2009, +Beveled), Schneidler Zierbuchstaben, Hostetler Fette Ultfraktur Ornamental (2007, blackletter caps), Gothic 16 CG (2007), Gothic 16 CG Decorative (2007, blackletter caps), Schneidler Grobe Gotisch (2008, Iza W, T-26), Allerlei Zierat (2008, ornament fonts based on a 1902 catalog of Schelter & Giesecke), Allerlei Zierat Capitals (2007), Psalter Gotisch (2009, a blackletter after the Benjamin Krebs blackletter face by the same name, ca. 1890), Münster-Gotische (2009, a blackletter family after a 1896 typeface by the same created by Schelter&Giesecke), Koberger N24 Schwabacher (2007), Student's Alphabet (2007, blackletter), Like Gutemberg Caps (2007), Nürnberg Schwabacher, Gotische Frame (2007: four framed blackletter styles by Iza W), Gotische (2007: ten ornate blackletter styles by Iza W), Gothic Garbage, Gothic Shadow, Gothic Trashed, Gothic Flourish (2009), Gotica Moderna (octagonal, blackletter), AltDeutsch (2007, four severe blackletter fonts by Iza W), Fin Fraktur, Gotische Bouffard, Heimat RGS, Gothic Handtooled Bastarda (2006), HostetlerFetteUltfrakturOrnamental (2007, blackletter caps), Gothic Handtooled Bastarda (2006).
    • Historical revivals: Pantographia (2010: a digitization, as is, of several alphabets from Edmund Fry's Pantographia, 1799), Caslon2000, Caslon B, Delamotte Large Relief (2010), Figgins Brute (2007: 8 heavy Egyptian styles by Iza W based on Figgins' 1817 specimen book), Erased Figgins Brute (2007), Gras Vibert (2007, a didone family; followed by Gras Vibert Two in 2009).
    • Erotic or human alphabets: American Way of Life (2011), Roman Silhouettes (2011), Silvestre Weygel (2007, named after Martin Weygel'a erotic alphabet from 1560, which in turn was based on Peter Flötner's 1534 alphabet), Gravure (caps typeface made of human silhouettes), Innocence (2007, dingbats of girls).
    • Medieval chancery hand: Portugues Arcaico (2005, three medieval handwriting styles), Kurrent Kupfertisch (2006, a medieval hand done with Fernanda Salmona), Dovtrina Christam 1622 (authentic old manuscript face), Catania (2007, exquisite medieval caps in 3 styles by Iza W).
    • Typewriter typefaces: Remix Typewriter (2012), Smith Trash (2012), Neo Bulletin (2010, +Trash), Remington PW (old typewriter face), Olivetti Linea (old typewriter face), Erased Typewriter 2 (2007: 4 styles by Paulo W), RIP Typewriter (2009), Shadow Typewriter (2007), Underwood Typewriter (by Iza W).
    • Calligraphic: Broken Kiss (2015), Derniere Script (2015), Bradstone Parker Script (after Zaner's penmanship), Jan van den Velde Script (2011, based on the penmanship of Jan van den Velde as illustrated in vna den Velde's 1605 book Spieghel der schrijfkonste; developed jointly by Paulo and Iza W), Penabico (2010, with Iza W); Penabico is a free interpretation of the copperplate script styles to be found in the Universal Penman, London, 1741, by George Bickham---it contains over 1500 calligraphic glyphs and 250 ornaments. Samples of Penabico: i, ii, iii, iv, v, vi, vii, viii, ix), Easy Calig, Intellecta Mixed Script (2008), Spencerian Constancia (2008), Calligraphia Latina Soft4 (2010, quilled ornaments), Intellecta Script commercial (2009), Spencerian By Product (2009), Spencerian Palmer Penmanship Pro (2010), Indenture English Penman (2010), Calligraphia Latina (2008-2010, in weights called Soft2, Dense, 3, Soft4, Mixed, Square Edition).
    • Victorian, Edwardian: Engel (2007, by Iza W in 15 styles that have a 1870s look), Compendium (Victorian), Costado (2009, a Victorian / Western face).
    • Ornamental caps: Campi (2009), Doppel Mittel Lapidar Azure (2012), Musirte Antiqua (2012), The House of Usher (2012), Peterlon (2012), Dolphus Mieg Alphabet (2011, +Two), Dolphus Mieg Monograms (2011), Human Nature (2011), English Arabesque Revival 1900 (2011), Imprenta Royal Nonpareil (2011), XVI Century Shaw Woodcuts (2011), Ichweis Caps (2011), Cherubim Caps (2011), Rara Beleza (2011), Gothic 1880 Revival (2011), Angelicaps (2010), Unnamed Caps Two (2010), VertiCaps (2010) Rebimboca Caps (2010), Rebimboca Beveled (2012, free), Rebimboca Gradient (2012, free), Rebimboca Trash (2012, free), Rebimboca Outlined (2012, free), Republica Presente (2010), Speedball Metropolitan Caps (2010, after a design by Ross F. George), Nice Initials (2010), Morphelic (2010), DurerGotischCapitals (2010), Egmontian (2007, ornamental caps family), Saducismus Triumphatus (ornamental caps), Vogus (Victorian caps), Victorian Ornamental Capitals (2009) and Frompac 1889 Arabesque (2007) [both are classical arabesques published in Ludwig Petzendorfer's Schriften-Atlas. Eine Sammlung der wichtigsten Schreib- und Druckschriften aus alter und neuer Zeit nebst Initialen, Monogrammen, Mappen, Landeskarten und heraldischen Motiven fur die praktischen Zwecke des Kunstgewerbes, 1889], Lettrines Petin (+Ornée), Numa Initials (2006), Gradl Initialen, Vampirevich (2009, ornamental caps), Paulus Franck 1602 (2006, ornate caps), Geodec (2006, baroque caps), HostetlerFetteUltfrakturOrnamental (2007, blackletter caps), Cadels (2007, ornate caps by Iza W), Manuscript XIV Century (2007, by Iza W--four Lombardic caps), Merona (2007, by Iza W--ten Lombardic caps fonts), Selena (2007, by Iza W---ornate Victorian caps), Leyenda (great Victorian era ornamental caps), Mixed Capital Style (2007, caps), Lenda (2008, capitals), Kidnaped at Old Times (2008, ornamental caps, ransom note style), Mortised Capitals, Is Not ABrazilian Font (hand-printed blackboard bold caps), Robur The Conqueror (2009, ornamental caps), Georgia Capitals (2009), Decadence avec Elegance (exaggerated ornamental caps).
    • The American Advertise series: American Advertise No. 9 (2008), American Advertise No. 17 (2007, 19th century caps), American Advertise 018 and 019 (2008), American Advertise Square Series (2007), American Advertise 003 (2012), American Advertise 004 (2010), American Advertise 005 (2010), American Advertise 006 (2010, alphadings), American Advertise 007 (2010, ornamental caps).
    • Ornaments, fleurons: Transportation Dings *2015), Cornucopia of Dingbats Eight (2015), Animals Old Cuts Two (2015), Unpublished Ornaments Two (2013), Classix (2012), Cornucopia of Dingbats (2012-2014, +Two, +Three, +Four, +Five, +Six, +Seven), Cornucopia of Ornaments (2013; +Two, +Three, +Four, +Five, +Six, 2014), Cornucopia Caligrafica (2012), Vintage Hands (2012), Human Silhouettes (2012; +Free, 2013; +Two, 2013; +Human Silhouettes Three, 2013; +Four, 2013; +Five, 2014; +Six, 2014; +Seven, 2014; +Eight, 2014; +Nine, 2015), Easy Fleurons (2012), Floreale Two (2012), Neoclassic Fleurons Free (2011), Calligraphic Frames Soft (2011, +Two), Jugendstil Flowers Free (2011), Easy Ornaments (2011), Blasons (2011), Blasons Free (2012), Armorial (2011), Monograms Soft (2010, with Iza W), Easy Tiles (2010), Free Tiles (2010), Rough Fleurons Two (2010), Vegetable Breathe (2010), Corn Pop Plus (2010), Mortised Fleurons (2010), Mortised Ornaments (2011), Mortised Ornaments Free Two (2013), Golden Times (2010), Stahlhelme und Kronen (2010), Rough Fleurons (2006), Nouveau Never Dies (2009, ornaments), GeodecBruceOrnamented6 (2006, after a sample from the Bruce Type Foundry), Grave Ornamental (2006), BlackOrnaments (2008), Hera Hedelix (2009, ornamental tiles), Mortised Ornaments (2009), Soft Fleurons (2007), Half Flower (2007), Frames 1 (2007, by Iza W), Flower Essences, Micro Fleurons (2009), Naturella (2009, leaf and grape dingbats by Iza W), Black Fleurons (2010), Easy Fleurons Two (2011), Intellecta Borders (2008, by Iza W), Intellecta Style (2007, borders).
    • Fonts made before 2007: Brute Aldine (2007, Western family), Bad Situation (2007, after a design by Freeman Delamotte from 1864), Benjamin Franklin (2007), Geodec Petras Enhanced (2006), Deutsche Poster (2006), FatFontGrotesk (2006), Orchis (2006, an art deco family by Iza W), Fantis (2006), Frompac (2006, with Iza W), Geodec Fog (2006), Intellecta Modern (2006), Intellecta Modern 2 (2006), Intellecta Romana Humanistica (2006), Advantage (2006, together with Iza W), Biza (2006, together with Iza W), Elegancy (2006, together with Iza W), Estiliza (2006, a sans family together with Iza W), Experitypo 4, Stairway to Heaven, Copperplate PW, Dings PW, Roger Dean, Gliphs PW, Luxeuil, Watchtower Bible 1965, Gabinete Portugues (11 fonts), Elara (2009), Xilografuras (dingbats), Beta, Alta, Paleolitica Nacional, Shakespeare Studs, Copperplate collection (5 fonts), Wine, Ampersamp, James Poem, Leal Conselheiro, Haeckel Enygma, Iza B, Of, Lementa (2006, ornate family), Pirates (dingbats), Wire Clip (2009), Divina Proportione (2009, dingbats), Tharagaverung (2007), Correo (2009, a nice manly bold face), Titivilus (2007, Roman lettering), Pirates De Luxe (2007, dingbats), Geodec Minuskel (2006), Geodec Spyral (2006), Copperplate Decorative (2006), Feosa (2006), Francesco Decorative (2006, Iza W), Geodec Petras Enhanced (2006), Ibarra Flourished (2006), Intellecta Decorative 017 (2006), Intellecta Decorative 018 (2006), Intellecta Slab Bold (2006), Kansas Decorative (2006), Pingente (2006), Sixties Living (2006), Caractere Doublet (2007), DeutschePosterSteinschrift (2007; by Iza W), Bailarina (2007), GP Casual Script (2007), Colonia Portuguesa (2007), Contouration (2007), Deco Experiment 3 (2007), Floresco (2007), Flower Jars (2007, by Iza W---a very nice idea), Frutisis (2007), Intellecta Monograms (2007: 19 monogram fonts by Paulo W), Intellecta Monograms Random Sample (2012-2013: several typefaces), Peloponeso (2007, by Iza W), Porcupine (2007, by Iza W), Southern Flight (2007, by Iza W---condensed), TTF TTTOEF 4 (2007, by Iza W---dingbats), GeodecBruceFlourished, HostetlerNormande, Victorian Ultra Parphernalia (2007), Angels (2007), Angels Free (2013), Mondrongo (2007), Oorlog (2007).
    • Fonts in 2008: Das Riese (3d engraved caps, +Shadow), Economica (sans, T26), Antiqua Double 12, Bad Baltimore (+Beveled, +Typewriter), Calligraphia Latina (2008-2009, in weights called Soft2, Dense, 3, Mixed, Square Edition, Free), Fry's Alphabet, Grissom (bug dingbats, by Iza W), Latinish (by Iza W), Lettering Deco (by Iza W), Litho Romana Inland, Quadratta Serif (a slab serif by Fernando Diaz), TTF TATTOEF 7 (by Iza W).
    • Fonts made in 2009: Eingraviert (engraved; scans: i, ii, iii), Eingraviert Beveled (2011), Greko Roman Oldstyle, Ortodoxa do oriente, Sans Square, Speedball (by Iza W, Victorian style), Speedball Western Letters (after Ross F. George's lettering), Elara (2009), Intellecta Roman Tall, Force Brute & Ignorance, Sunamy Caps, Starret, The Pilgrim (alphadings), Renaisperian (alphadings), Real Caps Two, Mateus Bold (4 bold styles), Intellecta Crafts (arts and crafts family), Bruce 1490, Bradley Dingies (five dingbat typefaces, after William H. Bradley), Allerlei Zierat Renaissance, Grave Plus, the grungy Monkey series (Victorian Monkey, Monkey Poesy, Monkey Messed Gutenberg Caps, Monkey Was Here, Monkey Insinuation, Monkey In The Middle Ages), Montezuma (dingbats), Grotesque and Arabesque, Calhambeque (old car dingbats), Eiger (2009, a 3d sketched headline face).
    • Faces made in 2010: Polen, Pencraft (capitals were inspired in Swagger Capitals, an original design from Carl Stephen Junge, at Barnhart Brothers & Spindler; lowercase based Pencraft Specials, an ornamental variation of the Pencraft Oldstyle series, as displayed in the BBS catalog from 1922), Salamemingoe (children's hand), BarberPoles, Beware the neighbors (scary), BlackInitialText, CaligrafiaDivina, CornPop, CowboyHippie Pro, Grotesca3-D, Nardis, Senzacuore, Speedball Metropolitan Poster (2010, after a design by Ross F. George), TagWood, Tosca, TypographyTribute, Zooland, Bubbleboddy-Fat, bubbleboddylight-Light, Pretoria Gross (a Victorian family done with Iza W), Wood Font Five (wood plank font), Wood Font Four, Herr Foch (art nouveau), Rebimboca, Octagon French (a 3d beveled typeface due to George Nesbitt, 1838), Picuxuxo (retro futuristic, comic book style), Large Old English Riband, Ornamental Riband, Kidings (Dutch dingbats), Hostil (originally done in 2007: a headline family; followed by Hostil Shadow Two (free, 2012) and Hostil Gradient (free, 2012)), Grotesca, Heptagon French, Antiquariaat (condensed), Cortinado, Sanoxio (3d headline face), Violentia (grunge), Swirlies (spiral dings).
    • Faces from 2011: Dia de los Muertos (fantastic skeletal masks), Inland Becker, Rasgos Escritura Nuevos, Jaggard (2007, a renaissance penmanship caps typeface modeled after Joachim Romann's Queen (1954-1956, Stempel)), Jaggard Two, Naive Ornaments Black, Augustus (+Beveled: roman letters), Sayonara (oriental simulation face; the Beveled style is free), Trash Barusa (inline ornamental face), Free Ribbons, Black Ornaments Three, Calligraphia Latina Soft 5, Heraldic Devices Premium, Ornate Blackboards, Benjamin Franklin Beveled, Baltimore Typewriter Beveled, Bernardo Beveled, Van den Velde Script (a free interpretation of the work of the famous master penman Jan van den Velde, found in the Spieghel der schrijfkonste, in den welcken ghesien worden veelderhande gheschrifften met hare fondementen ende onderrichtinghe (Haarlen, 1605)), Indenture English Penmanship, Penmanship Birds and Ornaments (2012), Beware The Neighboors Shadow (texture face), White Free (shadow face), Delamotte Large Relief Beveled.
    • Typefaces made in 2012: Porosa, Presto, Derradeira (signage script), About Sweet Memories (brush script), Intellecta Ribbons, Irrelevante (beveled caps), Laus Sus Chris (Christian dingbats), Unpublished Ornaments, Heavy Squared Writing (brush face), Mezcla Titan, Sweet About (retro script), Publicité, Hard to read monograms, Free Medieval, Doctor Polidori (initial caps), Mixed Silhouettes (One through Five), Glosilla Castellana Cursiva (inline type family), Sayonax (a textured version of the oriental simulation typeface Sayonara), Wood Stevens (free), Rockabilly (fifties script), Interdite Script (heavy calligraphic face), Prismatica (free), Cristalid (free prismatic face), Zed Leppelin (free), Neo Bulletin Outline (free), Neo Bulletin College (2012), Victorian Free Ornaments (+Two), Spanish Army Shields (+Two), Varius Multiplex, Stephens Heavy Titling.
    • Typefaces from 2013: Face of Yesterday (calligraphic script), Ribbon in the sky, Dreamer (a flowing upright semi-connected script), Vorname (blackletter), Barocque Capitals, Close To You (a rabbit-eared script), Wappen (heraldic shields), Eletroz (hand-printed), Morcrepito (blackletter), Metropolitan Poster Black, Animal Silhouettes, Intellecta Pointers and Hands, The Loyalist (script), Vonnegut (a left-leaning script), Perhaps Love (left-leaning script), So Lonely (script), Exposition (upright script), Plaster of Paris (connected script), Volstead (connected script), Versitia (connected script), Porongo (heavy brush script), Fat Fantasy, Das Krieg (soldier dingbats), Corn Pop Two (ornamental corners), Corn Pop Four, Corn Pop Five, Astrodings, Vulnavia Sans (comic book face), Capitular Heraldica, Mirella Initials Ornamntals (a swashy calligraphic script; with Iza W), Carpete (retro script), Free Writer, Round Hand, Exclusivite (fifties script), Hertz Oscillations (fat retro script), Heavy Rock (fifties script), Raindrops (retro script), Ralph Walker (ronde), Exiles (retro signage script), Mr. Richmond Caps (art nouveau alphadings), Berengard Caps Two.
    • Typefaces from 2014: Prester John, Animals Old Cuts, Take a Pebble, Corn Pop Five (borders), Kidnapped at German Lands (ransom note font), Kidnapped at German Lands 2, Kidnapped at German Lands 3, Kidnapped at German Lands 4 (finished in 2016).
    • Typefaces from 2015: Rogeer (script), Chart Moss, Eliensee, Speedball Ragged, State Bridge, Derniere Script, Grissom Four (dingbats of critters), Das Modern, Zona Pro (a sans family).
    • Typefaces from 2016: Ares Modernos, Soldier William Holmes (vintage handwriting), Doctor Russel (script), Hollandisch Closed (blackletter), Rough Flowers (floral ornaments), Equis (crosses), Mattaaus (a counterless poster font), Holland Morleau (a Kanzlei style blackletter font), Rough Vignettes, Rechnung (a bejeweled didone), Alphabet Fantasie (decorative caps), Phantasinian (blackletter), Loosing Memory (blackletter), Laandbrau (blackletter), Lord Radcliff.
    • Typefaces from 2019: Penmanship Feather.
    • Typefaces from 2020: Victorian Alphabets (a weathered engraved money font; despite its name, this is just one alphabet), Mortised Vignettes, Mortised Caps, Monocracy Cuts And Clips, Sincelo Ornaments, Augusta Torino Ornaments (based on art nouveau ornaments from Societa Augusta Torino), Renouveau (art nouveau).

      Typefaces from 2021: Gotteslob (blackletter), Cotton Mather (a medieval blackletter), Josef Wein Moderne Blackletter (after an alphabet by Josef Heim from the 1900 book Moderne Schriften / herausgegeben und verlegt von Josef Heim, Supernouveau (art nouveau ornaments).

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    Inumocca Mocakaliyeh

    Indonesian designer.

    Creator of the spiky spurred tattoo typeface Inumocca (2012), Longhorn (2014), the spurred vintage typefaces Gedung State Art Deco (2014, a spurred Victorian typeface inspired by the Gedung building in Bandung), Lemonade (2014, signage script), Iorek Byrnison (2014, based on the movie The Golden Compass) and Empire Wars (2013), Morning Glory (2013, spurred Tuscan Victorian typeface), England (2013, spurred 19th century style), InuTattoo (2013), and InuMocca Belut Listrik (2013).

    Typefaces from 2015: Kathleen (handcrafted), Akiko (sans), Kiota (spurred sans), Day After End (pure Victoriana), Summers (handcrafted), Carters (spurred, steampunk style), House of Glory (a hand-lettered family with substyles called Kiota and Akiko), Oldiez, Yellow Orange, Flamboyan (vintage signage type).

    Typefaces from 2016: Bhejeuct Gash (sci-fi), Early Morning (signage script).

    Typefaces from 2017: Pumpkin's Brush, Urban Case (a glitch font), Rock Sands (decorative blackletter), Bouquet (signage script).

    Typefaces from 2019: Brother Wood, Bobber Bold, Ceuretas (an origami font), Crunchy Burn (handcrafted), Bertha Neckline (vintage blackletter), Landdeuh (layered), Iron Horse (Victorian), The Boiseries (Victorian).

    Typefaces from 2020: Paddingtoons (a comic book font), High Rise (a blackletter), Industrial Sans, Cuba Script (monolinear), Morning Sunshine, Sanekala, Oat Crackers (brush script), Rootking (blackletter), Bronco Speedway (a layered vintage serif), Work Space, Stronghold (brush), Morning Beach.

    Typefaces from 2021: Patinas Stencil (a pearl-studded, but not a stencil, typeface), Rullen (an all caps display font), Patinas Pointed (spurred), Howl Castel, Arunika Lavanaa (a script), Marry Gold, Mollucas Clove (a modern day Tuscan font), Cabo Blancco (a tiki font), Morning Sunshine (a display serif with monumental top slabs), Folkloric (a retro poster typeface), The Buckarooz (a reverse stress Western font), Adenium (a decorative serif), Cendrawasih (a tall rhythmic script), Gold Giggers (all caps, very Victorian), San Louis (a swashy decorative serif).

    Typefaces from 2022: Lusto (a display typeface with concave outlines borrowed from wood type), Showra (a very bold and wide display typeface), Urban Case (a font with glitches), Fatdudes (a hybrid between Western and Hebrew emulation styles).

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    Iordache Ionut
    [Arys Design]

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    Iqbal Habibi
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    IS Creative Studio
    [Richars Meza]

    IS Creative Studio was established January 2010 by Richars Meza (b. 1973) in Lima, Peru. He has lived and worked in New York, Tokyo and Madrid.

    For a show called Ficciones Asiaticas, they created a paper-fold typeface called Ficciones (2011). Democratype (2015) was developed together with Himi Saito: the letters were brushed by various participants, who were all given a limited time.

    To honor signpainters all over the world, he created a vintage spurred signpainted version of Helvetica called HelveChicha (2015).

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    Isabela Certain de Freitas

    Brazilian creator of a vernacular signage face in 2011. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Italo Barros

    Designer in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Creator of the interesting nuts and bolts typeface Metrovia (2013). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Iván Iraola

    Creator of Mandioca (2012), a signage script, submitted at FADU UBA (University of Buenos Aires) for his graduation work. Iván Iraola is originally from Cutral-có in Western Argentina. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Ivan Bravo

    Creator of the signage typeface Mercado (2012). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Ivan Gladkikh
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    Iza Wilma Lima Peixoto

    Iza W is a Brazilian type designer who works with Paulo W at intellecta Design. Klingspor link. She created Kocham (2008, an art deco geometric typeface with dots centered in all letters), Orchis (2006, Intellecta Design), an art deco famliy in the style of Broadway. Other fonts, done with Paulo W at Intellecta Design in 2006: Advantage, Biza, Elegancy, Estiliza, Frompac. She designed DeutschePosterSteinschrift, Alta (5 styles), Apolo Decorative (Victorian era caps), Ariana, Black, Cresciesco (roman times lettering), Drianh (late 19th century styles), Easy Callig, Evangeliaire Uncial, Geodec N9 (high contrast sans family), Glaciana (decorative caps), Grid, Half Flower 2, Laureatus (Lombardic), Malvinna, Paola Decorative (caps), Passo Borgo (the ultimate spiky dungeon family), Schneider Kontrast (a 15-style art deco and ornamental family based on F.H. Ernst Schneidler's Kontrast (1930, Weber)), and Questy (semi-slab serif) in 2007.

    Productions in 2008: Basilissa (flowery caps), Calligraphia Latina Soft, Chyrllene (curly Victorian family), Clea (caps), Fridha (undrerstated and 3d calligraphy), Hostetler Kapitalen 2, Litho Romana Inland (a caps family), Ogden (calligraphic), Olivetti Typewriter (5 styles), Syl (frilly Victorian caps), Tissot (2008, fine caps), Triball (headline blackletter family), TTF TATTOEF 8 (tattoo dings). MyFonts says The mysteriously-named Iza W shares most of the development activities at Intellecta Design with Paulo W. She specializes in revivals of historic advertising types, specifically metal and wood display types of the Americas, from the early 19th to mid 20th century. and lists these fonts at the end of 2008 as having been designed by her: Advantage, Agua (2007, an extension of Heinrich Maehler's 1931 font, Salut), Alta, AltDeutsch, Anatomy, Antiqua Shaded, Apolo Decorative, Ariana, Basilissa, Biza, Black, Boliche, Bruce Borders, Bruce Flourished, Bruce Hairline, Bruce Miscelania, Bruce Ornament, Cadels, Calligraphia Latina Soft, Catania, Centennial Script Fancy (+Three), Chancelaresca Spanola, Chyrllene, Clea, Cleo (Lombardic ornamental caps), Cresciesco, Deco Experiment 2, Deco Experiment 3, Deco Experiment 4, Deco Experiment 5, Deco Experiment 6 (2007), Deco Experiment 7, Deutsche Poster Steinschrift, Donald, Drianh, Easy Callig, Egipcia, Elara (2009), Elegancy, Engel, Estiliza, Evangeliaire Uncial, Faroeste, Feosa, Figgins Brute, Fin Fraktur, Flower Essences, Flower Jars, Fofucha (2007, a psychedelic typeface modeled after Seymour Chwast's Artone from 1968), Frames 1, Francesco Decorative, Fridha, Frompac, Fry's Alphabet, Furniet Roman (2008, after Fournier), Gans Animals, Gans Carmen Adornada, Gans Cornucopia, Gans Gotico Globo, Gans Italiana, Gans Royality, Gans Sport Club, Gans Titania, Gans Titular Adornada, Gans Transportation, Gans Vessels Fishes, Geodec Bruce Ornamented (2006, a tribute to George Bruce), Geodec Minuskel, Geodec N9, Geodec Petras Enhanced, Glaciana, Gloo Biloo (2010, spooky alphading face), Gothic Handtooled Bastarda, Gotische, Gotische Frame, Gottar (blackletter), Gradl Initialen, Grid, Grissom (insect dingbats), Grolier (caps), Grolier Beveled (2011, free at Dafont), Half Flower, Hannover, Hostetler Kapitalen, Imperio Romano (2009, roman heads), Intellecta Bodoned (+Two, +Trash), Intellecta Borders, Intellecta Crowns (royal crowns), Intellecta Grotesca Compacta, Intellecta Slab Bold, Intellecta Square, Intellecta Typewriter, Intellecta Typewriter 2, Japonesa (2010, oriental simulation), Julisa Script, Kocham, Latinish, Laureatus, Lettering Deco (2008, art deco, +Shadow), Litho Romana Inland, Littler Serifada, Magro, Majestade, Malvinna, Manuscript XIV Century, Merona, Missal, Monograms Soft (2010, with Paulo W), Naturella (2009, leaf and grape dingbats), Neretta (2008, +Italic), Numbers, Ogden, Olivetti Typewriter, Orchis, Palermo, Paola Decorative, Peloponeso, Porcupine, Questy, Remington Elite Typewriter, Samuello, Schneider Kontrast, Schneidler Zierbuchstablen, Schwandner Versalia (2010, ornamental caps based on an alphabet by Austrian penman Johann Georg von Schwandner), Schwandner Black Fleurons (2010), Schwandner Ornaments (2010), Selena, Sinfonia, Southern Flight, Speedball, Standard Typewriter, Suciellid, Sunamy (oriental simulation, after lettering by Ross F. George), Surrey (2008), Syl, Tissot, Tondella, Triball, TTF TATTOEF 4, TTF TATTOEF 6, TTF TATTOEF 7, TTF TATTOEF 8, Tuska, Underwood Typewriter (+Underscore), Uthan, Versatile Initials, Victorian Exotical Capitals, Warp, Woodball, Yanna, Zooth.

    From 2009: Calligraphia Latina Soft3, Cantate (+Beveled), Remington Weather (old typewriter), Xyla (caps), Polen, Polen Two (2007), Arrius (calligraphic), Catilina, Pentagraph (upright connected script), Renania (calligraphic), Renania Double Line (free), Samantha (caps), Silius Engraved (caps), Stencil Intellecta (+Trash), Tatooyn, Urszula (caps), Victorio (caps), Elfort (formal calligraphy after Poppl Exquisite, a typeface by Friedrich Poppl), Pretoria Gross (2009), Holy Church (2009, blackletter), Holy Church Fleurons (2009), Single Silhouettes (2009).

    Typefaces done in 2010: Penabico (a calligraphic script; with Paulo W), Baltimore Typewriter (a great typewriter family, with a black-on-white typewriter keys style added), Izouda (an art deco Broadway-style beauty), Bernardo (an italic family, with swash initials thrown in, named after Lucian Bernhard), Netuno, Supermarket (shop signage family), Bruce Influence (interpretation of Great Primer Ornamented No. 30, from the Bruce's TypeFoundry 1869 catalog), Pretoria Gross (a Victorian family done with Paulo W), Reliant (2010, with Dmitrij Greshnev: a free interpretation of Bernhard Schönschrift (Lucian Bernhard) and Liberty, which was designed by W.T. Sniffin for ATF in 1927, following the original designs by Lucian Bernhard), Reliant Limited (2012, free version).

    Gostosinhos (2010) are hilarious faces put together in a dingbat font. Centennial Onaments (2010) was done with Paulo W. Calligraphic Birds is pure penmanship.

    Fonts done in 2011: Ambrose Bierce Daned Font (ornamental caps), Menina Carinhosa (floriated caps), Menina Formosa (floriated caps), Menina Espinhosa (2011), Menina Graciosa Ornaments (2011, +Two), Menina Poderosa Ornaments (2011), Azalleia (floriated caps), Azalleia Ornaments, Naoko (a fantastic oriental simulation face), Bestiario (calligraphic penmanship dingbats based on the work of English writing master John Seddon, 1644-1700), Seddon Penmans Paradise Capitals (elaborate caps along the lines of Bestiario), Dolphus-Mieg Monograms (after a 1901 book by the Dollfus-Mieg company), Imprenta Royal Nonpareil, Dia de los muertos (2011), Naive Ornaments (2011), Eingraviert Dutch Capitals (2011).

    Creations in 2012: Spirulina, Promotion Script, Soft Ornaments (+Two, +Three, +Four, +Five, +Six, +Seven, +Eight, +Nine, +Ten, +Eleven, +Twelve, +Thirteen, +Fourteen, +Fifteen, +Sixteen, +Seventeen, +Eighteen, +Nineteen, +Twenty, +21), Soft Garden (ornaments), The Black Shapes, Sabor Words, Sabor Digital (textured), Sabor Rasgos Escritura (upright connected script), Floreart (floral dingbats), Mirella Script (French bastarda penmanship script), Soft Flowers, Derriey Vignettes (after Charles Derriey), Gracious Azaleas (flowery dings).

    Design from 2013: Bruce Ornaments Collection, Invitation Script (after the calligraphy of Andrade de Figueiredo, 1722), Mirella Initials Ornamentals (a swashy calligraphic script done with Paulo W), Menina Graciosa (ornamental caps), Menina Gostosa (Loira (caps), Morena (calligraphic), Ornamentos (floral)), Alien Trees. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    J Foundry (was: Greyscale Type)
    [Jason Vandenberg]

    Jason Vandenberg (Greyscale Type and later J Foundry, Toronto) created the 8-style Grey Sans family in 2013. Gia Tran and Jason Vandenberg created the decorative typeface Ella FY (2013, Fontyou). The slender display typeface Sérafine FY (2013) was co-designed by Jason Vandenberg, Jérémie Hornus and Alisa Nowak. At the end of 2013, Jason Vandenberg and Jérémie Hornus co-designed the groovy poster typeface Jack FY.

    In 2014, Adrien Midzic, Jason Vandenberg, Jérémie Hornus, Julien Priez and Alisa Nowak co-designed the creamy script Vanilla FY. It was renamed Vanille FY after a few days.

    Minuit FY (2014, by Jason Vandenberg and Gia Tran) is a beautiful angular angry calligraphic display typeface. Still in 2014, he published the Peignotian fashion mag typeface families Bodoni Sans, Bodoni Sans Display, and Bodoni Sans Text.

    Typefaces from 2015: Abrade (a 12-style geometric sans with medium x-height and perfect rhythm covering Hairline to Ultra).

    Typefaces from 2016: Fourth (a baseball or roundhand script family), Town (a 124-style all caps art deco and lettering typeface family with enormous potential). Town includes subfamilies for Display, Inline, Outline, Lines (prismatic), 3 Dimensional, Shadow, Text, Emboss, Stencil, Chic and Contrast, and can be used for layering.

    Typefaces from 2017: Colby (a workhorse hand-drawn sans family).

    Typefaces from 2018: Stash (signage script).

    Typefaces from 2019: Marsden (114 styles: a bold, no-nonsense Grotesque. It was designed for display, branding, advertising, packaging or anywhere a strong voice is needed. Marsden is built on a geometric foundation, with just enough warmth to keep the style confident and lively).

    Typefaces from 2020: Mello (an informal grotesque).

    Typefaces from 2021: Cutmark (a 60-style octagonal industrial typeface family that features common 45 degree chamfered corners, flattened ink traps and wide apex forms; Cutmark Variable contains the full family of styles in a single file with width, weight and slant axes).

    Typefaces from 2022: Sundry (44 styles; J Foundry's take on the early 20th century grotesque).

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    Jack A. Gardner
    [Jackson's Lettering]

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    Jackson's Lettering
    [Jack A. Gardner]

    Jack Gardner (b. 1938, West Seattle, WA) is a graphic and type designer. He created the signage typeface Butter Bold (2009). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Jacky Hernandes

    Designer of the free signage script typeface Close (2019). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Jakadarism

    Indonesian designer of the retro signage font Hearny Script (2019). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Jakob Fischer
    [PizzaDude]

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    Jakub Caja

    Prague-based designer who made his first typeface in 2011, a monoline sans. He also made the multilined connected script typefaces Andante (2011) and Forte (2011), and the micture-of-two-thicknesses typeface VKUS (2011).

    In 2013, he published Publikum Book, which is inspired by Public (1956, Stanislav Marso), a typeface that was very popular in Czech newspapers, books and magazines. [A related typeface is Tomas Brousil's RePublic Text, 2003.] At the end of 2013, in cooperation with Georg Seifert (creator of Glyphs app) in Usti nad Labem, Czech Republic, Jakub designed Georg.

    The angular signage typeface Baobab was designed in 2015. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Jamalodin
    [Jamaluddin Jamaluddin]

    Known as Jamaluddin Jamaluddin and Jamal Odin. Banda Aceh, Indonesia-based designer of the calligraphic script typefaces Sehia Script (2016), Shanhie Script (2016) and Wenny Script (2016), the signage typeface Brandon (2016), the vintage all caps typeface Greething (sic) Sans (2016). This 4-style family has two shadow versions. He also designed the futuristic typeface families Magneto (2016) and Electro Wave (2016).

    Typefaces from 2017: Melanie Script, Margetta Script, Shailena Script, Heartbeat Script, Maheisa Script (calligraphic).

    Typefaces from 2018 include the calligraphic fonts Boutinela Script, Amira Madison Script, Cathiy Betiey, Southernbelle Script, and Miracle Script.

    Typefaces from 2019: Brendisa (a calligraphic script), Dearly Rose, Gloretha, Datting Rose, Karliyna Script.

    Typefaces from 2021: Bertholina (a sweeping calligraphic script), Marithonia (a tall informal rabbit eared calligraphic script), Melissa Gweny (a calligraphic rabbit ear script), Merylanie Script (a tilted script). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Jamaluddin Jamaluddin
    [Jamalodin]

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    James A. Lebbad
    [Lebbadesign (or: Lebbad Design)]

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    James T. Edmondson
    [Oh No Type]

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    Jamhur
    [Ajibatype]

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    Jamie Clarke
    [Jamie Clarke Type]

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    Jamie Clarke Type
    [Jamie Clarke]

    Jamie Clarke (Bristol and London, UK, and at some point, Sydney, Australia) creates illustrative type and lettering. He ran his own digital agency for ten years, and retrained after that period by studying type design at the University of Reading and letterpress at the St. Bride Foundation in London. His commercial typefaces include Brim Narrow (2015). He writes about this engraved layered typeface: Brim is inspired by antique woodtype and chromatic type from the 1800s. Its various styles stack together creating a variety of decorative combinations. Each layer can be assigned its own colour. The horizontal etching in some styles and subtle shadow effects can give the typeface the appearance of a vintage money font. In 2016, he added Brim Combined.

    His commissioned led him to the Kelmscott Bakehouse K (2016), a decorative letter commissioned by Kelmscott Bakehouse and based based on William Morris's ats and crafts style.

    Typefaces from 2017: Rig Shaded (a large 3d shaded typeface family---the best such collection available to date).

    Typefaces from 2018: Shovel Knight Drop Caps (partial woodblock print alphabet), Rig Solid (a superb family of layered 3d fonts).

    Typefaces from 2020: Span (a 3-style a modern glyphic type family that flaunts its engraved heritage with sweeping serifs and sculptural forms).

    Typefaces from 2021: Rig Sans (a 16-style geometric sans).

    Author of the very informative article The Evolution of Chromatic Type (2017).

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    Jan Gerner
    [Yanone]

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    Jan Schmoeger
    [Paragraph]

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    Jarno Lukkarila
    [Typolar (was: Jarno Lukkarila Type Foundry, or: Format Design)]

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    Jason Anthony Walcott
    [JAW Fonts (Jukebox Type)]

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    Jason Anthony Walcott
    [Jukebox Collection]

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    Jason Carne

    Owner and Creative Director at Lettering Library, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Saylorsburg, PA. Head honcho, with Drew Melton, at Carmel Type. In 2015, Jason Carne and Drew Melton co-designed the large condensed titling typeface family Skyward and wrote: Robust, towering, and geometrically refined, Skyward is a surefire classic cocktail of equal parts utility and elegance. They also cooperated on the wood style Western typeface Lumber Co (2015) and the nostalgic Railroad Co (2015; inspired by the iconic ultra-extended letter styles that lined the exteriors of many early 20th century passenger train cars).

    Typefaces from 2016: Mosler (a Fort Knox slab serif in four styles: Safe, Strongbox, Vault, Fortress), Alchemist (with Drew Melton).

    Typefaces from 2017: Motor City, Sundown (Jason wries: Designed with the gig poster in mind, Sundown is a throwback to the Fillmore West golden age of psychedelic rock and summertime fun.).

    Typefaces from 2019: Capstone, Botanist (Victorian: at Typeverything).

    Typefaces from 2020: Reverb (Jason writes that with the gig poster in mind, Reverb is a throwback to the Fillmore West golden age of psychedelic rock and summertime fun).

    Behance link. Creative Market link. Jason Carne's home page. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Jason Vandenberg
    [J Foundry (was: Greyscale Type)]

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    Java Pep

    Surakarta, Indonesia-based designer (b. 1995) of the script typefaces Humienly (2017) and Mellifret (2017). In 2018, he designed The Youther, Ruthen Back (brush script), Scary Sign (a crayon font), Hand Strike, Land of Laugh, Rough Sketch and Sunderlines.

    Typefaces from 2019: Lizelie (a calligraphic script), Hallo Berthany, Kongfusher (a retro signage font), Scary Sign, Sans Andreas, Sunbathe (an elegant script), Yackien, Rhythmic, Kingfisher (a layered retro script font), Windmill, Aromatic Ginger, De Luxious, Adelica Brush, Reallishmy, Choko Milky, Balltimore (sic) Sans.

    Typefaces from 2020: Pure and Lovely (calligraphic script), Pure and Lovely (calligraphic script), Aesthetica (a wild calligraphic script), Metafiz (a display didone), Magical Source (a display serif), Cagile (a 4-style Peignotian sans), Garlic, Hey Beibeh, Happy Birthday, Kirana Delova, Santiago, Expressiveness (or The Expressions), Rextions, Mendoan Script.

    Typefaces from 2021: Mickstone Crush (a heavy brush script), Brilliant Grunge (a stylish serif), Craved Story (inline, 8 styles), Avegas Royale (a stylish sans), Gexo Sans (a 10-style sans), The Lord Music (a spurred inline typeface), Beyond Worth (a decorative flared typeface), Castle Rocks (an eight style display typeface with flared terminals), Keystone (a display sans), Mutually Beneficial.

    Typefaces from 2022: Versatile Letters (a bold signage script). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Javatype Studio
    [Tio Yulianto]

    Brebes, Indonesia-based designer (b. 1997) of the script typefaces Marcellines (2020) and Barbassy (2020).

    Typefaces from 2021: Ukasyah (a heavy modern script), Maguiston (a monolinear script), The Holler (a horror brush font), Spooky Ghoster, Mozaquen (a plump poster typeface), Achandria (a retro signage or baseball script), Dilovany (a calligraphic script), Nicky Marvelo, Ballowien (a Halloween font), Loristta (a vintage monolinear font), Asittany Script (a monoline script), Cendhany (script). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    JAW Fonts (Jukebox Type)
    [Jason Anthony Walcott]

    JAW Fonts (and before that, JAW Arts Fonts, and Jukebox Type) was founded by Jason Walcott (b. Trenton, MI, 1971) from Hollywood, CA. Jason grew up in New Jersey, and now resides in Southern California. He graduated from Kean College of New Jersey (now Kean University) in 1997 with a BFA in illustration. JAW Fonts features many elegant calligraphic and comic book style typefaces. JAW Fonts ceased operation in 2003 and Jason reintroduced his collection of fonts in a revised form under the new name of Jukebox Type.

    The original list of typefaces includes Acroterion JF (2002, formal script), Adage Script JF (2002, formal script), Alpengeist, Andantino (2003), AnnabelleJF (2002, a formal script), Baileywick Curly, Baileywick Festive, Baileywick Gothic, Baileywick Happy Grams (star dingbats), Baroque Text JF (2003, a great Fraktur font based on a hand-lettered alphabet drawn by Ross George), Boxer Script, Bronson Gothic, Buena Park (2001, Victorian vintage type influenced by Clarendon), Cathexis (2010, a heavy poster font), Cavetto, CharadeJF (2001, informal script), Debonair, Fairy Tale, Fanfare (2004, a bouncy serif family), Fenway Park, Friki Tiki, Geometric Soul (2004, an art deco all caps face), Gypsy Switch, Holiday Times, Hucklebuck (2003, upright connected signage face), Jeffriana, John Andrew JF, KonTiki (a family published in 2002 containing Aloha, Enchantment, Hula, Kona, Lanai, Lounge and Trader), Lady Fair, Luxury Royale (2003), Manual Script JF (2002), Martini (2004, a brush script), Mary Helen, Opulence JF (2002, formal script font), Peregroy, Periwinkle (2006), Cabernet (2006, frilly didone), Polynesian (2004, Hawaiian-look typeface that could also pass for an oriental simulation face), Primrose JF (2002, formal script), Rambler Script, Randolph, Retro Repro (2002, based on a script by Jerry Mullen from 1953), Saharan, Scriptorama (Hostess, Markdown and Tradeshow), Shirley Script JF (2003), Southland, Spaulding Sans, Stanzie, Stella Ann (2005), Stephanie Marie JF (2003), Tamarillo (2005), TwisterJF (2003), Valentina Joy, Varsity Script, Viceroy, Walcott Gothic (Fountain, Hollywood and Sunset), Groovin (2005, Umbrella Type), Wonderboy. The fonts of this West Hollywood, CA-based foundry can be bought at MyFonts.com. In 2003, he started Jukebox Type and started offering his fonts at Veer. In October 2003, Veer acquired Jukebox Type outright.

    In 2005, they added Rootin Tootin (Western style), Dulcimer (soft script), Block Party, Dandelion, Marmalade (idyllic script).

    In 2006, he created Jukebox Bookman, a 6-weight family, and the brush script typeface Stephanie Marie.

    In 2007, he added Hellenic Wide (after a 19th century ATF font), GiggleScript JF, Savoir Faire (after a handlettered slogan in 1940 for Chesterfield cigarettes), Lollipop.

    2008 additions: Hogwash (paintbrush face), Antiquities Technobaby.

    2009 additions: Cynthia June (calligraphic).

    Typefaces from 2010: Eloquent (a didone in the style of Pistilli).

    Counterpoint Type Studio was established by Walcott in 2013. In 2013, Jason designed the psychedelic typeface Califunkia and the calligraphic script typeface Profiterole. Domani CP (2013, CounterPoint)) is a faithful digital revival of an old photo-typositing typeface called ITC Didi. Originally designed by Herb Lubalin and Tom Carnese, Domani brings to life a font that has been somewhat neglected by the digital era until now.

    This is the list of fonts sold by MyFonts in 2015. It is just a subset of the fonts made by Walcott:

    Jukebox Type has these typefaces:

    Klingspor link. View the Jukebox Type typeface library. View the JAW Fonts typeface library. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Jay Hilgert
    [Albatross (or: Font Deals)]

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    Jérémie Hornus

    Frenchman Jérémie Hornus studied typography at Le Scriptorium de Toulouse, France and the University of Reading, where he graduated in 2006. He worked at Dalton Maag, where he designed Tornac (which became a retail typeface in 2013 at Dalton Maag), a connected script face, and was involved in brand identity for clients such as Burberry, Toyota, HP, Nokia, Danish Industries, Dubai Metro, Manchester Metrolink, and the city of Southampton.

    Currently located in Paris, he set up his own commercial foundry in 2013. He also started publishing some of his typefaces at the French type coop Fontyou in 2013. His typefaces:

    • Kefa (2006), a Latin/Ethiopic family with slab serif origins and a futuristic twist. Kefa is an Apple system font. In 2013, he published Kefa II Pro and in 2020 Kefa III (at Black Foundry).
    • Schoiffer Sans. A soft slightly flared sans inspired by Enschedé's Roman No6, also known as the Scheffers or Quentell types.
    • Together, Jérémie Hornus and Franck Montfermé designed the feminine italic typeface Maryleen FY (2013, Fontyou).
    • The connected script typeface Tornac (retail typeface from 2013 at Dalton Maag).
    • Beaurencourt FY (2013). A vintage 19th century connected secretary's hand script codfesigned with Gia Tran.
    • Booster FY (2013, with Alisa Nowak and Luis Gomes). Luis Gomes, Jérémie Hornus and Alisa Nowak co-designed the rounded sans typeface family Booster Next FY in 2014.
    • Gauthier FY (2013, with Alisa Nowak). A transitional typeface family. In 2014, Jeremie Hornus and Julien Priez co-designed the hairline typeface Gauthier Display FY.
    • Lean-O FY (2013, with Alisa Nowak and Benjamin Lieb). A slab serif with leaning asymmetrical brackets. Has a hairline weight. See also LeanO Sans in 2014.
    • Marianina FY (2013, with Alisa Nowak). A contemporary condensed 24-style headline sans family with simple strokes. Characterized by kinks in the ascenders.
    • The slender display typeface Sérafine FY (2013) was co-designed by Jason Vandenberg, Jérémie Hornus and Alisa Nowak.
    • Gregori Vincens, Gia Tran, J&eacxute;rémie Hornus and Alisa Nowak co-designed the humanist sans typeface Klaus FY (2013).
    • At the end of 2013, Jason Vandenberg and Jérémie Hornus co-designed the groovy poster typeface Jack FY.
    • In 2013, he collaborated with Alisa Nowak and Fabien Gailleul at FontYou on the design of the astrological simulation typeface Astral FY. The same group of three collaborated in 2014 on Naive Gothic FY.
    • In 2014, Adrien Midzic, Jason Vandenberg, Jérémie Hornus, Julien Priez and Alisa Nowak co-designed the creamy script Vanilla FY. With Midzic and Nowak, Hornus co-designed the very humanist sans typeface family Saya FY (2013) and Saya Semisans FY.
    • Joao Costa co-designed the thin lachrymal typeface Zitrone FY in 2014 at FontYou with Jérémie Hornus and Alisa Nowak.
    • In 2014, Monica Munguia, Alisa Nowak and Jérémie Hornus co-designed the blackletter typeface Blackmoon FY.
    • In 2014, Matthieu Meyer, Alisa Nowak and Jérémie Hornus co-designed the wedge serif typeface Ennio FY at FontYou.
    • The punchy poster typeface Kraaken FY (2014) was designed by the FontYou team of Bertrand Reguron, Alice Resseguier, Valentine Proust, Julien Priez, Gia Tran, Jérémie Hornus, and Alisa Nowak.
    • In 2014, Joachim Vu, Jérémie Hornus and Alisa Nowak co-designed the classical copperplate script typeface Vicomte FY.
    • Wes FY (2014). A sans family modeled after Futura.
    • Hansom FY (2014) and Hansom Slab FY (2014, Gia Tran, Jeremie Hornus and Alisa Nowak). An organic sans and slab with very large bowls.
    • In 2014, Julien Priez, Hugo Dumont, Jérémie Hornus and Alisa Nowak co-designed Rowton Sans FY, a sans family patterned after Gill Sans in six weights, from Hairline to Bold---named after Arthur Eric Rowton Gill, it has the Gillian lower case g but italic lowercase is a bit too far afield for my own taste, especially the squeezed g.
    • In 2015, Jérémie Hornus, Clara Jullien and Alisa Nowak co-designed the spurless / organic slightly inflated sans typeface family Diodrum at Indian Type Foundry.
    • In 2015, Jérémie Hornus and Clara Jullien co-designed Eurosoft (Indian Type Foundry). Eurosoft is an elliptical monoline techno sans typeface family that is especially attractive in the heavier weights.
    • Volkart (2015, Indian Type Foundry). An 18-style neo-grotesk.
    • At Indian Type Foundry, Jérémie Hornus and Julie Soudanne co-designed the Spencerian calligraphic copperplate style script typeface Spencerio (2016).
    • Tabular (2016): a monospaced programming font by Jérémie Hornus and Julie Soudanne for Indian Type Foundry.
    • Intercom (2016). A bare bones sans with tapered terminals and very short ascenders and descenders.
    • In 2016, as Black Foundry, Jeremie Hornus, Gregori Vincens, Yoann Minet, and Roxane Gataud (and possibly Riccardo Olocco) designed the free Google web font Atma for Latin (in comic book style) and Bengali.
    • Switzer (2015-2021, Fontshare). A free 18-style neo-grotesk, named Switzer for its Swiss style roots. The terminals are slightly rounded and the appearance is timeless. This seems to Hornus's take on Helvetica.
    • In 2016, Google Fonts published the free Latin / Bengali signage font Galada (2015). It is based on Pablo Impallari's Lobster (for Latin). The Bengali was developed as a studio collaboration by Jeremie Hornus, Yoann Minet, and Juan Bruce at Black Foundry in France.
    • In 2016, he designed the connected calligraphic script typeface Rosaline (free version at Fontshare) and the heavy slab serif poster typefaces Thug and Thug Rough for Indian Type Foundry. Github link.
    • In 2016, Julie Soudanne and Jérémie Hornus designed the condensed movie title and credit typeface Title.
    • Alpinist (2016) is a humanist sans with a small x-height optimized for magazine design and other editorial applications. The edges are slightly rounded for easy reading. Designed by Jeremie Hornus and Alisa Nowak. Somehow, it evolved into Alpino at Fontshare.
    • In 2016, Gaetan Baehr and Jeremie Hornus co-designed Hate at Indian Type Foundry. This is the best Halloween and horror movie font ever made, period. The font has 510 glyphs, and each letter has three variants. Letters have spooky-looking hairs or roots sprouting from their zombie outlines.
    • Supreme (2016-2021, by Jérémie Hornus and Ilya Naumoff at Fontshare). A 14-style engineering sans with straight-sided almost monolinear letters.
    • In 2017, Jérémie Hornus, Théo Guillard, Morgane Pambrun, Alisa Nowak and Joachim Vu co-designed Bespoke Sans, Bespoke Serif and Bespoke Slab at Fontstore / Fontshare. In 2020, Bespoke Stencil was added.
    • In 2017, Jérémie Hornus, Julie Soudanne and Alisa Nowak designed the attractive titling didone typeface Zesta.
    • Associate Sans (2019, Jérémie Hornus and Alisa Nowak). A sans family with an American gothic look. Matching font families include Associate Slab, Associate Sans Stencil, Associate Slab Stencil, and Associate Sans Mono.
    • Diodrum Rounded (2020, by Manushi Parikh, Jérémie Hornus, Clara Jullien and Alisa Nowak). A spurless organic sans family.
    • Zodiak (2021, Jérémie Hornus, Gaetan Baehr, Jean-Baptiste Morizot, Alisa Nowak, and Théo Guillard at Fontshare). A free 24-style text family with Century-like newspaper roots and sturdy bracketed slab serifs that was originally named Claire (2020).

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    Jean Joveneaux

    Author of La lettre dans la peinture et la publicité (1957, Editions Charles Massin, Paris: see also here and here). His Futura Stencil-like Le Pochoir (plate 40) was digitally remade by Toto as Le Pochoir (2011), and also by Jan Gerner as Pochoir (2006). Author also of La lettre dans le décor. An art deco typeface from that book was digitally revived by Toto and Dick Pape in 2011 under the name La lettre dans le décor. Free download here.

    The alphabets of La lettre dans la peinture et la publicité (1957) include many styles, from art deco to blackletter, Victorian and retro. Joveneaux gave them names, so I will list them in alphabetical order: 1erEmpire, AnDeGrace1320, Antiquites, Aquarium, ArtsGraphiques, BalDeNuit, Bar, BeauxArts, Cafe, CompositionDecorative, Constellation, CoursDeStenotypie, DerniereHeure, EclairageFluorescent, Editorial, ElectroStatique, EnExclusivite, Exposition, Illustration, InitiationSportive, JeuDeDominos, LaGrandeParade, LePochoir, LettresOrnees, Massif, Meubles, ModeDEte1950, Motos, Nouvelle, Ordonnance, OrpheeAuxEnfers, PrestigeDeLaSoie, Promotion52, RealisationsGraphiques, RobesDEte, SalonMai1953, Samedi23Mai1953, TissusTousColoris, TouteUneGammeDeLaines, ZoneInterdite. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Jeff Levine
    [Jeff Levine: Stencil typefaces]

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    Jeff Levine
    [Jeff Levine: The Eckhardt Series]

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    Jeff Levine
    [Jeff Levine: Signage]

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    Jeff Levine: Signage
    [Jeff Levine]

    Signage typography has also attracted the attention of Jeff Levine. Here are some typefaces in that category: Brushmark JNL, Dollar Days JNL (2015, based on the National Show Card Writer sign making set), Cleveland Neon JNL (2016, based on the art deco neon sign for the iconic Clevelander Hotel located in the Art Deco district of Miami Beach), Dubois JNL (2007: DuBois JNL is based on hand lettering designed by Albert DuBois of New York City, and originally titled Round Block, which was found in an old sign painting design book from the early 1900s and has been translated to digital form by Jeff Levine), Eckhardt Brushletter JNL (2011), Eckhardt Casual JNL (2011), Haute Couture JNL (2009; see Signboard JNL for similar lettering), Koehler Sans (2006, a grotesk inspired by a set of cardboard sign kit letters made by the Koehler Sign Company of Missouri in the late 1940 or early 1950s), Laughter JNL (2011), Lettering Project JNL (2015, based on one of the many sign making kit templates made by the Wood-Regan Instrument Company also known as Wrico), Merchandising JNL (2014, brush signage script), Moving Headlines JNL (2015: a marquee lightbulb font inspired by the news ticker at Times square and the 1933 Warner Bothers film Picture Snatcher starring James Cagney), Night Sign JNL (2011, neon sign font), Sheldrake JNL (2006, condensed; the outline version is Sign Decal JNL, 2009), Sign Artist (2006), Sign Crafter JNL (2009, and its reworking, Sign Trade JNL), Sign Crafters JNL (2011), Sign Display Casual JNL (2014), Sign Engraver JNL (2011, a rounded sans), Sign Kit (2006, based on the Webway Font Cabinet sign lettering system), Sign Letters JNL (2016, based on the decals manufactured by the Duro Decal Company of Chicago), Sign Maker JNL (2009), Sign Project JNL (2011, based on decals by the Meyercord Decal Company of Chicago), Sign Sans JNL (2016), Signboard JNL (2008, based on die-cut cardboard display lettering once made by the Duro Decal Company (now Duro Art Industries) of Chicago), Signed JNL (2005), Sign Letterer JNL (2010), Sign Merchant JNL (2013), Sign Painter JNL (2010, based on a sales catalog sheet from the American Decalcomania Company, ca. 1950), Signed Production JNL (2009), Sign Shop JNL (2010, retro), Sign Card JNL (2011, mad by adding slabs to Sign Shop JNL), Sign Designer JNL (2012), Sign Man JNL (2010, hairline face), Sign Writer JNL (2012), Stock Signs JNL (2011), Market JNL (2009), Waite Park JNL (2010, also based on the Webway Font Cabinet sign lettering system), Fountain Service JNL (2010). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Jeff Levine: Stencil typefaces
    [Jeff Levine]

    Jeff Levine may well be the most prolific stencil font designer alive today. His passion for this nook of type design is clear from his writings. The stencil typefaces made by Jeff Levine include Adverse Stencil JNL, Advertising Stencil JNL (2019), Amateur Stencil JNL (2010), Amusement Ride Stencil JNL (2016), Art Event JNL (2021: a Futura Black typeface see on a a 1930s WPA (Works Progress Administration) poster advertising), Artwork Stencil JNL (2018, based on an art deco stencil alphabet by Georges Léculier, 1939), Aussie Stencil JNL (2020), Back Lot Stencil JNL (2021: a hand lettered slab serif stencil design based on the titles and credits from the 1954 film Human Desire), Baggage Claim JNL (2021), Basic Stencil JNL (2018: based on a stencil sold by Dymo ca. 1968), Belle Epoque Stencil JNL (2019: based on an old ad for Cointreau Triple Sec Liquor), Bold Metal Stencil JNL (2017), Book Report (2006), Another Stencil JNL (2014), Antique Stencils JNL (2013), Antique Stencil Borders JNL (2018), Antique Stencil Borders Two JNL (2020), Aussie Stencil JNL (2020), Boot Camp JNL (2012, army stencil based on a set of vintage brass interlocking stencils made by the Stafford Manufacturing Company), Brass Stencil (2011, an army stencil face), Brassmark Stencil JNL (2015), Brattleboro Stencil JNL (2015, after a stencil punch die manufactured by S.M. Spencer & Co. of Brattleboro, VT, circa 1868), British Stencil JNL (2010), Cardboard Cutouts JNL (2007), Cartage Stencil JNL (2018), Carton Stencil JNL (2013), Case Closed (2011), Casemark Stencil JNL (2019: after an image of a hand made antique shipping stencil used by the Bridgeport Brass Company of Bridgeport, CT), Casual Stencil JNL (2013), Censorship JNL (2011), Clarenwood Stencil JNL (2015), Class Project (2006), Claim Check JNL (2009), Classroom Stencil JNL (2016), Cold Case JNL, Common Stencil JNL (2016, a grungy military stencil), Condensed Stencil JNL (2011), Confirmation JNL (2008), Corporal JNL (2009), Craft Project (2006, stencil design dingbats), Crude Stencil JNL (2016), Customs Agent JNL (2021: based on a hand lettered, condensed stencil title on a movie poster for the 1950 film Customs Agent), Cut Paper Stencil JNL (2011), Czech Stencil JNL (2015, modeled after Patrona Grotesk (1930, Czechoslovakia)), Deco Revisited JNL (2020), Delivered JNL (2005), Detective Bureau JNL (2016, based on the hand-lettered title card for 1951's Detective Story directed by William Wyler), De Vinne Stencil JNL (2010), Dijon Stencil JNL (2018), Dive Gear Stencil JNL (2015), Dual Line Stencil JNL (2020), Dry Goods Stencil JNL (2019), Duffle Bag JNL (2008: military stencil), Easy Stencil JNL (2021: based on a hand lettered example from the 1922 publication Modern Show Card Writing), Educator JNL (2010), Etched Stencil JNL (2020), Euro Stencil JNL (2021), Eutaw Stencil JNL (2021: based on the cover of the folio for the Stenso School Set, ca. 1940), Evidence JNL (2009), Excess Baggage JNL (2009), Farming Stencil JNL (2014), Favorite Stencil JNL (2015, modeled after Ludlow Stencil), Federal Case JNL (2008), Flatsider JNL (2012, a blocky stencil), Flocking Stencil JNL (2020), Folk Singer JNL, Franklin Stencil JNL (2017), Freightyard Stencil JNL (2019), French Shipping Stencil JNL (2019), French Stencil JNL (2010), French Stencil Moderne JNL (2019), French Stencil Sans JNL (2015), French Stencil Serif JNL (2019), Garment Bag Stencil JNL (2019), Grounds Crew Stencil JNL (an octagonal military stencil typeface) (2021), Hand Cut Stencil JNL (2016), Handmade Stencil JNL (2021: inspired by the hand lettered opening credits of the 1954 film Human Desire), Hitchcock Stencil JNL (2016, based on on the movie poster for Alfred Hitchcock's 1955 dark comedy-thriller The Trouble with Harry), Import Stencil JNL (2019), Industrial Stencil JNL (2019), In Shipment JNL (army stencil), Interboro JNL (2010), Investigator JNL (2010), Jailbreak JNL (2010, a stencil version of his wood typeface Hoosegow), Kashigata Stencils JNL (2012: based on round Japanese stencils), Kiddie Stencil JNL (2019: based on Letters and Numbers Stencil Book by Hampton Publishing Company of New York, ca. 1948), Lancashire Stencil JNL (2021: based on a 1950 stencil by The Butterfly Brand in the UK), Lettering Guide JNL (2007), Lumberyard Stencil JNL (2016), Maintenance Stencil JNL (2021: as seen in the 1938 Three Stooges comedy Tassels in the Air), Maitre d Stencil JNL (2019, based on an alphabet by Martin Meijer from 1949), Malagueña Stencil JNL (2015, art deco), Marketing Stencil (2019), Marking Stencil JNL (2014), Mechanical Stencil JNL (2014), Mess Hall JNL (2007), Metalmark Stencil JNL (2015), Metal Stencil JNL (2011, white on black), Meter Room JNL (2015), Midwest Railway JNL (2020), Mondawmin JNL (2010), More Antique Stencils JNL (2013: dingbats), Municipal Pool JNL (2021: a geometric solid font based on cement block lettering used by the Lowell Municipal Pool in Boise, Idaho), Mystery Stencil JNL (2010), Mystery Writer JNL (2021: based on the hand lettered title from the cover of a 1947 issue of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine), Nameplate Stencil JNL (2021), Narrow Roman Stencil JNL (2015), Narrow Stencil JNL (2011), Nature Stencils JNL (2013), Nouveau Semi Stencil JNL (2017), Nouveau Stencil JNL (2017), Nouveau Stencil Ornate JNL (2019), No Parking JNL (2011), North End Stencil JNL (2019), Nottingham Stencil JNL (2011), Odd Stencil JNL (2018), Oil Barrel JNL (2011), Old Brass Stencil JNL (2021), Old Chisholm JNL (2012, an old brass ornamental stencil), Old Spur Stencil JNL (2020), Old Trail JNL (2022: based on an antique metal marking Western style stencil [circa late 1890s or early 1900s] manufactured by Wolfe Brothers, Cumberland, MD), On Your Mark JNL (2021: a stencil font based on a vintage sign for J. Yormark Shoes), Open Case JNL (2016: like Cold Case JNL (2009), it is based based on sets of lettering stencils designed and manufactured by the Huntington Oil Cured Stencil Company (originally of Huntington, New York and later of Delray Beach, Florida)), Packed JNL (2005), Paris Stencil JNL (2017), Pekoe JNL (2020: a revival of Tea Chest (1939, Robert Harling, Stephenson Blake type foundry)), Pendleton JNL (2011, an octagonal stencil typeface created from some scant images found on military machinery housed at the Marine Corps Mechanized Museum at Camp Pendleton, CA), Picturesque Stencil JNL (2019), Print Shop Stencil JNL (2013), Railyard Stencil JNL (2009), Paper Stencil JNL (2010), Parking Lot Stencil JNL (2013), Patrol Car Stencil JNL (2019), Play Day Stencil JNL (2019), Raider Stencil JNL (2016, based on the dust jacket for the 1929 Western novel The Raider by Charles Alden Seltzer), Rail Route Stencil JNL (2015), Ramshackle JNL (2010), Record Promotion JNL (2011), Refinery Stencil JNL (2018), Reform School JNL (2020), Retail Stencil JNL (2015), Ritz Stencil JNL (2011, art deco style), Road Repair JNL (2021: based on the opening credits from the 1954 film Drive a Crooked Road), Roman Stencil JNL (2016), Rubbish JNL (2007, grunge stencil), (2013), Sandwell Stencil JNL (2020), Saskatoon Stencil JNL (2015), Saw Mill Stencil JNL (2016), Schoolmarm (2006), Schoolyard Stencil JNL (2017), Science Fair (2006, a filled stencil font), Secret File JNL (2021: based on stenciled hand lettering in the credits for the 1965 Michael Caine spy thriller The Ipcress File), Shipped JNL (2005), Show Card Stencil JNL (2018), Signage JNL (2013, Futura Stencil style typeface), Sign Stencil JNL (2013), Simple Stencil JNL (2014), Sixties Stencil JNL (2014), Sloppy Stencil (2010, grunge stencil similar to Packed JNL), Soldier Stencil JNL (2018), Solid Stencil JNL (2021: after a stencil font by Robert Libauer of the Stenso Lettering Company, 1962), Spur Stencil JNL (2015), Stamped Brass Stencil JNL (2015), Steel Stencil JNL (2012), StencilBoard JNL (2010), Stencil Box JNL (2014), Stencil Chamfer JNL (2020), Stencil Cutter JNL (2019), Stencil Deco (2008, a modification of Cardboard Cutouts JNL), Stencil Decor JNL (2019), Stencil Designs JNL (2012, vintage dingbats), Stencil Edition JNL (2021: based on the cover title for a 1950s British glamour magazine called Beauty Parade), Stencil Extras (2013), Stencil Gothic, Stencil Machine JNL (2013), Stencil Maker JNL (2013), Stencil Mark JNL (2011, based on a stencil by Meyer and Wenthe from Chicago), Stencil Modernistic JNL (art deco), Stencilbats JNL (2005), Stencil Monograms JNL (2011), Stencil Package JNL (2015, after a 1955 example by the Stencil-It company), Stencil Piece JNL (2016), Stencil Plate JNL (2013), Stencil Press JNL (2011, based on just a few existing sample punches from a 1920s stencil machine made by the Diagraph-Bradley company), Stencil Product JNL (2018), Stencil Project JNL (2013, stencil ornaments), Stencil Set JNL (2013), Stencil Sheet JNL (2013), Stencilvania JNL (2006), Stencil Work JNL (2014), Stenson (2006, a stencil seen in rubber stamp shops), Storage (2006), Stovepipe Stencil JNL (2017), Streamlined Stencil JNL (2015), Strong Stencil JNL (2013), Study Hall (2006), Supplier Stencil JNL (2019), Surface Stencil JNL (2016), Sussex Semi Stencil JNL (2019), Sutton Place JNL (2016), Table Fortu JNL (2008, a stunning art deco stencil), Talent Stencil (2019), Tanker Stencil JNL (2016), Teacher JNL (2009), Template Moderne JNL (2020: a stencil style in the Futura Black genre based on an etched wax stencil by the mimeograph duplicating machine manufacturer A.B. Dick), Templit JNL, Term Paper (2006), Theatrical Stencil JNL (2016), Tin Lizzie JNL (2013, stencil-style automobile logos), Tin Stencil JNL (2015), Titling Stencil JNL (2019), Tote Bag JNL (2006), Trade Stencil (2019), Tramp Steamer JNL (2007), Trencher JNL (2011, based on hand-cut stencils spray-painted onto a vintage 1947 Cleveland Trencher acquired by the Marine Corps Mechanized Museum at Camp Pendleton, CA), Trocadero JNL (2009, inspired by an early 1950s photo showing the signage for the Trocadero Restaurant located on Liberty Avenue and 23rd Street in Miami Beach), Trooper JNL (2009), JNL Turntable Stencil (2019), Tuxedo Stencil JNL (2018), Ultra Thin Stencil JNL (2012), Van Alt (2006, described as a geostencil, Futura Blacular kind of setup but from way before that style got Rennerized), Western Adventure (2006, classic stencil from the 1950s), Wine Vat Stencil JNL (2018), Wood Stencil (2019), Work Crew Stencil JNL (2015), Xmas Stencils JNL (2007, stencil dingbats). 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    Jeff Levine: The Eckhardt Series
    [Jeff Levine]

    Between 2006 and 2009, Jeff Levine published the Eckhardt Series, named after his friend Albert Eckhardt, Jr. (1929-2005) who had owned Allied Signs in Miami, Florida from 1959 until his passing. Several fonts by Jeff Levine are based on lettering found in an old sign painting book:

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    Jeff Marshall
    [Marshall Artz]

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    Jeff Walters

    Designer in Boulder, CO, who made the signage typeface Bodega (2010). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Jefri Dwi Alfatah
    [Bluestype Studio (was: Jefri Design)]

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    Jeremy Vessey
    [Hustle Supply Co]

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    Jerry Berg
    [Art and Sign Unlimited]

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    Jess Latham
    [Blue Vinyl]

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    Jesse M. Ragan

    Originally from North Carolina (b. 1979), Jesse Ragan studied type design at Rhode Island School of Design. After college, Jesse designed typefaces at Hoefler&Frere-Jones, where he had a hand in Gotham, Archer, and several other families. Since 2005, he has worked independently in Brooklyn, developing typefaces and lettering for a variety of clients. His work can be found at Font Bureau, House Industries, and Darden Studio. He also teaches typeface design at Pratt Institute and Cooper Union. He won an award at Bukvaraz 2001 for Gotham, co-designed with Jonathan Hoefler and Tobias Frere-Jones. In 2017, he set up XYZ Type with Ben Kiel, who is based in Saint Louis, MO. XYZ Type is part of Type Network since 2018.

    His typefaces:

    • Afri Sans (2011). A custom typeface for the Museum for African Art in Manhattan.
    • Athenian Extended (2011). By Matteo Bologna and Jesse Ragan. This "playfully peculiar face" (their words) was custom designed for Typography 32, the annual of the Type Directors Club. A revival of the 19th century classic Athenian.
    • Cedar. An angular typeface designed during his studies at RISD. It was later published at XYZ Type.
    • Epiphany (2001). A hookish face.
    • Export (2012). A vernacular typeface based on signage seen in New York's Chinatown. This all caps typeface features square counters and comes with a stencil version.
    • Hoefler & Frere-Jones, 2001-2005. Assistance with the production of several typefaces at HFJ: As a full-time typeface designer for Hoefler & Frere-Jones from 2001 to 2005, I designed a full type family for Smirnoff Vodka (art directed by J. Walter Thompson and H&FJ). Working closely with Tobias Frere-Jones and Jonathan Hoefler on a number of other typefaces, I designed bits and pieces such as hairline weights, Italics, and news grades. These include Mercury, Chronicle, Hoefler Titling, Sentinel, Surveyor (2014)), Gotham, and Archer (a type family done for Martha Stewart Living and designed with Hoefler and Frere-Jones).
    • Omnes (2006). A monowidth rounded sans designed by Joshua Darden. Ragan assisted in the production and design process.
    • Ruzicka Collection (2012). Digital versions of the alphabets shown in Rudolf Ruzicka's 1968 portfolio Studies in Type Design. This collection led in 2018 to the robust 12-style typeface family Study at XYZ and in 2020 at MyFonts.
    • Showcard Stunt (2008). Lower case of a comic book/signage typeface originally drawn by Ken Barber, House Industries. Inspiration from Dom Casual (1950s, Peter Dombrezian).
    • Smirnoff (2003). A custom typeface commissioned by J. Walter Thompson for Smirnoff.
    • The Bruins (2006). An athletic lettering typeface commissioned by Reebok for The Boston Bruins in 2007-2008.
    • USA Today Condensed (2012). He writes: I designed this headline typeface for the dramatic relaunch of USA TODAY, which was overseen by Wolff Olins. The condensed style complements the paper's proprietary version of Futura, but without resorting to the familiar elliptical shapes of Futura Condensed.
    • V Magazine (2011). A condensed high-contrast fashion mag headline typeface done for V Magazine.
    • Carlstedt Script (2013, with Ben Kiel: a custom signage typeface for Aldo Shoes based on the handwriting of Swedish illustrator Cecilia Carlstedt). Cortado Script (2014) was designed by Jesse Ragan and Ben Kiel. It too was inspired by Cecilia Carlstedt's hand-painted lettering and is quite close to Carlstedt Script.
    • In 2017, Jesse Ragan published Aglet Slab and Export at XYZ Type. In 2019, he added Aglet Sans, and in 2020 Aglet Mono. The three Aglet families explore roundness. Aglet Mono, in particular is quite striking, and could be useful for programmers.
    • Escalator and Elevator (2021). Two multipurpose geometric sans families following in the footsteps of Block and Futura. Ragan writes: Escalator & Elevator grew from a client commission to replicate existing signage for the renovation of a landmark New York City skyscraper. They take inspiration from prefabricated letterforms of the 1950s, which manufacturers offered in so-called Block and Futura styles, by swapping in a few different shapes. Our interpretation increases the distinction between the two styles, pulling from surplus glyphs created for customizations of the design for other clients. No one really needs another geometric sans, but Escalator & Elevator claim their own aesthetic territories in an abundant genre. Both families are delivered as variable fonts, providing full access to a wide weight range. The optical size axis addresses the specific needs of different type sizes with adjustments to the structure, tapering, and spacing. From small text to the appropriately-named Huge, these typefaces evoke architectural lettering and the era of phototypesetting.
    • Polymode Sans (2021, by Jesse Ragan and Ben Kiel). A variable font with a realness axis.

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    J.F.Y. Daniel Gauthier
    [GautFonts]

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    Jill Bell
    [Jill Bells's Cyberstudio]

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    Jill Bells's Cyberstudio
    [Jill Bell]

    A graduate of UCLA and Otis/Parsons, Los Angeles-based Jill Bell has worked as a graphic artist, primarily creating letter forms, logotypes, signage, calligraphic elements, icons, and handwriting pieces, starting ca. 1980. At one point, she worked as sign painter in a shop and as a production artist for Saul Bass.

    Original fonts and artwork by Jill Bell include It's A Breeze, ITC Clover (1997), ITC Gigi (1995), ITC Hollyweird (1995), ITC Carumba (1995), ITC Caribbean (1996), ITC Smack (1995, ink-stain typeface), ITC Stranger (1997), Jill's Miro, Bruno (handwriting font), Swank (2000, Agfa: a fuzzy-edged calligraphic font).

    At TypeCon 2016 in Seattle, she had a timely talk: The Best of Clients at the Craziest Time: Hand-lettering & Font Design for the Trump Hotels. The abstract: It began with creating a logotype for The Spa by Ivanka Trump. The lettering was so well received by Ivanka, their ad agency and others running the Trump hotel empire that Bell's lettering quickly became the de facto style for their current advertising and branding: from hand-lettered headlines to a font to be used throughout the Trump hotels.

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    Jim Lyles

    Type designer (b. 1955, Indiana) who lives in Michigan City, IN. While living in NYC, he began working for Mergenthaler Linotype, learning the craft of letter drawing and typeface design. For the next 32 years, Jim worked in the Type group at both Linotype and Bitstream. When Monotype acquired Bitstream early 2011, Jim chose to go solo by founding Stiggy & Sands together with Brian Bonislawsky. He is also a partner at BluHead Studio, where he digitizes old photo fonts by Joseph Churchward. Jim is also active in Stuart Sandler's Filmotype project, where he has resurrected several typefaces, including Filmotype Reef and Filmotype Jade.

    At Bitstream, he did in-house work, and had his signature on Candy Bits (1996, an M&M simulation font), Prima Sans (1998), Prima Serif (1998), Prima Sans Monospace (Bitstream, with Sue Zafarana, 1998) and Bitstream Vera (2003).

    According to Lyles, Bitstream Vera is actually a detuned Bitstream Prima. Gnome asked that we modify some of the characters in the monospace, particularly for coding legibility. We added a center dot to the zero and modified the lcase l to distinquish it from the figure one. Although I designed Vera (Prima), it was actually Sue Zafarana who adapted it to a mono version, at times a very challenging task. The Vera fonts are also here.

    Vera Sans is at the basis of Menlo (2009), a Snow Leopard system font, about which Apple writes: Apple's Menlo is based upon the Open Source font Bitstream Vera and the public domain font Deja Vu.

    He revived some Filmotype fonts from the 1950s: Filmotype Jade (2012, based on an original connected script typeface from 1955), Filmotype Reef (2011), Filmotype MacBeth (2007), and Filmotype Austin (2009, brush face).

    In 2012, he created a gracious upright script face, Stalemate, which can be downloaded from Google Web Fonts.

    The upright connected script Grand Hotel (2012, Google Web Fonts, with Brian Bonislawsky for Astigmatic) finds its inspiration from the title screen of the 1937 film "Cafe Metropole" starring Tyrone Power. The free Rum Raisin was published at Astigmatic One Eye.

    Stiggy & Sands is the American type foundry of Brian Bonislawsky and Jim Lyles, est. 2013. Their first commercial typefaces, all jointly designed, are Luckiest Guy Pro (a fat comic book font based on vintage 1950s ads) and Marcellus Pro (a flared roman inscriptional typeface with both upper and lower case, originally published in 2012 by Astigmatic; CTAN link).

    At Hamilton Wood Type, he designed HWT Roman Extended Fatface (2014), which is based on 19th century didone wood styles.

    In 2016, Brian J. Bonislawasky and Jim Lyles published the rugged octagonal mega typeface family Tradesman and the techno typeface Offroad at Grype.

    In 2018, he published the connected script typeface Michiana Pro at BluHead Studio.

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    Jim Lyles
    [Stiggy & Sands]

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    Jim Spiece
    [Spiece Graphics]

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    JNP Studio
    [Juan Pablo Bello]

    Art director in Santiago, Chile. Designer of the dry brush fonts Zeyk Brush (2016) and Bruship (2015), the avant-garde font Decad (2016), and the signage typeface Great Man (2016).

    In 2017, he designed the dynamic hand-printed Boluda. Behance link. Behance link for JNP Design. Creative Market link for JNP Studio. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Joe Clark
    [Joe Clark: Type in the Toronto subway]

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    Joe Clark: Type in the Toronto subway
    [Joe Clark]

    Joe Clark tells us about the typeface used in the Toronto subway: The Toronto subway has a typeface all its own. You can compare it to a few other fonts, but no other typeface is exactly the same. And, for 50 years, pretty much the only place you found it was on permanent, virtually indestructible wall signage. The typeface, in its original form, is a geometric sansserif in upper case only, with ten numerals, ampersand, period, and apostrophe, and an arrow (though a few other arrows are found on period signage). The typeface is often misidentified at Gill Sans, a typeface that will later become important in TTC typographic history. Even highly expert designers have misidentified the typeface as Gill. Vaguely comparable typefaces are Verlag, Bernhard Gothic, Metro, Neutraface, and Eagle. [...] By all accounts, no one alive today knows who designed the Toronto subway typeface. The original drawings (TTC 1960) do not credit an artist. (Since the drawings are dated 1960.12.12, they were drawn after the first installation of letters on a subway wall. That makes the absence of credit even more surprising; it may mean the designer had already been forgotten six years after the subway opened.) The subway typeface does not have a name, although the TTC claims (2007a) it is known internally as the Station font. That name has not taken root with transit fans outside the TTC. No stable name for the typeface in common use apart from "the TTC font." [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Joel Maillot
    [Atelier de Design Holistique]

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    John Lindstrom

    American designer of the signage typeface Beppo (2016). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    John Merrifield
    [Stiff Upper Glyph]

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    John Moore

    Born in 1951, John Moore is a Venezuelan type designer. He studied graphic design in the Institute of graphic design Neumann from 1972 until 1976. In 1980 he took a workshop with Milton Glaser and since 1983 he has worked as an art director and creative director in many advertising agencies. He designs type since 1976.

    His typefaces Gordis (a fattish comic book family) and Tepuy won awards at Tipos Latinos 2008 in the non-text and experimental typeface categories, respectively. At Tipos Latinos 2010, he won twice in the display category, for Victorina and Radio Time.

    His typefaces: (New) Maracay (2013, a large layered Victorian signage family), Fine Art OT (2013, brushy typeface), Roadline Italic (2013, a retro script), JMTF Robin (2013, a layered post-modernist display family), Virgin Script (2013), Radio Time (2013, fat retro signage script), Radio Time Icons (2013), Palaima (2013, an aboriginal style face), Factor (2012, a layered geometric font), Onda (2012, a wavy psychedelic face), Blockee (2012), Aliykit Open (2012, a multiline typeface), VE Inconexa (2006, outline architectural face), VE Makiritare (2006, a double labyrinthine script that is based on symbolisms used by the Makiritare or Yecuana, river people who live in the village of Santa Maria de Erebato in the Venezuelan jungle on the border with Brazil), VE Moho (2006; or simply Moho in 2014), VE Palaima (2006, futuristic, Amazonian), Radio Time (fifties style script, with Alejandro Paul at Sudtipos), Fruta (stencil, influenced by Glaser?), Glaser Stencil Round, Gothike (sharp-edges), Aqua (ultra round), Club, Caracas (sans; +Caracas Pro, 2015; see also Caracas Stencil Pro, 2015), Factor (hookish), Space Lab (futuristic family), Robin (headline), Victorina (multiline Victorian poster typeface which won an award at Tipos Latinos 2010), Victorina Black Shadow (2011), Waterman (2010, a flowing undulating script family), Spacelab (2010, futuristic) and RobinBienalII (2005).

    Sudtipos sells these fonts of his via MyFonts: Makiritare (bilined, based on woven baskets), Palaima (experimental, runic), Precolombino (petroglyphs), Tepuy (rounded version of Makiritare), Roadline (2009, fifties diner font), Sacred Geo (2011, a geometric dingbat font that won an award at Tipos Latinos 2012), DeCoro (2011, art deco family), Sacred Geo Tiling (2011), Primate (2012, an African look typeface family), Morenita (2012, a connected fifties or school script), Takox (2012), Petroglifos (2012), Xtencil (2012, a rounded stencil influenced by Milton Glaser; followed by Xtencil LC and UC in 2013 and Xtencil Pro in 2015).

    Typefaces from 2014: Moho Sport Pro (layered athletic lettering typeface family), Scripta Pro and Gothic (40s-style lettering typeface inspired by the style of L.H. Copeland), InkArt Labels, Moho (named after Laszlo Moholy-Nagy), MohoBis Pro (a multilined version of Moho), Moho Condensed, Moho Script, Duvall (named after Edward J. Duvall, who published Modern Sign Painting in the late 1940s; Duvall won an award at Tipos Latinos 2014).

    In 2015, the Moho series continued with Moho Style. He also made Arthaus (2015, a fantastic Bauhaus font family inspired by Herbert Bayer's universal alphabet), MyCard (a techno type), NeoScript Pro and Hierra (after a font by Dan Solo) in 2015.

    In 2016, he designed Artime (a sci-fi font), Virtual.

    Typefaces from 2017: FunFont (cartoon style).

    Klingspor link. MyFonts link. Behance link. Poster.

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    John Nahmias
    [Jonah Fonts]

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    John Roshell

    Designer (b. 1970, Mountain View, CA) of many (most) fonts at Comicraft, a comic book font outfit in Los Angeles, CA, a company he cofounded with Richard Starkings in 1992.

    Some fonts: Altogether OOky, Addams-AltogetherOoky, Addams-Capitals, Addams-Regular, CCBithead-Bark, CCBithead-Byte, CC Bryan Talbot (2008, created for Bryan Talbot's Alice in Sunderland), CCHooky-Open, CCHooky-Solid, CCAlchemite, CCChills, CCDigitalDelivery, CCDivineRight-Regular, CCDoubleBack-Future, CCDoubleBack-Past, CCElsewhere-Regular, CCFlameOn, CCFrostbite, CCGrimlyFiendish-Regular, CCJimLee, CCJoeMadInt, CCLosVampiros, CCMeanwhile, CCMeltdown, CCMonsterMash, CCSpills, CCSplashdown, CCStormtrooper (1997), CCTheStorySoFar-Regular, CCThrills, CCToBeContinued, WildAndCrazySFX. With Richard Starkings, he designed Achtung Baby (2001), Adamantium and DoubleBack in 2001 for Agfa/Monotype. Other designs: Dave Gibbons (2006), UpUpAndAway (2005), Forked Tongue (2005), Paranoid Android (2005), Snowmany Snowmen (2005), Gibbous (2006), Astronauts in Trouble, Chatterbox, Red Star, Tough Talk, Sean Phillips, Atomic Wedgie, Pass The Port, Divine Right, Shoutout, Battle Scarred, Danger Girl, Primal Scream, PhaseSonStun, Yeah Baby, Nuff Said (2005), Trick Or Treat, MonsterMash, CarryOnScreaming, Chills, Goosebumps, CreepyCrawly, GrimlyFiendish, IncyWincySpider, Spookytooth, Meltdown and TrickOrTreat dingbats, BiffBamBoom, Spellcaster, Cheese And Crackers, FaceFont, Hedge, Meanwhile, Wildwords International, Comicrazy, Storyline (2006), Happy Holidays (2007), Foom (2007).

    MyFonts sells these fonts by him: Adamantium, Alchemite, Altogether Ooky (vampire script), Area51, Aztech, Battle Cry, Bithead, Chills, Dave Gibbons, Dead Mans, Destroyer, Digital Delivery, Divine Right, Drop Case, Elsewhere, Euphoria, CC Fairy Tale (2007), Face Front, Fighting Words, Flame On, Foom, Frostbite, Gibbons Gazette (2009, Gobbledygook, Golem (2002), Grimly Fiendish, Happy Holidays, Hellshock, Hip Flask, Holier Than Thou, Hooky, Hyperdrive, Joe Kubert, Meanwhile, CCMild Mannered (2007), Monologous, Near Myth, Overbyte, Phat Boi, PhilYeh, Rough Tongue, Sanctum Sanctorum, Scott McCloud, Smash, Speeding Bullet, Spills, Splashdown, Spookytooth, Stonehenge Runes, Stormtrooper, Storyline, Thats All Folks, The Story So Far, Thingamajig, Thrills, Tim Sale, Tim Sale Brush, Timelord, Treacherous, Treasure Trove (2007), Up Up And Away, Wild And Crazy, Zzzap, Deadline (2007), Kickback (2007, with David Lloyd), Sticky Fingers (2007, scary).

    Typefaces made in 2008: Ratatatat (2008), CC Mad Scientist (2008), HammerHorror (2008), EnemyLines (2008, based on WWII lettering used by the nazis), Cutthroat Lower (2008), Philyeh (2008), Doohickey Lower (2008), CC Sign Language (2008, fruit vendor lettering).

    Typefaces made in 2009: SpillProof (2009), Slaphappy (2009), Hooky (2009, spraycan style), Long Underwear (2009), Digital Delivery (2009), Grande Guignol (2003, art nouveau), Bronto Burger (2009), Elsewhere (2009, art nouveau), Exterminate (2009, stone carving face), You Blockhead (2009), CC Rugged Rock (2009),

    Creations in 2010: Wild Words Lower (2010), Back Beat (2010), Rick Veitch (2010, based on the lettering of comic book artist Rick Veitch), Credit Extension (2010), Shiver (2010, with Richard Starkings), Shake (2010, with Richard Starkings), Elephantmen (2008-2010, squarish family).

    Contributions from 2011: Knobbly Knees, Ed McGuinness (comic book script family), Big Top, Clean Cut Kid, Dash Decent (a very round almost-bubblegum family), Fancy Pants (connected script), Goth Chic (blackletter).

    Fonts from 2012: Lunar Modular, Lunar Orbiter, Lunar Rover, Geek Speak, Ancient Astronaut, Totally Awesome (comic book caps face).

    Fonts from 2013: Samaritan and Samaritan Tall (with Richard Starkings), Ghost Town (a family of seven gold rush era typefaces), Colleen Doran (a comic book family: A Distant Soil is a classic bold and beautiful science fiction/fantasy comic book series by creator, writer, artist and letterer Colleen Doran. A Distant Soil is being remastered and re-released by those awfully nice chaps at Image Comics and Colleen commissioned Comicraft to create the definitive bold and beautiful Colleen Doran font, based on her original pen lettering), Mega City (an elliptical in-your-face advertising signage typeface family), Soliloquous (fat rounded hand-printed comic book family), Excalibur Stone, Excalibur Sword, Legendary Legerdemain (+Leggy), Cool Beans (beatnik font).

    Fonts from 2014: Shaky Kane (based on the comic books by that name), Resistance Is Lowered (techno), Hero Sandwich Ingedients, Hero Sandwich Combos (a layered set of informal typefaces combined in many ways), Monstrosity (a ghoulish typeface), HighJinks, Onomatopedia, Killzone, Killswitch, Killjoy.

    Fonts from 2014: Mike Kunkel (based on the hand of comic book artist Mike Kunkel).

    In 2015, John Roshell (Comicraft) created the comic book typeface family The Sculptor based on Scott McCloud's lettering. Other fonts from 2015 include AB Flock Poster, Hypnotique, Samaritan Lower (by Richard Starkings and John Roshell), Graveyard Smash, Maladroit, Extra Extra (pen-lettered newspaper headline font family), Merry Melody, Temporal Shift and Temporal Gap (computer emulation typeface), Temporal Shift and Temporal Gap Expanded, Temporal Shift and Temporal Gap Compressed, Danger Girl Hex (with Jeffery Scott Campbell), J. Scott Campbell Lower (with Jeffery Scott Campbell).

    Typefaces from 2016: Victory Speech Lower, Man Of Tomorrow, Thrills, Holy Grail, A Likely Story, Victory Speech, Questionable Things (with Richard Starkings), The Story Begins + Ends, Pixel Arcade (video game font), Schadenfreude (octagonal style), Vengeance Is Mine.

    Typefaces from 2017: Right In The Kisser, Music To My Eyes">, True Believer.

    Typefaces from 2018: Metcon (+a stencil version, Metcon Rx), Summer Fling, Samaritan Tall Lower (by Starkings and Roshell), Blah Blah Upper (by John Roshell and Richard Starkings), Ultimatum, Wuxtry Wuxtry (art nouveau), Single Bound (a sans), Evil Doings (by Richard Starkings and John Roshell), Prince of Darkness (a gothic layered font family), Empire State Gothic, Empire State Deco.

    Typefaces from 2019 by John Roshell: Whatchamacallit (a variable cartoon sans with weight, width and italic axes), Ask For Mercy, Excelsius, Space Race, When Suddenly.

    Typefaces from 2020: FX Machina (squarish, octagonal), Origin Story, Cybervox, CCQuigglesmith (a beatnik font), Ripped Bam Boom, Dynamic Duo, If This Be Doomsday, Elektrakution (a Greek simulation font family by Richard Starkings and John Roshell), Whatchamacallit, CCMighty Mouth, This Man This Monster (by John Roshell and Richard Starkings), Simply Marvelous, Meanwhile Uncial, Transylvanian (a jungle font), Shark Snack, Letterhack Sans, Letterhack Serif.

    Typefaces from 2021: Ultimatum MFV (a 21-style chamfered military typeface family including several stencil fonts), Grim N Gritty, Richard Starkings Brush (a comic book typeface by Richard Starkings and John Roshell), Scoundrel (a comic book face by Richard Starkings and John Roshell), Tall Tales (a fat finger font).

    Typefaces from 2022: Beyond Belief.

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    John Studden

    Sign artist in Burbank, CA who runs L.A. Signs and Graphics on E. Verdugo Avenue there. MyFonts link. All his fonts are commercial, and can be bought from Letterhead Fonts (LHF). He specializes in signage and retro typefaces. Perhaps his best-selling typeface is Classic Caps (2002). Other typefaces: Casablanca (2003), LHF Ephemera (2002, calligraphic), LHF Ballpark Script (2001, connected signage script), Goldsmith (2003), New Trajan (2002, based on Roman lettering found on buildings), Aristocrat (2002, inspired by a 1930s ad for swallow motorcycles), Big Top (2002, a circus headline font), Bulldog, Burbank (modeled after fire truck lettering), Classic Roman, Light Face Roman (2003), Fairground, Havana, Hertford, Corrie (2004, a roman titling face), The Bat (2004, inspired by lettering of Al Imelli), Pullman Train (2003), Labelle (2003, inspired by a Peace Time cigar label), Stetson (2004, an elegant all-caps display face), Brough Superior (2004), Classic Caps (2006, for Western style signs), Diploma (2006), Watrin (2006), Hamilton Ornate (2006, late 19th century ornamental style), Mackinlay (2006), Hamilton Nailhead (2006), Palms Bold (2006, wood type), Square Block (2006), Bank Note (2006, all-caps pair of typefaces that includes an outline), Gilmore (2006, wood type), Booth (2006, an artsy modern-serifed headline face), LHF Citizen (2007), LHF Prince (2007), LHF Vienna (2007), LHF Victoria (2007, art deco), LHF Roebuck, LHF Quaker (2007, elegant and artsy), LHF Prince (2007, inspired by the old "Farmer's Deposit National Bank" stock certificates), LHF Gilmore (2007), LHF Jumbo (2007, heavy Egyptian), LHF Conservatory (2008, a tall serif face), LHF Iron Horse (2008) and Shopfront (2002).

    In 2014, John Studden and Dave Parr co-designed the Victorian display typeface family LHF Blackstone and the retro script LHF Heller's Script. Studden also finished LHF Iron Knight in 2014.

    In 2011, J.M. Bergling's work (early 1900s) inspired the development of LHF Monogram Circle, LHF Monogram Diamond, and LHF Monogram Oval.

    In 2015, John Studden designed the Western Tuscan typeface LHF Nugget. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    John Sullivan
    [Pixel Moshpit]

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    John Vargas Beltrán

    Colombian type and graphic designer (b. 1974, Bogota), who graduated from Universidad Nacional de Colombia (1997). Co-founder of ADG Colombia (Colombian Association of Graphic Designers). He was studying for a Postgraduate degree in Type Design at UBA (Universidad de Buenos Aries) in Argentina. He currently lives in BuenosAires.

    Designer of the minimalist rounded display typeface Conectiva (1998), the informal signage script Salsa (2011, inspired by the old LP album covers from the 1970s), the retro comic book typeface Boogaloo (2010, free at Google Web Fonts), and the early 20th century-look face Cambalache (2008-2011). Creator with Nicolás Silva Schwarzenberg of the free upright italic sans typeface Convergence (2011, Google Web Fonts).

    In 2012, Macondo---which was started in 1997---was published at Google Web Fonts, together with Macondo Swash Caps. John writes about this art nouveau pair: The forms are inspired by some illustrations created for a tarot card game, itself inspired by the work of Colombian literature Nobel prize winning author, Gabriel García Márquez, Cien Años de Soledad. Macondo won an award in the display type category at Tipos Latinos 2012.

    Still in 2012, he published Germania One at Google Web Fonts---an angular typeface that is a hybrid between blackletter and sans serif, and looks like the signage on many German pubs. Cygnus (2012) is a futuristic typeface. Dulcinea Serif (2012) is an uncial typeface. Cabriolet (2012) is the standard Detroit car emblem type used on cars in the 1950s and 1960s.

    In 2013, John Vargas Beltran created the fifties automobile or diner script Cabriolet V8.

    In 2014, he returned to African themes, perhaps jarred by the death of Nelson Mandela. His first typeface of the year is Kalimba (named after an African percussion instrument), which comes in several textured styles called Masai, Kingombo and Nenyanga. Guadalupana (2014) is based on bronze ecclesiastical letters found in the Virgin Guadalupe basilica in Mexico, designed in 1976 by Pedro Ramirez Vazquez. Tequendama is a squarish inline typeface that is rooted in pre-Columbian pre-hispanic Muisca tribal art.

    Typefaces from 2015: Muisca (a typeface family influenced by pre-Columbian pre-hispanic Muisca tribal art), Caminito (a layered steamboat family of typefaces based on the Fileteado Porteño art style in Argentina, as practiced today, e.g., by Alfredo Genovese).

    Typefaces from 2016: Lucky Lady (retro signage script going back to the WWII era), Cumbanchera (based on retro cover art on Latin albums), Biscayne (a Miami art deco typeface family), Lucky Lady Script (a signage script family inspired by the old, classic art and craft of brush script lettering usually applied in ads of the WWII era and 1940s), Expreso (a layered typeface family based on squarish retro urban lettering).

    Typefaces from 2017: Clair de Lune (script, for the exclusive use of Clara Dahler Design).

    Typfaces from 2018: Amaretto.

    Typefaces from 2020: Baggy (Cooper Black-inspired; he writes that if your uncle's moustache from 1974 was a font, this would be it).

    MyFonts link. MyFonts foundry link. Behance link. Klingspor link. Creative Market link. Google Plus link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Joko Setiono
    [JS Studio (was: Arttype7)]

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    Joluvian
    [Jose Luis Vivas]

    Joluvian is Jose Luis Vivas (b. 1979, Venezuela), who studied graphic design in Merida, Venezuela before traveling to the USA, Mexico, Spain and Italy. In Caracas, he worked at an ad agency. He is currently based in Madrid, where he continues his work on illustrations, signage and lettering. His typefaces:

    • In 2013, he cooperated with Alejandro Paul (Sudtipos) on the brushy packaging script Zulia Pro. This typeface has only one weight, but in its genre, it comes close to perfection.
    • Salamat (2015, with Alejandro Paul) is a connected brush script with many opentype features.
    • In 2016, Joluvian and Alejandro Paul co-designed Wink (a connected script font) and Atocha, a packaging / signage script typeface with thick generous strokes.
    • In 2017, Joluvian and Alejandro Paul co-designed Tropical. This package contains a bold, wet-looking display script, an inky, textured brush script, and hand-penned capitals with a felt-tip look.

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    Jonah Fonts
    [John Nahmias]

    Type and logotype company in Polanco (and now Mexico City), Mexico, run by John Nahmias (b. 1935, New York City). John is a graphic designer who started his career in 1952 in a New York studio with Lucian Bernhard. He left that company in 1958. He now lives in Mexico where he paints and runs his own studio. John's typefaces, mostly but not exclusively scripts, are sold by MyFonts.

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    Jonathan Stephen Harris
    [Tattoo Woo (or: JSH Creates, or: Smokewire)]

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    Jorge Cisterna Avendaño

    Chilean type designer in Santiago who created the heavy slab serif / signage typeface Bock (2008; images: i, ii, iii), the fat Muralista (2008, Latinotype), the signage font Quinchao Script (2008), and the fat slab serif typeface Bock (2011). Behance link.

    In 2011, he cofounded Los Andes Type, and published the mural and/or poster font Muralista there.

    In 2012, he published the beautiful bold round typeface Altiplanica.

    In 2015, Jorge Cisterna published the humanist sans typeface Brocha (32 styles, Latinotype), the low contrast slab serif typeface Decour, Decour Soft, and the humanist sans typeface Blanc at Latinotype.

    Typefaces from 2016: Taberna (a vintage copperplate style family based on design trends in bar signage, liquor packaging and street wear; with Rodrigo Fuenzalida), Queulat (Latinotype: a slab serif), Queulat Condensed, Cover Sans (Latinotype), Queulat Soft. A humanist geometric typeface family in which every stroke ending is horizontal or vertical.

    Typefaces from 2017: Fibra (Los Andes: a beautiful geometric sans designed for display; advertized as avant-garde, although in my view there are slightly too many curves for that label to apply), Weekly (a semi slab serif), Atlan (at Latinotype; with Daniel Hernandez). A geometric sans typeface family.

    In 2018, inspired by Herb Lubalin's serif Gothic, Jorge Cisterna and Bruno Jara co-designed the layerable font family Lumiere at Latinotype.

    Other typefaces from 2018: Cagliari (Latinotype; a display didone with high contrast, based on his earlier typeface Queulat), Recoleta (Latinotype), Fibra One (Los Andes: a display sans).

    In 2019, Jorge Cisterna and Bruno Jara developed the vintage layerable typeface Blackberry (Los Andes). Blackberry is inspired by vintage packaging and old fashion ads. It has woodtype characteristics such as angular serifs, and light and diagonal curves.

    Typefaces from 2020: Kenac (a serifed text typeface with a negative optical axis).

    Typefaces from 2021: Brutalista (a 14-style sans inspired by the architectural brutalist style).

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    Jorge Iorgaciow

    Monte Mor, Brazil-based designer of the vernacular signage typeface Toronto (2017). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Jose A. Puche
    [Kingdom Pixels (or: Reding)]

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    Jose Luis Vivas
    [Joluvian]

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    José Alberto Big Beraka Lobos
    [Beraka Fonts]

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    Joshua Korwin
    [Three Steps Ahead]

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    Joshua M. Smith
    [Legacy of Defeat]

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    Jroh Creative (was: JROH Communications)
    [Agus Zamroni]

    JROH (or JROH Creative) is a Banda Aceh, Indonesia-based group consisting of Zulhadi Usman, Mohammed Agus Zamroni, Amad Zakiy and Daryanto. Creators of the free-flowing Moonfrost (2015) and Kenzo Script (2015), the baseball script Trademark (2015), the script typefaces Meilina Fancy (2015), Britney Star (2015), Safina (2015: Script, Inline and Fancy), Melika Letter and Melika Script (2015), Lanjutin (2015), Angely Script (2015), Boldy (2015), Jack Sway (2015), Saberina (2015), Amethyst (2015), CoretKoas (2015), CandyRose (2015), Grootland (2015, brush), Sabella (2015), Wonder (2015), Merno (2015) and Fetima (2015).

    Typefaces from 2016: November Script, Sofie (brush script), Strike One (free), Esteban Script, Fitri Script, Syabab Brush Script, Aidan Romantic Script, Stonestick (brush script), Neithan (connected monoline script), Selima (free watercolor brush script by Agus Zamroni).

    Typefaces from 2017: Melika Letter (connected formal calligraphic script), Azalea Script (calligraphic), Queen Star.

    Typefaces from 2018: Trade Mark, Dublo Script, Husna Script, Evita Script, Dry Soul Script (dry brush), Queen Star.

    Typefaces from 2019: Believer, Strengthen, Puniko Rough, Selima, Retromark Script.

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    JS Studio (was: Arttype7)
    [Joko Setiono]

    Demak, Indonesia-based designer (b. 1989) of the spurred typeface Fozmi (2019) and the script typeface Mosttie (2019). In 2020, he released the formal script typeface Cathena, the Arabic emulation typeface At Tupats, the eerie typeface Stooha Mainstream, the display typeface Astone Royal, the script typefaces Cinchin, Green Afocado, Christmas Deer and Bawnee, the oriental emulation typeface Yoben, Vallenia, Vallenia Love, Crufty Craf, the soft bulky script Syarom Gladies and the script typefaces Brother Siam and Wandita.

    Typefaces from 2021: Sunia Rabica (Arabic emulation), Emoli (a 10-style rounded display sans), Original Taste (a signage script), Esdoria Journey (a swashy formal calligraphic script), Force Battle (a speed or sports font), Morning Miow (a cartoon font). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Juan Esteban Muñoz Bedoya

    Born in 1985, and located in Medellin, Colombia, this designer (aka The Recon Legend) created the signage typeface Exito Free Hand (2009), and the experimental FabianEstem (2009). Dafont page. Fontsy link. Another Dafont page. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Juan Miguel Castillo
    [Don Marciano]

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    Juan Pablo Bello
    [JNP Studio]

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    Jukebox Collection
    [Jason Anthony Walcott]

    This is the new foundry of Hollywood, CA-based Jason Walcott, who formerly ran JAW Fonts, Jukebox Type, and Counterpoint Type Studio. JAW Fonts ceased operation in 2003 and Jason reintroduced his collection of fonts in a revised form under the new name of Jukebox Type. Established in 2015, Jukebox Collection started out with these typefaces, which are mainly remastered and recycled typefaces from JAW Fonts and Jukebox Type with original designs going back to the period 2001-2007, roughly spaeking:

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    Julia Petretta (Kaestle)

    German designer who obtained an MA in typeface design from The University of Reading (2009), based on her typeface Creon. Before Reading, she studied at Hochschule Mannheim, and ran a design company there called MfG, for Mit freundlicher Gestaltung. Her Creon typeface contains Latin and Arabic alphabets, and was developed with hints of Greek.

    Free Google Web Fonts include Kenia (2010, a stencil display font with hints of blackletter), Keania One (2012: a gentler heavy stencil face), Text Me One (2012: an organic sans face), and Kreon (2011, slab serif). Other free typefaces include Lily Script One (2012: a retro signage script, free at Google Web Fonts).

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    Juliano Augusto
    [Fondue Fontes]

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    Julien Priez

    Julien Priez (b. 1986, Montreuil, France) studied typography and type design at Ecole Supérieure Estienne des Arts et des Industries Graphiques in Paris (2006, 2008). In 2010, he worked at Atelier Pierre di Sciullo in Montreuil. Recently, he was affiliated with the French type foundry FontYou. His typefaces:

    • Rag FY (2013). A wavy brush typeface co-designed by Julien Priez, Sofia Proisy and Charles Privé at FontYou.
    • Le Normandie (piano key face). Le Normandie was expanded at Fontyou in 2014 to a gorgeous display triple of fonts, Normandie FY (Modern, Gothic, Italian). Der Klaus (2011) is a blackletter version of Normandie.
    • Le Montreuil (2010). An experimental poster typeface family done at Estienne with the help of Michel Derre, Margaret Gray et Franck Jalleau.
    • Le Briqueterie (2010). Done with Pierre di Sciullo's studio: a modular pixelish family.
    • Le Baaf (2010). Done with Margaret Gray: an experimental titling face, based on the stained glass windows of a cathedral in Ghent, Belgium.
    • Le Composite (2010). An imaginary letter font made under the guidane of Michel Derre and Franck Jalleau.
    • Le Jimmy (2009). A typeface done to invoke the 1930 mafia. A beautiful idea executed with the help of Michel Derre, Margaret Gray and Franck Jalleau.
    • Typetool (2010). An ornamental caps typeface).
    • At Fontyou, Benjamin Lieb, Gia Tran and Julien Priez co-designed the hand-drawn typeface Brixton FY (2013). Not to be confused with two earlier typefaces called Brixton, one by Tom Chalky, and one by Luke Ferrand. Since two of the three Brixtons are commercial, I expected FontYou to change the name.
    • In 2014, Adrien Midzic, Jason Vandenberg, Jérémie Hornus, Julien Priez and Alisa Nowak co-designed the creamy script Vanilla FY. It was renamed Vanille FY after a few days.
    • The punchy poster typeface Kraaken FY (2014) was designed by the FontYou team of Bertrand Reguron, Alice Resseguier, Valentine Proust, Julien Priez, Gia Tran, Jérémie Hornus, and Alisa Nowak.
    • In 2014, Jeremie Hornus and Julien Priez co-designed the hairline typeface Gauthier Display FY.
    • Mandinor FY (2014) is a decorative didone typeface---it comes with separate Gothic (blackletter) and Italian (Western) variants, and is accompanied by Mandinor Ornaments FY. Still in 2014, Julien Priez, Hugo Dumont, Jérémie Hornus and Alisa Nowak co-designed Rowton Sans FY, a sans family patterned after Gill Sans in six weights, from Hairline to Bold---named after Arthur Eric Rowton Gill, it has the Gillian lower case g but italic lowercase is a bit too far afield for my own taste, especially the squeezed g.
    • Boogy Brut (2020). A pointy decorative serif with many calligraphic influences. At Bureau Brut.
    • Julien also drew many calligraphic alphabets, some of which will eventually become fonts.
    • Michel Derre and Julien Prez jointly won the Bronze Medal in the Latin category for Abelha in 2016 at the Morisawa Type Design Competition 2016.

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    Jun Herjuna
    [Thirtypath (or: Pathero Studio)]

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    Justin Greene

    Los Angeles-based designer of the handcrafted typefaces Chloe Lavender (2016, connected signage script), Black Coffee (2016), Wooden Atelier (2016, a weathered stencil font), Explore (2016), Caleb (2016, free) and Savannah (2016). He also designed the blackletter typeface Religion (2016).

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    Karla Muñoz

    Santiago, Chile-based designer of the signage display typeface Guachaca (2015). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Karl-Heinz Lange

    Type designer (b. 1929, Wiesenkirch, d. 2010) at Typoart Dresden (former East Germany).

    Karl-Heinz was enrolled in the Humanistic Gymnasium at Elbing from 1939 to 1945 and changed to the Wernigerode High School after his family had to flee to central Germany. From 1949 to 1951, Karl-Heinz Lange studied at the Werkkunstschule Halle, where one of his teachers was Professor Post. After 1951, he continued his studies at the Hochschule for Grafik und Buchkunst in Leipzig with an emphasis on book design. He received his diploma in 1955 with distinction based on his design of a hot metal typeface. From 1956 to 1961, Karl-Heinz Lange worked as a lecturer for Type and Commercial Graphics at the Hochschule für Angewandte Kunst in Magdeburg. From 1961 to 1963, he taught at the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst in Leipzig, and finally as a freelance commercial designer in Magdeburg. From 1969 to 1976 he was Artistic Director at Henschelverlag, Berlin. From 1976 until 1994 he was Professor of Type and Typography at the Fachschule für Werbung und Gestaltung in Berlin. From 2005 to 2007 he taught at the Fachhochschule Magdeburg/Stendal.

    Karl-Heinz Lange was awarded the second prize at the International Type Design Contest 1971 for a headline typeface, and, in 1984, at the XIth Biannual of Graphic Design in Brno, he won a silver medal for Publica. He created the telephone book typeface Minima and redesigned the Typoart Super Grotesk (Arno Drescher, 1930) as well as the newspaper typeface Magna (originally by Herbert Thannhaeuser). His fonts include:

    • Publika: a sans typeface developed between 1981 and 1983---this must have been one of the last big East German typefaces.... It obtained a silver medal at the Bienale of Graphic Design Brno 1984.
    • Primus (a 1962 workhorse family for the magazines in the DDR), Magna (a DDR magazine text typeface from 1968) and Typoart Super Grotesk. These metal typefaces were adapted for Phototype by Lange.
    • Minima (1984): a narrow sans designed for the DDR's telephone directory. Revived by Ralph M. Unger in 2017 as Tablica.
    • ViabellaT H Pro (2009-2016). From 2006 until 2009, Veronika Elsner and Günther Flake helped Lange with his new signage script typeface Viabella. Earlier, Elsner and Flake published Lange's Rotola (1985/2007). Viabella and Rotola were adjusted and finished after Lange's death by the type designer Björn Gogalla.
    • At the end of his life, Lange had a fruitful cooperation with Primetype. His old typefaces were revived in 2009 with the help of Ole Schäfer as Publicala [PTL Publicala has 60 typefaces], Minimala [PTL Minimala is a family of 96 fonts from Primetype] and Superla [PTL Superla has 64 styles in the geometric/Futura genre]. The first two names refer, of course, to Publika and Minima.
    • Rotula TH Pro (2016, Elsner & Flake). When first developed in 1985 at Typoart, Lange called this circle-themed psychedelic font Boutique. It was further developed by him from 2006 until 2009, and finally published by Elsner & Flake after his death in 2016.
    Obituary (in German) by Ivo Grabowitsch. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Karolina Lach

    Polish / American designer who writes: Karolina Lach is a graphic designer, web designer and typographer residing in New York. She currently works as the Senior Designer for Kiwibox Media, a social network and online magazine for teens. A graduate of The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, she has studied under Mike Essl, Emily Oberman, James Craig, Maxim Zhukov and Hannes Famira. Graduate from the type design program at the University of Reading in 2010.

    Her typefaces:

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    Karolina Petru

    Brno, Czechia-based designer of the signage typeface Vinena (2013). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Kat Rakos
    [Kat's Fun Fonts]

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    Kathy Lu

    During her studies at York University and Sheridan College in Toronto, Kathy Lu created the baseball script typeface Play Ball (2013). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Kat's Fun Fonts
    [Kat Rakos]

    Katsfunfonts had free alphadings and dingbats by "Kat Rakos". It was rumoured to go commercial, after initially having been a free font foundry from ca. 2000-2006. Dafont link. Since 2008, I have not been able to relocate the foundry. Direct access. List of fonts: Home Is Where The Heart Is, Mirror Mirror, Crayons, Wedding Bells, On The Go, Hip Star, Santa's Bag, Julie's Turtle Rescue, Holly, Eight Santas, Five Bunnies, Balloon, KRAFerretforAngel, KRAmishHeart, KRAngler, KRAnniversaryDinner, KRApple, KRArrowHeart, KRBabyBsFirstDayOut, KRBirdy, KRBirthdayCake, KRBirthdayCakeDings, KRBiteYourLip, KRBlackbird, KRBlazingSun, KRBullseye, KRBurningLove, KRButterfly, KRButterflyTwo, KRCaliforniaSun, KRCallMe, KRCameraFun, KRCandyKiss, KRCaramelApple, KRClover, KRCoffeeDings, KRCoffeeLove, KRConstruction, KRCowJuice, KRCrow, KRCupcake, KRDeclaration, KRDunkers, KREasterDings, KREasterRabbit, KREightBall, KRFathersDayDings, KRFirstBloom, KRFirstYearsDings, KRFlowerFrame, KRFooball, KRFootballFun, KRGardenforSue, KRGravestone, KRHalloweenKitten, KRHeartBalloons, KRHockeyFun, KRHoleInOne, KRHunnybee, KRIDo, KRInTheSpotlight, KR Irish Kat (2002, five fonts), KRIrishSpudman, KRKrazyKat, KRLilAngel, KRLilMikesRobot, KRLilNote, KRLincoln, KRLotsaTimeDings, KRMagicRabbit, KRMagicTea, KRMaverick, KRMoodRing, KRMorningMust, KRMothersDayDings, KRMovieTime, KRMovingDay, KRMrBunny, KRNghtsBrew, KRNicksLilRacer, KRNicksPuppy1, KRNutsy, KROffToWork, KROhMan, KROrangeBlossom, KRPRincEsS, KRPianoMan, KRPopcornTime, KRPotOGold, KRRachelsChalkboard, KRRamarasTwink, KRRibbonFrame, KRRingOShams, KRRonnysRose, KRSamisMark, KR Santas Bag, KR Saras New Kitten, KRSchoolDays, KR Scrappin Babies, KRScribbleHeart, KR Seeds, KRSeahorse, KR Shake, KRShootingStarLeft, KR Shroom (2001, psychedelic), KRSilverSpoons, KRSkooter, KR Sleep Over (2001), KRSnowboarder, KR St Patricks Day Dings (2001), KR St Patricks Frames (2002), KRStPattysHat, KRStevesSolo, KRStrawberry, KRSunnyDays, KRSwirl, KRSwordInTheStone, KRTeaTime, KRThoughts, KRThreeFlowers, KRTriton, KRTwinkTwo, KRValentineDings, KRValentineHeart, KRVotive, KRWashington, KRWeatherDings, KRWingsofLove, KRWintryMix, KRWomanOh, KRYoYo, KRZodiacDings, KRBalloon, KRCrayons, KREightSantas, KRFiveBunnies, KRHipStar, KRHolly, KRHomeIsWhereTheHeartIs, KRJuliesTurtleRescue, KRLittleLeague, KRMirrorMirror, KROnTheGo, KRSantasBag, KRSummerCandy, KRWeddingBells, KRBabiezTwo, KRBabiez, KRBackToSchool, KRBadBoyz, KRBadGirlz, KRDriverz, KRGardenz, KRGunz, KRHaHa, KRMadTeaParty, KRPeoplez, KRScrappinBabies, Batty, Birthday Letters, Cane Letters, Drak, Jigsaw Joey, Kaboomerang, Corners 2, Crescent Moons, Fruitsy, Halloween Signs 2, Happy Fruit, KR A Day At The Zoo, KR Black Kat, KR Love Letters, KR Filled With Flowers, KR That Silly Hunnybee!, KR Sara's New Kitten, KR Trilobe, KR Squished Mosquito, All Cracked Up, Love Lies Bleeding, OokieBookie, KRAllSmiles, KRChristmas2002Dings1, KRChristmas2002Dings2, KRNative, KRSillyArtPeople, KRAHuntingTheyWent2005, KRAllAboutTheHeart, KRAllAmericanAlpha, KRAllSmiles, KRAllSport, KRAnchorsAway, KRAnimalLines, KRAnimalOutlines, KRAnotherTwelve, KRArborDays, KRAstro1, KRAstro2, KRAstro2005, KRAstro3, KRAutumn2004, KRBackyardScraps, KRBalloonBunch, KRBamboo, KRBarnyardScraps, KRBigBang, KRBigCity, KRBloomBonanza, KRBooCity, KRBooLane, KRBootown, KRBooville, KRBunnyDings, KRChineseZodiacSymbols, KRChristmas2002Dings1, KRChristmas2002Dings2, KRChristmas2002Dings3, KRChristmas2002Dings4, KRChristmas2002Dings5, KRChristmasDings2004, KRChristmasDings2004Five, KRChristmasDings2004Four, KRChristmasDings2004Six, KRChristmasDings2004Three, KRChristmasDings2004Two, KRChristmasJewels20053, KRChristmasJewels20054, KRCircleScraps, KRCircularFlair, KRCivilWar, KRClassicFleur, KRClassicFleur2, KRClassicFleur3, KRClassicFleur4, KRColorMeChristmas2002, KRColorMeWindowScenes, KRCourtship, KRCrazyCrow, KRCupids2003, KRCuteAsABug, KRDecoFleurCorners, KRDreamcatcher, KREaster2003, KREasterSquares, KRFastFood, KRFireInTheSky, KRFishies, KRFlairFrenzy, KRFleurFlair1, KRFleurFlair10, KRFleurFlair11, KRFleurFlair12, KRFleurFlair13, KRFleurFlair2, KRFleurFlair3, KRFleurFlair4, KRFleurFlair5, KRFleurFlair6, KRFleurFlair7, KRFleurFlair8, KRFleurFlair9, KRFleurFlairCorners, KRFleurFlairLines, KRFleurFlairLines2, KRFleurFlairLines3, KRFloweryFleur, KRFloweryFleur2, KRFloweryFleur3, KRForYou, KRFourLittlePixies, KRFrames, KRFreeFallin, KRFromTheDeskOf, KRFromTheDeskOf2, KRFrostedCake, KRFunFrames2005, KRGetWellDings, KRGraphed, KRHarvestBounty, KRHeartalicious, KRHeartfelt, KRHeartily, KRHeartiness, KRHeartsAlong, KRHeartsGalore, KRHeartsUp, KRHomeOnTheRange, KRHousehold, KRJenTheQueenOVino, KRJointed, KRJungleScraps, KRJustDucky, KRJustTheFlowers, KRKatPeople, KRKatPeople2, KRKatWear, KRKatlingsEight, KRKatlingsEleven, KRKatlingsFifteen, KRKatlingsFive, KRKatlingsFourteen, KRKatlingsNine, KRKatlingsSeven, KRKatlingsSix, KRKatlingsSixteen, KRKatlingsTen, KRKatlingsThirteen, KRKatlingsTwelve, KRKatsCats, KRKatsGotANewValentine, KRKitchen, KRLeafyAlpha, KRLibations, KRLilBuddies, KRLilMites, KRLippy, KRLoveAngels, KRLoveStruck, KRMarkerThin, KRMedalOfHonor, KRModerna, KRMusicAngels, KRMusicalMuse, KRNADings, KRNative, KRNickysDinos, KRNickysEaster, KROffice, KROfficeParty, KROnlineLove, KROverlyCloverly, KRPartyLife, KRPenned, KRPyramid, KRRNBookplates, KRRPG, KRRachelLovesThe4th, KRRinglets, KRScrapTeddies, KRScrapTeddiesTwo, KRScrappinAnimals, KRScrappinBears, KRScrappinBunnies, KRScrappinSquares, KRScraps, KRSeemsFishyToMe, KRSignage, KRSillyArtDings, KRSillyArtHoliday, KRSillyArtPeople, KRSimpleFleur, KRSimpleFleur2, KRSimpleFleur3, KRSimpleFleur4, KRSimpleFleur5, KRSimpleFleur6, KRSketched, KRSomeFunBars, KRSpringBounty, KRSpringMe, KRSpringMeToo, KRStPats2003, KRStarryEyed, KRStarryNight, KRStarsSwirls, KRSummerGarden, KRSwashBuckler, KRTakeTheMysteryTrain, KRThanksgiving2002, KRTheEX1, KRThroughTheirEyes, KRTwinkle, KRValentine2003, KRVased, KRVeggieFrames, KRVerticalFlair, KRWelcome2003, KRWithHeart, KRWoodcutFleurs, KRYummy, KRBitsOShea, KRFloralScript, KRHeartfilled, KRKelticFive, KRKelticFour, KRKelticSix, KRKelticThree, KRKelticTwo, KRKindaFlakey, KRLittleBuzz, KRLyndasLady, KRShams, KRTigrrr, KRValentineKids2006, KRWeeFolk, KR Scrappin Animals, KRBarbed, KRCuoriDivertenti1, KRCuoriDivertenti2, KRCuoriDivertenti3, KRCuoriDivertenti4, KRCuoriDivertenti5, KRCuoriDivertenti6, KRCuoriDivertenti7, KRCuoriDivertenti8, KREastertime1, KREastertime2, KREastertime3, KREastertime4, KRLilShams1, KRLilShams2, KRLilShams3, KRLilShams4, KRLilShams5, KRLilShams6, KRLilShams7, KRLilShams8, KRLilShams9, KRSnowflakeButtons1, KRSnowflakeButtons2, KRSoftStencil, KRSpringbet07, KRBeautifulFlowers.

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    Kavoon
    [Anton Didenko]

    Moscow (was: Krasnodar), Russia-based designer of the brush script typefaces Geneva (2016, a fat signage brush font), Florence Brush (2016), Brownie Brush (2016), Jumper Script (2016), Leviafan (2016), Kelium (2016) and Milestone (2016), and the handcrafted Kelium Grotesque (2016) and Milestone Grotesque (2016).

    Typefaces from 2017: Adevale (script), Mystique Script (dry brush), Adevale Script (signage), Highlander Marker, Goliath Script, Goliath (brush script), Gineva (brush), Mystique Marker, Emerald Script (brush script), Keyline Script (brush script).

    Typefaces from 2018: Black Stone Marker (a script), Shadowy (script), Supreme (brush script), Fjord (or Fjoerd) (condensed didone), Tyrium, Zenith (brush font), Sicily Script (dry brush).

    Typefaces from 2019: Berlingo (a dry brush SVG font), Airborne (a rythmic signage script), Hidden Soul (a forceful script), HM Lemonade.

    Typefaces from 2020: Modestine (script), Rectory (a fun art deco sans that fiddles with glyph widths), Camijo (a contemporary wedge serif with angular elements), Garine (an art deco typeface with many interlocking pairs of letters), Superline (a tall sports font), Metroline (a script and condensed sans duo).

    Typefaces from 2021: Ratyin (a brush font).

    Creative Market link. Behance link. Graphicriver link. Newer Creative Market link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Kayona Alma
    [Pineung Type]

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    Ken Barber

    Letterer and type director at House Industries. He also teaches experimental typography at the Maryland Institute's College of Art. His interests include the inter-disciplinary relationship between hand-lettering and type design.

    His typefaces include Maddhouse (1994), Chalet (1996), Heads of the Household, Fink Bold (1996), Fink Brush (1996), Fink Casual (1996), Fink Condensed (1996), Fink Gothic (1996), Fink Heavy (1996), Fink Roman (1996), Fink Sans (1996). The Rat Fink series was made with Ed Roth. Part of the proceeds from each sale go to the estate of Ed "Big Daddy" Roth.

    At ATypI 2004 in Prague, he spoke about "Imre Reiner: the alphabet as art".

    Ken Barber and Tal Leming combined forces in 2008 on the signage script family Studio Lettering Swing (House). He digitized Ed Gothic and Ed Script, both originally designed by Ed Benguiat. These fonts won awards at the TDC2 2005 type competition.

    Smidgen (2011: winner of an award at TDC 2012).

    Studio Lettering Slant (2008) and Blaktur (2007) won awards at Letter2 in 2011.

    For many years, he digitized and designed fonts for House Industries. These include Sign Painter (a 9-style family), Plinc Italiano (2015: a digital revival by Steve Ross and Ken Barber at House Industries of Dave West's 1960s Photo Lettering Inc Bodoni-style italic called Italiano).

    He spoke at ATypI 2005 in Helsinki on Lettering, typography or somewhere in between.

    At ATypI 2008 in St. Petersburg, his talk (shared with Tal Leming) was entitled Pac-Man fever, quantum mechanics and the design of digital type.

    Typographic picture by TDC.

    Ken Barber interview by T. Wilkins. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Kestrel R.A. Nagoisme

    Banda Aceh, Indonesia-based designer of the script typefaces Mortgage Script (2018), Visually (2018) and Glitter (2018: a free retro signage script). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Kevin Doe

    Batam City, Indonesia-based designer of the signage script typeface Shinsengumi (2017). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Key Audri Type
    [Kiena Audri]

    Kiena Audri (Jatinangor, Sumedang, Indonesia) and Shabrina W, co-designed many handcrafted typefaces in 2016. Their collection includes Michigan Brush (with Gilang Purnama Jaya, at Imagi Type: a farmer's market signage font by Key Audri and Gilang Purnama), Lark Script, Harrison Sans, Krate, Simone, Jazzmine, Catchword, Signage Shape, Flourishes, Edmond, Grenson, and Herschel. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Khair Unnas
    [Zelow Type (was: Khaiuns)]

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    Khoe Roni
    [Menangan Studio]

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    Kidcool Studio (or: Kidcool Design)

    Bandung, Indonesia-based creator (b. 1991) of the free vintage font Kidcool Dragon (2018), the connected monoline script font Walfords (2018), and the spurred death metal band typeface Death Crow (2018). In 2019, he released the signage script Northern Freedom, the sans typeface Northern Display, Murghen Script, Golden Risk (a Victorian label font) and Little Bird. In 2020, he designed Godbless (vintage, spurred) and Rightion (a watercolor brush font). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Kiena Audri
    [Key Audri Type]

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    Kingdom of Awesome
    [Haley Fiege]

    Toronto and New York-based Canadian graphic designer and art director, who graduated from Otis College of Art and Design. On Dafont, she claims to be from or in Singapore. Designer of these display typefaces:

    • Advice Dog (2009).
    • Belshaw Donut Robot (2007). A free monospace sans.
    • Cairo is a free remastered true type version of the Mac OS6 classic (pixel) font originally designed by Susan Kare. It includes all your favourites, like cow dog, grapes and omelet.
    • League Script (2010, League of Movable Type). A free connected script.
    • Metaphor (2007). A reverse italic.
    • Parakeet (2010). A connected script that could also pass for a signage face.
    • Patagonia (2006-2009). A rounded sans.
    • Rolo Contreras (2010). A high-contrast script face).
    • Snek (2017).
    • The gorgeous fat rounded display typefaces Sniglet (2008, League of Movable Type). See also here and at Open Font Library. It was co-designed with Pablo Impallari and Brenda Gallo.
    • Soft Serve (2008). A comic book or ice cream cone ad typeface designed by Haley Fiege and James Arboghast at Sentinel Type.
    • Teaspoon (2007). Published at Canada Type in 2008. She writes: Teaspoon came out of a custom type piece I did for a Toronto based ad agency. Futura Extra Bold was everywhere at that time and I was extremely sick of looking at it, so did my own cute version.
    • Other typefaces: Mahalo, Ass Cape (2008), TBFM Billboard (2008: letters composed of veggies), Soft&Bouncy (2008, rounded sans), Renard (2008), Antarctica.

    Old URL for Kingdom of awesome. Photos of her designs at Flickr. Behance link. Fontspace link. Fontsy link. Web Font Directory link. Klingspor link. Dafont link. Google Plus link. Newest Dafont link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Kingdom Pixels

    Spanish designers of the fat signage typeface Sommerschule (2011). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Kingdom Pixels (or: Reding)
    [Jose A. Puche]

    Kingdom Pixels (or: Reding) is a design group in Spain. Reding on Behance. Kingdom Pixels on Behance. It is run by Spanish graphic designer, illustrator and art director Jose A. Puche, who is based in Madrid.

    They developed the custom stencil typeface eGruyère (2011). Other typefaces include Sommerschule Type (2012, a signage face), and Foamy Type (2012, morbidly obese and rounded: free for the price of a Twitter).

    In 2016, Puche designed the semi-stencil typeface Anchor (2016) and the colorful decorative caps typeface Royal Bali (2016). Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Knud Valdemar Engelhardt

    Knud V. Engelhardt (1882-1931) was a Danish architect, printer and designer. He worked on kilometer stones, type for trams, street signs, and is well known in type circles for a slab-serif alphabet made for the city of Copenhagen with heavy wide capitals.

    In 2010, Swedish designer Mårten Thavenius created Skilt Gothic (Font Bureau), which was based on signage types by Engelhardt from the 1920s, including those he created for the street signs in Gentofte, north of Copenhagen. Engelhardt's design was loosely based on the lettering of two Danish architects of the time: Thorvald Bindesbøll (designer of the Carlsberg logo) and Anton Rosen. The signs were so successful that they are still in use today.

    In 2017, Letters from Sweden published its Trim sans typeface family, which is also based on Engelhardt's work.

    In 2020, Wahyu Wibowo released Regave, a 24-style (+variable) typeface which is also influenced by Engelhardt's street signs.

    Digital typefaces based on Engelhardt's designs. CV. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Kokok Studio
    [Ahmad Rofingi]

    Wonosobo, Indonesia-based designer of Rheinalita (2019), Allim (2019: brush script), Delliavirra (2019: a calligraphic script), Bellagu (2019: a smooth brush script), Angelinatta (2019), Akayla (2019: a calligraphic typeface), Grillinea (2019), Republic (2019: a signage script) and Rheinalita (2019: script).

    Typefaces from 2020: Caroollina, Shunligh, Ardsttandsille. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Komang Juliantara
    [Moonstone Co]

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    Konstantine Studio

    Commercial typeface foundry in Jakarta, Indonesia, run by "Ian" and "Abdilah". Its first typeface is Muffler (2014), which is inspired by retro brush signage for car races. Lacydes (2014) is a spurred advertizing typeface. Upjohn (2014) is a horror movie poster typeface. Curely (2014) is a free hand-drawn curly typeface, expanded to Curely Pro in 2017. Hemera (2014) is based on vintage matchbox packages.

    Typefaces from 2015: Marthas, Risoless Script, Elska (a thick warm watercolor brush script), The Chalker (crayon font), The Bride, The Groom (brush script), Wanderlove (brush script), Rumbell (handcrafted poster typeface).

    Typefaces from 2016: Easy Lullabye (Swash, Sans), Wiggle (brush script).

    Typefaces from 2017: Fathers (a vintage packaging script), Ride Slow (a handcrafted set of motorcycle culture fonts), Delight, Kehlin (retro poster style), Butter Love (dry brush), Fathers Script (vintage), Fili & Kyla (thin script), Husky Giggle (casual hand stroked brush font), Ruffle (dashing brush script), Dollyn Script, Halloween Rock, Love Hurts (ballpoint pen font), Moneyroll, Trakster, Trakster Serif, Noswatt, Noswatt Serif (copperplate style), Notstar, Rodenda, Hammet, Hastagirl (watercolor brush), Arzeti Script (informal monoline wedding script), Sicero (vintage display typeface by Abdilah), Sign Panthers Brush Script, Magle Sans, Magle Script.

    Typefaces from 2018: Millerstone (connected calligraphic script), Bad Taste, Conserta (Victorian), Grestal Script, Beclave, Double Aunofa (Script and Serif), Summer Classico, Ahoy Amigo (font duo), Aunofa Serif, Aunofa Script, Delphin Spring, Delight Lettering Script, Tropical Asian, Vedacity (calligraphic), Rothe (vintage), Bigger Love (script), First Choice (calligraphic), Love Hurts, Hall Of Fun, Casual Font Bundle (which includes Easy Monoline Script, Subber Sans, Sintix, Rebel Four, and Grotes Sans), Hemera II (a vintage Victorian matchbox typeface), Asian Skyline, Queen Waffle, Rosse, Harvest Barn (script), Oh Samantha, Simple Monologue (calligraphic), Sweet Getaway (handwriting).

    Typefaces from 2019: Vango (a sci-fi or speed font), Aghony (script), Conserta Royal (Victorian), Roast Serif, Mister Quenos (a fast food store signage font), Calisatt (an SVG brush font), Redstock Script, Suspiria Vampira (a Halloween font set), Hoffers (a children's book font), Closer (a Swiss sans), Hoffers (a marker pen font), Mackle (Script, Serif), Blante (Sans + Script), Millerstone, Kimball, Henave (flared sans), Valsday (Sans, Script).

    Typefaces from 2020: Destrokes, Kremato (+Script, +Short, +Tall), Krasher (a painted brush SVG font), Rebelton (a 12-style all caps sans), Koutura (a fashion mag font), Kalleco (a free hand-printed typeface), Citypop (1990s Japanese retro pop style, with subfamilies Main Display, Neon, Screen, Digital and Automotive), Urban Shock (ultra-condensed), Renin (a Western super-heavy slab serif), Jaksel (a bold squarish sans typeface), Alkaria (a retro display typeface).

    Typefaces from 2021: Kingsad (a 5-style wide flared display family), Ahoy Amigo (a type duo), Harvest Barn (script), Simple Monologue (a calligraphic script), Magle (a script typeface), The Sign Painters, Makalo (an African tribal font), Discopia (neo-futurist), Daguin (a fashionable display typeface inspired by the Middle Ages), Tropical Asian (a painted font), Fosty Blue, Kofje (a daring decorative serif).

    Typefaces from 2022: Vogatron (sci-fi), Hwaiting Handwriting (emulating Korean), Hwaiting Serif, Hwaiting Sans (an experimental Korean vibe font), Walanor (a pop art font).

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    Kreasi Malam

    Design studio in Jakarta, Indonesia. Creators of the brush script typefaces Hajar Bleh (2016), Artzopo (2016), Syahdu (2016) and Mingser (2016). They also made the spurred typeface Grotesque (2016). Graphic River link. Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Ksenia Erulevich

    Ksenia Yerulevich (or Erulevich) was born in Novotroitsk, Russia, in 1986. She graduated from The British Higher School of Art and Design (Moscow) with a Type and Typography degree. Since 2011, Ksenia has worked as a type designer and calligrapher at Art. Lebedev Studio.

    Designer of the quaint text typeface Alice (2011, Cyreal, Google Font Directory) and the curly typeface Bonbon (2011, Google Web Fonts).

    Creator of the feminine script typeface ALS Fuchsia (2012, Art Lebedev Studio).

    In 2013, Ksenia published ALS Malina, a plump packaging and children's book face.

    In 2016, she published the informal sans typeface ALS Lavanda and the flaring ALS Alumna at Art Lebedev. ALS Sector, a grotesque typeface family, followed in 2017, and the rounded all caps sans Contract and Russian Premier League (a soccer shirt font by Ksenia Erulevich, Nikolay Nedashkovsky, and Konstantin Lukyanov at Art Lebedev) in 2018.

    Her corporate typefaces at Art Lebedev Studio include M.Video (2013, done with Olga Umpeleva) and Yandex (2013: by Ksenia Erulevich, Taisiya Lushenko, and Elena Novoselova). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Kulo Kale Studio
    [Eko Nur Cahyo]

    Surabaya, Indonesia-based designer of the display typefaces Karimun (2019) and Mogena (2019).

    Typefaces from 2020: Bugaki (a heavy decorative serif), Resgak (a 20-style display serif), Sergio Trendy (a plumpish display serif), Moranke, Golden Metafor, Michegar, Kyoda Ascher, Reikna (a bold display serif), Sedhayu (a bold display typeface with Latin warmth), Foldnick (a vintage Victorian signage script).

    Typefaces from 2021: Geska Rolling (psychedelic, groovy), Kylie Boga, Grace Tokyo, Examors (a tall condensed sports font), Noorge Karlos (a display serif), Kafkey (a reverse stress slab serif, perhaps a Western font), Regysca (an elegant flared all caps typeface), Block Marys (blocky caps), Sake Moru (an experimental display font), Ramose (a tall hipster serif), Regas, Aeroxys (an ultra-condensed sans), Phoska Dangers (techno), Regista Grande (a stylish serif), Bustor Rhikan (a slab serif), Ageya (a display typeface with thorny serifs), Heroxy (a rounded squarish typeface), Sebian (a hipsterized serif), Melian Kingsley (a display serif), Geakosai (a condensed sans in the style of Impact), Bronke Evander (a plump decorative serif), Marishka Roseville (a tall Victorian all caps typeface), Kaftus (a decorative serif), Melian Kingsley (a decorative serif), Aveghia (a creamy serif typeface), Awesome Lathusca (a decorative serif with strong flaring), Milgran (a ten-style decorative sans).

    Typefaces from 2022: Geska Rolling (a plump supermarket font), Alexia Rody (art deco), Rakushi. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Kurniadi Saputra
    [Cooldesign Lab]

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    Kyle Wayne Benson
    [Very Cool Studio]

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    La Boîte Graphique
    [Ewen Prigent]

    Ewen Prigent was born in 1980 in Saint-Renan and lives in Brest, France. He graduated from the Université d'Arts Plastique de Rennes 2. La Boîte Graphique was founded by him in 2008. He specializes in hand-drawn poster typefaces.

    Creator of the counterless octagonal fat typeface Bunker (2008), and the organic typeface Ibiscus (2008). In 2009, he created the informal all-caps families Fanfarone, Gram, Quinto, Rondi and Trouble, and the monoline Ficus (2009). In 2010, he added the gothic Rosa.

    In 2011, he published the informal paper cut family Brams, the hand-printed poster font Nivel, the comic book family Gaspa, the brush typefaces Zoé and Street, and the hand-printed typeface Behance.

    In 2012, he created Adonide, the beautiful hand-printed outline typeface Prune, the poster typeface Myosotis, the modular typeface Tulipe, and the thorny caps typeface Cactus.

    Typefaces from 2013 include Kermel (hand-printed caps: followed in 2014 by Kermel Serif), Borden (rounded hand-printed caps), and the wonderful poster typeface Festo.

    Typefaces from 2014: Regato (gorgeous poster typeface), Kikster (poster typeface), Water (fat finger font), Kermel Serif, Waves, Horror (brush face), Horror Ornaments.

    Typefaces from 2015: Fringe, Bear (handcrafted poster font).

    Typefaces from 2016: Poquito (vernacular signage style), Mediafont (a squarish constructivist titling font to add Russian testosterone to a document).

    Typefaces from 2018: Anel (a great handcrafted titling typeface, ideal for annotating photographs).

    Typefaces from 2019: Brosha (handcrafted), Tanuki (handcrafted), Shaking (handcrafted).

    Typefaces from 2020: Makel (a monoline script), Darek (a fat finger font).

    Klingspor link. Creative Market link. Dafont link. Behance link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    La Foneria
    [Albert Pereta]

    Albert Pereta is a communication designer associated with Eina University in Barcelona. In 2010, he and Santi Grau co-founded the foundry La Foneria. Designer of some beautiful fonts: Kadabra (2010, a high-contrast octagonal didone), Coconut (a warm Latin signage face), Kranne (a thin slab serif), Locked. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Lafontype (pr: tardiexwas: Pixifield, Elementype, Fontliner Studio)
    [Anugrah Pasau]

    Makassar, Indonesia-based designer (b. 1995) of Botdoh Script (2016), Hallelujah (2016, brush script), Zephan (2016, calligraphic font), Antebras (2016, a brush script with over 1000 glyphs and ligatures) and Fundamental Script (2016).

    Typefaces from 2017: Kindentosca (handwriting), Welinedion (brush script), Bethadyn, Bawakaraeng, Bidaq, Bidaq Brush, BisQuid (signage script), Nestle (retro script), Quixo (a didone not to be confused with Griesshammer's 2010 typeface FF Quixo), Hallelujah, Demotia, Look.

    Typefaces from 2018: Antebas (script), Aksara (a sans type).

    Typefaces from 2019: Mithella (rounded sans), Antebas (a sans for Latin, Greek and Cyrillic), Belista (font duo), Herbit (a handcrafted sans family), Cabrion (a sans family), Malino (a low contrast humanist sans family with very open counters).

    Typefaces from 2020: Scaffold (a condensed grotesk), Aretha (a 14-style sans), Celliad (a monoline script), Saltines, Hindia (a rounded heavy script), Pelita (a humanist sans family).

    Typefaces from 2021: Protofo (a 16-style geometric sans), Cedora (a 14-style sans).

    Creative Market link. Dafont link. Behance link. Graphicriver link. Creative Market link for Pixifield. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Larin Type Co
    [Pasha Larin]

    Pasha Larin or Pavel Larin is the Perm, Russia-based designer of these handcrafted typefaces in 2017: Andrea, Alaska (brush script), Phaeton, Modesty, Quarter (brush script), Magdolena, Casamia, Natalia, Kemuri.

    Typefaces from 2018: Jumbo, Winter Miracle, Planet Earth (signage script), Tiny Love, Cambridge, Shaimus, Darling Romance, Paeonia, Merchant, Kurtis, Road Crew (a monoline script), Lucky Fortune (a beatnik font), Aeriform, Christmas Mystery, Shanky, Cashmere, Seaward, Christmas Story, Inside, Sheraton, Beverly Hills, Vanilla Cream, Blue Moon, Bambino (children's script), Fun Play Day, Belorian, Malibu, Peach Blush, Royal Voyage, Crystal, Jackson, Highest, Stephany, Macbarel, Magnatec, Forestage, Honied, Arrivals, Fantasy, Modern Talking, Playful, Gulliver, Hadron (monoline script), Loituma (script), Rhonely (signature script), Sophia (smooth brush script), Chik Pik (a monoline children's script), Candy Land, Smashing (signature font), Garkleriny, Habital, Sambina, Space Jam Script, Taste of Desires, Rusarian Script, Lemon Blast, Skyline Script, Daintily Script, Fairytale Script, Jalsony, Balwest, Dandelion (calligraphic), Solar (brush script), Selrany, Joyful, Amplifier, Hantery (signature script), Richard, Buldery, Laperla, Largus Script, Juliet (watercolor brush), Dilation, Sun Island Script (brush script), Relang, Mirages Script, White Nights, Simple Game, Miracle Roved, Marylowe, Bird House, Selvia Script, Showing, Hendricks, Rosemary, Paradise, Adrenaline (a free signage script), Old Broadway, Virginal Script, Famous (script).

    Typefaces from 2019: Winter Day, Blauer, Captain Nelson (vintage), Winter Miracle, Loredana (script), The Pincher Brothers, Romanson (a serif typeface), Lost Wind, Prima Donna, Palatine (a soft-edged script), Firm (a black sans with some oomph), Bunny Hop (cartoon type), Evelyn (brush script), Milady, Wild Nebraska (a monolinear font duo), The Old Navy (stencil), Kataleya, Spinach, Palestra (a black titling sans, followed in 2021 by Palestra Moderna), Foucher, Sanremo, Selatine (a streaked brush script), Beauty Flowers, Rush Hour, Avenger (a vintage monoline display sans), Anderson, Santa Monica, Pointer, Pattaya (script), Brisbane, Avangard, Armstead and Armstrong (two calligraphic wedding scripts), Violeta (script), Futurino (a great chldren's book font family), Avignon (script), Bombastic (cartoon font), Velvet Line, Beyond, Bright Cofetti (font duo), Fort Yukon (spurred), Briosh (signature script), Marisha, Black Star (monoline), Sensation (inky script), Bonavista, Pina Colada, Milardo, Bondy Mondy, Ostende, Pasternak, Secret Room, Pointer, The Old Navy (stencil), Lush Garden, Blonde, Way to the Heart, Youth Wind, Mulled Wine, Helardy, Ramson, Marine, Silona, Horse White, Hello Sakura, Mirabella .

    Typefaces from 2020: Selna (a fashion mag typeface), Vianor (a decorative Victorian serif), Hughes (a retro signage script), Sugar Cake, Clarins (Script and Serif), Knopa (a beatnik font), Adventure Island (a monoline script), Morando (a decorative serif), Pina Colada, Norando (a decorative serif), Comilfo, Simaro, Malmont (script), Todes, Chaser (a military stencil), Mulled Wine (an inky Treefrog script), Bosca, Costa Mala (pure art deco), Sensal (formal art deco), Blaine (square-serifed), Leronda (a wedge serif typeface for display), Gron (bilined caps), Parnas (a stylish Peignotian sans), Landre (a retro script), Mansory (a Peignotian sans family), The Buchen (a rounded serif font), Platinor (a decorative serif), Grovana (soft all-caps sans), Ametis (an all caps fashion mag serif), Capella (brush script), Enigma (a stylish all-caps serif).

    Typefaces from 2021: Cicada (a 10-style modulated sans), Legend Of Christmas (six styles: a font trio), Etero, Black River (a vintage outdoors font), Miamo (a script / sans pair), Portaso (a vintage grunge family), Brewery Factory (a 16-style collection of vintage beer label fonts), Butcher's Daughter (a vintage family ideal for pubs and beer bottles), Baren (a 9 style wide sans), Rolan (a 6-style art deco sans), Casual Style (sans, script), Delores (delicate roman caps), Above Ground (a dry brush script), Thawed (a melting ink font), Poum Boum (a children's book font), Giordano Gold (a stylish font duo), Lerum (a stencil serif typeface), Dress Code (a 12-style all caps headline or poster sans), Melgard (script), Chroman (a decorative serif first named Chroma), Chopard (a 12-style fashion serif), Hermitage (a 6-style decorative serif), Fremont (an inky Treefrog script) (a Treefrog script), Mansory (a formal display sans), Senar (20 styles; a slab and sans serif family), Opera Signature (a stylish serif), Faberge, (a decorative serif), Berkut (a take-no-prisoners octagonal military font with sold and stencil versions), Poligon (a military stencil family), Marmaris (a soft serif), Lestina (an inky script), Milonga (a Treefrog script).

    Typefaces from 2022: Ramenson (a 15-style weathered vintage font collection including Sans, Serif and Script), Laro (an 18-style geometric sans). Creative Fabrica link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Laura Meseguer

    Designer (b. Barcelona, 1968) at type-o-tones in Barcelona. She publishes as well as promotes all her type designs through her own type foundry, Type-o-Tones. In 2003-2004, she took a year off and took the postgraduate Type and Media course at KABK (Royal Academy of Art) in The Hague, Holland. She is a professor of typography in Spain. Author of TypoMag. Typography in Magazines (IndexBook). In 2012, Cristobal Henestrosa, Laura Meseguer and José Scaglione coauthored Como Crear Tipografias (Brizzolis S.A., Madrid, Spain). MyFonts link. Fontshop link. Her typefaces:

    • Adelita (1993-2007). A connect-the-dots typeface family co-designed by Laura Meseguer and Adela de Bara.
    • Brushland (2019).
    • Cortada: her first typeface. In 2012, she published the angular signage typeface Cortada Dos at Type O Tones.
    • Dauro (2013), a corporate typeface done for the olive oil brand Dauro. From the original typeface in use, Chronicle Bold Condensed, she designed an outline version, then Lingotillo (Little gold bar: beveled) and finally Grabado (engraved).
    • Frankie (1992, a grunge font done with Juan Dávila). Frankie is the result of a process of erosion, photocopying, scanning and digitisation based on the Franklin Gothic type (1904, Morris Fuller Benton).
    • Gallard.
    • The curly Girard Sansusie (House Industries). Laura writes: In 2005, House Industries invited me to digitize the lettering used to announce the textile designs that Alexander Girard did for Herman Miller. Girard Sansusie is a reinterpretation of this design, based on the few letters that were available to me. Girard Sansusie combines a folk flair with a lettering style evident throughout the Girard oeuvre, most notably on his 1955 Herman Miller fabric catalogue. Alexander Girard was a master at utilizing lettering and type as practical, illustrative and readable elements.
    • Guapa (2011). A thin monoline curlified display typeface with an art deco aroma. Followed in 2012 by Guapa Deco.
    • Lola (2013). A comic book typeface started in 1997 based on an alphabet found in Schriftschreiben Schriftzeichnen (1977) by Eugen Nerdinger and Lisa Beck. Lola won an award at TDC 2013. Its outgrowth, Lalola (1997-2013), won an award at TDC 2014. Lalola Cyrillic was released in 2019.
    • Multi (2011-2016). A magazine type family, with weights from hairline to black.
    • Rumba (2003-2007): this semi-script family won an award at the TDC2 2005 type competition. It was developed during her KABK Type and Media studies.
    • In 2009, the low-to-zero contrast Alexander Girard family was published by House Industries. It consists of Girard Sky, Girard Script, Girard Display, Girard Sansusie and Girard Slab in many weights and styles. Girard Sansusie was created by Laura Meseguer based on the lettering used to announce the textile designs that Alexander Girard did for Herman Miller in 1955. Girard was digitized at House Industries by Ben Kiel, Ken Barber, and Laura Meseguer.
    • Magasin (2013, Type o Tones) is a connected retro-chic upright script typeface. She writes: Some examples that have inspired me are Corvinus (Imre Reiner, 1934) and Quirinus (Alessandro Butti, 1939) and the later Fluidum (1951), a kind of non-connected script version of Quirinus, also designed by Alessandro Butti for Nebiolo foundry.
    • In 2019, she released the Latin / Arabic display typeface Qandus, which was co-designed two years earlier with Kristyan Sarkis.
    • The custom typeface Solis (2019) done for AccuWeather.
    • In 2020, she released the wonderful stencil typeface family Sisters. Sisters was conceived as a custom lettering project for the identity of Trans_Documentar, an exhibition at the La Panera Art Center in Lleida, Catalunya. Sisters is an homage to all the creative women in this world, according to Meseguer. Type Network link.

    Interview by MyFonts. Speaker at ATypI 2016 in Warsaw on A Typographic Maghribi Trialogue. In this talk, he explains, together with Juan Luis Blanco and Krystian Sarkis, the Typographic Matchmaking in the Maghrib project of the Khatt Foundation, which tries to facilitate a cultural trialogue as well as shed a typographic spotlight on the largely ignored region of the Maghreb in terms of writing and design traditions. The specific goal of the collaboration is the research and development of tri-script font families (for Latin, Arabic and Tifinagh) that can communicate harmoniously.

    Behance link.

    Interview by Unostiposduros. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Laura Worthington

    Laura Worthington of Bonney Lakes, WA, is a letterer, illustrator and graphic designer. Her script typefaces became quite popular in recent years. In 2010, she set up shop at MyFonts. Catalog. Her typefaces:

    • Adorn (2014), Adorn Smooth (2015), Adorn Garland Smooth (2016, with Dai Foldes). Adorn is a hand-drawn poster font family larger than Charcuterie. It contains subfonts called Pomander, Coronet, Garland, Bouquet, Solo (monograms), Duo (monograms), Catchwords, Banners, Frames, Ornaments, Roman, Condensed Sans, Expanded Sans, Slab Serif, Serif, Copperplate, Engraved.
    • Al Fresco (2013). A breezy exuberant script loaded with opentype features.
    • Alana (2011, +Ornaments). A connected script.See also Alana Smooth (2017).
    • Alisha (2017).
    • Azalea Rough, Azalea Smooth
    • Beloved (2015)
    • Bianca (2010). A flowing calligraphic typeface.
    • Blithe (2017).
    • Boucherie (2014). In the "collection of vintage fonts" mould of Charcuterie, Boucherie captures the lively essence of 19th-century French advertising typography with a collection of original designs, rather than strict historical revivals.
    • Buckley (2012).
    • Caprizant (2016).
    • Charcuterie (2013). A large set of hand-drawn typefaces for vintage signage.
    • Congenial (2015). A legible soft unpretentious sans family originally designed for her own web site.
    • Ed's Market (2015). A grocery store and sign painting font family.
    • Elaina (2018). Script and Semi-Serif. Laura claims that Elaina Script is closest to her own handwriting.
    • Elicit Script (2018, by Laura Worthington and Jim Wasco). A hybrid (casual and formal) scrpt typeface based on pointed pen Spencerian Script handwriting.
    • Fairwater (2016). Designed together with Dai Foldes, this typeface family has Script, Sans, and Serif subfamilies, as well as several sets of ornaments. The Serif subfamily conjures up tattoo lettering, but also mathematical blackboard bold style and art deco.
    • Funkydori (2012). A fat retro signage script.
    • Ganache (2014). A packaging and logo script.
    • Gioviale (2012). A calligraphic script.
    • Greeting Cards (2010).
    • GrindelGrove (2009). A vampire font.
    • Harlean (2013). A rough-edged, powerful, and slightly sinful script face---originally named Harlowe.
    • HoneyBee (2012). An all caps pirate ship font.
    • Hummingbird (2012). A penmanship font.
    • Juicy (2015). A plump and yummy candy store font.
    • Ladybird (2010). A curly script.
    • Liam (2011). Bouncy and curly script.
    • Mandevilla (2013). Pure Americana, useful for signage.
    • Milkshake (a creamy retro script).
    • Modish (2016). A smooth brush script font.
    • Nelson (2011). A notched eroded family, almost for Mexican simulation.
    • Number Five.
    • Origins (2010). An antiqued typeface hand-lettered with a crow quill pen. Followed by Origins Smooth (2016).
    • Recherché (2010). A delicate script typeface.
    • Regina (2010). A delicate script typeface.
    • Renata (2016). A connected calligraphic script co-designed with Dai Foldes.
    • Rosarian (2011). A pointed brush connected script typeface.
    • Samantha (2011): 2700 flourished glyphs in the classical ronde upright script style and in an italic style; +Swash.
    • Sepian (2010). A pointy Textura font.
    • Sheila (2010). A connected calligraphic script.
    • Shelby (2011). A monoline, semi-connected script typeface based on hand lettering created with a Speedball B metal nib.
    • Spumante (2015).
    • Tangelo (2017).
    • Tiva (2010). A handcrafted and almost connected script.
    • Voltage (2014). A retro fat signage script.
    • Wallflowers (2011), Wallflowers II, Wallflowers III, Winter Wallflowers (2012).
    • Winsome (2016). A casual script.
    • Yana (2010). A spurred serif typeface.

    Interview by MyFonts in 2010. I Love Typography link. FontBros link. Creative Market link. Klingspor link. Behance link. Fontspring link. Picture.

    View Laura Worthington's typefaces. Images of her typefaces. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Lauren Childs

    Lauren Childs (Atlanta, GA) created the retro baseball script font Leon's (2013) for Leon's Full Service, a restaurant in Decatur, GA. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    LayarBahtera
    [Mohd Razali Mohamad Raub]

    Foundry in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, run by Mohd Razali Mohamad Raub (b. Johor, 1975, aka Morabira).

    In 2010, he designed Morabira Doomsday, Merge Doomsday (2010), Layar Bahtera Kiamat (2010, an ink trap / packaging family with a left tilt, now free), Kiamat Doomsday (2011), Fire Doomsday (2012, techno font), Wind Doomsday (2012, a signage family), Earth Doomsday (2012, techno), Water Doomsday (2012) and Ark Doomsday.

    In 2013, we find the geometric sans typeface Universal Doomsday, which has some semi-rounded corners and an amputated lower case g.

    Another MyFonts link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    LCT (or: Atelier La Casse)
    [Quentin J. Stavinsky]

    LCT stands for La Casse Typographique, a graphic and type design studio in Nantes, France, started in 2013. One of its partners, Quentin J. Stavinsky, created the didone caps typeface LCT Palissade (a titling didone with bracketed serifs). Other typeface by La Casse include LCT Baladur (a legible text typeface), LCT Pims (signage script).

    In 2015, he published LCT Sbire (a stylish take on the humanist / renaissance tradition, with ample flaring of the strokes).

    Typefaces from 2016: LCT Ragnarok PE (a copperplate display typeface for Latin, Greek, and Cyrillic).

    Typefaces from 2018: LCT Picon. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Léon Hulst
    [TypeFaith Fonts]

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    Leandro Lisboa

    Visual designer in Amsterdam. Designer of the elliptical typeface Yon (2010), a typeface designed during a course at Politecnico in Milan where he studied under Gio Fuga. Leandro is from Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Other typefaces:

    • Imigongo (2012). An African-look face.
    • Nyanza (2012), for a brand for a refined collection of ethnic jewelry produced in Rwanda.
    • Iolanda (2012). A signage script.
    • Laguna and Laguna Italic (2012, a pair of sans typefaces in the final project for his graduation at IUAV University of Venice).

    Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Leandro Nogueira
    [Noinfonts]

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    Lebbadesign (or: Lebbad Design)
    [James A. Lebbad]

    Lebbadesign (Stockton, NJ) is where James Lebbad (b. 1955, Newark, NJ) publishes his work, mostly logotype and lettering. Jim graduated from Kutztown University in 1977. He is a winner of an award at the TDC2 Type Directors Club's Type Design Competition 2002, with Globetrotter, a fine hand-printed font. Other fonts: Penske, Campbell Soup, Echo, Takhomasak, Lebbad Roman, Ellen, Janelle. MyFonts sells Alie (2008, a rough-edged script), Antman (2008, reto futuristic face), Bunky (2008), Ellen (2008, a display serif face), Kerb (2008, an elliptical sans), Pastina (2008, a Victorian serif), Nicole (2008, a graceful condensed face), Zoomba (2009, a script), Lebbad Script (2011, retro signage face), Juliana Joy (2012, a sharp-edged serif face), Minnie (2016, a curly upright script), Minnie Brush (2016), Leo Slab (2016), Krone (2018: a bold semi-serif), Oliver Serif (2020).

    View the typefaces designed by James Lebbad. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Lecter Johnson
    [Betterfear.us (or: XXII Fonts, Or Doubletwo Studios)]

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    Legacy of Defeat
    [Joshua M. Smith]

    This web site, related to Joshua Smith's Hydro 74 foundry in Orlando, FL, offers original creations, both free and commercial. They specialize in vintage signage type, display type, the Western look, scary typefaces, art nouveau, tattoo type, psychedelic and Victorian styles. The catalog as of 2011: Anarchy Script, Aphex Script, Apocalypse, Avante, Black Mail Sect, Black Mamba, Black Plague (blackletter), Burial Black, Cadaver Ink (tattoo font), Cadaver Script, Calypso, Catalyst, Cortez, Dayton Black, False Idols, Golden Age, Heresy, Hood Black, Hydro Script, Imperial Black, Iron Fist, Kremlin Ink, Kustom Style, La Calavera Catrina, La Santsima Muerte, Le Venom, Lucky's Flash, Martyr Black, Muerte Black, Napalm Vertigo, Nue Black, Nue Goth, Norway Black, Razor Black, Royal Baron, Sacred Black, Sailor Jerry, Salem Witch Hunt, Sentry Black, Spitfire, Skid Row, Thai Black, The Clique, The Thickness, Thunder Script, Tramp Stamp, Tyranny Gothic, Uber Black, Vahalla, Venice Black, Viper Black, War Machine, West Coast Soul, Wolfstien Electro, Working Class Hero, Zombie Allegiance, Zombie Attack, Slash Black, Suture Set, Corpse, Czar, Proclivity, Uber Black Caps.

    Free and commercial typefaces from 2013: Pricks, Ocelot Piss, The Witches, Wizard Tit, Wizard Dick, Riverside, Dirty Sanchez, Corpus Delicti, Warlock, Ghetto Wolves, Spitfire, Cheap Deal, Shwarma (Arabic simulation), Alderaan (alchemic), Surplus (spurred), Goth Bitch (blackletter), Siberian Vodka (alchemic), Scalliwag (2015, a fat brush), Zombie Headshot (2015), Counter Strike (2015), Bitch Please, Dirty Whore (brush script), Skeleton Key (EPS), Old School (EPS), Forty Thieves (EPS; Arabic simulation), Conquest (EPS), The Sailors Creed (EPS), Achilles (constructivist), Gold Chain (EPS), Bootleggers (Western), Blood Clot (dripping blood face), Hernandez (Latino style), The Order (spurred), Kuso, Pinche Muerte, Chingon, Nomad, Major Jackov, Sinner, Mayhem, Outlaw (Western), Absinthe, Zombie Headshot, Black Diamond, Alcazar, Eastern Star, El Librador (Cuban colonial style), Monniker, Her Majesty, Kobra, Dishonor, Ghetto Hawk, Kings Wrath, Fraternal, Wizard Taint, Rinzler (inspired by TRON), Dream Weave.

    Behance link. Creative Market link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Leka Lovich

    Russian creator of a broken outline shaded signage face, Tsirkusach (2009). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Lemonthe
    [Dwi Ahidian]

    Bandung, Indonesia-based designer (b. 1995) of these script typefaces in 2020: Calton Elegance (a Peignotian sans), Janelotus (an inky script), Destoria, Estrada Signature, Befront, Simfony Sign, Kaishou (brush style), Malona, Hamiltone Signature, Anthurium, Mondeylla, Belligiant, Southernsky. In addition, he made these fonts in 2020: Sachi (font duo), Visual Hollow (font trio), Kreis 8 (prismatic and slinky), Rosvelit (a display serif).

    Typefaces from 2021: Highes Signature (script), Patternly (a stocky monolinear script), Bluegold (script), Primal Signature, The Songket (script), Katagiri (script), Luthon Southard (a font duo), Fife Gallery, Sign Rathi (an inky signature script), Penguin Blush (a scrapbook font), Bostroom (a dry brush script), Sagata Normal (sans and script), Monosign (a monolinear signature script), Dontheus (an inky script), Magis Authentic.

    Typefaces from 2022: Satchell (a scrapbook script), The Billion (an inky signature script, accompanied by a monoline version), Hayken Script (signage script), Resonant Chilliner (font duo). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Leo Ostbaum

    Late director of design for VANOC, the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Committee. In December 2009, some hackers on alt.binaries.fonts extracted fonts from PDSFs at the Vancouver Olympics web site, and came up with a rounded signage font called Cryptozoo, designed in 2009, whose Notice reads Concept and design by Leo Obstbaum, VANOC Brand&Creative Services. Additional character data and technical production by Canada Type. Copyright 2007 VANOC Brand&Creative Services. So it appears that Canada Type was also involved in its design and production. Other fonts extracted by the same people include [the comments in italics are from the hacker team]:

    • CloseCallOlympics: Designed for the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games by Simon Schmidt for Fountain. Except that the original lower case now duplicates the upper case, no other differences have been found between this and the free CloseCallAM font by Simon Schmidt of CloseFonts. Use of this font has been abandoned.
    • Vancouver2010Pictograms These have been extracted from a pdf. The pictograms related to sports activities are used for Olympic site signage and publications. They are presented here in a variety of formats, with and without borders and backgrounds.
    • Neo Sans Unicase (Proper version posted by Zammer): Based on Neo Sans.
    • BDBrickVanOC (Proper version by Zammer): This APPEARS to be the same as the free BDBrick font from Büro Destruct, but without the original lower case letters. Some of the glyphs are changed, such as the number 'one'.
    The team concludes In addition to the use of standard commercial fonts, particularly the Neo Sans and CharlotteSans families, a number of fonts have been created or modified specifically for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Games. The font samples associated with this document are based on files that have been extracted from pdfs and flash files available on the Vancouver2010 web site.

    The Vancouver 2010 official site writes:
    Which typefaces are part of the Vancouver 2010 graphic identity?
    1. Primary typeface - Neo Sans font family (Look of the Games and Motto - customized version) Note: The Neo Sans font family includes Neo Sans Regular which is most commonly used and Neo San Unicase which is used for the Motto and mostly reserved for headlines.
    2. Secondary typeface - BD Brick (Sport Pictograms and Sport Overlays - customized version) - Cryptozoo Regular and Cryptozoo Bold (Mascots - designed by VANOC)
    3. Font for Sponsor Designations - Charlotte Sans Book Plain (emblem Graphic Standards)
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    Leonardo Maltese

    Graduate of IED in Rome in 2012. Cofounder in 2012 with Matteo Brogi of Studio Polpo. Together with Matteo Brogi, Leonardo Maltese (Rome) created the vintage signage typeface Forno (2013).

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    Leslie Sam Kim

    Graphic designer based in Los Angeles, who created a a rounded signage typeface called Chubs (2012). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Lesly Rengifo

    Colombian designer of the signage script typeface Gordita Script (2011). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Letter Stock (was: Gumacreative)
    [Guguh Gumantoro]

    Bandung, Indonesia-based designer (b. 1982) of Masura (2016, brush style), Space Cake (2016, sci-fi style), Caroline Script (2016), Morning Fever (2016), Binzo (2016), Morning Cloud (2016, handcrafted), Rancha (2016: grungy style), Alkhali (2016), Gath Is A Robot (2015) and Scarlet (2015, textured typeface).

    Typefaces from 2018: Vanhala (Tuscan), Orchard, Solitaire, Founder (a thin script), Elanor, Callous (signature script), Keith (script), Subsky (script), Hamburger (artsy script), Smith (monoline rounded sans).

    Typefaces from 2019: Steven Mattew, Romansa (script), Pianicas, Infamous, Voltras, Faddox, Slayer Creeper (a dripping blood blackletter font), Hellioum (a balloon font), Grootten Beast (a wooden plank font), Lazarrous (beatnik), Salmounth (a clean script), Damaskush (a blackletter), Neurotic (spurred, blackletter), Maclucash, Neowave, Throoper, Maldivine, Morrisette (signage script), Descrendent (sans), Athlenstan, Hole Script, Cardigan, Lenox, Aero Space, Esentrik (over-decorated), Lethal (sans), Markwell (script), Hallmark, Fymous (signature script), Brighford (spurred), Bulb (a bubblegum font), Wavecraft.

    Typefaces from 2020: Flinch (a stone cut Flintstone font), Jack Miller (a signature script), Jaguar Jugglers (squarish, constructivist), Lazarrous (beatnik style), Jane Frediction, Grindmore (a calligraphic blackletter typeface), Descendent (a monolinear rounded coffee shop sans), Oliver Queen (a fat brush script), Orangutan, Chadwick (a Halloween font), Oakleaf, Buckles, Hackwell, Susan Brooks, Jacqueline, Alistair Morrison, Gibson Walsh, Slapstick, Monkey Werch, Rooselyn, Northway (lettering for outdoor or nature trail signage), Ghotana, Apija, Rawkin Pickles, Lockdown, Linger (a curly delight), Nuttyclash (a dry brush typeface), Ghosie, Kuro (a brush script).

    Typefaces from 2021: Bellamind (a decorative serif), Bingana (a playful typeface with oriental influences; appropriate for toys), Cheshire (sketched, textured), Creepycall, Croftler (a grungy athletic shirt font), Goldenwick (a vintage decorative serif), Karlburns (an ultra-decorative font by Vic Carless), Shorelly (an arts and crafts all caps serif), Walkingblue (a round vernacular slab serif), Garlicha (a great formal copperplate calligraphic font that unfortunately features a lower case r that can be confused with a lower case n), Hamingduck (copperplate calligraphy), Antucious (an ornamental serif), Monkeymod (a textured reverse srtress display font), Eightbit (a retro pixel font), Maloney West (art nouveau), Adamovick (a spurred Halloween font), Grindleaf (organic), Cronicalypse (a reverse stress elephant foot display font), Houston Palace (a monolinear retro script), Raceryouth (a weathered stencil font), Lyonade (a monolinear script based on retro motorbike posters), Alleysondust (a calligraphic script), Carlosberg (a spurred Victorian typeface), Clubeight (a trilined neon typeface that is reminiscent of Wyman's designs for the 1968 Olympics in Mexico), Slacksluger (a decorative inline typeface with medieval terminals), Beckmarine (a rough typeface inspired by retro cartoon and retro motorbike posters), Bullmars (a heavy font), Sinofluck (a stylish brush script inspired by a samurai poster), Scandlers (a dry brush script), Melvines (a thick paint brush font), Rockapolis (stencil), Lexaviers (a rune simulation font), Mylo (a dry brush typeface), Meckatler, Machiates (a vintage signage font), Fluxion (a dry brush script), Black Marilyn (blackletter), Palermosh, New Kids on the Font, Psychonaut (a reverse contrast, or even a Western, font), Black Valentine (a decorative blackletter), Buckles (a dry brush font), Smegh Mouth (a dry brush font), Armthadore, Brookland (a dry brush script), Khian Shantang (a decorative blackletter), Laekar (a hand-drawn blocky poster font), Schoutler (an ornamental fantasy font), Sonoxa (a heavy and creamy dry brush typeface), Classicloud (a decorative and festive blackletter).

    Typefaces from 2022: Gavin Zoo (a vintage decorative serif), Sallam (Arabic emulation), Sururim Maudunah (emulating Arabic), Ar Rayyan (Arabic emulation), Hollybucks (a round handprinted typeface), Mack Dutch (a weathered elephant foot serif), Obidel (a squarish vernacular typeface), Pinkerton (a playful cartoonish font), Sloopy Joe (a condensed sans with some curly terminals), Xylo Macloud (a decorative serif), Hickenwitch (a decorative serif), Parkwilson (a decorative serif), Buckedtalk (an inline blackletter typeface), Buckedtalk (an inline blackletter typeface). Creative Fabrica Script. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Letteralle
    [Annas Alam Yahya]

    Yogyakarta, Indonesia-based designer, b. 1996, of the script typefaces Indigo Forest (2019), Golden Royale (2019), Brother Home (2019: brush style), Betterworks (2019: dry brush), Carlinet (2019: dry brush), Sophia Martini (2019), Ottawa (2019), Wonder Bay (2019), Aerobrush (2019), Heisenberg (2019), Denmark (2019), Wonder Bay (2019), Barrington (2019) and Strude (2019).

    Typefaces from 2020: La Monte (a breezy calligraphic script), Hello America, Breakout (a signage script), Caliway (script), Marquette (a dry brush script), Carneys Gallery (Sans, Script).

    Typefaces from 2021: Caseopia (stylized roman capitals), Cramble (a display serif with elephant feet), Margarette (a calligraphic script), Pride Signature (a wild signature script), Avocado Cake (a fat finger font), Bingbong (vernacular), Acardia (a wet-ink upright signature font), Alander (script), Autographer (a signature script), Comica Brush (a brush font for comic books), Signatural (an inky signature script), Briche (a beautiful all caps dry brush font), Balmind (a fat finger script), Little Moment (a fat finger script), Bakari (an all caps supermarket font), Rocket Chicken (handcrafted), Storia (a smooth script font), Frinkle Brush (a dry brush script), Imagine Forest (a dry brush script).

    Typefaces from 2022: Cheva Display (a bold condensed display serif with didone roots), Avegra (a display serif), Diaspora (a stylish sans with flaring), Trovas (Peignotian / art deco caps), Diaspora (a display sans), Valery (a decorative serif). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Letterara Studio
    [Thomas Aradea]

    Yogyakarta, Indonesia-based psychology student, b. 1988. He designed these typefaces in 2022: Australia Handwritten (a brush script), Easter Risen (a bean font), World Peace (a great graffiti font), Bollifia (a monoline script), Bollifia (a monolinear scrapbook script), Bellanos (a bean font), Asutenan (a dry brush script), Valkids, Light Bearer (a dry brush font).

    Typefaces from 2021: Hello Easteria (a playfil scrapbook font), Blacker Valentine (an inky and wild calligraphic script), Allisabeth (a thick-and-thin script), Christmas Rockstar (a dry brush script), Dreamy Summer (script), Berries (a bold informal signage script), Miss Christine (a brush script), First Love FD (a font duo), Gardening, Chilli Peppers, Black Spartan (a dry brush script), Nijikon Japan (a plump supermarket or food packaging font), Summer Flower (a bold script), Mother Love (script), Earth Days (a textured typeface for ecologists), Good Friday (a heavy script), Natural Handwritten (script), Captain Kangaroo, Leaf Spring (a wild script), Merijola (script), Seruput Kopi (a fat finger font), Black Gladiator (a dry brush font), Baby Girl (a rabbit ear script), Heartberry (a scrapbook script), Princess Kimberli (an inky script), Wedding Dress (wild calligraphy), Harriella (an inky script), Pretty Butterfly (a wild playful script), Dear Darling (a wild script), Spring Sunshine, Still Valentine, Still Valentine.

    Typefaces from 2020: Bellissa, Declaration Of Love, Endless Love, Bobby Anderson (a dry brush script), Thunder Ragnarok, Our Valentine (an inky script), Shepherd, Snowbound, Romeo Juliet, Sheepfold, Christmas Wonderland (a brush script), Holi Christmas Eve (an upright wild script), Christmas Journey, Mabelle (wild calligraphy), Barbiel (a wild calligraphic script), Michaello (a brush script), Sabastian (a wild inky script), Christmas Lights (a wild script), Merlyn, Snowball Bush, Christmas Magic (a creamy script), Cheerful Day (a wild script), Snowland (an inky Treefrog style script), Rolling Beat (a dry brush script), Batik Worldwide (a great textured font), Creepy Witch (a Halloween font), Angelynn Monogram, Angelynn, Mattera, Sweet Husky, Father Christmas, Hadriel, Alleffra, Olliffia (a great wild calligraphic script), Aguellera (a wild script), Angellolga (a signature script), Higher Jump (a dry brush font), Love Lovely, American Bulldog, Heal The World, Alaskan Malamute, Fergitta, Millena, Love Miracle, Cleanliness Power (a bold script, with our without shadows), Rayya (script), Matthew Woolsen, Heaster, Honnitta, Bluettelli, Good Thinking, Fressia , Easter Sunday, Well Done (swashy), Kobryan, Mileadila, Rutter, Jacksonville, Rockybilly (a brush script), Angelin Love (wild calligraphy), Backstreet, Roberto, Honey Bear (a heavy cartoon font), Horror Metal.

    Typefaces from 2019: Anderson Silvai (a monoline display typeface), Maithe, The Army of God (a rough brush font), Puppy Love Brush, Beautiful Kisses, Black Note (a cartoon font), Kristabelle, Ramovia (wild calligraphy), Brenda Valentine, Margareta, Fabregas, Darkness of the Night (a brush font), Black Fighter (a dry brush script), Brother Tom (a dry brush script), Antika (a calligraphic script), Gamos, Airora (or Aurora), Keraton, Djoker State, Angel Maleficent, Harleyquin, Boomboyah (dry brush), Seronita, Untitled Artwork (in the "wild calligraphy" genre), Hertina, Reindeer, Right Now (a monoline script), Assinatura (a signature font), Snowby (snow-capped letters), Rosse, Snowky Brush (snowy letters), Black Area, Mariagata, Cubby Brush, Mariosa , Princess Berlianty, Gennie, Bestowens, Haruka, Kanaggawa, katherine, Halloween Story, Only One, Kutharock, Happy Halloween, Art Maria, Knighthood (dry brush script), California Street (script), After Zero (brush), Hong Kong (dry brush script), Alleluya (script), Handpick (a creamy brush script), Yolanda Love Script, Summer Cherry, Black Pink Summer, Johnson Rock, Hobenshaw (a free bold signage script), Eiffel in Love, Galgadot, Andora, Heanffe, Santeria Signature, Jason Statan (free), Brigitta, Peach Queen, Black Pink Signature, Garbera, Flaming Carrot, Seoul Script, Ferrero Rocker (marker pen font), Ferrero Rocher, Stefani, Adventure Dreamer, and Witherscollin.

    Typefaces from 2021: Amsterdam Kindom (a fat finger script), Ordillon Handwriting (a fat finger script), Vallenta, Bittersoni (an inky script), Christmas Worship, Brigitta Signature (a dry brush script), Limit Breaking (letterpress emulation), Bellarosa (a dynamic inky script), Monster Scratch (a dripping blood font), Spooky Grave (a dripping blood font), Hallo Skull (a skull-and-bones font), Halloween Island, Billys Rock, Zombie Mummy (a textured mummy emulation font), Queenlery (a display serif), Ultimate Battle (dry brush script), Fastest (a speed font), Asgardian (a bold stencil font), Brillianissa (a stylish script), Hello Beach (a heavy script), Summering (a scrapbook font), Aishiteru (oriental emulation), Chilli Peppers, Gardening, Thanks Summer, Clarissa. Fontdaily link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Letterfresh Studio
    [Rizki Andika]

    Indonesian studio specializing in calligraphic typefaces. Designer in 2018 of the calligraphic typefaces Ballesia, Bunglone, Diamond, Fathinya, Girly Love (upright script), Ranger Script and Margaretha (2018).

    Typefaces from 2019: Rangen (a sign painting script), Fathoni (a signage script), Batavia Script, Diamond, Melly Script, Buttering, Authem, Stayhill (a retro signage script), Austine Script (for signage), Stayland.

    Typefaces from 2020: Beautiful Day Script Duo, Mogila Display (a decorative serif), Stay Glory Script (monolinear handwriting), Angelta Script, Beauty Queen Script, Sagita Script, Resnick (a fat headline or poster serif in the genre of Cooper Black or Windsor), Childa Script (a formal script), Amolina Boutique Script (a luxury script and accoapnyiong all caps sans), Budgeta Script (a signage script), Starline (monoline script), Ragilone Brush, Dustine Script (a remarkable high-contrast script characterized by samurai sword swashes and a military horizontal trim), Bufally Script (a vintage script).

    Typefaces from 2021: Morning Flower Serif (an inky script), Salisha Signature, Agustina Script (upright), Golding Signature (an inky signature script), Rosthila Script (a creamy upright script), Liontine Script, Molista Script (an upright calligraphic script), Galitha Script (upright and calligraphic), Hello Georgina Script (an upright rabbit ear script), The Humble Script (a creamy script), Beauty Night Script (an upright script), My Sweety Script, Sweet Child Script (a formal calligraphic script), Hello Baby (an upright script). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Letterhead Fonts
    [Chuck Davis]

    Chuck Davis (Palmdale, CA) is the founder of Letterhead Fonts, which is now loacted in Reno, NV. LHF was established in 1999. They specialize in sign and logo fonts, taking inspiration from wood type and late 19th century style typefaces.

    Free fonts "Letterhead Tuscan" (handlettering), Quadrex (2006, 3d effect font), and Wal-Mart People (dingbats). Early display fonts include Esoteric (1999), Wall Dog, Double Gild, Convecta, Smalts, Splash, Lisa. His Atkinson collection has a few nice lettering alphabets: Heavy Sign Script, Eccentric French, Fancy Roman and Modern 1908 Classic (now called Cafe Nouveau).

    Mike Stowe designed Old Blackletter in 2001. Ken McTague made the hand-lettered style typeface Boston Truckstyle. Designed by Brian Kniceley in 2000: LHF Henderson Church, LHF Ohnimus Florid, LHF Ohnimus Spiked, LHF Strong Tea House, Strong Caliope, Strong Nouveau.

    Fonts made around 2000 by Chuck Davis: LHFActionMovie LHF Bulletin Plug, LHF Classic Block, LHF Condensed French, LHF Convecta (2005, beveled face), LHF Cool Blue, LHF Crouching Tiger, LHF Def Artist, LHF Def Writer, LHF Double Gild, LHF Eccentric French Lt, LHF Esoteric, LHF Heavy French Roman, LHF Heavy Sign Script, LHF Jami (2000), LHF Letterhead Tuscan, LHF Lisa, LHF Modern 1908 Classic, LHF Quantum (2001, techno family), LHF Smalts, LHF Splash, LHF Tuscan Full Block (Western style), LHF Wall Dog, LHF Letterhead Tuscan. Fonts made in 2001 by Chuck Davis: LHF Advertisers Plug ATK, LHF Argentine Solid, LHF Boston Truckstyle, LHF Esoteric New, LHF Grants Antique, LHF Mister Kooky, LHF Mister Spooky, LHF Scriptana (2003, angular calligraphic script).

    The following are all by Chuck Davis: Kung Faux (2021: oriental simulation), LHF Antique Shop, LHF Fat Cat (2011, a round informal typeface influenced by Alf Becker's rounded block letterstyle), LHF Bank Note (2007), Quadrex (2005), Menace (2004, comic book style), Michelle (2004, calligraphic script), LHF Ambrosia (2004, free), Sofia Script (2003), Stanford Script (2003), Sarah Script (2003), Fancy Full Round (2003, a Western typeface inspired by Al Imelli, ca. 1900), Matthews Thin (2003, tall caps face), New Modern Classic (2003), LHF Birgitta (2003, roman style typeface, inspired by an E.C. Matthews book), LHF Happy Fun Ball (2003, comic book style), CD Esoteric, OldSignFont, Robin, LHFDefWriter, LHFDefArtist, LHF Amarillo (2001, a spurred serif), LHFBeckerMonogramEnglish, LHFBeckerPosterScript, LHFBeckerRoundedBlock, LHFConclaveFLATreg, Cool Blue (2003), LHFConclaveFLATwide, LHFConclaveROUNDreg, LHFConclaveROUNDwide, LHFConclaveSHARPreg, LHFConclaveSHARPwide, LHFCrouchingTiger, LHFCrouchingTigerCONVEX, LHFEquinox, LHF Esoteric3 (2004), LHFMirageBOLD, LHFMirageITALIC, LHFMirageREG, LHFMonogram, LHFQuantumCONVEX, LHFQuantumREG, LHFRomanaClassico, LHFScriptana (great lettering font), LHFTimberlodge, Village, Kelly Ann, Outlaw, Hensler (2002, a cigar box face), Antique Half Block (2002, wood type), Spurred Egyptian, Wolverine, Ortlieb, Super Thick&Thin, Denise, Hensler, Charlotte, Antique Half Block (2002), Supabad (2003), Brianna (2003, techno), Happy Fun Ball (2003, comic book family), Naylorville (2004), LHF Grant's Antique (2004, caps only Victorian face), Michelle (2004), Cafe Corina (2006, a decorative 19th century style free font by Chuck Davis), LHF Ambrosia (2004, a purely Victorian free font by Chuck Davis), Lincoln (2006), No Fishin (2006), LHF Bell Boy (2004, a free art deco font, Chuck Davis), LHF Full Block (2003; free slab serif athletic number typeface by Davis), Mike's Block (free slab serif by Davis), Old Block (free athletic numbering typeface by Davis), LHF Old Stock (2007), (2007, lettering from old stock market certificates), Hick Sticks (2007, letters made from sticks), LHF Fast Slant (2007, comic book style), LHF Cartoon Cowboy (2009), LHF Big Daddy (2012, fat signage family), LHF Comic Caps 2 (2014), LHF Advertisers Square (2014, after a signage alphabet by Al Imelli, 1922), LHF Asylum (2015, scratchy brush), LHF Black Rose Script (2016), LHF Mastercraft (2017).

    Typeface categories: 3D, 30's and 40's, 50's and 60's, Art Deco, Art Nouveau, Bold, Calligraphic, Cartoon, Casual, Circus, Condensed, Convex, Corners, Decorative, Distressed, Early 1900's, Extended, Fire Truck, Formal, Gothic, Graffiti, Inline, Late 1800's, Layered, Light, Modern, Old English, Ornaments, Panels, Prismatic, Racing, Railroad, Ribbons, Roman, Sanborn Map Co., Sans Serif, Scripts, Scrollwork, Shadow, Stock Certificate, Swashes, Victorian, Western, Word Art.

    Designers: Arthur Vanson, Brad King, Bruce Bowers, Charles Borges, Chuck Davis, Dan Sawatzky, Dave Correll, Dave Smith, David Parr, Denise Bayers, Duncan Wilkie, Francis Lestingi, Jeff Marshall, John Davis, John Studden, Kaitlin Sims, Ken McTague, Mark Searfoss, Mike Erickson, Mike Jackson, Patrick Kalange, Rob Cooper, Steve Contreras, Tom Kennedy.

    At one point, Chuck Davis was running Blu Creative Media, where he published BLU Esoteric (1999).

    Interview at MyFonts. Letterhead link. Behance link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Letterhend Studio (or: Magang Letterhend)
    [Hendry Juanda]

    Hendry Juanda runs Letterhend Studio in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. He designed the signage script typefaces Redoura (2016) and Kadisoka (2016), and the accompanying Redoura Serif (2016) and Kadisoka Monoline (2016). Hendry also designed the handcrafted typefaces Signerella Script (2016, +Sans), Motherline (2016), Motherline Sans (2016), Mukadua (2016: a beatnik serif and a script), Sakra (2016) and Sakra Script (2016).

    Typefaces from 2017: Kaylar Script (formal calligraphy), Keylar Serif, Legion, Hipsterious (signage script), Megattor, Dear Jane (a signature script), Wonder Stark (a rhythmic script), Kingbirds (monoline script), Mandatory (Sans+Script), Modesta Script, Romzul Sans (a fat finger font by Muhammad Romzul Khoir), Kanuda (by Galih Prasetyo), Aamonoline (by Ageng Jatmiko), Fad Script, Ageng Sans (by Ageng Jatmiko), Anisa Sans, Morsel, The Lentigo, Quinible, Storytella, Rose Colored, Swiftone, Antone (letterpress family), Retrology (monoline script), Claytonia, Pipetton (brush Script and Sans), Marttabuck (retro), Gloriant Signature Script, Jouska, Brooklyn (dry brush), Holiday, Take Easy (dry brush), Larizo (brush script), Vanillate (monoline retro script).

    Typefaces from 2018: Sabatons, Autogate (font duo), Sharon Baker, Blue Phantom Script, Dologan, Bolica, Jaceline, Youther (brush script), The Goldies, Carllosta (curly), Black Space (brush style), Anjani Script, Melania Monoline, Calasans (retro layered), Arlington (spurred, Tuscan), Pastelle (SVG brush font), Diana Webber, Caligor (a vintage headline typeface), Greatly, Belymon Script (a great signage script), Majestika Script (signage script), Nagoya (monoline script), Charlotta Script, Stronger (vintage style), Vanillate (connected monoline script), Pipetton (script), Roseville (calligraphic: by Hendry Juanda and Sarid Ezra), Rupture, Gustolle (a great watercolor brush font in OpenType SVG format), Riverside (monoline script), Bulgaria Script, The Majority (calligraphic script), Blacklite (signage script), Athalia Script, West Hood (Western), Fort Collins (font duo, by Sarid Ezra at Letterhend), Flanders Script (a signage script), Thirdlone (a monoline script), Bigstorm, Melania Script (named after the first golddigger), Motherline, Harsey (a 16-font toolbox of signage scripts and dingbats), Dearday Script, Dearday Sans, Blodders, Callonsky Script, Kulon, Quicken, Reklase, Skizzle, Storytella, Brighter.

    Typefaces from 2019: Shockbar (a Halloween font), Chanide Script, Girly Moods, Padlock (a great retro script), The Rouged (monoline script), Karatone, Kingdrops, William Letter Signature, Billskates, Dorothy Clark, Chord Brights (a Victorian typeface), Sequents, LS Olive 01 Script, Bargitta (an SVG brush script font by Hendry Juanda and Sarid Ezra), Hellone Script, Sharon Baker (by Hendry Juanda and Sarid Ezra), Daniella Evans (a display serif by Hendry Juanda and Sarid Ezra), Leafstar, Righton (a signage script by Hendry Juanda and Sarid Ezra), Lotustail (by Henry Juanda and Sarid Ezra), Radicals, Seriously (a display sans), Rupture, North Avellion, Majestika Script, Palmbell (a signature font by Hendry Juanda and Sarid Ezra), Fokers (Victorian), Frankest (Script, Serif; with a Victorian feel), Danielle Harris, Callonsky Script, Murphy Script, Lanoline Script, Bittergrace Script (by Hendry Juanda and Sarid Ezra), Bordemile (a copperplate calligraphic script by Henry Juanda and Sarid Ezra), Daybird Script, Amerta Misty, Wonderstory, Kingbirds Rough (monoline), Rupture Stamp (for signage), Gorgone (a one-style didone by Henry Juanda and Sarid Ezra), Stomper, Caligor, Asterone (a wide all caps sans), Venettica Script (a signature script), Hougbon Script, Philomena Script, Cephalonia, Birmingham Script (calligraphic), Hillstown (Sans and Script).

    Typefaces from 2020: Billrocks (a condensed all caps sans), Greybridge (a fine retro script), Lava Cookies, Just Because, Moraline Script (a baseball signage script), Lemonade Peach, Mayburn (a retro signage script), Fillerglad (a signature script), Breadfast, Della Brian (script), Sailritme (wild, calligraphic), Stacylia, Stacylia, Salty Unicorn (a monolinear marker pen font), Super Giants, Gingerly, Creeplens, Donthank (a fat finger font), The Viperion, Blantika, Maritosca (wild, calligraphic), Thirtylane Script, Winland (a brush script), Ballmarks (wild, calligraphic), Mellodate, Braleno (a shaky font), Siregar, Camie (a wedge serif), Hugiller (a high contrast ball terminal fashion mag serif), Mildistance (a tall calligraphic script), Midgeto (a casual all caps typeface), Crimson Black (a brush typeface), Duke Charming (a decorative serif), Lucky Spark, Blue Jones, Sunshine Valley, Hello Christine (a rough-edged script), Revalina (a wild calligraphic script), Ranshell (a chalky script), Malliandra Script (a wild calligraphic script), Vistaria Notes (a wide flowing calligraphic script), Achiever, Bullgine (blackletter), Billion Reach (a signature script), The Randi (a monoline script), Yorkson (a signage script), Laverty Castaroza (all caps, art nouveau), Kandani (a creamy signage script), Fragtude (a creamy script), Quick Counters, Kaeliwritten, Heaven Wanders (a lively vintage hand-printed typeface), Chillday Script, Redberries, Foretelling Script, The Stegris (a decorative serif), Bayland (a signage script), Darthon, Caligonia, Deluge (a heavy script), Laterlocks (a display typeface), Baille Simpson (a dry brush script), Kanote (an all caps cartoon font), Black Ground, Franceur, The Wanters, Alburgone (an all caps quaint shop front lettering typeface), Annette Bradford, Winstreak (a brush font), Madegra (a decorative serif), Samrose (a dry brush font), Dehors (a Tuscan circus font), Compania (a wild script), Neography (a formal script), Shakuro Brush (oriental brush), Rascals, Wednesdom, Chirpy, Altia (Script, Sans, Slab Serif, Signature, Hand, Brush, Dingbats), Stargation, Buttoni, Radgrows, Linkgray, Monday Bay, Brown Chunkers (a vintage label font), Squiborn (a hand-drawn athletics font), Brilliantly, Holystone, Detroit (a handcrafted slab serif), Spring Note, Bigtown (a heavy hand-lettered slab serif), Naville (a 6-style all caps sans family), The Proactive (script), Wardrum Pro (a wide sans) and Wardrum, Kinderline Script (monoline), Kingdrops, The Kogles Script (retro), Conseration (a condensed sans). Hopkins Angela, Blue Phantom, Gladiolus Script, Calvous (spurred and weatheed), Fort Smith (penmanship calligraphy), Ramdone (a creamy signage script), Devilion (a signage script), Cortair (a vintage typeface), Kingbirds (a monoline script), Purefell Script, Rangkings (serif), The Holloway (Victorian), Roquen (a rustic typeface), Gloriant.

    Typefaces from 2021: The Riskeys (a tall stylish serif), Brandice (blackletter), Carllosta (a Victorian font), Dountyland (a monoline script), Garten House (Victoriana), Hello Sierra Sans (a child's hand), Marla Griselda (a formal script), Nachinta (script), Winter Rosetta (a curly script), Distoniare (a thin calligraphic script), The Moon Milter (a vintage all caps display font), Asper Crown (a nature park display font), Delgian (script), Astropicks (a marker bpen font), Cerlistine (a fat finger script), Fintbar (a fat all caps display font with an oversized chin), Madre Rose (a stylish unicase typeface), Norvin (vintage caps), Roundkind, Sentra (a wide hand-crafted display font), Stone Masher (script), Beast Party (a Halloween font), Hollow House (a Halloween font), Blowsters (a dry brush mural font), Rumble Born (a bean font), Stano Sans (rounded), Amillia Rochete (a delicate signature script), Shopie Minclair (a fine pencil script), Sign Paintoh (a sign painter's font), Wednesday Island (script), Sinister Mind (a horror font), Divine Stone (a brush font), Pinsmalle (a signage script), Radnick (a plumpish retro font), Wackets, The Royal Chambers (decorative caps, with a hint of art nouveau), Shopie Minclair (a refined script), The Morshine (Victorian), Beauty Culture (an angled calligraphic script), Allarmante (a horror font), Billanta (a retro signage script), Galpike (a 9-style sans with modulated stems), Magnitude (a stylish display sans with large x-height), Romans Story (stylish caps), Stay Strong (a dry brush script), Cardila (a monoline retro signage script), Explore Magic (hand-printed), Kingslayer (a graffiti font), Marina Bullock (a flowing rabbit ear script), Dustland (a retro signage script), Haystack (script), Sakura Town (Japanese brush emulation), Boldistrike (a retro signage script), Maleryan (a delicate formal calligraphic script), Sellina Word (a calligraphic script with irregular line thickness), Servegin (a display serif), Shelbie Roger (Victorian), Stumble (a signage script), Foresight (a vintage script), Cordoba Sans (vintage caps), Badgear (a monoline script), Edellyn Script (tall and elegant), Glorify Sans (an 8-style decorative sans), Wellytonia Package (a scrapbook script), Turesco (a creamy caps typeface), Black Space (a horror brush SVG font), Slime Yogurt (a fat finger font), Black Hymned Script, Pompano (a lively almost vernacular headline sans), California Quotes (brush script), Rosterine (a vintage condensded display font), Between Days (a display serif), Crescent Slim (a stylish display serif), Captivate (script), Flumbery White (a thin tilted script), Modern Prestige, Olive Vine (a lively brush script), Graystera (an elegant script), Morning Glints (a marker pen font), Native Roast (a vintage layered typeface), Menleader (script), Neophyte (a flared vintage typeface), Dankfield (condensed, squarish), Sogate (a bold script), Hollow Sky (a thin script), Boosley (a condensed supermarket script), Killviners (blackletter), Chenile Deluxe (a vernacular supermarket font) Silvestern (a vintage display font), Arnette Script (a calligraphic script), Margoline (an elegant formal calligraphic script), Pinmold (a geometric stencil font), Eligated (all caps, vintage), Garmouth Display (a Victorian era advertizing font), Bugheds (blackletter), Candleton, Riotous, Baverley Astone (script), Belmistate (a fine rhythmic brush script), Hulberk (an all caps slab serif), Mogaster (a monolinear script), Black Rockets (a dry brush script), Glady Script (a bold signage script), Yesternight (a bottom heavy script), Welroseltone (a stylish calligraphic font), Bold Garage (an inky unusually elegant typefacre), Bright Clones (hand-printed) Grand Wilson (a font duo), Merodine (calligraphic), Appears (a decorative serif), Mounties (tall caps with flared terminals), Quatro, Ground Castle (a display serif), Linestay (a signage script), Alessia Harvey (a signature font), Caramel Chestnut, Londers (an upright bold script), Hubstone (a brush font), Oversouth (vintage, hand-drawn), Bright Gesture (a lachrymal font), Center Voyage (an all caps display typeface), Asteria Royalty, Georude (hand-printed), Raksana (a bold upright script), Aesthetic Notes, Broadley (a vintage font duo), Chopader (a vintage font duo), Wimp Stars (a beatnik font), Brown Holmes, Mortina (a vintage font duo), Dustown (a rounded handcrafted sans), Holymore, Lamberds (a rhythmic script), North Mountain (a decorative flared typeface), Butter Slices, Portalica (an all caps italic font with plenty of ball terminals), Evening River (an optimistic and playful script), La Graziela (formal copperplate calligraphy), Metro Capitals, Davenvale, Earthgate (a vintage penmanship font), Vindale (a retro reverse stress script), Better Hobby (a layerable cutout font), Bouldster (a bottom-heavy psychedelic script), Melorist (a display sans), Benorante, Millgrove (a condensed spurred typeface), Asterluck (a fat finger font), Boinger (wide, octagonal), Rimeland (calligraphic), Ansylia, Mantaray.

    Typefaces from 2022: Arturico (a frivolous art deco font), Calmine Font Duo (a bold vintage script), Foresight, Penster Bross, Mayhome (script), Rivervale (flared hand-crafted caps), Rontage (a late 19th century-style display typeface), Bert Watson (a tall thin upright script), Honnie (Greek emulation), Livemono (6 styles), Caldeisa (a creamy script), Coral Candy Regular Slant (a blocky plump unicase typeface), Hanstone (script), Hintown Slant (arts and crafts era caps), Liviatica (a wavy display serif), Rosie Brown (a font duo), Growline (an all caps display sans), Lion Parade (a vintage apothecary script), Praysire (a sharp-edged display serif), Bashiton (a monolinear script), Crainzel (notched caps), Garetra (a stylish serif), Moon Slayer (a scrapbook brush font), Growlies (a fat finger script), Ridge Cliff (a massive slab srif), The Bristers Sans (a font duo), Augify (a hipsterish display serif), Dustyland (a monoline script), Primore Castle (hand-crafted), Merry Brook (script), Monstroux (a brush font), Blue Carousel (an informal brush script), Bastinson (a thin monoline script), Happy Sparkle (an inky treefrog script), Arinkoln, Backdown (script), Krostenia (a monoline script), The Bardian (script), Black Rocket (hand-printed), Kaglia (script), Cyberion (sci-fi), Groovy Friends (hand-printed), Calfine (a bold condensed poster typeface with small wedge serifs), Fountencil (a blackletter stencil), Logirent (a minimalist logo font), Logirent, Hermush (art nouveau caps).

    Aka Magang Letterhend. Behance link. Dafont link. Graphicriver link. Dafont link. Creative Market link. Fontesk link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    LetterMaker
    [Teo Tuominen]

    Teo Tuominen is a fearless Finnish type designer and letterer based in Helsinki. Teo has a background in graphic design and has a masters degree in type design from the TypeMedia program in Den Haag, The Netherlands, class of 2013. Designer of Kaiser (2011, a sans designed for print and screen), developed at the tipoRenesansa 3rd international type design workshop in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

    From 2010 until 2012, Paul D. Hunt (Adobe) and Teo Tuominen developed the monospaced programmimg font family Hasklig.

    Creator of the round signage / cartoon typeface Winnie the Hoop (2012, inspired by Winnie the Pooh).

    In 2013, he graduated from the Type & Media program in Den Haag, with a typeface family called Binky that was inspired by wood type. Before that, he graduated from the Pekka Halonen Academy in 2009 and the Lahti Institute of Design in 2012.

    He also designed Tartufe (2013), and drew the italics of Source Code Pro for Adobe in 2014.

    In 2015, Emil Karl Bertell and Teo Tuominen joined forces at Fenotype when they designed the retro connected signage script typeface Tea Biscuit.

    Typefaces from 2016: HK 1917 (originally drawn as custom lettering for the label of a gin called Helsingin. HK 1917 is based on the headline font used in the set of statutes from 1917 that started the prohibition in Finland), Paradise Sans (a custom typeface family designed for Paradise City Beverage Company; it includes a stunning stencil style), Warrior Sans (a custom typeface for specialty coffee company Warrior Coffee).

    Typefaces from 2017: Wolby (brush-lettered), Trevor (a kind slab serif), Floki (condensed sans), Wolt Display (for the food delivery service Wolt), Walter (Type Together; Teo writes that Walter originally began as a revival of an unidentified typeface used in a Dutch version of the play Tartuffe by Molière), Kaarna, Winnie The Hoop (signage script), Airo (a monospaced slab serif with reversed contrast).

    Typefaces from 2018: Geria (a hand-drawn sans), Papillon Script (a monoline script; with Emil Karl Bertell, at Fenotype), Calton and Calton Stencil (a utilitarian workhorse sans serif family), Quida (a flared display duo with sans and script, +Quida Rough), Vieno, Banto (wedge serif), Dallas Print Shop (a display family by Teo Tuominen and Emil Karl Bertell), Capital (a sans and serif family by Teo Tuominen, Erik Jarl Bertell and Emil Karl Bertell), Maestri (a classical connected scrupt by Teo Tuominen and Emil Karl Bertell).

    At Future Fonts, he published the wedge serif typeface Banto (2018) and the experimental typeface Chippo (2018).

    Typefaces from 2019: Portland (a reverse contrast typeface by Emil Bertell, Erik Bertell and Teo Tuominen), Taurus (an all caps logotype family by Emil Bertell, Erik Bertell and Teo Tuominen), Zeit (a transitional text typeface by Emil Bertell, Erik Bertell and Teo Tuominen), Avion (a sans family by Emil Bertell, Erik Bertell and Teo Tuominen), Fabrica (a decorative frilly didone by Emil Bertell, Erik Bertell and Teo Tuominen), Tapas (2019, by Emil Bertell, Erik Bertell and Teo Tuominen: a Serif, Sans, Deco and Script collection), Morison (a great 32-style wedge serif typeface by Erik and Emil Bertell and Teo Tuominen), Saiga (Future Fonts).

    In 2019, he released Luna at Future Fonts. Luna features high contrast and dashing details.

    Typefaces from 2020: Laurel (by Teo Tuominen, Emil Bertell and Erik Bertell: a 4 style sans with amnay wedge elements), Resolve Sans (by Teo Tuominen, Emil Bertell and Erik Bertell: an extensive grotesk super family of 124 fonts: from compressed to extended, thin to black), Rockford Sans (2020: an 8-style geometric sans with large x-height and slightly rounded corners; Emil Bertell, Erik Bertell and Teo Tuominen), Ompu (Future Fonts: a heavy condensed sans serif), Walden (a heavy rustic serif typeface by Emil Bertell, Erik Bertell and Teo Tuominen), Klik (a geometric sans family with Bauhaus influences, by the dynamic trio of Emil Bertell, Erik Bertell and Teo Tuominen).

    Typefaces from 2021: Imagist (a 12-style sharp-edged serif by Emil Bertell, Erik Bertell and Teo Tuominen), Alonzo (a 24-style Peignotian sans by Emil Bertell, Erik Bertell and Teo Tuominen), Maine (a 12-style modernized book antiqua by Emil Bertell, Erik Bertell and Teo Tuominen), Lagom (a 16-style slab serif with some Clarendon charm; by Emil Bertell, Erik Bertell and Teo Tuominen), Wonder (a 12-style rounded serif in the style of Windsor; by Emil Bertell, Erik Bertell and Teo Tuominen), Grand Cru (a refined serif family with 36 styles; by Emil Bertell, Erik Bertell and Teo Tuominen).

    Future Fonts link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Lettersams
    [Samsul Kamal]

    Sigli, Indonesia-based designer (b. 1994) of Mishora Script (2019), Garlandia Script (2019: a retro signage script), Kimberia Script (2019: a calligraphic script), Bedfore Script (2019), Ganesha Script (2019) and the calligraphic wedding script fonts Maughan Script (2019) and Marihouse Script (2019).

    Typefaces from 2020: Hometona Script (calligraphic), Fresh Orange (a cartoon font), Bilgate Script (formal calligraphy), History Agnes, Epidson (a dry brush script).

    Typefaces from 2021: Alpha Kosty (a decorative serif), The Romantic Absolute Duo (font duo), Brigesta (a display serif), Spring Hills Script. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Lettersiro
    [Muhammad Sirojuddin]

    Muhammad Sirojuddin, aka illustrator Shiro Ngampus (of The Art of Shirongampus), is a Yogyakarta, Indonesia-based designer, b. 1989. In 2016-2017, he published some fonts at Shiro Ngampus. In 2017, he started Lettersiro, where he designed these handcrafted typefaces in 2017: Stay Outside, Amsterdam (signature script), Mellisa Script, The Sunshine Script, Sunshine Ornaments, Holland Signature, Beauty (monoline script), Gisellia (signature script), Calling Heart (brush script), Handsome (dry brush script).

    Typefaces from 2018: Geronimo Base, Arthington, Asking Mind, Sayur Koool, Meillina, Bolder Line, Blur Sight, Sweetland, Wellsight, Reckless Art, Gojira Black, Butter Layer, Brieston, Breakout, Breaking Mad, Blinkstones (dry brush), Banthink Clean, Black Sambath, Mentega, Handsome, Wild Nature, Santana, Hunters, Kobar, Bio Monster, Good Sunday, Butter Haunted, Black Street, Dillova, Honey Butter (a font trio), The Banthink (a poster font), Sweetland, Outsmile (a signature script), Audhistine, Stella Wilson (font duo), Time Hunters Script, Onetime (signage script), Paladise (creamy upright script), Lovely Photograph Better Glory, Grooving (a weathered vintage font), Midtown.

    Typefaces from 2019: Best Rock, Raster Slice, Kalimat Script, Satturday Collection, Hollanda, Rallian, Gotten Say, Quick Jump, Blade Stroke, Sandiego, High Sky, Delight Place, Higher Style, Monoline Signature, Lollipa, Deliont, Bellome, Vintage Quotes, Santiago, Darkside (dry brush), Bruttall (dry brush), Bloody Durian, Ruthless, Bankzath, Blanksack Immortal, Judgement Territory, Something in The Grave Yard, Blank Smile, Think Smart, So Sweet Honey, Signatime, Nightland, Willmad Friday, Maillove, Hello Santuy, Collonar Caps, Golliath, Monumental, Zamruds, Barton (rounded sans), Brave Strong (brush style), Dreaming Time (a fat finger font), Greathunt, Wrong Hunt (brush), Lost World, Monster World, Smasher, Charitta, Donnis, Perfect Sweet, Rentuck, Silhouette, Blankid, Signatour, Splash (dry brush), Redtowns (brush), Retro Thunders (a great angular signage script), Hamilton (script), Keilla, Willian, Melting Letter, Burn Wood, Bomber Balloon, Inzomniac, Brown Choco, Dark Hammer, Black Spirit, Black Heart, Batsand, Aged Machine, Heartless, Blink Kiss.

    Typefaces from 2020: Breaking Wild, The Brat, Expain, Snow Fairy, Beloved Daughter, Shelva, Henniver, Cold Climate, Friend White, Agged Machine, Bradley, Friday, Haksen, Chicago, Writing Tresno, Vintage Quotes, Dalton, Earn, Media Times, Samford + Samford Black.

    Typefaces from 2021: Paladise (a bold upright retro script), Beauty Switzerland Duo, Honey Crafter (a bold upright retro script), Amsterdam Signature (an upright rabbit ear script), Hunters Think (a bold creamy script). Creative Fabrica link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Levi Halmos
    [no image fonts]

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    Lewis McGuffie

    British graphic designer and sign painter who was at some point in Tallinn, Estonia. Graduate of the MATD program at the University of Reading, class of 2019.

    Old German Baltic maps gave him the inspiration for the signage family Livo Display (2014). Other typefaces, all done in 2015: Imperija Roman (2015, an impressive Trajan typeface for posters and editorial use; Lewis explains: The original letters were drawn from a memorial engraving in Ljubljana, Slovenia), Trout Beer (display type), Andra Roman (a humanist sans based on a letter sample dated around 1920 found in the Estonian History Museum), Cream (an Italian western type based on an original wood type), Gauss (a pointy stencil type), Heath Egyptian (based on Caslon's Two-Line Egyptian: a custom type for London-based craftsman Daniel Heath), Poison, Titanik Tuleva, Hebden (a grotesque and incised pair inspired by the original signs at Hebden Bridge train station in Yorkshire).

    Typefaces from 2016: Fleischer Display, Bobik (a sans / slab / wedge serif triplet of fonts initially developed based on basic principles described in Jean Alessandrini's Codex 80), Cindie Mono (four monospaced fonts of widely varying widths), Cenotaph Titling (a free engraved titling typeface influenced by Eric Gill's inscriptions).

    Typefaces from 2017: Osselian Demi (lapidary), Borough Grotesk (free; updated to Pro in 2018), Tusker Grotesk (a headline grotesk in the tradition of Haettenschweiler, Impact and Helvetica Inserat; influences include Inland Type's Title Gothic No.8 and Stephenson Blake Elongated Sans No.1), Gardner Sans.

    Typefaces from 2018: Chicken Shop Gothic (a condensed grotesk published by Typeverything: partly inspired by Benguiat's 1968 sample book Psychedelitype and part-nod to the stretched tacky stick-on-vinyl lettering on the windows of late-night takeaways, Chicken Shop is a variable font with a super-size height axis), Zierde Grotesk (a take on early advertising, small-copy grotesks of the late 19th/early 20th century, and is largely inspired by Miller & Richard's own range of grotesques. The ornaments were inspired by J.G Schelter & Giesecke's 1913 type specimen book Die Zierde). Sortie Super (Italian stress Western font). During his studies at Ecole Estienne (Paris), Manuel de Lignières (Montpellier, France) published Waba (2018) with Lewis McGuffie. Inspired by woodblock types and art nouveau, Waba is a bit of love letter to Estonia, the Baltics and the visual history of Eastern Europe. The free variable font Waba Border (2018) was added by Lewis McGuffie. Find Waba at Typeverything.

    Typefaces from 2019: Cham (heavy, octagonal, based on fascia lettering from 1875 in Liverpool; released by Typeverything), Chicken Shop Gothic (a condensed poster sans, with a variable type option), Columba (a variable font done for his graduation at MATDi with Latin, Greek, Cyrillic & Hebrew coverage and optical size and weight axes; Grand Prize winner at Granshan 2019).

    Typefaces from 2020: Salford Sans (an 8-weight headline sans family; a collaboration between Lewis McGuffie (Latin, Greek, Cyrillic), Dave Williams of Manchester Type (Latin, Arabic) and Elsa Baussier (symbols)), Jooks Script (in the style of Kurrent and Sütterlin; reviving Walter Höhnisch's Werbeschrift), Auroc (a flared incised petite-serif), Cindie 2 (an extension of Cindie Mono, this family has 26 monospaced widths).

    Typefaces from 2021: Tekst (a Latin / Greek / Cyrillic font family based on Literaturnaya---a book type popular in the Soviet Union; it comprises ekst A (Analog for print), Tekst D (Digital for screen) and Tekst M (M for Mono)).

    Typefaces from 2022: Mushy (a soft-edged joining script display type with four substyles, Cheese, Butter, Yoghurt and Cream), Rulik (unicase, uncial), Narwa (a wonderful all caps poster typeface).

    Future Fonts link. Type Department link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    LFCF (was: El Serif de Chocolate)
    [Luis Fernando Carvente Flores]

    Luis Fernando Carvente Flores is a type designer and illustrator in Pueblo de Zaragoza, Mexico. Initially, he made free fonts published via Dafont, and using the foundry name El Serif de Chocolate.

    Creator of Spatha Serif (2010), Spatha Sans, Musa Ornata (2008, fat round signage face), Knema (2010), Musa (2009), Bascula (2009, athletic lettering and Egyptian typeface; +College), Toeris (2009, a western heavy slab serif face), Golondrina (2010, in Africana and Europea styles, all blackletter), and Memela Fraktur (2009, blackletter).

    In 2010, he turned commercial and set up LFCF.

    In 2011, he published the free blackletter typeface Carmilia and the tropical typeface Babalu.

    In 2012, he added the (free) thin ornamental typeface Ferrica Light and the bouncy Tuscan typeface Festiva (free).

    Typefaces from 2013: Paky (a brush typeface for a packaging project with Mario Tapia), Vinilo Ultra (curvy stencil, tweetware).

    Typerfaces from 2018: Agustina.

    Home page with a typography blog and a calligraphy blog in Spanish. . Home page. Blog. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Lián Types
    [Maximiliano Sproviero]

    Argentinian foundry located in Buenos Aires, est. in 2008 by Maximiliano Sproviero (b. 1987, Buenos Aires). It specializes mainly in gothic, uncial, script and handwriting typefaces. Sproviero graduated from FADU, University of Buenos Aires in 2008 with a script thesis typeface called Colofon.

    His fonts from 2008 include Devil Kalligraphy, Pumba (great futuristic rounded look), Tobogan (retro), Kiwi Sans Serif, School Rainbow, Suave Calligraphy, Tonika (handwriting), Goddess (handwriting), Cursivessca (calligraphic; 4 styles), Friendship (6 styles), Chechelo Lawyer (modern italic condensed), Quijote Italic (calligraphic with tall ascenders and descenders), Miscelanea (arabesques), Lunga (a condensed hairline family consisting of Real Ligada, Exacta, Versalita and Extras), Mabela (a rounded fat display font), Red Wagon (ultra-condensed), Valeria Script (swashy), Kalligrand (2008, a tall calligraphic face), Intima Script One, Two and Three (described by him as a sensual calligraphic script family), and Paradise Script (96 styles, all calligraphic).

    Creations from 2009: Kaligrafia, Galana, Mon Amour Script (hyper-calligraphic), Oh Lara (also hyper-calligraphic), and Quijot sauvage (a 7-style calligraphic feat).

    In 2010 he made these typefaces: Parfait Script (a high-contrast calligraphic script), Kanikama, Breathe Pro (calligraphic with didone serifs), Boston Script.

    Creations from 2011: Reina (a curvaceous didone family, +Engraved). He updated this in 2021 to the 45-style Reina Neue.

    At Tipos Latinos 2012, Maximiliano Sproviero won awards in the display type category for Aire (2012, a thin curly didone family), Breathe Pro, and Reina. At TDC 2013, he won an award for the copperplate script Erotica. Erotica also won an award at Tipos Latinos 2014.

    Typefaces from 2013: String (a hairline Spencerian script), Brand (a signage script family), Agile Pro (a hairline swashy calligraphic family), Bird Script (which an award at Tipos Latinos 2014), Live Pro.

    Typefaces from 2014: Selfie (connected monoline signage script), Heroe (a script that takes Lubalin and Caslon to the extreme), Dream Script (a chancery script that won an award at Tipos Latinos 2016), Dream Caps (Trajan capitals), Beatle (a Spencerian script with psychedelic touches).

    Typefaces from 2015: Seventies (a funkadelic typeface), Indie (a signage script family that won an award at Tipos Latinos 2016), Model (a hairline fashion mag calligraphic script family).

    Typefaces from 2016: Lubaline (decorative caps inspired by Herb Lubalin), Skill (signage type: winner at Tipos Latinos 2018 of a type design award).

    Typefaces from 2017: Posh (a fat didone), Fluire and Fluire Caps (a greeting card font pair), Preta (almost psychedelic script), Vinyle (a remarkable monoline decal script).

    Winner at Tipos Latinos 2018 of a type design award for Lubaline, Posh and Preta.

    Typefaces from 2018: Burger (a fast food slab serif bonanza), Fleur (inspired by some lettering in Palais Garnier in Paris---Sproviero calls this the Napoleonic style), Pantera (a lively pointed brush calligraphic typeface family), Girasol (based on sketches by Susana Maurette), Rafaella (all caps---described by Sproviero as coquette).

    Typefaces from 2019: Hot Script (monoline), Elipses (a Peignotian sans family in 7 styles), Fabulous Script, Breathe Neue.

    Typefaces from 2021: Selfie Neue Rounded (40 styles), Selfie Neue Sharp (39 styles), Ballet VF (Maximiliano Sproviero: a variable Spencerian penmanship font with optical sizing from 16pt to 72pt---a technical feat accomplished with the help of Eduardo Tunni and the Omnibus team; free at Google fonts; Github link),

    Klingspor link. Behance link. Interview by MyFonts in 2014. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Licker Antony

    Aka Lickermelody and Design Co. Bandung, Indonesia-based designer of these vintage typefaces in 2017: The Luiston, Aloevery Bold, Ebenezer, Dreaming. In addition, he created the script typeface Creatello, the brush typeface Attack, and the handcrafted typefaces Stay Humble and Hartbouke in 2017.

    Typefaces from 2018: Sihaloho (sigage script), Countdownville (spurred vintage style).

    Creative Market link. Creative Fabrica link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Lindstrom Design
    [Nils Lindstrom]

    Nils Lindstrom is a Glendora, CA-based logotype and type designer. He is the creator of the elegant script typeface Elfin (2007, a fanciful reinterpretation of the elvish type found inside the ring in J. R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings), and the heavyweight upright signage script Beppo (2011). Jeff Rubow designed Sticks (comic book face) and Mr Jenkins (comic book style) at Lindstrom in 2010.

    In 2017, he designed Athellia (an upright condensed formal script).

    In 2022, he released Smart Deco (a tall and pure deco typeface).

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    Liviu Antonescu

    Bucharest, Romania-based designer of the handcrafted poster typeface Cafe Racer (2014), the vintage signage typeface Brooks Brothers (2016, in styles called Douglas, James and Matthew), the brush signage script The Hunter (2016), the marker script Sharpeye Type (2015), the thick cursive typefaces Sweetie (2016) and Geneve (2016), and the signage script Goldeye (2016).

    Typefaces from 2017: Flourish (swashy calligraphic script), Buoyage, Overheat (connected script).

    Typefaces from 2019: Replay (signage script), Tyler (script). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Livius Dietzel

    Berlin-based type designer. Co-creator with Hannes von Döhren of ITC Chino, ITC Chino Display (2009), a soft-edged bold signage and sans family, FF Basic Gothic (2010, a grotesk family), Brix Slab (2011), Brix Slab Condensed, Brix Sans (2014, created using precisely engineered glyphs for corporate or information design), and Livory (2010, a rounded serif type family of four fonts influenced by the French Renaissance Antiquas from the 16th century).

    In 2018, he co-founded Lit Design Studio with Tom Hossfeld. Together, at their new studio, they designed these typefaces:

    • Lit Sans (2018-2019), an attractive geometric typeface straight from the Bauhaus school attic. Lit Sans Medium is free.
    • Graphit (2019). This seems to be identical to Lit Sans. Curated by HVD Fonts, it showed up at MyFonts in January 2019.
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    Lomo Hiber
    [Vladimir Tsagolov]

    Type designer in Volgograd and Saint Petersburg, Russia, who created these display typefaces in 2018: Speedy Space Goat Oddity (a painter's font), Afrik (a hand-painted font inspired by African tribal body art, and drawn with one finger using self-made paint from crushed charcoal), Hubber (a retro signage script font), Stormy Youth (a rebellious marker pen font), Coal Soul, Alza (script), Blobber, Crem (a free futuristic slab serif), and Loscut.

    Typefaces from 2019: Dancin Pixel, Blober, Crem Slab.

    Typefaces from 2020: Petale (an elegant 18-style display family), Fracaso (an abstract or cubist painter's font named after Picasso). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Lorry Barbedette

    Quimper, France-based designer of the heavy comic book or signage typeface Fatbuddy (2017). Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Louise Agerlund

    Art director in Aarhus, Denmark, who created the signage script typeface Freddy (2014). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Lucas Alcaide

    Or Lucas Alcaide De Wandeleer. Spanish archiect who studied at the University of Alcala in Madrid. Designer of the hand-printed typeface Aylan (2013, Eurotypo), the script typeface Idea (2014), and the signage script typeface Globie (2016, Eurotypo). Behance link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Lucas Brusquini

    Born in Sweden in 1976, Lucas Brusquini studied at the Graphic Arts Institute of Denmark. As a designer and art director he has worked in the UK, Denmark and Sweden. He currently lives in Landskrona, Sweden. At Fountain, he designed Tycho (2008). He writes: The typeface Tycho started as a college project in collaboration with Landskrona Museum, Sweden. The brief was to design a typeface to be used for print and signage at the associated Tycho Brahe Museum on the island of Ven. The printed works of Tycho Brahe, printed on the same island, was the natural starting point for the project. After careful examination of some of the original books Epistolarum Astronomicarum Liber Primus (printed in 1596) was chosen as the main source of inspiration. However, it soon became clear that the font used in the book was of very poor quality and most likely a mix of several diferent fonts. As a result the work shifted from pure revival to the design of a new typeface that took inspiration from - but was not faithful to - the fonts found in the book. The italic is a totally new design. Although there are italics in Epistolarum Astronomicarum Liber Primus it seemed more appropriate to design an italic that would match the new Tycho typeface rather than the original font used in the book. The letterforms of the italic are based on my own calligraphy, but the construction details of the letters (the visible returning stroke) owe a great deal to the gorgeous italic of Fred Smeijer's Renard. Tycho Book is a strictly intended for editorial use in small sizes (6 to 12 points), while Tycho Display is designed for setting short texts such as signs or book titles in 30 points or greater.

    In 2014, he created the angular and quite legible text typeface PF Occula, which was published by Parachute.

    FontShop link. Klingspor link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Luce Avérous

    Ex-student at Scriptorium de Toulouse (2001) who published some of her fonts at Typotek. She made the free handwriting font Trashhand (2001), Lucette-Normal (2001), Perle-Normal (2000), and Printemps-Normal (2001).

    In 2002, she founded a signage agency, Tous les anges. Trashhand became Naturehand in 2008 when it became the house font of The Body Shop. The Greek and Cyrillic extensions will be done jointly by Luce Avérous and Dalton Maag.

    Over at Dalton Maag, she designed the technical handwriting typefaces Verveine (2009) and Verveine Corp (2009), which covers Greek as well. I believe that Verveine and Trashhand are identical.

    Behance link. Dafont link. Klingspor link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Lucy Denning

    During her graphic design studies in London, Lucy Denning created a decorative extension of Lucinda Handwriting called Iced Circulus (2013). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Luis Fernando Carvente Flores
    [LFCF (was: El Serif de Chocolate)]

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    Luisa Baeta

    Graduate of the University of Reading in 2011. Luisa is from Portugal and Brazil and lives in Rio de Janeiro. Her graduation typeface was the multifaceted family Arlecchino (2011), which contains a signage script, a slab serif, and an ordinary script. Both Latin and Greek are covered.

    Monuments and Museums (2012) was commissioned by the Greek design studio Bric-a-Brac for a visual identity for Greece's museums and monuments. Bligh is a 3-weight sans-serif type family designed from scratch during her time working at Dalton Maag, published in 2015. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Lukmanul Khikmatullah
    [Macul Inc (or: Maculinc)]

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    M. Fairuzulhaq

    Designer and illustrator from Semarang, Indonesia, b. 1987. Creator of the modular typeface VE-VastagurlyDisplay (2011) and the pixelish typeface Homigos (2012).

    In 2014, he made Candlescript (connected copperplate style calligraphic script), Abovea (brush signage font), Nudely (modular font family), the display typeface Vailsnick Italic (see also here) and Eveagita Luxury.

    Behance link. Creative Market link. Aka Rapsick and as Vast. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    M. Moullet

    Author of 100 Alphabets Publicitaires Dessinés par M. Moullet (1946, Editions Caboni, Bruxelles). Alphabets from that book include Letters in relief, Fancy Character, Ornamental Antique (art deco), Fancy Antique (multiline art deco), Fancy Antique 2 (a different style altogether), Pochoir (stenciled).

    Some of Moullet's fonts were digitized by Dick Pape in 2011 and 2012 and can be downloaded here. Pape's fonts: FAA3DLettresEnRelief, FAAAllongees, FAAAllongeesBold, FAAAntiqueAllongee, FAAAntiqueGrasse, FAAAntiques, FAAAntiquesGrasses, FAABaroque3DInitiales, FAABlockLettresEnRelief, FAACameoHollow, FAACaracteresdeFantaisie, FAAChevauchantes, FAACubiques, FAAEcossaises, FAAEcritureGrasseEmoussee, FAAEgyptienneGrasse, FAAEgyptiennesEmoussees, FAAFantaisie, FAAFantaisieBlaireau, FAAFantaisieHardi, FAAFantaisieHaut, FAAFantasio, FAAFloralGothiqueInitiales, FAAFrenchMecane, FAAItalianHeavySlab, FAALettresAuCrayonItalic, FAALiberty, FAANormandes, FAANormandesAllongees, FAAOmbreeEnRelief, FAAOnciale, FAAOrientales, FAAPochoir, FAARomainClassique, FAARomainTypographique, FAScenesPaysannes, FAASerifEgyptienne, FAAVetteFantasieAntieke. Download page.

    Jeff Levine revived some of Moullet's typefaces: Silly Behavior (2019), Old Sport JNL (2018), Relaxation JNL (2017), Peppermill JNL (2017), Script Spot Initials JNL (2017), French Lettering JNL (2017), Martial Arts JNL (2017, an oriental simulation font), Relaxation JNL (2017). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Macul Inc (or: Maculinc)
    [Lukmanul Khikmatullah]

    Kecamatan Tersono, Jawa Tengah, Indonesia-based designer of the free handcrafted fonts Ondfuturs (2018: a marker pen font), Airates Script (2018), Hugtophia (2018), Hunsleitta (2018: script), Anghones (2018) and Maigreds (an all caps display typeface) (2018).

    Typefaces from 2019: The Eldians (script), Chamberton (script), Rose Town, Sainthorn (script), Baelish (script).

    Typefaces from 2020: Chimpsdale (a Victorian display typeface).

    Typefaces from 2021: Marthias (a lava lamp font), Thermind (a heavy retro script), Fernolester (a condensed display typeface), Jimmy Oh Timmy (retro script). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Made Deduk
    [Deduk Suandana]

    Or Deduk Suandanaipande, or Suandana Ipandemade, or Anggun Suandewi, or Suandana I Pande Made, or Pande Made, who publishes his fonts under the labels Made Deduk (est. 2016) and Type Class Heroes (est. 2022). Bali, Indonesia-based designer of the free display typefaces Merthy (2016, calligraphic script), Druchilla (2016), Breathe Karma (2016), Carrinady (2016: an all caps sans family), (2016), Rowdy (2016), Chandry (2016, connected script), Old Alpha (2016), Autumn Leaves (2016, textured with a floral pattern) and Anggun (2016).

    Typefaces from 2017: Die Hard (inspired by graffiti), Hamer, Harley (script), Pink Gladiolus, Madeleine (ultra-wide sans), Draconian (grungy caps), Amandella (calligraphic), Strong Bold (ink splash script), Jet Pilot (squarish), Bright Beauty (creamy connected script), In Blossom (watercolor brush script), Triumph Wheels, Budhayanti, Moonchrome (a monoline script), Claiborne, Geovana (a monoline script), Wild River, Sugar Candy (free signature font), Bilody Rainan (brush), Amandella (calligraphic), The Dark Titan (a textured typeface family).

    Typefaces from 2018: Donatello (signage script), Justify (spurred), Nightype, Violaceous, Pierce, Thrones, Homerun (signage script), Skytree (brush script).

    Typefaces from 2019: Merthy Script, The Dark Titan, Sugar candy (monoline script), Reingttoon (dry brush), Justify (a spurred tattoo font family), Bonthing (calligraphic), Chameron, Raegan (a brush script), Triumph Wheels (spurred, vintage), Inner Beauty, Reff Devil, Shergine (formal calligraphy), Sweet Yellow, Daniels Signature, Maddison Signature, Sophia Bella, Concetta Kalvani (a signature script / serif font duo), Chronicle (a layerable Victorian typeface), Nakone (a black fashion mag typeface), Gisbon (brush script), Marchello, Keshya (a dry brush script) (script), The Delicate, Sophia Bella (signature script), Munrolane (an extended techno or car grill typeface), Bethsy, Breath Karma (free), Bilody Rainan (free), Allison Tessa (script), The Phamelo (brush script), Majestic Romance (a monoline script).

    Typefaces from 2020: Mollie Rocky (a decorative art nouveau font), Hacky (an 18-style condensed display serif with a slight art nouveau feel), Wild River (a grungy and sturdy display typeface), Catellos (a display serif), Marlyn (with 73 styles, the largest floriated luxury serif typeface family to date), El Katana (a luxury serif), Delvon (a condensed organic sans), Sugar Candy, Pink Gladiolus , Primatama (a luxury serif), Black Elliot (a dry brush script), Sweet Harley Script, Challista (a signature script), Roman Morrissey (a dry brush script).

    Typefaces from 2021: Victory History (a single-height decorative typeface), Raque (an all caps display serif), Nirma (an expressive deco typeface), Heavy (a bold flared display font), Mothra (a semi-psychedelic display typeface), Kittenish (a playful retro cartoon font), The Strattos (a great interlocking cartoon font; perhaps a bit too complex to be used in children's books), Dino Moose (for children's books), Graves (a 9-style display family), Singa (a 53-style squarish display typeface), Marga (a decorative typeface), Pacho (a powerful angular display typeface), Nicla (a signage script). Graphicriver link. Creative Market link. Creative Fabrica link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Madjack Font
    [Zaki Muhammad]

    Or M. Zeky. Sigli, Aceh, Indonesia-based designer (b. 1995) of these script typefaces in 2019: Rogshine (brushed), Caldwell Script (calligraphic), Samarra, Shahira Script, Safelight Script (calligraphic), Dayatha, Bellinda, Nathasya, Wonderfull (calligraphic), Melisa, Yuliyana, Dayling.

    Typefaces from 2020: Arelina Script (an upright calligraphic script), Masthiya Script (an upright calligraphic script), Rostalina Signature, Arabelle Script (an upright script), Hello Hana Script, Gellisa Script (a rabbit ear script), Fugenta Script (formal calligraphy), The Fottina Script (a swashy formal calligraphic script, with a hint of copperplate), Hello Aster, Migolan Script (wild calligraphy), Hello Kartina, Hellowita Script, Watford (dry brush), Blessinhet Script, Ellis Greatter (a calligraphic script), Shaqueille, Baritta Script.

    Typefaces from 2021: Hello Cantika Script (a very fat upright script), Better Valentina (a bold upright script), Gloding Sophia Script (bold and upright), Syakila Script, Derby Script, Azkia Script, The Angella Script Duo, Latisha Script (calligraphic), Shelly Script (an upright script), Black Sweet.

    Typefaces from 2022: The Chastha Script (a creamy signage script). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Maelle Keita
    [Thomas Boucherie]

    Maelle Keita is the second identity of Thomas Boucherie (Montpellier, France, b. 1977). The Maelle persona is a prolific Swiss creator of many free fonts, which are mainly calligraphic or connected scripts.

    Typefaces from 2017: Adventure of the Old Giant, The Curious Incident, The Fabulous Orchestra, The Butcher factory, Dancing in the Moonlight.

    Typefaces from 2016: La Bataille du Sanctuaire, The Quest of Discoveries, Sentimental Beach, October Quotes, Hercule vs Goliath, Band of Reality, Street Gathering, Alicia on the Enchanted Highlands, Adventures on the Mountains, League of Giant, Richard True Crime, Dragons and Chickens, The Elves And The Secret Garden, Pokerface, Gentleman on the Rainbow, La Pantoufle en Or (tattoo font), Bulles de Chocolats, Atlantide Starlight, The Golden Flower, Mr Fisherman and the Shoemaker, Catherine de Beaumont.

    In 2015, Maelle made Gravity of Love (white on black letters), Incredible Angel (beatnik style), The Red Horse, The Spaghetti Movie (Western font), The Hundred King, The King of Lost Towel, les Soeurs Samurai, Mr. Jackson Rankenstein, Mathilde Castleland (calligraphic script), Question and Love (calligraphic script), Chateaux des Olives (calligraphic script), Le Cachalot du Grand Nord (a hilarious funky font), Le Grimoire du Bonheur, The Constellation of Heracles, The Citizens, Secret of the Octopus, Fabulous Vikings, King Arthur (ribbon font), Mademoiselle Catherine, Alfred La Moule, Jackie Talks to You, Les Carottes Sont Fraiches, Claudette aime le Chocolat (connected dessert script), LA-CHAMBRE-77, LACHAMBRE67, LE BAL DES COCHONNES, LE BAL DES COCHONS, LE CABARET DES FOUS, LE SILENCE DES CAFARDS, La Tortue, Le-Jardin-de-Calista (strong brush typeface), ONLY IN THIS CASE, Stink on the Death (signage script).

    Before 2015, Maelle designed Black December (2014), Une Grenouille Le Soir (2014), La Kame A Leon (2014, heavy brush), The Best Things In Life Are Free (2014), Caviar De Lapin Blanc (2014), La Truite à Papa (2014), Mougatine (2014, a needle thread script), Chicken Chorizo (2014), Ventilla Stone (2014), Mademoiselle Camille (2014, swashy), Authentic Hilton (2014), Olympic Branding (2014), Le Laboratoire du Docteur Steak (2014), The Chicken Love Story (2014), Les Sorcières de la Lune Noire (2014), La Compagnie des Ombres (2014), Les Sensations de Cerise (2014), La Chatte à Maman (2014, a creamy script), Aligot de Mirabelle (2014, a great delicate calligraphic script), L'Antre du Corniche (2014, thin script), Caviar de Diane (2014, thin script), Karine Aime Les Chocolats (2014: a connected script), Death in the Shadow (2014: brush script), Akhenaton (2014: brush script), Mayumi Gumi (2014), Font For Children Indo (2014: dingbats), Anabelle Script (2014, a heavy brush script), Mademoiselle K (2014, a cursive typeface), Anacondas (2014, an upright connected script), Walker on the Moon (2014, connected script), Angelique ma douce Colombe (2014), Pomerole (2014), Paper For Your Ass (2014), Paper Towel (2014), Wolf in the City (2014), Dragon is Coming (2014), J'aime bien le dimanche (2014), Camelia (2014, grungy signage script), Kosmo Cat (2014, a stone age script), Ophelia Script (2014), Monkey Snake (2014), Ventilla Script (2014), Slow Motion (2014), Ail et Fines Herbes (2014: hairline script), Mister Fish : upright curly script (2014), Elephant (2014), Nemo One (2014), Royal Chicken (2014, signage script), Nenuphar of Venus (2013), There Can Only Be One Breaver Im It (2013: flourishes), Ruskof (2013, grunbgy Cyrillic simulation face), Kawaii Food Font (2013, dingbats), Chouette Alors (2013, owls), Eglantine (2013, upright script), Zentai Itacha (2013), Magnolia (2013), God Bless America (2013), Jack And The Beanstalk (2013, upright connected script), Halloween Trick (2013, dingbats), Noyeux Joel (2013, Christmas dings), Angel of Blood (2013), Matriochkas (2013), My Princess Likes A Frog (2013), Skate or Die (2013, dingbats), Chouette Alors (2013, owls), Sleep on the moon (2013), Animox (2013, teddy bear dingbats), It Was A Good Day (2013, ornaments and filets), Ordre de Depart (dot matrix face), Diane de France (2013, calligraphic), Serval (2013, script), Chicago Eskimo (2013, fat outlined signage face), Quality Street (2013, vintage signage script), From The Moment (2013, frames), Arabia (2013, upright connected script), Hector Le Dragon (2013), Fantom Better (2013), Mont Royal, Coccinelle, Ponctuation, Miel & Abeille, La Petite Puce, Yo te amo pero en secreto, Conjecture (a sketch font), Coloscobik (2013, a marquee face), Ejaculator, This Is Not A Font, Tell Me A Secret (2013), Chocolate Cake (2013, plump outline face), Eglantine (2013), Ornamind (2013, floral dingbats), La Grosse Cochonne (2013), Toyzareux (2013, bubblegum font), Oliver Tue Les Fourmis (2013), Two Fingers King (2013, an ornamental blackletter), Piragniac (2013), Marguerite (upright connected script), Gulliver, Arakphobia (2013, a spiderweb font), Gelatina Elemente (connected script), Zenzai Itacha (oriental simulation), Atlas Eternal 78 (2013), Serial MKV 1 (2013), The Black Manba (2013), Gang Bang Crime (2013, a dripping paint font), La Grenouille Verte Qui Devient Toute Rouge (2013), Aracme Waround (2013), Zoa Elephantesque (2013), Estrela Fulguria 1748 (2013, calligraphic), Cirus Quantum Solace (2013), Paint All Time (2013), Jumbo Burn (2013), Allo t'as pas de shampoing, Helene Queen K (2013, script), Not Only The Quake (2013, script), One Day Before Rain (2013), Bullet Campus (2013), Eternal Call (2013, swashy calligraphic font), Kill The Panda (2013, a textured blackletter face), Trash Butterfly (2013, ornamental caps) and In Secret I Love You (2013, hand-printed), A Sweet Melody My Lady (a circular font), Lady Solarus Queen 1789.

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    Magdalena Sifredi

    Graduate from FADU, University of Buenos Aires, who created the signage typeface Frappé (2009). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Mage Type
    [Setiadi Karya Pertiwi]

    Indonesian designer of these typefaces:

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    Maghrib Lab
    [Rizky Satyaludin]

    Rizky Satyaludin (Maghrib Lab) is the Bandung, Indonesia-based creator (b. 1990) of Botanica (2018, SVG), Mixing (2018: Open SVG format), Crude (2017: an OpenSVG font), Born Losers (2017), Baling Ink (2017, brush script), Siberia Rough (2016, brush style), Holihood Script (2016), Slav Rough (2016, an all caps brush typeface), Slav Clean (2016), Storing Brush (2016), Chamberline (2016, brushy typeface), The Rupture (2016), Voltunes (2016), Pantel Rough (2016, a rough brush script), Society (2016, a connected hand-painted typeface), Good Vibes (2016), Himalaya Script (2016), Quite Hustle (2015, brush type), Addic Type (2015, dry brush script), Rusty Cola Pen (brush script, 2015), Asmara (2015), Siren (2015: blackletter), Natalia Script (2015), Author Type (2015, signage typeface), Messy Script (2015, a rough brush font), Dream Big (2015), Bold Face (2015), Southern California (2015, retro spurred tattoo script also made by Reza Rahman), Delight (2015), Austin Type (2015), Sunoise (2015), Road Culture (2015, biker gang blackletter), Rise & Shine (2015, brush typeface), the brush typeface Mallow (2015), the Victorian or pre-art nouveau typefaces Ginusto (2014), MGH Vinolian Hand (2014). MGH Divergent (2014, a Victorian display typeface), Mira Script (2015), Bladekade (2014, a stencil script), Rude Cookie (2014, a layered hand-drawn font), Stooges Races (2014), Alpha Rough (2014, hand-drawn signage face), the ball terminal typeface Mucilage Type (2013), the fat brush typefaces Beats (2014) and Baurbon (2014), and the spurred typeface Brave (2013).

    Aka ngulik, as Satyaludin, and as Yuyun Miranur. Possibly also the same as Reza Rahman. Creative Market link. Behance link. Dafont link. Fontspace link. A second Behance link. Home page. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Mahameru Type (or: Haidi Illustration, or: Mahameru Type, or: HN Fonts)
    [Haidi Shabrina]

    Mahameru Type is Haidi Shabrina (b. 1992) and/or Nasir Udin, depending upon where you look. Semarang and Bali, Indonesia-based designer of the brush typeface Faito (2017), Faito Rough (2017), the creamy brush script typeface Shabrina (2017) that was inspired by vintage chocolate biscuit packaging. He or she also made Discobaby (2017, a great connected marker pen script), Parisien Night (2017), Sweet November (2017: script), The Flowery Spring (2017, curly script), Nandito (2017: handcrafted), and Ayanna (2017: watercolor brush).

    Typefaces from 2018: Arkipelago (a free brush script), La Patio (a monoline script), Belmonte (signage script), The Bouquet List, Lactosa (signage script), Barton Graph (fifties script), Barton Ink.

    Typefaces from 2019: Restora (an old style serif type family with 16 weights), Freich (a bold angular poster font), Freich Monsta (for Halloween), Fonseca (a layerable art deco sans, +Rounded, +Grande; free demo), Frunch.

    Typefaces from 2020: Opheline (a nine-style all caps display serif by Nasir Udin and Haidi Shabrina), Restora Neue (a quirky 18-style transitional roman), Proda Sans (an 18-style humanist sans with small x-height), Pockota (a warm rounded display serif family), Mondia (a sharply cut semi-serif in 18 styles).

    Typefaces from 2021: Mylon (a 14-style Peignotian fashion mag sans by Nasir Udin and Haidi Shabrina), Debira (a 14-style wedge serif with a coathanger lower case f that is de rigueur in 2021; with Nasir Udin), Departura (sans), Montas (a 7-style decorative serif by Nasir Udin and Haidi Shabrina).

    Graphicriver link. Dafont link. Another Dafont link. Home page. Graphicriver link. Fontsquirrel link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Mahendra Patel

    Indian type designer and typographer who received the Gutenberg Prize in 2010. Professor Patel retired from the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, in 2003, and presently s an adjunct professor at Symbiosis Institute of Design and MIT Institute of Design, both at Pune. His type design activities:

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    Majestype
    [Dexsar Harry Anugrah]

    Dexsar (b. 1991) lives in Makassar City, South Celebes, Indonesia. Starting in 2012, he designed free typefaces. In 2013, he went commercial as Majestype.

    Creator of the free logo font Dipanegara (2012), DHF Broffont Script (2012), the hand-printed DHF Semangat 2012 (2012), and the pretty hand-printed typefaces DHF Quinta's Diary (2012) and DHF Happy Birthday Ryan (2012).

    In 2013, he added DHF Story Brush, DHF Milestone Script (a tattoo script available from 123 Creative), DHF Dexgraffiti Return and DHF A Great Happiness (hand-printed), Roverd (signage script), Story Brush (brush face), Broffont Script (retro signage script).

    Typefaces from 2014: Bandung (a flowing connected brush script, done with Erwin Indrawan), Aceserif Regular, Doedel (signage script), Goodfy (brush script).

    Typefaces from 2016: Rephone, Antebras (handcrafted poster typeface), Zephan (calligraphic script), Hayne Script.

    Typefaces in 2017: Prayerd (dry brush script), Kayto (an oriental brush script: collaboration of Erwin Indrawan as the calligrapher and Dexsar Harry Anugrah of Majestype as the typeface designer).

    Typefaces from 2018: Rockyeah (script, sans and serif), Quente (script), Tamigos (all caps sans).

    Typefaces from 2020: Orjel Baru (a brush script), Misopen Script.

    Typefaces from 2021: Burgendry.

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    Makashi Creative (or: Kammaqsum)
    [Maqsum Kamil Shiddiq]

    Indonesian designer of the script typefaces Noviyani (2018) and Gitteleya (2018), the elegant signature font Tingkerbella (2018), and the ephemeral script Shamallien (2018).

    Typefaces from 2019: Carmeliya, Feelgoodnes (sic), Chocolate Drink, Jandha (a signage script), Ardinia, Homegarden (Script, Sans), Roadsouth, Maryllen (script), Stonehole (a brush font), Baltika, Arandelle Script, Putih Jasmine, Sathien.

    Typefaces from 2020: Bellarose, Bella Sohfia, Daylove, Honiebi, Rachela, Houshie, Bargain, Caliyan, Lovely Sunday, Thanthen (a dry brush script), Aurelin. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Malik Jabbar Ali

    Bandung, Indonesia-based designer (b. 2000) of Sikotak (2019), Uchul (2021: a signage script) and Endjoyable (2019: a brush lettering font). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Malindo Creative
    [Murtadha Bin Sulaiman]

    Aceh, Indonesia-based designer, b. 1978, of the calligraphic typefaces Anchou, Shany, Aisyah, Older Historica, Imelda, Love Amsterdam Script, and Nadine Script, and the handcrafted typefaces Modena, Best Deals, Mahligai and Morable. All these fonts were published in 2018.

    Typefaces from 2019: Larosh Sithal (Sans, Signature), Hadsut (script), Handy Script.

    Typefaces from 2020: Shynta (script), Lovely Amelya (an inky calligraphic Valentine's Day script), Handy (a signage script), Asdaen (a ligature font), Sothel Font Duo, The Handy (a heavy signage script).

    Home page.

    Typefaces from 2021: Kattelo (brush script), Sirathal (a script), Bleck Stome (a signage script). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Manfred Gensicke

    Creator of Zierfische (2011, a signage face): Zierfische is based on an exterior sign for a tropical fish store in East Berlin (GDR). The original sign was salvaged and now resides in the Buchstaben Museum in Berlin. The museum commissioned the sign's original designer, Manfred Gensicke, to complete an alphabet based on the sign, which was then digitized by Dirk Heider resulting in the finished font "Zierfische." [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Manfred Sayer

    Designer of Sayer Script (Berthold, 1984), which is identical to Mecanorma Sayer Script, a retro signage script family. He also designed Mecanorma Sayer, a degenerated typewriter face, Sayer Interview, and Mecanorma Sayer Spiritual, a chiseled display face.

    Klingspor link.

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    Manuel Eduardo Corradine
    [Corradine Fonts]

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    Maqsum Kamil Shiddiq
    [Makashi Creative (or: Kammaqsum)]

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    Mara Giurgola

    Designer in Castellanza, Italy. In Giangiorgio Fuga's type design class at Politecnico di Milano, Alessandro Asgari, Leonie Buch, Misha Faridani, Laurent Ferrante, Mara Giurgola, Nicolás Morales co-designed the signage script typeface Chang Beer New Chang (2014). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Marc Lohner

    Köln, Germany-based creator of these typefaces:

    • The free counterless typeface Hard Rock Kids (2013).
    • Quenda (2015). A great 6-style rounded sans family.
    • Pan Pizza (2015). A signage brush script.
    • The fun beatnik typeface MonsterPie (2016).
    • Arlon (2018). A futuristic rounded sans design.
    • Govia Sans. Cartoonish.
    • Vendura (2020). A 16-style sharp-edged and thorny-serifed text typeface family.
    • Caliny (2021). A bouncing letter font.
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    Marcel Jacno

    Born in Paris in 1904, died in 1989. Jacno, whose real name was Marcel Jacnovitch, was a poster designer who did the cover of the Gauloises cigarettes. He was an ardent designer and user of stencil fonts. His typefaces:

    • Brantôme.
    • Calame (Deberny&Peignot).
    • Chaillot (1951-1954, TNP, Fonderie Deberny&Peignot [Typophane]). A rough stencil typeface.
    • Corneille (1978, for Théatre mémorial Corneille).
    • Hercule (Deberny&Peignot).
    • Hippograte.
    • Italic Club. Italique Slab.
    • Jacno (1948, Deberny&Peignot). Klingspor gives the date 1950. Marcel (2015, Jeremia Adatte) is an angular upright script typeface that was inspired by Jacno. Some say that Jacno was the inspiration for Roger Excoffon's Banco.
    • Le Film (1934, Fonderie Deberny&Peignot). This 3d art deco font was inspired by Cassandre's Bifur. It was remade by Harold Lohner in as LeFilmClassic (2000), LeFilmLetters (2000) and LeFilmShadow (2000). Lohner gives an original date of 1927, not 1934.
    • Memphis Ombré. Klingspor says 1950.
    • Ménilmontant (1973, for Théatre de l'Est Parisien).
    • Molière (1970, for Théatre de la Comédie Française).
    • Quillet (1936, for Quillet).
    • Rétif.
    • Savoie Gras (1949, Club Bibliophile de France).
    • Scribe (1936, Deberny&Peignot). A signage and advertising script that was revived by Hans van Maanen at Canada Type in 2012 as Gaulois.

    Marion Duval wrote a thesis in 2008 at Estienne on Jacno entitled Marcel Jacno, redécouverte d'un créateur typographique.

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    Marcelo Omegna

    Marcelo Omegna, who seems to be Italian, designed the round signage typeface Patronato 21 (2010). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Marcelo Ricardo Rozas

    Cordoba, Argentina-based designer (b. 1984) of the (free, caps only) plump typeface Pomporri (2015). Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Marchtwentype Studio
    [Eko Nurcahyo]

    Semarang, Indonesia-based designer (b. 1991) of the script typefaces Bonjour Allgera (2018, font duo), Berlineta (2018, signage script), Olcigatte (2018), Blista Rade (2018), Cattalleya (2018: upright and monoline) and Marsseille (2018).

    Typefaces from 2019: She Amasya, Rotherland, Oleander Cakes. Creative Fabrica link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Marcio Martinson

    Graphic designer in Balneario de Camboriu, Brazil. Marcio R. M. Martinson and Roberto Machado Jr. co-designed the brush signage typeface Caipirinha (2012) which is based on the Brazilian butecos style of writing. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Maria Ignacia Pichara Galvez

    During her studies at Universidad del Desarrollo in Santiago, Chile, Maria Ignacia Pichara Galvez designed an octagonal modular typeface (2017) and the fun vernacular signage typeface Chicha Peruana (2017). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    María Angélica Estrada Cano
    [Mariaes]

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    Mariaes
    [María Angélica Estrada Cano]

    Bogotá, Colombia-based foundry, est. 2009, by María Angélica Estrada Cano, who is a Colombian design director, b. Bogotá, 1979. She studied architecture between 1998 and 2004 in Javeriana University, Bogotá, Colombia.

    Her fonts include Bolita 1 and 2 (2009, playful), Bolita Dingbats (2009, mostly ghosts), Margara (2009, rounded hand-printed comic book style) and Makika (2006-2007, a brush handwriting typeface by Maria Angelica Estrada Cano and Fabian Camargo Guerrero that includes Makika Gris, Negra and Super Negra as well as some dingbats). Lita (2006-2009) is another brushy signage typeface co-designed by Maria Angelica Estrada Cano and Fabian Camargo Guerrero.

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    Marie Wagner
    [Type Toucan]

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    Mariia Demydova

    Designer of the signage script typeface Vasilisa (2017). Creative Market link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Marina Karlova

    Novosibirsk, Siberia-based designer of the watercolor brush script Sillyserif (2017), the quill script Arfa Quill (2017), the calligraphic Siberius (2017), the brush signage typeface Signifique (2017), and the rough but attractive handwriting font Adjika (2017).

    Aka Lissius. Behance link. Creative Market link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Måns Grebäck
    [Aring Typeface]

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    Mårten Thavenius
    [Fontcaster]

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    Mark Searfoss
    [Searfoss Design]

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    Mark Simonson
    [Mark Simonson Studio]

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    Mark Simonson Studio
    [Mark Simonson]

    Mark Simonson Studio is located in StPaul, MN. Mark founded Mark Simonson Studio around 2000, and describes himself as a freelance graphic designer and type designer. From his CV: Early in my career I worked mainly as an art director on a number of magazines and other publications including Metropolis (a Minneapolis weekly, 1977), TWA Ambassador (an inflight magazine, 1979-81), Machete (a Minneapolis broadsheet, 1978-80), Minnesota Monthly (Minnesota Public Radio's regional magazine, 1979-85), and the Utne Reader (1984-88). I was head designer and art director for Minnesota Public Radio (1981-85) and an art director for its sister company, Rivertown Trading Company (1992-2000). During that time, I designed over 200 audio packages, including most of Garrison Keillor's, along with several hundred products (t-shirts, mugs, rugs, watches, etc.) for the Wireless, Signals, and other mail order catalogs. I have frequently done lettering as part of design projects I'm working on. This has always been my favorite part, so in 2000 I opened my own shop specializing in lettering, typography and identity design. I've also been interested in type design since my college days. I started licensing fonts to FontHaus in 1992, and since starting my new business, stepped up my efforts in developing original typefaces. I now have more than 70 fonts on the market with many more to come. This is increasingly becoming the focus of my activities. His fonts:

    • Coquette (2001). He says: Coquette could be the result of a happy marriage of Kabel and French Script.
    • Anonymice Powerline (2009-2010). This is probably a hack by some people based on Anonymous. It is available in some Github directories.
    • Kandal: a 1994 wedge serif, now also at MyFonts).
    • Proxima Sans (1994, a geometric sans, rereleased in 2004), followed in 2005 by his massively successful Proxima Nova in 42 styles/weights. Followed by Proxima Nova Soft (2011). The rounded version of Proxima Nova is Proxima Soft (2017). For a variable font that captures all styles, see Proxima Vara (2021). In 2022, he added Proxima Sera (an 18-style workhorse serif that combines old style forms with contemporary and modern typefaces).
    • Mostra (2001): based on a style of lettering often seen on Italian Art Deco posters and advertising of the 1930s. Look at the Light and Black versions, and drool...... The 2009 update is called Mostra Nuova. Selected styles: Mostra Nuovo Bold, Mostra One Light, Mostra Three Bold, Mostra Two Heavy.
    • In 2001, he made the Mac font Anonymous. Its updated version is Anonymous Pro (2009-2010), a TrueType version of Anonymous 9, which was a freeware bitmap font developed in the mid-90s by Susan Lesch and David Lamkins. It was designed as a more legible alternative to Monaco, the mono-spaced Macintosh system font.
    • In 1998 and 2001, he produced the (free) 3-style Atari Classic family.
    • In 2003, he released Blakely Bold and Heavy (an art deco font first done for the Signals mail order catalog). The original Blakely is from 2000.
    • Goldenbook Light, Regular, and Heavy, based on the logotype of the 1920s literary mag called "The Golden Book Magazine".
    • Metallophile Sp 8 Light and Light Italic (2008): a "faithful facsimile of an 8-point sans as set on a 1940s-vintage hot metal typesetting machine".
    • Refrigerator Light and Heavy, Refrigerator and its extension Refrigerator Deluxe (2009) (geometric sans).
    • Changeling Light, Regular, Bold, Stencil, and Inline (2003): a redesign and expansion of China, a VGC photo-typositor typeface from 1975 by M. Mitchell, which includes unicase typefaces; see also Changeling Neo, 2009.
    • Sanctuary Regular and Bold: a computerish typeface based on lettering in the 1976 movie Logan's run--later withdrawn from the market.
    • Sharktooth (+Bold, +Heavy).
    • Felt Tip Roman, Woman and Senior (based on his own handwriting). Felt Tip Senior (2000) is based on the hand of Mark's father. Felt Tip Woman Regular and Bold are based on the handwriting of designer Patricia Thompson.
    • Filmotype Gay (2011).
    • Filmotype Honey (2010): fifties brush lettering face. For a free alternative, see Honey Script (2000) by Dieter Steffmann.
    • Raster Gothic Condensed Regular and Bold (12 fonts total), and Raster Bank (a pixelized version of Bank Gothic).
    • Other free bitmap fonts for the Mac [the PC version was made by CybaPee]. MyFonts page.
    • He digitized Phil Martin's family, Grad (2004, inspired by Century Schoolbook, and originally done by Martin in 1990).
    • His 2006 production includes three script typefaces: Kinescope is a connected script based on title lettering in Fleischer Studios' animated Superman films from the 1940s. Snicker is a cartoony block letter type. Both were published at Font Bros. And Launderette is a connected very slanted script based closely on lettering used in the titles of the 1944 Otto Preminger film, Laura.
    • In 2007, he revived and extended Filmotype Glenlake (2007, sold at Font Bros).
    • Lakeside (2008) is a flowing 1940s-style brush script. It was inspired by hand-lettered titles in the classic 1944 film noir movie Laura.
    • In 2008, he revived Filmotype Zanzibar, about which he writes: That Zanzibar is nearly an anagram of bizarre seems fitting. The surviving people from Filmotype (later Alphatype) have not been able to tell us who designed this gem, so we have no record of the designers intentions. Released in the early 1950s, it seems somewhat inspired by the work of Lucian Bernhard (Bernhard Tango, 1934) and Imre Reiner (Stradivarius, 1945). At first, it appears to be a formal script, but there are no connecting strokes. It would be better described as a stylized italic, similar to Bodoni Condensed Italic or Onyx Italic, with swash capitals.
    • Filmotype Vanity (2008) is an outline typeface based on a 1955 design by Filmotype. It was derived from Filmotype Ginger.
    • Filmotype Alice (2008) is casual handwriting. However, MyFonts now credits Patrick Griffin with the digitization.
    • Filmotype MacBeth (2008) is a freestyle face.
    • Filmotype Ginger (2008) is a heavy display typeface with an aftertaste of Futura.
    • Boxy2 (2008) and Boxy1 (2008) are severely octagonal typefaces made to test out FontStruct. See also bubblewrap.
    • In 2008, Mark Solsburg and Mark Simonson cooperated on the digital revival of the calligraphic Diane Script, originally designed in 1956 by Roger Excoffon.
    • In 2009, Mark worked on SketchFlow Print, a font for Microsoft. It will be bundled with the next version of Christian Schormann's Expression Blend, part of Microsoft's Expression Studio suite. The fonts, based upon the handwriting of architect Michaela Mahady of SALA Architects, Inc., give that well-known architectural printing look (like Tekton).
    • Filmotype Gem (2011). A sans headline typeface that was first drawn by Filmotype in the 1950s.
    • Bookmania (2011) is a revival of Bookman Oldstyle (1901) and the Bookmans of the 1960s, but with all the features you would expect in a modern digital font family. Especially, Simonson's Bookmania story is worth reading.
    • In 2018, he published the 25-style Acme Gothic at Fontspring. He explains: Acme Gothic (2018) is based on the thick and thin gothic lettering style popular in the U.S. in the first half of the twentieth century. There have been typefaces in this genre before, but they were either too quirky (Globe Gothic), too English (Britannic), too Art Deco (Koloss), too modern (Radiant), or too Art Nouveau (Panache). None captures the plain, workman-like style of Acme Gothic.
    • Parkside (2018) is a script typeface inspired by typefaces and lettering of the 1930s and 1940s. Parkside uses OpenType magic to automatically select letter variations that seamlessly connect to the letters coming before and after.
    • In 2018, he emulated wood type in his HWT Konop at P22. Named for Don Konop, a retired Hamilton Manufacturing employee, who worked from 1959 to 2003, this typeface is monospaced in both x and y directions so that letters can be stacked vertically and horizontally. All proceeds go to the Hamilton Wood Type and Printing Museum.
    • Etna (2020). A 30-style text and display family that started out from William H. Page's Victorian wood type Aetna (1874), and was remolded by Simonson into a useful typeface family though still distinctly linked to its ancestor. Etna includes three different condensed widths in all six weights (intended for display use), four different figure styles, alternate characters, true small caps, and a selection of dingbats, including arrows, stars, asterisks, and manicules.

    Links to his typefaces, in decreasing order of popularity: Proxima Nova, Bookmania, Mostra Nuova, Proxima Nova Soft, Coquette, Refrigerator Deluxe, Felt Tip Roman, Grad, Changeling Neo, Goldenbook, Lakeside, Kinescope, Metallophile Sp8, Blakely, Felt Tip Woman, Snicker, Felt Tip Senior, Kandal, Sharktooth, Anonymous, Raster Bank, Raster Gothic.

    FontShop link. Fontspace link. MyFonts interview. View all typefaces designed by Mark Simonson. Fontspring link. Google Plus link. Klingspor link. Abstract Fonts link. Kernest link. I Love Typography link. Font Squirrel link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Mark van Bronkhorst
    [MvB Design]

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    Marshall Artz
    [Jeff Marshall]

    Born and bred in New Zealand, Jeff entered into the sign craft in 1985 at the age of 16. He moved to Gold Coast, Australia, where he set up Marshall Artz ca. 1990, a creative company active in the sign industry, specializing in commercial and custom signage, logo design, gold leaf work, hand painting, type design and the instruction of traditional signwriting. Jeff Marshall's Jeff Marshall Script and Kiwi Casual were released in 2016 and Dixon Script in 2017 at Letterhead Fonts. In 2022, he started marketing his fonts under his own brand. His fonts include LHF Jeff Marshall Script (2016), Dixon Script (2017; named after Jeff's mentor, Howard Dixon), Aplin Script (2021; named after Jeff's other mentor, Ron Aplin), Jeffs Word Pack (2020), Flick Casual (2021) and LHF Kiwi Casual (2016: a cartoon font). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Marta Isabella Reina

    Marta Isabella Reina obtained a PhD at Politecnico di Milano in 2018 with a thesis entitled Communication design for gender cultures. Models and tools to explore gender issues in design education. She is currently a lecturer at the University of Greenwich, UK. In addition, she works as a visual artist and illustrator in Bristol, UK. In Gio Fuga's class at Politecnico di Milano, Marta Isabella Reina created the signage script typeface Campbell (2009), which is modeled after the lettering on Campbell's soup tins. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Martin Meijer

    Dutch alphabetician who was active in the 1930s. In 1949, he published Album de Lettres Arti (Arti, Alkmaar, the Netherlands), which features 32 decorative alphabets. In 1940, he released the 20-page booklet De Perpetua van Eric Gill (Boek- en Handeldrukkerij Wormerveer).

    Hans van Maanen at Canada Type revived his lettering as digital fonts: Archie (2010) is a square face, and Agent (2010) is pure comic book or signage style. Chikita (2008) by Patrick Griffin and Rebecca Alaccari at Canada Type is an upright ronde script that is also based on Meijer's work. The angular calligraphic type family Libertine (2011, by Patrick Griffin and Kevin Allan King at Canada Type) was also inspired by Meijer.

    Jeff Levine was also inspired by Meijer's alphabets in his JNL Ornate Deco (2019), Sign Studio JNL (2019) and Maitre d Stencil JNL (2019). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Martina Flor

    Independent Argentinian designer (b. 1982) who was an assistant in the graphic design program at the University of Buenos Aires from 2003 until 2009. Graduate of the Masters program in type design at KABK, 2010. Martina set up her own Martina Flor Type Foundry in 2014. She presently lives in Berlin and teaches type design at Dessau where she initiated and manages Kurz Project in Type Design.

    Author of The Golden Secrets of Lettering (Princeton Architectural Press and Thames & Hudson, 2017). Cofounder of the online competition Lettering versus calligraphy.

    At KABK, she created the script family Supernova (2010) for packaging and signage. Supernova can be bought at Typotheque. Read about it here.

    Her other lettering work is special too---I particularly appreciate her wedding cards for Mariana and Nacho. She did a revival of Berthold's Augustea in 2009, while still at KABK.

    At her own foundry, in 2014, she published the connected handwriting font family Wonderhand (2014)---it has three axes of parameters, thickness, width and slope (0, 20 or 40 degrees).

    In 2018, Martina Flor and Neil Summerour (Positype) published the layerable Tuscan typeface family Decorata. In 2019, the same duo released Ribbons at Positype.

    Typecache link. Behance link. Home page. Speaker at ATypI 2014 in Barcelona. Speaker at ATypI 2016 in Warsaw on Telling good from bad Lettering. Keynote speaker at TypeCon 2017 in Boston. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Martype Co (was: Tyfrography)
    [Umar Farouq]

    Umar Farouq or Umar Al-Farouq or Mohammed Bendoel Kazar. Yogyakarta or Sleman, Indonesia-based designer (b. 1998) of these typefaces:

    • In 2021: Pop Krinks (a 7-style text family that includes a variable font and a coathanger lower case f), Bropella (a meaty display typeface with with a coathanger lower case f), Callgest (a sharp-edged display serif with a trendy coathanger lower case f), Thick Thinks (a plump display typeface), Huntsville (a monoline script), Moftein Sough (+Dingbats; a tall condensed serif with hipster traits such as a coathanger lower case f), Glofters (a German expressionist blackletter typeface), Behover (octagonal), Robuck (a condensed all caps sans), Gafiton (a reverse contrast display sans), Wonkids (a chunky retro font with a bit of psychedelia), Garyford (a vintage serif typeface with a Basque capital A).
    • In 2020: Stanley (a signage script), Grandmaid, Micaroline (all caps, art deco), Parginer, Labroses, Melburch, Sondote.
    • In 2019: Brewisten.
    • In 2018: Houstoner Script (a formal monoline script), Bearbone Sans, Chillvornia (font duo), Fresh Meat (vernacular), Courager, Calderock, Stanley (signage script), Routen Lightning and Routen Inky (monoline script) and Barthon.
    • In 2017: Montharo (sans), The Dodger and Blockers.
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    Mas Anis Studio
    [Muhammad Naufal Anis]

    Mas Anis or Naufal Anis is the Banda Aceh, Indonesia-based designer (b. 2000) of the brush script typefaces Peudada (2017) and Pallaraja (2017). In 2018, he designed the script typefaces Brittaney (2018), Samellya, Earcy Day, Earcy Night, Advocate Script (signage font), Claire Script, Karl Geoff (signature font), Autery, Callaghands, Richie Youthfield, Zelifa, Sweet Carissa, Allyca, Old Djakarta (signature font), Brian Strait, Daniesha and Shella (clean, rough).

    Typefaces from 2019: Boulders Beach, Cloudy Night, Creamy Love, Better Rolling (a dry brush font), Exposedly, The Fashionist, Madigel, Andrea Roft, Aedesty, Sail Royals (a dry brush script), Anjel Script, Getolyfe, Theandous (script), KoalaKumal Handwriting, Dellisya (script), Fredericy (script).

    Typefaces from 2020: Red Sky, Advisor, Bostya, Rollblast (a dry brush font), The Fashionist, Palmire (a light asymmetric serif), Raysat (script), Belle Millies (scipt), Summer Fruits, Rajawalite, The Broadband (a crayon script). Fontdaily link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Mateus Aquino

    Muriae, Brazil-based graphic and industrial designer. Creator of Vendi Si (2015), a vernacular market signage typeface. Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Mateusz Machalski
    [Borutta (or: Duce Type)]

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    Mathew Prada
    [Cassette Type Foundry]

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    Matt Frost

    Matt Frost Type is located in Madison, WI. Matt designed some fonts at Chank's place, including Cowboy Rhumbahaut (2000), a take on a mid 19-th century ornamental face. His home page. In 2011, he set up Matt Frost Foundry.

    His commercial typefaces include

    • Aegean (2012). A swashy take on roman capitals. The spurred version is Cirque (2012).
    • Antler (2014-2016). A spurred woody letterpress vintage family of typefaces Antler has your back for beer bottles, fantasy novels, taco shops, beekeepers, cattle rustlers, tattoo artists, druids, hair bands, and bounty hunters, is how Matt descrives the typeface family. The Western typefaces Antler East, Antler North, Antler West (spurred; in Regular, Wood and 3d) and Antler South (Tuscan) were published in 2016. In 2017, he added Antler.
    • Baron of Arizona (2011). A Victorian ornamental face.
    • Baboon (2015). A handcrafted poster typeface.
    • Cirque (2012).
    • Cow Boss (2015). A Tuscan Western typeface.
    • Dubliners (2011). A signage script face.
    • Escape From Budapest (2011). Art deco, based on a type specimen in the Communist Sculpture graveyard outside of Budapest.
    • King Of Prussia (2011). An angular Halloween face.
    • Praha Nouveau (2011). Art nouveau. Praha Nouveau is based on a type specimen on the statue of Jan Hus in Prague's Old Town Square. The statue was designed in 1903 by Ladislav Saloun.
    • Quijibo (2011). A quaint handmade slab serif.
    • Street of Crocodiles (2011). Inspired by the main title of the Quay Brothers film Street of Crocodiles (based on the 1934 Bruno Schultz book).

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    Matt Hull
    [Craft Graphic (was: Thrift and Thistle)]

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    Matt McInerney
    [Pixelspread]

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    Matteo Brogi

    Cofounder in 2012 with Leonardo Maltese of Studio Polpo. Together with Leonardo Maltese, Matteo Brogi (Rome) created the vintage signage typeface Forno (2013). Matteo designed the ornamental caps typeface Fishes (2013).

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    Matthew Barrett

    Norwich, UK-based designer of the vintage Belgian Beers (2016), the pixelish Simplified Typeface (2016) and the outlined signage typeface Mighty Tough (2016). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Matthew McIver

    Graphic Design student at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. Creator of the pacakging / signage typeface Chillin' Thick (2011). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Matthew Moffatt
    [Almanac Design]

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    Matthew Tabor

    Houston, TX-based designer of Shpw Card Squat (2017), New West (2016), Show Card (2016), Full Block Expert (2016), Egyptian Painters Sans (2016) and Power&Light (2016, a 3d typeface). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Maulana Arrahman
    [Maulana Semar]

    Medan, Indonesia-based designer (b. 1996) of the free dry brush typeface Eagle Thunder (2018), Ottoman Sans and Script (2018), the free signage script Malaga (2018), the signage font Cantana Script (2018), and the logo script font Gama Hend (2018: free demo).

    Typefaces from 2019: Telisik, Untitled (brush), Bitly (a monoline signature font).

    Typefaces from 2020: Amighost (a monoline signature font), Punch Limit (a rustic script), Bulqeusfertom (a signature font). Creative Fabrica link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Maulana Creative
    [Gilang Maulana]

    Bandung and/or Jakarta, Indonesia-based creator of Passion (2015, thick marker script), Elrotex (2015, thick brush script), Arkana Script (2015), Asia Otasi (2015, thick brush script), Wolf Reality (2015, thick brush typeface), Atorak (2015, brush script), Soulmater (2015, a calligraphic script), Zurich (2015, a heavy brush font), Chromount (2015), Constanta (2015, brush typeface), Tristan (2015, fat brush style), Rissa (2015, a fat brush script), Morracle (2015, hand-painted brush font; free), Tycho (2015, + Ornaments), Sobbers (2015, a lively connected script), Karenina (2015), Abg Centil (2015, a spindly curly script; later renamed Karenina), Benihana (2015) and Shine & Tokio (2015).

    Typefaces from 2016: Astronaut (signature font), Axwell (dry brush font), Allia (calligraphic), Broke, Dounuts (a great calligraphic script), Hattes (brush script), Blesd (connected hairline script), Kalista (connected script), Arissa (rough brush), Lote Santos (marker script), Sobod (a great high-contrast creamy script), Qoobly, Supartiny (thin calligraphic script), Evadoffi Script (calligraphic), Adellove, Alissya Script (heavy brush font), Rustic Station, Wonder Sunshine, Kania Script, Rabbits Hole, Easy Brush Font, Bottle Massow Brush Script, Sottafles (brush script), Roselowe (brush script), Pratiwi (connected formal script), Zonas (breezy script), Zonas Sans, Wosser, Palm Brush, Mornin Awesome, Jarvish Blurry Brush, Morning Wishes (calligraphic script), Valdemar (bold script), However Store.

    Typefaces from 2017: Klast (signature font), Santashoes Script, Raisa Script, Harris Signature, Aerials, Fturism, Contaur, Bouttiques, Gladise (signature script), Bottle Massow, Sustans (script), Otentic (signature font), Hard To Love (dry brush), Bware, Love Hewits, Glamoush, Like Father Like Son, Brostars, Kottam (dry brush), Swanish, Little Kittens (script), Afattal, Peter Jhons (signature font), Sallad (brush script), Sandia Brush, Augustia Signature, Casses, Boostpest (brush), Habbit, Without You, Vesial (brush script), Hatton, Jollie, Bom Day (signage script), Rohtwo, Rusa Hitam, Authen Brush, Walrus, Datto (brush script), Masto (brush script), Jolies, Arion Signature, Gamot, Dattsy (a signature font), Sbastian Signature Clean.

    Typefaces from 2018: Puspa Script, Puspa Sans, Kaydens (Sans+Script), Uniclo (a wide sans), Crake (brush SVG font), Scottsmith (script), Justices (font duo), Seltons (a dry brush SVG font), Golte (sans), Saturasi (signature font), Hybrid (brush script), Rossa Script, Saintrop (brush script), Leibra (font duo), Ladytron, Ansterdam (a monoline signature font), Rups Script (an SVG font), Amstonia (a signature font duo), Batters (a monoline script), Sweetshy, Fractis (monoline script), Aviliator (brush script), Clodia (signature font), Hunny Straw (font duo), Rushfor (calligraphic), Strollers (script), Zeuty Script, Bikarosta, Ollister (signature font), Wowi (brush font), Something Cool, Easy Salads, Limitless, Rissa (brush script), Nordams (condensed sans), Pollistons (Sans and Script: a signature font), Sheiral, Monerd (sans), Pure Dance (brush, SVG), Owissa Story (font duo), Rattles (Signature and Serif), Serrona Script, Love Rosnita (font duo), Seirra (OpenType SVG brush font), Funtastic Youth, Osturria, Zattoya (signature font), Bertta (signature font), Athen, Birocratic, Ottodisom, Baltism (monoline script), Stantic, Hellicopters (sic) (signature font), Agrem (sans), Motters (connected script), Stampson Signature, Solevate, Smith Allison (a signature font), Asturria, Awosem, Amber Queen (a signature script).

    Typefaces from 2019: Broothers (chalk SVG font), Brotthers Sans, Pillish (font duo), Osttrola, Bastille, Nubolts Rounded, Hardtrack, Mistari, Wellfare, Millton (Serif, Script), Aklay (script), Worthness (an SVG font), Artifac (script), Anthique (spurred, Victorian), Poliesster (font duo), Snowhart, Fairmont, Mollysh Script, Swootys (for signatures), Sarvati, Rossmore, Horsesse (brush type), Paulina (a signature font), Mathew Rohas (a heavy brush font), Lany Zesty (a monoline script), Bridgetts (a font duo), Cardiff, Arlobuns, Asphalt (monoline script), Sweetshore (monoline script), Borris (font duo), Rushtten (script), Dotyville, Cayttons (a monoline signature script), Polandic (dry brush script in SVG format), Weisston (a thin script), Foltta, Suarte (script), Roosevelt (dry brush), Arthemis, Frances, Argents, Schrader SVG, Bashira, Emerisa, Hogart Script, Moriarty Serif, Flohart SVG, Triester SVG, Fire Stone, Lovas (script), Mombay Brush, Amorisa (monoline script), Amberla (font duo), Thorce (a rounded sans), Cassius, Katty Lynch (font duo), Jadeline (Script, Serif), Nyquist (signature script, and sans), Pradita Script, Modura, Oliviare (sans), Goodsay (a great monoline script), Scouthels, Hello Subrim (font duo), Darto (a signature font duo), Lostfield (display sans), Brushelly SVG.

    Typefaces from 2020: Hmrile Brush, Bareta (a monoline script), Carols Night (a monolinear signature font), Eastpoint (wild calligraphy), Juxtapose, Mad World (a monolinear script), Corlathans, Grunges (a brush font), Anthroops, Ameriondela (monoline script), Wooden Okadio (a fashionable display typeface), Arturia, Esok Pagi, Scottish, Soul Harder, Stereoflows, Bahud Aroyek (a blackletter), Siarons (a dry brush script), Soul Harder, Frostiest, Gastronomes, Gottar Adsset, Symptonics, Malo Aino (a graffiti brush font), Beauty Flome, Moriss Ward (a dry brush script), Atorge, Black Range (all caps, dry brush style), Sabrionte, Waykers Amor (spurred, blackletter, Victorian), Rockerby, Bestro (a dry brush script), Charoeys (a monoline script), Constaniz, Mist Sunshine Brush (a dry brush font), Clockwork (a decorative inline blackletter font), Distance (a bold upright script), Stereomantic (a monoline script), Spacetroops, Astrolove, Randirops (a fat finger font), Adicttives, Mayoritte, Torches Realistic Brush Font (a dry brush script), Oturllis, Rollo (a decorative sans), Pollyester (a blackletter), Wondar Quason (a display serif), Winchester (a vintage label typeface), Cardiolla, River Rocks (a fat finger font), Backers (a fat finger font), Riverola (a dry brush font), Mathernal, Fleurette, Gillford, Santoria, The Monster, Balleys, Bestons (a dry brush script), Karstar (a monoline script), Bestiest (a script typeface), Arsitage (dry brush script), Asterica, Heathers, Judith (monoline script), Lekcra Crubop (signage script), Diettersen, Hasta (a dry brush script), Smithgroove, The Carbs, Elanor (tall caps), Outeris, Nymburgh (a fat finger font), Acrosmyth, Windblows, Asiatropic, Hello Miassond, Brasons Risool, Castallier, Elosiam, Tumbrella Script, Alona, Monology, Margott Rooster, Theodorlane, Charmeleon, Flim Flom Graffiti, Rabbit Oaks, Dawsons Script, Arteknilo (a wild script), Jetha Crimson, Heatwave, Kavarian Serif (a display serif), Royal King (spurred, vintage, inline), Clairdelune, Hawk Eyes (dry brush, SVG format), Sunset Trips, Roschetta, Chordettes, Salmander Bentols Script, Sentilum, Viesta, Morish, Amkifuny (vintage, decorative), Victory Rose, Emma Goulding (a monoline signature font), Wallace (a display serif), Monalls Script (wild calligraphy), Rozex (blackletter), La Rosse (Serif, Sans, Script), Gilodas (a monoline script), Dalton Gardens, Sophan Calligraphy (a signature font), Trickiest, Breakloft (a signature script), Elitmog, Collabro, Alentropics, Querins (an SVG brush font), Russlock (an SVG brush font), Winter Delight (textured caps typeface), Jonathan (script), Magic Daisy, Deronic (font duo), Alentropics, Brittanstone, Blackseas, Heartales, Dillandio, Mysthics, Qurtsign, Chelsy, Polers, Sattiers, Nickollas, Artlines, Osirish, Oterdin, Astherik (Sans, Script), Stuborn (sic).

    Typefaces from 2021: Bolivar Shore (a wild script), Chasterlize (a tall and somewhat wild script), Greastly (a fat finger font), Ray Harts (script), Sobiah Written (a scrapbook script), Street Walks (a dry brush script), Surfers South (a monolinear signature font), Writes Sketh (a scrapbook brush font), Anesthesa (a fat finger script), Gratelos (a straightened bold inktrapped sans), Logkey Block (an informal blocky font), Qualyters (a rabbit ear signature script), Restflaws (a fat finger script), Pluckypot (counterless), Beauty Snowy (script), Brominates (script), Colatera Soft (a bold soft sans), Garmint (a condensed bold grot), Grimblocks, Hilority (a tall signature script), Julliusy (a wild script), Katvondy (script), Nastyflashy (script), Rissyetta (script) Roxfranks (brush script), Supergravity (script), Almond Nuts (a scrapbook script), Crash Struck (a brush script), Jillstone (script), Red Bells (a signature script), Sallowness (a bold script), Converon (in the style of Saul Bass), Cool Unkle (a bean font), Crayonest, Crisp Cracks (a marker pen font), Discreates (a signature script), Elfashion (script), Gradiattes (script), Woodstark (script), Kartbones (a signature script), Drive Hearts (script), Drive Hearts, Subcultures (a creamy script), Taptalks (a hasty script), Monstafaller (a Halloween font), Neillgates (script), Guyad (a scrapbook script), Twicelights (a signature script), Hollowcoves (a heavy old school script), Shadyspeed (a scrapbook script), Qritticaly (a marker pen font), Hockleys (a monoline script), Soulections (script), Bermont (sans caps), Manford Sans, Gramary (a compressed sans), Binthrots (script), Oxyless (a signature script), Fairdate (a unicase placard font), Farloxy (a thin signature script), Fortyfresh (vernacular supermarket caps), Hybridge (a brush font), Distractiles (script), Fallen City (a rabbit ear script), Fattalsfort (a brush font), The Rebound (a graffiti font), Bravarya Sky (script), Halley Parades (handwriting), Moralstory (a fat display script), Qobryts (a signature script), Shortwaves (script), Skisterstone (a scrapbook script), Hastafloris (script), Lafoyettes (script), Chillybeans (a rhythmic swashy calligraphic script), Olgoods, Rookys, Salmonillo (a brush script), Tarboots (a bold script), Tiffanka (a tall calligraphic script), Westclock (script), Angel Rise (a monolinear script), Chillphils, Golfrush (a monolinear script), Ronny Catuss (a signature brush font), Chorest (a dry brush script), Contoursy (a signature font), Hoffmans (a signature script), Quintys (a wild calligraphic script), Zapatos (a thin signature script), Avextur SVG, Roxtowns, Orbitens (signature script), Goversy, Sellyamor (signature script), Kartbones (signature script), Zapatos (siagnature script), Castury (signature script), Citadels (script), Elfashion (script), Chorest (an SVG brush font), McTellyus (a monoline script), Golfrush, Angel Rise, Tarboots (a fat finger script), Hoffmans (signature script), Contoursy (a signature font), Cillphils, Ronny Catuss, Risella fruits, Nuttelos, The Impostor (a fat finger script), Foxity, Infamous Rush, Alaskano (a plump display typeface), Brickston (script), Gutreks (script), La Roux (a bold monoline script), Overtis Signature, Younglines (script), Blackbirdy (a bold script), Clifttons (script), Mc Havoks (a script), Plotwist (a bold script), Belltons (an SVG format brush script font), Canthonys (script), Eureka Springs (script), Kollhers (a sloppy script), Lovesmilly (script), Quiltyks (script), Feeltrips (a marker pen font), Ginloops (script), Jollynorly (script), Soulsteps (script), Blacksharks (script), Fishercat (handcrafted), Honestbeat (a bean font for scrapbooks), Milkista (a heavy signage script), Railstone (a bold brush script), Silvia Norlin (script), Arttelost (script), Blisstrapy (a fat finger font), Blufcrowds (a monoline script), Callways (a creamy script), Hartsinger (a prototypical fat finger font), Mottel Laguna (an upright script), Sunsetstill (a fat finger script), Aurellia (a scrapbook font), Blakecats (a bean font), Franches (a bean font), Hopipolla (a plump script), Kurtistown (script), Malikis (a display font), Sailmelly (a fat script), Smithmagis (a bean font), Fujinstall (font duo), Switch Sister (script), Volatter, Hellostars (a script typeface), Hide Seek (a script font), Jeigers (an antiqued all caps font), Southavely Signature, Astavilla (script), Butterjam (a scrapbook font), Caberolla (a fat finger font), Rosestaly (script), The Junos (a handcrafted display font), Crunchyes, Fever Coaster (a handcrafted display typeface), Lottebytes (a scrapbook font), Noobys Display (beatnik caps), Cliquelly (a monoline script), Foxrights, Hillstatic (script), Howelstun (script), Jimmslofs (a brush script), Jownsey (a monolinear script), Just Hopes (a brush font), Sallymoores (a signature script), Tesselates (a wild calligraphic script), Adorefunny (a wild script), Birdflocks (a monoline script), Cheesyfloat (a fat finger script), Mustardmoster (script), Polyfonics (a handcrafted art deco typeface), Rusticform (a monolinear script), Steelkold (a brush font), Adoredly (script), Believest (script), Fortunelimes (script), Jawstone (script), Milatones Signature, Rawks Dream (script), Castella (script), Jullysinty (script), Kreatives (a wild script), Salvadores (a wild script), Amberlion (a creamy upright script), Ecaliptycus (an upright monolinear script), Nordstall (a brush script), Oplatussy (script), Sidehustle (a fat finger script), Terrakota (font duo), Tripfills (script), Anestacilla (a thin signature script), Blisslayton (a brush script), Dailytrust (script), Koolkids (script), Lovesgoods, Gilly Fleurs (a thin script), Hittoshira (script), Plastikcycle (a tall and wide signature script), Bloomshine (a script), Girlfinest (script), Owlmoons (script), Barkertraps (a wild calligraphic script), Konstanhigh (a signature script), Nickjones (an irregular script), Yourstrully Script (a wild calligraphic script), Cholasette (a tall handwriting font), Mondayslove (a wild script), Losthouse (script), Missousy (an upright signature script), Mylofist (a wild script), Affinities (script), Emitensy Script (upright), Gentlysoftly (a script), Homeytasty, Wollyroots (a handwriting script), Jollytimes (a thin script), Smorebucklys (script), Mostlovely (script), Dreamotions (a script), Hunnyflash (an upright script), Kristafly (script), Mashpoints (a scrapbook script), Heavenllys (script), Kallis Ottis (script), Nicestrips (script), Pallpitas (script), Amberlayton (a monolinear script), Chuckybits (a monoline script), Monkeystand (script), Jefferys York (a monolinear signature script), Monkeystand (script), Acronits (script), Bellmounts (a script), Mellodyst (a thin script), Wishlyttes (script), Wonkyest (script), Cashwoots (script), Kites String (script), Mylestock (an irregular signature script), Steffyray (a signature script), Ownttys (script), Greylorks (script), Vellizta (a wild script), Jilliankrots (a signature script), Allisha Croft (a wild calligraphic script), Alulla Saffia (script), Goldshift (a brush script), Goryfitts (a brushy signature script), Hotty Potty, Le Patterns, Melly Hailey, Raliscka (a wild script), Skyeeloft, Amorflavor (script), Gastank (a brush script), Ollykers (script), Mistychain (a wild script), Moonsticky (script), Collibryums (a signature script), Constatic (a signature script), Montly Cloudy (script), Straightfast (a brush script), Glofuts (a fat finger font), Northyhuny (script), Babotta (script), Blowfisher (a signature script), Hachitos (a signature script), Lillyanstar (script), Minormayor (a brush script), Sunnycyclops (a monoline script), Billijanes (a scrapbook script), Glowyts (script), Harashi (a brush typeface), Jules Otonomi, Marshlord (a monolinear script), Purplemonths (a signature script), Righttoast (script), Slowly Moment (a monoline script), Hoeflers (all caps, retro and handcrafted), Thoolloves (hand-printed), Blammingst (a monolinear script), Fallisanta (script), Aprictoos (a dry brush script), Jifstone Signature, Bllides (hand-printed), Tiffanky (a monolinear script), Xylomylo (a chunky rounded typeface), Alonnafeast (script), Alphasoil (script), Monicallisa (a wild script), Volustion (upright handwriting), Collathives (script), Holly Wings, Moffle Chee (a monoline script), Deloissta (script), Jarvitts (a signature script), Mildlight (an inky script), Sarfokats (a monoline script), Whillys (script), Ballstomer (a monoline script), MVRX Maverix (script), Great Alexa (script), Hoomanist (a handwriting font with delightful quirks), Ordionally (a signature font), Rallista (a thin signature font), Mokashin (a wild script), Roma Invicta, Buttersoy (script), Corestairs (a signature script), Echountter (script), Gotlicks (script), Potlar (script), Qallani (a monolinear script), Monnolitic (a signature font), Astoylist (a monoline script), Cariollets, Oliviars script, Sunfort, Bilanthy (script), Challum (a creamy script), Krysttal Spears, Satinwoods (a monoline script), Qojack (a signature script), Astoylist (a monoline script), Cariollets, Oliviars script, Sunfort, Astylooms, Bliss Hearts (a scrapbook script), Classyloop (a signature script), Koffiesta (a hand-printed typeface), Schwitz Signature, Millstream (brush scriupt), Chucklots, Slotheryn, Bagelorts (a monolinear script), Bathsy, Brothest (a fat finger script), Harollds (a script), Starstoles, Thefrost (script), Wascer (a signature script), House Bay, Rillies, Flinckstone (a wild script), Machinkly (a curvy display typeface), Fattoll (a signage script), Afiany (script), Asterikats, Molaka (a signature script), Zincand, Kalia (a fat finger font).

    Typefaces from 2022: Brownfauks, Yellawolfs (a fat finger script), Gotslick (a fat finger script), Gromhins (reverse contrast), Olds Murray (a wild script), Romantic Purple (a wild script), Rust Crowth (a dry brush font), Wishstock (script), Hookypilots (a scrapbook script), Argenthus (brush script), Hustcroft (a bean font), Keithlar (an inky dispaly typeface), Norlandy (a wild script), Melvio Play (a bold script), Atheroll (handprinted), Bionzhe (a rock-solid sans), Cityskypes (script), Embroi Ghokib (a scrapbook font), Astomia Duslons (an inky rabbit ear script), Blastiks (a monoline script), Hearthaliso (a condensed upright script), Fourthyla (a plump elepehnat feet retro serif), Honey Rain (a fat finger script), Pacifica Tropics (a rabbit ear script), Lanchoster (a scrapbook script), Backflips (a thin script), Manor Smiths (interlocking and hand-crafted in Saul Bass's style), Munichley (script), Beautiful House (a fat finger script), Alto Bonito (a scrapbook script), Architaris (a signature script), Brad Rowland (a signature script), Feliztha (a scrapbook script), Collint Billy (a thin script), Grandetrix (a scrapbook brush script), Jamie Handwriting (10 styles), Hogla Brush, Rithmycs (script), Coopslight (a signature script), Darkbones (a heavy brush script), Madymory (a scrapbook script), Mistoms (a scrapbook script), Eggcup (a children's book font), Calstavier (a delicate display serif), Clockerts (a fat finger script), Redtrails (script), Zelmud Script, Cybertroops (a monolinear rounded stick font), Hartwick (script), Queensytrix (script), Anthem Park (a fat finger font), Hinterlands (brush script), Headskirt (a monoline marker pen script), Queen Sheila (script).

    Behance link. Graphicriver link. Another Behance link. Dafont link. Creative Market link. Unsure if Graphic Assets is another identity. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Maulana Semar
    [Maulana Arrahman]

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    Mauricio Vico
    [Tipos de Cartagua]

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    Max Infeld
    [Xerographer Fonts]

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    Max.co Studio
    [Teuku Rinaldi Novianda]

    Aceh, Indonesia-based designer of the baseball signage script font Shailent Script (2018), Rhapson Script (2019: retro signage), the retro signage script typeface England Script (2019), the brush script Sparrowhawk Script (2019) and the calligraphic typefaces Brainly Script (2019), Maldini Script (2019) and Athan Script (2019).

    Typefaces from 2020: The Moritza (formal calligraphy, with elaborate swashes and elements of copperplate; accompanied by penmanship style ornaments). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Maximiliano Sproviero
    [Lián Types]

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    MeFounderies (or: Muskaters)

    Yogyakarta, Indonesia-based type design outfit. Creations from 2017 include the handcrafted and script typefaces Kyle Almonte, Muskaters (signage script), Mergokwe, Coconutezz, Baveline and Alehandro. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Mei Balderrama

    Buenos Aires-based student-designer who created the signage typeface Hotter Type (2015). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Melvas Type (was: Mahti)
    [Mika Melvas]

    Type foundry, est. 2011 by Vantaa, Finland-based Mika Melvas. It was originally called Mahti Type Studio, but was later changed to Mika Melvas. Melvas created the signage typefaces Signalist (2012), Santeli (2012), Delisia (2011), Belinda (2011) and Suti (2011).

    Ringa (2011) is a fun extra bold slab serif face. Alina (2012) is a connected fifties-style signage typeface. Saline (2012) is an angular brush script typeface.

    Typefaces from 2013: Riona Sans.

    Typefaces from 2014: Ahkio (fat brush signage typeface accompanied by great manicules (fists)), Sanelma (a brush script inspired by Hot Rod lettering and sign painting), Roihu (a monoline sans typeface family with a large x-height and very open counters; its 16 styles and opentype features make it ideal for scientific publications).

    Typefaces from 2015: Paintlay (a layered sign painting font), Sivellin (a gracious connected brush script).

    Typefaces from 2016: Kaleidos Rough (dry brush script), Kaleidos (a brush script), Suti (signage type), Handelson (a 6-style handcrafted typeface family).

    Typefaces from 2017: Kuunari (simple squarish sans), Kuunari Rounded, Organika (handcrafted typeface family), Magneton (retro brush signage script), Buinton (signage script), Buinton Rough, Boomville (signage script), Ahkio (a retro brush script), Signalist, Authenia (brush script), Boutiera (a retro signage script).

    Typefaces from 2018: Bakeshop, Fineday (brush signage script), Hangbird.

    Typefaces from 2019: Monteria (a brush / signage script), Sideroad (a brush script), Baguet Script (a modern brush script), Bluestar (an upright roundhand script; perhaps a baseball or beer bottle script), Lemonado (a fine brush script).

    Typefaces from 2020: Vadelma (script), Chella (a 16-style creamy display face), Bogue (a 16-style soft serif family), Bogue Slab (an 18-style rounded slab serif), Gladiola (a retro brush script), Mainsail (a dry brush script).

    Typefaces from 2021: Nietos (a 19-style geometric sans), Steamtown (a 12 style family that mixes industrialism and letterpress), Belinda New (a retro brush script).

    Klingspor link. Creative Market link. Behance link.

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    Menangan Studio
    [Khoe Roni]

    Indonesian designer (b. 1979) of the script typeface Gold Frog (2016), the sans display typeface Cubadak (2016) and the flowing signage script typeface Ampera (2016).

    Typefaces from 2017: Stya (script), Jepanten (titling sans). Creative Market link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Mevstory Studio (or: Mandeh Studio, or: Eleanor Studio, or: Mevricks Studio, or: Lettercorner Studio)
    [Muhammad Afif Ersya]

    Padang, Indonesia-based studio and designer that changes its name almost monthly: Mevstory Studio, Mandeh Studio, Eleanor Studio, Mevricks Studio, Lettercorner Studio, Mhdafifersya, take your pick. Designer of these typefaces:

    • Signage script: Retroshoes (2021), Pokechu (2021), Stanok Valley (2020: a retro signage script), Sunnylise (2020), Cansast (2020), The Bellerin Script (2020), Bealiva Vintage (2020), Retropus (2019), The Dreamstars (2019), Codename (2018).
    • Script: Scripted (2021), Tropical Smoothie (2021), Adelynn Display (2020), Babyla (2020), La Rosaleda (2020: a creamy rhythmic script with some personality, accompanied by La Rosaleda Serif), Sunnylise (2019), Toulouse (2019) Kick Slide (2019), Speakup Script (2019), Hendys Playfull (2019), Pandal Sikek (2019), North Landon (2019), Natash Sena (2019).
    • Brush style: Litch in Holland (2020), Bryana (2020), Little Linka (2020: kawaii style), Tormanted (2019), Future Enforcer (2019), Jorge (2019), Kafka (2019), Kick Slipe (2019), Royal Dutch (2019).
    • Monoline script: Mocha Frappuccino (2020), Pergola (2020), Breachery (2019).
    • Signature script: Danisya (2019).
    • Eerie fonts: The Tormanted (2019).
    • Vintage: Satisfice (2021: a chunky didone display serif), Akira Jimbo (2020: spurred), Revicil (2019: spurred), Tropper (2019: spurred).
    • Stencil: The Time Machine (2020), Cosmos (2020: futuristic).
    • Squarish, techno: Crizen (2021), Raceline (2021: a speed font), Time Machine (2020), Astroman (2019), Droping Sans (2019).
    • Decorative serif: Devitos (2020: free)), Pulchella (2020), Vikendi (2020: a free chubby serif), Cholens (2020), Kiano (2020).
    • Font duo: Nyctaghina (2021), Javelin (2021), Lachi (2020), Futusicia (2019).
    • Arabic emulation: Al Risalah (2019).
    • Sans: Lichfield (2021), Nomz (2020), Molina (2020), Gelael (a 16-style artistic sans loosely related to Peignot) (2020), Bechtlers (2020), Garuda Kencana (2020). Giagonic Regular (2019), Muvcix (2019), Fourty (2019), Hello World (2018: a display sans).
    • Western: Stinky Pete (2020).
    • Alphadings: Christmasland (2020).
    • Speed emulation fonts: Super Drift (2021).
    • Deco typefaces: Beatrick (2022).
    • Miscellaneous: Fantasea (2021), Crafton (2021: an octagonal mechanical typeface), Varane (2021).

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    Meyer M. (Dave) Davison

    American letter designer in the phototype era. He contributed to the Photo-Lettering library with many Spencerian designs. His typefaces include

    • Western typefaces: DavisonBaroque (this Western / Tuscan typeface was revived by House Industries in 2012), Davison Variety A through J (pre 1954), Davison Carousel A though H (pre 1954).
    • The spurred Egyptian wood type simulation font ATDavison Americana (1965, Monotype). The digital Photolettering revived it as PL Davison Americana.
    • The fat brush typeface Davison Zip (1965) or Davison Swash Zip, which was digitally revived as PL Davison Zip.
    • Dimensional, a 3d beveled typeface done in the 1970s. We had to wait until 2010 for a proper digital version, when Nick Curtis published Double D NF in Fill and Outline versions. Caps only.
    • A Spencerian scripts done in or before 1946: Davison Condensed Spencerian, No. 1 Davison Spencerian, No. 2 Davison Spencerian No. 3 Davison Spencerian. The alphabet made its first appearance in Photo-Lettering's 1946 catalog and remains a benchmark of the ornamental script genre. Digitally revived as Davison Spencerian by House Industries type designers Mitja Miklavcic, Ben Barber and Ken Kiel.
    • Other formal scripts done in or before 1954: Davison Victorian Script, Davison Victorian Backhand, Davison Vanity, Davison Vanity Fair.

      Other Photo-Lettering typefaces, all done before 1954: Davison Airfield Medium, Davison Ebony, Davison Steno Antique, Davison Antique Gothic, Davison Harlequin (+Black), Davison Julien Condensed.

    Author of the article Notes on Designing for Photo-Lettering (Print Magazine, Volume IX, Number 1, June-July 1954).

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    Micah Bowers

    Illustrator and letterer in Portland, OR, who designed the signage typeface Bohammer Script in 2015. Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Michael Alexander
    [Sanrok Studio]

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    Michael Cina
    [You Work For Them (or YWFT; formerly Cinahaus or TrueIsTrue)]

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    Michael Doret
    [Alphabet Soup (or: Michael Doret)]

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    Michael Gene Adkins
    [The Fontry]

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    Michael Gilliam
    [Flycatcher Design]

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    Michael Hochleitner
    [Typejockeys]

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    Michael Parson
    [Typogama]

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    Miguel Ángel Padriñán Alba

    Graduate of ENAP-UNAM in Mexico City. Creator of these typefaces: Espiral (2008; spiraly, curly, and free), Bolis (2009, signage), Ligera (2009), and Itálica, a typeface that won an award at Tipos Latinos 2008 in the experimental type category. Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Miguel Angel Gonzalez

    Maracay, Venezuela-based designer of the creamy signage script font Gordita (2017). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Miguel Angel Hernández Montoya

    Miguel Hernandez is a graphic designer, type designer, illustrator and teacher in Santiago de Chile. Born in 1977 in Concepcion Chile, he studied Graphic Design at Universidad del BioBio State University in Chillan, Chile. He currently teaches Typography at Universidad Diego Portalesand and Universidad de las Americas in Santiago de Chile. Miguel contributed greatly to the early success of the Chilean type foundry Latinotype which he cofounded in 2007 with Felipe Soto in Concepción, Chile. In 2011, he cofounded Los Andes Type. Some time in or just before 2015, he broke his relationship with Latinotype. In 2015, he set up ABC Alphabets by Chileans together with Tania Chacana. In 2020, Joaquin Contreras and Miguel Hernandez Montoya set up Archetypo.xyz from their new base in Germany. His typefaces:

    Before Latinotype, Miguel Hernandez created many pixel typefaces. The typefaces made in that period before 2007 include:

    • The truly perfect pixel font family Fundamental (2003).
    • The pixel font Sligthest.
    • The sans family Chile (2004), Chile Sans (2005). Chile Sans won at the Tipos Latinos 2008 competition.
    • The highway signage typeface Optica (2004).
    • The fifties diner-style screen font Detroit 45 (2002).
    • The bitmap display font Kuppa (2003).
    • The church stone engraving simulation typeface Finaita (2002).
    • The Western pixel font Arizona (2003, perfect!).
    • The bitmap handwriting font Wolfgang Bold.
    • The screen font Screenager (2002).
    • The funky bitmap font Groobit.
    • Minority (2002, a very small screen font).
    • Fundamental (2002, a very original screen font, with ligatures for "rr" and "LL", for example), which was subsequently published at tipografia.cl.
    • The ultimate pixel font Miguel's Three Dots (2002).
    • The pixel display font Circa (2002).
    • The pixel fonts Capitalista, Garadot (2003, a fantastic pixel version of an elegant Garamond) and Harmonica.
    • The script pixel fonts Anticrisp (2003) and Essential Bold.
    • The gray pixel typeface Sushi (2004, hiragana, katakana, Latin).
    • The serif font Quetzal (2003).
    • The bitmap family Sugar (2003).
    • The bitmap family Apple (2004, based on Apple's Chicago).
    • At Atomic Media, he released Carbona and Carbona Bold in 2002, as well as 12 bitmap fonts in 2003: Maya, Fundamental, Azteca, Tekilla, Aymara, Minority, Quadratis, Carnoa Plain&Bold, Machina Typewriter, Dotic (blackletter), Mezcal, Circa.
    • In 2004, he joined Ultra Pixel Fonts, where he made the pixel typefaces Orbital, Sugar, Odyssey, Solar, Voltage, Jetson.
    • At Latinotype, he made Picara Sans (2007, an organic sans), Cadena (2007, a rounded sans which won at Tipos Latinos 2008), Love (2007, ultra fat rounded) and Mote (2007, rounded sans display face).
    • Co-designer with Tania Chacana of ABC Normal (2016) which they motivate in this way: Normal is a working horse for the Modern Grotesk Canon, result of study of the models from Theinhardt, Renner, Novarese & Gerstner; avoiding to reveal a personal style. There is a 2021 version as well, ABC Normal, a 24-style modern grotesk still with large x-height, again by Miguel Hernandez Montoya, with production assistance of Tania Chacana.
    • Designer of the sans typeface AA Idea (2021).
    • Uomo (2021, Alphabets by Chileans). Created by Miguel Hernandez, Tania Chacana and Miguel Hernandez Montoya, this 27-style all caps typeface features Italian art deco elements. /UL>

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    Miguel Reyes
    [Fontaste]

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    Miguel Vallejo

    Medellin, Colombia-based designer of the rounded signage typeface TypeCamp (2015). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Mihaela Serbanescu
    [Black Cats Media]

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    Mika Melvas
    [Melvas Type (was: Mahti)]

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    Mike R. Stevens

    Designer and old-timer in the signpainting business in San Jose, CA, who influenced sign layout in a big way. Mike Stevens died of a heart attack in 1989 at the age of 46. At the SignDNA foundry, we find reincarantions of many of his alphabets, such as Magic, Stix (art deco), Happy Script, Master, ArRoyo, Tahoe, Staton, BigSur, DuVall, BigRed, BigMedicine, Tenor, Phoenix, Vasona. His bio at SignDNA states: I hope sign people are inspired once again by these great lettering styles of Mike's -- now available as typefaces. MyFonts link.

    Author of Mastering Layout: The Art of Eye Appeal and Ninety-Nine Showcards: A Photo Album, and frequent contributor of articles on layout to SignCraft magazine. MyFonts: Few sign artists in recent times have had as much influence on sign layout as Mike Stevens. He not only mastered lettering and layout, but is also credited with starting a renaissance in sign lettering on the West Coast.

    Nick Curtis also created some typefaces that were inspired by him, such as Mikeys Roman NF (2011), Marky Marker NF (2008, comic book font) and Mikey Likes It Corpulent NF (2008, signage face). . [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Mildred's House of Signage

    Samples of fonts in action on signs and billboards. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Miller Type Foundry
    [Richard Miller]

    Richard Miller (Miller Type Foundry) was located in Annandale, VA, but now resides in Phoeniz, AZ. Born in Pacifica, CA, he is a type and graphic designer.

    Creator in 2009 of the sans and headline sans family Mr. Jones. The Richard Miller all caps sans family (2009) is testosterone-powered. It was followed by the softer Richard Miller Rounded (2009), the rounded signage typeface Kalico (2010), Manwriting (2010), Nikaia (2010, a contemporary sans family), Nikaia Script (2010), Swagg (2011, humanist sans family with one slab serif "r" thrown in to make a statement), Westin Black (2011, a take on Cooper Black), Gilman (2011, a text family), Gilman Sans (2011, to accompany Gilman Serif for large bodies of text), and Project Fairfax (2009, stencil).

    In 2014, Miller published the multi-width geometric typeface Uniform. That was followed in 2015 by Uniform Rounded and Uniform Italic.

    In 2016, he published the large techno typeface family Tactic Sans: Tactic Sans was created to be as versatile as a special forces operator. Tactic Round is its rounded cousin. Towards the end of 2016, he finished the geometric sans typeface family Mercenary.

    Typefaces from 2017: Veronica Script and Caps, Blunt.

    Typefaces from 2018: Intervogue (a revival of Vogue (1929, Stephenson Blake) and Intertype Vogue, competitors of Kabel and Futura in the 1930s), Intervogue Soft.

    Typefaces from 2019: American Auto (a retro monoline script family).

    Typefaces from 2020: Uniform Pro (a 42-style geometric sans).

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    Mirror Types

    Mirror Types is an Argentinian foundry. Creator of BlackStripe (2011, a typeface inspired by bricks) and Rephran (2011, ornamental caps, lower case and numerals).

    Alice (2011) is an upright almost formal script.

    Funtasy (2012) is an informal font family for children's books or fairytales.

    Typefaces from 2016: Neverland (a casual signage script). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    MissinkLab Studio
    [Beni Pantona]

    Banda Aceh, Indonesia-based designer of Chintia (2016, calligraphic script), Ermaifar (2016, brush script), Salma Script (2016), Montic (2016, calligraphic), Vantom Script (2016), Salma Script (2016), the dry brush fonts Gendong Brush (2016) and Rooftop Brush (2016), the calligraphic typefaces Alejandra (2016) and Mangat (2016), the signage script typeface Bentoh (2016), the connected script typeface Bacalah (2016), and the hand-lettered Uncle Ben (2016) and Alanna (2016).

    Typefaces from 2017: Alcott Ghalliana, Calia Macitta, Victh, Rita Carollina, Martila, Demittri (signature script), Kanittia, Vlottheli, Sallyh Alotah (a script, + floral illustrations), Haruki Primadonha (a nice brush script), Rallifornia Brush, Veruttala (a great brush script), Rocketstone, Ermaifar Script, Alanna, Banthei Laju, Materime, Kallitha, Pathigla, Bettlunerd (dry brush), Honey Brush, Elmah, Melinda (a great upright dry brush script), Mailitta, Funntastic, Paitane (swashy script), Ricttoria (calligraphic script), Hello Shalia, Rockabey, Vapetla, Saswitta, Aletcia, Ammhenthi, Alinkha Bothine (a great upright calligraphic script), Fanttikha, Beettrot, Brailes (dry brush script), Amatira (calligraphic script), Hello Gabhila, Claudhia, Jhelio, Rachellia (calligraphic script), Molinha (script), Bolor (brush style).

    Typefaces from 2018: Mattinha, Famttura, Dormotta (swashy calligraphic font), Santiago Hendrick, Kasturi Dhitamuf, Salittura (brush script), Aletta Martta, Silitan, Halimatun, Albertta Script, Britagia, Matilna Samuela, Lotha Narottur, Biargaol, Mottura, Sampestera, Gurati, Bellaluna, Belarimul Meriam, Giodasi (dry brush script), Fioletta Smith, Thalia, Layla & Nayla. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Misti Hammers
    [Misti's Fonts]

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    Misti's Fonts
    [Misti Hammers]

    Texan creator (b. 1990) of many free mostly hand-printed typefaces. Starting in 2016, she is located in Dresden, Germany.

    Typefaces from 2021: Vazeelia (script), Bee Dotty (textured), Muirgen (blackboard bold), Blodwen, Magnilda, Be My Glittertine, Cute Little Sheep.

    Her typefaces from 2020: Dragon Wings, Bright Azure, I Love Glittermas, So Much Glitter, Sizable Quantity, Unicorn Confetti, Vampire Bite, Kind Handwriting, Nyckelpiga, Magier Schrift, Make Summer Fun, Make Anything, Bee Leave, Validity Script (by Mans Greback and Misti Hammers), Better Sweet, Yay Babe, Great Answer (brush script), And This Happened, Texas Twilight (rough script), MF 26 Banners (ribbons), Lipstick Rage (a crayon font), MF Heart Stuff (a Valentine's day font), XOXO Misti (lips).

    In 2019, she designed Very You, Winter Wunsch, Winter Twilight, Chasing Snowflakes, Qtie Script, Mistis Destruction (calligraphic), Eleganta (with Mans Greback), Familiar Taste of Poison, Self Deception, Never Ever, Magical Night, Dillon the Cat, My Last Breath, Ridin Dirty, MF Star Dings, Lightning Crashes, Misti Nicole, Drop the Game, Pretty Summer, Reality Shift, Wake The Warrior (script), June Calligraphy, Fairies in the Forest, Marienkaefer, Flower Shop, Smol Kitty Boi, My Yellow Car, By Me, Keep The Faith, Rebellious Af, Okay Again, Going Forward, Living Selflessly, Quite Colorful (outlined and shadowed), My Best Shot, The Heart Chakra, Sugar Addiction, Bringing on the Heartbreak, 26 More Kisses, MF Love Dings 2, Pique My Interest, Flame Fetish, So Damn Beautiful (script).

    In 2018, she designed Warm Winter Kiss, Forgiven Script, Quite Good, Dream Her, Rainbow Colors, My Happy Ending, Quite Magical, Clouds Smile Too, Whale I Tried, Haunted Moon, Fall is Coming, Good Unicorn, Losing Grip, The Haunted Maze, Love Like This, Bad Unicorn, Ready For It, Liebe Finden, I Heart Summer, Lucy The Cat, Queen Xylophia (upright script), Summer's Victory over Spring, I Heart Coloring, Cloud Calligraphy, Let's Bake Muffins, Blak and Bitter Coffee, Springtime in April, Springtime Sunshine, Unicorn Giggles, Make Magic Happen, Spring Is Coming, March Calligraphy, Your Star, Jakob's Handwriting, Color Your World, Supermassive Black Hole, Liar Script, I Found My Valentine, Lovers in February, Kiss Kiss (dingbats of lips), Snowflake Calligraphy, Behind Violet Eyes, Behind Brown Eyes, Chasing Stars, Einhorn Schrift, Unicorn Sparkles, January Handwriting, Simple Signature, and Winter in January.

    In 2017, she designed December Calligraphy, Summer in December, My December, December Sky, Behind Green Eyes, Unicorn Calligraphy, Everything You Want, Autumn Moon, Haunted Eyes, Spooky Halloween, Midnight in October, October Moon, Vampire Calligraphy, Please Dont Take My Man, You're So Cool, A Perfect Place, I Heart You Always, Behind Blue Eyes, The Illusion of Beauty (monoline connected script), Basically Yes, Give You What You Like, Affectionately Yours, I Miss Your Kiss, Guys My Age, Oh My It's July, Kiss Me Or Not, Color Time, Congrats Calligraphy, Congrats Script, Galaxy Boy, It's Definitely Possible, Waiting For You, Let That Be Enough, If Only, Let That Be Enough (tall, hand-printed), That I Love You, Otterly Adorable (monoline marker script), Love and Sunshine, Youth and Beauty, Unicorns Are Awesome, April Flowers, Sunny Spring Day, Oh Whale, March Into Spring, Lie To Me, Marshmallows & Chocolate, Chasing Hearts, White Chocolate Mint, Winter Calligraphy.

    In 2016, she designed Bold Stylish Calligraphy, Coffee With Sugar, I Love Christmas, Autumn in November (a connected script font), October Twilight (dancing script), Queen of Heaven, Requited Script, Watermelon Script (free), Better Together, Apples Script (curly calligraphic style), Stylish Calligraphy, Back to Black (signage script), The Heart of Everything (calligraphic), Hugs and Kisses (calligraphic script), Elephant Ears (fat marker font), The Happy Giraffe (thick roundish handcrafted sans), Dutch Tulips (a clean hand-printed typeface), Cupcake Party, Too Freakin Cute, My Epic Selfie, My Big Heart, Vampire Kiss, Lazy Spring Day, Coffee at Midnight, The Heart Maze, Strawberry Muffins, Texas Woman, Pretty Girls Script (connected and curly). In 2015 she made Miss Issippi, Ladybug Love, Mf Sippin on Sunshine (sketched font), Mf Vampire Heart (connected script), Feel My Heart (connected script), July Sky (a textured headline typeface), Mf Kazincbarcika (a comic book style fat finger script), Yellow Butterflies, I Love Glitter, Break The Rules (heavy brush script), Texas Spring, Love Song, Love is Awesome (Valentine;s Day font).

    Earlier typefaces include Mf Wedding Bells (2014, wedding script), Really Awesome (2014), Air Balloon (2014), Be Yourself (2014, fat finger font), Autumn breze (2014), Mf Summertime (2014), Mf Kings & Queens (2014), Mf Still Kanda Ridiculous, Mf Houston Paris Budapest (2014, calligraphic), Mf Kind & Witty (2014), Delicate Little Flower (2014), I Like It Bold (2014), Mf Queen Leela (2014, connected), Killing Loneliness (2014), Scribble Script (2014), Rusty (2014, comic book font), Young and Beautiful (2014: connected script), Foxes in Love (2014), End of the dream (2014), My Love Dings (2014, mostly hearts), Love & Trust (2014), Quirky & Messy (2014), Hey Pretty Girl (2014), Fill Me With Color (2013), Hug Me Tight (2013), This Is Ridiculous (2013), Hello Heartache (2013), Girls Have many Secrets (2013), Even More Mixed Up (2013), A Little Mixed Up (2013), Are You Freakin Serious (2013), Borders Divide But Hearts Shall Conquer (2013), Just Sayin (2013), For A Pessimist Im Pretty Op (2013), Technically But Not Actually (2013), My Oh My (2013), Simply Complicated (2013), The Lonely Ones (2013), What's My Age Again (2013), MF Dings 3 (2013: dingbats with hearts), Love Is A Many Complicated Thing (2013), Fool For Love (2013), Fine Again (2013), Rebel Chick (2013), I Love You Monkey (2013), Happy Birthday Baby (2013), MF Dings (2013), MF Dings 2 (2013), Honeybee (2013), My Font Addiction (2013), Fight For Our Love (2013) and Ships In The Night (2013). She also designed Sex & Candy (2013), Simply Complicated, Head Versus Heart (2013, outlined typeface), Kill The Lights (2013, sans), Soul Merets Body (2013, sans), MF Dings (2013), Curious Cat (2013) and Bright Like A Diamond (2013).

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    MJB Letters (was: Artspace Design)
    [Muhammad Mujibulloh]

    Or just Mas Mujib, b. 1990. Ciamis or Jakarta, Indonesia-based designer of Andalusia (2018), Honey Flower (2018), Lovely Honey (2018), Noorlita (2018: script), Southeast (2018), Chives (2018), Alyshen (2018: a Peignotian all caps sans), Snowy Day (2018), Smile of Cinderella (2018: signature script), Definite Soul (2018), Luxurossa (2018), Avicenna (2018: a display sans), Javenese Neu (2018: squarish), Villanesia (2018), Moonlight (2018: a modular sans) and the handcrafted Ajieb (2018).

    Typefaces from 2019: Atlane, Sheyla, Keysha, Klamber Satisfaction (font duo), Southen (a brush script), Amstella (calligraphic), Himalaya (a monoline signature script), Maldives (dry brush), Ballimore, Kastella, Cambridge (a tall upright script), Geishela, Heaternia, Sayidah, Sehaty, Space Outside (a dry brush script), Maryhand, Salty Malthy, Midnight Signature, Adhellita, Sathyn (calligraphic), Hilburg Script, Brightside (a brush font), Angeline, Alymhela, Afnolyca, Nalytha, Soulter, The Rottary, Romantice (roman), Nayshilla, Tinny Hurry, Cattelyna (upright script).

    Typefaces from 2020: Naturallus (a monolinear script), Photomark Signature, Millano Script, Mirallove Restimond (an inky upright script), Capetown Signature (a monoline script), Rightland (script), Rolanstine (wild calligraphy), Sophia Morgant (wild calligraphy), Shutle Mind, Southand, Rightland (signage script), Valent Lovey, Capetown Signature, Beloving, Southland, Sweeter Sandwich, Cute Molly (a shaky script), Belinda Carolyne (a rabbit ear script).

    Typefaces from 2021: Harttiney (a fine script), Arabellia Signature, Historina (script), Pretty Berelly (script), Herlianty (script), Golden Moment (wild writing), Stright Brush (a dry brush script), La Beauties (a casual inky script).

    Typefaces from 2022: Hustony Extrude (a signage script), Golden Partline (emulating handwriting). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Mogul Type
    [Barri Lubis]

    Muhammad Barri Lubis (Medan, Indonesia; b. 1994) designed the free signage script typeface Mattilda (2017). In 2018, he designed the signage script Almathea. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Mohamad Arif Prasetyo
    [Yellowline]

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    Mohamad Rian Rahardi
    [Creatype Studio (or: Taro Creatype, Crella Marketplace, Rahardi Creatype)]

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    Mohd Razali Mohamad Raub
    [LayarBahtera]

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    Molly Jacques Erickson
    [Great Lakes Lettering]

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    Moonstone Co
    [Komang Juliantara]

    Designer of Barney (2019), The Promised (2019), Victories (2019: an angular signage script), Bridgestorm (2019), The Outstand (2019), Spice Girl (2019), Wonderful March (2019), Sweet Cookie (2019) and Hanabi Script (2018). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Morice Kastoun
    [Head First Design]

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    Morning Monday (or: Typemo)

    Graphic design studio in Jakarta, Indonesia. Creator of Rebli (2015, a rounded cursive script and signage typeface), Creative Market link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Motokiwo
    [Anton Cahyono]

    Madiun, Indonesia-based designer (b. 1992) of these typefaces in 2018: James Black, Wilgaty (Pen, Smooth, Rough), Billy The Gang (signage script), Smoothy, Husterdun (signature font), Brave Heart (graffiti brush), Husterdun (Script, Serif), Genit, Atziluth (a Cyrillic version was developed by Cherry Vishnya in 2019), Beatrix Signature and Rotterland.

    Typefaces from 2019: Modric, Horrible Brush, Heroic Mage, Southima, Billybond, Cherio (script), Mommy Lemon, Storytelling (a Treefrog style script), Canadian Brusher, Gaspol Remblong, Husterdun Script, Islandia (a signature script), Nighiri (dry brush), Odishary, Marthiline (a dry brush script), Musician Crush, Bellayla, Cherrydorry (a monoline script with tall ascenders), Belgedes (script), Genit, Mode Style, Carolissa, Londoner (dry brush), Crushed, Bridgesty, Jiangkrik (free), Seconds (brush script), Raidden Script, Harley (a stick font, with a stencil style), Glarious.

    Typefaces from 2020: Orange Melon, Instabread (a signage script), Heidenberg (a retro signage script), Hellena (a monoline script), Konichiwa (a dry brush script), Romania (a monoline script), Ballpoint Rush, Letter Sketch, Ben (a playful 18-style Peignotian sans with a baby curl lower case g), Courteous (a tall condensed serif), Time Breaker (brush), Shepila, Bashington, Dhealova, Blacklisted, Dichigan, Claudio (a rounded sans), Microba Pro SVG, Courteous, Oh Chewy, Hatchback (thick brush script), Hypetype (a dry brush font), Gallardo, Distortion, Attomi Gilbert, Makise (oriental emulation font), Gladis (a fine wide signature script), Ridiculous Script (wild calligraphy), Wkwkwk (a brush font), Canadian Brusher, Last Kids.

    Typefaces from 2021: Kiss Me (a flowing script), Marylane (a monolinear upright script), Pendragon (a fat finger script), Rongjam (a dry brush font), Round Block (modular, squarish), Colabero (a headline typeface for fashion mags), Jagadita (a condensed semi-blackletter typeface).

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    Mott Jordan
    [Mysterylab]

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    Motype Idea

    Aceh, Indonesia-based designer of the brushed signage typefaces Bellatine Pro (2017), Watiny (2017) and Mattheo (2017), and the calligraphic script typefaces Malficent Script (2017) and Rotterdam Street (2017). Typefaces from 2018: Road Story (SVG brush font), Rathbone (retro signage script). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Mr. Letters (was: Mr. Hand Studio)
    [Muhammad Rizal]

    Banda Aceh, Sumatra-based designer of these mostly calligraphic typefaces:

    • In 2017: Humilde Regular (a formal calligraphic script), Adaline Script, Skolateka, Claudia Script, Dogma Script, Chalala Script, Jealous Script (formal calligraphic script), Maisha Script, Streetlight.
    • In 2018: Nightlife, Magic Script, Diary Amily, Soulmates Script, Rachela (calligraphic), Fadelya (a bold script), Madison, America (baseball script), Philosophy, Beloved, Beautiful Script, Belinda Script, Aneisha Script, Heavenly Script, New England.
    • In 2019: Strength Night, Someday, Charlinda, Christmas Party, Pandu (dry brush script), Miracle, Hongkong (dry brush), Shellia, Sophia, Renata, Doremi Brush (dry brush), Daylight, Peuna Brush, Hangouts, Andonesi, Belley, Monday, Donita (script), Zombie, Delisa, Rumbe, Bandung, Musuh (dry brush), Famous, Natasha, Richland, Delightful (script), School (a shadowed outlined font), England, Martini, Dora Dore, Dolly (handcrafted), Mystery 2019 (brush font).
    • In 2020: Fadilla.
    • In 2021: Shaliha (a scrapbook script), Sabiya (script), Santorini (a wild calligraphic script), Andallusia Script, Maisha (script).

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    Muhajir
    [Artimasa]

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    Muhammad Afif Ersya
    [Mevstory Studio (or: Mandeh Studio, or: Eleanor Studio, or: Mevricks Studio, or: Lettercorner Studio)]

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    Muhammad Afifersya

    Aka Muhammad Afif. Indonesian designer of these typefaces in 2018: Kalimastha (script), Pariangan (a script), Kafka (a signage script), Hello World (free), Codename, Natash Sena (a script), Futusicia (font duo), Jorge (a brush font), Fourty (sans), Giagonic (a hipster sans), Muvcix (a display sans).

    Typefaces from 2019: North London (script), Astroman (sci-fi), Retropus (signage script), Sureface (a dry brush typeface), Kick Slipe (a free brush font), The Tormanted (sic) (a scary brush type), The Breachery Script, The Dreamstars (a creamy script), Starhawks (a font duo), Speakup Script, Droping (a techno sans). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Muhammad Akbar
    [Stasy Font]

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    Muhammad Alif
    [Ovoz Digital Shop]

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    Muhammad Dimas
    [Emtheen Studio]

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    Muhammad Fatoni
    [Nyalaapi]

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    Muhammad Hasan
    [Fype Co]

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    Muhammad Ilham
    [Old Studio (or: Analogous Studio)]

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    Muhammad Iqram
    [Gloow Studio]

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    Muhammad Mujibulloh
    [MJB Letters (was: Artspace Design)]

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    Muhammad Naufal Anis
    [Mas Anis Studio]

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    Muhammad Nur Alamsyah
    [Allmo Studio]

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    Muhammad Ridha Agusni
    [38 Lineart Studio (or: Grayscale, or: Fontsources)]

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    Muhammad Rizal
    [Mr. Letters (was: Mr. Hand Studio)]

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    Muhammad Sirojuddin
    [Lettersiro]

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    Muhammad Taufik
    [Rastype]

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    Muhammad Taufiq
    [Sheilla Type (or: Luminto Studio)]

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    Muhammad Yoni
    [Yon Type Studio]

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    Mulkan Nazir
    [Great Studio]

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    Munerf
    [Akhmad Misbakhul Munir]

    Indonesian designer of Hello World (2018) and the brushed signage script typeface North Roksy (2019). Creative Fabrica link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Muntab Art
    [Satriyo Hutomo]

    Malang, Indonesia-based designer of the serif typeface Lorena (2019: for fashion mags featuring skinny models), Orlando Sign (2019), Banana Caroline (2019: font duo), Salvages Bold (2019), Davinci (2019), the loud typeface Dogtown (2019), the blackletter typeface Tribal (2019), the black metal blackletter font Southside (2019), the brush script fonts Selfakia (2019) and Destroit (2019), the multi-font Good Vibes (2019), the monoline scripts Freeflow (2019) and Lemonade (2019), the curly tattoo script typeface Chicano (2019), the tattoo font Brigade (2019), the sans font Walker (2019), the spurred tattoo script Dayles Script (2019) and the script font Hanselle (2019).

    Typefaces from 2020: Esteban (Tuscan), Aquatone, Oakle, Familia (a tattoo font), Gangsta (a blackletter typeface with decorative spurs), Martyr, Santiago (decorative), Mayhem, Westcoast (spurred), Mexicanos (a tattoo or cigar box font), Florida (a wavy font), Aveden (an all caps avant garde typeface), Skyload, Black Sails (brush), Hardcore (dry brush), Mood, Caithlyn (a great inky calligraphic script), Lestly (a curly text typeface).

    Typefaces listed by early 2021: Aeromono (a futuristic semi-stencil), Akasara (a decorative serif), Amerald, Anomaly, Aquatone, Armora, Aveden, Balmonte, Baltre, Banana Carolline, Becko (futuristic, sci-fi), Befaro, Berlin (a sci-fi stencil typeface), Black Sails, Brigade, Caithlyn, Carl Brown (a decorative serif), Chicano Font, Chicano Vol. 02, Davinci, Dogtown, Dayles Script, Defrozo, Destroit, Eastside, Esteban, Evalter, Exposure, Familia Tattoo Lettering Font, Farware, Fenomeno (futuristic), Florida, Freeflow Monoline Script, Good Vibes, Gangsta Typeface, Glenca, Hardcore, Havox, Herlik, Herofin, Lemonade Signature Font, Leoni, Lestly Fonts, Lorena, Magna (a decorative serif), Maldito Font, Mandora, Martyr, Maverick, Mayhem, Metrolic, Mexicanos, Mijuo, Minerva, Monica, Monreal, Mood Font, Nordik (a sci-fi stencil typeface), Nova, Oakle, Orlando Sign, Phoenix, Quadron, Quincy, Rebelion, Reforma, Reviews, Roman, SALVAGES BOLD, SOUTHSIDE, Santiago, Selfakia, Skyload, Tribal Font, Valkrye, Velta, Westcoast, Wilyam, Zemora.

    Typefaces added in 2021: Anabele (decorative serif), Arizona (a stylish all caps typeface), Avander (a stylish serif), Babylon (an all caps blackletter), Badgiek (decorative serif), Bandito Script (for tattoos), Bestie, Boston (retro baseball script), Bravado (decorative serif), Brescia (decorative caps), Brown Sugar (an all caps decorative serif), Calya (decorative serif), Carl Brown (a decorative serif), Carola (an art deco mini-serif), Caterina (an all caps display typeface), Cigero (a decorative all caps serif), Dectro (decorative caps), Dream Avenue (a decorative serif), Elmo (a decorative serif), Elva, Felicio (an art gallery serif), Gamero (a monolinear paperclip font), Ghania, Hexagon, Katrine (a decorative condensed serif), Le Monte (a high contrast jewelry store typeface), Lemonia (a reverse stress serif), Love Story Self Made, Lower Coast, Macron (a spurred Victorian tattoo font; why it is named after the French president beats me), Margate (a sword-serifed display typeface), Matrix (a bullet hole font), Molten (a display caps typeface), Monstar (an all caps typeface for fashion mags), Musa, Pleasure (blackletter), Qaigero (a display serif), Qureka (a glamour font), Ragesta (decorative with wavy junctions), Reno (cyberpunk), Rhapsody (a swashy penmanship script), Rioky (a lovely wedge serif display typeface with a vaguely tribal vibe), Romance (display caps), Rosalia (a fashion mag typeface), Stachy, (elephant-footed caps) Tropico Salte (art nouveau genre caps). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Murilo Aguiar

    Recife, Brazil-based designer of the signage typeface Tipografia Vernacular (2015). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Murtadha Bin Sulaiman
    [Malindo Creative]

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    MvB Design
    [Mark van Bronkhorst]

    MvB Design (later called MVB Fonts) is Mark van Bronkhorst's company in Albany, CA, est. 1991 in San Francisco. It was also known as Markanna Studios Inc. Its fonts were first distributed by FontHaus, then by MyFonts, and most recently by Type Network.

    In the list below, unless explicitly mentioned, Mark van Bronkhorst is the designer: GryphiusMVB (2003), MVB Solano Gothic (2007-2009, six Bank Gothic lookalikes done for the city of Albany, CA), MVB Celestia Antiqua One and Two (1993-1996, a rustic font family in the Caslon Antique genre; it contains zodiac signs), MVB Greymantle (1993, Kanna Aoki), MvB Magnesium (1992-2003, Adobe: a hefty, contrasted, all-caps sans serif with angled terminals that pays homage to American sign lettering), Magnolia MvB (1997), Airedale (1992), BovinePoster or MVB Bovine (1993), DickAndJane (1994), MildewRoman (1994), QuercusRegular (1993), PFAnimals (1993), PFCommerceCommunication (1992), PFFoodDrink (1992), PFHolidaysCelebrations (1992), PFHouseholdItems (1993), PFTransportTravel (1992), QuercusHard (1993), MVB Emmascript (1996, Kanna Aoki), MVB Café Mimi (1996-2003, Kanna Aoki), MVB Pedestria (2002, a sans family by Akemi Aoki), MVB Pedestria Pict (2002, dingbats by Akemi Aoki), MVB Verdigris (2003-2011, a garalde close to Sabon), MVB Fantabular and MVB Fantabular Sans (2002, Akemi Aoki, monospaced, typewriter-style), MVB Grenadine One and Two (2003, sans families by Akemi Aoki), MVB Peccadillo (2002, by Holly Goldsmith and Alan Greene), MVB BossaNova (Holly Goldsmith, 1997), BatmanForever1 (1994, Maseeh Rafani/Warner Bros and Mark van Bronkhorst), Breakdown (1996), HornyDave (1995, based on illustrations of Georgia Panagiotopoulos), HypnoclipsLogoFont (1997), Ovidius (1993), Subterfuge (1995), ZedGothicMvB (1996), HotsyTotsy, MVB Sirenne Six, MVB Sirenne Text, MVB Sirenne Display (2002, display serif family by by MvB and Alan Greene), Veriris Pro Text (2003-2011).

    MVB Sacre Bleu (2007) is an award-winning handwriting typeface about which Joshua Lurie-Terrell writes: Sacre Bleu is the most flexible and accessible informal script of 2007, and rivals some of the best typefaces in this vein from the past decade. He compares it with Christian Robertson's Dear Sarah, Dave Farey's Lettres Eclatees, Letterror's Salmiak and Nick Cooke's Olicana, another very successful face.

    In 2008, Mark set up Sweet Fonts, where he and Linnea Lundquist designed Sweet Upright Script (2008), and Mark published the quintuple line blackboard board family Sweet Titling No. 22 (2010), Sweet Square (2011---in the style of Bank Gothic), Sweet Sans Pro (2011, a sans family from Hairline, Sweet Gothic to Heavy. He says: The family is based on antique engraver's lettering templates called masterplates. Professional stationers use a pantograph to manually transfer letters from these masterplates to a piece of copper or steel that is then etched to serve as a plate or die. This demanding technique is rare today given that most engravers now use a photographic process to make plates, where just about any font will do. But the lettering styles engravers popularized during the first half of the twentieth century---especially the engraver's sans---are still quite familiar and appealing. It is in the style of Burin Sans and Sackers Gothic. And Embarcadero MVB (2010, a near-grotesque superfamily).

    In 2012, van Bronkhorst released MvB Mascot (a signage script).

    In 2013, MVB published the utilitarian sans family MVB Solitaire.

    For Whole Foods Market, he created the corporate typefaces Grace's Hand and Molly Text in 2014.

    In 2015, Mark van Bronkhorst set up TypoBrand LLC in Berkeley, CA. As part of TypoBrand, he published several typefaces that are modern digital reinterpretations of ATF typefaces. The collection is published by TypoBrand LLC under the names ATF Type or American Type Founders Collection. At ATF Type foundry, they co-designed, sometimes with others, classics such as ATF Alternate Gothic (2015), ATF Brush (2015), ATF Egyptian Antique (an expansion of Schraubstadter's Rockwell Antique by Mark van Bronkhorst, Igino Marini, and Ben Kiel), ATF Garamond (2015), ATF Headline Gothic (2015), ATF Livermore Script (by Mark van Bronkhorst, Igino Marini, and Ben Kiel), ATF Poster Gothic (2015), ATF Railroad Gothic (2016), and ATF Wedding Gothic (2015).

    In 2017, he designed the plastic template font family MVB Diazo.

    Type Network link. Linotype link. FontShop link. Alternate URL. Klingspor link.

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    MyFonts: Signage

    Top-ranked signage fonts at MyFonts. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    MyFonts: Signpainting typefaces

    Most relevant typefaces at MyFonts for the keyword signpainting. A longer list of signpainting typefaces. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    MyFonts: Supermarket typefaces

    A list of signage and dingbat typefaces that are appropriate for supermarkets. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Mysterylab
    [Mott Jordan]

    American designer at ITC of the stern strong sans serif typeface ITC Verkehr (1996) and the open typeface ITC Hornpype (1997).

    In 2019, he set up Mysterylab just around the time that Quentin Tarantino released the Sharon Tate murder spoof Once Upon A time In Hollywood. He promptly designed the great collection of 1960s psychedelic fonts Psych Handlettering (layerable), Hippie Mojo, Summer of Love.

    Typefaces from 2020, still nostalgic of the 1960s and 1970s: Aerodyne (in 14 styles; mini-serifed), Maxos (a poster typeface that celebrates big ball terminals), Falkirk Script (a calligraphic signage script), Lotus Petal (psychedelic), Kaleidoscope (psychedelic, art nouveau), Sixties Flashback (psychedelic and wavy), Magnetic Script (a great baseball script), Psychotropic Experience (psychedelic).

    Typefaces from 2021: Big Sur (a 6-style Western slab serif), Carnaby Street (psychedelic), Klangfarbe Script (a delightful script; Mott writes that it is a true chameleon and is very much at home with a variety of looks: from a reimagining of kitschy 1950s scripts, to analog retro-tech, to steampunk, to high-fashion futuristic logos and beyond), Pure Psychedelia, Longshanks (a sharp-serifed condensed serif display font with low waist blade-like strokes, and small x-height, meant for titling use or to evoke fantasy worlds), Wavelength (a 10-style sans serif with oomph, characterized by a Euro-like lower case e).

    Typefaces from 2022: Afiche Script (a wonderful almost upright rounded signage script), Good Vibes (a whimsical circus announcement font).

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    Mysunday
    [Bro Luthfi]

    Banda Aceh, Indonesia-based designer of the script typefaces Devita Italic (2016), Cathy (2016), Arabella Script (2015, by Bro Luthfi), Nicky (2015), Lesly (2015), Victoria (2015), Coffee Script (2015), Coffee Sans (2015), Michael Script (2015; the same font is also available from Font Zilla...), Sweatpants (2015), Cutout (2015), Spoon (2015) and Theory (2015). Creative Market link. Behance link. The connection with Bro Luthfi (Behance) is unclear. Creative Market link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    N. Glaise

    French painter in Paris, who published many (painted) alphabets in Album du peintre en bâtiment (1882, ed. Ducher et Cie, Paris).

    The captions of the alphabets, in alphabetic order: Lettres, Lettres à Boule Fantaisie, Lettres Antiques Monumentales, Lettres Bronze Fantaisie Penchées, Lettres Capitales Antiques, Lettres Capitales Fantaisie, Lettres Capitales Ornées, Lettres Capitales Penchées Fantaisie, Lettres Capitales Romaine, Lettres Capitalesa Gros Deliés, Lettres Demi Monstre Allongées, Lettres Demi Monstre Fantaisie, Lettres Egyptiennes Ou Baton Allongées, Lettres Fantaisie, Lettres Monstre, Lettres Renaissance à Boule Fantaisie, Lettres Romaine et Batarde, Lettres Types Divers.

    For digital revivals, see the stackable fonts by Lev Berry called Monstre Display (2015) and Fantaisie Display (2015). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Nabina Ghosh
    [Font Fridays]

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    Nahar
    [Nanda Hardiansyah]

    Kota Cirebon, Indonesia-based designer of the script typefaces Senoritta (sic) (2019), Los Angeles (2019), Chattagirie (2019) and Rhoselinna (2019), and the handcrafted sans typefaces Vanjar (2019) and Hansville (2019).

    Typefaces from 2020: Hello Daisy, Confidently (a wild script), Hillonest (a signature script), Belaris (a curly calligraphic script), Brightons (a signage script), My Sunshine (a rabbit ear script), Rallisha (a rabbit ear script), Brilganttyne (a swashy and tall calligraphic script), Hello Daisy (calligraphic), Hello Cristina (a wild script), Victograms (a dry brush script), Enjelina, Satrinah, Trackers, Black Ryder, Royal Haster Line, Rush Hour, Catrina, Grim Reaper. Fontdaily link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Nanda Hardiansyah
    [Nahar]

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    Naniii

    Graphic designer in Marseille, France, who created the retro connected signage typeface Brouqueline in 2016. Behance link. Creative Market link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Nasir Udin

    Bali-based designer who used to run Mahameru Type. As Nasir Udin, his typefaces include Opheline (2020: a nine-style all caps display serif by Nasir Udin and Haidi Shabrina) and Elgraine (2020: an 18-style transitional typeface family with a large x-height).

    Typefaces from 2021: Mylon (a 14-style Peignotian fashion mag sans by Nasir Udin and Haidi Shabrina), Mauren (a 14-style text typeface with an almost chancery script italic set), Debira (a 14-style wedge serif with a coathanger lower case f that is de rigueur in 2021; with Heidi Shabrina), Fonseca Grande, Departura (sans), Montas (a 7-style decorative serif by Nasir Udin and Haidi Shabrina), Karsten (a 27-style bastard didone named after Dutch architect Thomas Karsten who designed many buildings in Java).

    Typefaces from 2022: Incognia (a 10-style classical roman display serif), Rasbern (a 16-style display serif with elephant feet).

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    Nasruddin Bhadal
    [Bhadal Studio]

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    Nathatype
    [Donis Miftahudin]

    Nathatype (est. 2020) is one of the many foundries started by Donis Miftahudin (Gresik City, Indonesia), after Din Studio and Ditatype. Typefaces from 2020, all scripts or handcrafted: Mister Golden, Rainbow Lemonade, Hyollin, Sandy Pillow, Siriella, Stay Feeling, Beauty Miracle, Bright Winter, Coconut Candy, Dealistha.

    Typefaces from 2021: Allonges (a flowing calligraphic script), Mint Smile (an elegant calligraphic script), Smooth Miracles (a flowing calligraphic script), Goldbugs, Mitters, Quaylike, Railing (a display typeface with calligraphic roots), The Marbler (a retro monoline script), Vintage Kingdom (retro signage script), White Block (a bold severe display typeface), Ballista Style (a signage script), Cagier (a very stylish display serif), Motion Taste (a scrapbook script), Blacktones (blackletter), Daily Smiles (script), Kalecius (blackletter), Milltown (blackletter), Verathrine, Northeast Oregon (script), Marteks (an 8-style simplified monolinear sans), Enjoy Doodle (an inky script), Quitos (a sharp-serifed typeface), Mirola (a fashion mag typeface with flared serifs and a stocky lower case t), Bavaria Gates (roman caps with some contrast), Cold Daylight (a creamy supermarket or signage script), Jotted Dream (a dry brush script), Fresh Roomettes (an inky script), Micfloral (a heavy upright supermarket script), Vikeys, Salt Debris (a creamy upright display typeface with possibly use in packaging), Ballon Midair (a dazzling inky script), Big Flask (a frilly display typeface), Staying Passionate (script), Embrown (all caps sans), Mostlatest (a vintage label font), Soft Cantle (a rabbit ear script), Vintage Bridge (a heavy monolinear script), Brighter Miracles (a tall rabbit ear script), Cravery (a hybrid of Victorian and art nouveau), Dracolas (Victorian), Lastones (a vintage all caps typeface), Monoline Fighter (a monolinear diner script from the 1950s), Vintage Feeling (a spurred retro script), Boosters (a spurred Victorian typeface), Western Brother (a Western font), Lost Cowboy (a spurred typeface), Bright Sunset (an inky script), Clean Fragile (a stylish serif), Real Magic (a stylish flared serif), Roashe (an all caps fashion font), Stealing Hearts (an inky script).

    Typefaces from 2022: Barethelly Signature, First Marigold (font duo), Repath (a wide display serif), Bigcups (a rounded marker font), Crofelo Delight (a scrapbook script), Highpath Signature, Realistic Twilight (a scrapbook script), Walnut Cream (a scrapbook script), Castre (roman capitals), Billstone Signature, Glowing Midnight (a retro signage script), Hello Youthen (a retro signage script), Retrolife (a retro signage script), The Vintage Town (a retro signage script), Vintage Scripter (a retro signage script), Equity (a stylish serif). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Natural Ink
    [Arif Gunawan]

    Sigli, Indonesia-based designer (b. 1999) of the signage script typeface The Harley Queen (2019), the script typeface Lovely Thing (2019) and the calligraphic typefaces Hello Jasmine (2020: wild calligraphy), Andara (2020), Palmita (2019: wild calligraphy), Sunday Love (2019: wild calligraphy), Glittera (2019), Girly Night (2019), Alifia (2019: almost a wedding script with heart-shapred tittles) and Dongatta Story (2019), Mellow, Plug N Play, Kastella.

    Typefaces from 2020: Pasta Italiano, Smith Catrine (an upright script), Allysa Daguise (a formal calligraphic script), Baby Mathya (calligraphic), Baby Mathya, Beauty Home, Humble Biglife, Dellyna Nathan, Gamelight, Sally Butter, Bully Gatte, Glitter Script, Rathalia, My Diarys, Have Fun Sunday, Babylove (calligraphic).

    Typefaces from 2021: Palm Belly (script).

    Typefaces from 2022: Chalobah (a display serif). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Nauli Creative (or: Naulicrea Type, or: Nauli Type)

    Creator of these typefaces in 2019: Monster Squad (for Halloween), the script fonts Coquettish, Marlissa, and Fussion, the signature font Carlantans, the blackletter typeface Tendencious, the brush font Hecklers, the children's book fonts Anima, Suga Rush and Planet Love, the oriental simulation font Kyoto, and Pattrious.

    In 2020, he designed Marco Valmory (2020: a psychedelic / art nuveau signage script) and Bali (2020: a display typeface). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Navpreet Singh

    Or Navi Singh. Hoshiarpur, India-based designer of the handcrafted typefaces Quazy (2017) and Star Tail Script (2017, a rhythmic signage script).

    Typefaces from 2018: Seattle Sans, Wafer Thin, Glory (serif), Montara, Smoothie Bowl (connected script).

    Typefaces from 2019: Havanna (a tall condensed sans), Ripple (sans), Milky Soft (serif). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Nazzar Saputra
    [Craft Supply]

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    ndroadv
    [Hindra Permana]

    Bandung, Indonesia-based designer of the brush script typefaces Naira (2015), Noelan (2015: free at Pixel Surplus), Millet (2015, brush typeface family), Mochimochi (2015) and Mysera (2015), the vintage signage typefaces Naonweh and Naonweh Rough (2015), and the calligraphic script typeface Nafeeza (2015).

    Typefaces from 2016: Therion (Victorian), Rowo (dry brush script), Larquette, Pour Lavie, Explorado (children's book font family in Serif, Script, Sanserif and Dingbat styles), Brutus (Victorian, early art nouveau), Gloster (Script and Rustic styles), Noelan Script.

    Typefaces from 2017: Naira Script.

    Typefaces from 2018: Alinea (rough brush), Hui Boled (hand brush).

    Typefaces from 2019: Morosyot (script), Laksana (script). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Neapolitan

    American type foundry which appeared at MyFonts in 2012. Its designers include Stuart Sandler, David Cohen and Crystal Kluge. The initial set of fonts, all in the style of Sandler's Font Diner fonts, include Irish Grover Pro (2010, a bouncy typeface by Cohen and Sandler), Satisfy Pro (2011, a connected retro script typeface by Cohen and Sandler), Crafty Girls Pro (2010, a children's party script by Crystal Kluge and Stuart Sandler), and Slackey Pro (2010, a paper cut out style typeface made by Cohen and Sandler).

    Codystar (2012, a dot matrix typeface by Crystal Kluge) is free at Google Web Fonts. Sunshiney Pro (2012, hand-printed), Unkempt Pro (2012, +Bold), Neapolitan (2012) and Walter Turncoat Pro (2012) were co-designed by Stuart Sandler and David Cohen. Homemade Apple Pro (2012) is a hand-printed typeface by Stuart Sandler. The teenage script typefaces Princess Sofia Royale (2012), Butterfly Kids Pro (2012) and Emily's Candy Pro (2012) and the bohemian typefaces Chelsea Marketplace (2012) and Chelsea Market Open (2012) are due to Crystal Kluge and Stuart Sandler. Fredericka the Greatest (2011-2012) is a beautiful sketch face.

    Typefaces from 2013 by Stuart Sandler include Skranji Pro (angular display face), Griffy Pro (with David Cohen), Seaweed Script Pro (with David Cohen) and Rochester Pro (with Gillian Fisher).

    In 2017, Stuart Sandler designed Sausage Jubilee.

    Google Plus link.

    View the typefaces published by Neapolitan. Creative Market link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Nestype (was: Nest Studio)
    [Yesaya Amnestian]

    Founder of Nestype in 2018. Pemalang, Indonesia-based designer of Ruffin (2019: a tall script), Justicman (2019: a rounded sans), Sontiro (2019: a wild script), Battara (2019: script), Astro (2019: sci-fi), Hinata (2019, a signage typeface), Showdown (2018: octagonal), Aliyaa Script (2017, a yummy brush script) and Martin (2017). In 2020, he released Luffio (a brush script), Magazine (a text typeface), Harliy (a monolinear retro script), Affogato (wild calligraphy), and South (a script). In 2021, he designed Ginger Columbus (a decorative serif), Bugis (an all caps display typeface), and Vilaka (a decorative mini-wedge serif).

    Typefaces from 2022: Chicago (a display serif), Quiny (a display or poster sans). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    New Fonts
    [Charles Nix]

    New York-based foundry run by Charles Nix (b. 1967, Ohio), who studied tye design at The Cooper Union. Charles Nix is professor of Typography and Book Design at the Parsons School of Design, New York. His foundry was helped by Wong Chee (digitization) and Stefano Arcella (ornament design). Fonts: Melaka, Batak, Nani, Tuk Tuk, Christmas (a softened blackletter with Christmas ornaments), Nix Rift (serif: the official typeface of the Cooper Union), Huta Bulon, Samosir, Island Special. Batak became ITC Batak (2002).

    Charles Nix digitized the Augereau family for George Abrams in 1997 and manages the Abrams Legacy Collection, which also offers Abrams Venetian.

    Typefaces in the New Fonts collection are derived from a rich variety of sources---from 15th century Spain to 21st century Sumatra. The Sumatran Series of fonts is inspired by hand-painted letterforms from commercial signage in the tiny village of Tuk Tuk on the island of Samosir in Northern Sumatra. The series consists of six typefaces: Batak, Nani, Tuk Tuk, Samosir, Melaka, and Huta Bolon.

    In May, 2015, Charles joined Monotype as a Senior Type Designer, and later became its Type Director. His work at Monotype:

    • In 2017, Charles Nix designed the free typeface family D-DIN that is based on DIN 1451. He writes: Datto uses a DIN-font as primary corporate font and commissioned Monotype to create several styles, for internal use and to be open sourced under a SIL OFL v1.1 license. Nix then went on to design these for Monotype, and thus for Datto Inc.
    • In 2018, he published Hope Sans (Monotype), which mixes retro sans styles with 1970s playfulness. Hope Sans won an award at the Type Directors Club's Type Design Competition 2019.

      In 2018, Monotype's Carl Crossgrove, Charles Nix, Juan Villanueva and Lynne Yun co-designed Walbaum, a reimagined superfamily with 69 total fonts, in five optical sizes. Monotype writes: Walbaum was meticulously crafted by Monotype's Carl Crossgrove, Charles Nix, and Juan Villanueva to bring Justus Erich Walbaum's high contrast didone style masterpiece to the 21st century. Walbaum has over 600 glyphs with OpenType typographic features like small capitals, old style and lining figures, proportional and tabular figures, fractions and ligatures. Also included in the family are three decorative and ornament fonts.

    • He was part of a team at Monotype that developed Helvetica Now in 2019 at Monotype, together with Jan Hendrik Weber and others. Monotype writes: Every single glyph of Helvetica has been redrawn and redesigned for this expansive new edition which preserves the typeface's Swiss mantra of clarity, simplicity and neutrality, while updating it for the demands of contemporary design and branding. Helvetica Now comprises 48 fonts, consisting of three distinct optical sizes: Micro, Text and Display.
    • Ambiguity (2019, Charles Nix for Monotype). This large typeface family comes in five distinct subfamilies, Tradition, Radical, Thrift, Generous and Normate.
    • Helvetica Now Variable (2021). Helvetica Now Variable was designed by Max Miedinger, Charles Nix, Monotype Studio, Friedrich Althausen, Malou Verlomme, Jan Hendrik Weber and Emilios Theofanous and published by Monotype. Monotype writes: Helvetica Now Variable gives you over a million new Helvetica styles in one state-of-the-art font file (over two-and-a-half million with italics!). Use it as an extension of the Helvetica Now family or make custom-blends from its weights (Hairline to ExtraBlack), optical sizes (four point to infinity), and new Compressed and Condensed widths. It contains 144 static styles.

    FontShop link. Klingspor link.

    View Charles Nix's typefaces. Fontsquirrel link for D-DIN and Datto. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    New Typography
    [Vernon Adams]

    Vernon Adams (born England, 1967) was a furniture restorer, woodcarver and typeface designer. On August 24, 2016 Vernon Adams passed away from injuries sustained in a scooter accident in May of 2014. New Typography was his type design site. Vernon graduated in 2007 with an MA in type design from the University of Reading and lived in San Clemente, California. His wife Allison now holds the trademark and/or copyright to most of his fonts.

    He developed Mako (2007), a type family for text and image in magazines. Earlier, he created AutoPacHousehold. Nobile (2010) is part of the Google font directory. Through the Open Font Library, one can get the source Fontforge code for this open source sans family. About Mako, he writes that he submitted the font to Fontsmith, which sat on it for a while and rejected it, only to publish a few weeks later Lurpak, which according to Vernon is too similar to his rejected design. Free fonts at Google Code by Vernon, as of the end of 2010 include Coda (a heavy elliptical face), Nobile (mentioned above), Corben (a curvy bold typeface in the style of Cooper Black), and Gruppo (a thin sans).

    In 2011, he added Coustard (a slab serif family), Damion (connected signage script), Smythe (Victorian), Radley (display face), Oswald (a reworking of the Alternate Gothic style: see this dedicated page; Oswald was updated continually by Vernon Adams until 2014. Vernon added Light and Bold weights, support for more Latin languages, tightened the spacing and kerning and made many glyph refinements throughout the family based on hundreds of users' feedback. In 2016 the family was updated by Kalapi Gajjar and Alexei Vanyashin to complete the work started by Vernon, and support languages that use the Cyrillic script), Candal (sans), Pacifico (connected signage face), Bangers (comic book face), Anton (heavy sans), Bevan (a reworking of Beton, a traditional slab serif display typeface created by Heinrich Jost in the 1930s), Six Caps (a condensed headline face), Meddon (a display font created from the handwritten script of an Eighteenth century legal document), Rokkitt (an Egyptian), Paytone One (headline face), Holtwood One SC (wood block simulation face), Monofett (white on black), Carter One (casual face), Francois One (gothic sans), Sigmar One (think mid twentieth century pulp magazine advertising), Bigshot One, Metrophobic, Mako, Francois One, Nunito (rounded; CTAN link), Shanti, Sigmar, Muli (minimalist sans), Kameron (an Egyptian), Stardos Stencil, Bowlby One, Bowlby One SC (fat poster face), Tienne (serif), Monoton (a multiline face in the style of Koch's Prisma, 1931), Sancreek (emulating an ornamental wood font), Amatic SC (hand-printed poster family), Sancreek (a Tuscan face), Oswald (in the old Alternate Gothic tradition of sans typefaces---a free Google font; CTAN link), Rammetto (based on the Stephenson Blake uppercase display font Basuto, released in 1926), and Michroma (modeled after Microgramma).

    Typefaces made in 2012 include Bench Nine (Google Web Fonts: based on old Stephenson Blake typefaces), Oxygen (a sans typeface available from Google Web Fonts; forked in 2016 at Open Font Library as Comme and in 2017 as Oxygen Sans, with two new oblique styles), Oxygen Mono (Google Web Fonts), Norican (free script font at Google Web Fonts based in part on Stephenson Blake's Glenmoy from the 1920s), Cutive (free at Google Web Fonts, based on the IBM typewriter typefaces Executive and Smith-Premier), Pontano Sans (Google Web Fonts: a light basic sans), Trocchi (Google Web Fonts: derived from Nebiolo's Egiziano, and Caslon & Co's Antique No.4 and Ionic No.2), Seymour One (Google Web Fonts: derived from Sigma One), Anaheim (sans, Google Web Fonts), Cutive and Cutive Mono (Google Web Fonts: based on the typewriter typefaces of IBM's Executive and the older Smith-Premier).

    Typefaces from 2013: Mondo (sans), Anton (grotesque).

    In 2016, Jacques Le Bailly extended Nunito to a full set of weights, and an accompanying regular non-rounded terminal version, Nunito Sans. Another extension of Nunito is Iunito (2019, unknown designer).

    In 2020, Jacques Le Bailly, Cereal and Vernon Adams (posthumously) released the sans typeface family Mulish at Google Fonts. Mulish is a minimalist sans, designed for both display and text typography. It was initially drawn in 2011 by Vernon Adams under the name Muli and then refined until 2014. In 2017 the family was updated by Jacques Le Bailly to complete the work started by Vernon after he passed away, in collaboration with his wife Allison, an artist who holds the trademark on the typeface family name. In August 2019, it was updated with a variable font weight axis.

    Donations to Vernon's family. Memorial. Fontspace link. Dafont link. Google Plus link. Fontsquirrel link. Klingspor link. Github link. Fontsquirrel link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Ngene
    [Wachid Ristiyanto]

    Yogyakarta, Indonesia-based designer of these vintage display and script typefaces in 2019: Crowlen Script, Boorani Thampil (+Script), Paradiso Script (signage), Almerian Script (monoline), Beastline Script, Fringland Script, Gorgeous Script, Gunstone Script, Harrison (Sans, Script, Illustration), Herschel (Sans, Script), Horseman (a monoline sans and script pair), Ironhead, Juliette (Sans, script), Milestone (retro signage script), Narmada (signage script), Portland (Sans+Script: monolined), Rampsey Script, Roosevelt, Shinola (script), Sultrans (Victorian, with ornaments), The Hometown.

    Typefaces from 2020: Sanur, Eiutneck Script (psychedelic), Sceageus (a wavy display font), Emillont, Nolian script (calligraphic), Wentworth (vintage label font dup in Serif and Script versions), The Brone (a decorative display script), Sankes (a signage script).

    Typefaces from 2021: Cartoen (a refinement of Horseman Sans), The Sgone. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Nick Curtis
    [Nick Curtis: Signage typefaces]

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    Nick Curtis
    [Nick Curtis: comic book or cartoon typefaces]

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    Nick Curtis: comic book or cartoon typefaces
    [Nick Curtis]

    Free comic book or cartoon typefaces by Nick Curtis: Laff Riot NF (2002, based on this poster), RhubarbPie, SpacePatrol (based on this poster), TooneyNoodleNF (based on an all caps Photolettering typeface called Charlie Pointed), TooneyNoodleOutline, VinnieBoomBahNF (based on a poster from 1950 by Nico Edel). On the commercial side, after 2003, Nick Curtis added these typefaces:

    • The logotype for Archie comics gave rise to Best Gal Betty NF and Best Gal Veronica NF (2010).
    • Big George NF (2011). A counterless comic book style typeface based on a creation of Ross F. George.
    • Boeuf au Joost (2003). Art deco based on work by comic book artist Joost Swarte.
    • Boola Boola NF (2006). An improved version of the 50s font Team Spirit, used in the Tank McNamara comic strip and on Blue Collar TV.
    • Marky Marker (2008, a single-stroke marker font) and Mikey Likes It Corpulent NF (2008, fat comic book style face) are based on the work of Mike R. Stevens, a long-time contributor to Signcraft magazine.
    • Nerwyn NF. A comic book typeface inspired by the phototype Erwin by Murray Fuchs.
    • Peanut Galley (2007).
    • PinballWhizNF (2002, 2007). Based on this logotype by Joost Swarte for the comic-strip series "Katoen + Pinbal" (1975).
    • Twinkletoes NF (2014, after an example by Ross F. George).
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    Nick Curtis: Signage typefaces
    [Nick Curtis]

    Signage typefaces made by Nick Curtis between 1997 and 2010 include the following.

    • Gasoline Alley NF (2002): a casual and fun-loving font based on the work of showcard artist Albanis Ashmun Kelly, from his 1911 book Expert Sign Painter, and named for a long-running comic strip.
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    Nicolas Isfani
    [Cotbada Studio]

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    Nicole Dotin

    American designer (b. 1974) who earned a degree in photography from the University of Minnesota, in graphic design from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MFA) and in type design from the University of Reading (MA, 2007), where she created Elena, a Latin and Greek serif type family.

    Nicole joined Process Type Foundry, where she published Elena in 2011 and the heavy brush (signage) typeface Pique in 2014-2015. She added Light and Medium weights to Elena in 2016. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Nikko Allen Pascua

    Located in Antipoli City in The Philippines, Nikko (b. 1992) created the signage typeface nik (2009). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Nikola Giacintova

    In 2014, Nikola Giacintova (b. 1989, Sternberk, Czechia) set up a type foundry in Prague, Czechia. In 2014, she created Rukola (2014, a sign-painting brush script) and Yield.

    In 2016, she published the great retro signage script Blonde Script at Indian Type Foundry. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Nils Lindstrom
    [Lindstrom Design]

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    no image fonts
    [Levi Halmos]

    Free fonts by Hungarian type and graphic designer Levi Halmos [or: Levente Halmos], made between 1997 and 2001: AlienGhost2, Aliens, Anabolic Spheroid (2001, revived but alas commercialized by Roger S. Nelsson in 2009 as Anabolic Spheroid Pro), Aztec, Baby Universe (2000), Bateman, Bedlam Remix (2001), Bitsumishi (Bitsumishi Pro (2009) appeared at CheapPro Fonts; Bitsumishi Pro v2 followed in 2012), Butch, Byblostie, CHELIVES, Caddy (1996), CelticGaramond, CelticGaramondthe2nd, Chemistry, Coolthreepixels, Crystal Clear, Danube (techno, geometric), DataTransfer, Dredwerkz, ElephantMan, Escape Pod Normal, FUTURE, Faceplant, Finchley (1998), FreakShow, Gagarin (2001, a Cyrillic simulation and constructivist family), GraveDirt, Guevara, Haiku, Helldorado (2001, Western), Hibernate (2000), Iamsimplified, Indochine (2002, oriental letter simulation), IronLeague (2002, a Jonathan Barnbrook style face), Ivanbats, Ivanhoe, KabosGyula, Kalocsai Flowers Pi (2001), Kenzo, KingKikapu, Kozmonauta (2000), Kozmonauta2, Krizia Uomo (1995, art deco; later renamed Krizi Amo Pro in 2011, probably under pressure from Uomo), Leonardo (1996, a constructed face), Lefferts Corner (2001), LicenzPlate, Lousitania (2001, square-serifed), MagyarSerif, MarshGas, MathmosOriginal, Mutter (a stitch font), Niobium [Niobium Pro (2010, with Roger S. Nelsson) is used for signage and wayfinding in the new Mbombela Stadium built for the FIFA World Cup 2010], Nordic (2001; the Pro version appeared in 2010), Nushto (2000), Olympus (Greek simulation face), Peex (dot matrix family), Phatguy, PiratesGold (made commercial in the CheapProFonts collection of Roger S. Nelsson in 2009), Poison Berries (2000), PresidenteTequila (2000), RakettaFromMars (2001, fifties style futurism), Rammstein, RammsteinRemix (2001, constructivist), RedheadGoddess (2000), RedwildoderRotwild, Resurrection, Runningshoe, Sarkozi Line Patterns Pi (2001), Scully (scanbats), ScumoftheEarth (2000), Shazbot, Slither (1998), SmartSexy, SmartandSexy, Snake Venom (2000, Mexican simulation face), SpaceWorm (2000, futuristic), Sporty, Stonebridge, Subatonik, Sulphur (2000, a typeface influenced by gothic cathedrals), Tank Junior (2001), TerraX, Thrust (2000, Star Trek face), TickyFont, Treasure Island (2001, rounded with a semi-Greek look), TrustThisOne, TwoGunJohann (2000), TypeKnight (2001, with hairline serifs), VicePresidente (2001, Mexican simulation face), VoodooDolls, Voodoo Spirits (2001, wiggly hand), WeepingItalic, WhoulNormal, Zombieball.

    Myfonts link. Roger S. Nelsson (Cheapprofonts) and Halmos extended Danube and Celtic Garamond in 2009 as Danube Pro and Celtic Garamond Pro, respectively. Fontspace link. Font Squirrel link. Dafont link.

    View Levi Halmos's commercial typefaces. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Noinfonts
    [Leandro Nogueira]

    Noinfonts is the foundry of Brazilian type designer and teacher Leandro Nogueira, who is based in Sao Paulo. He studied graphic design at UNESP Baura from 1996-2001. Leandro designed these fonts:

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    North Park

    Parisian creator of the commercial typefaces Nixon Caps (2012, a slab serif all capsd family), Scrawler (2013, a hand-drawn poster sans), and Bar Cap (2013, headline typeface for signage). He also made the icon sets 80 Sports Icons (2013) and Furnitures.

    Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    NREY
    [Andriy Dykun]

    Makeevka, Donetsk, Ukraine-based designer of these typefaces in 2017: Vector Waves, Quasimodo (a free spurred and curvy decorative display typeface), Courtney (monoline script), Lumberjack (blackletter; see also Lumberjack Zombie in 2019), Marvin (a 10-font Marvin Heemeyer-inspired bulldozer and wrench font family with a free heavy slab serif), Awakening (signage script), Bang Bang, Round Compound, Rot Shield (blackletter), Rust (spurred), Furious, Dry Brush, Balalaika (Cyrillic emulation typeface), Moustache, Barbara (script), Arigato, The Pontifice (blackletter), Amsterdam, Megapolis (inline), Megapolis Black Bold (free, for Latin and Cyrillic), Phoenix Gothic, Brush Pen, Nround (rounded sans), DieCunst (free connected script).

    Typefaces from 2018: Fontuna (+stencil), Sansterdam (a geometric condensed grotesk with a few deco styles), Ethna (a fashion mag sans typeface family), Voguer Sans (a free Latin / Cyrillic display typeface with fashion applications in mind), Ravenholm (an expressionist blackletter), Jorick (vintage, Latin and Cyrillic), Ultravog and Ultravog Glitch Black (extreme contrast stencil styles: free), Walpurgis Night, Voguer (a high-contrast fashion mag font), Voguer II (didone-inspired, accompanied by a script typeface).

    Typefaces from 2019: Anicon Sans, Anicon Slab, Thephir (a variable cursive typeface), Oblique Rain (monoline script), Skiff (a quaint almost painted sans), Cadency (a monoline script), Waymar (Serif and Script font duo; include the textured caps typeface Waymar Ornate and the blackboard bold style Waymar Outline), Phagoth (blackletter), Gunhill (a vintage font family that includes blackboard bold styles), Heartland (Script & Sans), Marvin Slab.

    Typefaces from 2020: Calmius, Calmius Sans. Calmius Sans has Oppo (reverse contrast), Low and High (Peignotian) subfamilies, all experiments on contrast.

    Typefaces from 2021: Quartell Round (a squarish typeface), Asterlight (a steampunk font), Barosa (inspired by the slavonic style, all glyphs in this typeface have the same height).

    Graphicriver link. Behance link. Newest Behance link. Dafont link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Nug's Project
    [Andrie Nugrie]

    Bekasi, Indonesia-based designer (b. 1993) of the free script typeface Juvenile (2018) and the calligraphic script font Qyara (2018).

    Typefaces from 2019: Bellaville (script), Spellkid (a signage script), Harukaze (an oriental brush font), Greyfox (dry brush script), Arkania, Greathfella, Hey Brights, Brightside (weathered brush script), Fudelines, Seblaque (a dry brush script), Lunafreya (script), Heavenly Script, Reinata (script), Carrington (script), She Terror (brush font), Augustinne (script), The Lunatique (script).

    Typefaces from 2020: Bittybite. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Nur Cholis Majid
    [24Design Studio]

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    Nur Faidin
    [Nurf Designs]

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    Nur Kholis
    [Vilogsign]

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    Nurf Designs
    [Nur Faidin]

    Indonesian designer, b. 1985, of the modular typefaces Spantaran (2018, meant for sports) and First Job (2018), and the handcrafted Cipthayasa (2018) and Agnella (2018).

    Typefaces from 2019: Quillain (script), Lauthan, Averus (a speed font), Jobless, Boorush, Under Rock (dry brush), Antown (a sans family), Andhyta (script), Kahfi (Arabic emulation), BooRush, Austere (modular), Allanis (monoline script), Dephiana, Stricken Brush, Madonnina (a monoline marker pen font), Bashira (script), Abingdon (rounded sans), Raphtalia (a free signage script), Big Space (techno), Alleyster (script), Kaibon (monoline script).

    Typefaces from 2020: Allentown (a retro script), Buree Chalk, Culington (a signage script), Bellanovie (a brush script), Hello Farmer (a fat finger font), Brickhand, Raytone, Albertiny, Better Land, Wishper Script, Rottweiler (script), Mallorist.

    Typefaces from 2021: Rapidone (a modular typeface), Pottery (a heavy monolinear script), Baby Born (a plump scrapbook font), Raghill (a display typeface), Karasha (oriental brush emulation).

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    Nurul Fajri Redy
    [Redy Studio (or: Nfajri Redy)]

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    Nyalaapi
    [Muhammad Fatoni]

    Yogyakarta, Indonesia-based designer (b. 1996) of the script typefaces De Natura (2020), Citraloka (2020), Ravellin (2019), Sintesa (2019) and Southgate (2019). In 2020, he designed Everbright (a monoline script and sans duo). In 2021, he added Heist (a speed font). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Nyapa Tanzil
    [Damelev Studio (was: Logo Labs, Tanziladd, Rawi Project)]

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    OCS Studio
    [Oki Candra Setiawan]

    Bandung, Indonesia-based designer, b. 1995, of the squarish typeface Sabuga (2019), the brush script typeface Gtoles (2018) and the script typefaces Langrish Script (2019), Langrish Sans (2019: a monoline marker pen font), Endolitta (2019), Broetown Signature (2019), Another Scream (2019) and Amboeng (2019).

    Typefaces from 2020: Marborn (a baseball script), Jhoiboy (a brush script), Chorettan, Spandam (an upright monoline script), Brownie Girly, Quindelia (a calligraphic script), Jennifer Ellis, Broetown Signature.

    Typefaces from 2021: Tamarind Brush, Scratchedman, Hanifah (a heart-themed script). Creative Fabrica link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Octavio Pardo

    Or Octavio Pardo Virto. Born in Pamplona, Spain, Octavio got his first degree in Fine Arts at the University of Barcelona. After several years working for various design studios and advertising agencies, he moved to UK where he graduated from the MA in Type Design at the University of Reading in 2010. After collaborating with the Typofonderie in Paris for several months, Octavio went back to Pamplona. His typefaces:

    • Ibarra Real (2007), done with the help of José María Ribagorda. Ribagorda writes: IbarraReal is a public-domain font of Ibero-American character, created in 2005 as a revival of the types cast by Jeronimo Gil for the Royal Spanish Academy's edition of Don Quixote, printed in Madrid by Joaquin Ibarra in 1780.. The vignettes were designed by Manuel lvarez Junco, Andreu Balius, Didac Ballester, Paco Bascuñan, José María Cerezo, Alberto Corazón, Oyer Corazón, Pablo Cosgaya, Rubén Fontana, Javier García del Olmo, José Gil Nogués, Pepe Gimeno, Fernando Gutiérrez, Juan Martínez, Laura Messeguer, Juan Antonio Moreno, Juan Nava, Miguel Ochando, Josep Patau, Alejandro Paul, Marc Salinas, Emilio Torné, Alex Trochut or Roberto Turégano. Free download here. Github link.
    • Blackwood (2011). An ornamental all-caps typeface that takes its inspiration from a mixture of the woodcuts of the early 18th century and fat typefaces of today's magazines.
    • Cabriole (2011). A text typeface done for his thesis at Reading. It is a very Latin typeface, with round contours and a lot of pizzazz---as if it came straight out of old Iberian textbooks..
    • Terabyte (2011). A monoline corporate typeface in current development for Aspa Company.
    • Sutturah. A fat signage face, published by Rosetta Type, and awarded by TDC 2012. The Cyrillic was developed with the help of Sergei Egorov.
    • In 2013, he contributed to the Cyrillic of Adelle (2009, Type Together), a typeface first developed by Veronika Burian, Jose Scaglione and Alexandra Korolkova.
    • In 2016, he created an experimental, almost hipster, typeface, and finished a custom typeface, NRK Ethica Slab, for Norway's main media group.
    • For the logo and credits of Fashion Film directed by Human Produce, he designed Myth (2016).
    • With Elena Ramirez, he created Cubit (2016), a custom monospaced typeface for a Chicago-based interior design Studio.
    • Gupter is a condensed serif font for Latin and Devanagari. Its design is inspired by conventional fonts like Times New Roman. The ufo files included in the Github repository are synchronized so they will allow the user to create intermediate instances if required. The Devanagari designed by Modular Infotech, Pune, India, in 2000. Free at Google Fonts.
    • EB Garamond (2017). EB Garamond was started in 2011 by Georg Duffner (Austria) as a Google Web font for Latin and Cyrillic. It is named after Egelnoff and Berner. Duffner explains: The source for the letterforms is a scan of a specimen known as the Berner specimen, which, composed in 1592 by Conrad Berner, son-in-law of Christian Egenolff and his successor at the Egenolff print office, shows Garamont's roman and Granjon's italic fonts at different sizes. Hence the name of this project: Egenolff-Berner Garamond. In 2017, Octavio Pardo entered the EB Garamond project. Rhe fonts can now be downloaded from Github. A variable version of EB Garamond is planned.

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    Oddsorts
    [Charles Gibbons]

    Charles Gibbons (b. 1967, Lynn, MA) received an MFA in graphic design from the Rhode Island School of Design. Gibbons spent much of the nineties as a designer for the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis and later as assistant professor of Graphic Design at the University of Wisconsin / Stout where he taught typography and publication design. In 2001, he joined the Library of Congress as the chief designer for the United States Copyright Office. Chuck has partnered with various typefoundries such as Bitstream, Filmotype, Sideshow, Tart Workshop, Device, and Cultivated Mind. The Ciao Bella ornaments he designed with Cultivated Mind's Cindy Kinash represent the first commercially available auto-chromatic fonts: each font can be set in two colors. Working with Stuart Sandler and Crystal Kluge at Tart Workshop, he developed the method by which their Aya Script delivers its characteristic curlicue ribbons. His types grace book covers, greeting cards, film titles, museum façades, and the seal of the United States Copyright Office. At present, he teaches typography and type design at Tufts University in Boston. In 2015, he set up Oddsorts. His typefaces, in more or less chronological order:

    • Aphasia BT (2000, Bitstream). He writes: A meeting of Byzantine and Art Deco forms, Aphasia began as a series of handwritten captions to accompany drawings in the early 1990s.
    • At Oddsorts, he published Bradley Wayside and Bradley Chicopee in 2015: Begun in 2000 as a wedding gift for the designer's wife and used privately for years, they're finally available to the public. The fonts were inspired by the masterful art nouveau lettering of Will H. Bradley, whose posters for Ault & Wiborg printing inks and Victor Bicycles continue to draw collectors after more than a century. Wayside and Chicopee expand the twenty-odd characters Bradley drew into a comprehensive multiscript system that includes modern Greek and extended Cyrillic alphabets, ordinals, automatic fractions, and ornaments.
    • In 2014, Charles Gibbons and Cindy Kinash co-designed Ciao Bella (first published at Cultivated Mind, and in 2016 at Oddsorts). It features a handcrafted copperplate script style, and several flower ornaments about which they write: The Ciao Bella ornaments he designed with Cultivated Mind's Cindy Kinash represent the first commercially available auto-chromatic fonts: each font can be set in two colors. What's truly innovative about Ciao Bella's ornaments is that most of the characters come in pairs that can be set in multiple colors without any stacking, layering, or aligning. They work in any application that supports kerning---even most word processors.
    • Full Moon Suite (2001, Bitstream). Co-designed with Mary Trafton. Includes FM Black Cherry Moon, Alternate, Ligature, and Doubles. FullMoon BT won an award at the TDC2 2003 competition.
    • Fleischmann BT Pro (2002). A family heralded by the typophiles as outperforming the DTL Fleischmann.
    • Various Filmotype fonts for Stuart Sandler's Filmotype project. In 201, he designed the identical lively freestyle typefaces Filmotype Nemo (original from 1953), Filmotype Niro, and Filmotype Nero. The renaming was done under various scenarios of pressure. In 2011, he also made the signage typeface Filmotype Atlas. In 2012, he created the art deco fat didone typeface Filmotype Rose, and the fine brush letter signage typeface Filmotype Havana. Filmotype Adonis (2012) is a clean hand-drawn typeface. Filmotype Royal (2012) is a transitional typeface family. Typefaces from 2013: Filmotype Orlando (cartoonish), Filmotype Parade (cartoonish), Filmotype Zeal (a formal almost-copperplate script). In 2014, he added Filmotype Western (an italian, or reversed stress, typeface based on a Filmotype design from 1955), and in 2015 Filmotype Wand. Filmotype Maxwell (2019) is a revival of an interlocking Filmotype font from the 1960s.
    • Greenleaf (2019).
    • Local Market (2014). With Cindy Kinash. A hand-drawn collection of typefaces.
    • True North (+Extras, +Textures: a vintage letterpress emulation set of fonts designed for posters and banners), 2014-2015. Done together with Cindy Kinash.
    • Winooski (2015) is a fun cartoon typeface.

    FontShop link. Oddsorts link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Oh No Type
    [James T. Edmondson]

    Oakland, CA-based designer, whose company is called Oh No Type. In 2011, he was a student at California College of the Arts in San Francisco. Graduate of the Type & Media program at KABK in Den Haag in 2014. Before that, he was based in Leeds, UK. James teaches Type at Cooper West. In 2018, James co-founded Future Fonts, a platform for distributing fonts in-progress. Typefaces:

    • 2008: at FontStruct of the blackletter typeface Eclyptico and of Mopper.
    • 2010: Edmondson, Dode (script).
    • 2011: Edmond Serif (in progress) is being designed in Rod Cavasos Type Design class at CCA. Edmond Sans (2011) is a headline all caps sans face. Duke (Lost Type) is a beveled typeface based on the signage for the Cup and Saucer Luncheonette in New York. Wisdom Script (Lost Type) was originally designed for Woods of Wisdom, a 50 part poster series on bad advice. Working on a roman caps version in Ed Interlock style. Lavanderia (2011, free at Lost Type) is a signage script family inspired by fancy laundromat lettering in San Francisco's Mission District.
    • 2012: Edmond Sans (Lost Type).
    • Mission Script (2012) is a connected signage script, also inspired by lettering in San Francisco's Mission District.
    • 2013: Mission Gothic. Influenced by wood types, this sans was co-designed with Trevor Baum.
    • 2014: Covik, his graduation typeface at KABK. He writes: Covik was designed with the goal of creating a small text family with complimentary display typefaces which work together to create a rich typographic palette. How divergent could a style be while remaining kindred? In what ways could weight, width, proportion, and construction be played with in order to create a varied family? See also Covik Sans Mono.
    • 2015: Hobeaux (a take on Morris Fuller Benton's art nouveau typeface Hobo), Viktor Script (a retro script done with Erik Marinovich). Accompanied by Hobeaux Rococeaux (2016).
    • 2016: Vulf Mono (Vulf Mono is the official typeface of Vulfpeck, a funky four-piece rhythm section from Ann Arbor, Michigan. The typeface draws main inspiration from 12 point Light Italic, a font for the IBM Selectric typewriter.)
    • Year unknown: Bordeaux Script.
    • 2018: Obviously, Eckmann Psych (a psychedelic take on Otto Eckmann's art nouveau type), Ohno Blazeface, Cheee (a variable font).
    • 2019: Nonplus (counterless script), Primarily Script (a children's book font), Coniferous (based on signage at American National Forests).
    • 2020: Degular (sans, variable with three axes), Compadre (an all caps sans typeface), Ohno Fatface (in the true didone fat face tradition, with delicious conniving outlines; and a 2-axis variable font along width and optical size), Swear (an experimental serif with rotated pen angle; +a variable style).
    • 2021: Irregardless (experimental; with plenty of effects and container shapes).

    Author of Some Tips on Drawing Type (2021). Klingspor link. Behance link. Dribble link. Old home page. Future Fonts link. Adobe link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Ojes Studio
    [Fauzi Hidayat]

    Fauzi Hidayat (Ojes Studio, Banda Aceh, Indonesia) designed the connected calligraphic typefaces Veloce (2016), Orlando (2016, signage brush script), Orlando Sans Serif (2016), The Singet (2016), A Loving Light (2016) and Flamboyan (2016), the script typefaces Merciful (2016), Mowgli Script (2016), Mr. Dakota (2016: quite nice and consistent) and Bluelight (2016), the dry brush fonts Wokeh (2016), Siegfried (2016) and Surprise (2016), and the connected brush script typefaces Black Stone (2016), Sechan (2016) and Cemporeng (2015). His studio is called Pakem.

    Typefaces from 2017: Stay Cool, Marline, Yellow Petals (dry brush), Adventure, Diamond, Author Style.

    Typefaces from 2018: Red Fog, Play Glyphs.

    Typefaces from 2019: Michelin Light (a great thin monoline script). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Oki Candra Setiawan
    [OCS Studio]

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    Olcar Alcaide
    [Eurotypo]

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    Old Studio (or: Analogous Studio)
    [Muhammad Ilham]

    Banda Aceh, Indonesia-based designer (b. 1987) of the script typefaces Alexander (2018), Anastasia Script (2018), Workside Slant (2018), Workside Script (2018), Latte Coffee (2018), Dealove Script (2018), Samantha (2018: signature font), Paula Eva Script (2018), Gallactica (2018), Entopia (2018), Le French (2018: a free thin monoline script), Mallino Monoline (2018), Allamanda Monoline (2018), Kimberly (2018) and Drinkwater (2018).

    Typefaces from 2019: Radiohead, Gayatri (a Victorian font), Nicole Script (wild calligraphy), Mahony (a formal script), Dreamer, Patricia Script, Evelyne Script, Ramsey Signature, Matthiola, Aquilland (a condensed script), Aquilland Sans, Dalmanti (roman caps), Handlove (calligraphic), Martina, Hurringtown Script (a creamy signage script), Cutyle Monoline Script, July It (a signature font), Fabulous.

    Typefaces from 2020: Samant (a thin script), Bulliandry (calligraphic), Scoutdale, Alathenas Signature, Anastalia Script, Mikazora, Strasbourg (a signature script), Incredible, Gerromono, Dominisme, Stephanie (script), Nattalie (a monoline script), Jena&Gula, JellyBean, Mellowdy (calligraphic), Olivias (script), Millatyna, Demian, Thinkloud (brush script), Sun Gold, Larssonia (a signage script), Kangchen (a signage script), Ramsey (a signature script).

    Typefaces from 2021: Analogous Script (a weathered script).

    Creative Fabrica link. Fontdraft link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Oldschool Designer Co (or: Design Dukkan, or: Font Art)
    [Fatih Günes]

    Fatih Günes, an art director in Milan and/or Bursa, Turkey, extended Lukasz Dziedzic's free Lato font (2010) for Turkish, in his Lato TR (2013). In 2015, he made the rounded slightly elliptical sans typeface family Fenton.

    In 2016, Fatih designed Magnificent, Yellow Shoes, Tweety Sweety Script and Brother, the calligraphic scripts Sunshine Rose and Japille Script, the brushy Las Vegas, the scribbly Habgost Script, William Kidmon (signature script), Sunshine Rose, Ravishing (brush script), Stemle, Specific (a techno sans), Harley Quinzel, Lemonade Script, Xandek (signage script), Antony Bradshaw Script, Roseline Script (brushy), Yusuf Kral Artistica Font, Lustinmal Script, Twister Script and Amsterdam Script.

    Typefaces from 2017: Garrett Russol (signature script), Rarrettant, Kind Smithen, Midnight Blue Brush, Ramsterink Script, Bob Husk Brush, Justinot Infinity (marker script), Wild Kogsit (dry artistic brush), Waterlife, Harmony Script, Bluejeans (dry brush), Alice Blue (brush lettering), Sparkling, Hellocity (dry brush), Livingstone, Zombies (free dry brush font), Northshine (dry brush font), Jack's Adventure Book (curly vampire script that could also work as a children's book font), Jasmine (brush script), Specific (squarish), Saturday (brush script), Majestic (brush script), Relative Script, Kensington, Sandy Brown (script).

    Aka Design Dukkan and as FontArt. The free Hand-Crafted Font Collection of 2017 includes Angela's Hopes, April, Belongsto (dry brush), Black, BobRaeal, December (dry brush), Fevhil, Hemlok, Jaguar, Jungle (very dry brush font), Kitchen, La Alorta, La Rose, Permanent, Ramses, Relax (textured), San Francisco, Saturday, Snake, Tools, Witness (textured).

    Typefaces from 2018: Avelia, Abelia, Waton Kattuk, Gatasuunk (a lovely dry brush script), Kasterl Rom Script, Gold Mastey, Famous Bristol (watercolor brush), Christmas Icons.

    Behance link. Another Behance link. Creative Market link. Old URL. Behance link for FontArt. Creative Market link for Design Dukkan. Creative Market link for Oldschool Designer. Fontart link. See also Fontart, Font Art, or Son of Art. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Ole Berntsen Søndergaard

    Danish graphic designer and signwriter, b. 1937, who studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Art in Copenhagen (1961-1964) and has taught there from 1966 until 1978. He ran his own graphic design studio in Elsinore in 1973. Co-founder and partner of Eleven Danes, 1985-1995. He has designed signage systems for banks, offices and public buildings in Denmark, Sweden and the Middle East, and did a lot of corporate design for Danish banks and Danish industry.

    He created the well-known FF Signa typeface family in 2000, originally for signage, but also useful in text. This was complemented by FF Signa Extended and FF Signa Condensed in 2001, FF Signa Serif in 2005, FF Signa Correspondence Pro in 2006, FF Signa Stencil Pro and FF Signa Serif Stencil Pro in 2011, the 70-style FF Signa Slab Pro in 2013, and FF Signa Round Pro and FF Signa Slab Stencil in 2017.

    Ole designed Thule Letters (2005) based on carved letters on Knud Rasmussen's monument. Other typefaces include Public (1980, sans), and Helsingør (1980, a serif typeface for the town signage in Elsinore).

    With Morten Rostgaard Olsen, he set up Fontpartners. Together, they made FP Dancer (2007, an upright part script part sans part serif concoction), FP Palina (Futura Stencil face, 2006-2007), FP Quality (rounded stencil, 2006-2007), FP Silly (wavy stencil, 2005; free at Fontshop), FP Stage (2006-2007, wide display grunge).

    Custom fonts at Fontpartners include Elsinore (2005, serif), Public (2005), Signa Tryg (Søndergaard, 2003). FP Dancer (2007) is described by Jan Middendorp as follows: In the sans serif realm, spelling out human and warm, while avoiding to become childish or silly, isn't as easy as some type designers assume. Morten Olsen's Dancer is one of those new, and newly conceived, text typefaces that seem to do the job. It strikes a balance between typographic quality and charisma, between conventional wisdom about legibility, and expressiveness. Also, it has an equally eloquent serifed companion.

    In 2015, Morten Rostgaard Olsen (Fontapartners), Ole Søndergaard and Henrik Birkvig co-designed the free typefaces KBH and KBH Pictos for the visual identity of the city of Copenhagen. At the retail level, one can buy FP Kobenhavn at MyFonts and FontShop.

    FontShop link. Klingspor link.

    View Ole Sondergaard's typefaces. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Oleg Voznyy
    [Vozzy (was: Oleg Vozny)]

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    Olexs Studio (was: Rabbit Type, Mr. Rabbit, and Olex Studio)
    [Firman Syah]

    Banda Aceh, Indonesia-based designer of Hellvina Hand Script (2015), Samitha Script (2015), Tynabella Script (2015), Silliza (2015), Aprillia (2015), Freenight (2015, watercolor brush), Samuella Script (2015), Seilla (2015, calligraphic), Ricca (2015, calligraphic), Love Sania (2015), Shizuka Brush Script (2015), Nella Script (2015), Beauty Atok Script (2015, connected and calligraphic in the style of a ronde), Allea Script (2015), the bubblegum typeface Monster Jelly (2015), the brush script typefaces Layla (2015, in Painted and Brush styles), Anggie (2015), Jailheart (2015), Sweet Delia Hand (2015), Stella Script (2015), Thunder Script (2015), Rachel (2015), Wendi (2015) and Rat Black Painted (2015). He also made the handcrafted typefaces Kingfont Script (2015), Asraf Kids (2015) and Obama Hand Lettering (2015).

    Typefaces from 2016: Himdath (script), Fighter (brush script), Mothica Script, Like Bandits Ink Script, Risthi Script, Redlight (dry brush script), Suthejo, Fredly, Flitte Script (connected and calligraphic), Nightgirls Script (brush script), Romero Script, Love Time Script, Seilotta (brush script), Angellight Beauty Script, Amylight, V Agnes, Valentine Agnes, Allita Script, Hello Bethy (brush script).

    Typefaces from 2017: Monttassic, Madrid Castilla (brush script), Stealing Heart, Mahligai Script (calligraphic), Southside (signage script), Klibeuth Script, Hangtuah Script, Comichate, New Aprillia Script, Bigtedy Script, Raditya, Raditya Comic.

    Typefaces from 2018: Winter Frost (SVG font), Lisa Angel (a great comic book font), Ray Signature, Light Shutter (SVG brush font), The Magnitude, Outside, Natsuki, Nettizen (dry brush), Beatles Culture.

    Typefaces from 2019: Keith, Magliette (signage script), Bad Cats (script), Mallica Fairytale (a free beatnik font), Pristyne (a heavy script).

    Typefaces from 2020: Renda (a warm serif), Stay Home Script, Rastell.

    Typefaces from 2022: Rodentia (a scrapbook script), Abine (a spurred script (a spurred script), Gastone (a dry pen script), Monest (in the Windsor genre), Montells (a children's book font), Rojallie (a bold monolinear script). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Olga Kovalenko

    Sometimes it is just right---all the i's are dotted and all t's are crossed. Olga Kovalenko's Latin/Cyrillic plump sans typeface Biscuit (2013) has it all. Olga is based in Moscow. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Olga Ktitorova
    [Triple Hely (or: Iris Letters)]

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    Oliver Hofmann

    Viennese type designer (aka olewood), illustrator and graphic designer who cooperates at Typisch Beton. Behance link. Designer of Elevador (2010, a tall condensed sans face). He is working on the neon sign typeface Pharmacia Head (2011). Announcement. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Olivia Theresa
    [Caoca Studio (or: Heroglyphs)]

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    Olof Lindqvist

    Swedish art director and designer who lives in Stockholm, b. 1983. In 2009, together with Sebastian Wadsted, he designed the commercial typewriter family Client Mono (Die Gestalten) (+Bold, +Light). He created the fat rounded signage family Metier (2011, Die Gestalten; +Highlighted; images: i, ii, iii, iv, v). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Omar Guadarrama

    Mexican designer of the signage typeface El Santo (2007). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Omotu
    [Ibnu Utomo]

    Kota Bekasi, Indonesia-based designer (b. 1983) of the handcrafted typeface Mr Kebab (2018) and the script typefaces Tracer Script (2018) and Beautype (2018).

    In 2019, he published Chips Snack, Gondess (script), Hallimah (script), Black+Blue, Fresh Hot (brush style), Salim (a dry brush script), Hibrush, Hijrah (a spurred Victrian typeface), Black & Blue (an urban brush font), Huge, Retroville (monoline script), Guthers (a textured monoline script), Canting (a decorative serif font), Crown, Sweet Candy (a marker pen font), Alitta and Sattay.

    Typefaces from 2020: Collins Butter (a display sans), Gutters Butter, Optimust (dry brush), Billy Signature, Ceria (a dry brush script), Sabilla Solid (a dry brush script), Broneo, Manees, Matross, Tropical Thunder, Happiness (a dry brush script), Sore (all caps, dry brush), New Crown, Finch (a monoline script), Genesiss, Olive, Alisa, Beautifully, Naura, Namira, Bonitto (a dry brush font), Fresh Milk, Rhodeport (brush), Samuell (brush script).

    Typefaces from 2021: Thalib (a creamy signage script), Midtown Black (a blackletter), Marhaban Ramadhan (Arabic emulation), Wardah (a monoline script), Better Faster (an all caps rough brush typeface), Otista (a bold script).

    Typefaces from 2022: Sephiro (a dry brush script with some pizzazz). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Onur Solmaz

    Ankara, Turkey-based designer of May 77 (2011), a strong blocky grotesque that was in fashion in the 1970s. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Oscar Alcantara

    Photographer, designer, illustrator and typographer in Mexicali, Mexico.Oscar created the plump signage typeface Benveliu in 2013. Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Osmar Filho

    Coelho Neto, Brazil-based designer of the vernacular signage typeface Lavauto (2015), whish was inspired by garage signage on the island of Sao Luis. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Our House Graphics
    [Russell McGorman]

    Russell McGorman (b. 1954) runs Our House Graphics. A graduate of the Ontario College of Art in Toronto, he is a designer and illustrator in Toronto (Richmond Hill), Ontario. He also is a signage design coordinator at Metrolinx in Toronto, and an expert on wayfinding typography.

    He created the free dot matrix typeface Campcraft (2010). The retail version of Campcraft has improved tracking and kerning, a few more glyphs and one (yes, just one) open type feature. It is available in four weights that can be combined to form a multi-layer (chromatic) font.

    Baro Black (2010) is a fat display typeface in the piano key or Futura style---it was initially called Bolo.

    Silex Black (2011) is a pointy octagonal face, characterized by McGorman as Silex Black is a solid, hard-edged, masculine display font suitable for [...] wrestlers or mixed martial arts fighters. Silex Stencil was designed in 2010.

    Kush Fat and Kush Shade (2011) are plump packaging typefaces described by McGorman in this way: Kush is what happens when you let your fonts sit around watching cartoons and eating cake and ice-cream all day---when their vectors are freed from constraints and allowed to follow their bliss. Kush has filled its insides to just the other side of contentment and comes to you on a sugar high with a head full of Loony Tunes. And... it's two ply!

    Typefaces made in 2012: Silex Black (mechanical and octagonal), Silex Stencil, After 5 (an an upright, slab serif, display typeface with an Art Moderne attitude), Reo (a fourties truck grill style typeface), Tynne (wedge serif family), Metro Bots (on the theme of city skies), Reo (a retro car grille-inspired typeface).

    In 2014, he published the retro stencil typeface 8th Avenue.

    In 2020, he published Era Max Radial (B;ack or Stencil) for extra large printing.

    Typefaces from 2021: EraMax 123 (a 5-layered (stacking) geometric sans serif, meant to be set big. It is based based on the original hand painted signage found in the T. H. & B Railway station in Hamilton Ontario, a classic Art Moderne building, designed by the New York architectural firm of Fellheimer and Wagner for the Toronto Hamilton and Buffalo Railway line and completed in 1933).

    His blog. Abstractfonts link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Outline Studio

    The names associated with Outline Studio in Gresik, Indonesia, are Bolasz Edogawa and Su Wondo. Designer (b. 1987) of the connected script typefaces Fabullous (sic) (2018), Scott Russell (2018), the brush font Energy of Asia (2018), and Jayakarta (2018: monoline script).

    Typefaces from 2019: Hamburg (an upright monoline script), Gillingham (a signature font), Herittage (signage script), Fellicya, Black Friday (a cartoon font), Super Girls (a children's book font), Krisstyna (font duo), Middlesbrough (signature script), Reef (brush font), Fortune Cookies, Apple Blossom (script).

    Typefaces from 2020: South East, Dragon Fire. Creative Fabrica link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Ovoz Digital Shop
    [Muhammad Alif]

    Madiun / Malang, Indonesia-based designer of the handcrafted typefaces Rockyboard (2016), Honebee (2016), Divine Razier (2016, brush style), Monorain (2016, monoline and vintage), Rockyboard (2016), Faerie Fire (2016, calligraphic), Deadaluss (2016) and Octomorf (2016), the thick retro signage typeface Fusioner (2016), the granite block typeface Hipstetic (2016), and the Victorian typeface Mishall (2016).

    Typefaces from 2017: Haynthams, Sabreena (Script, Signature Script, Vintage Bold), Botthanie Script, Velociraptype, Vandalord Grafiti.

    Creative Market link. Behance link. Dafont link. Graphicriver link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Pablo A. Medina
    [Design Culture (was: Cubanica Fonts)]

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    Pablo Impallari

    Very prolific Argentinian type designer (b. 1976) located in Rosario. His extensive repertoire:

    Dafont link. Fontspace link. Google font directory link. Klingspor link. Abstract Fonts link. Fontsquirrel link. Google Plus link. On Snot and Fonts link. Another Google Plus link. Creative Market link Behance link. Blog. Home page. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Paco Gonzalez

    Codesigner with Giuseppe Salerno of Superb (2014, Resistenza: a creamy signage script) and the calligraphic brush script Modern Love (2015).

    Codesigner, with Giuseppe Salerno and Andrea Tardivo, of the chocolate box script typeface family Gianduja (2016, Resistenza).

    In 2018, he co-designed Contigo and Contigo Vintage with Giuseppe Salerno.

    In 2019, Paco Gonzalez and Giuseppe Salerno co-designed the brush typefaces SmoothyPro, Pando Script and Parkour, Auster Rounded, the Tuscan family Royale, the chalk font Dolce Caffe Chalk, the layered handcrafted sans typeface Dolcissimo, the dry brush script typeface Blue Jeans, the brush script Batticuore and Turquoise Inline.

    Typefaces from 2020, all with Giuseppe Salerno: Big Mamma (a hand-printed slab serif), Suerte (a reverse contrast display type, inspired by Aldo Novarese's Estro), Norman (a fashion mag typeface), Royale Italic (Tuscan), Auster Variable, Hello Fresh, Nostalgia and Nostalgia Flowers, Tresor (a romantic flared sans), Pesto Fresco Italic.

    Typefaces from 2021: Industria Serif (54 styles; by Giuseppe Salerno and Paco Gonzalez).

    Typefaces from 2022: Industria Sans. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Panco Sassano

    Illustrator from Mar del Plata, Argentina, who is now based in Buenos Aires. He designed these typefaces:

    • An Arabic simulation typeface (2014).
    • The wide connected semi-calligraphic handwriting typeface Horizontes Script (2014, with Alejandro Paul at Sudtipos), which won an award at Tipos Latinos 2016.
    • Merengue Script (2015). A creamy script, designed together with Alejandro Paul at Sudtipos.
    • Speckle (2019). A color SVG font with speckled texture.
    • Balneario script (2021, with Alejandro Paul). A friendly rhythmic retro sign painting script.

    Behance link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Panji Nugraha
    [Storic Type (or: Flavor Type, or: Flavortype)]

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    Paper Wings

    Saratov, Russia-based designer of the signage script typefaces Mountside (2019) and Shoreline (2019). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Paragraph
    [Jan Schmoeger]

    Born in Prague in 1949, Jan Schmoeger emigrated to Australia in 1980/1981, and is a book designer in Mentone, Victoria. For most of his career here he worked as a graphic designer, mainly in book publishing. He was also a sessional lecturer at the School of Art and Design, Monash University, Caulfield, Melbourne (formerly Chisholm Institute of Technology) in 1986-1994 and 2004-2008. His typefaces:

    • Bentwood (2008).
    • Circula (2010). A geometric caps-only sans based on arcs.
    • Diagond (2010). Organic.
    • Galette (2008). Six styles of a screen sans with hint of art nouveau, originally called Alfons but renamed.
    • Mentone (2008). Along the lines of Frutiger/Myriad.
    • Paperclip (2007).
    • ParaCaps (2008). Geometric caps.
    • Paragraph Stretch (2011). A unicase effect Porsche-look family.
    • Paragraph (2007). A rounded octagonal headline sans typeface.
    • Springsteel Serif (2011) and Springsteel Extreme (2011)..
    • Springsteel (2009). A tense sans.
    • Tenby Stencil
    • Tenby Eight, Seven, Six, Five and Four (2008). A squarish geometric display sans series.
    • Tertre (2009). An octagonal typeface based on French signage.

    Klingspor link. Dafont page (where three styles of Paperclip, Diagond, and the sans typeface Mentone are free). Home page. Pic.

    Showcase of Jan Schmoeger's typefaces at MyFonts. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Pasha Larin
    [Larin Type Co]

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    Patria Ari (was: Patria Std)
    [Patria Ari Wijonarko]

    Temanggung, Indonesia-based designer who graduated from Yogyakarta State University in 2015. Creator of the display typefaces Meizda (2020), Round Page, Zebudabi (2020), Ballsquash (a plumpish script) (2020), Bundhers (an informal brush font) (2020), Sabinka (a monolinear condensed children's book font) (2020), Plutonian (an aerospace font) (2020), Playcute (inline) (2020), Raccosetta (a modulated fashion mag sans) (2020), Rhiccus (a chunky display sans in nine styles) (2020), Slenco (a ten-style headline sans), Zaptron (2020: futuristic), Solander (2020), Rolhausen (2020: an automotive industry sans), Willynta (2020), Strandall (2020), Boldatin (2020: stylish, all caps), Bulluck (2020), Morington (2020) and Jalompo (2020), Malegroth (2020: blackletter), the monolinear playful children's book sans typeface Sundylle (2020), the signage script typeface Blankeny (2020), and the cursive typeface Chunky Wally (2020).

    Typefaces from 2021: Hundred Ligature (an all caps sans with many ligatures), Space Captain (a trekkie font), Zebudabi (hand-printed), Gampolins (a bubblegum font), Calinastiya (an upright rabbit ear script), Chunky Wally (a heavy cursive font), Wavy Lines, Shearlight, Chantego, Ringtrack, Chillgangs (a fat finger font), Jelantik (an upright script), Noyram (a fat dry brush script). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Patria Ari Wijonarko
    [Patria Ari (was: Patria Std)]

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    Patricia Roesch-Pothin

    French designer of these rounded script fonts at Linotype in 2008: Tendria (upright connected signage type) and Saussa (brush face). Tendria was based on lettering she designed for Tendriade. Saussa was conceived for fruit salad packaging.

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    Patrick Griffin

    Type designer at Canada Type. Wikipedia tells us that Patrick Griffin had been locked away in a mental institution by Carter and Barbara, after he walked in on his mother performing oral sex on Jackie Gleason. He had a nervous breakdown and was sent to a mental hospital, where he came to the conclusion that Gleason was evil because he was fat, leading him to hate fat people. However, that is a different Patrick Griffin. The real Patrick Griffin, a graduate of York University, lives and works in Toronto, where he founded Canada Type and made it the most successful Canadian type foundry. His work is summarized in this 2009 interview by MyFonts. It includes lots of custom work for banks, TV stations, and companies/groups like New York Times, Pixar, Jacquin's, University of Toronto, and the Montreal Airport. His retail fonts include the following.

    • Ambassador Script (2007): a digital version of Juliet, Aldo Novarese's 1955 almost upright calligraphic (copperplate style) connected script, with hundreds of alternates, swashes, ends, and so forth. Done with Rebecca Alaccari.
    • Autobats (2005).
    • Ballantines Twelve (2014). A custom typeface for Allied Domecq Spirits & Wine Limited, the brand owner of Ballantine's Scotch Whisky.
    • Bananas (2020). An 18-style informal sans.
    • P22 Barabajagal (2018): P22 Barabajagal is a unique take on the display fat face by way of doodling fun. Somewhat informed by the shapes of an uncredited 1960s film type called Kap Antiqua Bold, this font's aesthetic is the stuff of boundless energy and light humour. This is the kind of font that makes you wonder whether it was drawn with rulers, protractors and compasses, or just by a mad doodler's crazy-good free hand.
    • Bigfoot (2008), the fattest font ever made (sic).
    • Blackhaus (2005), an extension of Kursachsen Auszeichnung, a blackletter typeface designed in 1937 by Peterpaul Weiß for the Schriftguss foundry in Dresden.
    • Blanchard (2009): a revival and elaborate extension of Muriel, a 1950 metal script typeface made by Joan Trochut-Blanchard for the Fonderie Typographique Française, that was published simultaneously by the Spanish Gans foundry under the name Juventud.
    • Bluebeard (2004), a blackletter face.
    • Book Jacket (2010): this is a digital extension of the film type font Book Jacket by Ursula Suess, published in 1972.
    • Boondock (2005): a revival of Imre Reiner's brush script typeface Bazaar from 1956.
    • Borax (2011-2021). An ode to the typography scene of New York City and Chicago in the late 1970s.
    • Broken (2006): grunge.
    • Bunyan Pro (2016, Patrick Griffin and Bill Troop). Bunyan Pro is the synthesis of Bunyan, the last face Eric Gill designed for hand setting in 1934 and Pilgrim, the machine face based on it, issued by British Linotype in the early 1950s---the most popular Gill text face in Britain from its release until well into the 1980s.
    • Chalice (2006). Religious and Cyrillic influences.
    • Chapter 11 (2009): an old typewriter face.
    • Chikita (2008): an upright ronde script done with Rebecca Alaccari, and rooted in the work of 1930s Dutch lettering artist Martin Meijer.
    • Clarendon Text (2007). A 20-style slab serif that uses inspiration from 1953 typefaces by Hoffmann and Eidenbenz and the 1995 font Egizio by Novarese.
    • Classic Comic (2010).
    • Coconut and Coconut Shadow (2006). Great techno pop typefaces.
    • Coffee Script (2004): the digital version of R. Middleton's Wave design for the Ludlow foundry, circa 1962. Designed with Phil Rutter.
    • Colville (2017). A set of sans headline typefaces based on letters used by Canadian painter Alex Colville.
    • Comic book typefaces: Caper or Caper Comic (2008), Captain Comic (2007), Classic Comic (2010), Collector Comic (2006, a comic balloon lettering family), Common Comic (2013).
    • Counter (2008): A futuristic beauty with a double-lined cursive thrown in. Available exclusively from P22. This typeface was based on the idea for an uncredited film typeface called Whitley, published by a little known English typesetting house in the early 1970s.
    • Cryptozoo (2009): Late director of design for VANOC, the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Committee, Leo Ostbaum, commissioned Canada Type to make a typeface for the Vancouver Winter Olympics. Patrick Griffin came up with a rounded signage font called Cryptozoo, whose Notice reads Concept and design by Leo Obstbaum, VANOC Brand & Creative Services. Additional character data and technical production by Canada Type. Copyright 2007 VANOC Brand&Creative Services.
    • Dads Handwriting (2014, custom typeface).
    • Dancebats (2004).
    • Davis (2016, a slab serif) and Davis Sans (2016). Typeface families designed for precision-engineered corporate use. All proceeds will go towards higher education expenses of design graduates.
    • Dokument Pro (2014). This is a reworking of a typeface made in 2005 by the late Jim Rimmer: Jim Rimmer aptly described his Dokument family as a sans serif in the vein of New Gothic that takes nothing from News Gothic. Dokument Pro is thoroughly reworked and expanded, with different widths still in the pipeline.
    • Dominion (2006). Based on an early 1970s film type called Lampoon. Dominions severely geometric shapes are a strange cross between early Bauhaus minimalism and later sharp square typefaces used for instance in Soviet propaganda posters.
    • Doobie (2006). 60s psychedelic style.
    • Driver Gothic (2008): based on the typeface used for Ontario license plates. Although unique among Canadian provincial license plates, this typeface is very similar to, if not outright identical with, the typeface used on car plates in 22 American states: Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Vermont, Washington, and West Virginia. Ideal for license plate forgers.
    • Expo (2004): an octagonal family.
    • Fab (2007). A tube-design family reminiscent of the 1980s. Ricardo Cordoba writes: Fab reminds me of leafing through my first Letraset catalog in the mid-1980s all those decorative typefaces with rounded ends and tubular shapes, trying to imitate the look of neon signage. But Fab, with its contemporary twist on that aesthetic, and its unicase characters, manages to look like a cross between Cholla Bold and Frankfurter Highlight. Its handtooled, narrow shapes are perfectly suited to pop subject matter and bright colors. Fab Trio can be used to create layered chromatic effects, but its components can stand alone, too. The Seventies sure aint drab in Patrick Griffin's hands.
    • Fantini (2006). An update of the curly art nouveau typeface Fantan, a film type from 1970 by Custom Headings International.
    • Feather Script (2012). A revival of an old Lettering Inc font from the 1940s, known then as Flamenco.
    • Fido (2009) is the official font of dog owners everywhere. Has Saul Bass influences.
    • Filmotype fonts: Filmotype Ace (2015; based on a Filmotype script from 1953), Alice (2008, a casual hand-printed design based on a 1958 alphabet by Filmotype), Filmotype Arthur (2015; based on a Filmotype script from 1953), Athens (2014), Filmotype Brooklyn (2009, a casual script based on a 1958 Filmotype font), Filmotype Candy (2012), Filmotype Carmen (2012), Filmotype Hemlock (2013, a retro signage script), Hickory (2014), Filmotype Homer (2014, a brush signage script), Filmotype Hudson (1955, based on a 1955 original), Filmotype Jessy (2009, a flowing upright connected script based on a 1958 design by Filmotype), Filmotype Jupiter (2015; based on a Filmotype brush script from 1958), Filmotype Kellog (2013), Filmotype Lakeside (2013, a retro signage typeface), Filmotype Leader (2013), Filmotype Liberty (2015; based on a Filmotype brush script from 1955), Filmotype Giant (2011, a condensed sans done with Rebecca Alaccari) and its italic counterpart, Filmotype Escort (2011, done with Rebecca Alaccari), Filmotype Keynote (2013, a connected bold advertising script), Filmotype Lacrosse (2013, a retro script from the 1950s sometimes used in department store catalogs of that era), Filmotype LaSalle (2008, based on a 1952 retro script by Ray Baker for Filmotype), Filmotype Harmony (2011, original from 1950 by Ray Baker), Filmotype Kentucky (a 1955 original by Ray Baker), Filmotype Kingston (a 1953 original by Ray Baker), Filmotype Lucky (2012, based on a font by Ray Baker), Filmotype Hamlet (a 1955 original by Ray Baker), Filmotype Panama (2012, a flared casual serif typeface based on a 1958 original), Filmotype Prima (2011, with Rebecca Alaccari), Filmotype Quiet (2010, based on a 1954 military stencil typeface by Filmotype), Filmotype Yale (2012, a wedding invitation script based on a 1964 original by Filmotype), Filmotype York (2014).
    • Flirt (2005). Based on an art deco typeface found in a Dover specimen book.
    • P22 Folkwang Pro (2017, at P22). A revival of Hermann Schardt's Folkwang (1949-1955, Klingspor).
    • Fuckbats (2007).
    • Fury (2008): an angry techno family.
    • Gala (2005, expanded in 2017). By Griffin and Alaccari. Gala is the digitization of the one of the most important Italian typefaces of the twentieth century: G. da Milanos 1935 Neon design for the Nebiolo foundry. This designs importance is in being the predecessor - and perhaps direct ancestor - of Aldo Novareses Microgramma (and later Eurostile), which paved the worlds way to the gentle transitional, futuristic look we now know and see everywhere. It is also one of the very first designs made under the direction of Alessandro Butti, a very important figure in Italian design.
    • Gallery (2004): art deco.
    • Gamer (2004-2006), by Griffin and Alaccari: modeled after a few 1972 magazine advertisement letters, the origin of which was later identified as a common film type called Checkmate.
    • Gaslon (2005): a modification of A. Bihari's Corvina Black from 1973.
    • Gator (2007). A digital version of Friedrich Poppl's Poppl Heavy (1972), which in turn was one of the many responses by type designers to Cooper Black.
    • Genie (2006): a psychedelic typeface based on a 1970s film type called Jefferson Aeroplane.
    • Gibson (2011, with Kevin King and Rod McDonald). This 8-style humanist sans family is a revival of McDonald's own Monotype face, Slate. It was named to honour John Gibson FGDC (1928-2011), Rod's long-time friend and one of the original founders of the Society of Graphic Designers of Canada. All the revenues from its sale will be donated by Canada Type to the GDC, where they will be allocated to a variety of programs aiming to improve the creative arts and elevate design education in Canada.
    • Go (2005): a techno face.
    • Goudy Two Shoes (2006): a digitization and expansion of a 1970s type called Goudy Fancy, which originated with Lettergraphics as a film type.
    • Gumball (2005). A bubblegum font modeled after Richard Weber's 1958 font, Papageno.
    • Hamlet (2006): medieval. Based on an old type called Kitterland.
    • Happy (2005). Happy is the digital version of one the most whimsical takes on typewriters ever made, an early 1970s Tony Stan film type called Ap-Ap. Some of the original characters were replaced with more fitting ones, but the original ones are still accessible as alternates within the font. We also made italics and bolds to make you Happy-er.
    • Heathen (2005). A grunge calligraphic script: The original Heathen was made by redrawing Phil Martin's Polonaise majuscules and superposing them over the majuscules of Scroll, another Canada Type font. The lowercase is a superposition of Scrolls lowercase atop a pre-release version of Sterling Script, yet another Canada Type font.
    • Hortensia (2009): a semi-script Victorian typeface modeled after Emil Gursch's Hortensia (1900). Codesigned with Rebecca Alaccari.
    • Hunter (2005). A revival of a brush script by Imre Reiner called Mustang (1956).
    • Hydrogen (2007, a rounded geometric unicase family.
    • Informa (2009): a comprehensive 36-style sans serif text family based on traditional lettering. He says: While some typefaces classified as such exhibit too much calligraphy (like Gill Sans, Syntax and Optima), and others tend to favor geometric principles in rhythm and proportion (like Agenda, Frutiger and Myriad), Informa stays true to the humanist ideology by maintaining the proper equilibrium between the two influences that drive the genre, and keeping the humanist traits where they make better visual sense.
    • Jackpot (2005): The idea for Jackpot came from a photo type called Cooper Playbill, which as the name implies was simply a westernized version of Cooper Black. The recipe was simple: Follow Mr. Coopers big fat hippy idea, cowboy it with heavy slabs, give it true italics, then swash away at both for beautiful mixture. And there you have the bridge between groovy and all-American. There you have the country lover shaking hands with the rock and roll enthusiast. There you have your perfect substitute for the very overused Cooper Black.
    • Jazz Gothic (2005): an expansion of an early 1970s film type from Franklin Photolettering called Pinto Flare. Image.
    • Jezebel (2007).
    • The psychedelic typeface Jingo (2014, with Kevin Allan King): This is the digital makeover and major expansion of a one-of-a-kind melting pot experiment done by VGC and released under the name Mardi Gras in the early 1960s. It is an unexpected jambalaya of Art Nouveau, Tuscan, wedge serifs, curlycues, ball endings, wood type spurs and swashes, geometry and ornamental elements that on the surface seem to be completely unrelated.
    • Johnny (2006): with Rebecca Alaccari; based on Phil Martin's Harem or Margit fonts from 1969.
    • Jupiter (2007): based on Roman lettering.
    • P22 Klauss Kursiv (2018). A revival, at P22, of Karl Klauss's crisp fifties script typeface Klauss Kuriv (1956-1958, Genzsch & Heyse).
    • Latex (2015). A layered all caps decal typeface.
    • Leather (2005): an expansion of Imre Reiner's blackletter typeface Gotika (1933).
    • Libertine (2011). Libertine (done with Kevin Allan King) is an angular calligraphic script inspired by the work of Dutchman Martin Meijer (1930s): This is the rebel yell, the adrenaline of scripts.
    • Lionheart (2006). A digitization and extension of Friedrich Poppl's neo-gothic typeface Saladin.
    • Lipstick (2006): handwriting. Plus Lipstick Extras.
    • Louis (2012). A faithful digital rendition and expansion of a design called Fanfare, originally drawn by Louis Oppenheim in 1927, and redrawn in 1993 by Rod McDonald as Stylu.
    • Maestro (2009) is a 40 style chancery family, in 2 weights each, with 3350 characters per font, co-designed with calligrapher Philip Bouwsma. This has to be the largest chancery/calligraphy family on earth.
    • Magellan (2014). A custom stencil typeface.
    • Martie (2006). Done with Rebecca Alaccari. Based on the handwriting of Martie S. Byrd.
    • Marvin (2010): a fat cartoon typeface that recalls older Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies lettering.
    • In 2013, Kevin Allan King and Patrick Griffin revived Georg Trump's transitional typeface Mauritius (1967, Weber).
    • Memoriam (2009): An extreme-contrast vogue display script which was commissioned by art director Nancy Harris for the cover of the 2008 commemorative issue of the New York Times magazine. He also did the typography and fonts for the 2010 issue. This became an unbelievably successful family, and was extended in 2011 with headline, Outline and Iline variants.
    • Merc (2007). Based on an all-cap rough-brush metal typeface called Agitator, designed by Wolfgang Eickhoff and published by Typoart in 1960.
    • Messenger (2010), a calligraphic script. Patrick Griffin writes about Messenger (2010, Canada Type): Messenger is a redux of two mid-1970s Markus Low designs: Markus Roman, an upright calligraphic face, and Ingrid, a popular typositor-era script. Through the original film typefaces were a couple of years apart and carried different names, they essentially had the same kind of Roman/Italic relationship two members of the same typeface family would have. The forms of both typefaces were reworked and updated to fit in the Ingrid mold, which is the truer-to-calligraphy one.
    • Middleton Brush (2010): a redigitization of R.H. Middleton's connected brush typeface Wave, ca. 1962; see also an early Canada Type face, Coffee Script.
    • Miedinger (2007). Created after Max Miedinger's 1964 face, Horizontal. Canada Type writes: The original film typeface was a simple set of bold, panoramically wide caps and figures that give off a first impression of being an ultra wide Gothic incarnation of Microgramma. Upon a second look, they are clearly more than that. This typeface is a quirky, very non-Akzidental take on the vernacular, mostly an exercise in geometric modularity, but also includes some unconventional solutions to typical problems (like thinning the midline strokes across the board to minimize clogging in three-storey forms). This digital version introduces a new lighter weight alongside the bold original..
    • Militia (2007). An octagonal and threatening stencil.
    • Militia Sans (2007).
    • Monte Cristo (2012, with Kevin Allan King) is a grand type family with five styles and 1630 characters with many swashes and ways of connecting the calligraphic glyphs---it is the ultimate wedding font.
    • Neil Bold (2010): an extension of the fat typeface Neil Bold (1966, Wayne J. Stettler).
    • Nightlife (2005): inspired by a pre-desktop publishing grid design by L. Meuffels.
    • Nuke (2005): a fat stencil grunge weith pizzazz.
    • In 2011, he and Kevin Allan King published the refined Orpheus Pro family, which was based on the elegant Orpheus by Walter Tiemann (1926-1928, Klingspor), and its Italic which was called Euphorion (Walter Tiemann, 1936). Their enthusiastic description: The Orpheus Pro fonts started out as a straightforward revival of Tiemann's Orpheus and Euphorion. It was as simple as a work brief can be. But did we ever get carried away, and what should have been finished in a few weeks ended up consuming the best part of a year, countless jugs of coffee, and the merciless scrutiny of too many pairs of eyeballs. The great roman caps just screamed for plenty of extensions, alternates, swashes, ligatures, fusions from different times, and of course small caps. The roman lowercase wanted additional alternates and even a few ligatures. The italic needed to get the same treatment for its lowercase that Tiemann envisioned for the uppercase. So the lowercase went overboard plenty alternates and swashes and ligatures. Even the italic uppercase was augmented by maybe too many extra letters. Orpheus Pro has been a real ride. Images of Orpheus: i, ii, iii, iv, v.
    • Outcast (2010): a grunge family.
    • Oxygen (2006): a great grid-based design.
    • Paganini (2011,(with Kevin Allan King) is another jewel in Canada Type's drawers: Designed in 1928 by Alessandro Butti under the direction of Raffaello Bertieri for the Nebiolo foundry, Paganini defies standard categorization. While it definitely is a classic foundry text typeface with obvious roots in the oldstyle of the Italian renaissance, its contrast reveals a clear underlying modern influence.
    • The last joint project of King and Griffin in 2012 was Pipa, a pseudo-psychedelic groovy bellydancing font: Originally made for a health food store chain we cannot name, Pipa is the embodiment of organic display typography.
    • Player (2007). An 11-style athletic lettering family.
    • Plywood (2007): a retro typeface based on Franklin Typefounders's Barker Flare from the early 1970s.
    • Press Gothic (2007). A revival of Aldo Novarese's Metropol typeface, released by Nebiolo in 1967 as a competitor to Stephenson Blakes Impact.
    • Quanta (2005, stencil). Two weights, East and West.
    • In 2011, Kevin Allan King and Patrick Griffin completed work on an exceptionally beautiful revival, Ratio Modern (the original by F.W. Kleukens is from 1923). This is a didone family with a refined humanist trait.
    • Rawhide (2006): a bouncy Western saloon font based on cover page lettering of the Belgian comic book series Lucky Luke.
    • Recta (2011, with Kevin King). This is eighteen-stye sans family that extends Novarese's Recta.
    • Rhino (2005): a revival of the informal typeface Mobil (1960, Helmut Matheis, Ludwig&Mayer).
    • Normandia (2021, by Patrick Griffin and Hans van Maanen). A digital revival of the fatface typeface Normandia by Alessandro Butti at Nebiolo (1946-1949).
    • Noteworthy (2009). A font commissioned for the Apple iPad. It is based on Griffin's earlier revival typeface Filmotype Brooklyn.
    • Ronaldson Regular (2008, with Rebecca Alaccari), a 17-style oldstyle family based on the 1884 classic by Alexander Kay, Ronaldson Old style (MacKellar, Smith&Jordan). Griffin reconstructed this family from the metal typeface and from many scans from rare documents provided by Stephen O. Saxe, Philippe Chaurize and Rebecca Davis.
    • Roos (2009): A 10-style revival of Sjoerd Hendrik de Roos's De Roos Romein (1948), created in cooperation with Hans van Maanen.
    • Robur (2010): Done with Kevin King, this set of two fonts revives Georges Auriol's Robur Noir from 1909.
    • Runway (2004): racetrack lettering.
    • Rush (2005): futuristic.
    • Sailor (2005): digital rendition of West Futura Casual (late 1970s film type).
    • Salden (2019, by Hans van Maanen and Patrick Griffin). A grand effort to collect the lettering of Dutch book and book cover designer Helmut Salden in a series of typefaces.
    • Salome (2008). Done with Rebecca Alaccari, this is a revival and expansion of a photolettering era typeface called Cantini (1972, Letter Graphics).
    • Santini (2004): Bauhaus-inspired architectural lettering.
    • One of Heinz Schumann's unpublished typefaces from the early 1960s was revived in 2017 by Patrick Griffin and Richard Kegler at P22 as P22 Schumann Pro.
    • Screener (2006): an extensive octagonal family, including Screener Symbols.
    • Sears Social (2014). A custom typeface family that includes Sears Social Monocase.
    • Secret Scrypt (2004): four shaky script styles done for a New York restaurant. With Alaccari.
    • Semplicita Pro (2011). A grand revival of Alessandro Butti's Futura-like Semplicità, executed between 2009 and 2011 by Patrick Griffin and Bill Troop. Image of the Medium weight.
    • Shred (2010): an octagonal heavy metal face.
    • Siren Script (2009-2010): Done with Rebecca Alaccari, this six-style script family is based on the metal typeface Stationers Semiscript (BBS, 1899).
    • Skullbats (2005).
    • Serial Killer (2005): bloody.
    • Slang (2004): a blood scratch face.
    • Slinger (2010): a flared art nouveau face.
    • Social Gothic (2007). After Tom Hollingsworth's Informal Gothic, a squarish unicase grotesk done in 1965. Followed by Social Stencil (2011-2012) and Social Gothic 2 (2014).
    • Soft Press (2012). A rounded version of Canada Type's Press Gothic.
    • Sol Pro (2010): a 20-style revival and extension of the monoline sans typeface Sol by Marty Goldstein and C.B. Smith (1973, VGC), done with Kevin Allan King. Griffin writes: This is not your grandfather's Eurostile. This is your offspring's global hope, optimism, and total awareness.
    • Spade (2012). A super-heavy slab face, done with Kevin King.
    • Spadina (2010): a psychedelic / art nouveau revival with Kevin Allan King of Karlo Wagner's Fortunata (1971, Berthold).
    • Sterling Script (2005): done with Rebecca Alaccari. Sterling Script was initially meant to a be digitization/reinterpretation of a copperplate script widely used during what effectively became the last decade of metal type: Stephenson Blake's Youthline, from 1952. Many alternates were added, so this is a virtually new type family.
    • Sultan: a Celtic-Arabic simulation typeface after "Mosaik" (1954) by Martin Kausche.
    • Stretto (2008) is a revival and expansion of the reverse stress font Sintex 1 (Aldo Novarese, Nebiolo and VGC, 1973), a funky nightclub face. It was used as the basis of Cowboy Hippie (2010, CheapProFonts). Similar typefaces include ITC Zipper (1970) and Berthold Beat Star (1972).
    • Symposium Pro (2011). This Carolingian family was drawn by Philip Bouwsma. Patrick helped with the production.
    • Tabarnak (2012) and its shaded version, Tabarnouche (2012). Lovingly named to attract business from Quebec, this is a packaging or signage pair of fonts.
    • Taboo (2009) is a geometric display typeface that was inspired by lettering by Armenian artist Fred Africkian in 1984.
    • Testament (2010): a calligraphic uncial family done with Philip Bouwsma.
    • Tomato (2005): done with Rebecca Alaccari, this is the digitization and quite elaborate expansion of an early 1970s Franklin Photolettering film type called Viola Flare.
    • Treasury (2006): a huge type family based on a calligraphic script by Hermann Ihlenburg from the late 19th century. Canada Type writes: The Treasury script waited over 130 years to be digitized, and the Canada Type crew is very proud to have done the honors. And then some. After seven months of meticulous work on some of the most fascinating letter forms ever made, we can easily say that Treasury is the most ambitious, educational and enjoyable type journey we've embarked upon, and we're certain you will be quite happy with the results. Treasury goes beyond being a mere revival of a typeface. Though the original Treasury script is quite breathtaking in its own right, we decided to bring it into the computer age with much more style and functionality than just another lost script becoming digital. The Treasury System is an intuitive set of fonts that takes advantage of the most commonly used feature of todays design software: Layering.
    • Trump Gothic (2005): a revival and expansion of two different takes on Signum (1955, Weber), Georg Trumps popular mid-twentieth-century condensed gothic: Less than one year after Signum, the Czech foundry Grafotechna released Stanislav Marso's Kamene, a reinterpretation of Signum. The differences between the two were quite subtle in most forms, but functionally proved to offer different levels of visual flexibility. Marso changed a few letters, most notably the wonderful a and g he added, and also made a bold weight. Trump Gothic West is a revival of Trump's original Signum, but in three weights and italics for each. Trump Gothic East is a revival of Marso's Kamene, but also in three weights and corresponding italics.. In 2013, Patrick Griffin redrew and optimized these condensed and ultra-economical typefaces in his Trump Gothic Pro and the rounded version, Trump Soft Pro.
    • Trump Script (2010) revives the African look script by Georg Trump called Jaguar (1962). An improvement on an earlier Canada type family called Tiger Script.
    • Tuba (2010).
    • Valet (2006): inspired by an uncredited early 1970s all-cap film type called Expression.
    • Veronica Polly (2005).
    • Vintage Deco (2017).
    • Vox (2007): a 24-style monoline sans family done with Rebecca Alaccari. This was followed in 2013 by a softer version, Vox Round.
    • Wagner Grotesk (2010): a sturdy grotesk, after a typeface from the Johannes Wagner foundry. Kevin King is also credited.
    • Wagner Script Pro (2011). Done together with Kevin King, this is a revival of Troubadour (1926, Wagner&Schmidt).
    • King and Patrick Griffin published Wonder Brush in 2012. This is partly based on a signage brush script called Poppl Stretto (1969) by Friedrich Poppl.
    • Opentype programming help for several fonts by Michael Doret, such as Deliscript (2009), Dynascript (2011) and Steinweiss Script (2010). Deliscript (a winner at TDC2 2010) is an upright connected script with accompanying slanted version. Steinweiss Script is a 2200-glyph curly script typeface called Steinweiss Script (2010), which captures a lot of the spirit of Steinweiss's album covers from the late 1930s and 1940s.
    • HWT Tangent (2021, at P22). This revives a Morgans & Wilcox wood typeface known as Tangent in the Hamilton Manufacturing collection (after Hamilton took over Morgans & Wilcox).
    • Patrick Griffin did the final mastering in 2021 for P22 Underground Pro, which was developed over the years by Richard Kegler (1997), Paul D. Hunt (2007) and finally, Dave Farey (2021) and James Todd (2021). This comes close to being thee ultimate implementation of Johnston's Underground.
    • Filmotype Andrew (2021). A bold and wide extension of the retro casual script font Filmotype Athens.
    • Ronaldson Pro (2021). A revision and extension of Griffin's 2006 font, Ronaldson Old Style. It now has four weights and two variable fonts.

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    Patrick Kalange

    Designer at Letterhead Fonts of the Western typeface LHF Branding Iron (2014), which was inspired by a 1930s font by Alf R. Becker.

    In 2015, he designed LHF Carnivale (a Victorian cigar label font), LHF Welo Thin (an art deco poster font inspired by the work of Samuel Welo) and LHF Handyman (a fresh take on 1940's traditional Gothic sign lettering). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Patrick Ouellet

    Art director in Quebec City who created a Frutiger / Univers-style sans typeface called Kether Gothic and the custom inline lettering typeface Funhouse in 2015. Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Pauerr Alekumsalaam

    Barcelona-based designer of the free experimental multiline typeface Fusion (2012, Adobe Illustrator format), and of the connected script signage typeface Dolorosa (2012). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Paul Howalt
    [Go Faster Labs]

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    Paul James Lloyd
    [Greater Albion Typefounders (or: GATF)]

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    Paul Jansen
    [Graphue (was: Krafted)]

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    Paul N. Hasluck

    Author of How to Write Signs, Tickets, and Posters with numerous engravings and diagrams (Philadelphia, David McKay, 1907). PDF for that book. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Paul O'Connell

    Type designer from the UK, b. 1966. He created the humanist sans typeface Silkstone Sans (2011), the script typeface Frazzle (2011), Swash (2011, a signage script face), Jester Script (2011), and the angular typeface Hotspur (2011). Mosaic (2011) and Bloated (2011) are hand-printed. MyFonts link for Paul O'Connell Typographics.

    In an interesting twist, Erik Spiekermann showed that Silkstone is a rip-off of his own ITC Officina, obtained by an automatic procedure. Silkstone was subsequently removed from MyFonts. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Paul Sirmon
    [Sirmon Stuff (was: Nine Crows Type Foundry)]

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    Paula Nazal Selaive

    Santiago de Chile-based creator of Selaive (2011, Latinotype), a geometric monoline sans with an extreme hairline weight, a bold, and several curly alternates. She also made the curly swashy script typeface Dulce (2011; Dulce Pro appeared in 2013 at Latinotype). Dulce has slight teardrop terminals.

    In 2012, she and Daniel Hernandez created the Bosque family at Latinotype, which comes with six variants, Normal, Wood, Shadow, Wood Shadow, Dingbats and Shadow One. Julieta is a curly swashy thin monoline typeface family. Romeo (Latinotype) is a swashy curly condensed unicase typeface.

    In 2013, with Daniel Hernandez, she designed the layered type system Trend, also at Latinotype. See also Trend Rough (2014).

    In 2014, together with Daniel Hernandez, she created the upright good-spirited coffee shop script Showcase. It is morally supported by a set of Ornaments and a few Sans and Slab styles.

    Revista (2015, Paula Nazal Selaive, Marcelo Quiroz and Daniel Hernandez, at Latinotype) is a typographic system that brings together all the features to undertake any fashion magazine-oriented project. It has Revista Script (connected style), Revista Stencil, Revista Dingbats, Revista Inline and the didone Revista all caps set of typefaces. Revista won an award at Tipos Latinos 2016.

    In 2016, she designed the delicate display didone typeface family Camila (Latinotype), for which she was influenced by Coco Chanel.

    In 2017, Paula Nazal and Daniel Hernandez co-designed Trenda, a geometric sans family based on the uppercase of Trend. The rounded edge version of Trenda is Boston [corrections and review by Alfonso Garcia and Rodrigo Fuenzalida].

    In 2018, Paula Nazal and Daniel Hernandez co-designed the monoline connected script font Save The Date.

    Facundo (2020, Paula Nazal Selaive and Daniel Hernandez, at Latinotype) is a 14-style geometric sans family. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Paulo W
    [Intellecta Design (or: Monocracy Types)]

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    Pavel Korzhenko
    [Vintage Voyage Design]

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    Pedro Alexandre Teixeira
    [Pedro Teixeira Foundry]

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    Pedro Moura
    [Tipos Populares do Brasil]

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    Pedro Teixeira Foundry
    [Pedro Alexandre Teixeira]

    Pedro Alexandre Vilas Boas Teixeira is a Porto, Portugal-based type designer. Creator of the monoline gemetric organic sans typeface Constantine (2012). In 2016, he designed the comic book typeface Crazy Cartoon, the brush script Forever Brush Script, the sans typeface Rabelo, Westkreep (a wide wood type typeface), the tall cigarette typeface Long Tall Palito and the rounded sans typeface Sogu.

    Typefaces from 2017: Signaturistar, Toxic Marker (dry brush), Scratched Brush Script, Serene Textured (script), Feris Script, Boemia, Savage Adventure (brush script), Casual Mark Script, Rough Beauty Script, Cartoon US Presidents.

    Typefaces from 2018: Constancia Script (a thin refined calligraphic script), Bow Tie (script), Black Fox (upright script).

    Typefaces from 2019: Aleante Sans (+a variable font option, Lets Get Crazy (script+sans), Stylish Marker.

    Typefaces from 2020: Ungap Blocks Variable, Cursive Signa Script Variable (a signature script), Zinekiss.

    Typefaces from 2021: Ayaha (a signage script), Xanas Wedding (a thin calligraphic signature font in 22 styles), Haeock (an 8-style slab serif).

    Typefaces from 2022: Spaxel (a pixelated video game font).

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    Pellisco

    Colombian artist. Designer, with Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini at Zetafonts, of the signage script typeface family Atlantica (2017). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Pen Culture (or: End Co; was: Stripline Co)
    [Revo Farisky]

    Aka Barthleby. Magelang, Indonesia-based designer (b.1998) who set up Pen Culture in 2018. Creator of Qonquer (2018: sans), Millanova (2018: script), Bernaillo (2018: script), Bathey (2018: calligraphic; free demo), Cassadio (2018: calligraphic script), Cattalonia (2018), Hadfield (2018) and Attaliand (2018).

    Typefaces from 2019: Monatta (script), Dellmonte Sans (font duo), Brandon Smith (a monoline script), Sieroty, Zettama, Abenda, Anitto, Dallard, The Great Sunday.

    Typefaces from 2020: Bintang, Gather, Houston (a signage font), The Blue Font, Ocean Road, Garland (a dry brush script), The Nougat Font, Gilliany Signature, Santana, Romedance (a monoline script), Otamendi, Ruttany (script), Anarchy (a dry brush script), Fiordland, Valment, Medalion (script), Goudart, Paradiso, Chronicle, Willion, Scotland, Thailand, Paranoid (monoline script), Sheltone, Ralline.

    Typefaces from 2022: Garland Glamour (a dry brush script). Creative Fabrica link. Creative Fabrica link for End Co. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Peter Dombrezian

    Also called Peter Dom. American designer (b. 1899) of Polka (1951, Tetterode), Dom Diagonal (1952) and the ugly fat finger brush style signage typeface Dom Casual (1950-1953 at ATF, now available at Bitstream, URW and elsewhere). The latter font was imitated or revived in Dominican (Fontbank), Jargon (SSi), Dom (2012, SoftMaker), Pedro Pro (2016, SoftMaker), Don Casual (Swfte), Dom or Dawn Castle (Corel). See also the photo font Polka (Mecanorma) for a revival of Polka. Jaspert et al surmise that Dom was based on Edwin W. Shaar's Flash, made in 1939 at Lanston Monotype.

    Mac McGrew: Dom Casual is a very informal, contemporary design with a brush-lettered effect, produced by Pete Dom (Peter Dombrezian) for photolettering, and cut by ATF about 1952 at the instigation of Steve Watts. Its popularity prompted the design of Dom Diagonal, an italicized version, soon after, and Dom Bold in 1953. There are several unusual ligatures, but no f-ligatures except as shown. Compare Flash, Trend, Balloon.

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    Peter Langpeter

    German illustrator, cartographer, calligrapher, and logo and typedesigner who has his own studio, LP Design, since 1995. Designer of the classical script typeface LP Pinselschrift (2009, URW++), the bush script LP Pinsel Satt (2013, URW++), and the signage / bamboo script typeface LP Bambus (2009, URW++).

    LP Saturnia (2013, URW++) and LP Saturnia Sans (2017, URW++) is a roman antiqua typeface: The aim was to create a modern interpretation of the classical Roman letters (Capitalis Monumentalis or Trajan by Carol Twombly), avoiding the archaic look of these letter forms.

    LP Philharmonia (2014; +Outline in 2017) is a one-style didone typeface. In 2015, he designed the Peignotian typeface family LP Lazise (Regular, Lapidar, SemiSerif, Serif), and published it in the URW Fontforum collection.

    In 2016, still at FontForum URW++, he published LP Hand Eins and the slightly tapered lapidary typeface LP Cervo.

    Typefaces from 2017: LP Harmonia (calligraphic). LP Horizont Caps.

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    Peter Rosenfeld
    [Profonts]

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    Phil Bracco
    [Pink Broccoli]

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    Photo-Lettering Inc

    A subsidiary/part of House Industries in Yorklyn, DE. I quote: Photo-Lettering was a mainstay of the advertising and design industry in New York City from 1936 to 1997. PLINC, as it was affectionately known to art directors, was one of the earliest and most successful type houses to utilize photo technology in the production of commercial typography and lettering. It employed such design luminaries as Ed Benguiat and sold type drawn by the likes of Herb Lubalin, Milton Glaser and Seymour Chwast as well as countless other unsung lettering greats. The company is best known by most of today's graphic designers for its ubiquitous type catalogs. Physically, the collection takes up about 1500 cubic ft (42 cubic meters) of space and consists of film negatives and positives of most of the 6500 fonts produced in the company's 55 years. There are also countless patterns, cartouches, borders and dingbats, all of which have been preserved in film negative form. Each negative is approximately 28 in (71 cm) by 5 in (13 cm) high. House Industries, a Yorklyn, Delaware-based independent type foundry, purchased the entire physical assets of Photo-Lettering in April of 2003. Through a partnership with Ken Barber, Christian Schwartz and Erik van Blokland, House Industries is carefully digitizing select alphabets from the collection and plans to offer them through a modern web-based interface. The Photo-Lettering interface has allowed us to reach beyond the rigid confines of typography to offer extended features such as layering, color control and multiple master interpolation over six axes. With some of the most talented minds in display typography behind this new display lettering system, users of the system will enjoy the same refined typography as the original Photo-Lettering customers.

    A snapshot of their production, as of mid 2012, in alphabetical order:

    • Atrax. A Mexican simulation typeface.
    • Aztec. A videogame typeface.
    • Banjo Playbill. A tear drop typeface.
    • PL Barclay Outline.
    • BenguiatBuffalo. By Ed Benguiat.
    • BenguiatCaslon, BenguiatCaslonOutline, BenguiatCaslonPlain. By Ed Benguiat.
    • BillSeeWhimsy.
    • PL Brazilia (sans).
    • Brickhouse.
    • PL Britannia.
    • Brixen.
    • BrodovitchAlbro.
    • Bubblegum, Bubblegum Drop.
    • Carlyle Eventide. A 3d titling face.
    • CarusoRoxy.
    • Chicamakomiko.
    • CopelandMilo. A connected script by L.H. Copeland.
    • CopelandTrilliumFills, CopelandTrilliumOutline. A beveled prismatic typeface by L.H. Copeland.
    • DARegatta. A flared didone.
    • DAmicoGothic. A casual flared typeface.
    • DavisonBaroque. A Western / Tuscan typeface.
    • ExotiqueJSplit.
    • FederalReserve.
    • FederalTwelveDiagonal, FederalTwelveHorizontal. These are engraved copperplate typefaces.
    • PL Fiorello (squarish sans).
    • Galaxy Didot (based on a didone typeface by C.E. Coryn).
    • Goliath. A fat Egyptian typeface with a wood style flavor.
    • HanoverBold. A nice Fraktur typeface.
    • HaslerCircus. A Tuscan circus font.
    • HenrionBA. A beveled typeface with several layers.
    • HouseGothicWide. A shaded unicase typeface.
    • Housebroken. A two-layer stencil caps face.
    • PL Latin.
    • Mierop Inline. A bilined art deco typeface.
    • Millstein Flourish. A beautiful tall-descender typeface.
    • PL Modern Heavy Condensed.
    • Neutra Inline, Neutra Thin. Neutra Thin is a phenomenal geometric hairline sans.
    • Norton Slapstick. A wood simulation typeface by S.E. Norton.
    • Norton Tape. A stencil paper-fold typeface by S.E. Norton.
    • Quaint. After an ornamental typeface from 1938 by Paul Carlyle and Guy Oring.
    • Quicksilver.
    • Quintet. A calligraphic connected script
    • Raymund Circus (+Inline, +Outlined).
    • Smidgen. A signage face.
    • Sodachrome.
    • StanSlope.
    • SuperstarScript. A bubblegum typeface.
    • SwissInterlock.
    • SwissTwoTone. A display sans with two layers.
    • Tiki Palms.
    • TimesSquare. A dot matrix typeface.
    • Tuggle. An oil slick typeface.
    • Voodoo House.
    • PL Westerveldt. A sans revived by Monotype.
    • WestBarnumUltra, WestBarnumUltraDrop. A fat Egyptian typeface by Dave West.
    • WestBehemoth, WestBehemothItalic. Egyptian typefaces by Dave West.
    • WestEmperorScript. A fat didone by Dave West.
    • WestThud. A fat signage typeface by Dave West.
    • West Elephant. By Dave West.
    • West Italiano. A didone by Dave West.
    • West Kerpow. A comic book typeface by Dave West, late 1960s. This was digitized in 2011 by Allen Mercer at House Industries as Plinc Kerpow.
    • Worthe Numerals. Fat didone numerals revived by Ben Kiel at House Industries in 2012.
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    Picatype Studio
    [Akmal Yusar]

    Indonesian designer, b. 1987, who is based in Aceh. In 2017 he created the script typefaces Danliny Script, Almirra Script (dry brush), Rollent (calligraphic script), Sakhiya Script, Kalisha Script, Gallisia Script (calligraphic), Attention Script, Felicity Script, Gloretha Script (swashy), Hilwen Script, Claudette, Butterfly Script and Nightcall Script, and the calligraphic typeface Munira Script (2017).

    Typefaces from 2018: Formabbis (a brush script), Chellora (Victorian), Realvish (brush script), Conserina (a condensed script), Shirelda Script (calligraphic), Thuressia Script (a formal calligraphic typeface), Hadhelia Script, Martinail, Suhainora, Stayreed, Rishella (signature font), Barbara Script.

    Typefaces from 2019: Graphemic (all caps, art deco), Baltster (a creamy casual typeface), Blangkist (dry brush script), Quinter (a spurred Tuscan typeface), Srikandy (a retro signage script), Celiya Script, Konseric, Bhontage (monoline script), Sandoval, Martinail (signage script), Klibers (script), Shintosa Script (formal calligraphy), Suhainora, Nigthwel (a retro signage script) and the elegant modern italic typeface Thestone.

    Typefaces from 2020: Satnight Script, The Jophie Sans (a rounded sans), Gravia (a one-weight geometric sans). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Pierre Smeets
    [Pleaseletmedesign]

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    Pierre Tardif

    Together with Charles Borges de Oliveira, veteran sign painter Pierre Tardif created the Aloha Script typeface in 2013. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Pineung Type
    [Kayona Alma]

    Jakarta, Indonesia-based designer of spectacular script and calligraphic typefaces. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Pink Broccoli
    [Phil Bracco]

    Foundry located in Westbury, NY, and run by Phil Bracco (b. 1981, Big Horn, MT), a graduate of the Pratt Institute. Creator of the festive signage fonts Charming Charlie PB (2009), Hip Hopper PB (2008, inspired by the lettering on an art poster by Patrick Owsley for the cartoon character Hoppity Hooper), Fat Rhino PB (2008) and Pink Broccoli PB (2008). Hideaway (2008) is a light-hearted comic flare serif typeface inspired by a 1964 Speedy Gonzalez cartoon title. More comedy in Chop Phooey (2008), Astronaut Jones (2008), Lil Rhino PB (2008), Houseguest PB (2008), Spidertoes PB (2009) and Tiny Butler (2008). Chorizo PB (2008) is inspired by some of the wild lettering of comic creator Paul Coker, Jr. Houndcats PB (2008) is a comic book sans based on a 1972 cartoon called Houndcats. Manic Mood PB (2008), Kid Captain PB (2009), Bear Club PB (2009), Hot Streak PB (2009) and Suited Horse PB (2008) have more comic book lettering. Suited Horse PB (2009) is a chalkboard font inspired by the title screen of a 1968 Walt Disney film titled, The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit. Monster Fiesta PB (2009) is a curly display typeface. Chop Chop PB (2009) is an oriental brush simulation face. Fathoms BB (2009) is a crazy sans serif font based on the titling from one of ABC's Movie of the Week series from 1969 called Daughter of the Mind. Dead Rite PB (2011) and Whipsnapper (2013) are oddball cartoon typefaces.

    In 2012, Bracco published Mister Rii PB.

    In 2013, Phil Bracco designed Screwby (offbeat retro style that started out as a digitization of the film typeface Surf by Lettergraphics) and Contraption (an octagonal typeface family that started out as a digitization of a film typeface called Intrigue by Lettergraphics).

    Typefaces from 2014: Wonderbear PB (a cartoon typeface based on the title screens and comic books of the Hair Bear Bunch), Sackem PB (Bracco explains: Sackem started as a digitization of a singular film typeface called Benman Jumbo by Lettergraphics. From there, this mechanical typeface was expanded into a giant family of playful widths and obliques: from the condensed Slim style to the original Jumbo style).

    Typefaces from 2015: Beaucoup PB (Beaucoup started as a digitization of a film typeface called Bippie by Facsimile Fonts), Luckmeister PB (offbeat, retro and cartoonish, from the vintage record cover, Music from MR. Lucky, composed and conducted by Henry Mancini), Good Grief PB (which started out as a digitization of a film typeface called Carmel by Letter Graphics), MardiKrewe PB (funky psychedelic letters, described by Phil as delightfully insane; it started as a digitization of a film typeface called MardiGras by Lettergraphics).

    Typefaces from 2016: Cat Burglar PB (inspired by the titling of a 1961 Looney Tunes cartoon called "The Pied Piper of Guadalupe"), Birthday Wish PB (beatnik style), Flawless Flygirl PB (beatnik style), Jus Hangin PB (children's script inspired by the lettering on the cover of the 1999 Counting Crows album "This Desert Life").

    Typefaces from 2017: Roadie PB.

    Typefaces from 2018: Roadie PB, Chilidog PB, Cattleprod PB, Varmint PB (an offbeat flared serif font inspired by the titling of the early 1970s Yosemite Sam & Bugs Bunny comics from Gold Key), Nudity PB (a revivo the film font Ad Shadow by LetterGraphics as a layerable font), Wintermint (a revival and extension of the flared almost psychedelic typeface Lori by LetterGraphics). Nudity PB, Wintermint, Patsy PB (beatnik style).

    Typefaces from 2019: Ridiculous PB (beatnik), Troubled PB, Blackhole PB (a digitization of a bullethole psycjedelic film typeface known as Circue Solid by LetterGraphics), Stacked Deck PB (a retro font), Mushmouth PB (based on Lettergraphics' cartoon font Albert), Rackem PB (a beatnik font that started as a digitization of a film typeface known as Eightball by LetterGraphics).

    Typefaces from 2020: Jughead PB (inspired by Cooper Black and Archie Comics).

    Typefaces from 2021: Uncanny Cat PB (a beatnik font), Goondocks PB (octagonal; a faithful recreation of the titling font from 1985 film, The Goonies), Friday Freak PB (a beatnik all caps typeface inspired by the 1976 Disney movie Freaky Friday), Soulfinger PB (a psychedelic and beatnik hybrid).

    View Phil Bracco's typefaces. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    PintassilgoPrints
    [Ricardo Marcin]

    Brazilian printmaker, graphic artist and illustrator in Vitoria, b. 1973, Rio de Janeiro. His fonts are created together with Erica Jung at PintassilgoPrints (est. 2009). Pintassilgo relocated to Florianopolis at some point. Their typefaces include Petulante (scratchy caps) (2021), Skaligari (eighties punk) (2021), Slotrip (2021), Soapy (foam-textured caps) (2021), Conversa (2021), Tenacious Brush (2021), Clarks (2021: a modular typeface based on the work of Lygia Clark, one of the giants of Brazilian postwar art), Cachalote (a poster typeface) (2021), Search (an all caps dry brush font) (2020), Grok (2020), Pickles (2020), Pain de Mie (2020), Outside (2020), The King (2020), The Spoilers (2020), Altogether (2020: a doodling beauty with eight choices for each glyph), Ars Nova (2019: art nouveau), Pind-O-Rama (2019), Pieches (2019: a linocut font inspired by the powerful political and social posters by Paul Peter Piech), Soundstar, Clafoutis (2019), Pedrita (2018), Transmogrified (2018), Melodia (2018), Minute (2018), Mindset (2018), Salted (2018), Plunct Plact (2017: a children's script), Manihot (2017), Brushtones (2017), Strange Times (2017), Mudstone (2017), Plumcake (2017), Cordelia (2017), Dunkelbunt (2016, inspired by the eccentric artist, architect and designer Friedensreich Hundertwasser), Chronic (2016, influenced by the work of HAP Grieshaber and Willem Sandberg; expanded in 2020 to Anachronic), Unboring (2016), Sunbeat (beatnik style), Hand It (2016, a childish script), Botanique (2016, after Lucian Bernhard's Schmalfette Bernhard Antiqua, 1912), Somehand (2015), Gumdrop, Granz (2015: retro lettering based on a Porgy & Bess album cover by David Stone Martin), Stabile and Stabile Toys (2015, handcrafted), Cluster (2015, a layered letterpress emulation typeface), Stick Around (2014), Marker Aid, Unpack, Felt Noisy (fat brush), Blueshift (2014), Daft Brush (2014, a vernacular brush), Tuesnight (2014, offbeat poster font), Periplus (2013), Marujo (2013: a decorative typeface inspired by paintings of Arthur Bispo do Rosário, a Brazilian artist who lived for 50 years in a psychiatric institution), Brush Up (2013: a rough brush script), Undersong (a stackable script system), Tremendous (2013: a retro poster typeface), Rockinstead (2013), Runcible (2013, +Cleft, its glaz krak version), Mamute (2013: a layered letterpress style type system), Sabotage (2013: squarish poster font inspired by the iconic Vertigo movie poster by Saul Bass), Gentil (2012, an all caps poster font), Card-o-mat (2012, bird dingbats), Kokoschka (2012, based on the lettering on the poster of an expressionist play by Austrian painter, printmaker and writer Oskar Kokoschka in 1909), Sundowners (2012), YWFT Duncan (2012), Rather Jazzy (2012), Rather Loud (2012), Soundtrack (2012), Monstrinhos (2012, dingbats), Monstro (2012, fat poster face), Attic (2012), Melkslijter (2011, a stylish art deco typeface based on a brochure by Dutch graphic artist Dirk Hart), Polyspring (2011, a Victorian typeface hand-drawn based on Italia Condensed, Keystone, 1906), Berimbau (2011), Populaire (2011, a hand-drawn poster caps typeface that was inspired by the electrifying posters from May 1968 by Atelier Populaire, and loaded with alternates to give a random effect), Manicuore (2011, a hand-drawn typeface inspired by Italian movie posters by the prolific movie poster artist Symeoni, aka Sandro Simeoni), Ziclets (2011, a bubblegum typeface), Smashing (2011, a fat hand-printed poster face), Chancellor (2011, a plakatstil style caps face), the eccentric poster face Polygraph (2011, based on lettering of the Polish poster artist Leszek Zebrowski. Images: i, ii, iii, iv, v, vi, vii, viii, ix, x.), the vintage serif typeface Organically (2011), Transitore (2011: Transitore is a lively hand-drawn font with loads of alternates and ligatures which, managed by advanced OpenType features, help create a convincing handcrafted look), the poster display typeface Sforzando (2011; +Alto), the signage typeface Jongleur (2011), the Cuban poster typeface Transmogrifier (2010, based on lettering by Cuban poster artist Eduardo Muñoz Bachs), the ultra-fat art deco typeface Loudine (), Crocante (2010, comic book face), Love Birds Pattern (2010), Swung Note (2010), Amarelinha (2010, hand-printed), Cuadrifonte (2010, a fat hand-printed family including styles called Pics, Sketch (regular), Fill and Line), Xylo Sans (2010, wooden texture face), Ritornelos (2010, a curly all caps hand-printed face), Roadway (2010, based on wood Clarendons), Changing (2010), Vitrines (2010, hand-printed), Prokaryotic (2010, a "bacterial attack" face), Football World (2010, soccer silhouettes), Singela (2010), Bandoliers (2010, an informal hand-printed sketched face, with 3D versions such as Beefy, High and Rocky), Butterfly Effect (2010), Tonal (2010, ultra-fat with mini-counters), Dynatomic (2010, inspired by the hand-drawn lettering of a 1964 polish movie poster designed by Andrzej Krajewski: caps only), Grante (2009, a lively poster face), Somewhat (2010, hand-drawn), Mondiale (2009), Merceria Antique (2009), Nanquim (2009, sketched letters), Lovebirds (2010, bird silhouettes), Oyster (2010, hand-drawn dingbats), and Arca (2009, +Dashed). All have an informal and attractive look, and were co-designed with Erica Jung. Dafont link. He created the grunge typeface Talvezassim (2009) and the fat geometric typefaces Parafuse Ultrablack (2009, +Outline, Shadow) and DeLarge (2009). Monster Boxes (2009) is a dingbat face. Oyster (2010) is hand-printed.

    The prints of Horst Janssen had a characteristic uneven hand-printed lettering that led Erica Jung and Ricardo Marcin to design the multi-featured opentype typeface Horst (2010). Nova Horst was published in 2012.

    Alternate URL. Open Font Library link. Fontspace link. YWFT link. Creative Fabrica link. Fontsy link. Klingspor link. Creative Market link.

    Catalog of typefaces.

    View all of Pintassilgo's typefaces. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Pippo Lionni

    New Yorker. Designer of the dingbat family Linotype Facts of Life (1999). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Pista Mova
    [Haikal Juanda]

    Aceh, Indonesia-based designer who set up Pista Mova in 2020. Creator of Bellona (2021: a bold roundish formal script font).

    Typefaces from 2022: The Collage (a retro signage script). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Pixel Moshpit
    [John Sullivan]

    Floridian designer of the modern Tuscan typeface Monoslam (2016), which is inspired by The old Boston Redsox's Circus style serif font as well as Luis Hernandez's work.

    Typefaces from 2017: Gutterpunk (spiky brush), Soudern (Tuscan style), Ole Ingrish (blackletter), Scurd (dripping blood font), Ironpunch, Nostalgik (inky script), Xign Painter.

    Typefaces from 2018: Night Wryter, Meduza (blackletter). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Pixelspread
    [Matt McInerney]

    Graphic designer currently working at Pentagram Design in New York. He graduated from Savannah College of Art and Design, and is originally from Western Massachusetts. At the Typesites page, Matt McInerney looks at sites that have great typographic design. He created Raleway (2009, a free hairline sans; the Google Web Fonts typeface Raleway Dots (2012) is by Brenda Gallo, Matt McInerney, Rodrigo Fuenzalida and Pablo Impallari; see here for a complete extension of Raleway between 2010-2013 by Matt McInerney, Pablo Impallari and Rodrigo Fuenzalida), New Alphabet (2008), an octagonal font based on Wim Crouwel's New Alphabet, using FontStruct. (For a commercial version of New Alphabet, check Architype New Alphabet (The Foundry). He also made Pentagrid (2009, on a 5x5 grid; +Pentagrid v2, +Pentagrid Alphabet), Dotserif, and Neuescreen, typefaces that are in the mold of New Alphabet.

    Orbitron (2009) is a great free futuristic sans family published at The League of Movable Type: it is a geometric sans related to both Eurostile and Bank Gothic. Romina Vespasiano made a great specimen poster for Orbitron in 2012.

    Allerta (+Stencil) (2010) is an open source typeface designed for use in signage. Allerta was designed to be easily and quickly read from a distance. Each letter exploits the most unique aspects of that individual letter so that each character can be easily distinguished from any other.

    Google Directory link. FontStruct link. Abstract Fonts link. Klingspor link. Home page of Matt McInerney. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    PizzaDude
    [Jakob Fischer]

    The Great Dane from Copenhagen, Jakob Fischer, is a kindergarten teacher who designed over 600 typefaces. Mini-catalog, part I, part II. Aka PizzaDude, he started out making free fonts, but switched to commercial fonts later. His typefaces:

    Direct downloads. In 2004, he started selling some typefaces through Union Fonts. MyFonts link. Home page. Fontsquirrel link. Fontspring link. Dafont link. .

    View Jakob Fischer's typefaces. View Pizzadude's typefaces. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Pleaseletmedesign
    [Pierre Smeets]

    Pleaseletmedesign is a duo of Belgian graphic designers comprising Pierre Smeets (b. 1981) and Damien Aresta (b. 1979). They set up their own graphic design studio in 2004 after graduating from Saint-Luc Higher School of Arts in Liège (Belgium) and spending almost a full year in ERG (Graphic Research School) in Brussels (Belgium). The projects of pleaseletmedesign range from graphic design, books, posters, identities and stationnery to exhibition design, signage, titles sequences, and website in cultural sectors as diverse as music, architecture, cinema and advertising clients. Toyota Belgium used a car to design the outlines of an upright script called iQ (2009). Free download. The font was made by Pleaseletmedesign. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Pravin Ahir

    Creative designer in Mumbai who designed the prismatic op-art Latin typeface Squoil (2014), the Buds typeface (2014, a modification of Cooper Black), and the decorative dot matrix typeface Bandhani (2014). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    PRG South Signs

    Signage business involved in truck lettering, truck decals, custom signs, vinyl lettering, pinstriping and font design. Located in Lee County in Florida. Their free fonts: Armament (2007), Blackchalk Down (2007), Bumrush (2007, brush face), Dispatch Black (2007), reminiscent of wood type, and Bajenna (2007, simulated brush face). At Dafont, they use the name phallicymbal. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Prio Nurokhim Aji
    [Prioritype]

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    Prioritype
    [Prio Nurokhim Aji]

    Kebumen, Indonesia-based designer (b. 1997) of these typefaces in 2020: Arkaedos (a creamy script), Amtera (a fat finger font), Takidos (children's letters), Merilland, Tamword, Terasu Brush (a dry brush script), Chalk Perio (a chalk font), Diltoon (a cartoon font), , Savattera, Pecattes (a very dry brush script), Dhecalovia (a fat finger font), Launsela (a fat finger font), Super Love Christmas, Bevalonia, Butter Spoky, Super Love Christmas, Merilland, The Bonbon, Annila Script, Kagatsun, Frangstton, Sophomore, Reacter, Oliotton, Many Cheeks, Keyrannha (monoline script), Chatalisa, Dhecca House (a monoline script), Ligotra (all caps, Victoriana), Fagetone (a retro signage script), Gangsoka (an angry serif), the script font Meltinghones and the monoline script typefaces Caligendings and Frangstton.

    Typefaces from 2021: Flower Glory (a counterless kindergarten font), Delichan (a calligraphic script), Smile Darling (a decorative stencil), Fondest (a Peignotian sans with a hipster f), Mintage (a retro serif), Klender (a descendant of Cooper Black), Charming Smile (a plump painted font), Hey Tiny (a fat finger font that emulates a child's hand), Central Display, Street Ruins (a graffiti font), Bruskest (a bold dry brush script), Klemer Display (a flat top display typeface), Nectarine (a plump almost psychedelic font), The Burcey (a casual cutout typeface), Relation De Luxe (a rounded all caps sans characterized by many interlocking pairs), Qochy (a display font with elephant feet serifs), Urban Starblues (a graffiti font duo), Urban Java (a reverse stress Western font), Brugty (a bold display typeface in the Cooper Black / Windsor genre), Organic Peach (a fat finger font), Kosans (all caps), Magilio (in the trendy Windsor / Cooper Black style), Elkoga (an 8-style rounded wedge serif), Onedrips (a dripping paint font), Bilground (script), Dassie (an all caps display font), Sugar Smile, Roti Bakar (a sans with swirls), Dripping Drops (a dripping paint font), Apple Slices (a font duo), Dialog Anila, Goodwin Geraldine, Tropical Blooming (a scrapbook script), Bomb Da Gone (graffiti lettering), Fillings Urban (a plumpish graffiti font), Tratags (graffiti), Johny Palkons (letterpress emulation), Kickcore (a brush font), Lonely Girl (a fat finger font), Malistiona, Bittermoon (a fat finger script), Demilton (a heavy script).

    Typefaces from 2022: Amila Cuties, Cansetras (a tattoo blackletter), Codigra (a liquid serif), Distant Neighbors, Employed, Favorite Notification (a hipster serif), Getrok, Glemor (font duo), Niblick, Olasthy Script (a loopy script), Peach More, Pink Punk (a death metal font), Red Royale (blackletter), Shining Youth (ornamental caps with flowery texture), Sunday Bloom (a hand-drawn serif), Ditsa Calista (script), Brume Matinale (a sharp-edged display serif). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Profonts
    [Peter Rosenfeld]

    Profonts is Peter Rosenfeld's German foundry in Norderstedt near Hamburg, est. 2005, and closely associated with URW++. Dr. Jürgen Willrodt is the other cofounder. The in-house designers as of 2013 are Volker Schnebel, Ralph M. Unger, Jörn Oelsner and Ivana Koudelkova.

    Typefaces include Frau Becker (2011, hand-printed typeface by Daniel Henry Bastian and Volker Schnebel), Gallegos Pro (2011, a classic pen-drawn uopright script family), Manuskript Antiqua (2010, an angular Czech design), Charade (2009, psychedelic era style family), Balladeer (2009, formal script with imperfect connections), HH Sonora (2005, comic book or signpainting style script) and HH Valentine (2005, formal script). Link at MyFonts, where one can buy these script fonts: Adagio Pro (2006, a copperplate wedding script by Karl Krauß), Sonora (2005), Eurobrush Pro (2007, by Ralph M. Unger), Euroscript Pro (2006, a school script by by Ralph M. Unger), Civilite (2008), Ballerina Pro (2006), Laredo Pro (2010), Arabella Pro (2006, a calligraphic script typeface sold at URW; Arabella was originally designed by Arnold Drescher around 1936/1939 for Johannes Wagner), Chaweng (2006, an oriental simulation typeface by Ralph M. Unger) and Laramie Pro (2006, a free form script family).

    In 2007, the Montauk Pro family of casual (comic book style) scripts was added, despite the fact that there already exists a similarly named script font since 1992 made by Sylvester A. Cypress. It can be had from URW.

    Other 2007 designs: Iova Nova (based on Jowa Script by J. Wagner, 1967), Concerto and Sonata Pro (calligraphic scripts, co-designed with Jürgen Willrodt), Symphony Pro (calligraphic with lots of alternates; for a knock-off, see Opti Sybaris, Castcraft, 1990-1991), and Veltro Pro (based on a 1931 Nebiolo design by that name).

    Designs from 2008: the signage family Santa Fe, the connected monoline script typeface Energia Pro (by Ralph Unger), and the blackletter typeface Peter Schlemihl (by Ralph Unger).

    Designs from 2011: Northport (a casual upright non-connecting script face).

    About Rosenfeld, taken from his CV: Peter Rosenfeld started, after finishing his business studies in 1980, his first position in the font production department at Dr. Hell in Kiel, a once well-known company in the area of CRT/laser composing and scanning systems. It was there where he first got in touch with digital type, (still in bitmap form at that time). Peter joined URW in Hamburg in 1982 and a little later he became the manager of the URW font studio. He says, 'All I am in this small font business, and all I know about font technology, I owe to Peter Karow. I had the luck to work very closely for and with this visioneer and pioneer of our industry for more than a decade.' Roughly ten years later Peter became Managing Director of URW++ and the company has established itself in the graphic design industry by continually developing and marketing innovative font and software products. URW++ is particularly successful in the area of corporate type development and production, as well as a supplier of so-called world or global fonts for OEM customers.

    Speaker at ATypI 2011 in Reykjavik. Behance link.

    Showcase of the most popular Profonts typefaces. View all Profonts typefaces. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Putra Cetol Studio
    [Putra Novembria Candra Kusuma]

    Karanganyar, Indonesia-based designer, b. 1989, of these typefaces in 2018:

    • Oriental simulation fonts: Japanese Emperor (2022: emulating Japanese).
    • The spurred typeface Darkrise.
    • The circus font The Circus Show.
    • The futuristic typeface Digitechno.
    • The curly script typeface Valentijn.
    • The monoline poster typeface Revalate.
    • The monoline cursive script typefaces Simplyline, Cinta Cantik, Antiqueline, The Beautyline, Aiushtya, Skywave, Simbok Pudjie and Yesie.
    • The vintage typeface Nuri.
    • The retro signage script typeface Vintage Party.
    • The tall octagonal typeface Armor.
    • The display typefaces Ratigk, Deco Tech, Horstail and Murai.
    • Playlines.
    • The tiki font Tikiland.
    • The script typefaces Jofi, Beauty Love, Bigfun, and Rhonde (a free swashy calligraphic typeface).
    • The upright scripts Shathika, Sweetyhearts and Shaquilla.
    • The brush typefacesAuthorfun and Pax Suyud.
    • The weathered condensed Therlalu.
    • The color fonts Garis Lengkung and Circuitra.
    • The textured typeface Quiltrix.
    • The poster typeface Audrey.

    Typefaces from 2019, mainly calligraphic except if specified otherwise: Attaira (art deco and script), Arshaka (a great vampire blackletter font), Honey Berry, Vanetta, Safiar (font duo), Havina, Eurolite (a modular sans), Florita (font duo), Silky Candy, Ultimate Slayer (brush), Zahiya (a ronde), Networld (a mesh font), Stranger Creature, Amella, Grimscy, Visaka (a tall spurred wedge serif), Micayla, Rougher (brush), Slatter, Rygid (a straightened script), Mixy Missy (an oily script), Qunky (a formal script), Marceila (upright script), Glamoury (calligraphic), Thicxer, Madhen (script), Secret Darling, Keshia, Mahaputra (a spurred swashy Victorian typeface), Busther (brush style), Sherley, Shanela, Rotters (script), Sweety Lovers (script), Aliyah, Laureta, Tashia, Smash Wall (a glaz krak typeface), Delacruz (techno), Elvino (techno), Crava (a vintage display typeface), Bornena (curly script), Vintage Queens (for vintage signage), Kanaya, Yuanita, Daysha, Thickline, Maze Line (labyrinthine), The Doctor (a signature font), West Kingdom (fat signage script), Pixel Bit, Barstrip, Arjunka, Waffle Latte (monoline and connected), Strip Deco (Broadway style), Corlita Script, Fathur (signature script), Royal King (inline, vintage), Boldest (an oily fat font), High Mount (titling sans), Stasya, Ultimate Class (a thin monline script), Hai Eisya (geometric sans), Dirty Rock (grunge), Hello Eisya, Boldline, Dvorak (dry brush), Ayana, Bigdot, Ghaya, Scary Night, Keytip (Victorian), Melodious Script, Lusya, Nachelle.

    Typefaces from 2020: Techno Board (a circuit font), Happy Christmas Party, Roadstone (a signage script), Cavilay Script (wild calligraphy), Urban Sketart (a fine mural art font), Shecarea, Rose Thorns, Retroparty (a bold script), Lovely Couple, Macrosty (a bold script), Amarithe, The Bold Street (a fat graffiti font), Rahaely (script), Nightcrow (a fiery font), Vintage King (a grungy vintage signage script), Vintage Party (a signage script), Gayesha, Water Splash, Clarinta (a wide hairline calligraphic script), Kinghawk, Audrena (a monoline script), Royal Queen, Headbrush, Coldcoast (script), Mahacara, Goldenlife (an upright signage script), Lyodra (a monoline script), Mayla (wild inky calligraphy), Faylake (a fat finger font), Grandmora (monoline script), Qonitya, Clowney (an inky script), Shafiqa (a rabbit ear script), Spirly (curly, Victorian), Quentara, Roxer, The Excited (signature script), Street Road (modular), Rasputia (a calligraphic script), Retroking.

    Typefaces from 2021: Antique Vignette (a stylish script with extreme contrast), Love Paradise (a scrapbook font), Vintage Reclame (an upright retro advertizing script), Bulky Book (in the piano key genre), Scarf Bandana, Double Pineapple, Lychee Farmland, Single Tangelo (a cuddly casual typeface), Grandtown (a bold retro script), Dizzy Fence (a beatnik font), Cheesy Bread (a bold supermarket font), Roughpen, The Night Lamp (a horror brush font), Monokind Script (a monoline script), Cristaloak (a script with a weathered outline), Cute Love Story (a scrapbook font), My Love Letter (a monoline scrapbook script), Feldberg (a dynamic display typeface), Morrello (a rounded wide display serif), Quaker Ladies (Victorian), Spooky Monsta, Abstract Style (a geometric solid typeface), Ballsye (a fat finger font), Burning Hammer (a font with flaming letters), Falsetto Signature, Kharinniswa (a bold and wide serif typeface), Roshmary (a condensed monolinear sans), Unpredictable (a condensed display sans), Surprise Spring (script), Handaru (a wide script), Queen Veronica (a monolinear script), Strong Grandpa (a bold retro signage font), Rahardian (a signage script), Candrika (a vintage spurred typeface), Euphoria Party (a psychedelic font), Spookies Identity (this is what a font infected with pestilence or leprosy would look like), Alvarisky, Springate (script), The Knight (script), Hello Audrey (an upright script), Winslet (a bold script), Hello Audrey (an upright script), Winslet (a bold script), My Beautiful Story (an inky script), Romantic Dates (calligraphic), Blossom Heart (script), Happy New Year Party.

    Typefaces from 2022: Japanese Emperor (emulating Japanese), Binlay (script), Child Krafter, Fresh Spring (a scrapbook script), Our Infinity Love (a wonderful connected script with a warm rhythm), East Aurora (a bold slab serif), Heathfield (a bold vintage serif). Creative Fabrica link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Putra Novembria Candra Kusuma
    [Putra Cetol Studio]

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    Putu Eka Hermawan
    [Ekahermawan]

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    Quadrat Communications
    [David Vereschagin]

    Born in Edmonton in 1957, David Vereschagin set up Quadrat Communications in Toronto (Quadrat Communications, 18 Grenville Street, Suite 1501, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4Y 3B3). A graphic designer by profession, he has made a number of carefully crafted font families such as Spike, Ratcaps (free keycaps sample font available), MyAuntCelia, Farquharson, Clear Prairie Ornaments (1992), Clear Prairie Dawn. A free copy of Farquhason is here.

    At MyFonts, one can buy Clear Prairie Dawn (Optima-like), Clear Prairie Ornaments, Farquharson (like wood type), My Aunt Celia, Ratcaps, Ratkeys, Spike, Toronto Subway (2004: based on the (art deco sans) lettering originally used for station identification and signage in the Toronto subway system, which first opened to the public in 1954. Developed from rubbings of the lettering on station walls and photographs of painted signage.) In 2008, he designed the cool constructivist poster family Kubrick, about the same time as Iconian Fonts' Kubrick family---I hope that they can settle the naming fight amicably. Behance link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Quentin J. Stavinsky
    [LCT (or: Atelier La Casse)]

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    R. H. Munsch

    Author of Recueil d' Alphabets à Dessiner (1951, Eyrolles, Paris). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Rachel Denti

    During her studies at the University of Brasilia, Rachel Denti modified Underware's Bello to develop the baseball script Foul Ball (2012). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Radka Bartosova

    Hradec Kralove, Czechia-based designer of the angular expressionist typeface Johana (2015) and of the signage typeface Flaga (2014), which is inspired by railroad warning signs. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Rafael Sánchez Sánchez
    [RaFont]

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    RaFont
    [Rafael Sánchez Sánchez]

    Cali, Colombia-based designer of Simetrika (2015, a hipster typeface) and Awesome (2015, a signage script). Fontspring link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Rahmad Fajri
    [Supotype]

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    Ralph Michael Unger
    [RMU (Ralph Michael Unger Typedesign)]

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    Ramandhani Nugraha
    [Fortunes Co (was: Celcius Design)]

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    Ramiro Espinoza
    [Re-Type]

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    Randy Szarzynski
    [Szar Design]

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    Ranges Type

    Indonesian designer of the signage script typefaces The Daniels Script (2018) and Balinese Script (2018). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Rangga Singgih Subekti
    [Subectype]

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    Raphael Rodriguez

    Chilean codesigner with Rodrigo Araya Salas of Munky Negra (a creamy signage typeface). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Rastype
    [Muhammad Taufik]

    Indonesian designer (b. 1996) of the upright script typeface Betrycia (2019), and the calligraphic script typefaces Handriona (2019), Lucky Start (2019), Baristafi (2019), Ballurani Script (2019), Burrahar (2019) and Hirradista (2019).

    Typefaces from 2020: Liashintya Script (curly and swashy formal calligraphy), Mellisa Hella, Meltisia Script (a wild script), Salsadila Script, Scarletta Script, The Artmars Script (a retro signage script), Dharma (a display typeface). With few exceptions, his calligraphic typefaces exhibit rabbit ear ascenders.

    Typefaces from 2021: Beauty Sabila (script), Romantis Natalies Duo, Lovely Motheris Font Duo, Natalic Script, Hello Bluebird Font Duo, Hello Bestlady Duo, Solidaritas Script (swashy formal calligraphy).

    Typefaces from 2022: Beloved Turtle (a scrapbook script). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    RAW Inc

    Studio with artists from many countries, est. 1987, mostly involved in comic book style drawings and illustrations. Creators of the fat brush signage typeface Classic Raw (2012). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Ray Baker

    Designer who worked for VGC in the phototypesetting era. He created ITC Quorum in 1977, a font halfway between serif and sans, and the wide copperplate sansserif font ITC Newtext in 1974. Digital versions of the latter exist at Elsner&Flake and Softmaker [Q853 Flare and Quagga on the SoftMaker MegaFont XXL CD, 2002].

    At Filmotype, he made the brush script typeface LaSalle (1950s), which was digitized in 2008 by Stuart Sandler at Font Bros in 2008 as Filmotype LaSalle. In 2010, MyFonts credits Patrick Griffin and Rebecca Alaccari with the digitization though. Other Filmotype typefaces digitized in 2011 include Filmotype Harmony (original from 1950), Filmotype Kentucky (a 1955 original), Filmotype Kingston (a 1953 original), Filmotype Hamlet (a 1955 original), all in the connected signage type category, and all done by Patrick Griffin and Rebecca Alaccari. The latter two also digitized Filmotype Lucky (2012), a signage typeface from 1953.

    Bio at Linotype. FontShop link. Klingspor link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Ray Cruz
    [Cruz Fonts]

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    Red Rooster Type foundry
    [Steve Jackaman]

    Red Rooster is a Cedars, PA-based foundry run by Steve Jackaman (b. 1954, Greenwich, London). Steve started out at London's Face Photosetting. Red Rooster was founded in Philadelphia in 1990 and has about 500 fonts, mostly complete text families in the classical mould, revivals of Ludlow and other foundries, and revivals of fonts by Canadian designer Les Usherwood from the phototypesetting era. Families of fonts:

    • Alexon (1993, by Les Usherwood), Alghera Pro (1996, Pat Hickson), Alphabet Soup (2007, a delicatessen signage typeface based on an 80s font he did while at Typographic House in Boston), Alys (calligraphic), Appleyard (1992, A. Pat Hickson), Aquarius (2007, based on a VGC font by that name), Argus (1992, Les Usherwood and Paul Hickson)
    • Badger, Bannock Brae Gothic, Banque Gothique, Barnsley Gothic (2017, a copperplate relate to Steelplate Gothic), Bassuto, Beckenham (1992, Les Usherwood and Paul Hickson), Bellini (an Egyptian family), BlockGothic (1996, Steve Jackaman at the Rabbit Reproductions Type foundry), Bodoni Black Condensed (after R.H. Middleton, 1930), Bodoni Campanile Pro (1998 and 2017, after R.H. Middleton, 1930), Byron
    • Cameo, Canterbury, Canterbury Old Style (1992, by Ray Vatter and Steve Jackaman after a 1920 original by Morris Fuller Benton at ATF), Canterbury Old Style Pro (2017, a remastering by Steve Jackaman), Canterbury Sans (a tall-ascender sans family based on the 1920-1926 design by Morris Fuller Benton for ATF), Casablanca (1997, avant-garde typeface based on Carlos Winkow's Electra), Caslon Extra Condensed (based on a Ludlow face), TCCentury (1996, Les Usherwood and Steve Jackaman at the Rabbit Reproductions Type foundry), Century New Style, Chamfer Gothic (after a condensed Ludlow typeface, ca. 1898), Chase, Chelsea (1993, Les Usherwood and Steve Jackaman), Claremont, Coliseum (1992, by A. Pat Hickson and Julie Hopwood for ITF). Steve Jackaman completely redesigned, redrew, and improved the Coliseum family in 2017 and called it Coliseum Pro. That redesign also produced the sister typefaces Clydesdale and Torpedo), Commander (1994, Steve Jackaman), Consort (1994, Steve Jackaman), ConranScript, Creighton (2009, a sans family), Coronet (after a 1937 typeface by R.H. Middleton).
    • Dominus, Dundee (1993, A. Pat Hickson), Dungeon (based loosely on a VGC design by Dick Jensen, Serpentine, 1972).
    • El Paso (2011, a Western/Mexican simulaton typeface based on El Paso from the Face Photosetting collection), Elston, Equestrienne, Erasmus, EuropaGrotesque, Extension
    • Faust (1993: based on a 1958 typeface by Albert Kapr), Flexion Pro (2007, by Hal Taylor and John Langdon), Florentine Cursive (after a 1956 script by R.H. Middleton), ForumTitling, Franklin Gothic Pro (2011, with Ashley Muir), French Fries (2017, handcrafted), Frenchy.
    • Garamond RR Light (after a 1929 typeface by R.H. Middleton), Gargoyle RR (Based on an Adrian Williams design, circa 1976 and Brook Type in 1903 designed by Lucien Pissarro for his private press, Eragny Press), GilmoreFahrenheit, GilmoreSansExtBolExtCondTitl, Gothic Extension, Gothic Medium Condensed (after a 1939 Ludlow typeface), GoudyY38, Grand Canyon (2002, a condensed slab serif family based on wood type). GroveScript
    • Hancock Pro (2017), Hauser Script (after a 1934 Ludlow font by Georg Hauser), Helium (1994, a mini slab serif face), Hess Old Style (1993, a revival of the garalde typeface Hess Old Style by Sol Hess for Lanston, 1920-1923), Honduras
    • Inverness, Iron Maiden RR
    • Jardine, Javelin, Jolly Roger (2003, a digitization of a 1970 font by Phil Martin), Jubilee
    • Keyboard, Kingsley, Kingsrow
    • Leighton, Lesmore, Los Alamos (2007, a condensed sans companion of Grand Canyon), Lodestone Pro (2017; based on Marvin (1970) by Face Photosetting).
    • Madrid (based on Nacional, a 1941 typeface by Carlos Winkow), Maximo, Mechanic Gothic DST, Megaphone, Motorcross (2008, after an art deco font from 1930 by Ludwig&Mayer)
    • NewJohnston
    • PallMall, Phoenix Pro (2011: after Morris Fuller Benton's condensed typeface Phenix American, 1935), Phosphate (based on Phosphor by J. Erbar, 1922-1930; contains a nice Inline; Phosphate Pro Solid and Inline was done with Ashley Muir in 2010), Pipeline, Poor Richard, Portobello (loosely based on Aldo Novarese's Pontecorvo)
    • Quest
    • Radiant RR (after a 1938 typeface by R.H. Middleton), Railroad Gothic Pro (2017: an American caps-only grotesque based on a Ludlow original, ca. 1900), Raleigh, RRRaleighGothic, Razor Bill (based on the original typeface from Face, London, circa 1972), Ribbit, RivoliInitials
    • Rocklidge Pro (2011, with Ashley Muir). Based on Jana (Richard D. Juenger, VGC, 1965).
    • Roman Tyres (1997).
    • SaintLouis, Salzburg, Schiller Antiqua (based on Nacional's Hispalis), Sandbox (2017, after a typeface from the Robert D. DeLittle Foundry, ca. 1888), Schindler, Secret Service Typewriter (2002, based on a 1905 proof of an early Remington typewriter font from the Keystone Type Foundry), Shinn, Shortwave Gothic, Silverado, Sinclair, Sphinx (1992, Steve Jackaman, based on a 1925 design by Deberny&Peignot), Stanhope, Steelplate Gothic Pro (1993 and 2017: a copperplate gothic based on Robert Wiebking's original, ca. 1918), Stirling, Superba Pro (1992 and 2017, after Hass's Superba, 1928-1930), Sycamore
    • TCAdminister (1994, Les Usherwood and Steve Jackaman), Tempo, Thingbat, TitanicCondensed, Triple Condensed Gothic (a movie credit font)
    • Ultraduck, Ultra Modern RR (after a 1928 art deco typeface by Douglas McMurtrie).
    • Venezuela (2000, Mexican simulation face, based on Albert Auspurg's Vesta from 1926, created by Pat Hickson), Veronese
    • Waverly, Willard Sniffin Script (2007, based on Willard Sniffin's 1930s ATF brush script called Keynote)
    • Yeoman Gothic
    • Xctasy Sans (2002, an avant-garde family influenced by the 1960s typeface Design Fineline)
    FontShop link. MyFonts link.

    Text listing of their typefaces. Alphabetic catalog of the Red Rooster typeface library [large web page warning]. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Redbox Design
    [Bang Benu]

    Creator of the script typefaces Marisha Script (2016) and Andelya (2016), and the signage typeface Pumpkino (2016). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Redy Studio (or: Nfajri Redy)
    [Nurul Fajri Redy]

    Bandar Lampung, Indonesia-based designer (b. 1992) of these script typefaces:

    • Pardone (2021). An inky script.
    • Calligraphic: Simplified (a wild script) (2021), Hafidzah (2021: wild style), High Class (a wild calligraphic or Treefrog script) (2021), Voguish (a wild calligraphic script) (2021), Sophistic (a wild calligraphic script) (2021), Banda Neira (2020: a formal wedding script), Way Kambas (2019), Raja Ampat (2018).
    • Handwriting scripts: Diary Writing (2021), Mance Rose (2020: font duo), Rollover (2020), Multiverse (2020), Sign Style (2020: a signature font), Mortdecai Script (2019: emulating a signature script), Hafidz (2019), Dear Gray (2019), Canari Script (2019), Searches (2019), Pelipe (2018), Carine (2018: monoline), Bondi Sans (2018, +Rough), Read Head (2018: monoline), Restacts (2018), Minimalist (2018).
    • Brush scripts: Royalty (2020), Scotland Stories, Miguela (2018), Mateo (2018).
    • Signage scripts: Ecentric (2020), Streetball (2019), Miguela Script (2018).
    • Vintage: Bookman (2019: Script, Sans, Serif), Astria (2019).
    • Sans: Bookman Sans (2019), Carine (2018).
    • Font duo: Messy (2019, Sans+Script), Messy Nessy Script.
    • Display typefaces: Circus of Letters (a display typeface featuring lots of ball terminals).
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    Renaldi Novianda
    [Samrenal Studio]

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    Rendi Rochimah
    [Hatf Type]

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    Resistenza
    [Giuseppe Salerno]

    Giuseppe Salerno (aka Resistenza.es) is an Italian graphic designer, specializing in web design. He lived in Torino, Amsterdam, Madrid, and Valencia, and currently works in Valencia, Berlin and Turin. Studio Resistenza was cofounded by Giuseppe Salerno and Paco Gonzales.

    In 2010, he made the circular multiline face Afrobeat (+Light), the fat counterless typeface Vito Sans (2010), Wonderwall (2010, like a skeletal construction), the high-contrast art deco typeface Zaza (2010), and the pure Italian vintage art deco face Luxx (futurism).

    Other work: an art deco poster.

    Direct links to his fonts: Zaza, Afrobeat, Vito Sans, Luxx, Wonder Wall, Afrobeat Light.

    Creations from 2011: Ratatan, Bodoni At Home (a handpainted Bodoni), Arcanotype (2011, delicate caps, individually drawn using Chinese ink on Japanese calligraphy paper), Babushka (2011), Dolce Caffe (2011), Adelaida (hand-printed poster face), Monella (octagonal).

    Production in 2012: Ampersanders (a font with many ampersands), BLAQ (an ornamental blackletter caps typeface inspired by Henry W. Troy), The Bay (hand-printed all caps poster face), Bratislove (an artsy hand-drawn typeface), Modernissimo (decorative modern art-inspired caps), Clementina (hand-printed caps), Afrobeat Gothic (angular multiline face).

    Typefaces from 2013: Glob (bubblegum face), Archivio (slab serif family with very open counters), Mina (connected script), Monster Hand (brush script), Berliner Fraktur (a flat brush fraktur inspired by Rudolf Koch), The Luxx (a redesign of the 2010 art deco sans typeface Luxx---a comparable typeface is Mostra Nuova by Mark Simonson), Starburst (calligraphic gestural light script), Caramello Script, Copperlove (copperplate script), Yma Italic (retro script), Sonica Brush.

    Typefaces from 2014: Stencil Creek, Elastica (handcrafted typeface family), Elastica (hand-drawn poster family), Nautica (copperplate script, extended in 2018 to Nautica Sottile and the monoline version Nautica Line), Ingles (copperplate script), Peperoncino Sans (a decorative sans serif font system designed with a marker), Attica RSZ (inspired by Caslon Italian and Novarese's Estro), Montana (poster family, +Icona), Superb (a yummy creamy script, co-designed with Paco Gonzalez), Dolce Caffe 3D, Coming Home (a hairline curly script based on a childish handwriting), Rachele (a monoline connected script with a large x-height), The Crashed Fonts (a glaz krak family), Newland (inspired by Rudolf Koch's Neuland), Two Fingers (a funky hand-drawn family that includes, e.g., Two Fingers Bodoni, Two Fingers Courier, Two Fingers Poster [blackboard bold] and Two Fingers Script).

    Typefaces from 2015: Modern Love (brush script), Mela (a gorgeous pointed brush / walnut ink typeface), Turquoise (a calligraphic serif type influenced by capitalis romana; not to be confused with Ahmet Altun's Turquoise typeface from 2011; co-designed with Paco Gonzalez, it was extended in 2019 in Turquoise Inline, and a new version was added in 2021, Turquoise Tuscan), Mina Chic (a wide connected calligraphic fashion mag script), Natura (connected fountain pen script, with accompanying Notebook, Icons and Stamps (initial caps) styles), Stencil Creek (inspired by Akzidenz Grotesk and influenced by street signs of the North West Pacific), Quaderno (monoline upright signage script).

    Typefaces from 2016: Xmas Wishes, Gianduja (2016, a chocolate box script typeface family co-designed with Andrea Tardivo and Paco Gonzalez). Apero (a handcrafted emulation of sans and slab styles; the sans serif was inspired by vintage local liquor labels), Respect (a brush script sign painting typeface), Mentha (a calligraphic connected script typeface).

    Typefaces from 2017: Peperoncino Vintage, Shabby Chic (wide signature script), Merendina (rounded sans family), Adore You (dry brush script), Quaderno Slanted (monolinear connected script), Love Wins (a collection of signage type phrases), Beach Please (watercolor brush), Timberline (dry brush script), Orbita (stencil shadow), Modern Love Slanted (brush style), Gessetto (a chalk lettering family).

    Typefaces from 2018: Pesto Fresco (a wonderful 28-font layerable font family for use in hand-lettered posters), Instamood (a casual script), Auster (an unconventional flared and reverse contrast sans; followed in 2019 by Auster Rounded by Paco Gonzalez and Giuseppe Salerno, and in 2020 by Auster Variable), Smoothy (brush script), Voguing (a multiline typeface inspired by the movement and glamour of the 80¿s and New York ballrooms scene), Beach Please Vintage, La Bodeguita (calligraphic), Contigo (with Paco Gonzalez; see also Contigo Vintage ), Story Tales (folklore style, with many choices of textures and possibility of layering), DreamTeam (multilined).

    Typefaces from 2019 co-designed by Paco Gonzalez and Giuseppe Salerno: the brush typefaces Pando Script and Parkour, the Tuscan family Royale, the chalk font Dolce Caffe Chalk, the brush script Batticuore, the bry brush script typeface Blue Jeans, the layered handcrafted sans typeface Dolcissimo, and the font duo Sunday Morning.

    Typefaces from 2019 by Giuseppe Salerno: SmoothyPro (with Paco Gonzalez), Auster Slab (a reverse stress slab).

    Typefaces from 2020: Vermouth (a layerable font based on Italian signs from the 1960s), Big Mamma (a hand-printed slab serif by Giuseppe Salerno and Paco Gonzalez), Suerte (a reverse contrast display type, inspired by Aldo Novarese's Estro; with Paco Gonzalez), Norman (a fashion mag typeface by Paco Gonzalez and Giuseppe Salerno), Royale Italic (Tuscan; with Paco Gonzalez), Groupie (a psychedelic delight), Hello Fresh (with Paco Gonzalez), Nostalgia and Nostalgia Flowers (with Paco Gonzalez), Tresor (a romantic flared sans; with Paco Gonzalez), Pesto Fresco Italic (with Paco Gonzalez).

    Typefaces from 2021: Industria Serif (54 styles; by Giuseppe Salerno and Paco Gonzalez), Guess What (hand-printed), Little Boxes (a fat finger font), Notes (a notebook script family), Annuario (an 48-style sans initially created for a calendar), Norman Stencil, Norman Variable, Videomusic (script), Norman Fat (a decorative high-contrast razor-sharp serif).

    Typefaces from 2022: Oddity (a stylish calligraphic script).

    His type blog is called It's Not My Type. Behance link. Creative Market link. Klingspor link. Creattica link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Re-Type
    [Ramiro Espinoza]

    Argentinian designer Ramiro Espinoza (b. Santa Fe, 1969) studied at the Universidad Nacional del Litoral in Santa Fe. He dabbled in fonts at his gorgeous (but now defunct) Jazz Futurezone site. In 2007, he founded Re-type, where he heads a group of designers including Yomar Augusto, Leo Beukeboom and Ricardo Rousselot. Ramiro graduated from the Type and Media's KABK (Den Haag) in 2004. He taught typography at the Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Universidad de Buenos Aires and the Escola d'Art i Superior de Disseny in Valencia, Spain. At FontShop International, he was in a team that converted more than 50 font families to OpenType. He freelances occasionally for David Quay's studio. He joined Type Network in 2017. He is currently located in Amsterdam. His typefaces:

    • Mabella (2001), a free font dedicated to the Argentinian feminist activist Mabel Bellucci. It was for some time available at Sudtipos but discontinued there. It is still at Dafont.
    • Bellucci (2008), a commercial redesign of Mabella.
    • The display font Mariabrug (2002). This too is no longer available--it was redesigned and marketed as Kurversbrug, one of the ReType's fonts. Kurversbrug (2007) is a revival of the famous letters appearing on Amsterdam's bridges: the letters were probably designed by Anton Kurvers (b. Den Haag, 23 July 1889; d. Amsterdam, 29 January 1940).
    • At Union Fonts: Lula (2002-2003).
    • Maitena (2003), a free font based on the hand of an Argentinian comic artist, Maitena Burundarena.
    • Lavigne (2004-2010): Lavigne Display is the first release of a type-family aimed at publications such as interior design and women magazines-anywhere a touch of distinction is to be desired. Lavigne Display won an award at TDC2 2010. Lavigne Display and Lavigne Text (a modern serif family) were both winners at Tipos Latinos 2010.
    • Tomate (2008) is a brush lettering / signage script font influenced by Goudy Heavyface Italic. It won an award at Tipos Latinos 2010.
    • Barbieri (2009) is a signage face.
    • Work on Severino (2004) has been abandoned.
    • Smidswater Italics (2009): Smidswater is a Dutch graphic design studio with offices in The Hague and Breda. They had a corporate font (designed by Paulus Nabbe and Onno Bevoort) but wanted to expand the package adding italics and light weights. Ramiro Espinoza was commissioned for this and now Smidswater Font is a complete set extensively used in the studio's indentity.
    • Bath (2010-2011) is a Dutch typeface developed with David Quay for the signage and orientation in the city of Bath.
    • Winco (2012) is a glyphic (flared, incise) type family created from scratch. Espinoza mentions Arpke Antiqua and Globus Cursive as indirect influences on his new type family. It won an award at Tipos Latinos 2012.
    • Krul (2012) is an interpretation of the Amsterdamse Krulletter style of calligraphic signage. This was presented at ATypI 2013 in Amsterdam. A book entitled Amsterdamse Krulletter by Rob Becker and Ramiro Espinoza was published by Lecturis.nl in 2014. The English edition, The Curly Letter of Amsterdam followed in 2015.
    • Dulcinea (2012), a chancery / penmanship typeface. He writes: Dulcinea looks at Spanish Baroque calligraphy's most extreme tendencies, and especially at some of those produced by the writing masters Pedro Diaz Morante and Juan Claudio Aznar de Polanco. These 17th and 18th century alphabets with their plentiful calligraphic flourishes represented a marked break with the harmonic and angular Renaissance Cancellaresca style. It was Morante who first introduced and popularized the use of the pointed quill in Spain, and although his famous text entitled Arte Nueva de escribir(first volume published in 1616) contains alphabets that have much in common with traditional broad nib Cancellaresca calligraphy, most of the examples therein are outgrowths of the new models put forward by the Italian master Gianfrancesco Cresci. The swashes are complex and intricate, but at the same time they feature a profusion of defects. Many of them sometimes come close to ugliness. However, these pages contain an artistic essence that bears a relationship to the ironic and sometimes somber character of Spanish Baroque.
    • Medusa (2013) is a delicate copperplate penmanship script based upon renowned master Ramón Stirling. Helped in the type production by Paula Mastrangelo, Ramiro looked very carefully at the original manner in which glyphs connected. This typeface will win awards. Well, I wrote the previous sentence on the day I first saw Medusa. Medusa won an award at TDC 2014. In March 2014, it won an award at Tipos Latinos 2014.
    • Laski Slab, co-designed with Paula Mastrangelo, won an award at Tipos Latinos 2014. It is based on Paula's thesis work in 2012. Ramiro Espinoza kept on developing that typeface and published Laski Sans in 2016.

      In 2017, he published Guyot Headline (a revival of Françcois Guyot's types). Guyot Text followed later in 2017---it is very legible even at small print sizes and is a sturdy workhorse overall. Winner at Tipos Latinos 2018 of a type design award for Guyot. Guyot also won an award won an award at TDC Typeface Design 2018. In 2020, Guyot was selected as a typeface for Garcia Media's redesign of the major German finacial newspaper, Handelsblatt.

    • Reiher Headline (2018). A typeface family inspired by two fonts displayed in the famous Ploos van Amstel specimen, first printed in Amsterdam in 1767. The Reiher Headline romans were based on the handsome N° 1 Groote Paragon Romein, a rather condensed typeface whose punchcutter has not yet been identified. Reiher Headline's italics were based on the Aszendonica types attributed to Nicholas Kis. Several of the ornaments included in the Reiher types have been ascribed to J.F. Rosart. Espinoza further expanded the possibilities of his new family with Reiher Headline Open, a decorative inline version of Reiher Headline Bold. Reiher Headline was designed for magazine and newspapers.
    • Dejanire and Dejanire Headline (2019), a typeface family loosely inspired by an anonymous display typeface found in the type specimen of Claude Lamesle, published in Paris in 1742. It takes its name from Deianira, a Calydonian princess in Greek mythology and the wife of Heracles. Lamesle introduced it under the blah name of Gros canon deux points de gros romain. Ramiro Espinoza set out to improve Lamesle's typeface by fixing its flaws while preserving its freshness. It was followed in 2020 by Dejanire Sans and in 2022 by Dejanire Text and Dejanire Jewel (a baroque, profusely ornate set of capitals inspired by a set of titling capitals found in a religious decree printed in 1800 by Pedro Battle in Barcelona).
    • Kranto (2021). A 144-style sans serif typeface inspired by British and German grotesque typefaces from the first half of the twentieth century. It features weights from thin to black, widths from regular to condensed, and x-heights from small to large (called text, normal and display).

    MyFonts interview in 2012. Speaker at ATypI 2018 in Antwerp. Fontspace link. Dafont link. Behance link. Type Network link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Revo Farisky
    [Pen Culture (or: End Co; was: Stripline Co)]

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    Reyrey Blue
    [Risca Anitawati]

    Designer in Magelang (was: Yogyakarta), Indonesia, b. 1989. In 2020, she created the script typefaces Grand Amoura (script), Black Colnes, Des Rosesa, Nathiya, Lazy Boy, Brocke Jackson, Summer Like (+Sans), Magic Glass, Sweet Janette, Ceriya, La Muselle, Las Antonio, Shine de Love and Marionite.

    Typefaces from 2021: Blinks High (a monoline script), Rhastelie (a sharp-edged reverse stress display serif), Christmas Melody (a calligraphic script), Billies Island (script), Bonjour Sydney (brush script), Mellaney Script, Bonjour Sydney (script), Le Vangeline (a calligraphic script), Soligant (an elegant typeface), Asillynne (an inky script), Paisleigh (a thin calligraphic script), Romantic Sunday (a graceful calligraphic script), The Julayna (a formal calligraphic script), Mon de Tresor (a condensed fashion mag serif), Medyson (a fattish vintage serif), Baby Rainbow, Magic Glass, Californian Beach, Caliner Script, The Bernardo, The Adelyne Script, La Vieste (a display serif with swashes), The Keandro (a signage script).

    Typefaces from 2022: Roxale Story (a fashion mag serif), Te Quirtez (a sharp-edged vampire serif with rhombic tittles), Des Morgan (a condensed fashion mag serif), Triple Lemon, Cupid Darling (a scrapbook font), Seventh August (a display serif). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Reza Design (or: Silverstein Design)
    [Akhmad Reza Fauzi]

    Jakarta, Indonesia-based designer.

    Typefaces from 2021: Atsuka Montreal (serif and script).

    In 2020, he designed Shania Quinton, Peter Quincy (a dry brush script / sans duo),

    In 2019, he published these script typefaces: Paula Matilda, Natalie Caydence, Mike Samiya, Death Squire (a horror font), Camilla Ahoy, Audrey Tatum, Olivade, Diane Amorta, Kasper Lullaby, Sharica, Brushella, Rawinda, Olismore, Shikatta (script), Peter Quincy (Sans, Script), Olime, Daisuke (monoline signature script), Ottmar, Hontary (brush script), Barthez (Victorian), Rodetta, Ganetha (an outstanding creamy script), Solvetta (a wild calligraphic script), Silver King (signage script), Barletta (a spurred vintage typeface). He also released the rounded sans typeface Minahils, the copperplate font Jakobenz, the spurred vintage / sans / serif/ monoline script typeface family Geovano, and the weathered vintage typeface Punizione in 2019.

    Typefaces made in 2018: Wensfort (script), Omelette Script (a creamy retro signage font), Hallory, Bellington.

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    Reza Rahman

    Bandung Barat, Indonesia-based designer of the retro signage script font Southern California (2015), which is also published by Maghrib Lab, which is also located in Bandung, Indonesia. Same story for the blackletter typeface Siren (2015).

    In 2016, he designed the rock music-inspired (tattoo?) font Rockstar, and the brush font Firca.

    Typefaces from 2017: Vianda (brush script), Quila (a monoline marker or comic book font). Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Rhega Juliandy
    [Deadlock Studio]

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    Ribeth Studio (or: Fonthana Studio)
    [Davis Andi Pradana]

    Davis Andi Pradana is the Klaten, Indonesia-based designer in 2021 of Rough Anthem (a retro baseball script), Brunella (script), Billionstar (a heavy brush script), and Callista (a wild calligraphic script). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Ricard Garcia

    Barcelona-based designer and lettering artist. In 2015 he received his BA in Graphic Design from the University of Barcelona. Graduate of the Type Media program at KABK in Den Haag, The Netherlands, class of 2019. His typefaces:

    • Prelude, his graduation typeface at KABK, is a display sans that has calligraphic traits in the heavier weights. It has many styles that make this humanistic ensemble a wonderful and useful toolbox, even for short texts. It won an award at 23TDC.
    • With Andreu Balius at Type Republic, he designed Patufet (2018-2019), a warm text family inspired by Catalan folk tales. For hairlines, one can't go thinner than Patufet Finet. In 2020, they added Patufet Mono. For hairlines, one can't go thinner than Patufet Finet, and for fatness, one can't go fatter than Patufet Obes, another 2020 addition.
    • Still with Andreu Balius, he developed Poblet (2018: Solid, Diamond, Bevel), a stylish titling or display typeface that includes a vintage inline style.
    • The heavy sign painter's typeface Raval (2020, Type Republic). Later renamed Ravals.
    • The stroke-based Casual. This typeface was developed by combining the calligraphic origin of a sign painting model to a parametric world built by code.
    • Nina (ca. 2015). A hand-printed typeface based on the handwriting of Antonia Monroig, in which each glyph has four versions.
    • Globe (2020). An artsy typeface that fits well in Gaudi's universe.
    • Groundbeat (2020). A stencil family by Andreu Balius and Ricard Garcia.
    • The Superveloz Centenary Collection (2020, by Andreu Balius and Ricard Garcia at Type Republic). Designed to honor Joan Trochut's 1942 masterpiece. It consists of SV Mambo, SV Jazz, SV Bebop, SV Bolero, SV Swing and SV Twist. In 2021, Ricard Garcia and Andreu Balius added the large family SuperVeloz Caps which consists of SV Caps Bebop SV Caps Bolero SV Caps Jazz SV Caps Mambo SV Caps Swing and SV Caps Twist.

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    Ricardo Lobato

    Ricardo Lobato (Belo Horizonte, Brazil) designed Modern Leaf (2010, modular) and SK 2010 (2010, informal hand-printed signage face) as part of his course work at Escola de Design, Universidade do Estado de Minas Gerais (UEMG). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Ricardo Marcin
    [PintassilgoPrints]

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    Ricardo Marro

    Chilean designer of the signage script typeface Samsara (2018, W Foundry). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Ricardo Victor Rousselot Schmitt
    [Edy Type]

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    Richard Diaz Granados
    [Stereo Type Haus]

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    Richard Miller
    [Miller Type Foundry]

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    Richars Meza
    [IS Creative Studio]

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    Ricky Hartasni
    [Taznix Creative]

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    Ricky Rinaldi
    [Aiyari]

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    Rifqi Ramdhani

    Bandung, Indonesia-based designer of the signage typeface Sonic (2016), which is based on the Sonic the Hedgehog character in a Sega game. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Rinto Dwi Nugroho
    [Almeera Studio]

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    Risca Anitawati
    [Reyrey Blue]

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    Riska Kurniawan
    [Black Lotus]

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    Riski Firmana
    [Solid Type]

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    Risman Ginarwan
    [Garisman Studio]

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    Riyadh Rahman
    [Ergibi Studio]

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    Rizki Andika
    [Letterfresh Studio]

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    Rizky Satyaludin
    [Maghrib Lab]

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    RMU (Ralph Michael Unger Typedesign)
    [Ralph Michael Unger]

    Ralph M. Unger (b. 1953, Thuringia, East Germany) says this about himself at MyFonts: Typesetter from the composing stick via Linotype setting machines to the Mac. Jobs in various Thuringian printeries. Barred further education by Communist authorities due to political reasons. Imprisoned in East Germany. Since 1988 in the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg, former West Germany. Jobs in several newspaper printing houses as advertisement compositor. Own office since 1995, in Aalen, Baden-Wuerttemberg. He lives in Schwaebisch Gmuend, and was a freelance type designer for Profonts and URW++, where he contributed frequently to their libraries between 2002 and 2009. In 2009, he founded RMU. MyFonts link. I split his contributions into two groups, the URW / Profonts group, and the RMU group. The prefix FontForum refers to a subseries of URW++ fonts. Unless specifically mentioned, all the following fonts are at URW++ and/or Profonts:

    • FontForum Admiral Script (2005): revival of Middleton's Admiral script from 1953.
    • Amitié (2009): a garalde family.
    • Arabella Pro (2006): after the script by Arnold Drescher from 1936, published at Joh. Wagner.
    • Fontforum Atrament (2006): architectural lettering. Do not confuse with a Suitcase Type Foundry font from 2003 by the same name.
    • Atze (2010): a comic book family.
    • Behrensschrift D (2007): after the jugendstil typeface Behrens Schrift, 1902, by Peter Behrens.
    • FontForum Bernhard Script (2005): after Bernhard Script from the 1920s.
    • Bradley (2005): blackletter, after the original by William H. Bradley.
    • Breite Kanzlei (2007).
    • Breitkopf Fraktur (2003): after the original by Johann Gottlob Immanuel Breitkopf, done in 1793.
    • Brocken (2011) is a signage typeface inspired by a design of Volker Küster (1960s).
    • Profonts Bureau (2010, Profonts): a minimalist rounded sans family.
    • FontForum Calypso (2005): a revival of Roger Excoffon's Calypso (1958).
    • Card Pro (2006): a decorative display based on Ella Cursief (1916, Sjoerd Hendrik de Roos, Lettergieterij Amsterdam).
    • Chaweng (2006, Profonts): an oriental all caps simulation face.
    • Civilite URW (2005).
    • Compliment (2004, casual script). Based on a 1965 script by Helmu Matheis for Ludwig & Mayer.
    • Cranach (2007): a blackletter typeface modeled after Kuenstler Gotisch from the Krebs Foundry.
    • Dominante (2007): a serif family based on Johannes Schweitzer's font by that name, 1959.
    • Dominique (2010, profonts): an informal typeface.
    • FontForum URW Ecsetiras (2005): revival of Ecsetirás (Zoltan Nagy, 1967, a brush face).
    • Edda Pro (2008). An art nouveau typeface that revives a Heinrich Heinz Keune typeface from 1900.
    • Energia Pro (2008, Profonts): connected monowidth script, based on Arno Drescher's Energos from 1932.
    • Estro (2003, Western lettering). Seems close to Nebiolo's Estro from the 60s.
    • Eurobrush Pro (2007, Profonts): handwriting.
    • EuroSans (2008).
    • Euroscript Pro (2006, Profonts): school script typeface based on his own handwriting.
    • Flashes (2007): a revival of Crous-Vidal's Flash, 1953.
    • Fox (2007): a brush script based on W. Rebhuhn's original from the 1950s.
    • Gamundia (2010): a calligraphic copperplate script inspired by Excoffon's Diane.
    • Ganz Grobe Gotisch (2006): a fat blackletter modeled after the original by F.H.E. Schneidler.
    • Gmuender Elan Pro (2011) is a 1950s style script face.
    • Gradl Nr 1 (2008): based on hand-drawn art nouveau upper case characters by M. J. Gradl, ca. 1900.
    • Graphique Pro (2008): shaded caps face, based on Graphique, which was originally created by Swiss designer Hermann Eidenbenz in 1945, and issued as hot metal font by Haas'sche Schriftgießerei. See also New Graphique Pro (2011).
    • Handel Slab (2009): a 6-style extension of Trogram's 1980 typeface Handel Gothic.
    • Hanseat (2010): a grotesque family done at Profonts. It was heavily inspired by Germany's official DIN 1451 Engschrift.
    • Iova Nova (2007): based on Jowa Script, designed by J. Wagner in 1967.
    • Profonts>Impression (2008): art deco.
    • Jessen Schrift (2004): after the Rudolf Koch blackletter typeface by that name.
    • FontForum URW Konzept Pro (2005): revival of Konzept (1968, Martin Wilke's handprinting face).
    • Legende (2002): a script typeface based on the original typeface of Friedrich Hermann Ernst Schneidler (1937).
    • Leipziger Antiqua. The original Leipziger Antiqua by Alfred Kapr at Typoart dates from 1971 until 1973. The digital version of Leipziger Antiqua was developed by Ralph M. Unger in 2005.
    • Manuskript Antiqua (2005): after Oldrich Meinhart's Manuskript Antiqua.
    • The Maszynysta family of heavy industrial sans typefaces (2010) have a textured style (Struktura), a Shadow, and a plain Roman.
    • Maxim (2003, Profonts): The heavy brush typeface Maxim was originally designed by Peter Schneidler in 1956 for the Bauer foundry.
    • New Bayreuth (2008): after Friedrich Hermann Ernst Schneidler's Bayreuth from 1932.
    • Old Borders and Lines (2010). A free font.
    • Ornella (2008): Jugendstil.
    • Peter Schlemihl (2008, Profonts): a revival of a blackletter by Walter Tiemann.
    • Pedell (2009): a casual script.
    • Polo (2002): a brush face modeled after Carl Rudolph Pohl's Polo (1960).
    • In 2012, Ivana Koudelkova co-designed the grungy headline typeface Retroactive Pro with Ralph M. Unger at Profonts.
    • Fontforum Rhapsody (2006): a revival of Ilse Schüle's rotunda face.
    • Roberta (2003): art nouveau typeface after obert Trogman's typeface for FotoStar.
    • FontForum Signs and Symbols (2006).
    • Splendor (2009): a revival of a brush script typeface by Wilhelm Berg, Schriftguss, 1930. See also Splendor Pro (2014).
    • Sportowy (2009): an outline face.
    • Stanford (2011). A sports lettering face.
    • Stiletto (2006): a medieval script.
    • Fontforum Stripes (2007): a multistripe op art display typeface based on a Letraset font from 1973 by the same name.
    • Fontforum Thalia (2006): retro font.
    • Tintoretto (2006): shadow display face based on an origonal by Schelter & Giesecke.
    • Tip Top Pro (2008): a Julius Klinkhardt art nouveau typeface revival.
    • FontForum Unciala (2005): a revival of Oldrich Menhart's typeface Unciala (1953, Grafotechna).
    • Unger Chancery (2005).
    • Unger Script (2003): based on H. Matheis' Slogan typeface designed for Ludwig&Mayer in 1957.
    • Veltro (2007): after a 1931 original by G. da Milano at Nebiolo.
    • Profonts Woodpecker (2008).
    The list of RMU fonts:
    • Affiche (2017). A revival of Helios Reklameschrift of the Klinkhardt foundry.
    • Aldo Manuzio (2017). After a house typeface from 1897 by Schelter&Giesecke.
    • Amati Pro (2010): after Georg Trump's condensed didone face, Amati, 1951.
    • Antiqua Florenz (2021). A revival and extension of Paul Zimmermann's Antiqua Florenz (1960, Ludwig & Mayer), which is based on Venetian romans.
    • Avus Pro (2012). A sans family that extends Gert Wunderlich's Maxima (1970).
    • Baroque Pearl (2016). A pearly typeface that revives Peter A. Demeter's Fournier Geperlt (1922, Schriftguss).
    • Behrens Kursiv (2013). After a 1906 original by Peter Behrens.
    • RMU Belvedere (2020). A revival of Heinrich Wieynck's art nouveau / fin-de-siècle typeface Belvedere (1906, Bauer).
    • RMU Bison (2020). A revival of Julius Kirn's brush script Bison (1935-1938, C.E. Weber).
    • Bernhard Blackletter (2016). After Lucian Bernhard's extrafette Bernhard Fraktur (1921).
    • Bernhard Cursive Extra Bold (2010).
    • Borghese (2015). An art nouveau font after a Schelter & Giesecke original from 1904.
    • Borgis Pro (2012). A Clarendon-style text family.
    • Boulette (2015, a fat creamy script).
    • RMU Bowery (2019) A revival of Old Bowery (1933, ATF)).
    • Bravura Pro (2013). After G.G. Lange's Publica.
    • Bricklayers (2012). An original fat slab display face.
    • Brillant (2009): art nouveau and ultra heavy.
    • Butti (2011). A script family paterned after Fluidum (1951, Alessandro Butti, Nebiolo).
    • Cable Condensed (2014). Based on Koch's Kabel.
    • Caesar Pro (2011). A flared sans typeface after Caesar Schrift (1913, Georg Schiller, C.F. Rühl).
    • Capitol Pro (2012). An art deco typeface based on Capitol (Karl Hermann Schaefer for Schriftguss, 1931).
    • Carina Pro (2017). A calligraphic script typeface based on Rautendelein (1929, Schriftguss).
    • Carla Pro (2013). A broad-nibbed script modeled after Ballantines Script (Elsner & Flake, 1974; see also Ballantines Serial by SoftMaker).
    • Carlsbad (2018). A couple of art nouveau typefaces based on originals from 1895 by H. Berhold called Regina Cursiv and Hansa Cursiv.
    • Caslon Gotisch (2009): after the original by William Caslon from 1763.
    • Celebration (2009): blackletter.
    • Circensis (2016). A Western circus font based on a concept of Fritz Richter.
    • Claudius (2010): after a 1937 blackletter font at Klingspor.
    • Constanze Pro (2012). A light cursive typeface based on Constanze (1954, Joachim Romann, Klingspor).
    • Contact Pro (2010): after Contact, a 1963 font by Helmut Matheis.
    • Dante Alighieri (2018). Based on a Schelter & Giesecke original.
    • Daphnis (2016). A revival of Daphnis (1929, Walter Tiemann).
    • Deutschmeister (2017). A textura blackletter typeface after Deutschmeister by Berthold Wolpe for Ludwig Wagner in 1934. (Some dispute that Wolpe made this font.)
    • Diamant Pro (2012). A transitional serif face.
    • Emilia (2016). Based on Weiss Antiqua (1928) by Emil Rudolf Weiss.
    • Neue Echo (2016). Based on Echo for Schriftguss.
    • Elbflorenz (2020). A revival of Albert Auspurg's display typeface Miami (1934, Schriftguss).
    • Emilia Gotisch (2016). After Weiss Gotisch (1936) by Emil Rudolf Weiss.
    • Emilia Fraktur (2021). A revival of Emil Rudolf Weiss's Weiss Fraktur (1913).
    • Erler Titling (2015). After Erler Versalien (1953, Herbert Thannhaeuser for Typoart).
    • Eurotech Pro (2011): a slabby techno family.
    • Faulkner Pro (2011): a connected heavy signage script based on Alan Meeks's Kestrel.
    • Fette Kanzlei (2019).
    • Fette Unger Fraktur (2010).
    • Fichte Fraktur (2020). After Walter Tiemann's Fichte Fraktur (1934).
    • Fontanesi RMU. An ornamental caps typeface that revives Aldo Novarese's Fontanesi (2018).
    • Forelle Pro (2010): after the original Forelle script typeface by Erich Mollowitz, 1936.
    • Frankenberg Pro (2012). An antique script face.
    • Gabor Pro (2014). A connected copperplate script.
    • Gaby Pro (2017). A revival of Hans Möhring's script typeface Gabriele (1938 or 1947, C.E. Weber).
    • Garamond Antiqua Pro (2015).
    • RMU Gilgengart (2020). A revival of Hermann Zapf's Fraktur font Gilgengart (1938).
    • Gillray Pro (2015). A copperplate script after Hogarth Script (by Harald Bröder for Typoart).
    • RMU Gloria (2019). After Gloria (1898, Emil Gursch).
    • RMU Gong (2020). Based on Arno Drescher's Super Grotesk Schmalfett first released in 1933 at Schriftguss.
    • Gmuender Gravur (2011). A 3d shadow face. Gmuender Antiqua Pro (2015) is influenced by the metal font Imprimatur (1952-1955, Konrad F. Bauer and Walter Baum). Gmuender Kanzlei (2018) is a blackletter typeface.
    • Goethe Fraktur (2022). A revival of a blackletter typeface by Wilhelm Woellmer (1905).
    • Gravira (2021). A revival of Herbert Thannhaeuser's Gravira, released by Schelter & Giesecke in 1935 .
    • Haenel Antiqua (2020, based on a 19th century antiqua by Eduard Haenel) and Haenel Fraktur (2011, after Haenel Fraktur, ca. 1840).
    • Hanse Textura (2020). A revival of a textura by Hermann Zapf.
    • RMU Helion (2020). A revival of the 3d titling typeface Helion (1935, Arno Drescher for Schriftguss Dresden).
    • RMU Herkules (2019). After a late 19th century font by Bauer and Berthold called Reklameschrift Herkules.
    • Hoelderlin (2018). After Eugen Weiss's Hoelderlin blackletter font (1937).
    • Hoyer Script (2017). After Hanns Thaddeus Hoyer's Hoyer Schoenschrift (1939, Stempel).
    • Hupp Fraktur (2016). After Otto Hupp, 1911.
    • Impuls (2010): a brushy typeface based on Paul Zimmermann's Impuls (1945).
    • Initials RMU One (2012) consists of revivals of Rudhardsche Initialen (Otto Eckmann, ca. 1900) and Walthari Initials (ca. 1900, Rudhardsche Giesserei). Initials RMU Two (2012) consists of revivals of Jubilaeumsinitialen (by Bauersche) and Augsburger Initialen (by Peter Schnorr, 1901).
    • Jean Paul Fraktur (2021). A revival of Breitkopf's Fraktur font Jean-Paul-Schrift (1798).
    • Jobs Gravure (2011). It had to happen---a few days after Steve Jobs' death, Unger released the beveled engraved typeface Jobs Gravure, which is an extension of Trump Gravur (1954, Weber).
    • Jolly Polly (2012): a curly non-connected script face.
    • Kis Antiqua Pro (2018). A revival of Hildegard Korger's Kis Antiqua at Typoart.
    • Kleist Fraktur (2010): after Walter Tiemann's original.
    • Kompress Pro (2013). Two compressed sans typefaces.
    • RMU Kontrast (2021). An art deco typeface that revives Kontrast (1930, F.H.E. Schneidler at Weber).
    • Koralle RMU (2018). A revival of Schelter and Giesecke's Koralle (1915).
    • Korpus Pro (2014). A text typeface family. Followed later in 2014 by Korpus Sans Pro.
    • Korpus Serif Pro (2021). A revival and extension of Timeless (Typoart) that covers Greek, Latin and Cyrillic.
    • Leibniz Fraktur (2012) is modeled after the famous Genzsch & Heyse blackletter font.
    • Lenbach (2021). Inspired by a German font from the Victorian era.
    • Liliom Pro (2012). A beautiful fat didone typeface based on an original from the Fonderie Française.
    • Lipsia Pro (2011). An angular serif family.
    • Literatura Pro Book (2012).
    • Litfass (2021). A revival of an art nouveau font by Flisch.
    • Lutetia Nova (2014). A fresh two-style take on Jan van Krimpen's Lutetia (1924).
    • RMU Luchs (2021). A redesign of Jakob Erbar's inline all caps art deco font Lux (Ludwig & Mayer, 1929).
    • Luxor Pro (2010): a Victorian/Western display face.
    • Lyrica (2014). A revival of the informal blackletter typeface Lyrisch (1907, Georg Schiller).
    • RMU Magnet (2021). A redesign and revival of Magnet (1951, Arthur Murawski at Ludwig & Mayer).
    • RMU Manolo (2019). Based on the art nouveau typeface Manolo (Ludwig & Mayer).
    • Manutius Pro (2012).
    • Meister Antiqua (2011, +Bold, +Book). A Typoart original from 1951 in the tall flared ascender serif genre, revived and extended.
    • Mitropaschrift (2016). An octagonal original.
    • Mobil Pro (2011). A semi-script typeface in the fifties style of Matheis.
    • Monument (2010): a 3d shadow roman caps face created after Oldrich Menhart's Monument.
    • Narziss (2018). A revival of Walter Tiemann's Narziss from 1921.
    • RMU Neptun (2021). A revival and extension of the art nouveau typeface Neptun by Aktiengesellschaft fuer Schriftgiesserei und Maschinenbau, Offenbach.
    • Neue Kurier (2011). Typoart's popular signage script font in a new, completely remastered version.
    • Neue Muenchner Fraktur (2010).
    • Neue Schwabacher (2021). After Albert Anklam's Neue Schwabacher (Genzsch & Heyse, 1876).
    • Neue Thannhaeuser (2011).
    • Old Towne Pro (2010): a Western font.
    • RMU Omega (2020). After Omega, an art deco typeface by Friedrich Kleukens at Stempel in 1926.
    • Orbis Pro (2016). A revival of Walter Brudi's shadow typeface Orbis (1953, Stempel).
    • Orplid Pro (2019). a layerable typeface that revives and extends Hans Bohn's all caps Bauhaus era typeface Orplid (1929).
    • Parcival Antiqua (2016). A revival of Parcival Antiqua (1926, Herbert Thannhaeuser).
    • Parfum (2013). A low x-height script that was inspired by Howard Allen Trafton's Quick (1933, bauer).
    • Parler Fraktur (2018). A revival of Friedrich Poppl's Poppl Fraktur.
    • Parler Gotisch (2011). A blackletter face.
    • RMU Pittoreske (2019). A decorative Victorian typeface.
    • Plastica Pro (2015, a chiseled typeface inspired by a J. Lehmann design).
    • RMU Pergola (2021). A vintage shadow typeface inspired by a late-19th century font of Georg Giesecke.
    • Post Fraktur (2014) and Postillon (2014). After Herbert Post, 1933-1937.
    • Primana Pro (2012). A seductive geometric grotesk family.
    • Prinzess Gravur (2010): a blackletter typeface modeled after Prinzeß Kupferstichschrift (1905, Berthold).
    • Prisma Pro (2011). Revival and extension of Rudolf Koch's multiline typeface Prisma (1931).
    • Reklame Fraktur (2016). After Reklame Fraktur by Albert Christoph Auspurg, 1914.
    • Reflex Pro (2018). All caps, with an inline style.
    • Reznicek Pro (2011) is a post-Victorian pre-art nouveau typeface named after Ferdinand von Reznicek (1868-1909), one of the leading artists and illustrators of those times.
    • Rekord Antiqua (2020). A revival of the art nouveau era text typeface Rekord Antiqua (1911, Wagner & Schmidt).
    • Rhythmus Pro (2016). After a Schriftguss AG and Schelter&Giesecke original grotesk, and extended to cover Cyrillic.
    • Ridinger Std (2012). Based on Riedingerschrift (Franz Riedinger, 1906, for Benjamin Krebs Succ.).
    • Ronde Pro (2011): roundhand script.
    • Royal Grotesque (2021). A revival of Wotan by Wagner & Schmidt, 1914. Did this typeface become RMU Royal Sans (2022)?
    • Salzmann Fraktur (2019). A revival of Max Salzmann's blackletter font released by Schelter & Giesecke in 1912.
    • Saskia Pro (2016). Revival of Jan Tschichold's Saskia (1931, Schelter & Giesecke).
    • Schmale Anzeigenfraktur (2009): based on Koch's Schmale Deutsche Anzeigenschrift, 1923, Klingspor.
    • Schmale Mediaeval (2020). Based on Schelter & Giesecke's Schmale Mediäval (1840).
    • Schmuckinitialen (2009): an ornamental caps typeface in the art nouveau style based on Walthari Initials [Walthari (1899, Heinz König for the Rudhard'sche Giesserei) in the upper case and Eckmann Initials (ca. 1900, by Otto Eckmann, Germany's chief art nouveau type designer) in the lower case].
    • Schreibmeister (2021). Ralph's interpretation of Arno Drescher's formal cursive typeface for Ludwig Wagner (1958, Leipzig).
    • Schwabacher Book (2013).
    • Sebaldus (2019). A heavy blackletter typeface, after Sebaldus Gotisch (1926, H. Berthold).
    • Senatsfraktur (2020). After Friedrich Bauer's Senats Fraktur done in 1907 for Genzsch & Heyse.
    • Concordia (2020). A revival of Sensation Schmalfett (1914, Heinrich Hoffmeister).
    • Siegfried Pro (2017). A revival of the art nouveau typeface Siegfried (1900, Wilhelm Woellmer).
    • RMU Skizze (2021). This revives Walter Höhnisch's script typeface Skizze (1935, Ludwig&Mayer).
    • Staxx Pro (2013). A prismatic typeface.
    • Staufer Gotisch (2015). An engraved blackletter typeface modeled after Herbert Thannhaeuser's Hermann Gotisch (Schriftguss, 1934).
    • Steinschrift Pro (2015). A single style condensed sans serif.
    • Sylphe Pro (2019). A vintage script font that revives Schelter & Giesecke's Isabel (not Sylphide, as claimed by him).
    • Tablica (2017). After Karl-Heinz Lange's DDR telephone directory font Minima (1984).
    • Thannhaeuser Fraktur (2013) is a redesign of Typoart's Thannhaeuser Fraktur.
    • Thomasschrift (2014). A rustic typeface that revives and extends Thomas-Schrift by Friedel Thomas (1957-1958, Typoart).
    • Titanschrift (2011). A yummy soft and fat display face.
    • Tombola (2018). After an alphabet from the 1920s by Otto Heim.
    • RMU Trianon, renamed RMU Trifels (2020). After Heinrich Wieynck's Trianon (1905, Bauersche Giesserei).
    • Trocadero Pro (2010): an extension and revival of Trocadero Kursiv, 1927, Albert Auspurg, Trennert.
    • Troubadour Pro (2010): In Medium and Engraved styles.
    • Trump Deutsch (2011): a blackletter face, after the 1935 original by Georg Trump.
    • Trybuna (2013). Based on Herbert Thannhaeuser's Liberta Antiqua (1958), but completely redrawn.
    • Turnier (2019). A revival of G.G. Lange's derby (1952-1953).
    • Tyton Pro (2013). A brush script after Heinz Schumann's famous 1964 Stentor.
    • Typoskript Pro (2010): a revival of Hildegard Korger's Typoskript, first done at TypoArt in 1968.
    • Unger Fraktur (2010): after a 1793 design by Johann Friedrich Unger; includes fett and mager.
    • Walbaum Antiqua Pro (2013). A revival of Justs Erich Walbaum's didone classic.
    • RMU Wallau (2019). After Rudolf Koch's rotunda typeface Wallau (1926-1934).
    • Werbedeutsch (2021). A revival of the blackletter typeface Buchdeutsch (Ernst Schneidler, 1926).
    • Wieynck Fraktur (2019). after Heinrich Wieynck's Wieynck Fraktur (1912).
    • Wieynck Gotisch (2018). After Wieynck Gotisch (1926, Heinrich Wieynck).
    • Zentenar Fraktur (2010): mager and halbfett; after the 1937 workhorse by Ernst Schneidler at Bauer.
    • Zierfraktur (2010): after Deutsche Zierschrift, an engraved blackletter font that was cut by Rudolf Koch between 1919 and 1921 for Klingspor.

    Ralph made some typefaces outside URW/Profonts and RMU, such as Stripes (2014, a prismatic typeface puvlished by Thinkdust).

    Klingspor link.

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    RNS Fonts (was: Impacto Laser, or: SuperFlexia)
    [Yorlmar Campos]

    RNS Fonts (and before that, Impacto Laser, and before that, SuperFlexia) is a type and design group in Caracas, Venezuela headed by J. Campos, Felix Molina and Yorlmar Campos (b. 1976). Yorlmar, who is an architect, designed RNS Underwood (2010, Western face), RNS Bobo Dylan (2007, art deco headline), RNS Baruta Black (2004, fat display typeface based on the Letraset Frankfurter font from 1974), RNS Round Stencil (2011), RNS Cochinilla (2011, avant garde), RNS Camelia (2008-2016: a demi-slab serif), RNS-TNT (2003, counterless and octagonal), and RNS Serial (2003, fat octagonal sports T-shirt font).

    All early fonts are free. In 2014, Yorlmar went commercial and started marketing RNS Fonts on the MyFonts site. Commercial fonts include RNS Pictographica (dingbats), which includes RNS Pictographica Cocina.

    In 2015, he made the geometric sans typeface RNS Miles (which won an award at Tipos Latinos 2016), the signage brush script RNS Susana, the poster font RNS Ahumada (+Ornaments), the great neurotic script typeface RNS Oladys, the gorgeous ultra fat font RNS Obesa Fat, and RNS Weather Icons (free).

    Typefaces from 2016: Zangano (an angular typeface), RNS Sanz (a 14-style typeface family for wayfinding and information signage).

    Winner at Tipos Latinos 2018 of a type design award for Mosonyi.

    In 2019, Yorlmar Campos and Martin Sesto released RNS Atlante at RNS Fonts. This text family in one weight is based on 16th and 17th century cartography.

    In 2020, Yorlmar Campos and Martin Sesto co-designed the Swiss style neo-grotesk typeface family RNS Physis.

    Alternate URL. Another URL. Old URL called SuperFlexia. Home page. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Rob Clarke

    London-based designer who made many logotypes and custom / corporate typefaces. Examples: Air Asia, Ampligo, Brainfood, Brynild, Capita, Carluccio's Confectionery, Carluccio's Condiments, Conran, Dulux, Fortis, Kite Display, Mercator (logotype), PC World Text, Raison d'être, Ruby Blue, Sea Life, Tiger Beer, Ubizen. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Robbie Smith
    [Smith Hands]

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    Robert Beck
    [Dialekt Design (was: Robert Beck Design)]

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    Robert Corseanschi

    Type designer and photographer in Lupeni / Huneadora, Romania, b. 1994, Lupeni. Creator of Delecta (2015, a geometric sans), Habbly (2015, a handwritten brush pen font), Gumley (2015, a yummy bubblegum signage script typeface), Getone (2015, a monoline geometric sans), Ordin (2014, techno font), Sereno (2012) and Bastonello (2013). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Robert E. Leuschke
    [TypeSETit]

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    Robert Lievanos
    [Fade Hurricane]

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    Robert Schenk
    [Ingrimayne Type (was: The Bovine Rebellion)]

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    Robot Smith
    [Evgeny Tkhorzhevsky]

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    Rockboys Studio (or: Rockboy Studio)
    [Hayinah Hayinah]

    Graphic designer in Jambi, Indonesia, who says that most of his clients are tattoo craftsmen. Creator of Angelissa (2020: a formal calligraphic font), Hayes Preston (2020: a signage script) and Huntly, (2020: a decorative blackletter font that has interesting options for adding frills and swashes).

    Typefaces from 2021: Rosica, Andina Janelia (a heavy monoline script), Geotrica (a 4-style geometric sans), Jack Mason (a script with a large x-height), Kinghood (serif), Reymond (a sturdy brush script), Beauty Festival (script), Buffallo (a scrapbook script), Hellowhiten (a signature script), Linguista (a monoline upright script), Santarino (a dry brush script), Autosmash (a dry brush script), Avengeline (script), Delphanium (calligraphic script), Reskova (a dry brush script), Alphayouth (a dry brush script), Brostone (a dry brush script), Geostar (dry brush caps), Stargold (script), Castonvilla (a creamy script), Shutdown Brush (a dry brush script), Anabelia (an upright monoline script), Hugio (a decorative serif), Belliza (a dry brush script), Priscilla (a scrapbook script), Bottania (a scrapbook script), Brettisa (script), Alovetha (script), Warmtone (script), Westerna (script) Shootballs (a fat finger script), Boldetton (a scrapbook script), Roselitta (a wild calligraphic script), Aghitta (brush script), Rustcyber (a dry brush script), Brushtter (a dry brush font), Slatteros (a brush script), Finesolla (a dry brush script), Strike Brush, Thunder (a bold brush script), Deska Magosta (a swashy display serif), Mogenta Signature, Darkness Brush, Blackshot (an exaggerated Victorian typeface), Battle Skill (a dry brush font), Bellazio (a tall and effective dry brush script), Astallya Script (monolinear), The Classic Signature, Zero Master (a techno stencil for cyber-starved geeks), Roxelane (hyper-ornamental and Victorian, perhaps useful for tattoos), Ludovica (a formal calligraphic script).

    Typefaces from 2022: Contagia (a meaty decorative serif), Vessagio (a tuxedoed sans). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Rodolfo Fernández Alvarez

    Rodolfo Fernández Alvarez (who is from Montevideo, Asunción and Málaga) developed EzquerraCursiva (2010), a brush and signage face, based on the work of anarchist painter and letterer Francisco Ezquerra, who was active in Uruguay from ca. 1950 until ca. 1970, after fleeing Spain before World war II. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Rodrigo Araya Salas
    [Rodrigo Typo (was: RAS Design)]

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    Rodrigo Typo (was: RAS Design)
    [Rodrigo Araya Salas]

    RAS Design is Rodrigo German or Rodrigo Araya Salas, a designer from Santiago, Chile, b. 1987.

    Rodrigo Typo link. RAS Design link. Dafont link. Dafont linkNewer Dafont link. Behance link. Fontspace link. Fontsy link. Abstract Fonts link. Old URL.

    Creator of many hand-drawn free fonts.

    His typefaces from 2008 and 2009: Super (2009, for signage), Snow (2009), Mari (2009), El Cubano (2009, dingbats of typefaces), Mental Freak (2009, outline), Freak Animals (2009), Brigada Ramona Parra (2009, dingbats), Happie (2009, dingbats), Santiago Icono (2009), Icono Skate Dingbat (2009), 78 Skate (2009), The Sorden (2009), Estilo Urbano (2009, stencil), Tetris (2009), Techno (2009), Kona (2009, childish hand), Parody Logoskate (2009, dingbats), Fat Love (2009), La Rata Bizarra (2008), Tabla (2008), A Mano Alza (2009), Maribel (2009, handwriting), Stencil (2009), Rayando (2008, chalky writing), Klam, Loco TV, Monos Frekis (2008, funny dingbats), Tabla (2008), Happie (2009, more funny dingbats), Funny Icons (2009), Kiltro (2008, dog dingbats), Pokemona (dingbats), Maniatico (scratchy outlined hand), Bizarro 1 (outline hand), Chile (dingbats), Freaky (2008, dingbats), Esquiso (outlined handwriting), Crazy Ras (outlined and hand-printed), Skatelove (2008, dingbats), Los de Abajo (2008, dingbats), Logoskate (2008), David (2008, flowing ultra fat face), Destruccion (2008, grungy), Skateboarding (2008, ransom note face), Mike Valley (2008, skateboard dingbats), Rodney Mullen King (2009, skateboard dingbats), El Chavo del 8 (2008, scanbats), Grande Maradona (2008, scanbats), Saintfont (2009, hand-printed), New Tetris (2009), September 11 Icon (2009, a powerful set of dingbats), Icono BMX (2009, bike dingbats).

    Typefaces from 2010: Commando X (2010, a pixel dingbat typeface for computer games), Raya Irregular, Mari+David, Depressive Icon, Esquiso, Ego (2010), El Cubano (dingbats with typefaces), Barras Bravas (almost graffiti face), Globe Face (award winner at Tipos Latinos 2010).

    Fonts done in 2011: Logo Font, Buen Dia (ransom note face), Drugstore (blackletter), Condorita (dingbats), KingKöng (a nice fat letter comic book face), Rolo (fat letter face), Logo, Comando X (a pixelized dingbat typeface based on video games), Catbox (2011, fat and rounded), Joia (a thin octagonal face), Plop (a "hip hop font").

    Typefaces from 2012: Designio (rounded sans family), Nollie, Rocka (triangulated), Mosku (paint or blood drip face), Gigio Italia Bizarre (dingbats), Conny Rocket, Retro Hand Type (stitched), Wood (wood type simulation), Tritona, Nollie, Zdravo Maria (children's hand), Bordados (stitched typeface).

    Typefaces from 2013: Mexe, Polly, Pintanina (+Pro) (comic book caps face; the Pro version appeared in 2015), Giger Free (inspired by the paintings of H.R. Giger), Rango (fat hand-printed face), Smile (fat signage face), Pequena (a fat finger typeface for children's books; in Latin, Greek and Cyrillic), Children One, Lollapalooza, BRP (dingbats), Koni Black, Cusco, Rorschach, Children One (poster font), Varial Hellflip, Marty (hand-drawn poster font for Latin and Cyrillic), Barricada [not to be confused with the Barricada font by Sudtipos].

    Typefaces from 2014: Marty Spring, Munky Negra (a creamy signage typeface by Rodrigo Araya Salas and Raphael Rodriguez), Tobogan (ultra-black poster face), Lilirun, Peral, Zurita (brush face), Ruba, Street Animals (dingbats), NegritaPro (funky), Ruda (brush face), Muro (thick brush type), Cucho (signage typeface), BRC (hand-printed), Konga (a chocolaty creamy signage script originally from 2012), Pony, Guakala, Alboroto, Loyola (a cartoon script started in 2013, which won an award at Tipos Latinos 2018), Froh (an informal fat stencil), Paihuen Pro (Mapuche-inspired letters), Helenita (perhaps useful for children's books; see also Helenita Dos in 2017), Macabro (a great hand-lettered and weathered typeface family), Box10, Ria, Bototo.

    Typefaces from 2015: Mari+David, Good Friend (a primitive script), Galpon (a great vernacular signage and/or comic book typeface for Latin, Greek and Cyrillic; extended in 2020, with Bruno Jara Ahumada, to Galpon Pro), Smile Pro (a fat multi-style handcrafted poster family of exceptional beauty; together with Andrey Kudryavtsev), Ardilla Small (a rounded organic sans by Rodrigo Araya and Andrey Kudryavtsev), Konga Pro (based on his own creamy script, Konga, from 2012), Mari & David (poster typeface), Forest Puyehue, Skatista (handcrafted script and skateboard dingbats), Ruba Style, Janmeid, Forma (experimental, robotic), Australia Skate (vernacular type), Tobi Black (for comic books and children's books, +Greek, +Cyrillic), Tobi Dirt, Basural (experimental).

    Typefaces from 2016: Bowl, Aliengo (a fun Martian font family done with Andrey Kudryavtsev), Marty Two (a lovely handcrafted typeface, ideal for children's books), Minnie Play (a children's book typeface by Rodrigo Araya and Andrey Kudryavtsev), Camo (a layered typeface family by Rodrigo Araya and Andrey Kudryavtsev), Camo Dirt, Clarence World (with Andrey Kudryavtsev: a rounded cartoon font inspired by the logo of the Cartoon Network series Clarence; followed in 2017 by Clarence Two), Pequena Pro (+Cyrillic) (with Andrey Kudryavtsev), La Mona Kids, Konga Rock, Movskate (a skateboarding culture font by Rodrigo Araya, Juan Sepulveda and Patricio Gonzalez), La Mona Pro (72 styles: A feast of textures!).

    Typefaces from 2017: Hatter Display (a Halloween font), Hatter Display Pro (+extensive dingbats), Hatter Cyrillic Display, Macabro Danger (wall paint style), Checkin Script (with four sets of travel dingbats), Caleuche (a bold weathered typeface, with Andrey Kudryavtsev; but that coauthorship was altered in 2021 to Franco Jonas Hernandez), Pequena Neo, Bike Park, Bike Park Two, Kawaii RT, Clarence Two, Portena, Mi Cocina (restaurant icons and dingbats), Big Foot Forest, Clarence Cyrillic (by Rodrigo Araya and Andrey Kudryavtsev), Galpon Spring, Spike Bot (by Rodrigo Araya and Andrey Kudryavtsev), Forest Two.

    In 2018, Rodrigo Typo published these typefaces: Ding (a great fattish cartoon font, co-designed with Andrey Kudryavtsev and Franco Jonas; see also its extensions, Ding Pro (2019) and Ding Extra (2019)), Squick (a comic book / children's font family by Franco Jonas, Andrey Kudryavtsev and Rodrigo Araya), La Pica Pro (by Rodrigo Araya and Andrey Kudryavtsev), Catshape (dingbats by Rodrigo Araya), Tobi Pro (by Franco Jonas, Rodrigo Araya Salas, and Andrey Kudryavtsev), Spiro (a retro almost psychedelic lettering font based on the series The Boatniks; by Rodrigo Araya Salas and Andrey Kudryavtsev), La KonyBlack (by Rodrigo Araya and Andrey Kudryavtsev), Ruda Two, Nuby (Franco Jonas, Rodrigo Araya Salas and Andrey Kudryavtsev), Garita, Alquitran (based on pixacao), Alquitran Stencil and Alquitran Rust (by Francisco Paez, Rodrigo Araya Salas and Andrey Kudryavtsev), Rague Pro (a stone-cut font by Rodrigo Araya Salas and Andrey Kudryavtsev, which won an award at Tipos Latinos 2018).

    Typefaces from 2019: Hatter Halloween, Clarence Alt (a an almost bubblegum children's book sans by Franco Jonas, Rodrigo Araya Salas and Andrey Kudryavtsev), Nacho Rough, Naguel, Lolapeluza Two, Nacho (a Mexican party font by Rodrigo Araya and Franco Jonas).

    Typefaces from 2020: Minado Rough, Toretto, Diablito One (a two-font and four dingbat-font package by Rodrigo Araya Salas and Bruno Jara Ahumada), Clarence Inline (a plump informal typeface family by Rodrigo Araya Salas and Franco Jonas Hernandez), La Pica Bonus (a vernacular or supermarket style font and dingbat family by Andrey Kudryavtsev and Rodrigo Araya Salas), Ancoa Slanted (an angular display family in 15 styles; by Andrey Kudryavtsev, Rodrigo Araya Salas and Franco Jonas Hernandez), Ruina One (rough, distressed), fj Trance (a reverse contrast Egyptian by Rodrigo Araya Salas, Franco Jonas, Valentina Faundes and Jorge Morales Salas), Tunning (an all caps speed font), Skippie (a comic book family by Andrey Kudryavtsev, Rodrigo Araya Salas, Bruno Jara Ahumada and Franco Jonas, and four sets of dingbats including Skippie Monster Lucha Libre and Skippie Monster Halloween), Ancoa (an angular 19-style layerable typeface by Andrey Kudryavtsev, Rodrigo Araya Salas and Franco Jonas Hernandez).

    Typefaces from 2021: Rinno (a rounded geometric display family by Rodrigo Araya Salas and Franco Jonas Hernandez), Ripster, Elah (a children's book or supermarket font; with Andrey Kudryavtsev), Loyola Next (a 14-style sans by Rodrigo Araya Salas and Bruno Jara Ahumada), Clarence Pro (a vernacular supermarket font by Rodrigo Araya Salas and Franco Jonas Hernandez), Meche Pro (a 12-style ligature-rich poster typeface), Rambi, Willner (a 5-style display sans by Rodrigo Araya and Franco Jonas), Picaflor (a titling or children's book typeface by Rodrigo Araya Salas and Bruno Jara Ahumada), Picaflor Hand (by Rodrigo Araya), Picaflor Soft (a fine national park or children's book family of organic sans fonts by Rodrigo Araya Salas and Bruno Jara Ahumada).

    Vectorlove won an award at Tipos Latinos 2012. Mona won an award at Tipos Latinos 2014. View Rodrigo Typo's typefaces. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Rogier van der Sluis

    Geen Bitter (Den Haag, The Netherlands) consists of Thom Janssen, Jorn Henkes and Rogier van der Sluis. All three are graduates of the Graphic Design course at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague, The Netherlands. At Geen Bitter, Rogier van der Sluis published two commercial typefaces:

    • Cramp (2012). A casual hand-printed typeface.
    • Herman (2013). An elliptical monospaced signage typeface family with possibilities of layering and shadow effects. It is quite attractive and one of the finest typefaces in its genre.
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    Roiyani Teungku
    [Artisan Studio (or: Artisans)]

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    Roland Hüse
    [Runes & Fonts (or: My Handwritings)]

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    Roman Avdiushkin
    [Uniontype]

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    Rome signs

    Signage in Rome, photographed by Erik Van Blokland. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Romi Rahmadi
    [Romie Creative (or: Sikem Studio)]

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    Romie Creative (or: Sikem Studio)
    [Romi Rahmadi]

    Sigli, Indonesia-based designer (b. 1995) of mostly formal calligraphic typefaces. These include (in 2020): Bethany Script, Brittalia Script, Galisha, Helena Bonham, Malisa, Milania, Sandira Script, Southam, The Sunshine, Mollandia (a bold calligraphic script), Billy Betty, Nathalia (formal copperplate calligraphy), Methalia (formal calligraphy), Haileyna (a formal script), Grethania Script, Merriday, Migelia, Gebisha Script, Hello Heart, Josephani Script, Brigland Script, Standey Script (2019), Hello Crystal Script, Helena Luis and Yosyita Script.

    Typefaces from 2021: Bertha Script (a swashy script), Granding Script (an upright script), Classic Girl Regular (script), Jully Julia (a romantic upright script), Gladian (an upright script), Rastalia (an upright script), Blossom Lovely (a hairline monolinear script), Justin Honey (a Valentine's Day script), Best Valentina (an upright script), Montela (a calligraphic script), Bleeding Heart (a modern script), Hello Sunshine (a soft calligraphic font), Winterday (calligraphic).

    Typefaces from 2022: Beulagak Script (a scrapbook script), Merry Bright (a bold upright rabbit ear script), The Heather (a swashy formal calligraphic script), Antonia Retro (a creamy retro upright signage script). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Ronin Design

    Malang, Indonesia-based designer of Origin Tech (2020: a techno or circuit font), Radio Classic (a signage script) (2020), the upright script Lily Liana (2020), the glitch font Split On (2020), the monoline script typeface Sefiyah (2020) and the squarish De Stijl-like stencil typeface New System (2020).

    Typefaces from 2021: Encrypto (labyrinthine), Jeztec Empire (blackletter), Anticode (a marquee font), The Beast (all caps, chamfered), Moonllys (display serif), Wrecked Ship (an eroded font), Talidia (a squarish sans), Night Hunt (an eerie font), Beatles (an upright rabbit ear calligraphic script). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Roumond

    This page has a number of scans from a booklet by signpainter Roumond entitled 32 Alphabets Modernes, published in Paris by A. Charayron and Léon Duran, some time in the 1930s. There are lots of alphabets with art nouveau and art deco influences.

    In 2011-2012, Dick Pape digitized all 32 fonts from that booklet. They can be downloaded here.

    Pape's 32 fonts are FAModerne0369, FAModerne0562a, FAModerne0562b, FAModerne0946aBold, FAModerne0946bBold, FAModerne1367a, FAModerne1367b, FAModerne2021a, FAModerne2021b, FAModerne2491a, FAModerne2491b, FAModerne2491c, FAModerne2491d, FAModerne4441, FAModerne5204, FAModerne5204a, FAModerne5204b, FAModerne5204c, FAModerne6183a, FAModerne6183b, FAModerne6518a, FAModerne6518b, FAModerne6518c, FAModerne6518d, FAModerne7287a, FAModerne7287b, FAModerne7666, FAModerne7798, FAModerne9002a, FAModerne9002b, FAModerne9321a, FAModerne9321b. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Rozikan Rozikan
    [Twin Letter (or: Twin Design)]

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    R-Type (or: Rui Abreu)
    [Rui Abreu]

    R-Type was founded by Rui Abreu in 2008. Rui graduated from FBAUP (Faculdade de Belas Artes da Universidade do Porto) in 2003. He has been working as an interactive media designer in different design agencies, and he has been designing typefaces. Based in Porto, he created Tirana (2006, sans family at T26), Catacumba (2007, a gorgeous bold didone titling face, T26; in 2009 at Fountain/PsyOps), Cifra (2006, a lovely ten weight sans family, T26), Nomada (2007, a monoline slab serif), Salto Alto (2006, avant garde sans family, with octagonal influences), Foral (2008, monoline slab serif; published by Fountain in 2010), and Forma (2006, stencil family, T26).

    In 2008, he published Orbe (Fountain), an exotic all-caps blackletter inspired by Portuguese and Lombardic calligraphy [it deservedly won an award at TDC2 2009; Orbe Pro at MyFonts], Gesta (2008, sans family), Gesta Condensed (2012), Gesta Semi Condensed (2012), Gira Sans (2012, a grotesque family), Foral Pro (2011, an elliptical slab serif), Catacumba (2011, a high-contrast ball terminal wedge serif family), Aria Pro (2011, a delicate high-contrast transitional serif family), Forma Solid (T26).

    In 2013, Rui published Aria Text (a rational (transitional) toned-down version of Aria that comes in three sets of optical sizes, G1, G2, and G3), the geometric sans family Azo Sans and Azo Sans Uber, a geometric sans with a humanist element. Grafolita Script (2013) is a connected typeface family that borrows ideas from signage scripts.

    Typefaces from 2014: Litania (medieval-style typeface with roman capitals, Lombardic capitals, and Carolingian minuscules; nice fists accompany the type), Signo (a dynamic sans serif with reverse contrast, designed for editorial and branding). Signo won an award in the TDC 2015 Type Design competition.

    Typefaces from 2015: Montblanc (a custom sans for the Montblanc company that won the IF Design award in 2015), Usual (a neutral sans with large x-height). In 2010, Peter Bruhn started a typeface but he died before it was finished. In 2015, Rui Abrey and Göran Söderström finished it as Bruhn Sans (Fountain Type). In 2010 Peter was commissioned to design a wordmark for the documentary Harbour of Hope. The type was to ellicit Malmö's harbor, and Peter found inspiration from the painted type of industrial tankers docked in his hometown.

    Typefaces from 2016: Grifo, Symbio and Symbio Arabic (at Typotheque; prize winner at Granshan 2016), Sul Sans (a geometriclly constructed sans with features frequently seen on signs and buildings in Portugal).

    Typefaces from 2017: Sul Mono (a typewriter style), Grifito, Grifinito (condensed versions of the sharp-edged display typeface Grifo), Aquino (by Rui Abreu and Ricardo Santos; a display calligraphic stencil typeface inspired by a liturgic book made by Portuguese friar Tomas Aquino in 1735).

    Typefaces from 2018: Gliko Modern (an award winner at the Type Directors Club's Type Design Competition 2019).

    Typefaces from 2019: Flecha (a sharp and streamlined old-style typeface made for editorial design that won an award at 23TDC in 2020), Staff (a neo-grotesk from X Wide to XXX Condensed).

    Typefaces from 2020: Flecha Bronzea (M, L: the condensed version of Flecha).

    Typefaces from 2021: Azo Super (a heavy display font), Staff Grotesk (a low key sans family derived from Abreu's 2019 font, Staff), Gineto (a grotesque developed from the brevier size of Gothic no. 4, a nineteen century design by the New York type foundry Farmer, Little & Co), Chassi (in three optical sizes, S, M and L: a revival of Garamond as a genre, slightly reinterpreted for our times; I duisagree though with the word "slightly").

    MyFonts interview in August 2013. MyFonts page. T-26 page. Old home page. Klingspor link. Fountain Type link.

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    Rubirubiko Creative Studio

    Jakarta, Indonesia-based designer of Avalore (2018: a stylish all caps geometric sans), Arctic Mirror (2018), the poster typeface Norsemen (2018), the free monoline typeface Nocturne (2018), the brush typeface Vindica (2018), the monoline script typeface Velorea (2018), and the signage typeface Burgundy (2018). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Rudhi Sasmito

    Sidoarjo, Indonesia-based designer (b. 1983) of the thick signage script typefaces Ricefield (2019), Black Mindo (2019), Rahayu Script (2019) and Creasi (2018), and the script typefaces Autolova (2018) and Belgendes (2018). Typefaces from 2019: Tomatoes (squarish), Hi Monday (a signage script), Cyber Brush, Amstrong (a signature script), Palmore (a heavy monoline script). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Rudi Suhairi
    [Tegaki]

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    Rui Abreu
    [R-Type (or: Rui Abreu)]

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    Runes & Fonts (or: My Handwritings)
    [Roland Hüse]

    Kazincbarcika, Hungary-based type designer Roland Hüse (b. 1980) sells his fonts through My Handwritings (Kazincbarcika, Hungary), which was renamed Runes&Fonts. His first font is Zuider Postduif (2012, an informal type family). Florida Shark (2012) is a free Death Metal or tattoo version of one of his commercial fonts. Tamiami (2012) is a headline typeface. Granny's Handwriting (2012), Script Demolition (2012), Sharon Lipschutz's Handwriting (2012), Isa Por Es Homou (2012) and Kinga's Handwriting (2012) are hand-printed typefaces. Napping Cat (2012) and Cubic Sub (2012) are angularly designed, while Mgla (2012) is round and plump. Greek Stone (2012) is a squarish Greek simulation face. On The Road (2012) is a textured typeface. Whirly Wood (2012), Hargita (2012, inspired by ancient Hungarian runes), Dreamcatcher (2012) and Bee Ridge Vantage (2012: see also Bee Ridge) are grunge typefaces. Individigital (2012, +Black, +Thin) is a techno set of typefaces.

    Typefaces from 2013: November Sky (art deco sans), Windy Wood, Cool Weekdays, Yellow Peas Light (clean thin monoline sans; free), Back To The Future 4, Yellow Peas Demo (hairline sans), Yellow Peas Bold, Pagan Winter (bilined), Beer Money (brush face), Poor Weekdays (+Serif), Hun Legion (inspired by ancient Hungarian runes), Freehand Roman, Esthajnal (inspired by ancient Hungarian runes), Buffalo Chicken (a connected script), Telihold.

    Typefaces from 2014: Sunny Winter (thin script), Sunny Merry Christmas (dingbats), Fox in the snow (connected hand), Dersu Uzala Brush (Asian brush), Good Karma (connected script), Stitch Warrior, Chickpeas, Jaspers Handwriting, Margarita in August, Wheatland, Slim Extreme (a gorgeous geometric hairline sans), Sparkler (a clean geometric sans), Factory Worker, Brushido (Japanese simulation font), Mojito in June, Mesa Grande, Altering The Future, Black Olives (thin calligraphic script), Hangyaboly (comic book font), Fecske (Peignotian sans), Windy Rain, Rainy Wind (calligraphic script), Comic Roman, Wizard of the Moon, Urban Stone (grunge version of Urban Tour), Urban Tour (avant garde sans), Wacky Sushi (hiragana emulation), Constrocktion (multilined typeface).

    Typefaces from 2015: She Always Walk Alone (handcrafted), Transatlantic Cruise (an outline script), Csemege (upright connected script), Milano Traffic (sketched typeface), Undergrunge Tornado (a great brush font, +Cyrillic, +Hiragana, +Katakana), Dirt Road, Kikelet, Kikelet Brush, Have A Great Day (rough brush script), Sorsod Borsod, City Birds (script), Loonaria, Texas Grunge (brush script), Solaria (minimalist techno), Biloxi Script, Chicken Fried Steak, Texas Grunge (brush face), Sharky Spot, Autumn Chant (connected script).

    Typefaces from 2016: Tribal Case (decorative caps), Shopping Script, Biloxi Calligraphy, Tribal Case (tattoo font), Ting Tang, Alaska Script, Take It Easy (fat finger font), Mi Amor (wide monoline handwriting), Spring Script, Fox in the Snow (connected school script), Kazincbarcika Script (a gorgeous calligraphic script).

    Typefaces from 2017: Interconnected, Bar Hoppers, Ciao Baby (retro signage script), De Rotterdam, Abigail Script.

    Typefaces from 2018: Christmas Wish Calligraphy, Christmas Wish Monoline, Chicago Moonshine (art deco), Poker in October (a layered color typeface), Personalitype (connected monoline script), Yellow Peas (sans), The Laughing Wolf (script), Italian Breakfast, Saturday Champagne, Teach (by Moataz Ahmed), Long Night (signature script), Relapse (rough brush script), Just Be (brush script), Air in Space (stencil), Beach Script, Interconnected, Beaumaris (slab serif).

    Typefaces from 2019: Christmas Wish (calligraphic script), Brachetto (a formal calligraphic typeface developed together with lettering artist Leah Chong), Mulled Wine Season, Colder Weather (spurred), Unlocking Your Dreams (brush script), Gold Under The Mud (a fine scratchy brush script), The Mumbai Sticker (script).

    Typefaces from 2020: Delugional, Roberts Script, Alone Together Script (a swashy tattoo script), Shopping Script (a signature font), Shape Variable Script (a variable script font that can be programmedi to react to music), Jam Session (blackboard bold), Un Jour Merveilleux (a script), Stars + Love.

    Typefaces from 2021: Long Story Short (a monolinear signature script), The Racoon Quest (a condensed all caps typeface), Delugional (Greek emulation), Neon Love (a monolinear neon sign script font released at Schriftlabor).

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    Runsell Type (or: Runsell Studio, Studio Runsell)
    [Anna Safitri]

    Magelang and/or Temanggung, Indonesia-based designer of Stayhend (2016, brush script), Shanthans (2016, brush script), Menulis (2016), Revalina (2016, grunge), Asbak, Rollingline (2016, brush script), the creamy script typeface Qisah (2016), the display typefaces Mishall (2016) and Stangbunder (2016), and the handcrafted display typefaces Smanca (2016), Beliung (2016), Sathas (2016) and Rolade (2016).

    Typefaces from 2017: Homeland, Standley, Seact, Hollybear, Vertica, Robusta.

    Typefaces from 2018: Royal Stamford, Fairyland, Lancaste, Britania Letter (a signature font), Northam Thorne, Throttles, Amanda Santiago, Red Brick, Rusted Orlando, Lightstone, Echomotors (+Script), Jumping Frog, Soulgates, Qatar Capital, Arthurdale, Jessy Odelya, Robusta, Robusta Sans, Tosca Beauty, Pacific Coast, Eudora, Housemate, Shilkmen Sans, Morristone Script, Macrone, Belle Hamilton, Justlyne, Hockley, Natalia Roseline, Woodystone, Artista, Arucard, Adelline, Brush Wayne.

    Typefaces from 2019: Windgard, Historical, Robusta II (Sans, Script), Lancaste Sans, Lancaste Serif, Hemispheres (Sans, Bold Sans, Script), Eudora, Salveation (vintage script, serif and slab serif family), Glorial (font duo), Schramberg (script + sans), Josephine (script).

    Typefaces from 2020: Burma (a vintage label font), Historical (calligraphic), Goldenside (script), Regint (a display serif), Wildstreet (a dry brush script), Retroica (a vintage display sans by Fitriyawan), Greatwall (dry brush), Romance Story (Sans, Script), Sweet Rosetia (an informal wedding script), Batrider (a vintage bottom-heavy signage script), Retrorelic (Script, Serif, Slab Serif), Neville (a vintage label script).

    Typefaces from 2021: Naira (a smooth display typeface with many ink traps).

    We have both Fitriyawan Runsell and Anna Safitri associated with Studio Runsell---maybe they are aliases of the same person? [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Russell Bean
    [Type Associates]

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    Russell McGorman
    [Our House Graphics]

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    Rvq Type Foundry (was: Hey Bing Type Foundry)
    [Bing Febby Aldiansyah]

    Bing F. Aldiansyah (Hey Bing Type Foundry or Heybing Supply Co, Bandung, Indonesia; b. 1988, Bandung) designed the sans titling typeface Confession (2015, +Serif), the retro brush script Anastasia (2015), the brush signage script Northshire Script (2015, with ink splatters), Glorious Sunday (2015, brush script), Hepburns Type (2015), the retro font Violina (2015), the blackletter typeface The Mariam Story (2015), the pure Victoriana fonts Burton Slab (2015, Tuscan) and Briliants (2015), Hours (2015), the poster typeface Brawls (2015), the Victorian typefaces Dacota (2015, a great layered vintage circus font, with dingbats) and Aseina (2015), the brush scripts Washington (2015) and Hazelnut (2015), the Victorian typefaces Hours (2015) and Warden (2015), the spurred Victorian typefaces Riotic (2015) and Harsh (2015), and the vampire type Furach (2015).

    Typefaces from 2016: Monolith, Ashtone (signage script), Black Vision (Victorian), The Minier, Bellarious, The Sectione Bright Script (heavy brush), Capricorn (decorative blackletter), Blings (signage type), Weinston (vintage signage typeface), Weinston Sans, Hours, Quinte, Monttier Script, Shine (signage script), Holywants (brush script), Choconut.

    Typefaces from 2017: Skylight Graffiti, The Wednesday (swashy blackletter), Java Heritages (a fine layered vintage signage typeface).

    Typefaces from 2018: Amstrong (tattoo or black metal blackletter),

    Typefaces from 2019: Hustle Times (a neon font), Giver (dry brush), Hunting Season (brush script), California (a swashy blackletter).

    Typefaces from 2021: Diamond History (a graffiti font).

    Typefaces from 2021: Northen (a horror font), Nightmare Gothic.

    On Behance, we find the name Rifqi Triana (b. 1989, Bandung). Creative Market link. Behance link. Alternate URL. Graphicriver link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Ryan Thomas
    [Drawwwn Studio]

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    Ryan Toyota

    Canadian designer who made the ultra-condensed poster / signage typeface Implodium Ultra Compressed (2015). Creative Market link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Ryoichi Tsunekawa
    [Dharma Type]

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    Ryoichi Tsunekawa
    [Flat-It]

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    Sabrina Mariela Lopez
    [Typesenses]

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    Sai Poel

    Indonesian designer of the script typefaces Malvina (2019: formal calligraphy), Standly (2019), Muthya (2016), Marceline (2019) and Wolfsbane (2019).

    Typefaces from 2020: Quintavy (a signage script), Heirley Script, Hunting Object.

    Typefaces from 2021: Carrington (a 6-style decorative sans), Marston (a plump serif family), Dickson (an eight-style condensed variable geometric sans). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Sakha Design
    [Alif Ryan Zulfikar]

    Yogyakarta, Indonesia-based designer (b. 1991) of these script typefaces in 2020: Amillea (a rabbit ear script), Hayatti (a rabbit ear script), Koalla, Vyodra.

    Typefaces from 2021: Dartie (script), Thanks Valentine (a confident script), Thanks Valentine (a scrapbook Valentine's Day script), Algeko (an organic monolinear sans), Mousony (a bold slab serif), Halena (a bold rounded sans), Timeless Series (a squarish mechanical sans), Pumpkin Smile, Dead Bear, Hallo Witch, Christmas Leaf (script), Spooky Ghost, Christmas Queen (script), Alveru (an all caps sans), Miver (a gaspipe font with tiny terminals), Miver, Voklea (a thick monolinear informal typeface), Fun Zone (a polygonal cartoonish display font), Lightmoon (a sign-painting script), Lovely Summer (script), Andyou (an upright script), Summer Peach (a scrapbook script), Tropical Leaves (a calligraphic script), Aneliya (script), Green Leaves (a heavy calligraphic script), The Spring (script), Youth Line (a monolinear script), Youth Line (a monolinear script), Chill Rabit (a scrapbook font), Spring Sweet (a scrapbook script), Easter Gift (a fat finger font), Christmas Bear, Rastica, Love Lea (a Valentine's Day script), Beatlove (a wild upright script), Cheerful Yellow( Christmas Bright (a scrapbook script), Easter Nice, Bright Love (a Valentine's Day script), Christmas Night (a script typeface), Valentine Soul (an upright calligraphic script), Christmas History (a rabbit ear script), Christmas Bell (script), Withrose (calligraphic script), Ageitha (an upright rabbit ear calligraphic script), Thanklove (script).

    Typefaces from 2022: Love Rabbit (a scrapbook script), Highlove (a fat finger font). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Salamah Type

    Bontang City, Indonesia-based designer of these fonts in 2021: Black Raven (script), Evafiya (a refined serif), Jaman Edan (a fat brush script), Meriyan (a display serif), Mottilon (script) Rubady (baseball script), Rustic Bettina (monoline script), Scottland (brush script), Tactico (grungy). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Salman Mashudi
    [Hasta Type (was: Iklaz Studio)]

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    Salman Photowork

    Indonesian designer of the signage script typeface Nagreg (2016). Home page. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Sam Parrett
    [Set Sail Studios]

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    Samrenal Studio
    [Renaldi Novianda]

    Samrenal studio was founded in 2017 by Indonesian designer Renaldi Novianda. Creator of the script typefaces Shage Style (an inky script) (2020), Hello Silhouette Script Duo (2020), Alianda Script (2020), Limited Softness Script (a formal signage script) (2020), The Shailent Script Extrude (2020: for a retro signage effect), Selfia Script (2020), Hilland Script (2020) and Brighain Script (2020). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Samsul Kamal
    [Lettersams]

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    Sander Legrand
    [Gravual]

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    Sani Sanjaya
    [Arthy Type]

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    Sanrok Studio
    [Michael Alexander]

    Graphic designer in Bandung, Indonesia, b. 1990. He created the signage typeface Besi Tua (2011) and the heavy rounded sans typeface Dinasti (2013). Sanrok Studio link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Santi Rey

    British designer of the 71-style neo-grotesque Britanica (2020), the stylish transitional typeface Moneta (2020), the Peignotian Moneta Sans (2020) and the supermarket signage script Mercadillo (2020).

    Typefaces from 2021: Alfreda (a 6-style grotesque that experiments with dramatic ultra-thin horizontal strokes), Trona (a five-style condensed wedge serif), Gazpacho (a stocky serif font in 14 styles). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Sara Panepinto

    As a student, Palermo, Italy-based Sara Panepinto designed the adaptive signage typeface More (2016). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Sarid Ezra

    Yogyakarta, Indonesia-based designer of the handcrafted typefaces Sakra (2016, a script published at Letterhend), Sarid Ezra (2017), Retrology (2017), King Birds (2017), Megattor Script (2017), Dear Jane Script (2017: a signature script by Hendry Juanda), Wonder Stark (2017: by Hendry Juanda), Mandatory (2017), Modesta Script (2017), Antone (2017), Better Red (2017), Madgue (2017, monoline script), Beautiful Holiday (2017: monoline script), Dear Disya (a chalk script) (2017), Shutter Stone (2017, signature script), Hello Stranger (2017), Vanillate (2017: monoline script), Gloriant Signature (2017), Signerella Script (2017, signature font), Claytonia (2017, by Hendry Juanda), Rose Colored (2017), Quinible (2017), Mukadua (2017: a beatnik font by Hendry Juanda), The Lentigo (2017), Morsal (2017: free).

    Other typefaces from 2017 include Bitter Rose (free), Suddenly (signature script), Historia Sky and Billenia.

    Typefaces from 2018: Roseville Script (calligraphic: by Hendry Juanda and Sarid Ezra), Daytonia, Carrol Wild, Royalite, Historia Sky, Headley (monoline font duo), Scarlette Script, Bellatrone (script), Edinburgh (SVG brush font), Carrol Standard (sans), Richardson Script (a signature font), Audacity (font duo), Daviton (SVG brush by Sarid Ezra), Rossie Kelly (SVG brush), Sirens, Magdaline, Stephen Gillion (an inky script), Allison Style (font duo), Black Mountage (dry brush font), Merova (serif), Rotrude Sans (in 16 styles), Aurelie Smith (a signature script, and ornaments), Soredime (a great rabbit ear signature font), Hughson (a monoline script), Morriles (SVG brush), Strong Heart (font duo), Auckland Script (signage font), Camilla (signature font), Big Reputation (font duo), Briberra (a brush script) (free version), Carrol Sans, Kaylar, Brighter, Hipsterious (signage font: by Hendry Juanda).

    Typefaces from 2019: Fokers (Victorian), Bargitta (an SVG brush script font by Hendry Juanda and Sarid Ezra), Gorgone (a one-style didone by Henry Juanda and Sarid Ezra), Sharon Baker (by Hendry Juanda and Sarid Ezra), Daniella Evans (a display serif by Hendry Juanda and Sarid Ezra), Lotustail (by Henry Juanda and Sarid Ezra), Palmbell (a signature font by Hendry Juanda and Sarid Ezra), Bittergrace Script (by Hendry Juanda and Sarid Ezra), Bordemile (a copperplate calligraphic script by Henry Juanda and Sarid Ezra), Loverica (a tall elegant titling typeface), Wonderstory (a dry brush script), Point Panther (all caps, display), Dua Rosé, Black Mountage (brush script), Quirkily, Callistera Script, Fort Collins (font duo, by Sarid Ezra at Letterhend), Seriously (at Letterhend), Callistera Script (a signature script), Troyline, Marquis, Elaine Hanks (script and dingbats), Katherine.

    Typefaces from 2020: Briberra (a brush script), Bitter Rose (a brush font), Swifted (a stylish sans), Pearlone (a stylish stencil), Cloudster (an all caps titling sans), Carrol (a 16-style unkerned all caps sans), Carentro, Lindsay Brown, Karelle (decorative serif), Beautifull Weakness (a wild inky script), Augillion (a bold decorative serif), Bread Crumbs, Troyline (a retro script), South Louisville (a painter's script), Shutter Stone, Sirens (a bold headline sans), Shutter Stone, Crooked Hooks (a brush font), Headley (a monoline script), Mister London (a monoline script and sans duo), Roller Cores (a roller paint typeface), Scary Things (all caps, wedge serif), Quinstar, Lequire (a logotype), Routhers (a creamy signage script), Chequers, Lindsay Brown, Audrey Mirages (a decorative serif), Mandalika (a display serif), Branders, The Postgates (a calligraphic script), Louise Walker (Serif, Script), Fragilly, Bombalurina (a script), Goldbrick (wild calligraphy), Dropgray (a stylish sans), Mandalika.

    Typefaces from 2021: Billy Magie (a smooth stencil typeface), Broken Drive (grunge), Future History, Krafika (a modern display typeface), Vierra Moon (a fat finger script), Lighters (a minimalist sans), Duarose (a vintage all caps font), Klopers (a display typeface), Planet Gamers, Freaky Story (a horror font with pointy dagger terminals), Freaky Story (a horror font with pointy dagger terminals), Consent (a playful display font derived from didone caps), Desira (a decorative art gallery serif), Proxemic (a bold sans intended for use in logos), Fireside (a techno logo font), Psyche Lover (psychedelic), Baligo (a fat finger font), Retrips (a bold rounded display serif), Blink Twice (a wavy font), Holybuck (a signature script), Diamond Bridge (a stylish display serif), Adoria (a sci-fi logo font), Folklore Story (script), Strong Girls (an all caps display serif), Space Boards (a sci-fi font), Hisquins (a diamond-themed all caps typeface), Herkings (an all caps display typeface), Collingar (a lachrymal serif), Claire Murphy (a stylish italic serif), Daviton (an SVG brush font), Cherions (a rough brush font), Sertona (a bold display typeface), Daisy Lovers, Louise Walker (a meaty display serif), Carrol Wild (a vintage all caps sans), Edinburgh (a dry brush font), Redrains (a decorative serif), Designors (hand-printed, all caps), Hello Friday Vector (a grungy handcrafted typeface), Angel Charms, Blackpast (a notched all caps sans), Hillray (a stylish bold sans), Love Board (an all caps typeface with some ink run), Cloudy Aurora (font duo), Duarose Serif, Reminder Notes, Explore Wonders (a watercolor font), Shaping Heart (a decorative typeface with hairline serifs), Cronera (handcrafted), August Stories (a display serif), Brolink (tech, sci-fi), Laginchy (a quirky decorative serif), Argue (a decorative serif adoned with hipsterish lower case f and t), New Orleans (an inky script), Glendale (a variable width all caps sans), Ezra (italic), Coachella (a soft serif), Burgundy (a sans with ball terminals and swashes), Cherish Today (a cutout font), Blank Moment, Saphira (a smooth display typeface), Slightly Marker (a brushed marker pen font).

    Typefaces from 2022: Crazy Party (hand-crafted reverse stress caps), Philosophy (a feminine display typeface), Maglite (a lachrymal display serif), <,a href="https://www.myfonts.com/fonts/sarid-ezra/winder/">Winder (a pure display font), Black Point (a stencil / script font duo), Daily Spark (a font duo), Maginors (starry, all caps), Nefilt (a wavy display serif), Stay Tuned (a crayon font), Bodwars (techno logo).

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    Sarwo Edhi Prayitno
    [Absonstype (was: Haksen Graphic, or: Haksen Letters, or: Haksen Studio)]

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    Satriyo Hutomo
    [Muntab Art]

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    Scott Ulrich
    [Incinerator]

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    Scriptorium (Ragnarok Press, Fontcraft)
    [David Fleming Nalle]

    Dave Nalle was born in Beirut in 1959, but lives and works in Texas. He is currently in Manor, TX. From his wiki page: Dave Nalle is a political writer, game author and font designer who was active in the early history of the development of the internet. He is Chairman of the Republican Liberty Caucus, a group that promotes libertarianism within the Republican Party and is Senior Politics Editor at Blogcritics online magazine and is the CEO of Scriptorium Fonts. A creative and prolific designer, he has made hundreds of beautiful (often historic) fonts. His outfit, Scriptorium (based near Austin, TX, est. 1989), also does custom font and logo design. At some points, Scriptorium was also known as Ragnarok Press and Fontcraft. It specializes in artsy and ancient typefaces. Some subset of the fonts is made by Michael Scarpitti. Free font demos.

    Images of his best selling fonts. Special subpages:

    • Three free fonts: Onuava (a mini-serifed hybrid fixed-width font), Divona (sans), Sirona (based on Lombardic calligraphy).
    • Lombardic: Aneirin, Benevento (8th century Lombardic), Cymbeline, Fabliaux, Formidable, Locksley.
    • Decorative initials such as the 20th century sign lettering initials set Pencraft Initials (2009), New Saxon Initials (2016, based on work by F.G. Delamotte), Delamotte Initials One (2016), Delamotte Initials Two (2016), Holly Initials (2010, based on Real PenWork (1880s, Knowles and Maxim), Vyones (2010), Vergennes (2001), Cascade (2009), Bergling (2010; based on initials by John M. Bergling).
    • Steampunk typefaces: Clockwork, Gearhead, Gears, Verne, Draughtwork, Belgravia, Boetia, Blackthorn, Linthicum, Good-fellow, Necromantic, Mephisto.
    • Wild West fonts: Academy, Alcalde, Atkinson Boomtown (2009, after the lettering of Frank Atkinson), Atkinson Eccentric (2009), BigIron, Cibola, Del Norte, Lachesis, Perdido, Plowright, Primer, Riudoso, Niederwald, San Lorenzo (2011, with a Mexican and Tuscan look), Stonehouse, Manquo, Rochambeau, Purcell, Vaquero.
    • Arabic simulation fonts: Samaritan is based on the poster lettering of Alphons Mucha from his poster for the play La Samaritan. Serendib and Waziri are based on the hand lettering of René Bull from his edition of the Arabian Nights. Caliph (1993) is derived from Ernst Schneidler's classic Legende font, with variant characters based on his original lettering. Also: Satampra, Jerash, Samarkand, Isfahan.
    • Celtic fonts: the fonts include Constance, Durrow (1993, traditional rendering of Insular Minuscule calligraphy), Malvern, Glendower (based on the most common lettering in the Book of Kells), Knotwork (caps based on Celtic knots), Alba Text (modernized text font based on Celtic uncial lettering), Lindisfarne (based on a square uncial style), Stonecross (1997, derived from Celtic cross and gravestone inscriptions), Celtic Spirals (dingbats), Celtic Borders font (lets you combine key strokes to form decorative borders; many frames and borders are original Celtic designs by Arts&Crafts period artists like Evelyn Paul and Louis Rhead), Spiral Initials, Brigida (based on Rudolph Koch's interpretation of a squared uncial), Macteris Uncial, Coverack (heavy non-traditional uncial), Dahaut (modernized uncial), Dunsany, Glendower, Morgow (1999, spiral uncial), Teyrnon (elaborate spurred uncial), Padstow (heavy uncial), Vafthrudnir (2011, uncial), Sualtim and Columba (decorative initials based on characters found in the Book of Kells), Albemarle (2001).
    • Oriental simulation fonts: Yoshitoshi (2003, based on the 1900-style writing by Yoshi Toshi.
    • Gothic fonts, including Alt Gothic, Koch Gothic, Barnabas (2011), Sternhagen (2014), Montgisard (2010, roman capitals with blackletter lower case), Serenissima, Gelderland, Alcuin, Monumental, Goldwork, Waldeck, Roncesvalles, Montressor (2010, ornamental blackletter capitals), T4C Beaulieux (1998, a free copy here), Bastarda (2011), Burgundian, Cadeaulx, Collins Old English, Courtrai, Descant, Ereshkigal, Faustus, Franconian (1993, a Schwabacher), Froissart (2000), Ghost Gothic, Katisha, Koch Gothic, Ligeia, Magdeburg, Magdelena, Melusine, Pyle Gothic, Rheingold, Sanctum, Stuttgart Gothic (2010), Textura, Theodoric, Yngling (2002).
    • German expressionist: Dromon.
    • Renaissance fonts: Monumental Gothic, Caswallon (a Caslon family), humanist cursive (Palmieri, Castiglione and Hanes Italic), quirky Italian cursives (Fiorenza and Alleghieri), a Roman style hand-lettered font (Rudolfo and Rudolfo Swash), a Trajan-style Roman lettering (Hadrianus), a classic flourished cursive (Trinculo) and a set of floral intials from the Quattrocento (Fraticelli).
    • Modern poster fonts: Ascelon, Bilitis, Cosmic Dude, Dromon, Ducatus Rough, Eglantine (after Central Type Foundry's Quaint Roman), Ekberg (2002, based on Samuel Welo's posters), Fortinbras, Hamilton, Jambon, Oblivion, Posada (2008, based on the poster lettering of Mexican artist José Guadalupe Posada), Squiffy, Suspicion, Magnin (2003).
    • Mapmaker fonts: building elements are available in Basilica; Ortelius is a map dingbat font; Queensland (based on lettering by artist and calligrapher Eric Sloane), is bold, hand-drawn and reminiscent of medieval writing on maps. There are also Brandywine, Daresiel, Hesperides, Longhorne, Windlass (1996), and Cityscape. Orford (2008) is based on samples of hand lettering from a 1693 manuscript collected by Lewis Day in his classic book on historical paleography, Alphabets Old and New.
    • Calligraphic fonts: Albemarle (2001), Azariel, Moncrief (2011, based on the calligraphy of J.M. Bergling), Pavane, Rasael (2009), Abdiel (2005), Roncesvalles, Gazardiel (2003, connected script), Spoonbill (2003, arts and crafts), Macteris (Roman uncial font), Antioch Uncial (Roman uncial font), Burgundian (Classic black letter font), Franconian (993, a classic black letter font), Castiglione (Attractive Renaissance lettering), Cicero (Roman Rustica font), Formidable (1993, very bold late medieval / Lombardic style), Collins Old English (Classic Old English style gothic), Corbei Uncial (Roman uncial font), Cymbeline (late medieval lettering), Durrow (Standard insular minuscule uncial font), Theodoric (Classic black letter font), Gazardiel, Ghost Gothic (Unusual gothic font), Glendower (Uncial font based on Book of Kells), Gloriana (Interesting hand lettering style), Folkard (from the hand-lettering of Charles Folkard), Offenbach Chancery, Ranegund Merovingian Courthand, Benevento (8th century Lombardic), Hesperides.
    • Art deco typefaces: Imperatore (2018: based on a hand lettered design from California art deco master designer Pedro de Lemos in the 1920s), Speakeasy (2018), Gates of the West (2018), Lyceum (2014), Borealis (2009), Criterion (2011), Illuminata, Madding (2009, a bold poster font that grew out of Aventine), Alexandrine (2009), art Deco Stencil (2009, based on samples of Art Deco stencil lettering by Pedro Lemos), Falmouth.
    • Art nouveau typefaces: Acadian, Agravain (2009), Amphitryon (2009), Ariosto, Asphodel, Averoigne, Beaumains (2011, based on J.M. Bergling's lettering), Beauvoir, Belgravia (based on J.M. Bergling), Bernhardt (based upon the lettering of the Czech art-nouveau artist Alphonse Mucha), Bentham, Berenicia, Boetia (2003, based on J.M. Bergling's lettering), Bruges, Bucephalus (1993), Burd Ellen (2009), Butterfield (1993; in Alfred Roller's style), Cafe Society (2018), Curetana, Damariscotta, Elsene (2011, based on lettering by early 20th century illustrator Clara Elsene Peck), Elysian, Exotique, Flaubert, Gaheris, Ganelon, Gehenna, Goodfellow, Grammophon (2019: a bold Jugendstil poster font), Harbinger, Huyot (2016, after Georges Auriol's types), Jugendstil Kunsthand (2003), Lysander, Maginot (1993; after Peter Schnorr, 1898), Munich (after the Munchner Jugend magazine), Norumbega, Odeon, Ormandine (2010), Pantagruel, Phaeton, Reggio, Rochmbeau, Rockne (2009), Rudolfo, Setebos, Sprite, Summerisle, Sylphide (2005), Undine, Valentin (2008), Vambrace (2010), Walhal, Wendingen (2016), Wormwood (2018), Zeitschrift (2016, based on the Ver Sacrum magazine).
    • Modern poster fonts: Field Day (2003), Ascelon, Bilitis, Cosmic Dude, Dromon, Ducatus Rough, Eglantine (after Central Type Foundry's Quaint Roman), Ekberg (2002, based on Samuel Welo's posters), Fortinbras, Hamilton, Jambon, Oblivion, Squiffy.
    • Constructivist fonts: Krasny Mir (2009), Vrubel, Structura (1997).
    • Futuristic fonts: Alecto, Angelus, Circuit, Culdrose, Gearhead, Ironclaw, Parika, Sanhedrin, Semiramis (1997), Slither, Structuro, Yazata, Adastra (dings).
    • Borders and ornaments. These include New Arets and Crafts Borders (20912, based on The Calendar of Golden Thoughts (Barse and Hopkins Publ, 1911).
    • Boneyard fonts: Undertaker (2014), Antrobus (2010), Sepultura (2002), Halloweenies, Dementia, Boneyard, Skull and Bones, Malagua (1999-2013), Paleos (2002, from titling of B movies in the cave girl genre), Carmilla, Abaddon, Black Cow (1998), Valdemar, Cuede, Ligeia, Mayhem, Mephisto, Golgotha, Sanguinary, Ironworks, Moravia, Gehenna, Nosegrind (2005, graffiti), Corpus, Ghostly.
    • School fonts: Schoolhand (2010).
    • Arts and Crafts movement (late Victorian period, 19th century), based on work and lettering by Walter Crane, William Morris, Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Elbert Hubbard. The Arts&Crafts movement was enormously influential on the works of designers, artists and architects of the 20th century, and inspired the Art Nouveau and Art Deco movements. Fonts include William Morris' Kelmscott (based on Morris' Troy type), and True Golden, fonts from the Glasgow branch of the movement like Chelsea Studio (1997), which is based on Charles Rennie Mackintosh's lettering, fonts from the Roycrofters of New York like Semiramis and Ganelon, fonts based on Walter Crane's work such as Crane Gothic, Pencraft Initials (2009) and Walter Crane, and even fonts from the California Arts&Crafts period of the early 1900s like Coloma. Other typefaces: Jesse M. King (refreshed in 2015, and based on hand lettering from a frontispiece design by Glasgow-based Jessie King who was known for her lavish book covers), Aylward, Palmyra (based on work by the Roycrofters, a design community founded by Elbert Hubbard), Aylward (2010, Victorian), Hyacinth Initials, Spoonbill, Adresack (1996: inspired by the arts and crafts lettering styles of designers like Charles Rennie MacKintosh and Jessie M. King), Brandywine, Changeling (2009, based on lettering by fairy artist Fanny Railton), Goddard, and Advertising Gothic (2003), Valentin, Gaheris, Agravain (2009). Delaguerra (2001-2009) is based on a lettering style originating in the California Arts&Crafts period commonly associated with Mission Style. It is still in common usage in signage at historical sites in California.
    • Victorian: Beaumarchais, Berenicia, Bilibin, Brandywine, Brigidis, Curetana, Durendal, Elphinstone, Flaubert, Folkard, Gjallarhorn, Gloriana, Hermia, Ironclaw, Magnus.
    • Typewriter: Fontcraft Courier.
    • Anthroposophic: Ekberg (2002, based on a sample of poster lettering by Samuel Welo).
    • Medieval fonts of Scriptorium, critiqued by Marc Smith, page 65: Batwynge is based on lettre gffe by Geofroy Tory (1529), and not on an illuminated manuscript of the tenth century as claimed by Scriptorium. Perigord (1993) is based on a Carolingian alphabet drawn by Ernst Bentele in 1952. Allencon is a calligraphic font based on an interpretation of 6th century Ostrogothic Italian calligraphy.
    Some selected fonts: Finchley (psychedelic), Captain Kidd (2012, an original font design based on the title lettering from the classic pirate movie starring Charles Laughton), Aerobrush (2011), Fondry Ornament (2009), Atkinson Egyptian (2008, after the lettering of Frank Atkinson), Verne (2008: remade in 2020 into Covid19), Goldwork (almost blackletter), BigBlok (2010), LetterpressGothic (2010), Plymouth (2010, in the style of Cooper Bold), Broadley (2008, an architecturally inspired script based on lettering by British architect and designer C.F.A. Voysey), Locksley (2004, medieval lettering), Tuscarora (curly lettering), Fiorenza (Renaissance calligraphy), Hesperides (old colonial calligraphic script), Angelus (beautifully printed monospaced script), Esperanza (1996, connected medieval handwriting), Ithuriel (2002), Alleghieri (2002), Hamilton (2002), Spiral Initials, Zothique (great font, based on hand lettering from a map of Clark Ashton Smith's fantasy world of Zothique), Reynard (semi-Celtic), Daresiel (elegant script), Caliph (1992, Arabic simulation), Bassackwards, Rosalinde (1999, handwriting), Arakne (2000, connected handwriting), Falconis (by Michael Scarpitti), Asrafel (semi-Celtic), Swithin (2004), Tyrfing (Art Nouveau/Fraktur, 1999), Waldeck (2008, blackletter), Woburn Initials, Stampwork, Draughtwork, Roughwork (a codex font derived from Nalle's own True Golden which is based on a=n earlier typeface by arts and crafts master William Morris), Melusine (gothic calligraphy), Corbei (uncial), Niederwald (hand lettering), Gjallarhorn (great uncial), Gaiseric (early medieval uncial), Taranis (1987, an uncial first drawn as a font for the cover of the old Ysgarth roleplaying system), De Bellis (roman era, by Michael Scarpitti), Engravers Gothic, Monimental Initials, Sanhedrin (Enemy of the State font), Vespasiano (roman capitals, by Michael Scarpitti), Bilitis, Hendrix (2002), Collins OE (old English), Samedi, Praitor, Evadare (1993, based on a character set which was hand calligraphed by Rudolf Koch), Koch Fantasie (1993), Black Cow (1998). Zothique, Ruritania, Mariner (2004, based on hand lettering originally done by Willy Pogany), Trinculo (a swinging cursive font), Texas Star (2002), Octavian (antique demi-serif font), Ruffian (antique type font), Ascelon (thin sans serif font), Munich (title lettering from Munchner Jugend magazine), Necromantic (bizarre bold titling font), Titania (romantic decorative lettering font), Oberon (bold romantic font), Knotwork, Guede (1993), Pullman, Purcell (Victorian circus poster style font), Allegheny, Carmilla, Malagua (1999-2013), Ardenwood, Platthand, Buccaneer, Cochin Archaic (2010), Boswell (1994), Guilford (based on lettering by artist and calligrapher Eric Sloane), Death Ray (2012, constructivist), Alecto (futuristic), Candlemas (2003), Bridgeport (2003, based on lettering by artist and calligrapher Eric Sloane), Medieval Tiles (2003), Linthicum (2003), Draughtwork (2003), Yngling (Fraktur, 2003), Rheingold (elaborate Fraktur: Music Hall Text elsewhere; see also Teuton Text, Cincinnati Type Foundry, 1877), Kidd (2003), Belgravia (2004), Peck Shields (2004), Scrawlies (2000, handcrafted), Albrecht Durer Gothic (2004), Orpheus (2004), InduXtrial (2004, a grunge face), Yoshitoshi (2003), Veronique (2004), Veneto (2006), Vidilex (1993, monospaced), Abelarde (2006), John Speed (1993: a mapmaker font), Furbelow (2006), Estoril (2006), Tangle, Aventine (sans), Texas Star (2002), Groningen (Bauhaus design), Nevins Hand, Scrapple (2011, Victorian, ornamental), Leodegar (2011, based on samples of 7th century Frankish hand lettering), Candlemass (2012).

    Fonts from 2013: Doge (a Venetian font based on a J.M. Bergling revival), Original Django (after the titling font in Quentin Tarantino's movie Django Unchained).

    Fonts from 2014: Highball, Carillon (based on a typeface by Samuel Welo), Edifice (based on lettering by J.M. Bergling).

    Fonts from 2015: Gods of Mars (an inline sci-fi typeface), Rykov (based on a 1930s Ukrainian constructivist style; Latin and Cyrillic), Vie Moderne (French art deco), Dahlgren, Grand Concours (art deco), Tantalus, Power Tie (art deco), Marquis Greeking.

    Fonts from 2016: Ekberg Modern (based on lettering samples by Samuel Welo from poster designs of the 1920s), Knuckleduster, Tzaphkiel, Sarandiel, Primrose Initials, Elizabethan Script (chancery style), Zeitschrift (an art nouveau font based on the Ver Sacrum magazine), Wendingen (Dutch deco), Memento Mori (Tuscan), Rounders (art deco).

    Fonts from 2017: Buzzmill (wooden plank font), Pumpkin Patch Initials, Talinn, Reliquary, Nopalito, Scattershot (script).

    Typefaces from 2018: Marionettas (a Mexican horror movie poster font), Fascination, Architextura, Santa Sangre, Glyphos.

    Typefaces from 2019: Cafe Corso (art nouveau), Comic Classix.

    Fnts released in 2020: Epigramatic (based on lettering by Dard Hunter for the Roycroft Press in the early 1900s), Cryptos (graffiti).

    Klingspor link. Abstract Fonts link. Dafont link.

    View David Nalle's typefaces. Scriptorrium's library. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Sean Thorenson
    [Studio Works]

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    Searfoss Design
    [Mark Searfoss]

    Graduate of Columbus College of Art & Design, class of 1995. Art director and lettering artist in Columbus, OH, who published his first typefaces at Letterhead Fonts, a type foundry specializing in signage, sign painting, vintage and Victorian typefaces. His typefaces there include LHF Bluegrass, LHF Burly, LHF Champ, LHF Cordial, LHF Elixir 2, LHF Emporium, LHF Locksmith, LHF Olde Hickory, LHF Resolute, LHF Robusto, LHF Swindler, LHF Swindler, LHF Trolley, LHF Whistler.

    Typefaces from 2021: Whittemore, Porter, Ginger Ale, Millstone, Rambler, Blue Ridge, Sign Guy (dry brush, signage).

    Study of Searfoss's work by Julia Sagar (2017). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Sebastian Cabaj

    Sebastian Cabaj (or: Pan Cabaj) studied graphic design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, where he now works as a graphic and type designer, and runs Kometa Studio. In 2012, he set up the Sebastian Cabaj Foundry via MyFonts.

    Creator of the octagonal modular Castania (2012), the squarish display typeface DLG Monospace (2012), the dadaist cut-out typeface Mad Cut (2012), the hand-printed poster typeface Morning Coffee (2012), the Polish antiqua typeface Modena (2012, +Modena Printed), and the blackletter typeface Luft (2012).

    Typefaces from 2013: USKOK, Bosman (a sketched or tattoo font family), Marina (a tattoo font), Grot, Olech (a layered poster or letterpress simulation face based on Martin Jacoby-Boy's Bravour, 1912), Garda (a layered system with a great inline), Pancake (a signage script), Zapora, Sailors Dream (layered font family).

    Typefaces from 2014: USKOK, Old Craftsman.

    Typefaces from 2018: Epsum (a squarish poster or logo typeface family).

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    Sehat Co (or: Duasatu)
    [Aliv Pandu]

    Aliv Pandu is a Yogyakarta, Indonesia-based designer.

    In 2016, he created these typefaces: Thillends (2016, a thick brush script by Aliv Pandu and Hamam Jauhari), Hastadaya (a brush script co-designed with Hamam Jauhari at Wakacsara), Anthares, Aerokids Script, Marsmello (monoline fifties script), Sandat (connected script), Aduhay (calligraphic), Corder.

    Before that, he designed Realitium (2015, spurred Victorian style), Dianjuli (2015), Logawa (2015), Fantai (2015, a great brush poster typeface), Sandat (2015, a painted font), Wanih (2015, a signage script), Hayuk Script (2015), Aduhay (2015), Arisyan Script (2015), Greget (2015, painted type), Solecha (2015, +Rough), and the tall handcrafted typeface Flush (2014).

    Typfaces from 2017: The Austten (brush script), Cosmoball (a signage script by Aliv Pandu and Hamam Jauhari), Museum Sonobudoyo (curly Victorian typeface influenced by traditional Javanese patterns).

    Typefaces from 2017: Underland (a dry brush script by Aliv Pandu), Santhen (a sign painters font by Aliv Pandu and Hamam Jauhari), Sailoria (by Aliv Pandu and Hamam Jauhari), Baksoda (by Aliv Pandu and Hamam Jauhari), Austten (brush script), Mattcool (by Aliv Pandu and Hamam Jauhari), Cosmoball (a signage script by Aliv Pandu and Hamam Jauhari), Anthares (brush script).

    Typefaces from 2018: Delichia (a monoline script by Aliv Pandu and Hamam Jauhari), Southbeach, Rocket Clouds (a neon font done with Hamam Jauhari), Machineat (with Hamam Jauhari).

    Typefaces from 2019: Quadrone (by Aliv Pandu and Hamam Jauhari), Everland Script.

    Behance link for Sehat Co. Behance link for Duasatu. Another Behance link. Aka Ahya Agawiss (Pacitan and/or Yogyakarta, Indonesia). Dafont link. Creative Market link for Wacaksara. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Seniors Studio

    The Seniors Studio in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, designed Sherika (a 16-style grotesk), Aaron Script (2021), Daniela Script (2021), Florabella Script (2021), Isabella Script (calligraphic) (2021), Adelicia Script (wild, calligraphic) (2021), Annalena Script (2021), Brenda Script (formal calligraphy) (2021), Switnesa Script (2020), Hendbras (a dry brush script) (2020), Migha (2020: a free variable font), Stigsa Display (2020: a 35-style 1194-glyphs-per-style high-contrast transitional typeface family with serifs that will cause severe bleeding), Arthura (2018: a sans with subtle reverse stress), Elisabetta Script (2018: exquisite calligraphy), Keneisha (calligraphic) (2017: calligraphic script), Brunella Script (calligraphic) (2017), Be Bright (2016), Hello Sweets Script (a scrapbook script) (2016), Black And White Font Duo (2016), The Sweetest Thing (2016, brush script), Molly Script (an almost upright script) (2016, calligraphic and connected), Belastoria Script (a friendly calligraphic typeface) (2016), Auther (2015), Sweetness Script (2015), Blingtastic Script (2015), Daniela Script (2015), Shania Script (2015), Brenda Script (2015, calligraphic swashy wedding script), Delabasto (2015, handcrafted unconnected script), Adelicia (2015, connected script), Florabella (2015, curly script), Carolinea (2015), Roselina Script (2015), Kathya Script (2015), Cresilda Script (calligraphic) (2015), Isabella Script (2014), Andalusia Script (2014), Aaron Script (2014), Shepia Script (monolinear) (2014), Shintia Script (2014, for signage), Everglow Script (2014, retro signage script), the caps only compressed sans titling typeface Grounday (2014), the free signage script typeface Blenda Script (2014) and the free connected script typeface Nickainley.

    The only thing we know about the designer is his birth year, 1986. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Sentavio Creative

    Belize City, Belize and now New York City-based designer who specializes in high tech and futuristic type designs. He created Borgita (2021: a plump rounded display typeface), Cyberpunk (2021), Cyberto (2021: cyberpunk), Cyberia 3D (2021: a 3d customizable font), Spacegate (2020), the puffy or bubblegum font Funfood (2020), the calligraphic font Wayout (2020), the techno family Vortex (2020), the techno / paperclip font family Mazeline (2018), the signage script Lettercraft (2017), the robot and drone-inspired Robodron (2017), Gempire (2017), the rounded organic typeface Airy (2017), Radon (2017), the outline typeface Ply (2017), the paperclip typeface Garde (2017), the blackboard bold typeface Aberration (2016), the striped typeface Karma (2016), the logotype font Advio (2016), the ribbon or monogram font RibOne (2016), the tech font Line Tech (2016), the curly Wonderscript (2016), the prismatic typeface Lineat (2016, +Lineat III), the plump logotype Airy (2016), the bi-lined typeface Freeline (2016), the robot-inspired Stingo (2016), the display typeface Food Craft (2016), the bilined logo and monogram font Sentaline (2016), the script typefaces Curline (2016) and Article (2016), the children's font Happy Kids (2016), the futuristic font Digitalium (2016, +Condensed), the multiline titling typeface Sentagram (2015), Forest Line (2015, thin squarish headline sans), Sweet Ink (2015), and the ribbon typeface Sentaband (2015). Creative Market link. Behance link. Another Behance link. Graphicriver link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Senzana (was: Inksun Aksara, or: Inksun Mildertype)
    [Gilang Senzana]

    Inksun Aksara (est. 2014) and Inksun Mildertype are aliases of Indonesian designer Gilang Senzana. As Inksun Aksara, he sells Victorian signage typefaces such as Brington (2014), Death Cross (2014), Zimat (2014), Amora (2014), Sang Jawara (2014) and Ophelos (2014). He also designed the tattoo script Tirtayani (2014) and the hand-lettered signage typeface Goodbye November (2014).

    In 2015, he created Anemone Script, Marbelia Evolutions (baseball script), Good Luck My Way, Archer (spurred, Victorian), Crishper, The Brodze (vintage, lettered), Narson (signage script), Holland (connected script), Marbelia (connected signage script), The Beauties Melody, Black Oval, Dream Sketcher, Sribaduga (a blackletter) and Jhonny (a script typeface).

    Typefaces from 2016: Archemy, Almost Hardcore (Victorian), Feuille Rosemary, Marbella Evolutions (signage script), Almost Hardcore (tattoo font), Queen (Victorian style), New Brington (Victorian), Blackbird (blackletter), Thoorma (Victorian), Winterfall (brush script).

    Typefaces from 2017: Brighter, Shinta Brush, Harvest, Laventy Script.

    Typefaces from 2018: Death Crow (heavy metal style), Goldenrisk (Victorian), Stay High.

    Typefaces from 2019: Hastline Script, Murghen Script, Northern Freedom (signage script).

    Typefaces from 2020: Lettown Hills (a decorative didone), Walford (script), Little Birds Script, Rightion (script), Goldbless (Victorian, spurred), Classical Authentic (display serif).

    Typefaces from 2021: Stone Orgonite, Glift (a ligature-rich display serif), The Last Reaverock (a spurred tattoo font).

    Creative Market link. Fontspace link. Dafont link. Behance link. Creative Market link for Inksun Mildertype. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Sergey Bykov
    [zao4nik]

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    Sergio Tortugin Malashenko
    [Tortuga Studio]

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    Sergiy Tkachenko
    [4th February]

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    Seruput (or: Barokah, or: Graptail)
    [Teuku Deky Firnanda]

    Indonesian design studio located in Banda Aceh, run by Teuku Deky Firnanda, b. 1989. In 2013 it published the free Comic Sans-style typeface Barokah, Purbacala (hand-lettered posater face), Hardline, Hardline Grunge, and Hardline Stencil.

    In 2014, they created Kahitna, Stand By Slab, Laskar (signage script), Aleandra (a flowing script), Gemulay Script (signage script family), Monday (script face), Transmetal and Bringin (a free connected script).

    Typefaces from 2015: Apashi, Anthem Script (a ronde style connected script), Honeymoon Script, Devious, Dankita Script (brush script), Ringdena (connected calligraphic script), DorayakiScript, Realist, Hillda Script, Angelline Script, Karmela Script, Lemonade.

    Typefaces from 2016: Pathout Script (for signage), Manisly Script, Kaitlyn Script, Trapline, Regaled Script.

    Typefaces from 2017: Antigena, Duffish (a heavy upright script), Sarcastic (+Inline; Victorian; published in 2019 as Sarkastic), Pathout Script, Young Coconut Script (signage brush script), Blastrick (Tuscan / Victorian), Smooth Boy, Bringin, Delitha.

    Typefaces from 2018: Dropslide (Victorian), Laskar Script, Aerohate (Victorian), Jailetter (spurred), Grantmouth, Monday Script, Karmela Script, Apashy, Ropstone (Victorian).

    Typefaces from 2019: Arastin (Serif+Script), Herina, Grantmouth Vol. 2 (art nouveau), Crotila.

    Typefaces from 2020: Rodest (a decorative serif), Histories Family (a fairy book display serif), Boheld (a vintage collection with Sans, Serif, Bold, Condensed, and Inline styles), Morthern (a decorative Victorian typeface).

    Typefaces from 2021: Sarcastic Nova (Victorian caps), Ringift (a decorative serif), Norteam (a 9-style vintage all caps collection), Lorida (a compressed display serif), Sernes (an 18-style condensed all caps display serif), Bunga Pro (a stylish curly romantic serif), Koling (a romantic cursive font), Klipan Black, Rhinegold (a heavy display serif with diamond-shaped tittles).

    Dafont link. Behance link. Graptail link. Another Creative Market link. Graphicriver link. Type Department link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Set Sail Studios
    [Sam Parrett]

    Bristol, UK-based creative design agency that consists of Sam Parrett, Steven Prebble, Warren Glass and Alex Bailey. Sam Parrett seems to be the main type designer in this team. In 2014, they published the brushy bold marker typeface Sickamore, Dope Script, and the Halloween font Deathgrin. In 2015, Set Sail created the typefaces Sweet Sucker Punch (comic book font in loud caps), Ghost Type (fat signage script), Madina Script (brush script), Spirited (+Sans, Serif, Script), The Treasured Years (brush script), Imogen Agnes (a flowing brush script), Have Heart (brush typeface), Brother Nature (fat brush script), Faith And Glory, Fresh Script, Last Paradise (brush face), Violent Desire and Lord Zero (a fear-inspiring slasher typeface).

    Typefaces from 2016: Bayshore, Tooth + Nail (dry brush), Echo Soul, Northwell (brush script; followed in 2020 by Northwell Clean), Hyper Drive (thick brush type), November Starlight, Blackhawk (brush type), Violetta, Black Diamond, Totally Terrific, Crystal Sky (monoline script), Violent Desire, Uberfriends (free), Lunar Blossom (brush script).

    Typefaces from 2017: Spirited Script, Golden Youth Font Duo, Avallon (an SVG dry brush font), Super Sabretooth (brush), Silverwood (free), Stay Bold, Backlash, The Wayfaring Font, Hyperwave (marker font), Superfly Brush, Scrumptious, Misguided (brush), Candyhouse, Wild Spirit (brush), Better Times (brush script).

    Typefaces from 2018: The Amoret Collection (font duo), Starlit Drive, Bird + Thorn, Stay Dreaming SVG, Crush SVG (dry brush), Havana Sunset (an SVG font), Opulent (an SVG OpenType brush font), Ivory Heart (a free SVG OpenType brush font), Distinct Style (font duo), Silver South (script and serif).

    Typefaces from 2019: La Luxes, Checkpoint, Boston Skyline (a dry brush script), Checkmark (a wild script), Coral Blush (font duo), South Coast (brush), Portfield, Medina Script, Hot Mess (an SVG brush font), Ultra System (Script, Sans), Sebastian Bobby (handwriting).

    Typefaces from 2020: September Spirit, Two Sugars (a monoline script), Mellow Morning, Glory Culture (an SVG format brush script), Resplendent, Wicked Hearts, Hot Rush, Goldney.

    Typefaces from 2021: Fallen Angels (a swashy condensed all caps typeface), Rose Avenue (a serif in the Windsor and Cooper Black genre), Lovebright (script), Wild Star (a blackletter font), Primed (a fat finger script), Lacuna, Foxglove (a brush font), Simple Serenity (a decorative all caps serif).

    Typefaces from 2022: Little Delights (a fat finger script), Neo Retro (a graffiti font), Hot Mess (a brush font), The Acres (a wide railroad car serif and Sans pair). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Setiadi Karya Pertiwi
    [Mage Type]

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    Seventh Imperium
    [Cucu Supriyadi]

    Bandung, Indonesia-based type foundry est. 2015, showcasing typefaces designed by Cucu Supriyadi. Cucu left Seventh Imperium in 2020 to set up a new type foundry, Thirtype. His initial work is largely Victorian, characterized by spurious curls or spurs:

    • Agneya (2015). A calligraphic brush script with an urban street art vibe.
    • Screter (2015). A spurred tattoo font with a blackletter feel.
    • Artonic (2015). A tattoo script.
    • Bellico (2015). A signage script.
    • Black Future (2015). A blackletter / tattoo /metal band font.
    • Bolyar (2015). An all caps display typeface. Almost an exact copy of FM Bolyar Pro (2013, Vasil Kateliev and Jordan Jelev).
    • Clarize (2018). A high-contrast didone family. Followed by Clarize Display (2019), which has a great Engraved style.
    • Egory Castle (2015).
    • Goldana (2017). A great layered font family that emulates chromatic type.
    • Heiders (2018, a 72-style script and sans typeface family).
    • Kyouking (2015).
    • Lockon Velline (2015).
    • Lunair (2019). A layerable script family.
    • Midnight Coffee (2015).
    • Monstice (2018). A stylish vintage typeface family with textured and inline styles.
    • Revorioum (2015).
    • Swiftel (2015). A layered creamy signage script font.
    • Gratinoli (2019).
    • Truens (2019). A vintage font collection.
    • Exorts Compressed (2020). A great compressed ultra black octagonal typeface family.
    • Autherical (2020). A Fraktura font.

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    Shaltype (or: Pudji Pangestoe Type Foundry)
    [Faishal Mahdy]

    Indonesian designer who founded Shaltype in 2014. His typefaces:

    • Samerang Display (2021). A display typeface that tries to evoke the retro-futuristic 1970s.
    • STCO Prescissa (2021). A Textura typeface.
    • Estefania (2022). A retro signage script.
    • Heartwave (2022). A poster font that was inspired by the seventies.
    • Donphan (2022). A vintage display typeface.
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    Shapes for Cash
    [Timothy Donaldson]

    British calligrapher, signwriter, lettering artist, and type designer. He teaches typography at Stafford College and is a Research Fellow at the University of Lincoln. His typefaces:

    • At ITC: ITC Cyberkugel, ITC Digital Woodcuts, ITC Farmhaus Normal, ITC Farmhaus Not So Normal (he says that Farmhaus is where Neil Young meets Paul Renner), Flight (1995), Pneuma, Scruff, Spooky, Telegram, Trackpad, ITC Humana Serif, ITC Humana Script Light, Medium, and Bold, John Handy, ITC Klee, ITC Talking Drum (1990s, interpreted in 2007 by Nick Curtis as Monkey Business), ITC Musclehead, ITC Riptide, Ruach, Ulysses, ITC Airstream, ITC Angryhog, Etruscan, Green, ITC Jellybaby, Neo Neo, Orange (1995, a liquid font).
    • At Letraset: Pink (Peter Hanley's review of Pink), Uffington, TwangLetPlain (scribbly).
    • At FontFont: Fancy Writing (or: FF Fancy, 1996).
    • At Adobe: Immi 505, Postino, Banshee, Coriander.
    • At the Indian Type Foundry: Rozha One (2014, free Google web font). This is a heavy didone typeface with large x-height, high contrast, and a harmonious balance between its Devanagari (designed by Tim Donaldson and Jyotish Sonowal) and Latin (designed by Shiva Nallaperumal). Github link.
    • At his own type foundry Shapes for Cash (est. ca. 2018): Donaldsans Code (2019: a programming font), Billy Mozz (2019), Amadeo (Timothy: this is a 20-year old design that won a prize in a Morisawa competition in the 1990s. It is a deliberately crude, unevenly weighted set of simulated incisions that now attempts to challenge the chocolate-box hegemony of perfect Instagraphy, and maybe to invoke the spirit of Imre Reiner), Cowgirl, Hipsterpotamus (a chubby puppy, a chunky monkey, a bestially bloated beauty of corpulent cuteness), Pointyhead (an exercise in absurdity; to create the most atrociously spiky, thorny blackletter; to give it a set of roman uppers along with brutal fraktur majuscules).
    • Other fonts: Cult.
    He runs Kingink.

    At ATypI 2004 in Prague, he spoke about The world's even bigger Hamburgefonts. At ATypI 2008 in St. Petersburg, he spoke about the resurrection of the pencil. He states in the abstract: During research for my recently published book, "Shapes for sounds", I investigated the Glagolitic alphabet created by the brothers Cyril and Methodius. This alphabet was the mother of Cyrillic. I learned to write the letters, an activity that took on a life of its own and led to a body of interpretation bordering on the obsessive. My talk will focus on the history, development, and subsequent abandonment of the Glagolitic alphabet and will show the new drawings, sculptures, scripts and typefaces I have produced as a result of this investigation. Speaker at ATypI 2010 in Dublin. Speaker at ATypI 2011 in Reykjavik.

    In 2012, he won the Akashi award in the Latin category of the Morisawa Type Design Competition for Jara (a fat signage script).

    Klingspor link. Linotype link.

    View Timothy Donaldson's typefaces. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Sheilla Type (or: Luminto Studio)
    [Muhammad Taufiq]

    Or Moh Taufiq. Pekalongan / Surabaya, Indonesia-based designer (b. 1984) of these typefaces in 2019: Billady Savior, Arthique (a geometric sans), Blackanger, BaltsaroS, Revalinda (brush font). In 2018 he designed Cartboom (a cartoon font family), Lakerstone, Bequind (a boldsans), Nirwana (monoline sans) and Athalita (a signage script), and the tattooish typefaces Armetya, Rockalocca and Sabor Knight.

    Typefaces from 2020: Armetya, Aurions, Black Roast, Rushland Script (a brush script), Brunela (script), Sheilla (Victorian, spurred), Black Savior (ornamental Victorian), Shavina (display), Rosalina Bridge, Raydenstone (a signature font), Candylove, Rosedina (script), Bellynitha Script. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Shelley Winter

    British type designer, born in 1959, who runs Type Design, an independent consultancy which she founded in 1981. From 1977 on, she worked in the type department of Linotype, where she and Walter Tracy developed Arabic and Cyrillic typefaces. She created Telegraph Newface Bold (1989, with Walter Treacy, for The Daily Telegraph), Telegraph Newface Roman (1990), Pegasus Bold (1980, with Matthew Carter for Berthold Wolpe), Mitsubishi Arabic (1987, with Tim Holloway), New Johnston Signage Light (1988), Sun Life Engraved (1988), and helped Matthew Carter with the creation of foreign glyphs to extend his Galliard family. BAA Bembo, used at BAA airports, was drawn by her (and possibly Freda Sack as well). Typographers laud it for its legibility compared to Vialog and Frutiger. Klingspor link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    ShowUp Type Foundry
    [Aulia Rahman]

    Or Aulya Rahman. Banda Aceh, Indonesia-based designer of the signage script typefaces Mekar Script (2016) and Nelda Script (2015). In 2016, he made the connected monoline script font Sakura, the logotype script The Angel (removed after a few days, but then reinstated), the script package Beauty Sunset, the handcrafted typeface Oliver, the poster typeface Lumberjack, the brush font Strength Script, and the connected signage typeface Florance Script.

    In 2017, he designed Bagman (connected monoline script), The Moon (a free brush script), Alaska (a fat brush script), Maveric (a dry brush script) and Signature Script.

    Typefaces from 2018: Margents (signage script), Specta Retro Script (2018, with Hendra Maulia).

    Typefaces from 2019: Lumberjack, Oliver, Matao Serif (a decorative didone typeface done with Hendra Maulia), The Night (curly script).

    Typefaces from 2020: Monesta (an 18-style sharp-edged display serif; +a variable style), Nagaiya (a 15-style display sans (+a variable cut) characterized by sharp spurs; by Aulia Rahman and Hendra Maulia), Rustler Barter (a display font done with Hendra Maulia), Neue Metana (a wide display sans by Aulia Rahman and Hendra Maulia), Masculine Script.

    Typefaces from 2021: Markisa (an 18-style humanist sans and a variable font), Magtis (a 10-style retro fashion mag serif by Aulia Rahman and Hendra Maulia), Magis (a 21-style display sans), Cigra (a decorative serif by Aulia Rahman and Hendra Maulia).

    Typefaces from 2022: Garcia (a Picasso-esque display typeface by Aulia Rahman and Hendra Maulia), Consta (an 8-style display serif by Aulia Rahman and Hendra Maulia). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Si Billam

    Si Billam designed the neon signage font Doppler (2008) at the Archetypal Foundry. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Sibelumpagi Studio (or: Bale Design Studio)
    [Fajar Abdul Fatah]

    Or Fajar Abdul Fattah. Pemalang or Bandung, Indonesia-based designer, b. 1995, of the connected monoline scripts Kelony (2018), Shantine (2018: monoline script) and Raffline (2018), the sans typeface Grand Aprilliant Sans (2018), and the standard script typefaces Southville (2018), The Bellovia (2018), Big Marker (2018), Zhafran (2018), Hikerstone (2018), Nangorians (2018), Aprilliant (2018), Sabily (2018), Thuckies (2018) and Marchie (2018).

    Typefaces from 2019: Amellian Gressida, Smithrose, Snowbay, Masthina (script), Gosthel (dry brush), Shalinta, Bluehill (a dry marker pen font), Arthein, Brillotus, Bahuraksa, Cathylan, Cholaros, Gabryna, Mackless Script (signage script), Whitelist, Rochelle, Anthoine, Whitelist (a marker font), Black Roads, Emilyne (script), The Castellon (signature script), Astonia (a fat script font), Gamelia, Arkina (monoline script, +sans), Winterbean, Alliando, The Bellovia Sans, Nagaro, Gothenstone, Navilla (connected script), Bigoutliner, Bigshado.

    Typefaces from 2020: Blushring, Fallmora (script), Galardino, Bright Cherry, Kallinsha (script).

    Typefaces from 2021: Bucknord (a marker pen font), Asmillione (a tall script), Brightsand. Creative Fabrica link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Sibras Syahdan
    [Susi Type]

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    Sideshow
    [Bai Mellon]

    Eau Claire, WI-based outfit who sell their fonts at MyFonts and Font Diner: Sideshow was developed as an offshoot boutique type foundry of the Font Diner retro display font foundry. Their first work is a collection of calligraphic borders called the Certified Series (2008, by Stuart Sandler of Font Diner and Bai Mellon from France). Other work includes Goofball (2008, retro lettering by David Cohen and Stuart Sandler), Cocktail Shaker (2008, a retro font typical for Stuart Sandler), Bamboozle (2008, wooden plank look by David Cohen and Stuart Sandler), Blackcat (brush typeface by Sam Gambino and Stu Sandler), Creaky Frank (2008), Creaky Solid (2008), Creaky Tiki (2008) [all wood-style typefaces made by Sandler and Derek Yaniger], Blackcat Fever (2008), Weird Bill (2008), Weirdbats (2008, by Cohen and Sandler) and Toylab (2008, by Molly Zakrajsek and Stuart Sandler). Sandler added Derekbats (in cooperation with Derek Yaniger), Savage Hipsters (a bebop curly display face), Weird Bill (with David Cohen), Coffee Drinker (connected script) and Coffee Service (a signage face) in 2008.

    At Google Web Fonts in 2011: Creepster (Halloween font), Trade Winds (pirate font), Frijole [image], Flavors [link].

    Free fonts done in 2012: Rock Salt (hand-drawn).

    Fontsquirrel link.

    View the Sideshow typeface library. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Sign Studio
    [Sugi Yanto]

    Purbalingga, Indonesia-based designer, b. 1986, of Chocoladine (2020: a creamy chocolate sauce font), the sans typeface Kalyant (2020), Willpower Slab (2020: a 5-style slab serif), the display sans typeface Gartisans (2020, showing influences of katakana writing), the squarish typefaces Blackrough (2020), the script typeface Villager (2020), and Black Blocker (2020) and the stencil typefaces Alcatraz (2020) and Maxellight (2020).

    Typefaces from 2021: Rushbold (a retro signage script), Benz Grotesk (a heavy display sans characterized by ink traps), Miner (an 18-style minimalist sans), Brandey (a 5-style full-body serif), Neo Alcatraz (a monolinear sci-fi typeface), Vince (a high contrast art deco typeface), Boldblaster (a signage script), Hexi (a 9-style text typeface with trapezoidal serifs), Bolderist (a stylish bold serif).

    Typefaces from 2022: Aventi (a stylish sharp-edged serif in five styles), Roseblue (a stylish almost Peignotian sans), Roseblue (a semi-formal sans). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Signs of Gold
    [Francis Stephen Lestingi]

    Francis Lestingi (b. 1963, Long Island City, NY) started out in type design at Letterhead Fonts, where he made the calligraphic script typefaces Pierre (2006) and LHF Pierre Fancy (2007). In 1994, while teaching physics at the State University College at Buffalo, he started Sign of Gold, Inc. with his son Stephen. He enjoyed it so much, he took early retirement and went full time carving. As a "recovering college professor", Francis has garnered nine First Place Awards from the USSC Sign Design Competition and the International Sign Association since 1999, and has been profiled in Signs of the Times, Sign Business, and SignCraft magazines. His first commercial typeface at Signs of Gold is Fran Hand (2009), an architct's font. In 2010, he added the signage typeface Stefano. He lives in Williamsville, NY. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Simetris (was: Hanief Studio, or: Hanzel Studio, or: Hanzel Space)
    [Hanief Farandi]

    Sidoarjo, Indonesia-based designer (b. 1990) of these typefaces in 2019: Rumble (a sharp-edged sans), The Atlantic (a serif), Bellarinde, Brigan (a signage script), Janetta Silloam (a signature script), Crushed Stone (a dry brush typeface), Saltacrus, Angler, Ballmont, Andrellina (a signature font), Bakojin, White Smith, Buffallo (a sharp-edged serif), Petricia, Kastangel, Montena, Blustori, Binetta (signature script), Sanctuary Script, Raydric, Rombus, Sambosa, Opera, Caroline Script, Squatter Collins (script), Hilmy Sahid Script (a signature script), Sonic Blow (spurred, dystopian), Zafir, Atena, Moscovia (a rounded all caps sans), Desta Sans, Slightly Sans.

    Typefaces from 2020: Gisellya (a dry brush script), Heritage (brush script), Sechillia Ruster, Rafelya Carrotin (a signature script), William Costinave, Renitta, Southnis (script), Bellisya (script), Royal Kevino, Britonia Sevagus (a decorative serif), Rosellinda Alyamore, Andellia Davilton, Softness, Stink (a wedge serif display typeface), Regoza, Trellis (a great wedge serif for display), Flamingo, Willow (a bold rounde serif), Croc (a fat display wedge serif), Brovile (a display serif), Refita (a striking wedge serif), Gilden (a Caslon), Selvina (a stylish sans), Silmastin (script), Briktail (a typeface with flared art nouveau terminals).

    Catalog in 2022: Amabillis, Andellia Davilton, Angler, Argiss, Arthines, Brogetta, Ballerick, Bellarinde, Bellisya, Berdiolla, Black Lunatic, Blingstone, Breattogis, Brigan, Briktail, Bringlandes, Britonia Sevagus, Brittish Shorthair Script, Brovile, Collin Weather Script, Croc, Gisellya, Heritage Brush, Hightlight, Historis Script, Janetta Silloam, Jeasland Script, Jellovy Switch, Just Squash, Magnolia Grande (a monolinear script), Margadeth (dry brush), Mathilda, Next, Osike, Rafelya Carrotin, Refita, Regoza (a slim serif), Rellington, Renitta, Road Blast, Roasting Script, Rosellinda Alyamore, Royal Kevino, Saltacrus, Sambosa, Sechillia Ruster, Selvina, Sienthas, Silmastin, Sinethar, Sonic Blow, Southland, Southnis, Stink, Storm Gust, Stringless, The Atlantic, The Roughly Handwritten, Trellis, White Smith, William Costinavel, Zafir, Zafrilus (a bold signature script).

    Creative Market link for Hanief Studio. Home page. Creative Fabrica link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Sir Speedy 3000
    [Sir Speedy Clovis]

    Foundry in Clovis, CA. Sir Speedy also develops custom fonts for PC or Mac. So far, there are Busker, CarckBlack, Chonk, Computer, Czar, Grazcy, KindrenMedium, Kurus, Lexo, Liccy, Loofa, Otak, PedroElAlto, Pillar, Platypus, RobekTT, Romanum, SaltondBold, SaluteDemiBold, Scratch (signage typeface), Scritter, Sherman, SpaceOne, Spangle, Spook, Swan, Tenmoon, Tinggi, Valentine, Wedge.

    Dafont link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Sir Speedy Clovis
    [Sir Speedy 3000]

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    Sirmon Stuff (was: Nine Crows Type Foundry)
    [Paul Sirmon]

    Paul Sirmon's commercial type foundry in Dallas Fort Worth, Texas, est. 2013, is called Nine Crows. In 2015, he set up Sirmon Stuff.

    Creator of Beefcake (2013, a signage sans), Sandman Retrogram (2014; based on the computer screen type seen in the movie Logan's Run) and Wooderson (2015, signage typeface).

    Typefaces from 2016: Big News I and II (grungy headline typefaces). Creative Market link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Sitintahitam
    [Hasto Hst]

    Designer of the late Victorian / early art nouveau typeface Eversthedin (2020) and the signage script Ekshada Script (2020). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Situjuh Nazara
    [7N Types]

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    Sizimon Studio
    [Faisal Tanjung]

    Surakarta, Indonesia-based designer of Winrun (2016, grungy), Harmonic Script (2016), Campion (2016, brush script), After Miles (2016, brush script), Sweetcase (2016, signage script), Artefak (2016), Soulmate (2016), Bladmail Script (2016), Adven (2016, spurred), Venture (2016, spurred), Explore (2016), Backup (2016), Resize (2016), BloodStone (2016), Broodfath (2016, brush type), Winrun (2016, grungy sans), Arcweid (2016, a handcrafted typeface) and Stuner Script (2016).

    Typefaces from 2017: Bellisia, Balestya Script (formal calligraphy), Balestya Sans, Rosaline, Saekana Script, Resillia, Westey (monoline script), Black Sunday, Campion, Bristan, Monalisa Script, Monalisa Monoline Script, Brownhill Script (a brush script), Backup, Aveline, Ameliea Script, Black Animal (brush style), Jasmine (brush script), Black Anemone (brush typeface), Camellia Script.

    Typefaces from 2018: Jefinian Script, Mitchellia, Daniella (calligraphic), Mellyana, Bethany, Light Olifia (script), Sunydale, Biancha Script.

    Typefaces from 2019: Sunchery (formal calligraphy), Rosiecated (a thin script), Diarylea (calligraphic brush), Dioksiany, Lucky Walter (wild calligraphy), Harsley (script), Aurothesia Script (font duo), Unstream , Weastream, Scientesia, Bloodstone (brush).

    Typefaces from 2020: Carlhes Browny, Agreable, Brown Love (script), Hermosa (script).

    Typefaces from 2021: Cherishline Font (a signature script), Sonlight (a scrapbook script), Biancha Script (an elegant wild script), Domestic Script (an inky script), Harlesy Script (a chic script), Sunchery (a calligraphic script with a natural rhythm), Black Borough (a dry brush script), Dioksiany (script), Mallikay.

    Typefaces from 2022: Valerie Indirose (a stylish script), Breathing Fresh (a scrapbook script), Sunydale Font Duo (a scrapbook script). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Skogtype
    [Gunnar Link]

    Type designer born 1983 in Schramberg, Germany. He studied Kommunikationsdesign at Fachhochschule Mainz from 2007 to 2011, and founded Skogtype.

    Creator of Royal Oak Decor (Victorian ornaments), Royal Oak Sans (2009, Edwardian headline sans) and Royal Oak Serif (Western headline face). All were done in 2009 at Die Typonauten and were joint work with Ingo Krepinsky and Stefan Kroemer.

    In 2011, he designed the Cooper Black-style typeface Frido Black at 26 plus zeichen. See also Frido Narrow (2011).

    Ingo Krepinsky and Gunnar Link made the fun hand-drawn Western family Oklahoma Pro (2012) in styles called Deputy, Sheriff, Marshal and Scrawls (dingbats), and

    In 2012, he published Selva, a modern take on the textura style, at Die Typonauten. Riga (2012) is a lively fat signage typeface.

    Typefaces from 2014: Donki (fat signage script, extended to Donki Pro and Donki Pro Stencil in 2015).

    Typefaces from 2017: Skog Sans.

    Typedia page. MyFonts foundry page. Klingspor link. Behance link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Skyhaven Fonts

    Skyhaven (Alex, b. 1993) is located in New York City. He designed free typefaces between 2012 and 2015, and turned professional after that.

    In 2012, he designed the hand-printed typefaces Scrappy Le Doot, On Kayak, The Low Down, Lunar Oatmeal, Datamost, Retro Supermarket, Konata, Luna Graph, Clark Summit, Real Toyz, Nocturne, The Snails, StPauls, Arking (graffiti style), Conspiracy, Skeluna, Lava Lamp, Summertime Lovin (outlined signage typeface), and Nonsense. Wub Machine and Spikes are playful typefaces. Penn Avenue and The Enemy Gene are fattish poster fonts. Get The Fuck Up and Des Pot) are outlined comic book typefaces, while Nammy Sans is a comic book typeface designed for balloons. Centipede is a squiggly typeface. Mega Sans and Ursa Cape) are outlined shaded typefaces. Ursa Minor is a sci-fi typeface. Retro Gamer is a horizontally-striped geometric typeface. Raditad) is a horizontally-striped sketch face. Iron Furnaces) is ultra-condensed. Nite Owl) is an avant-garde typeface. Red Fish) is a grunge typeface based on napkin writing. Ded End) is a grungy typewriter typeface. In Metro Caves is a grungy textured typeface. Super Rad) is a geometric sans typeface.

    Further typefaces from 2012 include Red Snapper, Metro Skies, Belle West, The Moon, Fisher, Alisky, Enjoy The Alien, Whisperings, The Real World, Swift Death, Tall Trees, Windsor Hand, Distort Me, Split The Atom, Ursa Drop, Klondike7, Belle West, Nammy Sans, Pixel This, Summertime Lovin (comic book lettering), Spikes, Monday Morning, Where My Keys, Firefly Navigator, Coconut Point, Clarks Summit Panic (blood drip typeface), First Impressions (hand-printed), Ocean City Park (hand-printed), Limit Break, Space Game, Sky Metropolis (hand-printed), California Rad (poster face), Yellowjackets (hand-printed), Organic Fear (scary typeface), Frenzy (ornamental caps), Green Surf, Sky Fanci, Killin It, Fix You (outlined face), Punkin Pie (3d outline font), Alligator Sky (hand-printed), Freaking Strange (grunge), Oh God Why (sketched face), In The Know (condensed and hand-printed), Kamikaze (brush face), Wintered Debts, Overhead (alchemic), Wintermint, Festivala, Freaking Strange, Whale Watching, Everything's Fine, Goodnight Freak, Twilight Ozone, Distort Me, Snow Fox, Bouncing on the walls, Sleeping on a cloud, Sketchbook Nasty, On the edge, Outta Da Box, Bold Universe, Splendid Stencil, First Impressions, Strange Rituals (an avant-garde geometric sans), Regular Font (hand-printed outline and shadow font), Shanty Hand, Strawberry Avalanche, Take Warning (blood drip face), Playtitle, Hairliner, Over Atlantic City (tall hand-drawn poster font), Skyliner (tall poster font), Retroland, Owl Creek (a campground font), Insanity, Lake Script, Lakeshore Drive (poster font), Gorilla Comix, Bamboo Brisk, Scranton Fancy, Ruby Glow, Happy Dreams Med Mono, Lost in the Sound (chalk font), Ice Cream Sandwich, Art Center, Shark Fighter, Minds Alike, Supersonic Love, Brushie Brushie, Rainy Day (thin poster font), Maggie Moo (comic book font), Kinda Messy, Midsummer Circus, Ocean Coastlines, Hillside Vista, Fox Connection, Cheap Frames, Problems, Rustik (grungy), Tribal Type, Songbird, Angry Mob, New Visions, Parachutes, Loud and Clear (scratchy typeface), From The Woods.

    Typefaces designed in 2013: Brinetext Black (a poster font), The Grand Staircase, Windsor, Spacecraft, Nevermore, Paper Airplanes, Whipped Scream, Paper Airplanes, Sing Out, Bright and Beautiful, Into The Vortex, Embxz, Awkward, Summer Jams (outlined face), Sombody (sic) to Love, Tekno Trance, Spinning Around, Up with the Birds, Campground, Linemaster (outline face).

    Typefaces from 2014: Supersonik, Whirly Birdie, The Ramble, Lazy Summer, Red Moon Rising (alchemic font), The Perfect Wave, Realistik (upright script), Brinetext Pattern (textured typeface).

    Typefaces from 2015: Wednesday Lettering Practice, Roundmarker, Dragon Night, Sinister Black (heavy brush), February 11 2015, February 10 2015.

    Typefaces from 2018: Spindle Refined, Moonrise (a geometric mulilayered hipster font), Clam Shack, Nicholson Gothic, Lake Giles, Anitype Journal (a fat finger font), Anitype Redwood, Wednesday Lettering Practice, Sinister Black, Garden (lapidary vintage caps, aka Lake Giles 26).

    Creative Market link. Old URL for Skyhaven Fonts. Dafont link. Fontspace link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Slametype
    [Galih Aprilia]

    Indonesian designer of the signage fonts Rolyta (2019) and Rainbay (2019), and the script typeface Berthany (2019). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Smith Hands
    [Robbie Smith]

    Smith Hands (was: Smiths Hands Collection) is the foundry of type designer Robbie Smith in London. I cite that source: Robbie Smith is a graduate of Reigate School of Art&Design (under calligrapher Gaynor Goffe and sign-writer John Gibbs) and went on to work in Richard Kindersley's letter carving studio in London. Now a freelance type designer in London trading under the moniker of Smith Hands, Robbie is focusing on incorporating the pattern and drive of calligraphy into modern styles of lettering that will fit beautifully into the modern corporate world.

    Robbie Smith designed these typefaces:

    • Brushed Sans (2018). Inspired by sign-writing.
    • English Engravers Roman (2010). A lapidary / chiseled text typeface---inspired by the beauty and eccentric detailing of British stone carved lettering.
    • Hoplight (2010).
    • Snag (2013). A copperplate sans--he calls it a typeface with embryo serifs.
    [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Solid Type
    [Riski Firmana]

    Aceh and Jakarta, Indonesia-based designer of these calligraphic typefaces in 2018: Gredom, Mostin (a strong all caps headline sans), Berthilda Script, Solidar (a fine connected calligraphic script), Alesand (free), Virmana Script, Feelsmooth, Sarisha Script, Aneisha Script, Stay Classy (free), Staychill (dry brush), Albertyna Script, Rosabelia Script.

    Typefaces from 2019: Lunarie, Shington Script (wild calligraphy), Halfesika Script.

    Typefaces from 2020: Granelly Script, Denita Script (a formal calligraphic scruipt with a serious slope), Bargiery (formal calligraphy), Darshye Script (formal calligraphy), Gistela (script), Boldka Script (a supermarket or packaging script), Khalifah Script (formal calligraphic), Stay Chill (a dry brush script), Achelan Script (a formal script), Brillany, Cowboy Strong, Certhian Script (an upright script), Khamden Script, Mealsika Script, Antura Script (formal calligraphy), Federica Script, Mathovia Script (a vintage script), Grettana (script), Distor, Arethia (formal calligraphy).

    Typefaces from 2021: Cherrine, Kaneishia Script (wild and calligraphic), Cential Script (a retro signage script). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Sonar Hubermann
    [Wahyu Ichsan Fauzi]

    Sonar Hubermann (Medan, Indonesia) is a collaboration studio and publisher. One of its designers is Wahyu Ichsan Fauzi, who graduated from Indonesian Art Institute, where his thesis consisted of designing a typeface for a wayfinding system on his campus. He created the signage script typeface Nadheeya Script (2018) and Saint Regus (21 lovely comic book or cookbook fonts) (2021). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Spiece Graphics
    [Jim Spiece]

    James R. Spiece (b. 1946, Wabash, IN) attended Culver Military Academy and graduated from Wabash High School in 1964. Jim attended Indiana University and graduated with a B.S. in 1969 after serving two years in the US Army stationed in Germany. Based in Fort Wayne, IN, he liked to revive old type designs. Ji died in 2021 in Green Valley, AZ. Obituary.

    The typefaces made Jim Spiece:

    • Adonis Old Style SG (2004): a connected upright script modeled after a little stationery and greeting card typeface developed for American Type Founders in 1930 by Willard T. Sniffin.
    • Anthology SG (2005).
    • Arched Gothic Condensed: another Victorian type, developed around 1885 by the James Conners&Son Foundry (New York).
    • Ark Monogram SG: Ark is a combination monogram set based on the ATF Virkotype designi from the 1930s.
    • Asteroid Primo SG (2009).
    • Astoria Antique (2003): 19th century style ornamental face.
    • Aviator SG (1995), aka Ventura Slim, based on an old 1930s lettering style popularized by Carl Holmes in his book.
    • Bernhard Brushscript SG: based on an extremely heavy informal script was created in the early 1920s by Lucian Bernhard.
    • Bernhard Gothic SG
    • Beverly Shores Script SG (2004).
    • Birdlegs SG (1991).
    • Cactus Flower SG (2006): a Wild West family based on lettering by Ross F. George.
    • California Poster SG (1996).
    • Centric Geo SG (1996) and Centric Serif SG (1996). These are squarish slab typefaces.
    • Concerto Rounded SG: revival of some 1920s Lucian Bernhard lettering.
    • Edison Swirl: A frilly Victorian blackletter typeface based on a design by Hermann Ihlenburg from ca. 1900.
    • El Castillo SG (2008): an old style newsprint family.
    • Epicerie One&Two SG (2008): a signage family.
    • Eva SG. Eva Antiqua SG is an exquisite family based on the 1922 Klingspor model by German designer Rudolf Koch (known as Koch Antiqua or Locarno). It also includes Eva Paramount SG, which is a revival of a 1928 typeface, also flared, by Morris Fuller Benton called ATF Paramount. The Castcraft incarnation is called OPTI Eve.
    • Frisco Antique Display SG (2004): based on a woodtype display typeface from the 1880s by Bruce Type Foundry.
    • Gable Antique Condensed (2002): based on a Bauer Type Foundry art nouveau face.
    • Gambit Nouveau SG (2004): art nouveau.(2004): art nouveau.
    • Grand Slam SG (2002): based on an old cardwriting style known as Poster Gothic.
    • Headline Helpers One SG and Headline Helpers Two SG (2009). Followed by Headline Helpers Three SG (2017), Headline Helpers Four SG (2017), Headline Helpers Five SG (2017).
    • Hollywood Deco SG (1994): based on a Willard T. Sniffin deco-inspired original from 1932.
    • ITC Blair (1997). Blair has its roots in the Inland Type Foundry, ca. 1900.
    • ITC Deli Deluxe and ITC Deli Supreme (1999)
    • ITC New Winchester
    • Ironman SG (2002): art deco poster font.
    • Kingsbury Condensed SG (1992): 1930s style art deco face.
    • Kolinsky Sable SG (2004): a brush display typeface due to Charles P. Bluemlein, 1944.
    • Little Brown Frog SG (2007).
    • Melrose Modern SG (2005): art deco family.
    • Memorandum SG (1992): a sans text family.
    • Metropolis SG: revival of a long-legged 1932 classic design by W. Schwerdtner for the Stempel Foundry.
    • In 1895, Julius Schmohl and Max Rosenow published an upright script with BBS. This ronde typeface was originally known as Oliphant and renamed Advertisers Upright Script in 1925. In 2014, Spiece Graphics created a digital version of it, Milroy Upright SG.
    • Mingo Gothic SG (1991-1992).
    • Narcissus SG (Open and Solid): Narcissus Open is a heavy typeface designed by Walter Tiemann in 1921 for the Klingspor Foundry in Germany.
    • Newport Classic Basic SG and Newport Classic SG: based on an extra condensed art deco typeface designed by Willard T. Sniffin for American Type Founders in 1932.
    • Nicolas Jenson SG: a large text family about which Spiece writes: It was the original work of fifteenth century designer Nicolas Jenson that formed the basis for this roman serif style developed by Ernst Detterer in 1923. Similar in spirit to other early twentieth century revivals such as Centaur, Cloister Old Style, and Italian Old Style, Nicolas Jenson is distinguished by its pristine and delicate nature. A gifted young apprentice to Detterer, Robert Hunter Middleton, greatly expanded the family. And by 1929, bold, italic, and open were part of the Ludlow Foundry's beautiful Nicolas Jenson Series. It was reintroduced under a new name, Eusebius, in 1941.
    • Nova Script Recut One SG (2011): based on Nova Script (1937, George F. Trenholm).
    • Pacific Clipper SG (1991): a mix between Koch's kabel and ATF's Novel Gothic (1929, Morris Fuller Benton and Charles H. Becker).
    • Panorama SG (1995): art deco family, based on an old 1930s lettering style popularized by Carl Holmes is his wonderful book on the subject.
    • Quaint Gothic: Arts&Crafts face.
    • Replica Rough SG (2018). A grungy typeface.
    • Samson Classic SG: a heavy display typeface based on a 1940 design by Robert Hunter Middleton for the Ludlow Foundry.
    • San Remo Casual SG: a fifties style connected script.
    • Sheridan Gothic SG: an art nouveayu face, ca. 1910, known as Grant Antique.
    • Speedway SG (1992-1993): connected upright 1950s diner script.
    • Stellar Classic SG (1997): Stellar was originally designed by by Robert Hunter Middleton in 1929 as a serifless roman well before Hermann Zapf's Optima, released in 1958.
    • Stratosphere SG (1993).
    • Telepod SG (2002): based on an old Speedball lettering style and has a very retro look.
    • Thumbnail Text SG (2005).
    • Travel Kit SG (2004): art deco.
    • Tribunus SG: roman Trajanus style family, originally designed in 1939 by Warren Chappell for Stempel.
    • Tweed SG (1992): handlettering.
    • Ultramodern Classic SG: a marquee lettering font family in the style of Broadway. Based on a 1928 design by Douglas C. McMurtrie, Aaron Borad, and Leslie Sprunger.
    • Valentina SG (1991-1992): a plump comic book style script.
    • Veranda Poster SG: derived from a European art supply manufacturer's logotype done in the Vienna (Wien) Austria style, which was used by artists such as Julius Klinger and Willy Willrab in the 1920s.
    • Wellsbrook Initials SG: based on the 1920s work at Bauer of the German graphic designer Emil Rudolf Weiss.
    • Zinc Italian SG (2002): 19th century style curly ornamental face, aka Zinco in the Victorian era. Based on Zinco (1891, Hermann Ihlenburg for Mackellar, Smith & Jordan).

    MyFonts link. Klingspor link. View Jim Spiece's typefaces. Listing of Jim Spiece's fonts. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Squid & Steve (or: Rocket Type)
    [Dathan Boardman]

    Rocket Type, Squid & Steve, Dandylion Brushworks and Dandylion Typeworks are all names of foundry set up in 2014 by Dathan Boardman. Dandylion Typeworks link.

    The early typefaces by Dathan Boardman include Afternoon Tea (2010: inspired by a lettering specimen featured in Letters and Lettering by Paul Carlyle and Guy Oring) and Portsmouth (2012, with Ryan Lyse: a squarish typeface family). In 2015, Dathan designed the handcrafted typeface Little Pigeon, Jacuzzi Room, and the signage script Lampoon Brush (not to be confused with Sam Wang's Lampoon Brush from 1992).

    Typefaces from 2016: Redshift (a rounded geometric full range sans), Aldin (a simple monoline sans family), Rifleman, College Dropout (handcrafted athletic lettering font), Portsmouth (a stackable sketched textured typeface), Afternoon Tea (after an alphabet published in 1938 in Letters and Lettering by Paul Carlyle and Guy Oring), Eisley, Material (brush font).

    Typefaces from 2018: Diablo (beatnik style), Bivona (a retro jazzy typeface), Cream Cheese (handcrafted), Echophonic, Piquant (curly and joyous), My Left Foot, Mr + Mrs Konky (beatnik style), 500 Guitars. In 2018, at Great Lakes Lettering, Dathan Boardman published Penny Pincher, Posie, and Sharp Shooter. At Font Seed, he published Discount, a typeface co-designed with Stuart Sandler in 2018.

    Typefaces from 2019: Delmonico (a vintage display typeface by Dathan Boardman and Ryan Lyse). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Stasy Font
    [Muhammad Akbar]

    Aka Akbarmeasalaro. Banda Aceh, Indonesia-based calligrapher and designer, b. 1981, of mostly calligraphic or connected script typefaces. He ran Tone Studio, Triotone and Sinfa, and most recently, he set up Stasy Font in 2020. On Dafont, his location is East Kalimantan, not Sumatra, though. In 2020, he released Aurum (a bold script). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Stavros A. Georgakopoulos

    London-based codesigner, with a few others, of the nice brush script typeface Crap Script (2012), which is all but. Other typefaces from 2012 include Micra Sans, Arigant, Tall Handwritten and Hand Lettering (a fat signage script).

    He also made several specimen booklets and specimen catalogs for Parachute.

    Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Stefano Meroni

    Graphic and editorial designer in Milan. In 2010 he designed a large type family, Tremila. He writes: Tremila is a typographic system designed for the city of Genoa. It has been conceived to give the Italian seaport a strong and bold identity, in order to improve all tourism-related communication. While the rounded terminations give Tremila a young and playful feel, its large x-height and open forms make the typeface ideal for official documents and signage too. The system consists of two main fonts, Tremila Sans and Tremila Unicase. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Stephen Rapp

    American calligrapher, letterer, and type designer (b. 1953, Indianapolis, IN) located in Lakewood, OH, and/or Kent, OH. As a lettering artist for American Greetings since 2000, he has designed and developed numerous proprietary fonts. He specializes in beautiful script typefaces. Stephen's commercial fonts can be found in both Veer and P22/IHOF collections. Creator of these fonts:

    • Baghadeer (2013). A very tall ronde typeface.
    • Bramble (2005, P22): an organic hand-printed font family.
    • ChaiTea (2007, P22): a flowing script.
    • Chatter: hand lettering for a card design that was both humorous and trendy. Proprietary.
    • DeSoto (2009-2012) is a family of four engraved typefaces based on a few letters from a 1958 DeSoto magazine ad. Joe Newton at Veer created butterfly ornaments and swashes.
    • Hiatus (2010-2013): a connected chancery hand.
    • Hollie Hobbie: proprietary hand-printed face.
    • Memoir (2008): an elegant connected script.
    • Montague Script (2008): a connected calligraphic brush script that won a "Certificate of Excellence in Type Design" award in the 55th Annual Type Directors Club Exhibition and an award at TDC2 2009. In 2014, it was followed by Montague Script Bold.
    • New Cuisine (2012). Sure to be a winner, this upright signage script oozes warmth and charm.
    • Raniscript: 2009, upright connected script) from 2009.
    • Shoebop (2006, 2012): retro connected lettering / signage face.
    • Slapjack (2013). A broad-edged calligraphic script.
    • Tai Chi (2003, P22): a calligraphic oriental simulation font.
    • Custom fonts by Rapp were created for American Greetings, AGI and a few private clients. As of 2014, they include Longhand Plain&Swash, Chick Flick, Ciao Bella, AGI Typewriter, AGI Serif, AGI Hand, Chickadee, Madeline, Rough Draft Pro, Cafe Noire, Cantoni Pro, Milk and Honey, Line Dance and Vickery Script.

      Typefaces from 2015: Spry Roman.

      Typefaces from 2016: Solantra (a great script).

    See also here. MyFonts link. Klingspor link. Behance link. Creative Market link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Stereo Type Haus
    [Richard Diaz Granados]

    Stereo Type Haus (or STH) is a commercial foundry in Brooklyn, NY, est. 2000, offering fonts by Rick D. Granados ((b. Miami, FL, 1970): Bucks (graffiti font), Bushwick (handwriting), Ballbuster, Bedford (2010, an award-quality dot matrix family inspired by mosaic lettering by Heins&LaFarge, architects of the IRT (Interborough Rapid Transit) in New York City: Bedford hints at the station names on platform walls which date back to 1904 but modernize it through a rigid grid system and rounded corners), Bockhold (2010, a humanist take on DIN), Broadcast (neat stencil face), Konstrukt (stencil), Construkt (2009, a unicase stencil), Falcon, Gran Torino, Roller Girl, Opera (2005, with Ros Knopov), Prisma 2012 (2010, an octagonal multiline face), Radiac (2010, a monoline squarish unicase face), Rukbat, Stylus, Schmearox, Tech Stencil (2000), Noise&Hum, STH Sirena (2006, inspired by hand-painted signage found in "Little Haiti" Miami, Florida), Boris Dworschak (Partisan East, Partisan West, Basic, Gaijin. Other designers include Nikola Djurek (Cornerset (pixel), Aiseman), Luis Valle&R.D. Granados (Lillian, a script face), Arnold Steiner (Statica, Organic Mechanic), Michael Clarke (Paris), Carlos Alfonso (Locut, 2Bit), Denise Wilton (Stereobitz, a stereo dingbat face), Nikola Djurek (Tribeca, Magasine, Soho, Novella) and unnamed author fonts such as Palleta, Rook, STH Kit 1, Stereobytes (audio dingbats), Stereobytes Vintage (hi-fi dings), Nomad (a deconstructivist stencil face).

    At FontStruct in 2009, he made the Victorian family Cartelle (+Inline), the pixel family Microdot, and Chico. Granados spends his time between New York City and Austin, Texas.

    Klingspor link.

    View Richard Granados's typefaces. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Stereotype (was: Zone Erogene, or Dasklem)
    [Clément Nicolle]

    Stereotype is Clément Nicolle's web outfit. He designed these (free) fonts between 2004-2006: 3grammes5, BagpackDemo (grunge), Base02 and Base05 (grunge; this one dates from 2009 though), FrakturikaDemo, Fleur Aux Dents (happy dingbats, by Damien Raymond), Barrio 30 (degraded stencil face), Heroin07 (2008, grunge), Base 05 (stitching font), Madredeus, MarcelleScript, MarcelleSwashes, MigraineSans, MigraineSerif, Perestroika (Cyrillic font simulation), Petiote, Phonetica, Reclame, Sodium'76. Fleur aux Dents was designed by Damien Raymond. Today (2008) is a connected diner style script. Morgenstern (2008) is a wiry font.

    Dasklem (Zone Erogene) was a French foundry (est. 2002) in Nancy also founded by Clément Nicolle. At Dasklem, he created nice typefaces (with repetitions from the list already mentioned above) such as Frakturika (2004), Phonetica (2003, a semi-phonetic unicase face), C'dans l'air, Irreversible, Migraine Sans (2002), Migraine Serif (2002, unicase), Fleur aux Dents (dingbats by Damien Raymond), 3 Grammes 5 (2002), Arriere Garde (2002), Base 02 (2002), Perestroika (Russian simulation face), Petiote (2003, pixel face), Marcelle (2004, fifties style baseball script), Madredeus, ReclameDingbats, Bagpack (grunge), Barrio 30 (grunge), Morgenstern (electrical circuit font), Today (2008, signage script), Heroin 07 (2008, grunge), Base 05 (2009, grunge).

    The most recent typefaces: Bugeater (2013, textured typeface), Docktrin (2014, a spurred letterpress-style typeface), Huntress (2015, grungy letterpress style), Wasted (2015, a connected retro script), Bakery (2015, curly script), Bernadette (2016, signage script), Master of Break (2016, free signage script), Magnolia Sky (2016, a wonderfully irregular curly script), Marguerite (2016, signage script), Beyond The Mountains (2016), Mark My Words (2016), Thinking of Betty (2016, retro signage script), Bernadette (2016), Thinking Of Betty (2016, a retro signage script), Bernadette Rough (2017), Work In Progress (2017), Mustardo (2017, signage script), Gloss And Bloom (2017, dry brush), La Guapita (calligraphic), Rose of Baltimore (calligraphic), Broadcast Matter (2017, dry brush script), Mocking Bird (2017, signage script), Hotel de Paris (2017, beveled), Julietta (2017, script based on the lettering of Stéphane Lopes), Meat Buckets (2017, a nervous signage script), Strawberry Blossom (2018: script), Jasmine and Greentea (2018: script), Grand Adventure (2018: script), Silver Charm (2018: script), The Breakdown (2018: script), Rosetta Black (2018: brush style), Rosetta Color (2018: SVG color font), The Perfect Christmas (2018: a starry font), Strawberry Blossom (2019: watercolor brush), Madame (2019: signage script), Mollywood (2019), Badass Moon (2019), Rotten Mangos (2019: made from a fudenosuke brush pen; a renaming of Badass Moon?), Snowballs (2019: Magnolia Sky with snowflakes), Mondaine.

    Typefaces from 2020: Yellowstone (an inky script), Holly and Berries (a Christmas font), Halloweek (a dripping blood font).

    Typefaces from 2021: Bergamote (script), Leaves&Ground.

    Older (dead) URL. Dafont link. The foundry survives as Stereo Type (since about 2005). Another Dafont link. Yet another link. Klingspor link. Abstract Fonts link. Creative Market link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Steve Jackaman
    [Red Rooster Type foundry]

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    Steve Matteson

    Rochester Institute of Technology's School of Printing graduate who lived in California and in Holland, MI, and now resides in Louisville, Colorado. He was a disciple of Chuck Bigelow and Kris Holmes. MyFonts page on him. In 1990, he started work at Monotype in Palo Alto to create the Windows truetype core fonts Arial, Times New Roman and Courier New. He stayed with Monotype and then Agfa/Monotype until 2003 (when he was probably fired, but that is only an unreliable guess), directing type development from the design office in Palo Alto, CA. Bio at Agfa/Monotype. He has directed branding projects such as Agilent Technology's corporate sans serif and Microsoft's corporate font family 'Segoe'. At the same time, he was involved in producing bitmaps and outline fonts for cell phones and TV set top environments. He has worked extensively designing Greek, Cyrllic, Thai, Hebrew and Arabic alphabets to satisfy the requirements of customers such as IBM, Microsoft, Nokia, Sun and Sybase. In 2004, he co-founded Ascender Corporation in Northbrook, IL, where he remained Type Design Director until Ascender was bought by Monotype, where he now heads the type design team (12 people in all, as of 2013).

    CBC interview in 2012. Fontspace link. FontShop link. At ATypI 2011 in Reykjavik, he spoke on typefaces for Android OS.

    His typefaces:

    • Amanda.
    • Andale Mono (Monotype), Andale Mono (Ascender). This is a monospace sans-serif typeface designed for terminal emulation and software development environments. It was originally created by Monotype. Andalé Mono was first distributed as an Internet Explorer 4.0 add-on under the name Monotype.com. In version 1.25 of the font, it was renamed to Andale Mono, distributed with Internet Explorer 5. It is often used by programmers, and is bundled with Mac OS X.
    • Andy (Monotype), his first face, a design based on a friend's lefty handwriting. Published at Agfa's Creative Alliance.
    • Arimo (2010). A free sans family at Google Web Fonts that is metrically compatible with Arial. TeX support and further downloads on CTAN.
    • Ascender Sans Mono (2004-2008, Ascender). Metrically compatible with Courier New. Ascender Serif (2005, 4 styles) is metrically compatible with Times New Roman.
    • Ascender Uni Duo is a fixed-width comprehensive Unicode-compatible font available with support for the Unicode Standard. Ascender Uni Duo is a 39MB TrueType font with approximately 53,000 glyphs. The Latin and related glyphs (designed by Steve Matteson) are Sans Serif, with Gothic ideographs drawn in Japanese style, and complementary styles for other scripts. There are also versions of Ascender Uni that provide localized support for Korean, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese. OpenType layout support is included for Arabic (initial, medial, final, isolate, and required ligature forms, as well as basic mark positioning), and vertical writing for CJK locales (consisting mostly of Latin, symbol, punctuation, and kana glyph variants). Character Set: Latin-1, WGL Pan-European (Eastern Europe, Cyrillic, Greek and Turkish), Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Thai, Vietnamese, Hebrew, Arabic. Ashley Crawford.
    • Ascender Sans (Ascender).
    • Ascender Serif (Ascender).
    • Ayita (2006, Ascender), a decorative sans family co-designed with Jim Ford.
    • Bertham Pro (2009, Ascender). Four styles including Open, after Goudy's Bertham.
    • Bierstdat (2021). A sans typeface that could replace Calibri later in 2021 as Microdoft's go-to font in Microsoft 365 apps.
    • Blueprint (1993).
    • Binner Gothic (Monotype).
    • Blueprint (Monotype).
    • Cambria (Ascender).
    • Carnero (2019, Monotype). Steve describes this sans family as a feisty hybrid of precise geometry and calligraphic flair.
    • Chicory (2006, Ascender). A calligraphic script face.
    • (2010). A free family at Google Code that is metrically compatible with Courier New. See also OFL.
    • Creepy (Ascender Corporation): a Halloween font designed with Carl Crossgrove.
    • Curlz (1995, Monotype). Done with Carl Crossgrove, based on wrought iron on chairs.
    • Dempster (2016, with Jim Ford at Ascender). The original iangular industrial design, by Jim Ford, goes back to 2010.
    • Droid Sans Mono Pro (Ascender), Droid Sans Pro (Ascender), Droid Serif Pro (Ascender). and Droid Sans Mono: a font family designed in 2006-2007 by Steve Matteson at Ascender for Google's Android project, mobile phone software for handsets. Free download at CTAN.
    • Dujour (2005, Ascender): an art deco revival of the 1930's typeface Independant by Joan Collette and Jos Dufour for Plantin. Compare with the free Independant by Apostrophic Labs.
    • Endurance Pro (2009, Ascender): neo-grotesque sans. Endurance Pro Cond (Ascender).
    • Facade (Monotype).
    • Fineprint (Monotype). A design loosely based on his own penmanship ("on a good day"). Another Creative Alliance face.
    • Friar Pro (2009, Ascender): Friar Pro is a revival of Frederic W. Goudy's "Friar" typeface. Goudy described this typeface design as a 'typographic solecism' as it combines a lowercase of half-uncial forms from the 4th through 7th centuries with an uppercase of square capitals from the 4th century. Friar was originally designed in 1937 and used to print a Christmas keepsake produced by Goudy and printer Howard Coggeshall. The fire that burned Goudy's studio in 1939 destroyed the drawings and matrices before many metal fonts were cast. Of all that was lost in the fire, Goudy once said he missed Friar the most.
    • Futura Now (2020: a 107-style family by Steve Matteson, Terrance Weinzierl, Monotype Studio and Juan Villanueva, that includes variable fonts as well as subfamilies called Text, Display, Headline, Inline, Outline, Shadow and Script).
    • Georgia Pro (Ascender).
    • Gill Floriated Caps.
    • Goudy Fleurons (2010, Ascender).
    • Goudy Modern MT (Monotype).
    • Goudy Ornate (2002). Unsure if Matteson made this or Carl Crossgrove.
    • Kennerley. Based on Goudy's Kennerley family.
    • Kidprint (Monotype).
    • Kootenay (2006, Ascender), a sans family.
    • LeBeau (Ascender): a signage font.
    • Liberation Mono, Sans and Serif (2007-2009, Ascender). A set of free open source fonts done for Red Hat Inc.
    • Lindsey Pro (2006, Ascender): a cursive script based on his niece's hand.
    • Louisville Script (2008, Ascender): ordinary handwriting.
    • Massif (2006-2011, Monotype). Odd name, since Jean Joveneaux made a font called Massif in 1957. How can Monotype get away with a trademark for this is beyond me.
    • Mayberry (2008, Ascender): a 14-font sans family with extremely large x-height and strange proportions. Mayberry semibold is free. Mayberry Pro (Ascender).
    • McZee, a Microsoft symbols font.
    • Miramonte Pro (2006, Ascender). A geometric-meets-humanist sans after the typeface Marsuv Grotesk by Stanislav Marso at Grafotechna, 1960.
    • Open Sans (2010, Ascender). A free family by Steve Matteson. See also at Google Fonts. In 2021, he added the rounded companion, Open Sans Soft (20 styles).
    • Overpass and Overpass Mono (2011-2019), designed by Delve Withrington, Dave Bailey, and Thomas Jockin. A free open source sans font. The design of Overpass is an interpretation of the well-known Highway Gothic letterforms from the Standard Alphabets for Traffic Control Devices published by the U.S. Federal Highway Administration in 1948. It was created for Red Hat Inc. Dedicated web page. Link at Delve Fonts.
    • Newstyle. Based on Goudy's 1921 typeface, Newstyle. See also Newstyle (2018, Steve Matteson).
    • Pericles Pro (2005, Ascender): an Ascender typeface based on the work of Robert Foster who created the original for American Type Founders in 1934), a 433-glyph OpenType font for Greek simulation or stone cut looks.
    • Pescadero Pro (2005, Ascender),
    • Pescadero Pro: a serif face.
    • Rockwell Team (Ascender): an athletic lettering face.
    • Rebus Script (2009, Ascender): done with Terry Weinzierl.
    • Scooter Script (2009, Ascender): comic book style face.
    • Segoe Chess (Ascender), Segoe Mono (Ascender), Segoe TV (1997-2004, Ascender: done for MSNTV).
    • Tinos (2010). A free serif family at Google Fonts that is metrically compatible with Times New Roman. Download at CTAN, where one also finds TeX support maintained by Bob Tennent. Nerd Fonts patch.
    • Tipperary eText (2012-2013), Monotype.
    • Titanium Motors (2012, Monotype), Titanium (2006, Ascender): techno typefaces.
    • Truesdell (1994, Monotype): a revival and extension of the "lost" Goudy types cut in 1931. Also at Creative Alliance. Also includes Truesdell Sorts.
    • Tucker Script (2009, Ascender): ordinary handwriting face.
    • Twentieth Century Poster (2002), an art deco display font straight from the late 1920s.
    • VAG Rounded Next (2018, Monotype). Developed under the direction of Steve Matteson, this revival of the 1979 classic corporate font of Volkswagen AG has new weights and adds support for Greek and Cyrillic. The MyFonts site co-lists Tom Grace as designer.
    • Verdorgia (2010): an ugly duckling.

    Klingspor link. Fontspace link. View Steve Matteson's typefaces. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Stiff Upper Glyph
    [John Merrifield]

    Stiff Upper Glyph is John Merrifield's type foundry in Seattle, WA (and before that, Los Angeles, CA), est. 2012. Their typefaces:

    • Semidocile Bold (2012-2017). A rounded fat finger display typeface that could be useful for signage and packaging.

    Tumblr link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Stiggy & Sands
    [Jim Lyles]

    Stiggy & Sands is the Arvada, CO-based type foundry of Brian "Stiggy" Bonislawsky and Jim "Sands" Lyles, est. 2013. Their first commercial typefaces, all jointly designed, are Sante Pro (2013, a tall upright connected script), Rum Raisin (2013, inspired by the lettering from a vintage Kellogg's Raisin Bran cereal box), Maiden Orange (2013), Luckiest Softie Pro (2013, a rounded comic book typeface that was inspired by hand-lettered vintage 1950s advertisement), Smokum Pro (2013, a Western typeface), Carioca Script Pro (2013, inspired by the lettering on the RCA Records Stereo Action Series in the 1960s), Uncial Antiqua Pro (2013), Spicy Rice Pro (2013: psychedelic or disco), Ultra Pro (2013: a Clarendon or wood style slab serif), Quintessential Pro (2013: calligraphic), Bruno Ace Pro (a techno/automoive font, followed in 2018 by Bruno Ace Pro Rounded), Aclonica Pro (2013), Special Elite Pro (grungy typewriter), Audiowide Pro (2013: organic techno face), Peralta Pro (2013: a bouncy cartoon font), Englebert (2013: inspired by the title screen of the 1930s film Der Blaue Engel starring Marlene Dietrich), McLaren Pro (2013: comic book style), Galindo (2013: a comic book typeface with square counters), Margarine Pro (2013), Righteous Pro (2013), Mouse Memoirs Pro (2013, cartoonish), Risque Pro (2013, funky style), Luckiest Guy Pro (a fat comic book font based on vintage 1950s ads), Original Surfer Pro (2013, an an offbeat sans serif font bursting at the seams with lively personality. Inspired by a vintage advertisement for the California Cliffs Caravan Park, this font exudes all of the fun of a summer vacation anytime of the year), and Marcellus Pro (a flared roman inscriptional typeface with both upper and lower case, originally published in 2012 by Astigmatic; CTAN page).

    Typefaces from 2014: Purple Purse Pro (an offbeat didone based on a vintage Ivory Soap ad from the fifties).

    Typefaces from 2015: Shojumaru (an oriental simulation font inspired by a movie poster for the 1957 film titled Sayonara, starring Marlon Brando), Sacramento (connected script), Bazaruto (a decorative set of typefaces inspired by wrought iron, Letters and Lettering by Carlyle and Oring, and didones), Maiden Orange Inline Pro.

    Typefaces from 2016: Syncopate Pro (unicase), Kapture (a great romantic script), Stint Pro (slab serif spanning condensed to expanded widths), Grand Hotel Pro (upright connected script), Ribeye Pro, Shojumaru Pro (oriental style), Freckle Face Pro.

    Typefaces from 2017: Dear Sans (rounded sans family), Glorious Song (a display serif typestyle that was inspired by the poster lettering for the 1948 movie Words and Music), Montez Pro.

    Typefaces from 2018: Croft (a revival of Lewis Buddy III's ATF classic, Roycroft, 1912), Navarone (a Greek simulation font inspired by the titling sequence of the 1962 movie "The Guns of Navarone"), Distressed Telegraph (based on the typewriter font Large Elite Type No. 44), Gimbel Script (a tall monolinear upright vintage script), Bigelow Rules Pro (a beatnik font), Eagle Lake Pro, Husk (a digitization and extension of a film typeface called Maile by LetterGraphics), Boilermaker (a digitization and extension of a film typeface from LetterGraphics dubbed Flair G100), Eagle Lake (calligraphic), Bruno Ace.

    Typefaces from 2019: Fascinate Pro (a soft-shelled art deco typeface), Artisinal (an art deco typeface that revives John W. Zimmerman's Cubist Bold from 1928). Modulate (a blocky modular typeface), Lorette (based on the film font Laurel from LetterGraphics), Quandor (based on the Lettergraphics film font Impacta), Magnate (a digitization of the film typeface Wilshire from LetterGraphics), Toastie (based on the film font Flair 312 by Lettergraphics), Latitude Sans (a heavy sans based on Lettergraphics' Free).

    Typefaces from 2020: Bugleboy (this font family revives and expands the film font Wood Grotesk by LetterGraphics), Berkshire Pro (a plump display typeface), Mervale Script Pro (a brush script originally done in 2012 at astigmatic One Eye).

    Typefaces from 2021: Huerto (a geometric angular sans), Pennyroyal Pro (an elephant feet font with irregular outlines), Pennyroyal (an elephant foot almost cutout font).

    Typefaces from 2022: Pardner (a hand-painted spaghetti Western font).

    MyFonts link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Stone Type Foundry
    [Sumner Stone]

    The Stone Type Foundry in Guinda (ex-Rumsey and ex-Palo Alto), CA, is Sumner Stone's outfit, which he founded in 1990. Born in Venice, Florida in 1945, Sumner Stone is a major designer, and creator of the Stone family. He studied calligraphy with Lloyd Reynolds at Reed College in Portland, Oregon, and then went to work for Hallmark cards as a lettering artist. In 1979, he became type director at Autologic, and in 1984, he became the Director of Typography at Adobe Systems (until 1989). His typefaces:

    At ATypI 2007 in Brighton, he spoke about The foundation of the humanist sans serif. As of 2008, his entire collection can be licensed for 20 computers in an educational lab for just 300 dollars. Scripps College pages. CV at Agfa. Bio at Linotype. Page at Emodigi. His lecture in 2007 on W.A. Dwiggins. PDF file of his work. Signature. 2012 Newyear's card. Interview by MyFonts in 2014. FontShop link. Klingspor link.

    View Sumner Stone's typefaces. Summary overview of Sumner Stone's typefaces. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Storic Type (or: Flavor Type, or: Flavortype)
    [Panji Nugraha]

    Flavor Type was an Indonesian design studio located in Bandung in which Panji Nugraha, Ilham Herry and Maghrib Lab were involved. In 2017, Panji Nugraha set up Storic Type.

    Panji Nugraha is the Bandung, Indonesia-based designer of Caferus (2014), Murmers (2014, Victorian), Bonerica (2014, a Victorian typeface), Vanderchalk (2014) and Glowist (codesigned in 2014 with Ilham Herry and Maghrib Lab at Flavor Type).

    In 2015, he made My Dear Script (penmanship script), Hava Shine (Victorian signage face), Lovile, La Chalk (chalk writing emulation), Carneval (a fun hand-drawn typeface family with a possibility of layering), To Dear (brush script typeface), Allic (brush typeface), Vidiz (a swashy slab serif poster typeface), Levitte Script, Leila, Holisun (brush face), Vacamous, Summerica, Callalily, Vicent (watercolor brush), Morning Sugar (brush script), Blacky, Lonssa (hand-drawn type, with ornaments), Heartwell (a wonderful brushy poster script), Noside (a splashy brush), Toxine and Fruty.

    Typefaces from 2016: Enlighten (bouncy sans), Bite Chalk, Stay Alive (Victorian), Dafodil (Western), Vercha, De Arloy (art nouveau), Herald Bouncy, Mon Cheri (signage script).

    Typefaces from 2017: Relove (Victorian), Floresh, Chester (a layered spurred vintage typeface), Recipe Daily (free), Glandish, Moody Blue (a curly Victorian typeface), Reborn (ornamental Victorian typeface), Recipe Diary.

    Typefaces from 2018: Limit Corner (Victorian), Bride Chalk (sans and serif).

    Typefaces from 2019: Borest (a luxurious flared sans by Ilham Herry and Maghrib Lab), Fulgate (by Ilham Herry and Adam Fathony).

    Typefaces from 2020: Muray House (a bold swashy bathroom towel typeface by Ilham Herry and Adam Fathoni Haris), Esteric (a playful retro jazz typeface).

    Flavortype's catalog in 2022 showed these typeface families:

    • Barlon (2022). Art nouveau, modernized. By Ilham Herry and Adam Fathony Haris.
    • Borest (2019). A luxurious flared sans by Ilham Herry, Adam Fathony Haris and Maghrib Lab.
    • Budge (2020). A layerable retro signage script.
    • Bumsy (2021). A bold display serif by Ilham Herry and Adam Fathoni Haris.
    • Esteric (2020). A playful tapered retro jazz font. By Ilham Herry and Adam Fathony Haris.
    • Fulgate (2019). A luxury display family by Ilham Herry and Adam Fathony Haris.
    • Genty (2020). A creamy retro signage script typeface by Ilham Herry and Adam Fathoni Haris.
    • Glaw (2020). A psychedelic font by Ilham Herry and Adam Fathoni Haris.
    • Monvar (2021). A layerable Cooper Black style typeface. By Ilham Herry and Adam Fathony Haris.
    • Muray House (2020). A bold swashy bathroom towel typeface. By Ilham Herry and Adam Fathony Haris.
    • Rische (2021). A 6-style display serif with huge counters and an enormous x-height. By Ilham Herry and Adam Fathony Haris.

    Creative Market link for Flavor Type. Another Behance link. Behance link. Another Behance link. Another Creative Market link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Storm Type Foundry
    [Frantisek Storm]

    Storm Type is a major Czech foundry that offers the inspiring work of Frantisek Storm (b. 1966, Prague). Most typefaces are made by Storm himself. The typefaces:

    • Aaahoj: a ransom note font.
    • Abald (2005): Abald adds to the number of "bad-taste" alphabets as seen on faded commercial inscriptions painted on neglected old houses.
    • Academica: Josef Týfa first published Academia in 1967-68. It was the winning design in a competition for scientific typefaces, announced by Grafotechna. It was cut and cast in metal in 1968 in 8 and 10 point sizes in plain, italic and semi-bold designs. In 2003 Josef Týfa and Frantisek Storm began to work on its digital version. The new name Academica distinguishes the digital execution (and modifications) from the original Academia. In 2021, Frantisek Storm added Academica Sans.
    • Aichel: originally designed for use in architecture (in this particular case for a UNESCO memorial plaque for a church built by Jan Santini-Aichel on Zelenà Hora). It has a stone-chiseled look.
    • Alcoholica
    • Alebrije (2015). A 42-cut exaggerated cocaine-driven typeface family with instantly recognizable v and w that have slabs on their baselines.
    • Amor Sans and Amor Serif (2005).
    • Amphibia (2016). A lapidary typeface family.
    • Andulka (2004): 24 weights for use in books, mags and newspapers. Extended in 2011 to Andulka Sans.
    • Antique Ancienne, Moderne&Regent (2000): Baroque typefaces.
    • Anselm Sans and Serif (2007): 20 styles about which Storm writes The ancestry of Anselm goes back to Jannon, a slightly modified Old Style Roman. I drew Serapion back in 1997, so its spirit is youthful, a bit frisky, and it is charmed by romantic, playful details. Anselm succeeds it after ten years of evolution, it is a sober, reliable laborer, immune to all eccentricities. It won an award for superfamily at TDC2 2008. It covers Greek as well.
    • Areplos (2005): Based on Jan Solpera's 1982 typeface with serifs on top and serifless at the bottom.
    • Bahnhof: poster typeface from the 1930s.
    • Baskerville Original Pro (2010) comprising Baskerville 10 Pro, Baskerville 10 Cyr, JBaskerville, and JBaskerville Text. This is an important and thoroughly studied execution starting from photographs of prints from Baskerville's printing office, ca. 1760.
    • Beletrio and Beletria (2018). Beletria (26 styles) is intended as a modern book type. Beletrio is a peaceful accompanying sans.
    • Bhang (2011) is a flat brush signage family of exceptional balance.
    • Biblon (2000; note: ITC Biblon is a watered down version of Biblon, so please go for the original, not the ITC version). Biblon Pro (2006) is even better; 6 weights.
    • Briefmarken (2008): letters that look dented like postage stamps.
    • The 64-style Carot type system (2020), which consists of Carot Sans, Carot Display, Carot Slab and Carot Text.
    • Clara Sans and Clara Serif (2014). Based on sketches by Rotislav Vanek, and published at Signature Type Foundry.
    • Clichee
    • Cobra (2001)
    • Comenia Script (Radana Lencov&acaute;), an upright script with a handwritten look for teaching writing.
    • Comenia Text (2006): a serif family for school books. Also called Comenia Pro Serif.
    • Compur (2000).
    • Coroner (2018). A blackletter first sketched in 1988.
    • Defender (2008): a heavy slab family.
    • Digita (2004)
    • Dracula (2017). A great blackletter family.
    • Dynamo Grotesk (1995): Storm's 60-weight sans family going back to the early sans traditions. In 2009, this was updated to Dyna Grotesk Pro.
    • Enamelplate (2011).
    • Etelka (2005, 42 styles): a corporate identity sans family, which became commercial in 2006. Four Etelka Monospace styles were added in 2008. Etelka Sans and Etelka Slab were released in 2019.
    • Evil
    • Excelsior Script (1995-1996), perhaps renamed Excelsor Script around 2000.
    • Farao (a great Egyptienne font in 3 weights)
    • Friedhof (2011). A family based on tombstone lettering from ca. 1900. It contains handtooled and shaded (Geist + Deko) variations.
    • Gallus Konzept (2007, in many weights):
    • Carolingian-Roman-Gaelic-Uncial script, or an exploration into how the Latin alphabet could look were the evolution of the Carolingian Minuscule to stop in the 8th century AD in Sankt Gallen.
    • Genre: a modern face.
    • Fenix 21 through 23 (2010): An elliptical sans family that includes a hairline (21).
    • Header (2009): a magazine headline family.
    • Hercules (2001). A didone family originally influenced by Monotype's fat face Falstaff (1935).
    • Hexenrunen (2006, + Reverb): a runic simulation face.
    • Ideal Gothic
    • Inicia (2018). A sans originally drawn in the 1980s.
    • Jannon (this is a formidable Garalde family). Jannon Pro appeared on MyFonts in 2010.
    • Jannon Sans (2011).
    • Jannon Text Moderne (2001): thicker hairlines and smaller x-height than Jannon Text, thus more generally useful
    • Jasan (2017). A 36-strong sans family with lots of wide styles.
    • JohnBaskerville (2000)
    • JohnSans (2001, a 72-weight sans version of Baskerville)
    • Josef Sans (2013, with Jan Solpera). A humanist sans family related to Josef Tyfa's Tyfa Roman (Tyfa Antikva).
    • Juvenis (2003)
    • Kompressor: techno typeface
    • Lexicon Gothic: newspaper and magazine type family, created in 2000. Renamed Lexon Gothic.
    • Libcziowes: based on the oldest lettering found in Bohemia, on a gravestone in Libceves dating from 1591
    • LidoSTF (2001, free): a redrawn Times with lots of individuality, yet still a newspaper typeface
    • Lokal Script (2009): a large hand-printed letter family.
    • ITC Malstock (1996-1997), a condensed film poster face.
    • Mediaeval
    • Metron (2004, a digital version by F. Storm and Marek Pistora after a huge sans design from 1973 by Jiri Rathousky, which was commissioned by the Transport Company of the Capital City of Prague in 1970 to be used in the information system of the Prague Metro. In 1986, the metro started using Helvetica): this typeface is eminently readable!
    • Modell: techno
    • Monarchia [The Monarchia family, consisting of three designs, is a transcription of "Frühling" of the German type designer Rudolf Koch, enriched by a bold and text design]
    • Moyenage (2008): a 25-style blackletter family for Latin and Cyrillic, almost an experiment in blackletter design and flexibility. Winning entry at Paratype K2009.
    • Mramor (1988-2013). A roman caps typeface with lower case added. Storm: The text designs are discontinued since they were replaced by the related Amor Serif family (along with its -sans version). Even so, ten display styles are left.
    • Negro
    • Ohrada: condensed upper case
    • Ornaments 1+2
    • Ozdoby 1+2 (great dingbats): The set includes heraldic figures, leaves, decorative endings, various skull forms, weather signs, borders and many more.
    • Patzcuaro
    • Pentagramme
    • Pentagraf: a slab serif
    • Pepone and Pepone Stencil. Designed for setting belles-lettres, this serifed family defies classification.
    • Pivo (2006), a connected diner script inspired by Bohemian beer labels.
    • Plagwitz (2000, blackletter). Plagwitz poster by Lissa Simon (2012).
    • Politic (2004): a clunky fat octagonal family made for billboards, flyers, posters, teabags, and matches for the green Party in the 2004 Czech elections. Caps only.
    • Preissig Antikva + Ornaments: a 1998 digitization and interpretation of Preisig's polygonal type from 1925. The Pro version is from 2012.
    • Preissig 1918: a typeface by Vojtech Preissig cut in linoleum
    • Preissig Ozdoby
    • Regent Pro (2015): a rustic Baroque typeface that oozes energy out of its semi-transitional semi-didone orifices.
    • Quercus Whiteline, Quercus 10, Quercus Serif, and Quercus Sans (2015). Four large families, created for informational and magazine design, corporate identity and branding. The sans has a Gill flavor.
    • Regula Text and Regula Old Face. Regula is named after the secular monastic order Regula Pragensis. Initially, the digitized font (regular old Face, which is now free) had jagged edges and a rather narrow range of applications until the summer of 2009, when Storm added text cuts. Regula was a baroque alphabet faithfully taken over from a historical model including its inaccuracies and uneven letter edges.
    • Rondka (2001)
    • Sebastian (2003, a sans with a funky italic), about which he writes: Sans-serif typefaces compensate for their basic handicap---an absence of serifs---with a softening modulation typical of roman typefaces. Grotesques often inherit a hypertrophy of the x-height, which is very efficient, but not very beautiful. They are like dogs with fat bodies and short legs. More# Why do we love old Garamonds? Beside beautifully modeled details, they possess aspect-ratios of parts within characters that timelessly and beauteously parallel the anatomy of the human body. Proportions of thighs, arms or legs have their universal rules, but cannot be measured by pixels and millimeters. These sometimes produce almost unnoticeable inner tensions, perceptible only very slowly, after a period of living with the type. Serifed typefaces are open to many possibilities in this regard; when a character is mounted on its edges with serifs, what is happening in between is more freely up to the designer. In the case of grotesques, everything is visible; the shape of the letter must exist in absolute nakedness and total simplicity, and must somehow also be spirited and original.
    • Serapion (a Renaissance-Baroque Roman typeface with more contrast than Jannon)
    • SerapionII (2002-2003): early Baroque
    • Solpera (digitization of a type of Jan Solpera, 2000)
    • SplendidOrnamenty (1998, a formal script font)
    • Splendid Quartett: an Antiqua, a sans, a bold and a script. Stor writes: The script was freely transcribed from the pattern-book of the New York Type Foundry from 1882, paying regard to numerous other sources of that period.
    • St Croce (2014). Based on worn-out lettering on tombstones in the St. Croce Basilica in Florence, this is a flared lightly stenciled typeface family.
    • Technomat (2006): this typeface takes inspiration from matrix or thermal dot printers.
    • Tenebra: a combination of the Baroque inscriptional majuscule with decorative calligraphic elements and alchemistic symbols
    • Teuton (2001): a severe sans family inspired by an inscription on one German tomb in the Sudetenland
    • Traktoretka
    • Trivia Sans (2012), Trivia Serif (2012, a didone), Trivia Serif 10 (2012), Trivia Grotesk (2012, 48 cuts), Trivia Gothic (2013), Trivia Slab (2012), and Trivia Humanist (2013, a strong wedge serif family: I wanted a clear and majestic typeface for book jackets, LP cover designs, posters, exhibition catalogues and shorter texts).
    • Tusar (2004): a digitization of a type family by Slavoboj Tusar from 1926
    • Tyfa ITC + Tyfa Text: Designed by Josef Týfa in 1959, digitized by F. Storm in 1996.
    • Vida Pro (2005), a big sans family designed for TV screens. Vida Stencil Demo is free.
    • Walbaum Text (2002). Walbaum 10 Pro (2010) and Walbaum 120 Pro (2010) are extensive (and gorgeous!) didone families, the latter obtained from the former by optical thinning. Storm quips: I only hope that mister Justus Erich won't pull me by the ear when we'll meet on the other side. Advertised as a poster sans family, he offers Walbaum Grotesk Pro (2011).
    • Wittingau (2016). A wonderful decorative blackletter typeface family, with a great set of Wittingau Symbols.
    • Zeppelin (2000): a display grotesk
    This foundry cooperates in its revivals with experienced Czech designers Ottokar Karlas, Jan Solpera and Josef Týfa.

    Alternate URL. Myfonts write-up.

    At ATypI 2004 in Prague, he spoke about his own Czech typefaces, on his Czech Typeface Project, and on the life of Josef Týfa.

    Linotype link. FontShop link. Klingspor link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    String Labs Creative Studio
    [Virgiawan Listanto]

    Serang, Indonesia-based designer (b. 1993) of handcrafted and script typefaces: Weatpoint (2019), Oaklash (2019), Marelan (2019), Blackway Brush (2019: a dry rough brush), Wreckout (2019: a wooden plank typeface), Charlotte (2019), Hallywood (2019: monoline), Hollywise (2019), Williamson (2019), Hillbear (2019), Northgate (2019), Geovanice (2019), Caramelia (2019), Gabrielle (2019), Karltown (2019), Andovine (2019: brush style), Calledliner (2019: monoline), Russeline (brush script), Blood Bold (2019: a dripping blood Halloween font), Mayestica (2019: font duo), Chellyne (2019: a clean brush script), Flavellya (2019), Southiya (2019), Gotten (2019).

    Typefaces from 2020: Aerillyo, After Breaking, Agenda King, Agies Fresh (a signage script), Aginoe Sans (a geometric sans), Agise Rujdi (blackletter), Aisbum Slashey, Ajuslly, Allise (a signature script), Alvens, Amazing Kids (a cartoon font), Amellis Path, Amelliz, Anasite Malela, Andy Tusvah, Angel Rhapsody (blackletter), Angelicy, Angeliny, Angelwine, Angel Wish, Angika Jaya, Anhattan (a fat script), Anjelica, Ansagia Metta, Anttariksa, Anythings, Aquilla, Arionna, Austhind, Avenus Type, Awely Shiny, Azingdar, Baby World, Bagus Stanlley, Bahisey, Balhgi Rizetons, Baliung, Ballerina, Banyu Langits, Baster Monky, Basuhed, Beautiful Vibes, Beauty Heart, Belinday, Bellamy Signature, Bethan White, Betty Finty, Binttang Selfianto, Black Ink (a dripping paint font), Black Rose, Brightly Crush, Brightside, Brittany Angella, Brogads, Bulgaria, Butterfly, Calvin Fallen, Cameliya, Candy Qelling, Candy Yefumy, Carmelia, Catthy Wellingten, Chalkboard, Chaybree, Chellyne, Chivel Mind (spurred), Cinthya Einzberg, Comic Boys, Comic Dylans, Daisuky Fancy, Dark Phoenix, Dattge Hurty (a monoline script), Dianora, Dilan Whemsy, Dirly Belly, Dulan Anzelica, Emixvade, Fatin Gengky, Fendysa, Feri Candi, Firsta (dry brush), Fortunate, Frangklin, Freedam Theory (a retro signage script), Funcy Kids, Fun Games, Geng Rimba, Girdens, Gweneth (supermarket script), Haredang, Hey Kidos, Hey Sweety, Holland Gateway, Honuzima (brush script), Hunthers Dwayne, Hysteria (dry brush), I Am Cool, Ingkar Janji, Islamic Romance (Arabic emulation), Jacmax (a horror font), Jacyking (a curly script), Jangkids, Janji Cinta, Janyss Brush, Jarida, Jasmine Daily, Jelly Belty, Jerhiyof, Jodaguz, Justhin, Kangtoni, Karltown, Kinder Boys, Lazyday, Lazy Monday, Livingstone (blackletter), Lovely-Kids, Mady Risaw, Magic Wand, Manthesy, Marelan, Marvelous Photograph, Mashiya, Mathulesy, Megahunt, Melvina Wayne, Mentari, Milky Nice, Miny Fellas, Miya Wayne, Montages (retro script), Mortal Wave, Mystic Darling, Mystique, Osake, Oyange, Pagi Senja, Pejuang-Cinta, Phoenix Squad, Playkidos, Pomthing (a dry brush script), Rachelyne, Rademos, Ratih Hyun (script), Rantliyer, Rantting Tjinta, Rathury (a curly script), Ratih Hyun, Rattnugidari, Rattu Aqilla, Rayhue, Recollect (retro script), Regalhisa, Reinstay, Renitah, Restu Bundah (a retro brush script), Revij Anovik, Rhieknuza (a cartoon or graffiti font), Rindu Alam, Roguedash, Romantika Hidup, Russel Dexter (vintage), Sabina Angellica, Sang Dewi, Sangkury, Santy-Ehisa, Sany Cimahen, Seindah Cinttya, Sellviny, Sellviny Queen, Shanta Creny, Shiny-Aisyah, Sportive (an Escher font), Stilda Script, Sugih Janji, Super Kids, Super Maizen, Taniya Relly (a signature script), The Angellica, The Anthelope, The Antique, The Austin, The Banten, The Bugatten, The Comic Struve, The Frangklin, The Gallery, The Lastring, The Saily (a monoline script), Tukiyem (a fine wild script), Twenty Senja, Vagnotie, Vezthisory, Ving Smith, Vires Gollem, Virgi Ella, Virgiluna, Vivy Aquilla, Vuttaline, Walentiny, Walytime, Weatpoint, Welingtom (bilined), Wenykidos, White Mellow, Wilson Wells (blackletter), Winsthen, Wreckout, Wynter Sandy, Zenghief. Creative Fabrica link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Stuart Sandler
    [Font Diner (or: Stu's Font Diner)]

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    Studio Polpo

    Studio Polpo was founded in 2012 by Matteo Brogi and Leonardo Maltese in Rome. Its typefaces include Fishes (2013, an ornamental caps typeface by Matteo Brogi), and the vintage signage typeface Forno (2013, done jointly by Leonardo Maltese and Matteo Brogi).

    Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Studio Works
    [Sean Thorenson]

    Illustrator located in Bismarck, ND. Designer of these typefaces:

    • The free handcrafted typeface Chasic New (2016).
    • The baseball-inspired Killebrew (2018).
    • Typefaces from 2019: Festivus (a retro party font).
    • Typefaces from 2020: Maxner (a sturdy sans family), Orpheum (art deco), Parkland (a typeface family for outdoors signage), Killebrew Homer (for athletics), Bachman (robust), Bluto (a 10-style sans family), Snifter (a wedge serif retro party font).
    • Typefaces from 2021: Clerk (old typewriter), Stepside, Comicon (a cartoon font), Powell, Bandbox (a baseball script), Thoren Sans (a 12-style condensed sans), Blather (an informal comic book typeface).
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    Subectype
    [Rangga Singgih Subekti]

    Subectype is the team of Rangga Subekti and Ari Liari. Madiun / Surabaya, Indonesia-based designer (b. 1993) of the handcrafted typefaces Brownie Sundae (2020), Brosia (2020), Jumping Unicorn (2020), Martina (2020), The Crafter (2020), Abu Dhabi (2020), Daisy Girl (2020), Million (2020: a fat finger font), Wishline (2020), Rollanda (2020), My Brother (2020), Kind Heart (2020: a monoline elementary school script), Superion (2020: a dry brush script), Outbreak (2020), Blues Malone (2020), Ardila (2020), Amerio (2020: weathered letters), Smothink (2019: architectural drafting letters), Anantasia (2019: script), Larianti (2019), Awesome Journey (2019: brush), Kalline (2019: formal), Adelina Camarie (2019), School Holic (2019: +Sketch, +3D), Horthen (2019), Darkline (2019: brush script), Be Strong (2019), Marthin (2019: script), Smilen (2019: a layerable font), Herlambang (2019), Golden Class Font Duo (2019: Script, Serif), Sabryne, Romantine (2019: curly Victorian), Bill Smith (2019), Butterland (2018: a free monoline upright script), Good Feeling Script (2018), Realstone (2018), Pageone (2018: dry brush script), Selter (2018), Beegal (2018: a Halloween script), Shortime (2018) and Oureet (2018).

    Typefaces from 2019: Brush King, Omiwa, Brillion, Madelican, Realistic, Little Miku, Le Gusto, Odesty, Belligan, After Fall, Caramel Macchiato, Really Better, Secret Midnight (a Halloween font), Being Strong, Smilen, Katrine, Funking, Gemmo, Amalina Script, Single Fighter (Asian brush), Yonkie, Bathilda (signature script), Rasionil (beatnik style), Homina, Madeline, Katrine, Aldania, Failing Star, Onarie (upright script), Maulidine (script), Donattio, Rezdone (unicase), Lovantine (a Valentine font), Govani Emire (script), Sensaka (brush script), Hanna Monica, Romi Diorama, Billea Quin, Bad Racer (weathered), Hey Elsie, Hey Elsie Cute, Feeling Lovely, Romantine Dingbat, Nour Manise, Harold Flower, Hello Linnea, Quick Divine, Saturdate (font duo).

    Typefaces from 2020: Cute Gorilla, Billion Dreams (2020, by Mans Grebäck and Rangga Subekti: a heavy signage script), Rockies, Spring Daily, Highline, Great Feeling Sans, Feeling, Easteria (a fat finger font), Black Bruno (dry brush), Candy Cake, Right Side, Lightside (brush script), Velfo, Hola Zozo, Fontarian (a Valentine's Day font), Nadilla, Adinda Melia, Wonderline.

    Typefaces from 2021: Mermaid Babies (a scrapbook font), Wonderful Today (a roundish script), Love Craft (a scrapbook script), Shining Monday (a chubby display typeface), Backline (a monolinear fat finger script), With You (script), Holidream (a monoline script), Hello Angel (a scrapbook font), Malira (an upright monoline script), Urban Black (a graffiti font), Gold Night (a brush script), Baby Sakura (script), Magic Holiday (a fat finger font), My Beloved, Jumping Unicorn.

    Typefaces from 2022: Alyson Signature (a wild calligraphic signature script). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Suby Studio
    [Teguh Subiyantoro]

    Kota Medan, Indonesia-based designer of the Halloween typeface Spooky Booah (2019), the monoline script typeface Blassville (2019), and the connected script typefaces Monteners Script (2019), Stella (2019), Chintya (2019), Hayhills (2019: for signage), Frankfurt (2019: signage), Dellisa (2019), Belladia (2019) and Sushanty (2019).

    Typefaces from 2020: Milyuna (a stylish serif), Autoguard (a monoline script), Showlove, Grayscale Signature, Subyan, Goldstone, Brisely, Photoshoot.

    Typefaces from 2021: Godiva (a vintage lettering family).

    Typefaces from 2022: Motena Golden (a sans and script font duo). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Sudtipos
    [Alejandro Paul]

    Alejandro Paul's Argentinian foundry is called Sudtipos. Veer writes about Paul: Alejandro Paul is one of the founders of the Sudtipos project, the first Argentinian type foundry collective. He taught graphic design and typography at the Universidad de Buenos Aires from 1996 until 2004 and has worked as an art director in prestigious Argentina-based studios, handling high-profile corporate brands such as Arcor, Marta Harff, Morph, SC Johnson, Danone and Movicom. He has walked away with awards from several design competitions. In 2003, he began working with artist Angel Koziupa, designing fonts and lettering for several top packaging agencies. In 2006 he was a speaker at TMDG06, the largest Latin American graphic design event - more than 4,000 designers were in attendance. His work has been featured in publications around the globe, including Step and Creative Review. He has walked away with awards from numerous design competitions. He has received two Type Directors Club TDC2 awards, in 2008 for Burgues Script and in 2009 for Adios Script. He teaches a postgraduate typography program at the University of Buenos Aires, where he previously taught graphic design.

    Sudtipos has made a reputation as the place to go to for script and signage type.

    Faces include Brownstone Sans (2010), Brownstone Slab (2013), Politica (2008, an architectural lettering superfamily, used, e.g., by Discovery Channel), Domingo (by Ariel Garófalo), Plumero (connected handwriting font by Diego Giaccone, which is also in the Umbrella Type collection), Murga (display font by Alejandro Paul based on lettering of Angel Koziupa, 2003), and these typefaces by Alejandro Paul: Tierra, Latinaires (2003-2018), Reflex (unicase), Downtempo, and Stardust. Free fonts: Mosaico (2003, pixel typeface by Alejandro Paul), Mabella (2001, Ramiro Espinoza), Rolinga (Carlos Carpintero). Divina (2004) is a Latinized digitization of Kurrent (designed by Rudolph Koch in 1927 and cut in 1935). Myfonts link. Pictures of their fonts in use. YouWorkForThem link. Blog / Facebook group.

    Additions in 2010: Business Penmanship (which is based on models of American business education penmanship, ca. 1900). Poem Script is another Spencerian face---it won an award at TDC2 2011 and at Tipos Latinos 2012.

    Fonts from 2011: Calgary Script (brush signage face), Viento (a lively version of Brisa, 2004, another font done with Angel Koziupa), Semilla (2011, a retro script based on an alphabet drawn by Ernst Bentele in 1953).

    Fonts from 2012 include the angular pair Bayoneta Pro and Machete Pro, both co-designed by Alejandro Paul and Angel Koziupa. Platinus Script Pro (done with Angel Koziupa) is a wedding font.

    His Hipster Script won an award in the TDC 2012 competition and at Tipos Latinos 2012.

    In 2013, he created Seashore Script (described as a feminine script, it has horizontal stress and is backslanted; some may consider it an Arabic simulation typeface).

    At Tipos Latinos 2014, Alejandro Paul cleaned up, winning awards for Bellissima Script, Seashore Script, Auberge Script (a penmanship font in the style of the French bâtarde and coulée), and Bayoneta.

    Typefaces from 2014: Jugo Script (a supermarket script, done with Angel Koziupa), Courtesy Script (a connected Zanerian script based on a model from 1876).

    Typefaces from 2015: Blog Script (an informal handwriting font, with Carolina Marando), Auberge Script (which was started in 2014).

    Typefaces from 2016: Wink (a connected script font co-designed with Joluvian), Henderson Slab and Henderson Sans (a large slab serif family loosely based on an alphabet drawn in 1906 by Albert Du Bois for the Henderson Sign Painter Book), Prangs (a thinly connected italic didone named after Prussian-American printer and lithographer Louis Prang (1824-1909)).

    Typefaces from 2017: In 2017, Tropical (with Joluvian: this package contains a bold, wet-looking display script, an inky, textured brush script, and hand-penned capitals with a felt-tip look).

    Typefaces from 2018: Fixture (a 72-font grotesk family published by Sudtipos).

    Typefaces from 2019: Replete Sans (a seven-style mainly art deco typeface inspired by early 20th century lettering on metropolitan buildings all over the world), Tafel Sans (a contemporary take on early- to mid-century geometric fonts).

    Typefaces from 2020: Antica (a wedge serif based on Latin poster and billboard typefaces from the 19th century).

    Typefaces from 2021: Statement Sans (an 18-style neo-humanist sans with an exquisite Black weight, by the Sudtipos team; it includes a variable font).

    Klingspor link.

    View Alejandro Paul's typefaces. Adobe link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Sugi Yanto
    [Sign Studio]

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    Suke Toejoeh (or: Pollux of Geminorum)
    [Addy Sukma Bharata]

    Yogyakarta, Indonesia-based designer of the watercolor brush typeface Brushylicious (2016), the Victorian typeface Grandeven (2016), and the free Victorian signage typeface The Bravery (2016).

    Typefaces from 2018: Budaphest.

    Typefaces from 2020: Hassengard (nodular), Rochard Benoitt (script), Believe Dreams (a monoline script), Luxuriougenics (script), Almada (a wild calligraphic script), Bobaniac (creamy, hand-printed), Warrington, Bruan Letter, Liefont Mooncrat (a fat finger font), Harlem Boston [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Sukjana Almunandar
    [Alcode]

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    Sumner Stone
    [Stone Type Foundry]

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    Suomi Type Foundry
    [Tomi Haaparanta]

    Tomi Haaparanta (b. Vaasa, Finland, 1967) is a Finnish type designer and art director. He created many great fonts, and founded Suomi Type Foundry in 2005. Speaker at ATypI 2005 in Helsinki. MyFonts link. FontShop link. Klingspor link. His typefaces, suboptimally grouped:

    • Typefaces from 2016: Suomi Hand Script.
    • Typefaces from 2015: Tool (a classic, narrow and clean sans serif family with seven weights), Triangle (wedge serif typeface), Tip (a modulated sans).
    • Typefaces from 2013: Abandon (a basic sans family), This (a rounded family), Abiding (slab serif).
    • Typefaces from 2012: SciFly (a free rounded sans commissioned by Flyerzone).
    • Typefaces from 2011: Tow (a headline font family), Grumpy Black (Black 24 is based on the headline typeface ITC Grouch (1970, Ronne Bonder and Tom Carnase), and the other styles are increasingly of higher contrast).
    • Creations in 2010: Tenner (very plump and round, good for signage), Tart Heavy (fat slabs to drool over), That (a display family, +Open, +Irregular, +Bold), Thud (an industrial belt octagonal/mechanical family), Steelworks (a sturdy mechanical sans), Taste This (sans family), Telltale, Titillation (rounded), Tide (connected script emulating ink flow), Taffee (narrow sans), Televisio, Tournedot (a very cute and lively semi-serif headline face), Tempest, Tristan (hand-printed), Cider Script, Toffee Script (after an art nouveau typeface called Regina Cursive, which was published by H. Berthold Messinglinienfabrik und Schriftgiesserei around 1895). Tonsure Script (a high-contrast connected script), Ticketbook (for movie posters), Suomi Sans (a family with special counters).
    • Creations in 2009: Tar (rounded sans family), Marimekko (a slab family for a Finnish clothing company, adapted from its 1954 Olivetti typewriter roots), Vektori (monoline octagonal), Kaapeli (Tomi's take on Kabel), Suomi Slab Serif (related to American Typewriter), Marimekko Sans, Tee Franklin (gothic sans family, made for The British Vogue---check out the light weight; done with Brian Kaszonyi), Tobacco (octagonal, based on drawing program emulation), Pannartz (based on a scan of a 1476 text by Sweynheim&Pannartz), Suomi Hand (FontShop), That (4-weight serif family), Talbot (connected script patterned after the Talbot car logo), Taint (modular ink trap face), Tailor (slab serif), Tink, Tale 40, Tale 20, Story 40, Story 20 (all pixel fonts), Tictac (a 3D face), Giro (done on purpose to mimic the ugly Giro d'Italia geometric logo font), Tame (rounded sans), Suomi Script, Explosion (grunge).
    • Creations in 2007: Caxton Script (blackletter).
    • At ITC: ITC Tetra (2005, squarish face), ITC Tomism (2005, modeled after Church Slavonic), ITC Tyke (2004, a take on Cooper Black).
    • At Psy-Ops: Temporal, Torus.
    • At T-26: Talmud (1998, faux Hebrew), TyrantRoman (1998, an Exocet-style face, T-26), Tumbler, Torino-Book, Tonic, Terylene, Tension, Teebone, Task-Toobig, Target (2004), Tantalus, Aged (1999), and Taper (2009, slab serif), the experimental sans families Target Recut (2004).
    • At FUSE: FutuRoman (FUSE95).
    • Tang (2004, an anti-inkbleed sans family done for very small point sizes).
    • At Agfa Creative Alliance: Tangerine, Teethreedee, Twinkle.
    • With Klaus Haapaniemi and Brian Kaszonyi: the 15-font War family in 1999-2000.
    • At Linotype: TeebrushPaint LT Std (2003).
    • Game (family).
    • Tubby.

    Dafont link.

    View Tomi Haaparanta's typefaces. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Superkij
    [Adhi Nugraha Sapto Aji]

    Designer of these typefaces: Geovani (2020: a stylish display typeface), Gorgeous (2019: a dry brush script), The Coolkids (2019: a signage script), Flaurent (2019: a tall display typeface, almost in the piano key genre). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Supertype Studio (or: Hafis Hidayat)
    [Hafis Hidayat]

    Beureunuen, Aceh, Indonesia-based designer of the handcrafted Mansfield (2018), Hey Buffalo (2018), Legenddrink Script (2018), Boottering (2018: font duo), and Lottime Script (2018: a signage script).

    Typefaces from 2019: Milk Child, Hungaria (a calligraphic script that is almost surely derived from Julie Green's font Slight), Jositary.

    Typefaces from 2020: Milk Child, Muthea, Pierogies (a Treefrog script), Brunei Darussalam (an irregular script), Bellastory (a brush script).

    Typefaces from 2021: Building (a script).

    Typefaces from 2022: Mount Gambier And Sidney (a brush typeface). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Supotype
    [Rahmad Fajri]

    Beureunuen, Indonesia-based designer of the calligraphic script typefaces Beautilla Script (2018), Pruistine Script (2018), Sthephen (2018), Esmeralda (2018), Austtina Script (2018) and Miadiena Script (2018).

    Typefaces from 2019: Groenly Script (an ultra fat signage font), Angelica Script, Calington Script (calligraphic), Bargetta , Malisara Script, Stephani Signature, Brightina Script, Awelina Script, Dandelion Script, Sinthiya Script.

    Typefaces from 2020: Brendan (a sans and monoline script font duo), Moleska, Mailston (a signage script), Amellica Script, Gaulmen Script (formal calligraphy).

    Typefaces from 2021: Kettiy Zalliya Script, Beauty Ladies (an upright script). Creative Fabrica link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Suro Studio (or: Surotype)
    [Adil Budianto]

    Adil Budianto (Suro Studio, or Surotype, Yogyakarta, Indonesia) designed the spurred Victorian signage typefaces Jainem (2014), SurocK (2014), Nihlah (2014) and Rocoustic (2014).

    Typefaces from 2015: Mantan (script), MounTiane, Neaby (script).

    Typefaces from 2016: Mahmur (signage brush script), Anthem, Suargie (signage brush script), Mentari.

    Typefaces from 2017: Muara (free demo), Handler (signage script), Crutsen (signage script), Entm, Mettars (a strong signage brush typeface), Mantten, The Brown.

    Typefaces from 2018: Groches, Brayline (monoline script), Muara No. 23.

    Typefaces from 2021: Popfun (a condensed layered unicase font), Rockids (a condensed all caps sans), Gangsar (a 6-style condensed sans with high shoulders), Gendis (a condensed vernacular sans), Rosign (an all caps sans), Berose (a stylish condensed sans), Chedros (humanist, all caps), Parten (inspired by 1950s motel signage).

    Creative Market link. Another Creative Market link. Yet another Creative Market link. Behance link. Behance link for Adil Budianto. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Susanna Stammbach

    Susanna Stammbach (b. 1957) runs her own information systems&signage design studio in Basel and teaches at the Hochschule für Gestaltung in Luzern, Switzerland. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Susi Type
    [Sibras Syahdan]

    Yogyakarta, Indonesia-based designer of the monoline script typeface Florista (2019), the brush signage script typefaces Rathiak (2019), Brights Diamond (2018) and Thirthy (2018), and the free script typeface Matsury Script (2018). In 2020, Sibras designed the heavy script typeface Mokutton. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Suthi Srisopha
    [Typhoon Type]

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    Svetlana Postikova

    Graphic designer and illustrator in Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany, whose company is called Type and Graphics Lab. She created the hand-drawn art deco typeface Small Talks (2015), the stylish marker pen font Caffe Latte (2016), the art deco typeface Lemon Pie (2016), the handcrafted poster typeface Soleil (2016), and the signage typeface Sign Painter (2016). Creative Market link. Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Svetoslav Simov
    [Fontfabric]

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    Symon Adam Abdullah
    [Groen Studio (or: Jorse Creative, or: Jorsetype)]

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    Szar Design
    [Randy Szarzynski]

    Randy Szarzynski (Szar Design) is a type designer from Maple Plain, MN, who was born in 1952 in Beloit, WI. Typefaces: Zar Brush (2011, +GothicM), Zar Bold Serif (2011), Zar Casual (2011), TILT (2011, cartoon face), Zar 2 Script (2011, fat signage script), Zar 2 Casual (2011), Zar Condensed (2012).

    Images of the typefaces by Szar Design. Klingspor link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Takaaki Okada

    Signage pictures from the Parson School of Design. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Tal Leming
    [Type Supply]

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    Tanya Cherkiz

    Ekaterinburg, Russia-based lettering artist. Designer, with Ivan Gladkikh (Jovanny Lemonad), of the free retro script typeface Magnolia Script (2016), published by Typetype in Russia.

    TT Backwards (2017): an experimental script and grotesque font family inspired by the typographic scenery in the USSR in the late 70s and early 80s, designed by Tanya Cherkiz, Sergey Kotelnikov, Philipp Nurullin and the TypeType Team.

    In 2019, she set up her own type foundry, and prompltly published the connected monoline script typeface Austen Script. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Tapatipo
    [Gen Ramirez]

    Designer and lettering artist in Guadalajara, Mexico (and/or Split, Croatia?), who created the Mexican diner signage script typeface Tejuino (2015) and the informal sans typefaces Taqueta, Rabar and Festa, all made in 2015. Astro Regular (or Astro MX) (2015) by Gen Ramirez, Manuel Lopez (with assistance of Rodrigo Heredia and Rodrigo Nuñez) won an award at Tipos Latinos 2016: Astro Mx was a result of Elí Castellano's Type Design Workshop, carried out at the Multimedia Center of CENART in Mexico City in 2015. Astro Mx is a typeface designed for the Mexican Space Agency (AEM). Its purpose lies in its application in the manuals of emergency procedures. In this sense, one of its main characteristics is to facilitate rapid reading in extraordinary conditions. It has a generous x-height, its ascenders and descenders are short to economize lines in the text boxes.

    Rabar Ultra Black (2015) also won an award at Tipos Latinos 2016. Winner at Tipos Latinos 2018 of a type design award for Victus (2016), which is a Venetian typeface with all the warmth and calligraphic DNA from the renaissance era.

    In 2018, he graduated from the TypeMedia program at KABK in Den Haag with a sans typeface called Entorno Sans. It includes a variable font intended for signage systems in urban and virtual spaces, and comes with a stencil style and many wayfinding icons. That same year, he published Elba.

    Gen runs the type and graphic design studio Dual Type with Zrinka Buljubasic. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Tastype (or: Goodware Std)
    [Adhitya Nugroho]

    Yogyakarta, Indonesia-based designer (b. 1992) of the handcrafted typeface Malam (2015), the vintage typeface Colombos (2015, in Clean and Rough versions), and the spurred Victorian typeface Fortuin (2015). In 2016, he designed Humble.

    In 2017, he published the signage brush script typeface Lismonia.

    Typefaces from 2020: The Raffles, Emerlads, Ever White, Bellary, Sommerlian, Assylum. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Tato Toledo

    Brazilian llustrator, type designer, art director and letterer, who made the comic book typeface Underdog (2011). Larica (2010) may or may not be a typeface.

    Behance link. Home page. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Tattoo Woo (or: JSH Creates, or: Smokewire)
    [Jonathan Stephen Harris]

    Tattoo Woo (or: Smokewire) is American tattooist Jonathan Harris. He also runs JSH Creates.

    In 2011, he created the curly gothic tattoo typefaces Hot Chocolate Latte, League of Ages, Royal Inferno, Tribal Times and Tribal Dragon, and the spiky typeface Quasari (2011). He also made Jelly Swirls (curly), Highway to hell, What a mess (grunge), Pixie Moon, Sword Thrasher, Starship XXXII (Star Trek face), Christmas Snow (art nouveau snowcapped glyphs), and Jazzy Caveman (a stone age face).

    Typefaces created in 2012: Bright Star Tonight, Harristoon, a crayon series (Crimes Times Six, Colored Crayns, XXX Dirty Jokes XXX, Harris Wear, Black Crayon), Alien Mutations Begin, Vineyard Magazines, Forbidden Land (scratchy face), Way Gardens (flowery script), Pencil Shading, Cartoon Shadow, Heart Shapes, Sassy Stark, Back to School, Black Eye Peas, Silly People, Street Art (a great ink splatter font), Heartbroken, Jen Luves Ben Forever, Heart Broken, Catalina, Anywhere but home, Holly Christmas, Kringley Christmas (dingbats), Seasons Greetings, Cheese Cake, Abraham Heights, Call me maybe (sketch font), Lydia Puente (calligraphic script), Tribal Script, The Daily Bread (a beautiful ronde), Naughty Nights, a set of four Asian brush style typefaces (Japanese Style, All Yoko, Chinese Asian Style, Chinese Takeaway), Hey Cutie, Zing Easy (brush), Kids Play, Keep It Simple (loopy script), Standing Tall (anguished Kafkaesque typeface), The Abandoned Treasure (brushy caps face), The Mocking Bird, Nighty Nights, Road Trip, Been Hanging Around, Divided Nations, Dodger Gear, The Best Night (brush), Stencil Brush (brush), Quite Chocolatey, Round About (stitch font), Physics Teacher, Madman Howling, Love Sequel, Cross Out, My Mistake, Colours of Autumn, Da Streets (graffiti face), Hard Fox (stencil brush), You Are Precious (curly script), The Blue Oasis, Dysfunctional Family (brush face), Lovely Excuse (brush family), No Fear (brush face), Dead End, The Art Show (brush face), Comical Smash, The Quick, The Lost Paintings, Stone Age, Eyeliner Tattoo, Sketch Pad, Art Class (spilled paint face), Ink Studio, Stay Holy Okay, Water Park (bubblegum face), Urban Jungle, Geez Seriously (curly typeface), Crazy Weekend, Slimeball, Real People, A Brush No, Beware of the Hogs (blood drip typeface), Definitely Maybe, Draw Freehand, Bloodthirsty (blood drip font), Zombie Slayer (blood drip font), Your Bloody Choice (blood drip font), Barn Animals, Comic Strip, Scribble Fun (textured face), Boom Shanker, Girly Punk, Pucky, Spray Break, Font Insane, Fairground, Last Breath (2012), Follow Your dreams, Together Again, Drawing Guides, Death Branch, Panda Spots, Fuzzy Bear, Threadz Needle, Homeboy, Hairs Dens Bag, Primitive Alien, Bonney Lass, Cake Nom (3d and shaded), Headshop (psychedelic), Tribal Butterflies (dings), Tribal Dragons Tattoo Designs, Tribal Animals Tattoo Designs, Abstract Alien Symbols, Jewelry Design Shapes, Wander Ball, Love Hue, The Fat Store, Chooka Zoon (bubblegum face), Happy Roxy, Hearts and Stars, Arcade Book, Teaspoon Display (swashy calligraphic face), Ready Black (another swashy calligraphic face), The Lodger Rang (gothic script), Sketch Book, Sketchline, Drafting, Last Breath (tattoo font), Drawing Pad, Child's Play, Design Bubble, A Stitch Plus Nine, Ming in Bling (comic book shadow face), You Are Something (curly script), Hot Pink, How To Do Something (comic book face), I Love What You Do, Get Wet.

    Typefaces from 2013: Seaside Heights, Falling Rain, Ace Records, Today People, Night Adder, Squicky (curly font), No Messin (scratchy brush), Wrong Tracks, Postcard From Mars, Aluminum Trucks (script), Life Azures, The Waddys, The Angels, Oliver Richards (brush face), Arabic Magic, Messenger, Anxiety Management, Basterds, Beep Beep, Suburban Legends, Street Wild, Abreviater, Snowmania, Yak Shamash, Booday, Everyday Mayhem, Mega Team, Beaty Pagent (sic), Monster Unleashed, Hopeless Place, Alley Cat, The Lovers, Crazy Rascals, Golden Star, Gimme Your Love, Every Freakin Night (a sketched poster face), Big Top, Hopeless Place, The Lovers, Alley Cat, Queenie Beebie, Swirly Shirley (curly script), Dark World (scratchy face), Fun House (sketched face), Ultimate Chaos, Wake Me Up, Find A Way, Fat Tats (signage script), Big Winks, Nothing To Lose (blood drip typeface), Art Brewery (brush font), Holiday Blues (scratchy brush), Punked Out, The Jolly Rancher, Quite Mighty, Smudgie Crayon, Squiggley Brown, Morning Star (brush face), No Talking Allowed, Butter Finger (scratchy typeface), Mad Beef (thin script), Dinosaur, Reed of Love (a textured script face), First Grader, School Holiday (brush script), Spin Head (sketched face), Russian Roulette, Blah (brush face), Eating You Alive (brush face), Christians United (brush face, same as Blah), Beginning of Summer (brush face), Something Strange (blood drip font), Messy Script, Broken Ink, Car Wash, Head Case (a very curly script), Barn Owl, Ruff Ruff, Shadow Jumper, Barn Oil, Phantom Ghost, Tardy Kid, Scrapbooking, Fiesta Time, Science Project, Oh No Not Again, Oh Shit (brushy), Teaser Houses, Eternal Fascination (connected script), Shades of Black, Bingo Bangos (brushy script), Street Fighter, Marker Pen (brush), Home and Away (brush), Spring Cleaning, Scribble Table, Sound Heart, Imagination Station (a heavy brush face), Teddy Bear, Good Day, Easy Rider (retro script), Silent Reaction, Today is the Oldest and Youngest (tall condensed script), Brush Strokes, Texas (brush), Messing About (scratchy hand), Kindergarten (hand-printed), Oh No (dusty typeface), Art Studio, Crazy Horse (great grungy brush), Time Machine, Strings and Things (sketched typeface), Twisted Brother, Big Easy, Egyptian Nights, Demolished, Lazy Girls, Angels Message (pixie dust script), Medieval Queen, Kings and Queens (swashy script), Admiration Pains, Confetti Stream, Hill Billies (signage face), Sweet Heart, Manhunter, Beware of the dog, Kiss Me Quick (Valentine's Day script), Atomic Number (a chalky dusty typeface), Potted Balls, The Boatman (graffiti font), Dead Island (brush face), Age to Age (swashy brush), Sticky Things (brush face), Lasting Love, Beware of the Zombies, Skyscraper, Coffee House, Rough Rider (fat brush face), The Green Life, National Cartoon (sketched 3d face), True Lies (brush face), Heron's Nest (sketched), Freaky Friday, Be There Soon, Praying Angel, Leap of Faith (graffiti brush), Beginning Yoga (brush script), Tims Grocery Store, Biogalaxy, Funga Donga Binge, Sketchbook Challenge, Arsonist, Say No to Drugs, Frizzled Planet, Decayed in Sixty Seconds.

    Typefaces from 2014: Believer Fever (tattoo script), Millennium (sketched font), Everything Holiday (tattoo script), Angel Warriors, Ghetto Master, Going Rogue (3d, hand-printed), Times Are Hard (brush), Oliver Twist (fat brush), Story Book (brush face), Rockers, Berty Script, Broken Promise (textured all caps typeface), Paranoid Freak (a great scratchy typeface), Nitya HK (or: Drawing Practice: a sketch font), Early Bird, British Quest, Crazy Thoughts (fat brushy script), Teenage Dreams, Renegades (hairy, grungy), The Pits (crayon font), Always Beside You (tattoo script), Greed (fat brush), Sea Reef, Sandy Bay, Fun Crayon, Mother in Law (caryon brush), Asylum Mansion (fat brush), Taking Notice, Basquiat, The Beach, Open Hours, Paranoia (brush typeface), Beast of Avalon, Motives, The Hit, Air Heads, Painted Lady (brush script), Born Wild (fat brush), Rebel Beat, Across the Road (script), Zentaiges (script), Fearing Madness (tattoo font), Rags to Riches (a great brush face).

    Typefaces from 2015: Merry Christmas Tree, Christmas Trees Celebration, Fun Christmas Trees, Ocean Rotation, Street Sound (thick brush), Without Notice (thick brush font), Slowed Down (brush font), Girlfriend (sketched shaded beauty), The Others Are Here (scary brush font), Government Torment (brush font), Love Rock, Skid (charcoal brush), Redrum (grungy brush), Charcoal, Home School (textured), Mona Shark (textured 3d typeface), Cookie Dough, Minimum Loss, Moonstreet, Friday Lovers, Broken Dreams, Cutie Pie, Freedom Fighters, Cooperation Nest, Magic Pies (rough brush script), Rain Tax.

    Typefaces from 2016: Loads of Love, Personal Delinquent, The Right Thing, Devastated (scratchy style), Broken Ground, Slimed, Cartoon Madness (sketched), Anything For You, Sketchy Script, Beautiful Vampires (scratchy), Think Nothing, Barn House (paint or blood drip typeface), Thready Bear, Get Richer, Bedrock, Chocolate Smoothie, Running Scared, Truly Yours, Coffee Mocha, Abrahams Wish, Dicey Slices, Forbid Nothing, Cartoon Freak, The Oyster Bar, Nowadays, Rough Script, Messy Artist, Fun Things, Bubble Bash (grungy), Yeti Fety (dry brush script), Kahuna Island (a tropical island font), Dancing on the Beach, Consistency Measures, Dead Wood (dry brush), Regent Way, Last Feast, Steppers, Oily.

    Typefaces from 2017: Wishing Well, Darkside of the Morning, From Nowhere, Wreak Havoc, Rocky Bottoms, Shock Horror, Signatures, Elyse, Stew Tuesdays (brush script), Majestic Mansion, Chasing Magnolia.

    Typefaces from 2018: Queens Perfume, Shiny Pimple, Belly Queens, Martian Vacation, School's Out (sketch font), Brush Pains (dry brush), Death Valley (dry brush), Steady Rain (crayon font), Blinkets, Trap Beats, Chicken Fajitas, Knackers, Regal Eagle.

    Typefaces from 2019: Sketchy Night (a dry brush font), Royal Riot (dry brush), Questionary (a chalk font), Holly Hood, Squiggles, Pirate Scripts, Mutation Patient, Futures Past, Monster Reading (sketched), Metal Head, Ghosting, Wear and Tear, Rain Shower (textured), Ring Master, Yellow Rose, Splat Attack, Crazy Hearts (dingbats), Margarita, Black Brush, Ghost Story, Chalk Stick, Spiritual Ritual (textured), Farty Breath, When in Rome (brush), Crazy Metro, Swirly Tops (curly).

    Typefaces from 2021: Crimes Times Six (a dry brush font), Sticky Pops.

    Fontspace link. Dafont link. Abstract Fonts link. Fontspace link for Smokewire. Link to Smokewire. Fontspace link for Jonathan harris. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Taznix Creative
    [Ricky Hartasni]

    Semarang / Batang, Indonesia-based designer (b. 2000) of these typefaces in 2020: Aditta, Aihana Handwritten Font, Ankormati, Archeria, Avalla, Bastille Vredeburg (Victorian), Bethaine (formal calligraphic), Bubble Balloon, Buonapati (Victorian), Cyrille, Engkrak, Epines (a signage script), Eternal Ego (a spurred dystopian typeface), Fringilla (spurred), Grano, Jazking (a comic book typeface), Lacqua, Lalapis (a cartoon font), Limpung, Planus (an octagonal stencil typeface), Redpine (letterpress emulation), Silver Shield (a monster truck font), The Heritages Palace, Viennero (spurred, Victorian), Waraxe.

    Typefaces from 2021: Rothest (a layerable Victorian font with applications to tattoos), Degan (a bold children's book typeface), Shampoerna Betoel (a decorative Victorian typeface), Ankormati (Victorian), Magroe (a layerable vintage label font), Aditta (a monoline script), Novusa (a street art font). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Tebaltipis Studio (or: Tebaltipis Lab)
    [Dzulka Elfira]

    Aceh Besar, Banda Aceh, Indonesia-based designer (b. 1991) of these script typefaces in 2020: Westline Script, Kelsey Script, Mollinda Script, Headmista (brush), Edwardsile Signature, Megidame, Rasthmon Brush (a quick brush script), Stylleda Brush (brush script), Hilmounte, Arilyam Script, Braylend Script (a brush script), Imestaviga Signature.

    Typefaces from 2021: Reusco Display (a flared display typeface), Hackie Script, Mergian Regular (a decorative and elegant serif), Honeypirls Regular (a bold display serif), Mockejoe Font (a chamfered futuristic typeface), Kedmote Script (a fat finger script), Medisonatyl Signature, Artukge Script (a script), Dartybe Script (for signage), Edhustem Signature, Hevojniwal Signature (a wild signature script), Edwarstile Signature (a signature font), Headmista Script, Hilmounte Signature, Karlostine Font (a fat finger font).

    Typefaces from 2022: Breasto Display (a decorative serif), Permola Display (a fashion mag serif), Pagers Display (a vintage mini-serif), Vriegbe Script. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Tegaki
    [Rudi Suhairi]

    Banda Aceh, Indonesia-based designer of Maressy (script) (2021), Meqhago (a brush script) (2020), Essylla (2020: a thin script), Meysha (2020), Sapha Script (2020), Pentecoste (2019: signature script), Nathallie (2019: script), Quartila (2018: signature script), Sansha (2018: a brushed signage script), Yuko (2018: a heavy large x-height script), Seinna Grace (2017, a rhythmic brush script), Ellise Naomy Script (2016, watercolor brush), Marsha Belle Script (2016) and Sonya Script (2016).

    Behance link. Creative Market link. Graphicriver link. Aka Rudi Sasori and as Tegaki. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    TeGeType
    [Thierry Gouttenègre]

    Thierry Gouttenègre is a Belgian designer (b. 1961), who is located in Tullins-Fures, France. After a stint as type director of Alfac-Decadry in Belgium, Thierry Gouttenègre moved to the south of France and started his own Design Studio in the mid 90s. In 2007, he set up TeGeType. He is one of my favorite type designers. His fonts:

    • Aldogizio (2013). The name gives the font away, an amalgamation of Aldo Novarese and Egizio---this is a slab serif fest.
    • Batarde Bourguignonne: a medieval blackletter.
    • Carcel (2009): striped letters.
    • Cinio (2009): used for signage by several French cities. For use on screen, he slightly rounded the corners and released the result as Cinio Text in 2019.
    • David Aubert (1992, Alfac): a bastarda (bâtarde bourguignonne) named after David Aubert, the calligrapher of Philippe Le Bon and Charles Le téméraire, both dukes of Burgundy who worked and lived in Brussels in the 1500s.
    • Dickens (1995, Fonderie Barthélémy).
    • Dilectus (2019). Originally intended for musea, this lapidary typeface takes inspiration from paleochristian engravings.
    • Falace (2008): a contemporary interpretation of the Didone typefaces.
    • Firmin Didot (1989, Alfac).
    • Fournier (1990, Alfac).
    • Fraktur (1990, Alfac).
    • Grégoire (1994, Fonderie Barthélémy).
    • Alipe Script (2014). A calligraphic connected (wedding, chancery, greeting card, divrce) script.
    • Hugo (1995, Fonderie Barthélémy).
    • Kafka (1994, Fonderie Barthélémy).
    • Limine (2008), a 3D beveled typeface family in styles called Creux and Relief.
    • LouisJou (2000).
    • Majuscule (1991, Alfac).
    • Neutre (1997, Fonderie Barthélémy). A sans family specially designed for signposting applications. This type family is used by several cities in France.
    • Oculi Magni (2020). Specially designed for small and tight texts, the glyphs have maximal x-height.
    • Otsu Sans (2011) and Otsu Slab (2013).
    • Poltrone (2010), a great titling family inspired by 19-th century public inscriptions.
    • Rome (1995, Fonderie Barthélémy).
    • Rosart (1991, Alfac), named after the 18th century Belgian typefounder, J.-F. Rosart.
    • Sand (1996, Fonderie Barthélémy).
    • Sursum (2009): a roman almost-typewriter family.
    • Tolstoï (1994, Fonderie Barthélémy).
    • Varvara (2017: a weathered all caps constructivist typeface created as a tribute to Barbara Stepanova (1894-1958)).
    • Vizille (1998-2009): a phenomenal Fournier text family made for the Musée de la Revolution Française in Vizille.
    • WebType (2002): a techno family.

    Klingspor link.

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    Teguh Subiyantoro
    [Suby Studio]

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    Telllu Craft
    [Ingga Nafasyah]

    Yogyakarta, Indonesia-based cooperative that includes people such as Ingga Endita Nafasyah (b. 1982), Aditya Nugraha Putra and Ilham Wahyu. They published the formal calligraphic typeface Sinestesia (2018, inspired by brush lettering from old sign paintings; made by Haris MM), Wander Type (2018: signage) and Articlave (2018: a vintage display type with one art nouveau style, and plenty of classical ornaments). Typefaces from 2019 and 2020 include MissBaker, Bustanist, Endita, Kosakatta (a signature font), Boulevard, Downtown, Goodkids, Goodline (a monoline script), Hands Down, Harson, Hi Girls, Hustle Bustle, Miggoe, Nafasyah, Nielsen Rough, Rosella. Creative Fabrica link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Teo Tuominen
    [LetterMaker]

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    Teuku Deky Firnanda
    [Seruput (or: Barokah, or: Graptail)]

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    Teuku Fahruddin
    [Typehill]

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    Teuku Rinaldi Novianda
    [Max.co Studio]

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    The Brosnes

    Indonesian designer of the handcrafted typeface Diaryclouds (2016), Diarylicious (2016), the vintage layered typeface Berg (2016; free at Pixel Surplus), the monoline script Huskey (2016), the hand-lettered Glowing Sunday (2016), the signage script typefaces Ralington Script (2016) and Auto Moods (2016), the heavy brush typeface Throne (2016) and the Victorian signage typeface Silver Creek (2016). Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    The Fontry
    [Michael Gene Adkins]

    The Fontry is a Watts, OK, based outfit, est. 1992 by Michael Gene Adkins (b. 1965, OK) and James L. Stirling (b. 1964, OK): Digital type for computer-aided signmaking, with fonts designed for signmakers by signmakers.

    Since 2009, they have been producing various digitizations of alphabets designed by Alf R. Becker in the 1930s and 1940s. Gene Adkins designed ARB-187 Moderne Caps AUG-47 (2013, didone), ARB 85 Modern Poster JAN-39 (2011, after Modern Poster Script, 1939), ARB-70 (1995), ARB-67 (1998), ARB-66 Neon (2010, +Block, +Line), ARB-44 (1995), ARB-96 Jitter Display DEC-39 (1999), SCRIPT1 ARB-85 Poster Script Normal (2000), ARB-66 Neonline Block, ARB114 Hillbilly Roman JUN-41 Normal (1999), ARB-187 Moderne Caps AUG-47 CAS family (2009, a beautiful didone display face), the ARB 08 Extreme Roman AUG-32 CAS family (2009), ARB-218 Big Blunt (2010), ARB-218 Neon Blunt.

    Another product is the Wild Bunch Pak #3: Danthr Skal, Kastaka, Gas Bumps, Skrawl 613, Sharrpe Gothik, Levo Fraz, Kommerce, Stellar Spice, Infected Hurt.

    Wild Bunch Pak #2 (50 USD) has Marbles&Strings, Keetoowah, Peppermint, Ghixm (2008: a retrospective of the horror comics and movie posters of the 1960s and the 1970s), Klash, all outline fonts. In Wild Bunch Pak #1, look for Toxia. Race Pak #1 contains 5 chiseled fonts, including ARB67, Brannt Chiseled, Excursions, JLS Ultra, and Race Checkers. 50 USD. There are also Greek Pak #1 (12 Greek fonts for 25 USD, including GRK Orbit, GRK Universe City, GRK Albert, and GREK Bodnaut) and Signfaces Narrow Pak #1. At Garagefonts, Wild Larra, Wild Ruts, Wild Toxia, Wild Nobody families (1999), Jackport (2014, athletic lettering and Western typeface family).

    Adkins also designed the commercial font First Vision at GarageFonts in 1998. Review at &Type. List of the fonts on his CD.

    MyFonts sells FTY Garishing Worse (2011---there is a free version at Dafont), SCRIPT1 Team (2010), SCRIPT1 Toon (2010), SCRIPT1 Voodoo Script (1999-2009, signage script), What Sound Pounds (2009), WILD3InfectedHurtNormal (2010), WILD1 Firstvision (1997), WILD1 Larra (1997, grunge), WILD1 Nobod (1997, grunge), WILD1 Ruts (1997), WILD1 Toxia (1997) and the blackletter typefaces Ironhorse and Ironrider (2007), revivals of classic wood type typefaces. FontShop link.

    Some fonts are inspired by sign painter Frank H. Atkinson. These include the Broken Poster series done in 2010, FHA Modernized Ideal Classic (2011), and FHA Nicholson French (1999-2014: art nouveau).

    In 2008, The Fontry published the Greek Font Set, Copper Penny DTP (after Copperplate Gothic, but with lower case included), Droeming (an eerie family) and Earth A.D. (more eerie stuff, metallic, and with sharp serifs). It then generated a break-away subfoundry that carries fonts solely designed by James Stirling, Fontry West. Fontry West is located in Tulsa, OK. At MyFonts, these Fontry West fonts can be bought: Iron, WILD1 Firstvision, WILD1 Larra, WILD1 Nobody, WILD1 Ruts, WILD1 Toxia, WILD2 Ghixm, Greek Font Sets 1 and 2 (not Greek, only Geek-ish, made for fraternity use), and a large Comic Fanboy set which includes glyphs painted with stars and stripes (CFB1 American Patriot, CFB1 Captain Narrow, CFB1 Shielded Avenger, all made by Adkins). The CFB1AmericanPatriot family (2009), and the SCRIPT1 Rager Hevvy family (2009) are free here. JLS Overkill (2009, Bloque, Stencil, Grunge, Champion [athletic lettering], Hammer) is a sturdy family covering everything from SUV-strength stencils to grunge stencils and macho slab serif headline typefaces. After Disaster (2008), FHA Eccentric French Normal (2008, wood type after an alphabet created by Frank H. Atkinson in 1908), WHATSOUNDPOUNDS?Normal (2009) are free at Dafont. Sinder (2010) is a grunge face. FTY Konkrete (2010) is constructivist, and has a beveled weight. FTY Strategycide (2010-2018) is a similar severe headline sans family. Sinder (2010) and Demon Sker (2011) are free grunge typefaces. American Purpose (2011) is a grotesk family. American Purpose Casual and American Purpose Stripe (2011) are follow-ups. Garishing Worse (2011) is a casual bold face. Sharpe Gothik (2011) is hand-drawn. American Captain (2011, a manly retro squarish propaganda headline face; see also American Captain Patrius 02 FRE). Deathe Maach (2012) is a sturdy 6-style display family. Avengeance (2012) is a techno typeface. FHA Condensed French (2012, by Michael Gene Adkins and James L. Stirling) and FHA Nicholson French (1999-2014, art nouveau) are based on Frank H. Atkinson's examples.

    Typefaces from 2013: FHA Broken Gothic (a layered chiseled family done with James Stirling, based on Broken Poster by Frank H. Atkinson), FTY SKRADJHUWN (a flared family), Iron Man of War (with layering effects, +001Rivet), Iron Man of War 2 NCV, RACE1 Brannt (prismatic, beveled, art deco), FTY Skorzhen (mini-spurred), FTY Speedy Casual, FTY Skradjhuwn NCV (comic book family).

    Typefaces from 2014: FHA Tuscan Roman (2014, Michael Gene Adkins, James L Stirling), FTY Varoge Saro Noest.

    Typefaces from 2015: FHA Sign DeVinne (after a popular sign painting design by Frank H. Atkinson named after DeVinne).

    Typefaces from 2016: FTY Delirium (+Neon), Delirium NCV.

    Typefaces from 2017: FTY Galactic VanGuardian.

    Typefaces from 2021: Fty Old Sport (a slab serif athletic lettering font family, one of the best in this genre).

    Typefaces made by Fontry West. Typefaces by Mike Adkins.

    Fontspace link. Klingspor link. Dafont link. Abstract Fonts link. Creative Market link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Thiago Bellotti
    [Gestu]

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    Thierry Gouttenègre
    [TeGeType]

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    Thirtypath (or: Pathero Studio)
    [Jun Herjuna]

    Banda Aceh, Indonesia-based designer, b. 1983, of the brush script typefaces Adilla + Rita (2015), Ausyilla (2015), The Barrack (2015), Geuceu (2015) and Ballistic (2015), the calligraphic Workaholic (2015) and Autumn Flower Script (2015), the handcrafted Crash One and Crash Two (2015, free), and the curly script Kracktone (2015).

    Typefaces from 2016: Metal Ink, Beastmachine (brush script), Connoisseurs (connected script), Beauty Angelique (calligraphic), Bright Daddy, Angelow (dry brush), Bellinda Script, Serangkai (script), Maximaz, Legacy, Billaneiva (swashy calligraphic script), Bareken (an elegant signage script).

    Typefaces from 2017: Mishaland (signage script), West Cousin (daring modern calligraphy), Bantham, Lambaretta (or Lambretta; a free signage script), Fusterd (brush script), Ballada (free watercolor brush), Volletra (free calligraphic script), The Zains (free brush script), Amigos (signage script), Hello Bunda, Terranika, Andieny Script (formal calligraphic), Mahdaleina (calligraphic and swashy), Boldie Script, Helliebrie (script), Bright Visions, Bellatrix (free brush script), Bammantoe (connected script).

    Typefaces from 2018: Bellaneiva, Bitter Mind, Eleineighteen, Andriani Script, Mandymores, Alleiyana, Boomerang (signage script), Bright Daddy, Kracktone (curly script), Salernitana Script, Boomerang Script (for signage), Gold Brush, Ballistic (curly script), Rommantis, Fusterd Brush, The Zains, Lambaretta, Ballada, Crash One, Legacy, Madelina, Peque Script, Conditional Script, Passengers Script (a free script).

    Typefaces from 2019: Death Zone, The Black Hat (script), Fantastico, Santun Adab, Stamford Bridge, You Are Stranger (brush script), The Woofey Script, Great Himalaya (fat script), The Barrack, Lovely Valentine, Vaelarmoster (a curly script), Valentine Season (dry brush).

    Typefaces from 2020: Panbers (brush), Slabor Brush, Theraphiest, Amboera Script.

    Creative Market link. Behance link for Pathero Studio. Pathero Studio link. Creative Fabrica link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Thom Janssen
    [Geen Bitter]

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    Thomas Aradea
    [Letterara Studio]

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    Thomas Boucherie
    [Maelle Keita]

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    Thomas Ledin

    Illustrator in the San Francisco area, b. 1970. Dafont link. Creator of the signage typeface Tom Bombadill (2009), Bone Hymie (2009), Tioem Handwriting (2009), Tioem Open (2009), Tioem Black Distressed (2009), Dullard (2010, 3d, sketched), Flim-Flam (2009). He also made the lined didactic font Life Lessons (2009), the multilined scratchy typefaces The Spaz (2010) and Scrum Bucket (2009), the grungy Rock Biter (2009), Truffle Shuffle (2009, Kafkaesque), Metal Up Your Ear (2009), Griswold (2009), Seismacrap (2009), Snarky's Machine (2009, 3d shadow face), and Grog-Binge (2009, hand-printed).

    Creations in 2010: ChickenButt (textured comic book face), Janky, SailorLarry-ExtraFancy (ornamental caps), SailorLarry-Fade, SailorLarry-Fancy, SailorLarry. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Three Steps Ahead
    [Joshua Korwin]

    Joshua Korwin (b. 1983) is the creative director of Three Steps Ahead, which he founded in 2001 in Marlboro, NJ.

    Creator of the digital revival GoudyFancy (2004), an OpenType signage typeface posted on December 23, 2004, on alt.binaries.fonts and later published at MyFonts [for another digital revival of this typeface of Frederic Goudy, see Goudy Two Shoes by Canada Type]. He also created Bauer House (2006, T-26), an art deco display face.

    MyFonts link. Klingspor link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Timba Smits

    Creator of some signage lettering and hand-drawn alphabets. He writes: Timba Smits is an award winning Melbourne born / London based graphic designer, artist, illustrator, independent publisher, self confessed magazine addict and wannabe olympic ping-pong playa. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Timothy Donaldson
    [Shapes for Cash]

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    Tio Yulianto
    [Javatype Studio]

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    Tip Top Typ

    Foundry in Berlin, Germany. In 2015, they published Ranga as a free Google Web Font. GitHub link. Ranga is cursive and influenced by signpainting. It covers Latin and Devanagari. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Tipo
    [Darío Manuel Muhafara]

    Argentinian foundry, est. 2006 by Darío Manuel Muhafara and Eduardo Rodriguez Tunni, located in Buenos Aires. Muhafara gave two presentations at ATypI 2009 in Mexico City. Back in Buenos Aires, he runs two restaurants, and one wonders how he has the time for anything.

    Klingspor link. Linotype link. FontShop link. MyFonts link. Behance link.

    Text types: Botija (Juan Montoreano, 2006: a 7-style sans family), Goudald (Aldus de Losa, 2006), Lineare Serif (9 styles serif typeface by Eduardo Tunni, 2006), Malena (a slab serif family by Felix Lentino and Darío M. Muhafara, 2006), Prima Sans (a sans typeface by Ariel Katena and Alejandro Lazos, 2006), Priscilla (Felix Lentino, 2000: a serif family), Overlock (2008, a rounded sans by Muhafara), Rosario (2000: a clean sans family by Pocho Gatti), Loreto (2009, by Eduardo Tunni and Pablo Cosgaya).

    Display/headline type: Overlock (Darío M. Muhafara, 2006, a sans family), Titulata (a fat typeface by Eduardo Tunni, 2006), Chaco (Ruben Fontana, 2008). Basile (a great chancery family, extended to a full OTF family with Swash and XSwash, and beginning and end glyphs in 2011), Average, Chaco and Think won awards at Tipos Latinos 2008. FF Jackie (2003-2009) is a connected upright signage script.

    Lassi Display (done with Eduardo Tunni) won an award at Tipos Latinos 2010. Balthazar (2011, Google Web Fonts) is a contemporary Copperplate Gothic serif typeface inspired by the kind of typefaces used by many bistros and cafes in New York City and Paris.

    Creations in 2012: Port Lligat Slab (2012, Google Web Fonts), Port Lligat Sans (2012, Google Web Fonts: a flared microserifed display sans).

    In 2013, they designed a custom font for the Faena Art Center in Buenos Aires.

    His typeface Argentina won an award at TDC 2014 and at Tipos Latinos 2014.

    View Dario Muhafara's typefaces. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Tipos de Cartagua
    [Mauricio Vico]

    Free font cooperative in Chile related to the 2009 type design class of Mauricio Vico at the University of Chile in Santiago. Another URL. We find these fonts, classified per designer:

    • Adolfo Alvarez: Rumbo (2009, blackboard font).
    • Marcela Antipan: Paila Marina.
    • Romina Castillo: Tagua (2009, script).
    • Coni Constanza Corvolan: Estival (2009, calligraphic).
    • Jorge Encina: Oferton (2009, thick comic book style).
    • Dai-Liv Fuentes: Bahia Chica (2009, rounded, hand-printed).
    • Camila Gonzalez: Frititas (2008, fat comic book and signage face).
    • Mariluz Guerra: Menu (hand-printed).
    • Constanza Lledo: Completo (2009, sixties, psychedelic).
    • Maria Luisa Madrid: Playa Chica (2009, script).
    • Antonio Munoz: Panaderia (2009, signage face).
    • Natalia Munoz: Michagua (2009).
    • Riccardo Ossandon: Chacarera (2009).
    • Diego Quintana: Hetilica (2009, fat comic book face).
    • Andrea Rosero: Roux (2009, comic book face).
    • Gabriel Silva: Ovoido (comic book face).
    • Felipe Solari: Calefont (comic book style).
    • Angelica Tapia: Buffonta (angular comic book style).
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    Tipos Populares do Brasil
    [Pedro Moura]

    Brazilian fonts that are inspired by daily life in Brazil in general and in Salvador in particular. Pedro Moura (Niteroi, Brazil) manages the site. Original link. Free downloads:

    • By Pedro Moura: Ticotico (2010, signage face), Teteia (2004, connected script), Responsa (2004, market price font), Caprichoza (2004, hand-printed display face), Marvada (2004), Treta (2004, hand-printed outline face), Faceira (2005, another connected script). Treta excepted, inspiration for these fonts came from the streets of Rio de Janeiro.
    • By Fernando Rocha, Rio de Janeiro: Thereza Miranda.
    • By Buggy, Recife: Cordel.
    • By Gustavo Lassala, Sao Paulo: Adrenalina (no longer free).
    • By Fernando PJ, Salvador: Bonoco 2.0, Suburbana.
    • By Fatima Finizola, Recife: 1Rial.
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    Tom Kennedy

    Thomas Kennedy started working for Baldwin Designs, a wood sign company in Concord, Massachusetts, in 1989, where he grew up. He specialized in signage and lettering, and hooked up with Letterhead Fonts in 2011. He now lives in Sweden. Designer at Letterhead of the Pilsner formal script font family (2002) (the lower case is now called Ballpark Script), Egyptian (2006: this is a gothic, not an Egyptian), Pilsner Swashes, CigarShop Corona, CigarShop Maduro (2002, caps), the Western billboard font Tonic (2002), LHF Thick and Thin (2002, sign painting caps in serif and sans styles), Ephemera and Ephemera Swashes (2002, calligraphic), Old Tom, Engravers Ornaments (a great set of filets), Cameo (copperplate), Confection Deco Caps (+Essentials), Corner Specimens, Colonial Roman (2003), Rawson&Evans (Victorian), Royal Script (2003), Cosmic Cursive (2004-2011, a drop dead gorgeous thick upright script), LHF Bootcut (2010, Victorian), LHF Billhead (2004, art nouveau / Victorian), Firehouse (2004, a Tuscan face) and Thick and Thin (2003, sans and serif).

    Letterhead Fonts link. Klingspor link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Tom Schwaiger

    Sydney, Australia-based designer of the creamy signage script typeface Sydney Casual Script (2015, with Tim Alexander and Karen King). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Tomi Haaparanta
    [Suomi Type Foundry]

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    Toni Dzulham
    [Dumadi Studios]

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    Tony Watson

    Designer of these typefaces:

    FontShop link. Linotype link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Tortuga Studio
    [Sergio Tortugin Malashenko]

    Sergio Tortugin Malashenko (Tortuga Studio) is an identity designer, calligraper and lettering artist located in Gomel, Belarus. Designer of the hand-lettered sign painting typeface Signorita (2015) and of Desiderata (2015).

    Typefaces from 2017: Westcraft Sans (vintage spurred and non-spurred typeface family). Creative Market link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    TrFonts

    Original fonts and dingbats: Ataturk (2003, dingbats by Kursad Cakir), TrSahinsan (2001), TrSahCeviz, TrSahAlako-Bold, TrSahDungeon-Regular, TrSahFuturaBT-Bold, TrSahFuturaBT-BoldItalic, TrSahFuturaBlackBT-Regular, TrSahFuturaBT-Light, TrSahFuturaBT-LightItalic, TrSahFuturaBT-ExtraBlack, TrSahInstitution, TrSahKomikazba, TrSahLarissa, TrSahPanther, TrSah-Engebrechtre-BoldItalic, TrSahEngebrechtre-Bold, TrSahEngebrechtreExpanded-BoldItalic, TrSahEngebrechtreExpanded-Bold, TrSahEngebrechtreExpanded-Italic, TrSahEngebrechtreExpanded, TrSahEngebrechtre-Italic, TrSahEngebrechtre, TrSahWaltDisneyScript, TrSahTurkiye, TweetyandFriends, YildizTeknikUniversitesi (the last two are dingbat fonts by Naci Kucukkaya). Well, not quite. The TrSah-Engebrechtre series is taken directly from Ray Larabie, for example. I don't read Turkish, but I assume that these fonts were just augmented with Turkish diacritics. Justin, the creator of the Walt Disney Script font complains that TrSah Walt Disney Script is an unauthorized re-branding of his font, and he points out that TrFonts has changed the copyright to "Ceviz:Net&Walt Disney Company". The designer seems to be Kursad Cakir. About Decotech (2001), he writes: is a new rendition of a Walt Disney World Tomorrowland-style font. Seizing inspiration from designs by Daniel Pelavin and Neville Brody -- whose distinctive typefaces help define the retro-futuristic style of New Tomorrowland -- DecoTech features capitals from Metropolis Science Centre and Space Mountain, as well as an original lowercase set. Decotech TL offers some extra capitals: the uppercase contain the common "Tomorrowland" character set, while the lowercase contain some additional designs based on signage from Port Discovery at Tokyo Disney Sea. These can be used alone or mixed with DecoTech upper/lowercase for more design possibilites. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Triple Hely (or: Iris Letters)
    [Olga Ktitorova]

    TripleHely is the personal type foundry of Olga Ktitorova, a graphic designer from Moscow, Russia. After graduation at Moscow Institute of Contemporary Arts, she worked as an editorial designer.

    Creator of the Latin/Cyrillic slab serif typeface Tender (2009) and the script typefaces Cohen (2018: calligraphic), Symply (2017) and Hyptis (2017: brush script). In 2021, she released the brush script Glaciar. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Tristan Cofer

    Graphic designer and biologist in Austin, TX, who made the signage family Local (2011). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Trustha Studio
    [Bagas Ardiatma]

    Yogyakarta, Indonesia-based designer of Medinah (script), Wildwest (brush script) and Salikin Script (signage) in 2017. In 2018, he made the chalky (or dry brush) script Spoiled, the connected script typeface Scarlet Whaleys, and the brush pen typeface Bellaria Soonata.

    Typefaces from 2019: Brunches (all caps, vintage), Under Weak (a signage script), Better Friend, Breakdance (weathered, vintage), Arthur Hill (script), Rech Munchase (script), Nervous (script), The Wildeast (a sketched font), White Buttell (brush style).

    Typefaces from 2020: Bounches (a brush script), Quartiel (a dry brush script), Causten (an 18-style geometric sans), Braveold (a warm rounded text typeface), Willcather (a dry brush script), Black Hat, Brushine Collection, Breakdance Reborn.

    Typefaces from 2021: Crunold (all caps, hand-drawn), Caupako (a tribal font based on the form of an axe), Brodaers Expanded (a 6-style monumental all caps sans), Dynamic Schematic, Boneous (a plumpish all caps display serif), Brodaers (an all caps sans), Splashed (a brush font), Meutas (a 20-style humanist and geometric sans family), Undos Paintes (a painted wall poster typeface), Causten Round (an 18-style rounded geometric font family), Brumers (a plump poster font).

    Typefaces from 2022: Rawkner (a bold hipster sans with serious ink traps). Dribble link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Tulus Driyo
    [Hindia Studio]

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    Twin Letter (or: Twin Design)
    [Rozikan Rozikan]

    Semarang, Indonesia-based designer (b. 1990) of these script typefaces in 2020 (except if explicitly described otherwise): Alaymen, Amazing Qukers, Angles, Antoge, Aquatic (all caps, for children's books), Aragel, Arcade, Arumi, Babang, Babie, Back Home, Ballyst, Barier Signature, Barrets, Bathi, Be Crafter, Bebast, Bester Keefi, Betroly, Big Dreams (an informal monolinear sans), Bigswash, Billark, Bintank, Bojimtes, Bounce Emaciated, Bregedel, Bregudul, Broqi (a supermarket pricing font), Butany, Confirm (an almost monolinear display sans), Cute Funny, Dashing (a bold monolinear sans), Dawned (a bold monolinear sans), Duffel Bag, Ematane (a comic book font), Entog (an oriental brush font), Fabrik, Fairy, Festina (a monolinear display sans), Flower Signature, Galont, Galvendish, Gamking (a cartoon font), Gathers, Gayeng, Gerdingan, Gigihpu, Gineva, Glamor Signature, Golden Dance, Gongbar, Good Butter, Gorgeous Girl, Gostab, Grabah, Great Safira (Productype), Grefy, Helena, Hight Attrida, High Beginning, High Mount (a confident all caps sans), Hindigo, Honzo, Inner Vintage (a fat script), Jagiq, Jirut, Juwita Night, Kanagif, Kentya, Kreteg, Kuebeg, Maybe, Megamind, Moduss, Necis (a one-style geometric sans), Nesting (a comic book font), Nicky Script, Nimble (an almost monolinear display sans), Nwgate, Olive Remaine, Podoradog, Qoprol Roll, Quenty Yellow, Rapid Squad, Rasia, Rawyfi, Raxey, Renanty, Restrict, Resty (a creamy script), Right Beginning, Rolam (a cartoon font), Roytafa, Sadist, Seatyio (a signage script), Settikef, Shorter, Slab Barrets Script, Slaras, Sleeky, Soegja (a modular sans), Sutiya, Swedish, Sweet Dream, Swingset, Tapak Diana, Teny (a comic book font), Tetteg Heart, The Best, The Lesson, The Penyet, The RainK (a comic book font), Thumbler, Verbally, Viable Logic (sans), Wasyek, Weetton, Yahatsu, Yegufet.

    Typefaces from 2021: Dezaru Faux (Japanese emulation), Kesora Faux (emulating Japanese), Qatora Faux (emulating Japanese), Tadashi Faux (emulating Japanese), Jinkay Faux (spoof Japanese), Kitetsu Faux (spoof Japanese), Decaf (a graffiti font), Jatiny (a graffiti font), Bukama (emulating Japanese), Gayana Faux (oriental emulation), Jansina (emulating a Japanese brush font), Jumiko Faux (oriental emulation), Qewur (a brush script), Qoroshi (Japanese emulation), Zoysia (for graffiti; also called Reach You Graffiti Font), Ramisa Faux (emulating Japanese), Usagi Faux (emulating Japanese), Bamew (a bean font), Cutney (round and playful, as for children's video games), Hekaz (a stone / chiseled graffiti font), Mareka Japanese Style (emulating Japanese), Menor (a graffiti font), Suxan (graffiti), Bejo (a thick Japanese brush script for Latin), Bomadha (a Japanese emulation font), Hamiba (a Japanese emulation font), Hogata (a Japanese emulation font), Jakosta (a Japanese emulation font), Kogama (a Japanese emulation font), Okasa (a Japanese emulation font), Revoka (a Japanese emulation font), Sukoro (a Japanese emulation font), Caskey (a graffiti font), Payu (a graffiti font), Swath Trees (a bubblegum font), Arogun (a graffiti font), Dark Light (a graffiti font), Esgard (grunge), Gowes (a bold display font inspired by graffiti), Kinger (a graffiti font), Sambar (a graffiti font), Sujoka (emulating Japanese), Angombe (a bold graffiti font), Cagtus (a cactus emulation font), Pethuk (a bamboo-themed font), Backeth (a vernacular park signage font), Danki (a video game font), Geyalu (a scrapbook font), Qindars (a playful font, perhaps to illustrate children's books), Semanko (a hand-crafted 3d font with watermelon texture), Laout Beauty (a bean font), Black Foroth (a bold display font), Dino Jumps (a children's cartoon font), Thertole (a Flintstone font featuring many interlocking pairs), Weroth (a rounded informal sans), Allay (a bold rounded hand-printed typeface), Good Castyll (a chunky hand-crafted font), Siller (a supermarket or cartoon font), Adigussto, Boostnia (a signature script), Bossthy (an upright script), Rydhesti (a thin script), Sethasso (a wild script), Adiystas (a script font), Roothinkyu (a fine script with small x-height and heavy contrast), Soothing (a script), Miguna (a clean sans), Anethysta (a bold upright script), Bosskuy (a brush script), Outedis (script), Radish (script), Shyness (script), Jreng (textured caps), Jukotha (painted caps), Brefa (stamp emulation), Digofa (an organic sans), Feruka (a titling sans), Gadeg (a stocky monolinear mini-serif), Jacbos (a polygonal Jurassic Park font), Jefith (a vintage condensed headline font), Radugo (a stamp emulation font), Goda (a geometric sans with some techno features), Brifa (a bold monolinear serif), Cathra (an experimental interlocking sans), Sajola (a poster sans), Therok (a display sans), Waghu (a casual sign painting sans), Bequest (a display sans), Giroji (hand-printed), Petugas (a bold script), Barbeque (a marker pen font), Gamy (squarish), Gasted (octagonal), Langith (a wide monolinear sans), Stigo (a wide monolinear sans), Telone (a squarish monolinear sans), Thole (a wide monolinear sans), Acmatic (emulating the techno style of the 1980s), Bosan (a monolinear sans), Abesif (an artsy display sans), Amenable (a heavy organic monolinear geometric typeface) Battiest, Ramesty (an upright script), Astringe, Bentto (a bold monolinear sans), Bewitched, Asegunt (a fat finger font), Destain (upright handwriting), Estung (a sturdy sans serif), Gabust (an upright script), Newest (an upright script), Goldest (an upright rabbit ear script), Sovett (script).

    Typefaces from 2022: Ashety (an 18-style squarish techno sans), Atiku (an 18-strong stylized sans family), Buwah (emulating Arabic), Dovens (a wide soft-cornered sans with 16 weights), Rowit (emulating Arabic), Syakifah (emulating Arabic), Jiwez (emulating Arabic), Fakodi, Kuzimy (emulating Arabic), Rikafu (emulating Arabic), Zekat (emulating Arabic), Ahuta (emulating Arabic), Asyatu (emulating Arabic), Benar (a squarish sans), Kastibu (emulating Arabic), Qojarun (emulating Arabic), Godysun (emulating Arabic), Kebagh (emulating Arabic), Makwus (emulating Arabic), Qobliyah (emulating Arabic), Edangu (emulating Arabic), Keswah (Arabic emulation), Bassun (emulating Arabic), Gavora (a modular bold sans with a sci-fi touch), Sungar (a wide sans), Katuku (emulating Arabic), Kufwan (emulating Arabic), Rosyidun (emulating Arabic), Mageri (a modern display typeface), Puntodewa (a quirky sans), Akuina (a modern sans with 18 styles), Lancar (a display sans), Sharung (an 18-style sans), Gediya (a forceful bold display sans), Mugio (a wide 18-style sans), Asetin (a stressful sans) Madeni (a flared sans), Akute (sans), Dahyu (sans), Fhayu (sans), Metuo (octagonal), Racoti (a 4-weight geometric display sans), Viprox (an informal monolinear sans), Moveri (a sans with blocky miniserifs), Mulane (sans), Agree (an experimental sans), Benah (a plump hand-crafted typeface), Mantrap (a display sans), Remhu (a stylized sans), Sadyan (a bold display sans), Segira (a display font), Sogeh (a rounded squarish sans), Gefuh, Gurinda, Rebog (a rounded monoline sans), Zimeta (a sans), Efrida (a modulated sans), Haigo (a bold rounded monoline sans),Kimora (a medium weight rounded monoline sans), Mondera (sci-fi), Refinu (an 8-style monoline sans), Akisa (Japanese emulation), Badora (Japanese emulation), Eragu (Japanese emulation), Mixiwa Faux (Japanese emulation), Nesuka Faux (Japanese emulation), Onari Faux (Japanese emulation), Samuri (Japanese emulation), Toneri (Japanese emulation). Creative Fabrica link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Tyfo Mono (was: Ease Type, or: Cartel Deux or Koll Kolls or Arctic Co)
    [Firman Suci Ananda]

    Tanjung Morawa, Medan, Indonesia-based group consisting of Firman Suci Ananda and Fajar Wahyu Pribadi. Designers of Dalia (2015, brush face), Marjei Display (2015, rough brush), Arum Display (2015, signage script), Victoria Script (2015, connected and calligraphic), Merry Light (2015, sans titling face), Rebli (2015, signage script), Worship (2015, brush script) and Kremlin Script (2015).

    Typefaces from 2016: Lotte (script), Kely (sic) Rose, Anomaly Script, Adleit (signage script), Markinson (retro signage script), Colorado (retro sign painting style), Fresh From The Farm (a playful all caps sans), Le Paris (creamy lettering), The Airlines (script), Aventura, Maskoolin (a free bold all caps titling typeface), Amerizana (heavy signage script), Scribble Script.

    Typefaces from 2017: Winifred (signature font by Wahyu Pribadi), Litograph, Bosque (Regular, Press), TF Opicular (geometric sans), TF Hillmark (a script typeface by Firman Suci Ananda and Wahyu Pribadi), TF The Fest (a script typeface by Firman Suci Ananda and Wahyu Pribadi), Volkschaft TF (baseball script by Firman Suci Ananda and Wahyu Pribadi), Bender Script, Hurley 1967 (signage script), Marana, Goodwyn (spurred vintage font), the script font Cartel Deux (+Sharp, +Smooth), the titling font Cartel Deux Black, the brush script Ruthmike.

    Typefaces from 2018: Taneka (signature font), US Bill Sans (published by Unidaas; co-designed with Fajar Wahyu Pribadi and Irfan Ulya), US Blaak (a wedge serif by Firman Suci Ananda and Fajar Wahyu Pribadi), Rucyva (by Le Magh).

    Creative Market link. Newer Creative Market link. Behance link. Dribble link. Dafont link. Creative Market link for Koll Kolls. Creative Market link for Cartel Deux. Skolbord link. Creative Market link for Tyfo Mono. Creative Market link for Koll Kolls. Creative Market link for Le Magh, a venture of Wahyu Pribadi. Behance link for Wahyu Pribadi. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Tyler Finck
    [Etcetera Type Company (or: ETC; was: Finck Font Co)]

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    Tynes Signs

    Sign painter who made the signpainting fiont Upright Casual (2021). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Type Associates
    [Russell Bean]

    Russell Bean (Type Associates of Pyrmont, Australia, est. 1993) is an Australian type designer (b. Parkes, NSW, 1947). He worked in many ad agencies and later in the studios of the local photolettering houses, redrawing typefaces for filmfont setting as well as hand-composing headlines using photo-mechanical devices.

    In the early seventies, he designed a five-weight Avant-gardish family named Virginia (now also digitized).

    He then worked for the Los Angeles studio of Lettergraphics International in charge of lettering, logo design and converting type designs to film fonts. It was at this time (1973) that the Washington Family was completed. Upon his return to Australia that year, he teamed up with a long time colleague to form a design and art group in Sydney.

    Russell has been responsible for the creation of many Australian icons, including the Qantas logo. Russell Bean has served on the executive committees of The Australian Type Directors' Club and Australian Graphic Design Association.

    Typefaces available from MyFonts include Bougainville (1994-2005, a condensed sans family), Bougainville Neo (2021: 16 styles), Fremantle (1994), Beanwood Script (1997, a calligraphic script co-designed with David Wood), Craigie Halpen, Eumundi Sans [also available in the Agfa Creative Alliance], Eumundi Serif, Linear, Melissa, Rhodamine Blue, Sanguine (2004, handwriting), Semaphone (brush writing), Washington (1973, art deco family--really nice geometric letterforms with at least one hairline weight), and Xaltier.

    He designed ITC Christoph's Quill (2004), Billabong (2006, 1950s handlettering), Charleston Caps (2007, art deco) and the comic book lettering typeface Rhapsodie (2006).

    In 2007, he added the Threepoints East, North and West sans typefaces.

    About the Avant-Garde-style geometric sans family Virginia (2008), Bean writes: she was the most popular headline typeface around, at least in my home town in the year of her release circa 1970. That was the year my five-weight design won the inaugural (and only) Lettergraphics International Alphabet design competition and shut out 5000 competitors. Alas, Lettergraphics ceased to trade from its LA studios after the mid-80s and Virginia's two-inch film fonts were left to collect dust on the cutting room floor.

    The Koomerang family and Karmel (flare-legged retro display) were added in 2008.

    In 2009, Bean created Comp Sans 226, Argyle Rough, Empirical (12-style DIN-like sans family), Dotmap (pixel family) and Macquarie Heavy.

    In 2010, he made the poster signage typeface Hangtime.

    In 2013, he published the hand-printed typeface famiy Progeny.

    He is associated with Keith Morris in the type foundry Bean & Morris.

    In 2015, Russell created Macaroni Sans. In 2017, he added the calligraphic script typeface My Pimp.

    Typefaces from 2019: Aodaliya (an ultra-condensed typeface family).

    FontShop link. Klingspor link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Type Colony
    [Aliv Pandu]

    Yogyakarta, Indonesia-based designer of Heatslide Script (2017) and Subletter (2017, for signage).

    Typefaces from 2018: Sveglia (a dry brush script by Aliv Pandu and Hamam Jauhari), Liquidior (copperplate), Break Dawn (dry brush).

    Typefaces from 2019: Marlton (Sans, Serif, Block, Script, Stencil). Behance link for Aliv Pandu.

    Typefaces from 2020: Floopy Chart (a baseball script by Aliv Pandu and Hamam Jauhari, with a Sans to complete a font duo). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Type Combo
    [Iqbal Habibi]

    Jember, Indonesia-based designer (b. 1995) of the free display typeface Playtoon (2019: comic book or children's cartoon typeface), the signage typeface Golden Hills (2019), the supermarket signage typefaces Stangard (2019), Westhouse (2019) and Woodland (2019), and the display typeface Sochelia (2019).

    Typefaces from 2020: Clautya, Rallington (a retro signage script, and a vintage sans and serif pair), Froadmile (a signage script and a sans).

    Typefaces from 2021: Ampherian (Victorian), Old Maquine.

    Dafont links: Type Combo, Iqbal Habibi. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Type Dish
    [Eko Bimantara]

    Jakarta, Indonesia-based designer of the free typeface Kalem Light (2016) and the free headline sans typeface Saff (2016).

    In 2017 he published the calligraphic typeface Anther, the clean legible sans typeface family Syabil, which features a free weight, Syabil Book. Kecap (2017) is a creamy upright script. Musk (a modulated sans) and Musk Script (a signature font) followed at the end of 2017.

    Typefaces from 2018: Urbax (a signage script), Anakoala (serif), Mulka (sans), Fexa (rounded hexagonal).

    Typefaces from 2019: Hornbill (a supermarket serif family), Rossanova (a 36-style semi-serif family with some flared strokes), Clab (a slab serif family), Mollen (an information design sans with 48 styles), Anko (text or newspaper type), Malvie (free demo), the free font Remove, Dear Pony (a great text typeface which Eko describes as sweet, warm, kinky, classy), Ageo (a 16-style geometric sans family).

    Typefaces from 2020: Blogh (a heavy inktrapped display typeface), Dunley (a creamy script), Amio (a mix between script and sans; in six styles), EB Mensch (a 32-style family consisting of sturdy legible humanist sans and slab serif sets; features include large x height, low caps, spacious counters and apertures, and diagonal and sunken stroke ends), Florania (a decorative serif), Stannum, Bovino (an 18-style display serif), Modeco (a fashion-friendly 18-style geometric art deco sans characterized by an earring lower case g), EB Corp (a simple 18-style corporate sans family), Slippery (an oldstyle text typeface family), Hando (neo-grotesk).

    Typefaces from 2021: Manju (a soft supermarket typeface in ten styles with two additional variable fonts), Shallot (a well-balanced 10-style serif with pointy terminals), Kutai (an ethnic typeface family), Capuche (a gorgeous eccentric bloated display font), Kimaus (a reverse contrast music note emulation font), Sandor (a striking blackletter / medieval typeface), Bizmo (an 18-style headline sans family; includes two variable fonts), Homade (a 12-style display sans), Svelte (a condensed serif), Altone (an 18-style geometric sans), Highman (a tall bold condensed all caps titling sans), Vanio (a 12-style wedge serif family). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Type Factory
    [Hilmius Akbar]

    Bandung, Indonesia-based designer of these fonts in 2020: Antonie, Black House, Black Passion (a dry brush script), Brentley, Charmelya, Galguna, Hackbot (a pixel font), Hailey, Hello Madelyne, Hi Rolley, Hollowtown (graffiti), How Dare You, Life Of Apple, Monkey Geek, Punkiss, Randhu, Reviola, Sendha, Seymore, Silver Flower, Someday, Sounding, Speedkings, The Speciment, Thundra.

    Typefaces from 2021: How Dare You (grungy vintage caps), Mystic Forest (a chalk font), Hello Jones (a vintage shadow font), My Home (a fat finger font), Honey Jar (handprinted), My Fox (a scrapbook font), Beachfly (a decorative serif), Hardinge (a hand-drawn blackletter), Chalkboy (sketched).

    Their catalog in 2022 showed 250 fonts: Abilane, Abrock, Acetone, Aestetic, Allista, Amal Baik, Aquarex, Archking, Aslah, Authentique, Avena, Avoda (a fashion mag sans), Baker's Dozen, Bakery Home, Baleho, Baloba, Bancak, Bangke, Barnies, Bayleigh, Beach Hits, Beachfly, Big Heroes, Big Jelly, Big Tales, Black Passion, Blackold, Bloody Camp, Bluffton, Bodor, Bratton (spurred), Bricius, Brickrow, Brickson, Brutaly, Bunaken, Came Back, Candola, Candyful, Carisyn, Chalkboy, Charmelya, Cider Lime, Classy, Coconutz, Cold Army, Combust, Coming Sans, Cordion, Cosmogen, Crabug, Crow Bait, Cutenest, Cybersky, Daewon, Dandely, Dark Magic, Day n Nite, Daya Sans, Death World, Debug, Delta Force, Destro (stencil), Dirty Drags, Dutch Brigade, El Mayor, Elecstrom, Exton, Fall Season, Fall Story, Fire Ace, Fronzy, Fun Show, Galguna, Garden Bloom, Gludak, God Doll, Golday, Grane, Grateful Life, Gummies, Gunji (Japanese emulation), Hackbot, Hacklife, Hadest, Hadeya, Hailey, Hakan, Hakio, Hakubo (Japanese emulation), Haloha, Happy Gnome, Hara, Hardinge, Harvest Day, Harvest Time, Hastag, Hazeland, Hello Jones, Hello Madelyne (a calligraphic script), Hellow, Helsinky, Hey Jack, Hey Jane, Hiccup, Hollowtown, Home to Rome, Honey Belly, Horrific (a horror font), How Dare You, Howling Nightmare, Jackal Band, Javanica (a vintage label typeface), Jonks, Jungle Hope, Just For You, Just Ruth, Kahlil, Kana & Hana, Kanatala, Kastil, Kesal, Killing Me, King Castle, King Malik, Klassiek (a crayon font), Kohatu, Kulo, Kurayami (Japanese emulation), Last Mission, Legendary Runes, Life Rolling, Life of Apples, Lubang Hitam, Madsense, Madtune, Maluku, Marsea, Marsela, Marshed, Mauricio, Melon, Mexican City (a Western slab serif), Miami Beat (a multiline font), Mighty Star, Mika Story, Mister Hipster, Mistery, Mistis (spooky), Mocktail Blues, Modeon (a wonderful layered all caps sans), Moeloek, Monde, Monkey Geek, My Fox, My Home, Mystic Forest, Night Vibes, Nightscary, On My Way, Orchard Song, Ovalie, Panikos, Parylicious, Poked, Princess Star, Punkiss, Qabil, Quirky Bay, Rabiul, Racula, Randhu, Rebutan, Reclaim Glory, Rekan, Remily, Renji, Retro Sick, Reviola Bold Script, Risky Venture, Romeda (a vintage serif), Runboy, Salacia, Saluyu Script, Sandatory, Savilla, Savon Burg, School Kids, Scribery, Secret Mansion, Seledina, Semur, Sendha, Senja, Sensai, Serkan (a Celtic font), Seymore, Shade June, Shayan, She Dance, Shocked Up, Show Up!, Shufen, Shutter Speed, Sketchup (a sketched font), Skullbone, Sneak Peak, Snooby, Soda Land, Someday, Sorreal, Sounding, Space Corner, Speedkings, Spirit Freak, Steak House, Sticky Web, Stitch Boy, Story of Alundra, Summer Blaze, Summer Blues, Summer Creamy, Sundae Bite, Sunday Coffee, Sunkiss Bliss, Sweet Beans, Sweet Cherry, Tangisan, The End Story, The Millers, The Speciment, Thundra, Ugly Byte, Uncracked, Urbanded, Vintage Wheel (a retro signage script), Voltec, Wake Snake, Walers, Walk Away, Wavemax, Weloved, West Yard, Wicked, Wild Justice, Winola, Wonder Magic, Wonder Soul, Wrecked Works.

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    Type Nations

    Grimsta, Sweden-based designer of these typefaces in 2018: Lovattos (SVG format dry brush font), Rellycs (SVG format), Blackyard (SVG format dry brush font), Boutegard (monoline script), Alexandro Benima (signage script), Callistar SVG, Baker Jackson (signature script), Bricktom's (SVG font), Pattaya (SVG script), Waves Vibes (font trio), Vearst (SVG font). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Type Supply
    [Tal Leming]

    Tal Leming is a graphic designer, type designer and letterer who lived in Wilmington, DE, but moved his stakes to Baltimore, MD. He graduated from Louisiana State University in 1997. As a Python scripting guru, he worked with Letterror and House Industries on projects using FontLab and Robofab. An avid RoboFog scripter, he joined Erik van Blokland and Just van Rossum to initiate the RoboFab project in 2003. After graduation in 1997 from the Louisiana State University Graphic Design program, he worked as a designer at two agencies in south Louisiana. In September of 2001, Tal joined the House Industries staff as a designer in the Type Development, Product Promotions and Python Systems Implementation Department. He worked on the Ed Benguiat collection, for example.

    In 2005, he left House and started his own company eventually called Type Supply. Type Supply designs typefaces for corporations and publications. Their typefaces:

    • Baxter. An informal typeface used as a casual typeface in MyPublisher's BookMaker software. Commissioned by Christian Schwartz.
    • Bullet (House). Bullet is based on a bit of lettering drawn by Ken Barber for the House Industries Pop Art package.
    • Burbank (2006-2007, House Industries), a bouncy signage, animation, and package lettering family, about which Christian Schwartz writes: Well-drawn one-off display typefaces are easy to find, especially bouncy sans serifs. Complete suites of typefaces in this genre, however, are nearly impossible to find, especially families that are crafted with as much care as Burbank. I really appreciate seeing the attention to detail that usually goes into serious text family put into a family primarily intended for display use.
    • House Gothic 23. Tal Leming writes: The family was originally designed by Allen Mercer for use on the company's commissions, most notably the legendary promotions for Custom Papers Group. In 1995, House released the family to the public with modest success, but it was largely relegated to the back of House's catalogs. House went through a bit of a sans serif obsession in the early 2000s and decided that it was time to give House Gothic its time in the spotlight. Rich Roat asked me to polish up House Gothic and make it a bit more usable. I completely reworked Allen's original drawings, making the letterforms work better in headlines, added accented glyphs, reorganized the styles and more. Once that was done, I added completely new Extended and Text styles. The family more than doubled its size into 23 total fonts and was rechristened House Gothic 23.
    • Marigny (2014). He writes about this pleasant casual roundish typeface: Marigny, designed by Tal Leming, is a casual typeface that was drawn with serious typography in mind. It has the same basic proportions as classical oldstyle typefaces (think of Garamond and friends) and these give it a similar typographic rhythm to one that we have known for several hundred years. The hand-rendered forms transform this familiar texture into something very warm and pleasant. In a way, dipping into a block of text set in Marigny is like putting on your favorite pair of comfortable slippers.
    • Mission and Control. An athletic lettering family commissioned by Reebok for their 2008 NFL Sideline and NHL Center Ice collections.
    • Ohm (2009). A neon type family.
    • Queue and Queue Mono (2021). A sans typeface family.
    • Runway (House). Runway is an ode to House's sans serif obsession of the early 2000s.
    • Shag Lounge. a signage family: When I was working at House Industries, we decided that we should develop a font kit inspired by the work of Josh "Shag" Agle. Josh hadn't done much lettering work so we asked him to send us samples of lettering that he liked. Many of the things he sent featured whimsical, hand-cut lettering from the 1960s. We were really into this as well, so that formed the starting point for Shag Lounge. The typeface evolved into an amalgamation of a neo-grotesque style sans serif and hand-cut lettering.
    • Timonium (2012) can be bought from Type Supply.
    • Torque. An octagonal family with a great inline style. Torque (2009) began its life as an amalgamation of an American athletic lettering style and classic space lettering styles. There were also references to the video games, laser games and 1980s pre-teen sci-fi action movies of my youth.
    • United Ark. A military stencil face: Clint Schultz hired me to create a custom version of United for use on props in a Paramount feature film. The main goal of the project was to perfectly match stenciled lettering seen in a film released 27 years earlier. How exciting was it to make a typeface for a sequel to a classic film that I grew up with? Very, very, very, very exciting. This font is not, and will never be, available for relicensing, so please don't ask.
    • United. House industries commissioned me to develop the United family as an homage to stereotypical U.S. Military lettering styles. [...] United has become quite popular since its release and it has been seen just about everywhere from NFL coverage on FOX to the New York Times editorial page.
    • Balto (2007-2014) is a large American Gothic family.
    • In 2016, Tal Leming created 90 Minutes, a typeface that is exclusive licensed to the United States Soccer Federation in perpetuity. He writes: I wanted to introduce some more American typographic and lettering influences. We have a rich history from Morris Fuller Benton's iconic work to the impactful lettering on Works Progress Administration posters to the bluntness of wood type on letterpressed event posters. I wanted to subtly reference these to make the typeface as distinctively American as possible. The typeface her 37 unique styles partitioned over three families, 90 Minutes Display, 90 Minutes Kit (a set of styles developed exclusively for use on uniforms, taking into account FIFA regulations), and 90 Minutes Text (drawn specifically for use in small sizes, paragraphs and tables of statistics).
    • Stoneleigh. A fashion mag Caslon revival done for Martha Stewart Living. Stoneleigh is licensed exclusively to Martha Stewart Living through October 2019.
    • Smoosh (2015-2020). A super-compressed high-contrast typeface with thorny serifs designed to work in very big sizes.
    • Iota (2021). A geometric sans family that he made only because of his fear of not being innovative. And not because every other foundry is making its own geometric sans. But he could not resist throwing in some distractions that make Iota a geometric with a tantrum.
    • Epoxy (2022). An experimental sans with odd shapes.

    At ATypI 2008 in St. Petersburg, his talk (shared with Ken Barber) was entitled Pac-Man fever, quantum mechanics and the design of digital type.

    Tal Leming's personal web site. Village link. Author of Letters. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Type Toucan
    [Marie Wagner]

    Munich, Germany-based creator of the signage script font Casual Crew (2018). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    TypeFaith Fonts
    [Léon Hulst]

    Leon Hulst (TypeFaith) was born in 1966. Typographer at WAT Ontwerpers in Utrecht, The Netherlands, and affiliated with Linotype.

    Commercial fonts: ReadMyHand (1994, brush), Bombin, Fix, Cubi, Berkhout (handwriting), Miguel (sans family), Salamanca Caps, Ponsi Rounded (2011).

    Free fonts at TypeFaith, his place on the web, all made ca. 2008: AlbaJulia-ExpandedBold (techno), AlbaJulia-ExpandedBoldItalic, AlbaJulia-ExpandedRegular, AlbaJulia-ExpandedRegularItalic, Dilys-Bold (organic), Dilys-BoldItalic, Edding-Italic, Edding (brush), FixFlat-Italic, FixFlat, Flowmotion-Heavy (2010), LowFile-Bold (grunge), LowFile-BoldItalic, LowFile-WidthOblique, Mellow-Italic, Mellow (comic book family), PaloAlto-Italic, PaloAlto (sans), Per4m (dot matrix face), StitchCross.

    Creations from 2012: Ponsi Rounded Slab (the regular weight is free), Danze Script, Salamanca TF, Moonface Script (an elegant display serif typeface family).

    Typefaces from 2013: Lev Serif, Lev Black Distressed (2015, free).

    Typefaces from 2014: Picastro (retro signage script), Desierto, Frye Caps, Birchwood (hand-printed), Fix Fat Black, Seren Script, Planjer (art deco), Planjer Distressed.

    Typefaces from 2015: Jason Capitals (a revival of a woodblack capitals alphabet), Bakersville (Full, Line: hand-drawn, sketched), Lev Serif Grunge, Blackflower (brush face), Inkredible, Goldpicker (a layered Western typeface), Goldpicker Line (bilined; blackboard bold).

    Typefaces from 2016: Amilly Script (a heavy nibbed pen script), Rozy Cursive (based on Ella Cursief/Handels-Cursief by Sjoerd de Roos for Lettergieterij Amsterdam in 1915), Jason Distressed, Toxa Ink, Donker Caps (wood type emulation).

    Typefaces from 2017: Organa (a futuristic typeface family).

    Typefaces from 2018: Solente (art nouveau-inspired with Victorian decorations).

    Typefaces from 2019: Chaumin (hand-printed).

    Typefaces from 2020: Pinkhoff Caps (in Dutch deco style).

    Typefaces from 2022: Thirty Nine Stencil.

    Klingspor link. FontShop link. Behance link.

    Known as Misha at iFontMaker, he drew the outlined hand-printed Miff (2011). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Typehill
    [Teuku Fahruddin]

    Indonesian designer of these connected brush script typefaces in 2017: Stephanie, Austin Script, Navisha. In 2018, Typehill designed Typehill (dry brush script), Intybus Script, Sunlight Script (copperplate calligraphy), Bougenvil (formal calligraphy), Ephorbia (calligraphic), Angelina and Natural.

    Typefaces from 2019: Fantasia Script, Austin Script, The Fraga Script (a semi-curly retro signage script), Forestry Script, One Day, Graphitel (a formal calligraphic script), Marysha Script, Lemons, Floural Script, Warrior Script.

    Typefaces from 2020: Straight Script (a calligraphic font duo, with penmanship ornaments), Malaka Script.

    Typefaces from 2021: Lovey Dovey (an upright script), Sweet Love Script. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Typejockeys
    [Michael Hochleitner]

    Typejockeys is a graphic and type design company based in Vienna, Austria, established in 2008 by Anna Fahrmaier, Thomas Gabriel and Michael Hochleitner. Stephan Kirsch and Franziska weitgruber joined the team later. They do posters, editorial and book design, web and screen design, corporate design and signage, and custom type and lettering. Michael Hochleitner obtained an MA in typeface design from the University of Reading in 2008.

    His graduation typeface was Ingeborg, a readable didone text family created specifically for periodicals and books. I predict that Ingeborg will win many awards. [Note: Well, a year after my prediction, Ivo Grabowitsch declared it to be the best typeface of 2009, and TDC2 2010 awarded it as well]

    Other typefaces include Drunk Type (2008) and Tender (2008).

    Premiera (2009) is a type family made for small print.

    Henriette (2012) is a beautiful slab serif revival family motivated and developed as follows: In the 1920s the Viennese government decided to standardize the street signs across the city. A typeface was especially constructed for the purpose. It was available in a Heavy and a Bold Condensed version, to support short street names as well as longer ones. As the years went by, the typeface was adopted and redrawn by several enamel factories. These adaptations lead to variations on the design, and to the fact that there isn't a Viennese street sign font but 16 different versions. Henriette is not a digitization of any of those versions; rather, it is influenced by all of them. The italic versions are completely original and designed to accompany the Roman.

    Typefaces from 2014: Carabelle (roundish upright script based on Nebiolo's Calipso), Sauber Script (a warm signage script; for Cyrillic, see here), Freude (roundish script).

    Typefaces by Typejockeys in 2015: Vito (60 style sans family by Thomas Gabriel described by them as follows: Masculine and sporty for adrenaline junkies, reliable and elegant for serious typographers, but with a touch of bling for high snobiety).

    In 2018, Michael Hochleitner, Christoph Schütz, Simon Liesinger and Franziska Weitgruber co-designed Gretel Script at Typejockeys. This optically sized three-style typeface is based on the hand of calligrapher Natascha Safarik.

    Typefaces from 2019: Antonia (a crisp variable headline text typeface by Franziska Weitgruber and Michael Hochleitner at Typejockeys; a 64-style font family with optical sizing from headline H1, H2, and H3 to Text, with a variable font added to the mix), Post Sans (for Austrian Post; by Michael Hochleitner, Anna Fahrmaier and Stephan Kirsch).

    Corporate typefaces besides those mentioned above: Mautner Script (for Mautner Markhof), The Bank Script, Johannes Trapl (typographic development), Cafe Am Hof (lettering), Piatnik (lettering), Drei Script (a variable font for Three Hutchison), OMV Highlight (an inline font for Latin and Cyrillic).

    Typefaces from 2021: Win2Day (a lotto jackpot font).

    MyFonts interview in 2014.

    Flickr page. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Typeline Studio
    [Yadhie Setiawan]

    Tangerang Selatan, Jakarta, Indonesia-based designer (b. 1987) of Starcity Script (2018: a signature script), The Rochester (2018), South City Script (2018), Presidente (2018), The Starlight (2018: a rhythmic brush script), Raullina Aguste (2018: a great inky script), Rembrants (2018), Happy Milk (2018: brush script), Benthol (2018), Ballegra (2018: calligraphic), Bridgetown (2018), Signatrust (2018), Brithney (2018), Romantic Couple (2018), Maddison (2018, signage script), Black Whisky (2018, bilined and calligraphic), North City (2018: a fun pen script), Damian (2018: signature script), United Stay (2018), Winteria (2018: a Treefrog style script), Quick Land (2018: monoline and slanted; free download), Minarsih Script (2018) and Brother Lands (2018).

    Typefaces from 2019: Elizabeth, Raulina (a signature script), The Signater (brush script), Gilberto (a weathered brush script), Letto (a flared serif), Switzerland (a formal calligraphic script), Amalfi Coast (wild calligraphy), Photograph Signature, East Liberty Signature, Ruthligos Sillentin (a signature font), Collonar (a titling typeface), Manchester Signature, South City, Boowie (a fashionable sans), The Arthington (monoline script), East Liberty (font duo), Signatrue, The Rattnest, Maestro Signature, Pretty Women Script, Queenstown Signature, Geronimo, Presidente Serif, Pretty Women Serif, Collonar Caps.

    Typefaces from 2020: Necmato (Peignotian, +Script), Geronimo (beveled, layerable, all caps), Dream Catcher (Treefrog script), Montelly, Little Hampton, Baliland, Zombies Reborn, Chewy Inside (a bubblegum font).

    Typefaces from 2021: Mikiland, San Diego (a fine inky script), Wiliam Signature, Straighforward (a tall script), Wilson (a fat caps font), Quixotic (an upright script), Fashion Stamp (a grungy and plump serif), Fighter Brush (dry brush), Windblow (script), Epiphany (script), Sanshine, Nodelines (a rounded sans), Namina Sucilia, Sucillia, Dakata, Mellifluous (calligraphic). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Typesenses
    [Sabrina Mariela Lopez]

    Typesenses was founded in 2009 by Sabrina Lopez in Ramos Mejìa, near Buenos Aires. Sabrina Lopez (b. 1987) graduated from FADU, University of Buenos Aires. Her typefaces include:

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    TypeSETit
    [Robert E. Leuschke]

    Rob Leuschke was born in and lives in St. Charles, MO. A former lettering artist at Hallmark Cards (1983-1987), Rob Leuschke had his own design businesses, Alphabytes, and set up TypeSETit in 2004. He earned a BFA in graphic design at the University of Missouri at Columbia, and started freelancing in 1987. Rob has created over 250 custom typefaces. In addition, he made tens of calligraphic and other script typefaces, and has to be considered as one of America's most prominent and talented script typeface artists.

    Ambiance BT (Bitstream) was Rob's first typeface. Also, early on, he created the free emoticon font AairChat (1995).

    An incomplete list of his creations: AlexBrush, Cherish, Ephesis, Inspiration, Jackie-O, Licorice, Kolker Brush (2004, Western version of Japanese calligraphy), Love, Neanderthaw, Ruge Boogie (2004), Saliere, Updock, Whisper, TheNautiGal (2006, connected script), Water Brush, Love Light, Passions Conflict (2004), Mea Culpa, Beau Rivage (2004: calligraphic; Github link), Good Vibrations (the commercial version of his free font Great Vibes), Lovers Quarrel, Grechen Fuemen (2003-2021), Moon Dance (2004), MsMadi (a monolinear script), Bonheur Royale (2005), Fuzzy Bubbles, LA Heat (2005), Qwigley ROB (2005), Vujah Day, he added Kings Honor (2006), Kings Quest (2006), Kings Dominion (2006), RUSerius (2007, curly handwriting), QwitcherBychen (2007, calligraphic), Arizonia (2007, calligraphic, based on lettering seen on a truck), Road Rage ROB (2008, grunge), Grey Qo (2008, calligraphic), FleurDeLeah (2008, flowery calligraphic), My Soul (2008), MooLahLah (2008, cow-spotted letters).

    MyFonts sells Alex Brush, Allison (an inky script that is free at Google Fonts), Ambiance BT, ITC Arid (1997), Arizonia, Babylonica (2008, a great connected brushy script), Bilbo, Bilbo Swash Caps (2011, Google Web Fonts), Bonheur Royale, Caramel (Crunch, Candy, Nuggets), Carattere, Cherish, ITC Chivalry, Corinthia (calligraphic but with slope errors on some connections such as between "o" and "r"), Ephesis, FleurDeLeah, Fuzzy Bubbles (free at Google Fonts), Good Vibrations (2003), Grapenuts, Great Vibes (2012, Google Web Fonts), Gwendolyn (free at Google Fonts), Holiday Font, Hurricane (brush script), Imperial Script (2008), (2018-2022, Google Fonts), Inspiration (2004), Jackie O, Kings (script), Kolker Brush (2004), LA Heat, (2018-2022, Google Fonts), Licorice (2004), Love Light (2003), Lovers Quarrel (since 2012 at Google Web Fonts), Mea Culpa (2003-2021), MooLahLah (2003-2021), Moon Dance (2004), Ms Madi, MySoulOne, Neonderthaw, Oh Ley, Ole (2008), Oooh Baby (2004-2021), Passions Conflict, Petemoss, Puppies Play (2009-2021: a curly script), Qwigley, QwitcherBychen, Qwitcher Grypen (2007-2021), RoadRage, Roelandt BT (2002), RUSerius, Ruthie (2003), Saliere, SassyFrass ROB (2008-2021: calligraphic), (2018, Google Fonts), Shalimar (a great calligraphic script, 2004-2021), Square Peg, Tapestry, TheNautiGal (2013-2021), Twinkle Star (2003), Updock (classical calligraphy), VujahDay (2003), Water Brush, Waterfall (2011) and Whisper.

    Fonts released in 2009 at P22: Babylonica, RobsPickles, RoadRage, QwitcherBychen, the Caramel family (including Crunch, Candy, Nuggets). In 2009, he also published Italianno ROB.

    Typefaces made in 2010: Allura (see Google Web Fonts), Estonia Nouveau (based on calligraphy by Villu Toots), Estonia Regular, Estonia Swash, Island Moments, Neon Derthaw (neon light face).

    Typefaces from 2011: Robs Pickles, Waterfall, Monte Carlo (a free formal calligraphic script at Google Fonts), Genos (anthroposophic; includes Cherokee; in 2021, a variable font pair was added), Bilbo (free at Google Web Fonts), Playball (free connected signage or baseball script face at Google Web Fonts).

    Designs from 2012: Fuggles, Explora (a delicate calligraphic script face).

    Typefaces from 2013: Style Script (an upright retro script; free at Google Fonts).

    Typefaces from 2014: Praise Pro (signage script), Ise Sport (flared font).

    Typefaces from 2015: Festive, Luxurious (free at Google Fonts), Luxury script, Comforter, Comforter Brush, WindSong (a connected script, not to be confused with the famous calligraphic script Windsong (1998, Bright Ideas); also at Google Fonts), Alumni Sans (an organic sans family with large x-height; +Collegiate, +Inline; free at Google Fonts).

    Typefaces from 2016: Glory (an organic sans family, free at Google Fonts, and a pay font at MyFonts), Hurricane (connected script family).

    Typefaces from 2017: Splash (ink splatter script), American Calligraphic, Smooch (a brush scriptthat is free at Google Fonts), Smooch Sans.

    Typefaces from 2018: Angeletta (at Monotype), Meow Script. In August 2018, he published his Smorgasbord series: Grape Nuts, (Google Fonts), (2022, Google Fonts), Kings Honor, Kings Quest, Kings Dominion, Moon Dance One, Moon Dance Two, Ms Madi, My Soul, Pickles, RUSerius, (2018, Google Fonts), Vujahday Plain, Vujahday Script, Vujahday Flourish.

    Typefaces from 2019: Birthstone.

    Typefaces from 2021 (including updates of earlier fonts), all published by Google Fonts: Are You Serious, Birthstone, Birthstone Bounce, Bonheur Royale, Caramel, Carattere, Cherish, Ephesis, Explora, Fleur De Leah, Gideon Roman, Fuggles (script), Festive (a free curly script). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Typesgal

    Hungarian designer of commercial fonts (from 2012 onwards, as Typesgal), located in Puspokhatvan, Hungary:

    • Bar D (2012). A geometric sans serif.
    • BarQ (2012). A geometric sans family.
    • Yerninde (2012), a softened blackletter, and its grunge version, Varaninde (2012).
    • Dirnaith (2012, grungy army stencil), Roth Dirnaith (2012), and Laden Dirnaith (army stencil). Awery (2012) is a more civil stencil face.
    • Blood and Blade (2012). A gothic blackletter pair of typefaces.
    • Carannorov (2012). Followed by the spurred version called Sigil (2012).
    • Miog (2012). A hand-printed typeface.
    • Coire Italic (2012). A cursive script.
    • Lissain (2013). A decorative pair of Bodoni typefaces.
    • Selya (2013). A calligraphic script.
    • Ganton (2013). A fat didone.
    • Carten (2013). A retro signage script.
    • Ranyeski (2014, Cyrillic simulation).
    • Trumpit (2014).
    • Litoland (2014). Based on texts of old American litographic maps from the 1920s.
    • Arellion (2015). A pearly script typeface.
    • Elley (2015). A signage script.
    • Doriel (2016).
    • Sewstain (2018).

    Dafont link for Typesgal. Facebook link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Typetemp Studio (was: Geranium Space, Moovied Co, Eight Type Rits, Letter Rits Type, Templatehere)
    [Haris Purnama Putra]

    Aka Geranium Space, Moovied Co, Rits Studio and Letter Rits Type and Template Here and Megi Satyo and Megi Widodo and Megi Satyo Widodo (b. 1993) and Geranium.co and Haris Purnama Putra. In 2020, the latest reincarnation was Typetemp Studio which was co-founded with Egi Ahmad Mufid.

    Lampung, Indonesia-based designer (b. 1996) of the signage script typefaces Callerious (2019), Modster Script (2019), Qintan Script (2018), Adelaide (2018; aka Azzardo), Purnama (2017) and Chasing Star (2018; brush style), the dry brush typefaces Flassty (2019), Springfield (2019), Housky (2019), and Southgirl (2019), and the script typefaces Austine (2019), Outlander (2019), Guigliamore (2019), Quillenghton (2019), Mettda (2019), Arkland (2019: monoline), Breavenheart (2019), Jesselyne Script (2019), Claude (2018), Wilderness (2018), Magnolia (2018), Oregon Script (2018), Made Hellios (2018), Ballerina (2018), Dreamland (2018), Charlotte (2018), Geraldine (2018), Laura Hellaw (2018), Sureder (2018), Sureder Stylish (2018), Cherry Blossom (2018) and Lattravis (2017).

    Typefaces from 2020: Classy Brune Sans, Klarinda (a decorative serif), Mitchaella Luxury Serif (a decorative serif), Oliver Blush, Casanova Serif Display (a decorative serif by Haris Purnama Putra and Egi Ahmad Mufid), Crimson Foam (a wild calligraphic font by Haris Purnama Putra and Egi Ahmad Mufid), Chairine, Klarinda Remenont (a decorative serif), Sonettons, Cheapsman (a 4-style headline sans), Aetrina Script, Hugolers Stylish Modern (a decorative serif by Egi Ahmad Mufid), Irish Belle (script), Novocane (a monoline script), St Lousie Dayton, Eunila Script, Nocarine Script, The Billvort (script), Victoryia Wastinger (a decorative serif), Handley (monoline script), Blanchope (brush script), Lavitanie (monoline script), Hampshire (script), Anxiety, Blackhills (dry brush script), Huntington (dry brush script), Crystal Dust, Billy Smith (a signature script), Houstiny, Signature Flavour, Irlandya (a dry brush script), Rubellion Script, Lostmoond Script, Quechely, Bollivia Script, Vacation Brush, Rosemellind Signature, Lotterras, Mighty Brush, Marryliane, Frankfield Script, Bravenheart Script, Halmaherra Signature, Kileegon Zales, Aurelly Signature, Billy Smith, Crystal Dust, Flaura, Histeria Script, Huntington, Irlandya, Signature Flavour, Threesixty.

    Typefaces from 2021: Bougerose (a reverse stress display typeface), Silk Flower, Creamy Sunday, Housky, Springfield, Housting, Kiyoka, Koln, South Amsterdam (font duo),Ladysmith, Butter Fluid, Neutral Autumn, Aurelly, Crystal Dust, Southgirl, Blackhills, Crystal Sandstone, Pineapple Palm Tree, Kindbold, Portofolio, Irlandya, Signature Flavour, Huntington, Flassty, Rutch Display (a display typeface), Coastine, Allenoire (a bold display serif), Stay Wild, Northern Worssley, Bleu Femee (informal), Allegra de Amour (a fashion mag typeface), Ruth Clair (calligraphic script), Quetry Serif (a wedge serif), Rotterburg.

    Typefaces from 2022: Aqala (a hipster display face), Graindeur (a modern display serif). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    TypeType
    [Ivan Gladkikh]

    Prolific Russian designer (b. 1986) whose real name is Ivan Gladkikh and working alias is Jovanny Lemonad . Jovanny lives in St. Petersburg. From 2003 until 2008, he studied audovisual engineering at The Bonch-Bruevich Saint-Petersburg State University of Telecommunications. In the early part of his career, most of his typefaces were free. In 2013, he set up the commercial type foundry TypeType. Most of his typefaces cover both Latin and Cyrillic.

    His typefaces include Scada Sans Two (2009), Furore (2009, octagonal), Fontin Sans Cyr (2009, the Cyrillic version of Jos Buivenga's Fontin Sans), Metro (2009, constructivist), Dited (2009, dot matrix: free), Days and Days One (2009, sans), and the attractive display typefaces Otscookie (2009, geometric and experimental), 20db (2008, high-contrast titling with didone features), Cuprum (2006-2012: a free sans family) and Molot (2008, with Roman Yershov). In 2008, he added to this list the grunge or handwriting typefaces FFUPuzzle, London (designed with Olga Kozlova) and Neucha (hand-printed), as well as the modern black display typeface 20db. Together with Eric Lebedco, he created the organic typeface Philosopher (2008). In 2006, he cooperated on the rounded Cyrillic typeface ZopaCyr. With Oleg Zhuravlev, he created the octagonal family Bender (2009, award winner at Paratype K2009). Creator of the corporate type family Ice and Flame (2009), an organic typeface based on Philosopher.

    CDMA (2010) is a rounded sans for corporate use. Nixie One (2011) is a free thin typewriter style face. Yeseva One (2011, as in "yes, Eva, bring me another beer") is a free ornamental serif face. Numans (2011) is a free wide sans face. https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Numans">Google download.

    Creations from 2012 include the frees typeface Oranienbaum (an antiqua created with Oleg Pospelov). He produced the free font Prosto (2012), which was designed by Pavel Emelyanov [see also Google Web Fonts]. Russo One (2012, Google Web Fonts) is a macho sans. Stalin One (2012) is a constructivist typeface co-designed with Alexey Maslov---it is free at Google Web Fonts.

    Typefaces from 2013: Imperial One (a free constructivist font based on the corporate font for the game role playing game The Mandate), Underdog (angular), Supermolot (an extension of his 2008 typeface Molot, a modern techie square grotesk with elements of Soviet style; extended in 2015 to TT Supermolot (by Olexa Volochay), in 2016 to TT Supermolot Condensed, and in 2018 to TT Supermolot Neue, by Roman Ershov, Marina Khodak, Nadezhda Polomoshnova, Ivan Gladkikh and the TypeType Team).

    In 2014, TypeType published TT Slabs (followed in 2015 by Olexa Volochay's TT Slabs Condensed), TT Drugs (by Nadyr Rakhimov, Phill Nurullin and Olexa Volochay: followed in 2015 by TT Drugs Condensed), TT Souses (hand-drawn sans family geared towards children's books and village design applications), TT Prosto Sans (followed in 2016 by Olexa Volochay's TT Prosto Sans Condensed), TT Rounds (a basic rounded sans typeface family by Olexa Volochay and Nadyr Rakhimov), TT Days Sans (TypeType: a pro version of his free font Days), TT Squares (an octagonal typeface family; see also TT Squares Condensed, 2016, by Olexa Volochay), TT Russo Sans), and TT Rounds Black.

    Typefaces from 2015: Free Ride, TT Compotes (a series of handcrafted typefaces), Hitch Hike (handcrafted typeface co-designed with Annastasia Samsonova), Accuratist (a hisper font by Jovanny Lemonad and Elena Shkerdina), Dita Sweet (a free art deco typeface co-designed by Ksenia Semirova and Jovanny Lemonad), TT Marks (a sign painting typeface family), TT Firs (a Scandinavian cold sans family, expanded in 2018 as TT Firs Neue by Philipp Nurullin and Ivan Gladkikh), Eleventh Square (art deco by Evgeny Tarasenko), TT Rounds Condensed, TT Books Script (a fifties style script), TT Crimsons (for short and emotional inscriptions), TT Masters (signage type), TT Inters (a great rhythmic script font), Frenchpress, TT Chocolates (a geometric grotesque with art deco hints), TT Bluescreens (30-style condensed sans family for movie trailers), TT Directors (designed for movie titling and trailers).

    Typefaces from 2016: TT Lovelies Script, TT Chocolates Condensed (by Olexa Volochay), TT Bells (an old style typeface family based om broad nib pens; by Nadyr Rakhimov and Olexa Volochay), TT Walls (a wall menu script family), TT Lakes (54 fonts in all; by Olia Leykina and Olexa Volochay), TT Corals (with Olexa Volochay: humanist sans typeface family), Bristol (children's hand), TT Octas (octagonal style, by Olexa Volochay), TT Teds (a narrow geometric sans family), TT Blushes (brush script), Romochka (handcrafted), TT Coats (a handcrafted antiqua), Bully (with Aigul Gilmutdinova), TT Rabbits (ten handcrafted typefaces for children's books, with substyles April, Bro, Chilli, Dummy, Elf, Fatso, Goody, Hyper, Idol, Junior), Suwikisu (free African-themed typeface based on a design by Egor Myznik), TT Moons (a condensed serif family), TT Cottons, Matias (by Vitaliy Tsygankov and Jovanny Lemonad), TT Pines (a sans based on paper cutouts).

    Typefaces from 2017: TT Backwards (an experimental script and grotesque font family inspired by the typographic scenery in the USSR in the late 70s and early 80s; by Tanya Cherkiz, Sergey Kotelnikov, Philipp Nurullin and the TypeType Team), TT Knickerbockers, TT Polls (modern modular slab serif inspired by American sports graphics; by Olexa Volochay, Tanya Cherkiz and Nadyr Rakhimov, TT Norms (by Nadyr Rakhimov and Olexa Volochay), TT Berlinerins (Script, Sans: based on vernacular type in Berlin, the sans emulates wood type), TT Milks, TT Pubs (didone; +Stencil), TT Limes (23 handcrafted typefaces, from Sans, to Slab and Dingbats), TT Hazelnuts (display sans).

    He also has a lively type blog (in Russian).

    Typefaces from 2018: Ivan Gladkikh and Pavel Emelyanov, with the technical assistance of Marina Khodak, Vika Usmanova and Nadyr Rakhimov, designed TT Commons. TT Commons is a universal sans family originally created for the branding and in-house use of TypeType, but it was finally released due to many requests. In 2018, Sofia Yasenkova, Philipp Nurullin, and Vika Usmanova designed the modern serif TT Tricks at TypeType. TT Tricks has many stencil styles. Still in 2018, Ivan Gladkikh, Alexander Kirillov, Philipp Nurullin, Vika Usmanova, Marina Khodak, and Nadyr Rakhimov published TT Severs. The TT Rounds family was reworked in 2018 into TT Rounds Neue by Ivan Gladkikh, Philipp Nurullin and the TypeType Team. At the end of 2018, TypeType published TT Supermolot Neue (Roman Ershov, Marina Khodak, Nadezhda Polomoshnova, Ivan Gladkikh and the TypeType Team).

    In 2019, Pavel Emelyanov and Ivan Gladkikh released the 20-style geometric sans typeface TT Hoves, which is intended for use in architecture, design, industry, science, astronomy, drawing, high tech, research, space and statistics.

    Typefaces from 2021: TT Commons Classic (a 24-style geometric sans by Ivan Gladkikh, the TypeType Team, Pavel Emelyanov and Marina Khodak; it includes two variable fonts).

    Alternate URL. Behance link---on Behance, he uses the name Ivan Gladkikh. Fontsquirrel link. Google font directory link. Klingspor link. Dafont link. Abstract Fonts link. Old home page. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Typeverything
    [Andrei Robu]

    Andrei Robu is a super-artist, award-winning photographer, art director, illustrator, type designer and rising star based in Barcelona. Andrei started freelancing ca. 2002 shortly landing clients like Sprite and Coca-Cola. In 2006 he became Chief Graphic Designer at Leo Burnett, Bucharest, Romania. In 2008 he joined Acme as a managing partner and design director. After three and a half years he left Acme and started his own practice. In 2014 he relocated to Barcelona where he works together with his partner Andreea Robescu. During his career he founded a few platforms for promoting other talents: Designers Go To Heaven (2009-2017), Calligraphica (2012-2017), Typeverything (2011).

    Andrei creates key visuals for branding, packaging, events and artist collections. He has worked with clients such as Adobe, Apple, Bloomberg, Nike, Jordan Brand, Stella Artois, Dailies, Fenwick London, Mastercard, Vodafone, VISA Epos, Coca-Cola, ESPN Magazine, Billboard, Wired, The Golden Globes, Exxon, Toyota, Hiscox.

    In 2011, he set up Typeverything in Barcelona. Typeverything features Andrei Robu's typefaces as well as those of other type designers such as Cahya Sofyan, Felipe Calderon, Natanael Gama, Adam Fathony, Matteo Broillet, Simon Walker, Drew Melton, Jason Carne, Lewis McGuffie, and Fer Cozzi.

    In his early type designs, we find extraordinary colored geometric experimental typefaces made in 2007 such as Idea, Trick Fun, Trick Squared, Trick (wow!).

    In 2009, he made Bs, Merci, Metropolis, Origami, and Think. In 2011, this was followed by Funky. These early typefaces are not featured in his foundry, Typeverything.

    His commercial typefaces:

    • Berry (2022). A seven-style+variable font family that oozes mischief and flexes its muscles.
    • Boldoni (2021). A fat face family.
    • Bourbon St (2020). A flashy experimental Marilyn-Monroe-just-walked-into-the-room kinda typeface.
    • Brule (2020). A throwback to the larger-is-better 1970s.
    • Champ (2021, by Cristi Bordeianu and Andrei Robu). A starkly incised display typeface family ranging from fashionable ultra-heavy to a flared thin. It includes a variable font as well.
    • Choco or Robu Choco Script (2017). An upright signage script.
    • Cottonhouse (2019). A Victorian typeface Cottonhouse by Andrei Robu, Kevin Cantrell and Arlo Vance.
    • Deia (2021). Advertized as a 7-weights bracketed serif that will do wonders on packaging projects.
    • Faroe (2022). A 7-style+variable font: a contemporary take on the art-nouveau period.
    • Fat Stencil Numerals (2016).
    • Fitzroy Display (2014). This art deco typeface was co-designed with Kevin Cantrell for the Fitzroy Condos in New York.
    • Flako Stencil.
    • Friseur. A supermarket script based on the 18th-century English roundhand.
    • Graf (2021). A very bold display and poster typeface that livens up the show with strategic ink traps.
    • Kitsune (2015). A thin connected script typeface published at The Designers Foundry. Re-released in 2019 by Typeverything.
    • Loggia (2020). A fashion mag typeface.
    • Loto Sans (2021). A geometric sans family.
    • Marques (2020). A luxurious display font.
    • Misfits (2018). A blackletter typeface.
    • Mochi (2021). An 8-style display sans with pointy terminals.
    • Motorino (2016). A connected retro script typeface.
    • Mr. Banks (2019) and Mr. Banks Serif (2020). Mr Banks is a stencil font.
    • Palace (2022). Based on vintage luggage labels from The Belle Époque (1890-1910).
    • Raval. A blackletter.
    • Roa Display. An angular and angry wedge serif.
    • Robu Bold. A retro signage script typeface originally created in 2010. Released in 2015 at The Designers Foundry. Re-released in 2019 at Typeverything.
    • Robu Grotesk (2017).
    • Robu Display (2017). In the fat didone genre.
    • Robu Stencil (2017).
    • Sharpie Pro (2020). A vernacular marker pen font.
    • Sports Numerals or Robu Sports Numerals (2017).
    • Vance Serif (2018). With Kevin Cantrell. They write: Vance Serif began as a proprietary typeface for Clayton Vance Architecture. Inspired by classical Roman architecture and proportions, Vance burgeoned from geometric angles and slants to decorative swashes and serifs to give life and nuance; architecture vivified by the human persona.
    • Writer (2022). A graffiti font.
    • Zufo (2017). A great children's book or comic strip typeface family.

    Subpage with more experimental type. Flickr page. Behance link. Behance link for Typeverything. Old web site. Typeverything link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Typhoon Type
    [Suthi Srisopha]

    Bangkok, Thailand-based designer (b. 1976) of the free brush script typeface Zomtam Thai (2017), and the script typefaces Amazing Kids (2017), Reality Sunday (2017), Lovely Home (2017), Journey to Thailand (2017), Midnight Bangkok (2017), Vacations in Phuket (2017) and Chiangmai Hostel (2017: formal calligraphic style).

    Typefaces from 2018: Butterfly Kiss, Medusa Story, Weather Sunday, The Holiday (signage script), Sudsakorn, Siam Giants, Black Melody, Cheetah Kick, Jestho Fisher, Kansha, Sawasdee, Hosabien, Yakuza Lobster (brush script), Lonely Basket, Indigo Daisy, Antishbusy, Skating Move, Kindly Jasmine, White Mackintosh, Joker Smiling, Umbrella Market, Double Jacket (a creamy script), Candle Mustard, Pacific Again, Plastic Beauty, Schoolkid, Beach Society, Earth Quest, Slow Life, Tale of Hawks, Broken Heart, Dancing Marker, Awesome Birds, Follow Me, Inkland, Moving Skate, Sexy Queen (script), Black Party, Easy November, Sweet Hipster, On The Rings, The West Gate, Indy Women.

    Typefaces from 2019: Vesta Night, East Octopus, Vicky Cinthia, Xanthousy, Christmas Ribby, Reindeer Christmas, Mocking Bird, Jazzy Raptor, Antique Cherry, Real Gipsy, Likely Kitty, Silent Asia, Donkey Talk, Mother Batik, Beefy Soup, Lemon Brush, Ants Valley, Blisk Rhythm, Chocolate Kids (inline script), Salmon White, King Lionel, Coaster Quake, Billion Calligraphy, Hallo Oyster, Red Lipstick, Navy Ballad, Osaka Mustache, Rhinos Land, Ole Blizzard (signage script), Zebra Advert, Getsu Magic, Atomic Robusta, Gook Kitt (dry brush script), Handsome Boss, Durian Lovers, Qwerty Ability, Absolute Pink, Sixth Babylon, Yeah Violette (brush script), Newest Oldest, Fiesta Kids, Baking Lion, Rainbow Dreams, December Pastel, Macho Barista, Victory Racket, High Destiny, March Lovers (script).

    Typefaces from 2020: Manila Kiss, Snowy Christmas, Christmas Bell, Kind and Rich, Sushi King, Monicha (a nice inline typeface), Crowny, Feathery, Blue Eyes, Pink Diary (a pink panther script), Rathouly (calligraphic script), Phiscilla, Cutie Cupid, All The Roll, Yellow Rabbit, Play Day, Jacky Shake, Quark Cheese, Ivory Chill, Monkey Act, Delan Gray, Harytian, Kashmir Rosy, Seaside Wave, Aloha Friday (signage script), Say Mooky, Super Yeasty, Handy Ink.

    Typefaces from 2021: Milla Cilla (script), Rose Cake, Suki Yaki, Piasley, Fat Inlove, Myrlissa.

    Creative Fabrica link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Typia Nesia
    [Arief Setyo Wahyudi]

    Aka Fitriyawan Runsell, Arief Setyo Wahyudi founded Typia Nesia in 2016. Malang, Indonesia-based designer of the brush signage script typefaces Marjei Display (2016), Riverhack (2016), Bhatoshine (2016), Bellatiez (2016, dry brush), Sinisuka (2016), Hello Lary (sic) (2016), Hilary Room (2016, renamed later to Hello Lary?) and SokaQola (2016).

    Other typefaces from 2016 include Glorynight (octagonal), Maqin Larisa, the calligraphic script fonts Rinstonia (almost like handwriting), Glorydays and Illusias, Revalina (grungy), and the vintage typefaces Asbak Display and Stangbunder.

    Typefaces from 2017: Little Ballerina, Authentic Monoline, Betarisa, Elsagars, Glorydays, Queenland, Pinarak (brush), Bigbroade, Quashar, Hamline (a monoline signature script), Zailayard, Sidaghis, Illusias (calligraphic), Aziya, Shelafisa, Selesia Heart, Moolrys, Glorynight, Whimsy, Rhaikane (monoline script), Dabrush (dry brush), Sheilazain (a free calligraphic script), Magehand (signage script), Meshitara (connected script), Autorich Sans, Aurellia (textured script font), The Historia (brush script), Quashar (grungy), Kaiya Land (dry brush font), Biolatesha (connected script).

    Typefaces from 2018: Historea (dry brush), Quashar, Houstander Allcaps, The Historia (heavy brush style), Sandbrush (a dry brush script), The Real Magazine (brush style), Single Brand, Lazy Quotes, Indie Fest, Alisheader, Houstander, Herdrey (calligraphic), Beshiny, Fantica, Riotiks, Outerlord, Antique.

    Typefaces from 2019: Aesthetic White, Aurellia Vintage, AvailaBrush, Jokelaws, KaiyaLand Brush, Mark the Date, Meshitara Elegant, Riverhack Brush, Runtoys (a children's book font), Sinisuka Logo, Availa Brush (free), Dream Beach (script).

    Typefaces from 2020: Advander Display Serif, Amaryllis Sans, Athetic Bold Script, Avaboca (a black condensed sans), Cageworld, Campfire (slab serif), Castand, Costigue (a hipster typeface), Crush Tease, Deltory (a stencil slab serif), Distropica, Great Dome Allcaps, Loemintoe, Luxury Quality, Magnetico Italic Sans, Maquire, Math & Risk, Nicolatte (a monospaced slab serif), Noiseware, Portway Stencil Serif, Qualivite Serif, Quartage Serif, Slabien Slab Serif, Sunnyside Rough Sans, TN Rosemary, Tarquile, Vanelope, Zoonaji, Athetic.

    Typefaces from 2021: Castilon (a warm display serif), Angle Coast (an expressive hipster serif), Archane, Astrovans Retro, Baby Sunday, Beachy Italic, Bella Queta serif, Birds&Home, Blisstwin, Chaostic, Codeca One, Faltige Slab Serif, Fast and Cure Serif, Ghapter Sans (a hipster typeface), Gilsock Sans, Glamode, Gold and Queen, Grand Matilda, Greatwoods, Gunstand, Helena Bloom, Jazzbury, Kingdom (a garalde), Knock Out (a sports font), Lumaneon, Luxury Quality Script, Magehand Logo Font, Mighty Wings, Milk and Wild, Mutone, Neomarket, Palmour, Pottery Gifts Sans, Quatera (a 10-style serif), Quatest Thin Italic, Quickwar Display Sans, Quitewave, Quite Word, Quotesa Sans (a thin stylish sans), Rosemode (a serif typeface based on Trajan), Roystorie, Scripter (a typewriter font), Shigatsu Italic Serif, Sporadic (a bold sports sans), Squiver (techno), TN Rosemary Font Duo, Vaulto (a wide bold sans), Westbake Sans, Wondermind.

    Creative Market link. Behance link. Another Behance link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Typogama
    [Michael Parson]

    Typogama is the personal foundry of Swiss designer Michael Parson (b. Geneva, Switzerland, 1979), who published these fonts in 2003 as part of Linotype's Taketype 5 collection: Anlinear LT Std Bold, Anlinear LT Std Light, Anlinear LT Std Regular, Arabdream LT Std (Arabic simulation face), ClassicusTitulus LT Std, Hexatype LT Std Bold, Morocco LT Std, Jan LT Std, Ned LT Std, Pargrid LT Std Cross, Pargrid LT Std Regular, Pargrid LT Std Trash, Piercing LT Std Bold, Piercing LT Std Code, Piercing LT Std Regular, Raclette LT Std.

    Most of Parson's fonts cover both Latin and Cyrillic.

    In 2004, he made Clans (T-26, blackletter) and Boulas (T-26).

    In 2006, he released these at T-26: Boutan (Indic simulation face), Heraldry (dingbats), Palm Icons (dingbats for golf), Wingbat (aircraft dingbats).

    In 2007, still at T-26: Heraldry, Thunderbolt 73 through 76 (from techno stencil to techno sans).

    In 2008, at T26: Ealing (geometric sans family, with a hairline), Bauhau (6 weights), Jane (a rounded sans in 12 weights), Quean, Halja (a modular sharp-edged blackletter with illuminated capitals), Faddish (a high-contrast vogue family), Big Boy (11 styles, a slab family from grunge to regular, accompanied by BigSigns, a hand sign font).

    Fonts from 2010: Tinsel (condensed), Rusty (Latin / Cyrillic constructivist typeface inspired by snowboarding), Vindaloo (+Outline, T26), Kimbo (octagonal slabby family), Cyrus (for Latin, Greek and Cyrillic), Calvin (a monoline sans family, +Hairline), Checkpoint (rounded display sans that won an award at Modern Cyrillic 2014), Fuera (2011: a bilined typeface, T26).

    In 2013, he published Selecta (an organic rounded sans, T26), Thunderbolt (an octagonal army style typeface family with a military stencil, T-26), Xcetera (2011), Ignorance (an American 19th century style penmanship font), Psalta (an octagonal blackletter typeface), Nadsat (a geometric display sans with some interlocking letters), Cobono (organic sans), Prox (sans face), Zurika (a wonderful crazy script face), Faddish (T26: a fashion mag typeface), Heraldry (T26), Cedi (YWFT: a hand-printed typeface family with huge multi-character ligature set to simulate real handwriting), Tcho (T26: a soft rounded sans family that covers Latin, Thai, Arabic, Greek and other scripts), Dejecta (a striking scratched titling face, T26), Nedo (2011, a bold prismatic display typeface inspired by the work of Nedo Mion Ferrario in Venezuela), Quam (2012, an elliptical sans family), Pictypo (2012, a useful icon typeface).

    In 2014, he updated the interlocking poster display typeface Tinsel (T26---original from 2010) and published the fantastic cartoon / comic book typeface family Bangbang. Siggy (2014) is a funky typeface. Lale (2014), which won an award in the TDC 2015 Type Design competition, uses the opentype features to set up a font system for flowers. Jane (2014) is a rounded sans typeface family. Vulgat (2014) is a vibrant display typeface based on uncial letterforms. Elsuave is a free rounded piano key typeface.

    Typefaces from 2015: Chickenz, Framez, Jackazz, Raubam (free), Martinaz (signage script).

    Typefaces from 2016: Auro (rounded sans), Dejecta (rough and ragged), Apollonius (a swashy didone), Rosengarten (vintage type influenced by Lucian Barnhard), Deleplace (influenced by didones), Furius (Tuscan style).

    Typefaces from 2017: Kurstiva (an informal sans family), Banja (a plump signage script), Bignoy (Wild West, modernized), Kimbo (octagonal), Mensrea (organic sans with beveled, inline, and various layered and graffiti styles), Nibbles (a food truck-inspired dingbat typeface), Huggy (an art nouveau typeface influenced by the work of Heinrich Heinz).

    Typefaces from 2018: Brinnan (a wide sans), Zoltana (a floriated, abll terminal-laden fancy titling typeface), Genesa, Kufin (a free Kufic emulation typeface), Madden (an angry dry brush poster typeface).

    Typefaces from 2019: Ahsing (oriental look font), Convexion (a creamy display typeface), Vidocq (based on 19th century woodcut styles).

    Typefaces from 2020: Fiducia (inspired by the first Swiss banknotes), Gorgonzo (a creamy bold typeface designed for attention grabbing headlines), Thrifty (a clean minimalist sans family).

    Typefaces from 2021: Oildale (an oily and creamy display typeface), Conica (a fine extra bold condensed poster typeface).

    Typefaces from 2022: Xotor (a double-inline or prismatic font with octagonal outlines).

    Behance link. Klingspor link. Hellofont link. MyFonts link.

    View Michael Parson's typefaces. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Typographic Signage Project

    Type samples from Chicago gathered by students at Loyola University Chicago. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Typography of the fifties

    Flickr group on typography and signage in the fifties. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Typolar (was: Jarno Lukkarila Type Foundry, or: Format Design)
    [Jarno Lukkarila]

    Jarno Lukkarila (b. 1978) works mainly in graphic design. As the author of the typography reference book Tekstuuri: typografia julkaisijan työvälineenä (2001, Helsinki: CredoNet) he is one of the few writing about the subject in the Finnish language. He ran a typography-oriented design studio called Format Design in Helsinki and lectures part time on typography in Finnish design schools. Lukkarila was recognized as a type designer in the Morisawa Awards 2002, where his Xtra Sans typeface received the bronze prize in the Latin category. Lukkarila studied type design at the Royal Academy of Art, the Hague, in the postgraduate course Type&Media highlighted by the writing and letter design workshop of Gerrit Noordzij in 2000. Before this he graduated as graphic designer in Finland. Format Design became Jarno Lukkarila Type Foundry, and in 2010 morphed into Typolar, which is based in London. Typolar is run with Teemu Ollikainen and Saku Heinänen.

    His type families, most of which start with an extreme hairline weight.

    • Xtra Sans: this won an award at TDC2 2007.
    • In 2009, he finally published his 66-style Egyptian family Tanger Serif. Images: Medium Heavy, Narrow, Wide Ultra light.
    • Calypso E (2010, E for Egyptian): a slab serif. Calypso I (2010, I for Italian) is a Victorian face.
    • Vinkel (Typolar) was not designed by Lukkarila---it is a mini-slab serif family by Saku Heinänen.
    • Altis (2011, Typolar). A readable sans family from Hairline to Black---ideal for information design.
    • In 2012, he designed the custom Suunto UI Sans for the sports watch company Suunto.
    • Typefaces from 2013 include the extensive Neuvos family. He writes about this small-serifed large-x-height family: Its large x-height, vertical stress and snug serifs make Neuvos an upfront and tough headliner. Although it has a hard-boiled cover, one can find hints of noble Transitional type like Baskerville underneath. Neuvos assures in editorial work and brings its Frutiger inherent calmness into branding or even signage systems. Neuvos Condensed was added in 2020.
    • In 2014, he designed Walmer Marker (for signage applications).
    • Typefaces from 2016: Etihad (a bespoke family for Etihad Airways), Alku Handwriting, motivated in this manner: The Finnish National Board of Education published a new recommendation for teaching handwriting in 2015. New letterforms were designed by Jarno Lukkarila (of Typolar) who participated in a committee set up for the renewal. This writing model will be used in virtually every Finnish primary and pre-primary school across the country from August 2016 on. Only a so called print writing will be provided by FNBE leaving the joined-up cursive writing as we've known it in the past.
    • Era Grotesk (2020). A grotesk in the style of the early 1900s.

    Klingspor link. Behance link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Umar Farouq
    [Martype Co (was: Tyfrography)]

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    Uncurve
    [Ferry Septian]

    Bandung, Indonesia-based designer (b. 1986) of these Victorian signage typefaces in 2016: True West (spurred, layered Western font family), Convexa, Warclan (3d and layered, inspired by video games), El Tigres (layered), Eastern Beast, Crypton Stone (automotive lettering), Brandley (spurred and layered Victorian signage typeface), Trio Apriliana (a handcrafted family that includes a curly script), Eastern Beast (Victorian).

    Typefaces from 2017: Dream Catchers (monoline script), Greature (a scary decorative typeface, accompanied by classical ornaments, Greature Extras), Montreal Script, Hipster Letter.

    Typefaces from 2018: Chadlershire (a Victorian font duo).

    Typefaces from 2019: Delighter Script, Forthland (a monoline script).

    Typefaces from 2020: Afferiants (a formal signage script), Tweensco (a display sans), Northfield (a Vicorian label font), Queensby (a decorative swashy serif typeface).

    Typefaces from 2021: Goldshine (pure Victoriana), Arestons (a Victorian display typeface).

    Typefaces from 2022: Sketchson (a frilly Victorian script). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Underware

    Underware is a (typo)graphic design-studio which is specialized in designing and producing typefaces. These are published for retail sale or are specially tailor-made. The company was founded in 1999 by Akiem Helmling, Bas Jacobs and Sami Kortemäki. Since 2002 Hugo Cavalheiro d'Alte is also part of the studio. They are based in Den Haag, Helsinki and Amsterdam. In 2017, they joined Type Network.

    Bas Jacobs and Akiem Helmling designed Dolly (2001), a 4-font book typeface with flourishes, brushy, sturdy, Dutch. They created Sofa, a precursor of Sauna (2002; +Sauna Mono Pro), which won an award at the TDC2 2003 competition. In 2002, they made Stool for a Finnish printing house, Salpausselän Kirjapaino Ltd. Ulrika is a custom display typeface designed for Proidea Oy (a Finnish film and video production company).

    Unibody 8 and 10 (2003) is a free OpenType pixel font optimized for FlashMX.

    In 2004, they created Auto, about which they write: Auto is a sans serif typeface which has three different models of italics, each with its own flavour. The font family consists of 3 x 24 fonts. With its three italics, Auto creates a new typographic palette, allowing the user to drive through unknown typographic and linguistic possibilities. Auto is fully loaded with both full Western and Eastern European character sets. Auto won an award at the TDC2 2005 type competition.

    Additional material on the web page: a wonderful intro to type basics, and an intro to OpenType.

    In 2004, they published the comic book / signage family Bello, which won an award at the TDC2 2005 type competition.

    In 2005, Underware joined the type coop Village.

    In 2006, they published Fakir, a blackletter family with Hindi inspirations. Fakir won an award at TDC2 2007.

    Interview in 2008.

    In 2009, they published the connected script brush typeface Liza (+Text, Display, Caps, Ornaments), which has several versions for each letter.

    In 2015, Bas Jacobs, Akiem Helmling and Sami Kortemäki published the stencil family Tripper Pro.

    Zeitung Pro (2016) is a substantial sans family, designed for micro and macro use, with optical sizes, and a Zeitung Flex variable Opentype font to boot.

    Custom types: Stockmann Sans (2012, with Kokoro & Moi: for the Scandinavian department store), Kone (2012: for the elevator company), Mr. Porter (script with a dozen alternatives for each glyph to better simulate real handwriting; it was awarded at TDC 2012 and at Tokyo TDC 2012), Stool (Headline, Thin, Grand), Sauna Mono (for the Danish Jyske Bank), Fated (fat), Ulrika (rounded and informal, slightly plump: for Proidea Ltd, a Finnish video production company), Suunto (2012; for sports watches, i.e., Suunto's Cobra2, Vyper2 and Elementum).

    Underware received a prize in the TDC Tokyo Type Directorts Club 2020 awards for Grammato, a contribution in the area of animated and automated typography. Their typeface Y (2020) is an OpenType Variable Display typeface, based on higher order interpolation. It won an award at 23TDC.

    In 2021, Underware released Plakato Pro, a stencil family that expanded into the neon, outline, inline, video game, grunge, kitchen tile and prismatic versions.

    MyFonts interview. Type Network link.

    View Underware's typeface library. Speaker(s) at ATypI 2019 in Tokyo, where they introduce the notion of grammatography: writing with letters that are not prefabricated, but that react to the user and reader---grammatos. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Union Hands (was: 50Fox)

    Yogyakarta, Indonesia-based cooperative of three designers. Creators of Trust Wisely (brush), Jane Austin, Oraqle Script (2017: a free brush font), Manchester Script (2017, fir signage), Beauties Script (2017) and Mostley Script (2017).

    Typefaces from 2018: Oriflame Script, Boheme Floral (calligraphic script), Hiroshima Script, Seville Script, Crystal Vibes (an SVG font combined with a signature typeface), Soak Up The Sun (brushy SVG font), Sweet Waves, Sophistica (calligraphic).

    Typefaces from 2019: Glossy Night (a dry brush font), Imperfecto (condensed masthead font), Loyalty Script, Imperfecta (+Rough), Airplane Script.

    Typefaces from 2020: 5th Avenue (a flamboyant display typeface), Painted Brush (a dry brush script), Lovable, Girl Boss, Perfectly Imperfect.

    Typefaces from 2021: Hello Bride Script (formal calligraphic).

    Typefaces from 2022: Casey (a luxury serif). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Uniontype
    [Roman Avdiushkin]

    Uniontype is a Russian type foundry in Perm, est. 2016. Roman Avdiushkin is a Russian type designer, b. 1989. In 2016, he created the classic Americana signage typeface UT Triumph at Uniontype.

    In 2017, he published the monoline script typeface UT Laurelle. The monoline script typeface UT Sugar Cane and UT Marmalade, followed in 2018.

    Typefaces from 2019: UT Saturday (script).

    Typefaces from 2020: The Bystander Collection (eleven all caps fonts and a monoline script, inspired by the masters of art photography).

    You Work For Them link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Uplaod
    [Bastien Sozeau]

    Typographer and graphic designer, who studied typography at ENSAV La Cambre in Brussels.

    He created the free web font Karma (2010, Open Font Library), a slab serif face. Caledo (2010) is a narrow hand-printed church face. Pixacaos (2009) is based on Brazilian graffiti. Castles (2010) is an interlocked design font. Nemoy (2010) is geometric. Strato (2010-2012) is a connected signage script.

    Bastien's take on Futura is the free typeface family Futura Renner (2011). It simulates the imperfections of the original Futura lead type.

    In 2013, he added Lil Grotesk (a sans), Beon (a stencil face), Young Serif and LS (a rounded sans designed for the Libertine Supersport party).

    In 2013, Bastien Sozeau and Jean Gabriel Franchini set up AmoinsB, a free font foundry.

    The sans serif typeface family Panamera was published in 2015. Github link.

    Cargo collective link. Open Font Library link. Fontsquirrel link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    URW Sonora

    House script/comic book/signage script typeface family of URW++ / Profonts made in 2005. It can be bought from Profonts. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Valencia

    Free orphaned signage typeface made in 2017. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Valentina Rizzo

    Salerno, Italy-based student-designer of the signage script typeface Brainy D (2015). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Vassilis Georgiou

    Greek graphic designer, b. 1974, Athens. Vassilis studied graphic design at TEI of Athens. Since 1997 he has worked for various publishers and advertising agencies. Since 2009, he is designing books. He has drawn comics for various print and on-line publications.

    Vassilis collaborates with Cannibal Fontssince 2012. In 2013, John Karlopoulos, Vassilis Georgiou, and Panos Haratzopoulos co-designed the Latin / Greek signage typeface CF Majestic (2013, Cannibal). Other typefaces at Cannibal include Klak CF (designed by Vassilis Georgiou, Yiannis Karlopoulos and Panos Haratzopoulos, based on Greek movie posters from the 40s, 50s and 60s), Reklama CF (retro signage script), and CF Salamis (designed by Vassilis Georgiou, Yiannis Karlopoulos and Panos Haratzopoulos). In 2016, Vassilis Georgiou, Yiannis Karlopoulos and Panos Haratzopoulos co-designed the calligraphic script typeface CF Ariston and the connected script typeface CF Astir. In 2017, Vassilis Georgiou, Yiannis Karlopoulos and Panos Haratzopoulos co-designed the Greek brush script typeface CF Splendid (with two substyles, Serano and Special). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Vastago Studio
    [Andres Ramirez]

    Or Andres Felipe Ramirez Ortiz. Santander de Quilichao / Cali, Colombia-based designer of the useful signage brush script typeface Chepina Script (2017), Noelia Script Pro (2018, a retro signage script), and Toffee Display (2017, for food packaging). Winner at Tipos Latinos 2018 of a type design award for Chepina Script.

    In 2018, he designed Nacho Script Pro (a retro script), Louisette and Charlotte Script.

    Typefaces from 2019: Vivian Script (a delectable bold lettering typeface), Bloomberg Script (heavy).

    In 2021, Ramirez released Vastago Grotesk at Sudtipos. Vastago Grotesk is a nine-weight ink-trapped sans serif font family, inspired by the traditional grotesque designs of the 20th century. It includes a variable font. In mid 2021, Vastago published the glamourous flared display family Milanesa Serif at Sudtipos, which comes with a variable style. Andres Ramirez's 5-style Manchester Condensed rekindles the record sleeve charms of the sixties.

    Typefaces from 2022: Savior Sans (with Sudtipos: a 9-weight 3-width sans family for web design, packaging or branding). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Vava Aryanto
    [Blankcraft (was: Fallen Type, or: Fallen Graphic)]

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    Veneta Rangelova
    [Dear Type]

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    Vernon Adams
    [New Typography]

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    Very Cool Studio
    [Kyle Wayne Benson]

    Kyle Wayne Benson (b. 1988, Texas) describes himself as an affable graphic and type designer. He has his own commercial foundry, also called Kyle Wayne Benson, which specializes in signage type. Very Cool Studio was located in Orem, UT, and more recently in Oakland, CA. Future Fonts link.

    Creator in 2013 of Benson Script (with three contrast levels, from didone to monoline), the octagonal angular typefaces Millie and Truth, and of Clayton, Red Benny, Tide's In, Tide Sans (the surf-inspired humanist with a humorous selection of weight names ranging from Lil Bunny, to Dudette, Bunny, Mondo, Kahuna and Dude), Tide Sans Condensed, and Farmer's Co-Op (a vernacular sans with wood type influences).

    Typefaces from 2014: Jeames (a high-contrast decorative typeface with vintage serifs), Maritime Champion, Maritime Champion Stencil, Good News Sans (a set of 18 display sans typefaces, mostly for titling or short pieces), Kansas Casual (a sign painting font), Maritime Champion (inline typeface), National Champion (octagonal athletic lettering family).

    Typefaces from 2015: Qualtrics.

    Typefaces from 2018: Gooper (a take on Cooper Black; at Future Fonts).

    Typefaces from 2019: Bruphy (a variable font modeled after hand-painted brush lettering and released at Future Fonts).

    Typefaces from 2020: Gooper Text, Bruphy Text.

    Typefaces from 2021: Nudge (a condensed gothic sans based on a dog defecation sign composed of letters hand cut out of vinyl at Silver Lake Reservoir in LA), Gooper Deck.

    Typefaces from 2022: Henrietta (a revival of a 1980s font that ripped off Souvenir; I would like to have a good definition of the difference between revival and ripoff). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Vicky Mardian
    [VMF Fonts]

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    Viktoriya Gadomska
    [Viktoriya Grabowska]

    Freelance graphic and type designer in Poznan, Poland. Shee came from Crimea (Ukraine) but currently lives in Poznan, Poland. She obtained an MA in Graphic Design (Type Design) from the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznan in 2010. Since 2010 she teaches at the Sign and Typography Studio of the University of Arts in Poznan.

    Creator of some interesting typefaces in 2008: Argon, Jackson (hand-printed, inspired by Michael Jackson).

    In 2009, she made the Armata family of elliptical sans faces for Latin and Cyrillic. This typeface is free at Fontsquirrel, where it was published by Sorkin Type.

    She also uses the name Viktoriya Grabowska at Google Font Directory, where one can download her angular typeface Passero One (2011) and the sturdy yet balanced balanced text face Fjord One (2011).

    In 2012, she made the rounded sans family Capriola (Google Font Directory). Kavoon, a fat signage script, and Fruktur, an angular German expressionist typeface, can be found at Sorkin Type and Google Web Fonts.

    Codesigner with John Hudson, Joshua Darden, Maxim Zhukov and Eben Sorkin of Omnes Cyrillic.

    Her informal typeface Birra Saison (Darden Studio) won an award at 23TDC.

    Speaker at ATypI 2016 in Warsaw. Fontsquirrel link. Behance link. Blogspot link. Fontspace link. Google Plus link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Viktoriya Grabowska
    [Viktoriya Gadomska]

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    Vilogsign
    [Nur Kholis]

    Temanggung, Indonesia-based designer, b. 1992, of the script typefaces Jolly (2019), Angelina (2019), Stellani (2019), Jenifer (2019), Nathalia (2019), Okuland (2019), Kingtone (2019), Romullus (2019), Thakiro (2019), Violette (2019), Cherish (2019), Alysha (2019), Aligator (2019), Mintlic (2019) and Blanford (2018), the roman caps typeface Night (2019), and the sans typeface Blackside (2019).

    Typefaces from 2020: Starships (script), Arcana, Malatan (signage script), Next Southerland (Serif, Script), Cutterlines, Anthery Collection, Sunstrike, Rollando, Sattanic, Battofi, Chrono (an all caps transitional typeface), Sphere. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Vince Whitlock

    Type designer. Creator of Letraset Crillee (1980-1987; by Dick Jones, Peter O'Donnell, and Vince Whitlock), Equinox (1988; for another digital take on Equinox, see Estelle in 2012 by SoftMaker), Academy Engraved (1989, Letraset and then ITC: a Caslon-inspired open typeface), Lexikos (1990), Quixley (1991, Letraset), Retail Script (1987, signage script), Strobos (1990), Gillies Gothic Extended Bold Shadow (with Philip Kelly; after the 1935 original by William S. Gillies), and Tropica Script (1988, Letraset).

    Fontshop link.

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    Vindy Ary
    [Hustletter (or: Acknesia)]

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    Vintage Voyage Design
    [Pavel Korzhenko]

    Aka P. Rudakov and Pasha Korzhenko, and operating as Vintage Voyage Design. Perm, Russia-based designer of the vintage handcrafted typefaces West End (2015, spurred Western typeface family), Winter Holidays (2015), The Sugar Cane (2015, eroded signage script), Montana (2015), Canyons (2015), Forest Tramp (2015), Heart of Gold (2015, a think inky brush), La Fa Salt (2015, a connected monoline script), Robinson (2015, handcrafted), Rise (2015, rough brush), Stout (2015, +Stout Roughen), Jack's Guitar (2015) and Bough (2015).

    Typefaces from 2016: Chameleon (rough brush), Les Paul (beatnik style), 1994 Fancy, The First Division (an elegant handcrafted Peignotian typeface family), The Aviator, Ocean Beach (weathered athletic lettering font), Fenway Script (baseball script), Fenway Sans, Octanis (display family in Sans, Slab, Serif, and Rounded Sans sub-styles), Compare (a vintage wedge serif typeface inspired by the mafia), Unchained (Western typeface), The Selvedger (signage script), Driver (a retro speed emulation typeface family), Pasternak Script.

    Typefaces from 2017: The Bartender (a 14-font vintage typeface family with some letterpress styles), Easy Rider (a layered road movie brush script font), The New America (penmanship script), Ace of Spades (grungy), Cavalcade (a layered serif typeface inspired by American and European typography of early 20th century, from movie posters to design of alcohol bottles like Martini, Cinzano and Campari), Old Standard (sans, script), Season Times (Sans+Script), Roadstar (a vintage speed emulation techno font).

    Typefaces from 2018: VVDS Pacifica (a hand-lettered bold signage script inspired by American branding typography from the end of the 20th century), Le Bonjour (a retro sans), The Voyage Culture (font duo), Afterglow (a didone), VVDS The Bimbo (circus fonts), Two Letter Monogram, Diamond Monogram, Circle Monogram, Circle Frames, Harbour (a free decorative blackletter, +Harbour Decor: 2017-2018), Sandwich (a large 3d beveled typeface family), The Telegraph (transitional newspaper type), Golden Horn (a layered vintage typeface).

    Typefaces from 2019: VVDS Organum (a decorative typeface for operas and phantasms), The Pretender (a package inspired by vintage American sign painting), VVDS Praliner (an all caps sans for display), Le Bonjour (Peignotian), Kristopher (a fancy serif), Nurnberg (an expressionist, modernized blacletter), The British Telegraph (based on vintage British headline type), Halau (a tiki font), Halau Serif, Sign Painter (a monoline Script, a layerable Sans, and two Decor ornamental styles, all based on Victorian era signs).

    Typefaces from 2020: The Ruby (a 56-font and icon collection), VVDS Minorica (a handrwritten collection in ten styles), VVDS Rashfield (in the soft serif genre), VVDS London Oatmeal (Sans, Script), VVDS Sunshine Bridge (a creamy brush script), VVDS Benigne Sans (a wide geometric sans), VVDS La Truffe (a bold decorative didone), VVDS Big Tickle (a handcrafted retro family).

    Typefaces from 2021: VVDS Clementia (a stylish condensed serif), Urbanchrome (an SVG letterpress emulation font), VV Neonica (a 12-style neon font family), Grodsky (a stylish 4-style antiqua), The Country Blues (a throwback to the fifties), Surfbird (a 30-style western family), VVS Nobleman (a stylish serif in four styles).

    Behance link. Creative Market link. Vintage Voyage Design. You Work For Them link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Virgiawan Listanto
    [String Labs Creative Studio]

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    Vitaly Glyph

    Moscow-based designer of Latin and Cyrillic, or purely Cyrillic, fonts. There is a list of Cyrillizations of existing fonts: Atreyu, LHF Bounce Script, Modeka, Turnpike, PL Barnum, Good Times Regular, Playful JNL (Jeff Levine), Armageda, Showcard Gothic, SF Comic Script, Jolly Good Sans Basic, Enemy (Shaivanalla Perumal), House Slant (House Industries), House Brush (House Industries), Komika Axis (Apostrophic Labs), Snickers (Mark Simonson), Grand Hotel (AOETI), Wisdom Script (Lost Type), Mission Script (Lost Type), Cylburn (Lost Type), House Script (House Industries), House Holiday Gothic (House Industries), LHF Branding Iron (Letterheadfonts), LHF Fancy Full (Letterheadfonts), LHF Firehouse (Letterheadfonts), American West (FontMesa), Champ Ultra (BA Graphics), PL Davison Americana (Monotype), Blenny (Dalton Maag), Bigfish (Floodfonts), Same Same, But Different (Hanoded), Enemy (Lost Type), Special Forces (Typodermic), Serpentine (URW++), Ritts Cursive (Eurotypo), Voga Medium (CD Type), Hermes 1943 (Lukas Krakora), Brand (Lian Types), Tasty (Hubert Jocham), Bullet Regular (House Industries), Filmotype Athens (Filmotype), Signika (Anna Giedrys), Art Department (Jeff Levine), Borg (David Sum, aka titusprod).

    Original fonts made ca. 2015: GF Deathmatch (a super-macho typeface), GF Ram (pixel font), GF Mario (video game font), GF Mario Two, GF Oversize, GF Magnifica, Deadpool, GF Enroll (letterpress emulation), GF Happy Elephant (comic book style), GF Standout (compressed titling sans), Snickers Super (after the logo for Snickers), GF Bitrika (condensed display sans), Skazka (cartoon font), Minnesota (digitized Hamilton wood type), Alumnus (soft blackletter), Terminator Genisys, Comanchero (+Bevel (beveling using four layers)), Viko, Police (octagonal, athletic lettering), Terminator (after the movie), Old Poster font family, Lic Plate RUS, Lic Plate CT, Taurus Gothic, Slant GP (like Zelek), Brick Game (like Tetris), System Message, System Pixel, Digital 16s (LED).

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    Vladimir Radibradovic

    Half Serb, half Croatian Vladimir Radibratovic studied architecture before falling in love with the visual arts as a student of painting and illustration at the Academy of Applied arts in Belgrade of two prominent calligraphers, Stjepan Fileki and Alexandar Dodig. He moved to Athens, Greece, to work as a calligrapher.

    At Parachute, in 2021, he released three calligraphic typefaces for Latin, Greek and Cyrillic, PF Rafskript (original design between 2000 and 2003), PF Signskript (for packaging and sign painting; originally done between 2000 and 2003) and PF Mediterra (unconnected; first designed between 2000 and 2003). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Vladimir Tsagolov
    [Lomo Hiber]

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    VMF Fonts
    [Vicky Mardian]

    Vicky Mardian (VMF Fonts) is the Bandung, Indonesia-based designer (b. 1988) of the pirate ship and/or tattoo font Nina Script (2012). The Pro version of this font can be bought at MyFonts. Lina Script Pro (2012), which was done with Mans Grebäck, looks awfully similar, so perhaps Vicky was forced to change the name by outside forces. Mardian (2012, with Mans Grebäck) and Brother Tattoo (2012, at Mans Grebäck) are more calligraphic tattoo fonts by her.

    In 2013, Vicky published Homi Script (tattoo font), the (tattoo) script typeface Anha Queen, the tattoo typeface Pure Black Demo (2013), the spurred tattoo typeface Lafayet Scripts, and the spurred tattooish (incomplete) logotype font Los Angeles.

    Typefaces from 2014: Deadly Heat (metal band typeface), Home Brush Font Script, Avigo (spurred Victorian), Hellter VMF (spurred tattoo font), Daisy Shop, Cotte VMF, Fonika VMF (signage script), Gold and Bone (incomplete Victorian face).

    Typefaces from 2015: Vizels (signage script), Scydet (spurred, Victorian), Ferrine Script.

    Typefaces from 2016: Fire Skin VMF (spurred), Mr. Brown VMF (tattoo font).

    Typefaces from 2017: Cester Shire, Almond Tree, VMF Gold Miner (tattoo font), Slugs Script, Papercut Rough.

    Fontspace link. Dafont link. Another Fontspace link. Creative Market link. Behance link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Vozzy (was: Oleg Vozny)
    [Oleg Voznyy]

    Aka Vozzy, Oleg Voznyy, Oleg Vozny, and Anton Antipov. Dnipro, Dnipropetrovsk (was: Nepropetrovsk), Ukraine-based designer whose company is called Trivia. His typefaces from 2015: Ghost (a spurred typeface), Whiskey Label, Barber Label (shaded vintage font), Scotch Whiskey Label Font, Gouache, Hot Coffee, Mastodon (hipster typeface), Whiskey Shine, Bourbon Whiskey (a Tuscan spurred signage font), Bandidas (a Tuscan spurred label font), Finest Whiskey, Retro Disco, Tequila (a vintage spurred bottle label font), Tortuga Hand (a spurred tattoo font), Hand Drawn Font, Steampunk, Vintage hand Drawn Font, Modern Whiskey, Marine Whiskey, Old Label, Rock On Font, Chulkboard Sketch Font, Chalk Board Hand Drawn Font and Whiskey Label (vintage typeface).

    His typefaces from 2016: Samurai (layerable oriental simulation type), Old Mariner (vintage signage type), Two Shots, Curls (layerable Victorian label font), Ginger Gin Label, Old Style Label (Victorian, layered), Motorcycle Gang, Absinthe (vintage labeling font family, with layering), Mystic Label, Bourbon Strong (a whiskey label font), Aged Whiskey, Bold Craft (vintage label font family for absinthe, brandy, whiskey, rum, gin and beer), Origami, Vintage (a Victorian signage typeface), Gangster (a layered Victorian signage font), Motor (+Shadow, +Shine: a spurred motorcycle / tattoo font family), Family Hand, Absinthe Label (Victorian signage font), Old Sailor (layered vintage typeface set), Old Barrel, BadBoy (hand-printed), Nautical, Sinister (Victorian), Heavy Metal, Darkness Whiskey (Victorian).

    Typefaces from 2017: Blended Whisky Label, Adventure Vintage Label, Whiskey Original Label, Doncaster Vintage Label, Bourbon Special Label, Vintage Marine Label, Marine Whiskey, Alcohol Vintage Label, Virginia Vintage Label, Old Barrel Vintage Label, Tequila Vintage Label, Bubble Vintage Label, Vintage Classic Look, Bourbon Vintage Label, Handcrafted Old Style, Vintage Classic Look, Barber Vintage Label, Walsall Vintage Label, Original Tequila, Retro Style Label, Absinthe Vintage Label, Whiskey Vintage Label, Mystic Vintage Label, Castlecary Vintage Label, Real Estate Vintage Label, Whiskey Vintage Label, Rock And Roll Vintage Label, Blackburn Vintage Label, Tavern Vintage Label, Bourbon Vintage Label, Rock Star Vintage Label, Sandford Vintage Label, Norwich Vintage Label, Whiskey Glory, WireFont Vintage Label, Midieval Vintage Label, Barbershop Vintage Label, Summer Hippie, Bradford Vintage Label, Cartoon Vintage Label, Vintage Age, Retro Label, Stone Angry Look, Retro Alphabet Label, Tattoo Parlor, Brandy Vintage Label, Striped Vintage Label, Hit The Light Vintage Label, Music Album, Irish Whiskey Vintage Label, Northwood Vintage Label, Stitch Vintage Label, Innkeeper Vintage Label, Whiskey Vintage Label, Racer Label, Malt Whiskey Vintage Label, Marine Bay Vintage Label, Alcohol Vintage Label, New York label, Tequila Vintage Label, Portsmouth Label, Sunderland Label, Moonshine Label, Tavern Vintage label, Harbor Vintage Label, Peterborough Label, Blackpool Vintage label, Fresh Cartoon Look Label, Spiced Rum Vintage Label, Old Windsor Vintage, Team Spirit Label, Northamton Vintage, Saloon Label, Gold Rush Label, Rock and Roll Label, New Castle Vintage, Authentic Whiskey Label, Birmingham Vintage Label, Cognac Label, Hipster Label, Rock Star Label, Stockport Label, Barber Label, Colchester Label, WildForest Vintage Label, Brentford Vintage Label, Premium Beer Vintage Label, Lumberjack Vintage Label, Manchester Label, Richmond Label, Old Logger Label, Norwich Label, London Label, Liverpool, Liberty Label, Lancaster, Independence, Grand Reserve, GreatShot Label, Derby, Coventry Label, Coldwater Label, Brighton Label, Bourbon Label, Carlisle Label.

    Typefaces from 2018: Brewery (vintage label font), Amber Whiskey (a great spurred vintage Western typeface family).

    Typefaces from 2019: Coral Reef (monoline script), Sambuca, Original Absinthe (spurred), Tattoo Master, Horror Story (a gory dry brush script), Heavy Boxing (a vintage label font), Hawaii Beach, Green Mexican, Outer Space (a vintage label font), Aviation Cocktail (vintage), Bodybuilder (14 athletic lettering fonts), Biker Whiskey, Vintage Whiskey, Wanted Denim (weathered texture), Bandidas (vintage label style), Cosmic Lager, Spicy Taste, Farm House, Pirate Bay, Smokers, Quick Or Dead (Western, layered).

    Typefaces from 2020: Falange (a 5-style skeletal bone font family), Western Whiskey, Big Wave (a vintage layered font family), Eight Cylinder, Whisky Trail, Brew House (a beer bottle blackletter), Cyberpunk, Beer Time (a vintage label font family), Bobber Motorcycles (a vintage label font), Fire Sauce (layerable), Space Vacation, Metal Core (a spurred blackletter metal band font), Outdoors (a vintage label font family), Bakehouse, Roots, Asgaard (a textured vintage label font), Speedster, Mountain Expedition, Junk Food (a vintage label font family), Old Biker (a vintage spurred label font).

    Typefaces from 2021: Circus Sideshow (a spurred circus font), Vida Bandida (a tattoo font), Healthy Freak (a vintage sign painting sans), Tokugawa (inspired by Japanese), Seaman (a lava lamp font), Stuntman (a font duo, +Stencil and Stencil Paint), Road Rage (Tuscan), Unfair (a squarish all caps typeface), Race To Space (a vintage marquee font), Fun Baking (a condensed organic sans), Urban Ink (a prototypical tattoo font---the last tattoo font you will ever need?), Brewing Crafters (spurred, vintage).

    Typefaces from 2022: Bistro (a vintage shadowed label font), Sport Bar (a spurred vintage label font), Time To Play (a vintage gaming label font), Happy Trip (psychedelic), Barely Legal (a vintage label font).

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    Vultype Co
    [Candra Hamdani]

    Jakarta, Indonesia-based designer of Grahamo (2019: a luxury script), Batisde (2019: a font duo), Haglos (2019: a signage script), Delpina (2019, a vintage monilinear sans; at Vultype), Quefira (2019: monoline script), The Bredan (2019: script), The Bredan Sans (2019), Handler (2019: an interlocking typeface), the monoline script typeface Hesland (2019: free demo) and the letterpress emulation font The Foregen (2019).

    Typefaces from 2020: Kroast funny, Hadrey (a signage script), Brushter (a brush script), Roullasse, Matt Rostine (a signature script), Dagtton, Mirande (a thin all caps fashion font), Hadrey, The Grenhil (a grungy vintage font), Suttimmos, Dagtton, Aliters, Austin, Battnise, Boldris, Butgone, Goodboom, Magnolia, Rubin Key, Stobils, Willdom, Ragila (a decorative serif), Betmo Romate Hood, Grahm Sans, Sartadi, Goshbe (brush), Aurelig (monoline script), Delfina, Bhortead (vintage, grungy), Hargael (monoline script; a free font duo), Cremona, Nathan (script), Old Bridges, Boilgo, Acelire Rosse, Sregale (brush script), Analisa, Melanox (stencil), Anamortee (free).

    Typefaces from 2021: Stange (futuristic), Kodaro (an all caps typeface adorned with intestinal curves), Grunberg (letterpress emulation), Kastel Voire (a display serif), Grahm (vintage, all caps). Creative Fabrica link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Vunira Design

    Indonesian designer of script, calligraphic, brush, dry brush, Halloween and children's book typefaces. Typefaces made in 2019: Alkilri, Anggita, Arzeta, Atalintar, Baladewa, Balistik, Beliau, Blackout, Blooqe Stages, Brand Hole, Braser, Delphina, Diana Rough, Doglas, Ecustic, Emerland, Enigma, Famous, Goteru, Harbala, Hastron, Helegra, Himaliya, Hollims, Jagalana, Magdalena, Monalisa, Ollson, Orlandia, Queny, Rekyoto, Reysha, River Young, Santoy, Seventy, Silloute, Staryl, State Moques, Vintage Legends, Zaskia, ZeBrush, Zillion.

    Typefaces from later in 2019: Adabra, Advections, Alya, Assassin, Augustine, Autogenic, Azarita Duo, Bacar, Bedmifo, Belgia, Bigted, Britney, Certified, Dare Daling, Daytone, Dead Night, Delich, Duythy, Enofive, FireFlight, Giji, Green Walk, Growth Period, Hafala, Haned, Hargery Molly, Hello Day, Hogituey, Humble, Jocker, Jungle, Kellang Rika, Keyrey, Kronos, Laggran, Lolipop, Margaritha-Tropicana, Melage, Morisita, Onboard, Overfly, Paper Clip, Puresity Burbon, Quanty, Quiet, Quirtty, Qunanty, Qunomy, Regad, Rendezvouws, Resquro Halloween, Rose Hips, Rostter Boot, Rotter Bradly, Segoul, Silent, Silently, Snake Fangs, Sugarberry, The Baleak, Vallerya, Vanguard, Walking Dream, Wallington, Witch girls, Zigas, Zildjan.

    Typefaces from 2020: Appetizer, Batone, Caledy, Callgios, Gargilla, Grandyose, Longline Quart, Mudega, Osage, Ouvality, Rafale, Soulist, SpeedBeast, Swansong, SwordFish (signage script), Waterlow, Whitefish.

    Their massive collections bundle in 2020 has these 250 fonts; Abdillah, Acusted, Adabra, Adilea, Adirolies, Adisone, Advectionz, Aella, Akod, Alantis, Alkatros, Alkilri, Alrogty, Alrte, Alternation, Alya, Anadego, Anggita, Aniabellia, Antagonist, Appetizer, Arlaya, Artesy, Arzeta, Assassin, Atalintar, Augustine, Autined, Autogenic, Azala, Azarita, Bacar, Bafera, Bagide, Baladewa, Balges, Balistik, Barecy, Batone, Bedmifo, Beliau, Beligo Cary, Benetton Arenty, Bentley, Berlynda, Betnefie, Bigted, Birced, Blackout, Blackwing, Blooqe Stages, Blue Snow, Botade, Brand Hole, Braser, Brattsoon, Bright, Bright Daily, Britney, Brylion Script, Caledy, Callgios, Catline, Comye, Cursey, Daisy Rain, Dallime, Dare Daling, Daytone, Dead Night, Deglas, Delich, Dellaine, Delphina, Diana Rough, Diotam, Distrik, Doglas, Duythy, Eather, Ecustic, Ellies, Emerland, Enicye, Enigma, Enofive, Everlyne, Fabela, Famous, Fireflight, Frenchoy, Gargilla, Gasela, George, Giji, Goteru, Gotre, Grandiose, Green Walk, Growth Period, Hafala, Hafela, Hagos, Halybed, Hamble, HandyDandy, Haned, HappyFun, Harbala, Hargrey Molly, Harmonia, Hastron, Hatedo, Helegra, Hello Day, Hellow, Heritage, Hetbig, Hibes, Higlays, Hilles, Hiltobe, Himaliya, Hogituey, Hollims, Honey Moon, Humble, Huttem, Jagalana, Jocker, Jungle, Kaduta, Kalled, Kellang Rika, Keyrey, Kronos, Laggran, Legendaire (spurred), Leightonz, Lindsay, Lolipop, Longline Quartz, Magdalena, Magic Stick, Malikec, Margaritha Tropicana, Mariose, Matody, Maybelin, Melage, Mellenya, Mellisa, Moolland, Morisita, Mosem, Motibe Cebiks, Mudega, Mugle, Noifale, Onboard, Orlandia, Osage, Ouvality, Overfly, Paper Clip, Pastilec, Penleigh, Petite Romance, Plamiya, PrimeCast, Puresity Burbon, Qors, Quanty, QuickSets, Quiet, Quirtty, Qunanty, Qunomy, Qutapy, Rafale, Railway, Rawriting, Rebelia, Reffin, Regad, Rendezvouws, Resquro Halloween, Roast Type, Rolest, Rose Hips, Rosega, Rosela, Rostter Boot, Rotter Bradly, Salting, Scribbling, Segoul, Serfeb, Shout Ease, Signlia, Silent, Silently, Silfhie, Silloute, Simply Harmony, SnakeFangs, Soulist, Speed Beast, Staryl, State Moques, Strade Eqrem, Sugarberry, Sulifec, Sunniland, Sweet Serve, Swordfish, The Akrage, The Baleak, The Blog Malog, The Osage, Thrucy, Thune, Vallerya, Vanguard, Vinesday, Vintage Legends, Walking Dream, Wallington, Waterlow, Watterland, Whitefish, Wipela, Witch Girls, Zigas, Zildjan.

    Typefaces from 2021: Absolute, Acude (blackletter), Adabe, Afika, Agites, Agnostic Mirossa, Allianta, Ambattur Sign, Attila, Badhie Dope, Bagela, Ballarat, Ballmind (inline), Beguns, Belanie, Bigote, Braier, Brattsoon, Butterfly, Carlinson, Carlistter, Charleigh, Cikals, Claustyn, Dagose (blackletter), Dark Glitter, Daywala, Dragon, Dreamland, Emogine, Emrand, Falose, Flynster, Giletha, Gisela, Hellington, Holife, Hypnotize, Jelita, Jissela, Joyfully, Kalvert (artsy), Leaflets (paperclip), Lilith, Lokills, Ma Lorena, Magaretha, Mellifluous, Northern Forest, Olios, Parahyang, Patterning, Ratna (signature script), Raymond, Regitta (signature script), Reliser, Relods, Richmond, Rollet (dry brush), Rusthic, Sabhar, Salmon, Seasony, Skylight, Stone Garden, Stranggi (a rabbit ear script), Sunflower, Sweetlilly, The Edensick, The Marshmallow, The Recolista, Thetian, Watterland, Welldone. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Vuuuds
    [Agung Syaifudin]

    Aka Vuuuds. Denpasar, Indonesia-based designer of these typefaces in 2021: Alfine, Efton Serif (decorative), Emilea, Fistro (an avant garde fashion font with hipster traits), Fromy, Fugi, Hues Serif, Musky (decorative).

    Typefaces from 2020: Arsen (a font duo), Cagily (a decorative serif), De Hudson, Froyas, Gesmont (a striking fashion mag font), Kasual, Moric, Smith Signature, Tefis (a decorative serif), Thiago (a decorative serif), Lavagne (an almost-stencil), Carlsen (script).

    Typefaces from 2019: Claire (Sans, Script), Tango (a poetic irregular script), Serfict (calligraphic), Serfict Sans (outlined caps), Charles UK (a formal upright script), Moret (a children's script), Olifer (Serif+Script), Callies Script (swashy calligraphic script), Hector Ink (a Treefrog style ink splatter script).

    Typefaces from 2018: Theory, Ezalor (an inky script), Chase (a clean geometric sans family), Manila, Stay, Mono, Lipstick (a signature font), Figo (an inky script), New (sans), York (script), Roth, Reusk Script, Paris, Adelia, Rosie Kiley (a font duo consisting of the titling typeface Track and the script typeface Kiley), Artemis Script, Anter Script, Gloams, Redge, Muster Script, Stylish Script, Georgia Script.

    Typefaces from 2017: Bianca (signature font), Lisbeth Script, Wilder Script, Kalisa (signature font), The Bloom, Earnis, Mient, Styler, Erily Script, Miyuki (calligraphic), Mussie, Kesley Script, Faust Script, Recolter (a stunning poster typeface), Caities, Emily (script), Roth, Hukster, Rovist Script, Renith (connected script).

    Typefaces from 2016: Hulleva, Callet, Theos Script, Void (rounded sans), Lemonia, Revel (script), First Text (primitive script), Magical Script, Mauret Script (calligraphic), Rosgart (a signature font), Plore (experimental sans), Murtics (a signature font), Infister (minimalist modernist sans), Beafust, Astter (calligraphic script), Humos (connected school script), Hullist (connected handwriting), Happy Tum, Little Bite (children's book font), Millace (calligraphic script), Grafter (connected signage font), Elgard (brush script), Flotus (calligraphic), Pitter (fat finger font), Scripter (formal calligraphic style), Muffet (connected monoline script), Waltus Script (calligraphic and connected), Feruci, Evertype, Breital Script, Castellia, Enough Script, Rollfunk, Hottuf, Staiger (script), Fintype, Themost Script (calligraphic), Fuster Script.

    In 2015, he made the brush script typefaces Mauvet Rios, Reusk (a great informal calligraphic typeface), Mostter (calligraphic script), Foldeck (a rounded monoline sans), Quickfox, Serffost, Hurgey, Gothup, Gullick, Wilfur Script and Barkless, the hairline script font Catties, the fine hand-drawn poster font Monofor, the handcrafted connected script fonts Wellone, Anter Script, Cindelia, Ruffest and Perston, the handpainted Emillyne, Herlock, Forsa, the calligraphic font Herfume (loaded with alternates), the handcrafted font family Latype (Brush, Hand, Script, Serif, Condensed, Sans, Extras), the brush typefaces Nufertum (a great medieval travel log script), Nufertum Sans, Northline, Stokebridge, Fouyers Script, Heiger Script and Wayback, and of the handwriting font Allegate. He also designed Bubble Tea, Whalerig, Klasdot, Hello June, Retro Board, London Train, Rope&Bag, Strip Box, Yellow Jelly, Wide West, Funky Disco, Fat Burger, Sweet Lollipop, Dance Club, Crazy Type, Avicelyns (a connected script), Blackyard (a monoline connected script), and Nanoline Icons (which contains 2061 icons divided into 30+ categories: symbol, weather, building, financial & shopping, user, emoticon, hand gesture, medicine, body parts, image, audio, video, music, charts, map, security, document, furniture, kitchen, drink, fruit, food, chat, email, tools, text, communication, business, time, science, laundry, zodiac, kids, energy, animal, clouds, transportation).

    Typefaces from 2022: Georgia Script, Lecory (a fashionable typeface with high contrast). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    W. Sutherland

    Author of The Art and Craft of Sign-writers, 1887, Decorative Art Journals company. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Wacaksara Co
    [Hamam Jauhari]

    It is unclear whether Wacaksara is run by Hamam Jauhari. Batang, Indonesia-based designer of the brush script typefaces Hastadaya (2016, by Aliv Pandu and Hamam Jauhari), Sailenda (2016), Retorika (2016; renamed Hastadaya because the name is too close to Type-o-Tones' Retorica), Aerokids (2016) and Thillends (2016, by Aliv Pandu and Hamam Jauhari).

    Typefaces from 2017: Underland (a dry brush script by Aliv Pandu), Santhen (a sign painters font by Aliv Pandu and Hamam Jauhari), Sailoria (by Aliv Pandu and Hamam Jauhari), Baksoda (by Aliv Pandu and Hamam Jauhari), Austten (brush script), Mattcool (by Aliv Pandu and Hamam Jauhari), Cosmoball (a signage script by Aliv Pandu and Hamam Jauhari), Anthares (brush script), Charlottes Script (bold brush script).

    Typefaces from 2018: Everland Script (signage), Play Ground, Sveglia (a dry brush script by Aliv Pandu and Hamam Jauhari), Monopola Script, Delichia (a monoline script by Aliv Pandu and Hamam Jauhari), Rocket Clouds (a neon font done with Aliv Pandu), Southbeach, Machineat (with Aliv Pandu), Playground (sans, script, dingbats).

    Typefaces from 2019: Houseback, Quadrone (by Aliv Pandu and Hamam Jauhari), Sunkids, Hectonia (a monoline script), Buttercell Script.

    Typefaces from 2020: Floopy Chart (a baseball script by Aliv Pandu and Hamam Jauhari, with a Sans to complete a font duo), Highpeak (dry brush).

    Typefaces from 2021: Meritorious Script (a signage script), Qonqueror (a crayon font), Eastgood (a brush script). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Wachid Ristiyanto
    [Ngene]

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    Wahyu Andi Prasetiyo
    [Weape Design]

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    Wahyu Dwi Cahyo
    [Auratype]

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    Wahyu Ichsan Fauzi
    [Sonar Hubermann]

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    Wahyu S. Adi Wibowo
    [Eaver Studio (or: Wahyu & Sani Co)]

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    Walkeren
    [Didi Syarif]

    Creative director in Makassar, Indonesia. In 2017, he designed the marker pen script typeface Fontierra, and the Hindi simulation typeface Mawumeree. In 2018, he designed the great signage script typeface Alamark and Midellion.

    Typefaces from 2019: Elista (a handwriting or signature script). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Walter Bernard "Ben" Hunt
    [Hunt Brothers]

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    Walter Wege

    German cartographer (b. Berlin, 1894, d. 1972, Berlin) who worked at AEG (Berlin) in the 1920s and then at Adrema Maschinenbaugesellschaft (Berlin) until 1937. He was an independent designer from 1937 onwards. At Berthold AG he designed these typefaces:

    • The comic book / signage style typeface Script Signal (1932).
    • Signal (1931) and its bold version, Block Signal (1932).
    • Deutsch-Signal (1934). A German school script.

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    Wasis Yuliyanto
    [Wasisme Studio]

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    Wasisme Studio
    [Wasis Yuliyanto]

    Banyuwangi, Indonesia-based designer (b. 1996) of the spurred vintage typeface Motor Garage (2020), the signage script Brotherhead (2020), the script typeface Chalista (2020), the fat finger font Stickids (2020), Christine Signature (2020) and the dry brush script Wilderness (2020). Creative Fabrica link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Weape Design
    [Wahyu Andi Prasetiyo]

    Ponorogo, Indonesia-based designer of the curly coffee shop typeface Espresshow (2016), the monoline script Springfield (2017), and the brush signage typefaces Overland (2017) and Andora (2017).

    Typefaces from 2018: Hanston (a signature font), Jelly Bean Script, Nicollast (brush), Octhovia (font duo), Milea (brush script), Geraldyne (monoline script), Felician (monoline script).

    Typefaces from 2019: Maulida, Scotties, Forrest, Maddox, Larritta, Talliya, Caylee, Allisya Script, Balleho, Hanston (a signature script), Blacky Sambat (a vampire script), Jackster (spurred), Blackhood, Girock, Manthul, Besttiny, Gillattoz, Tortilla, Toothless, Buggiel, Diggies, Freville Script, Apricat, Cynthias (brush), Black Torch (brush), Mattsolar (brush caps), Allitha (brush), Brightland (brush), Miss Rhinetta (brush script), Anttisol (a brush script), The Last Day, Sinestta, Aggitha, Kitabisa (monoline script), Lettia, Holyfat, Adelliya, Sengkaling, Andien Nidya (monoline script), Red Bright (dry brush).

    Typefaces from 2020: Seintolop, Justtafe, Astrea, Mettika, Folders, Dirtys, Kuman, Chidera Script & Sans, Resitta, Notebook, Linebrush, Regitta, Brocken, Masterline, Toothless, Gastpoll, Anttisol, Roulette, Clarkton, Mashita, Lorettya, Allitha.

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    Weird Store
    [Aditya Nugraha Putra]

    Yogyakarta, Indonesia-based designer (b. 1984) of the softly rounded signage or intergalactic typeface Harson (2017) and the fat finger font Hands Down (2018). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Werner Schneider

    German scribe, type designer and calligrapher, born in Marburg in 1933 or 1935, who studied under Friedrich Poppl at the Werkkunstschule in Wiesbaden from 1954 to 1958, where he started teaching in 1959. He became a professor at the Fachhochschule Wiesbaden in 1973.

    He designed Medita (1979), Sublima (1981), Schneider-Antiqua (1987, Berthold) and Schneider Libretto BQ (1995, Berthold: a didone family).

    In 1988, he made "Euro Type" for the German Federal Transportation Ministry in order to optimize the legibility of and standardize transportation typefaces.

    In 2002, in cooperation with Helmut Ness, this family evolved into the 22-weight and 14-dingbat signage family Linotype Vialog and Vialog LT Signs (mainly arrows), which is now used in the subway system of Munich.

    In 2003, he created the Senatus family (Berthold), after Roman inscriptions.

    In 2006, he designed the calligraphic family Sunetta.

    In 2007, he published the text type system Satero Sans and Satero Serif at Linotype.

    The Aeneas font family by Tiro Typeworks (1994) is based on his work.

    Linotype bio. FontShop link. Klingspor link.

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    Wesley Barnes

    Woking, UK-based designer of the signage script typeface Allora (2018). His decorative caps typeface Reverie (2018) is inspired by the bizarre and surreal work of Terry Gilliam. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Wiescher Design
    [Gert Wiescher]

    Gert Wiescher was born in Braunsbach am Kocher, Germany, in 1944. Based in München, Gerd Wiescher designed many classy and classic Bodoni families, as well as New Yorker Type (1985). All of his typefaces are carefully fine-tuned and balanced. Wiescher founded first Munich Type and then Wiescher Design and Autographis. He is known as a hard, fast and prolific worker. His exquisite typefaces can be bought at MyFonts. Catalog of his bestselling typefaces. Interview in 2008. Wikipedia page. Creative Market link. List of typefaces:

    • Scripts: Prima Script (2017: for menus and cookbooks), Marmelade (2015, +Fruits, a set of dingbats), Triana (2014, a thin monoline penmanship script named after a Spanish sailor on the Pinta who in 1492 was the first to see America---in this case the Bahamas), Floral Script (2014, copperplate style script), Sherlock Script (2014: this comes with Sherlock Stuff (fingerprints) and Sherlock Stuff Dots (ink stains)), Felicita (2013, a swashy copperplate script), Vividangelo (2013, after the handwriting of a real person), Dreamline (2013, connected monoline cursive wedding scripts in A, B and C styles), Fiorentina (2012, a renaissance style script with 650 characters), Excelsia Pro (2012), Delicia Pro (2012, a fat brushy signage script), Nono (2011, formal swashy calligraphic family), Dyane (2011), Penn (2011), Lettera (2011, hand-drawn formal face), Tosca (2010, a high-contrast calligraphic typeface with 730 glyphs), Grandcafe (2010), Loulou (2010, curly and of extreme contrast), Schoolblock (2010, hand-printed school font), Grandezza (2010, calligraphic family; +Xtra), Sixtra (2010, a curly didone script), English Script (2010, classic Spencerian calligraphic script), Savage Initials (2009), Morning News (2009), Revolte (2009, a brush script for demonstration signs), Estelle (2009), Scriptofino (2008, 4 calligraphic styles to give Zapfino a run for its money), Exprima (2008), Daiquiri (2008), Lisa Bella, Lisa Fiore and Lisa Piu (2008, connected and calligraphic), Tati (2008), Movie Script (2007), Cake Script (2007), Eddy (2007, grungy calligraphy), Pointino (2007), Bohemio (2007, a great oriental-brush script), Artegio (2007, two calligraphic scripts), Xylo (2006, in the tradition of the 18th-century English calligrapher George Bickham and the 19th-century American calligrapher Platt Rogers Spencer), Tamara (2005, art-deco script based on some initials for Semplicita made in the 1930s by the Nebiolo foundry), Tecon, Ellida (2005, inspired by the elaborate scripts of 18th-century English calligrapher George Bickham, with additional influences from 19th-century American calligrapher Platt Rogers Spencer), Eloise (2009, a high-contrast version of Ellida), Nadine Script (2005, an elegant script inspired by a set of initials the French designer and artist Bernard Naudin drew for Deberny&Peignot in the 1920s), Royal Classic (2005, unbelievable script based on a design that has initially been comissioned by King Ludwig I of Bavaria for in-house-use), DesignerScript, Filzer Script (1995, handwriting), Futuramano-Condensed-Bold, Futuramano-Condensed, Futuramano-Plain, Futuramano-Thin, Giambattista, Scriptissimo-Plain, Scriptissimo-Forte, Scriptissimo-Swirls, Squickt (1989), Konstantin A, B and C (2005), Konstantin Forte (2005), MyScript, GrocersScript, Swanson (2006). Scriptissimo (2004) has versions named Start, Middle and End, tweaked for their position in the word, and there are plenty of ligatures. Check also Bodoni Classic Chancery (2007) and Bodonian Script (2012).
    • Sans: Brute Sans (2018), Xpress (2018), Xpress Rounded (2019), Classic Sans (2017, a revival of Theinhardt Grotesk), Classic Sans Rounded (2017), Maxi (2017), Nic (2017), Azur (a large almost geometric sans famly with 1950s Roger Excoffon-style French flavours, called a Medterranean grotesk by Wiescher himself), Royal Sans (2017, after Theinhardt's Royal Grotesk---the forerunner of Akzidenz Grotesk--- from 1880), Docu (2016, a workhorse elliptical sans family), Viata (inspired by Bauhaus), Noticia (2016, in the Bauhaus tradition, with very pointy v and w, and a bipartite k; not to be confused with the 2011 Google Web Font Noticia Text by José Solé; followed in 2019 by Noticia Rounded), Avea (2015), Aramis, Nota Bene (2015: squarish, narrow, technical), Nota (2015, technical and cold: the rounded version, Nota Rounded, followed in 2019), Dylan Condensed (2014), Dylan Copperplate (2014), Supra (2013, grotesk: Supra Thin is free. See also Supra Condensed (2013), Supra Mezzo (2013, between regular and condensed), Supra Extended (2013), Supra Rounded (2015), Supra Classic (2014), and Supra Demiserif (2013, slab serif derived from Supra)), Dylan (geometric sans), Franklin Gothic Raw (2013, like Franklin Gothic but with raw, not rough, outlines, only visible at very large sizes), Blitz (2012, a flared family), Blitz Condensed (2012), Contra Sans (2011, which led to Contra Slab, Contra Condensed and Contra Flare), Vedo (2011, a Bauhaus style family that include a hairline weight), Germania (2011, a useful and beautiful monoline sans family), Geometa (2011, +Rounded, +Rounded Deco, +Deco: all based initially on Renner's Futura), Geometra Rounded (2011, a rounded family based on Futura and "much less boring than DIN"), Bombelli (2010, ultra-wide architect's hand), Bluenote Demi (2010, a grungy Franklin Gothic Condensed), Perfect Sketch (2010, sketched grotesque), Unita (2009), Antea (2009), Eterna (2009, sans with a swing), Pura (2008, an uncomplicated grotesk family), Purissima (2010, a decorated extension of Pura; +Bold), Copperplate Gothic Hand (2009, after a 1901 design by Goudy), Copperplate Alt (2011), Copperplate Wide (2011), FranklinGothicHandDemi (+Shadow), Franklin GothicHandCond (2009), Franklin Gothic Condensed Shadow Hand (2010), and Franklin Gothic Hand Light (2009, a hand-drawn version of Franklin Gothic), Papas (2005, sturdy, slightly curly), Julienne (2005, a condensed sans family; see the new versions Moanin and Julienne Piu, 2017), Cassandra (1996, an art deco style after Adolphe Mouron Cassandre), Futura Classic (2006), Cassandra Plus (2012), Ela Sans (2005, a large family), Mondial-Bold (2004), Mondial-Demi, Mondial-Light, Mondial-Medium, Mondial-Normal, Mondial-XBold, Monem-Bold, Monem-Medium, Monem-Normal, Monem-Roman.
    • Serif: Imperia (2011, a Trajan column caps face), Monogramma (2012, a Trajan family for monograms), Imperium (2005, a precursor of Imperia with a Relief shadow style included), Hard Times (2011), Fat Times (2011, retraced Times), Elegia (2011, slightly Victorian family), Breathless (2010, a spiky family, inspired by nouvelle vague movie posters), Bodoni Classic 1, Bodoni Classic 2, Bodoni Classic 3, BodoniClassic-Condensed, BodoniClassic-Handdrawn, BodoniClassic-Swashes, BodoniClassic-Text, Bodoni Classic Deco, Bodoni Classic Swirls (2009), Bodoni Classic Pro (2011), Bodoni Classic Inline (2012), Bodoni Classic Fleurs (2014, ornamental caps), Bodoni Comedia (2010, one of my favorites: a funny "live one day at a time" curly Bodoni cocktail), Bodoni Classic Swing (2010), Bodoni Classic Free Style (2010, curly), Bodoni Classic Ultra (2010), La Bodoni Plain (+Italic, 2008), Take Five (2005, a jazzy take on Bodoni Classic), DonnaBodoniAa, DonnaBodoniBe, and DonnaBodoniCe (three scripts named after Bodoni's wife, Margharita dell'Aglio, who published his complete works, the Manuale Tipografico, in 1818, five years after his death), Edito, Robusta. A great series, some of which were originally published at Fontshop, see, e.g., FFBodoniClassic (1994). MyFonts: When the first of Wiescher’s Bodoni Classic fonts came out in the 1993, there was nothing like it. Up to then, virtually all Bodoni revivals had been given clear-cut forms and square serifs. But Bodoni’s originals from the late 1800s were never as straight and simplistic as is often assumed: they had rounded serifs and slightly concave feet. Wiescher digitized a wide range of Bodoni letterforms, including a wonderful script-like family called Chancery and a nice series of Initials. Having accomplished his mission twelve years later, he began making personal additions to the family, such as the more decorative Bodoni Classic Swashes. Recently a useful little family was added to the clan: LaBodoni is sturdier and less optically delicate than most Bodonis, and therefore more usable as a text face. Wiescher made Metra Serif (2009), Principe (2008) and Paillas (2009). Prince (2009) is a curlified didone.
    • Romain du roi: In 2008, Wiescher designed the two-style Royal Romain, which is based on the Romain du Roi of Philippe Grandjean, which was completed in 1745 after Grandjean's death by Grandjean's successor Jean Alexandre and Louis Luce. Wiescher: The Romain du Roi was for the exclusive use of the Louis XIV. It was never sold or given to any other king or government. The king of Sweden tried to scrounge a set, but the king refused. This font is the basic design for such famous fonts as the Fournier and Bodoni. Just so the Romain du Roi doesn't get lost in the digital turmoil I set out to redesign it in 2004 and finished now in early 2008. I did a lot of research in France's National Library. A good excuse to visit Paris is always welcome!!!
    • Engravers: Dylan Copperplate (2014), Cavaliere (2010), Guilloche A (2009), Guilloche B (2013, op-art borders), CopperplateClassic-Plain, CopperplateClassic-Round, CopperplateClassic-Sans, Copperplate Classic Light Floral (2009), Cimiez-Bold, Cimiez-Roman (2004), Ela-Demiserif, Ela-Sans (2004), Eleganza (2008).
    • Blackletter/Fraktur: Renais (2011, renaissance initials), Flipflop (2011), Fraktura and Fraktura Plus (2008), Royal Bavarian (2004, based on a typeface commissioned by King Ludwig 1st of Bavaria about 1834), Royal Blossom (2009), Royal Bavarian Fancy (2004), Bold Bavarian (2010, a heavy version of Royal Bavarian), Monkeytails (2008), Fat Fritz (2006, rounded endings), Ayres Royal (2005, blackletter typeface based on drawings of London's calligrapher John Ayres, ca. 1700; to be used with RoyalBavarian; followed in 2010 by BoldAyres).
    • Slab serif: Slam Normal (2017), Slam Rounded (2017), Suez (2017: with extra tall ascenders and descenders), Egyptia (2010), Egyptia Rounded (2010).
    • Typewriter: Lettera (2014), Lectra (2011), QuickType-Bold, QuickType-Plain, QuickType-Sans.
    • Decorative: Tric (2017, art deco), Franklin Gothic Raw Semi Serif (2015), Frank Woods (2013, letterpress simulation based on Franklin Gothic Heavy), Ohio Bold (2012, a rough headline type in the tradition of Louis Oppenheim's Lo-Type from 1913), Viking Initials (2012), Cannonball (2012, a psychedelic typeface derived from a jazz record-sleeve for Cannonball Adderley), Byblos (2011, derived from the logo of St. Tropez's famous Hotel Byblos), Blockprint (2013, early 1900 German expressionist grunge face, renamed Bannertype after 24 hours), Ferrus (2010, inspired by Cassandre's Acier Noir, 1936), Petite Fleur (2009, flowery embellishments and the capitals of his redesigned Royal Romain, which in turn is based on the famous romain du roi), Glass Light (2012, a decoirative art nouveau type family based on Glass Light by Franz Paul Glass, 1912), Penstroxx (2009, 5 fonts that are based on the powerful, expressive Traits de plume (penstrokes) designed in Paris around 1930 by Alfred Latour), Liquoia A, B and C (2008, decorative scripts), Modernista (2008, an art nouveau headline face, based on an 1898 sample by Peter Schnorr), Ornata A, B, C, D, E, F and G (2008-2009: ornaments), Fleuraloha (2008), Floralissimo (2008: flowery ornaments), Frank Flowers (2011), Scrolls A (2010, penman's dingbats), Bacterio (2007), Alpha Bravo, Alpha Charlie, Alpha Echo (2006), Barracuda, Cacao (2005, fifties style), Cassandre Initials (2004, Elsner&Flake, after the 1927 original by Adolphe Mouron Cassandre), Contype, Fleurie (2005), Fleurons Two (2006), Fleurons Three (2006), Fleurons Four (2006), Fleurons Initials (2007), Fleurons Six (2008), Fleuron Labels (2008), HebrewLatino, Julius, Lunix (2006), MyHands, NewYorkerType (1985; extended in 2011 to NewYorker Plus, and in 2020 to New Yorker Type Classic and New Yorker Type Pro; after Rea Irvin's well-known typeface for The NewYorker), Venice Initials (2006, after a 15th century find, but Wiescher added about half of the caps), Ventoux, Vivian (2005), Woody.
    • Pixel and/or futuristic: Nexstar (2013: this octagonal typeface is also useful or athletic lettering), Alpha Fox (2007), Alpha Juliet (2010), Alpha Papa (2010), Alpha Square (2010), Alpha Jazz (2010), Alpha Papa (2010, LED meets stencil).
    • Stencil typefaces: Dripps (2010, handpainted, perhaps brutalist), Red Tape Plus (2014).
    • Comic book fonts or brush fonts: Breezy (2015), Caboom (2014).
    • Dingbats: Wayside Ornaments (2012), XX Century Ornaments (2012), Thistle Borders (2012), Greenaway Mignonettes (2012, after Kate Greenaway (1846-1901), author and illustrator of childrens books), Collins Florets (2012), Flourishes A (2010), Jingle Doodles (2010).
    • Art deco: Trix (2017), Zelda (2017, named after F. Scott Fitzgerald's wife).
    • Commissioned and special typefaces include a version of the logotype for the Munich's newspaper Abendzeitung, Maxi (variable width sans), NIC Grotesk, Tric (art deco), a Cyrillic version of Bodoni Classic for Vogue Moscow, a special Bodoni Classic for Ringier Publishers in Zurich, and Red Tape, a typeface that is on permanent exhibition at the German National Library in Leipzig.
    • Typefaces from 2019: Elita (a condensed sqaurish typeface), Artis Sans, Sigma Condensed and Sigma (simplified readable sans families), Cosma (an elegant high-contrast text family with tapered upstrokes and crossbars, but otherwise didone roots), Quincy (a bebop typeface that started from some letterutouts), Phoebe (an elliptical techno family), Phoebe Rounded, Polygon A, Polygon I, Polygon X.
    • Typefaces from 2020: Bullets Bannertype, Alpha One (a counterless experiment), Exec (a 14-style sans family), Exec Corners, Exec Demiserif, Penta (a grotesque family with large counters that make the ExtraLight style quite striking), Penta Rounded.

    Author of many books, including Zeitschriften & Broschüren (Systhema-Verlag, München, 1990), Schriftdesign (Systhema-Verlag, München, 1991), and Blitzkurs Typografie (Systhema-Verlag, München, 1992).

    The following text was excerpted from his wikipedia page: At 14 years of age, Wiescher went to Paris to study fine art. He financed his stay by doing portraits on the Place du Tertre on Montmartre. In the sixties Wiescher studied graphic design at the Berlin Academy of Fine Arts. (Since November 2001, Berlin University of the Arts.) He financed his studies by sidewalk painting and drawing portraits. While doing sidewalk paintings, he met the typeface designer Erik Spiekermann, who inspired his love of this branch of design. After two years he quit his studies, and went to Barcelona where he worked at the offices of Harnden & Bombelli, for whom he designed the OECD-Pavilion of the 1970 Osaka World Expo. In 1972 he moved on to Johannesburg working as an art director at Grey and Young advertising . In 1975, he returned to Germany, working first for DFS+R-Dorland, and then for the "Herrwerth & Partner" ad agency. At Herrworth, he was involved in introducing IKEA into the German market. In 1977 he became a creative partner in the Lauenstein & Partner ad agency, creating mainly campaigns for large German retail chains. In 1982 he started his own design office, creating work for editors (Markt & Technik, Systhema and Langen-Müller-Herbig), computer companies (House of Computers, FileNet) and he worked for Apple Computers designing their publications (Apple-Age and Apple-LIVE).

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    Willard T. Sniffin

    Designer at American Type Founders from 1927-1933. Catalog of some of his digitized typefaces. He made these fonts:

    • Adonis (1930, ATF). McGrew writes: Popular for stationery and announcements but with little use otherwise. Lines are monotone throughout, and lowercase letters are linked, although it is not really a script. There are alternate versions of several of the capitals. The 30-point size was cut, but seldom if ever shown. Revived by Jim Spiece as Adonis Old Style SG (1994).
    • Hollwywood (1932, ATF). McGrew's comments: It was intended for smart, contemporary advertising, announcements, and stationery, but some of the characters have quaint shapes, suggestive of nineteenth-century styles. Compare Gothic Novelty. Revived by Jim Spiece in 1994 as Hollywood Deco SG and by Nick Curtis in 2009, with improvements, as Tinseltown NF.
    • Keynote (1933, ATF), an informal script face. McGrew writes: Its name was suggested by the political campaigns of the previous year. There is variation in weight of strokes, and letters are unconnected, but there are a number of logotypes of connecting pairs of letters. Inclination is slight, permitting it to be cast on straight bodies with little overhang. Compare Raleigh Cursive by the same designer. Digitally revived in 2005 by Steve Jackaman as Willard Sniffin Script, and by Monotype---without mentioning Sniffin...---as CgChaplin (2016).
    • Liberty (1927, ATF). McGrew: [ ...] was designed presumably to counter the importation of Bernhard Cursive (Bernhard Schoenschrift), which it greatly resembles. It differs in the crossbars of A and H, which have loops in them, the hooked ascenders of bdhl, and some lesser details, but it is a delicately handsome, unconnected script, with very small lowercase and very tall ascenders. On Intertype it is known as Lotus. Also compare Pompeian Cursive. Digital versions include Liberty (Bitstream) and Reliant (Intellecta Design).
    • Newport (1932, ATF), an extra condensed novelty gothic / art deco face. McGrew: Caps occupy almost the entire body, and lowercase letters are tall, with short ascenders and very short descenders. In 48-, 60-, and 72-point sizes, descenders are cast on bodies 6 points larger. The round capitals CDGPR include arcs that are less than half a circle, joining stems at an acute angle. AEFH feature very low crossbars. The normal M is splayed, with the vertex ending short of the baseline, and is the W inverted. There are also an alternate M and W, consisting of three parallel lines with rounded top or bottom. In addition to characters shown in the specimen here, there are a cent mark and a small superior dollar mark, made only in 24-point and larger. Compare Jefferson Gothic, Phenix. Revived in 1994 by Jim Spiece as Newport Classic SG, by URW as URW Newportland, and by Nick Curtis in 2009 as Jazzfest NF.
    • Nubian (1928, ATF). McGrew: It is a wide, very heavy design with extreme contrast of thick and thin strokes, and has very short serifs. The lowercase g has an uncompleted tail, and the i and j have semicircular dots. Compare Ultra Bodoni, Cooper Modern. The Broadway style signage font Nubian Black was revived and interpreted by Nick Curtis in his Slam Bang Theater NF (2002). Also check The Nubian: a new fashion in types (ATF, 1928). Local download.
    • Piranesi (1930, ATF), a light display typeface with tall ascenders, short descenders, and an almost script italic. Named after an eighteenth-century Italian engraver. McGrew explains: Piranesi was designed by Willard T. Sniffin for ATF in 1930. It is a very delicate roman, with long ascenders and rather short descenders, and is named for an eighteenth-century Italian engraver. Other versions were added by Morris Benton: PiranesiItalic, also in 1930; PiranesiBoldItalic in 1931; and Piranesi Bold roman in 1933. The italics are more characterful and have more of a calligraphic feeling, especially in the cursive capitals, but a separate set of Plain Capitals-essentially a slanted version of the roman was produced for each of the italics. Oldstyle figures were made for all versions, and lining figures were also available for the bold roman. Both romans and both sets of italic plain capitals were still shown by ATF in recent specimens. There seems to be no explanation for the high series number of Piranesi Italic Plain Caps, but that is how it appears in ATF literature. PiranesiItalic, with regular cursive capitals, was also made by Intertype under the name Minuet. Piranesi was remade by Bitstream.
    • Raleigh Cursive (1929, ATF). Mac McGrew: Raleigh Cursive is a spirited design by Willard T. Sniffin, drawn in 1929 for ATF but introduced in 1930. It has a pen-drawn quality, with precise lowercase letters which don't quite connect, and flourished capitals. There are two versions of cap Rand T, and several lowercase ligatures, as shown. Sizes over 36-point were discontinued in the late 1940s. Raleigh Initials were designed by the same artist at about the same time. They closely follow the style of Raleigh Cursive, but are more freely drawn. For each size, J and Q are cast on the next larger body size. Compare Park Avenue, Piranesi Bold Italic. For a digital version and extension, see the two-style Redwood (2007, Rebecca Alaccari, Canada Type).
    • Rivoli and Rivoli Italic (1928, ATF). McGrew says: They are delicate typefaces with a nervous, pen-drawn quality, and are very similar to Eve and Eve Italic, designed by Rudolf Koch in Germany a few years earlier. However, Rivoli has the extra hairline on all sizes of caps in both roman and italic, whereas Eve has this line only on italic caps in sizes from 14-point up. Compare Paramount, which is essentially a bold version of Rivoli. A revival by Paul Hickson at Rooster Types is entitled Rivoli Initials [see also here].
    • Rosetti (1931, ATF). McGrew: This is a thick-and-thin, serifless face. Many of the capitals are informal, and some have an extra swash version. In lowercase letters such as hand m, the ascending stroke leaves the stem at a low point. Compare Parisian, Optima, Radiant, Czarin, Lydian. Revived by Nick Curtis as Rassetta NF and Rassetta Swash Caps NF (2005).
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    Willie Yapching

    San Francisco, CA-based designer of the rounded signage script typeface Bucareli (2015). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Wnprh Collective

    Indonesian designers of the urban script typefaces Dianjuli (2015, splattered, oily and rusty, by Aliv Pandu) and Wanih (2015) and the spurred typefaces Realitium (2015, by Aliv Pandu) and Logawa (2015).

    Typefaces from 2016: Besttalia Script, Southamton (sic) (vintage script), Merdeka, Westerous.

    Typefaces from 2017: Marhaban (signage script). Creative Market link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Work Ins Studio
    [Boy Moch Tomi]

    Malang, Indonesia-based studio run by Boy Moch Tomi. Their typefaces include Hood Brothers (2017), Wellster Handdrawn (2015), Cavici Sans (2015), Queen Seal (2015), Variane Script (2015, free), and Korath Black (2015, spurred Victorian font). Graphicriver link. Fontspace link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Wrong Studio

    Indonesiana, Indonesia-based designer of Srempunk (2018: a signage typeface), Labrich (2018: a glitch font) and Tarango (2018: a multiline deco font). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Xerographer Fonts
    [Max Infeld]

    Max Infeld (b. 1981, aka Xerographer Fonts) from Chico, CA, makes free fonts and offers a free font-making service. He surged onto the font scene in 2012, and is currently located in Ojai, CA.

    Creations in 2012: Perspect (3d face), Nuevo Stencil, Dingus, Dirty Serif, Skinny Serif, Batt Marber, Hollavetica (2012, grunge), Stick Tickle, Carve Your Table (2012), Stripe Fest (2012, 3d, hand-printed), Craycray For You, Feed The Bears, Yummy Nubs, Yum Nub Extended, Sleeping in Lecture (2012, informal 3d face), Zombie Checklist (2012, hand-printed), Lisas First Class (2012, hand-printed), Stick Four, Two Stick, Spacetime, Drunk Tattoo, Bantum Caps (2012, hand-printed stencil face), Funny Zebra, Sick Future (2012, grungy), Fuzzy Handcuffs, Black Spiral, Happy Caps, Come Party, Hellawood, Chronic Gothic, Ice Cream Party, Grassevent (2012, texture face), Electrical (2012, letters cracked by lightning), Rockster, Strungout, Bubbletea (2012, bubblegum font), Yumernub, Nighthour, Pointy, Simplehand, Linerstencil, Stickchop, Tapetype, Rolling Deep (2012, based on arcs of circles), Pony Rides, Bambu, Stolen Script, Secret Sauce, Eighties, Negative, Turds, Identify (2012, a fingerprint font), Another Party, Mighty Roping, Copy Stand, Cloudstorm, Teardrops, Friends Forever, Delicious Applepie (texture face), Crackvetica, Stormtime (grungified face), Therp (2012: 3d face), Spookies, Freeline (3d engraved face), Super Serious, Robot Shadow (2012: 3d face), Great Arrows, Great Shadow (2012: textured face), Alien Fur, Graffical, Bent Out, Splatish, Seamonster, Thirds Hand (2012: 3d outline face), Particle Physics, Poster Script (2012: rough script), Badazzle (2012, texture face), Serifvetica, Make Impact (2012, a 3d headline typeface), Stenciltration, Naughty Pipe, Qrurl, FunHaus, Flame Time, Steller Script, Summer Festival (2012, grungy caps), Major Earthquake (2012, grungy outline text face), Hot Sweat (2012, texture face), Metal Crime (2012, a cracked marble typeface), Summer Blacktop, Great Farmer, an angular typeface, Lucky Scratcher, Future Moon (textured face), Shatter Web (2012, a glaz krak face), Power Play (2012, another glaz krak face), Magic Crystal (2012, yet another glaz krak typeface), Rough Cut, Rock Harder (2012, texture face), Shred Hard, Clock Work, Major Veins, Paint Scratch, Break Away, Quick Comic, Summer Scriptastic, Absolute Money, Brush Sand, Playhouse, Pleasure Wash, Meat Market (dripping blood font), Paper Folder, Scratchingly, Fresh Sticks, FunTrucks, Quick Rodeo, Poster Bold, Open Bars (horizontal stripes), Outline Twelve, Spot Event (grungy outline face), Final Slash (textured typeface), Munchies, Meltasstic, Some Bubbles, French Sugar (very curly script), Cream Cone, Zap Deal, Crack Snacks, High Method, Crack Bars, Wall Fresh, Star Wonder, CurlyQue, Summer Script, Happy Lines, Just Marker, Solid Marker, Straight Hand, Wurm Fun, Rave Time (sketched face), Graff Caps, Erect Angle (outlined and hand-printed), Circle Caps, Story Time, Upper Side, Lower Side, Tech Haus (sketched), Boneyard, Status Update, Eigth Grade (sic), Table Shank, Serial Lover, Freaky Night (blood drip font), Future Girlfriend, Summer Scare, Faster Stronger, Smoking Cracks (texture face), After School, Cutting Edge, Animal Cracker, Sticky Mad, Comic Chub, Right Way, RockLess, CleanFade, Exploded Capital, Size Matters, EightBite, Extra Dimension, Cap Scratched, FanCom, Optic Nerd, Spooky Stencil, Five Dozen, Great Mix, LowCase, Swirl Insertion, Lube Splash, Organic Vines, Fall Greetings, Plant Type, Fast Brush, Hair Bows, Limo Caps, Bold Shake, Path Check, PopCap, Angle Stroke, Scratch Point, China Town (oriental simulation), Gunky Ick, Super Fade (textured), Practical Script, Delicious Outline, Fourth Dimension, College Scribble (sketch font), Dirty Western, Freeky Typewriter, Creature Builder, Bang Time (a rough brush), Fall Harvest (sketch face), EuroParty, Fire Proof, Eye Scare, Empire Caps, Pleasure Castle (a great barbed face), Scribble Time (sketched font), Star Rising (poster font), Dottline, Euro Horror, Metal Show (metal band font), Fantastic Sunset, Toxic Waste, Alien Waffle (textured face), Rewind Forward, Stitchy Times, Snug Bum, Star Fishy, Ghost Clouds, Epic Slash, Childs Persprective, Thin Fine, Metal Event (chiseled face), Tight Box, Saber Husk, Major Scare, Terminal Event, Pirates Bay, Wicked Cockney, Great Splunk, Diamond Cut, Treehause Horror, Indie hand, Sweet Revenge, Chronical Script, Peaceful Violence, Basic Header, Hand Work, Ninja Turtle, AquaColor, Furry Sack, Mad Style, Alien Dot, Dirty Feature, Wine Basement (connected script), Pen War (scratchy script), Angelina, Skate Around, Wide Thin (brush face), Frisky Vampire, SuperBling, Chronic Harvest, Fur Handcuffs, Darth Fader (textured face), House Rave, Snow Frosting, Post News, Straight Baller (white on black poster face), Heavy Weight, Angry Nerds (brush face), Future Style (hand-printed 3d face), Liner34, Tweak Diner, Frosty Holiday, Zap Control, Kids Outline, Shock Treatment, Flesh Digster, Shredding Harder (grungy scratchy typeface), Metal Chakra (barbed wire face), Childs Funtime, Super Cut, Holy Scriptacular, Tangent Print, Chung Flew, Lucky Money, Oven Bread, Soda crack, Quick Dirty, Victory Cut, College Dropout (athletic lettering), Comic Shadow, Mystery Forest (sketched), Code Danger, Slash King, Phat Rave (sketched), Tiger Tails, Major Rules, Cloud Home, Flower Header (floriated caps), Tiny Friends, Tasty Sundae, Leaking Type, Saturday Evening, Agenda Clash, Tripple Dots, Plain Handline, Cutefold, Gift Exchange, Reaganald Script, Broadway Event (marquee face), Gotfaded (textured face), Disco Rush, Some Lines, Inside Flower, Scratch This, Alien Sweater (stitch font), Fantom Bantum, Stripe Fun, Thrift Store, Legit Outline, Country Gold, Chrome Fancy, Barnyard Massacre (Treefrog style), Holiday Event, Art Times, Flesh Shop, Heart Baller, Free Kittenz, CreamPuff, Outline Around, Quivering Noodle, Rocking Lines, Tugboat, Comic Bubble, Hand Shadow, Sans College, Winter Ice, Cutout Poster, Woodblock Cutter, Handy Stencil, Dirty Cursive.

    The following typefaces were designed by Matt Barber: Gateway Drug (2013), Crankdeal (2012, a hand-printed poster face), Mad Caps, Third Leg (multiline typeface), Late Nights, Sewn Tight (2012, stitch font), Black Widow (2012).

    The following typefaces were co-designed with Dylan Tellesen in 2012: Dingleberry (+Solid), Threed, Brushingtons, Excellent Stencil, Handrelief, Partyline, Basic Chrome, Spot Lights, Big Spit, Code Bars, Color Blind, Skullvetica, Diamond Plate, Blambu, Hounds, Knity (texture face), Eightballer, Another Line (a basic straight-edged monoline sans), Rocking Poster, Robotic Revolution, Organic Nature, Underground Event, Surf Shack, Greater Shadow, Razor Slice, Big Print (textured face), Scripty Caps.

    Typefaces made in 2013: Fresh Maker, Lucky Dogs, Quickly Write, Gourmet King (glaz krak font), Austin Lights, Pony Maker, Crystal House (grunge), Secret Event (textured face), Indian Tiger, Great Camp, Cowboy Would, Western Racing, Stripe Attack (textured font), Art Bang (grunge), Quick Scratch, Cold Brew, Fresh Twist, Nine Eight, Going Fast, Mega Riches, Taste Bomb (textured face), Brighten Days, Supergraf (a brushy graffiti face), Last Hand, Spring Ninja (brush face), Circuit City, Global Village, Yard Gnome, Lite Hand, Metal Block (Zero, Two, Three: scanbats), Indie Rock, Ancient Story, Super Drag, Slight Rocking, Over Scribble, Quickly Caps, Crack Deco, Victory Time (faded formal script), Futuristic Outline, Another Student, More Party, Brush Grunge, Zipper Fries, Diamond Lux, Splatter Funtime, Durh Shapes, Frosty Winter, Whole Space, BlockWood, Soda Water, Magic Scribble, Seaming Stitchy, Thrash Party, Line Fever, Great Bush, Right Price, Tight Carve, American Freedom, Jimbos Print, Quick Cut (faded face), Super Cracks (glaz krak face), More Party, Half Faded (textured face), Charcoal Script, Future Lines, Dot Outline, Half Tones, Shady Walk, Quick Slash, School Notes (sketched face), Block Party, Wonderful Party, Heart Stripe, Heart Beat, Heart Hole, Paint Balls, Golden Lights, Spring Party (texture face), Shockvetica (glaz krak face), Safe Paper, Sword Fighting, Camo Wear (textured face), Disco Night (art deco), Reverse Frick, Scratchy Fun (sketched), Fun Origami, Special Exit, Kid Print, an old typewriter collection (Dirty Olympia, Sterling Keys, SuperKeys, Quiet Type, Hermes Rocket, Double Studio, Light Fingers), Designer Pixels, Beauty Salon (Treefrog script), Headshot, Mega Bone, Fantastic Habits, Fridge Letters (textured), Kids Blocks (scanbats), Theater Event (grunge), Circle Pixels, Taste Bomb, Kite High, Run Away (3d) Dirty Coal (brushy), Dot Sticks, Twerk Fifty, Dance Lights (textured), Steam Rose (textured), Donkey Punch, Fold Line (origami), Tiger Nuts (textured), Fun Bear, Standard Header (letterpress, 3d), Marble Wasteland, Bender Lines, Magical Springtime, Open Hatch (hand-printed), Retro Tastic, Space Zombie (hand-printed), Mad Triangle (textured typeface), Sweaty Party (a fun sketched typeface), Freaky Manor (gothic typeface), Special Brand (texture face), Western Clown, Company Problem, Derp Icons, Pixel Hour (textured face), Basic Scratch, Indie Sellout, Next Level (textured face), Third Rail (grunge), Real Trap (athletic lettering), Bang Party, Title Solution (textured face), Special Third (textured face), Deal Maker (textured typeface), Liquor Bank (3d), Electrical Neue, Eighties Locker (grunge), Visual magnets (textured typeface), Final Relief (textured), Comic Tans, Bright Headline (hand-printed), Tiger Bawl, Cut Away (cutout letters), Kings Castle (textured face), Southern Riots (grunge), Slick Wave (textured face), Smash Break (texture face), Thin Simple, Super Rocket, Kids Game, Eighties Shades, Melt Factory, Pirate Zombie (grunge), Doktor Scratch, Mix Tape (textured face), City Tags, Gotcha (3d face), Wild Scratch (textured), Inter Fade (textured), Urban Labels (textured), Hot Tropics, Quantum Pixel (grungy), Minus Plus, Lower Scratch, Flying High, Broken Mustangs (script), Byte Shades (textured), Bolt Light (textured), Just Quick, Hotrocks, Total Event, Racing Flow, Energy Drink (textured), Inside Box (a wonderful metal-look textured typeface), Heat Wave (a wide poster face), Great Miami (arched typeface), Disco Midnight, Clean Scratch, Vegas Nights (textured and smudgy), Pirate Disco, Swift Chops, Zero Hype, Dot Tricks (grungy), Shaken (glaz krak font), Great Points (textured), High Level (textured), Break Time (textured), Circus Party, Crash Site (glaz krak face), Lower Resolution, Fifty Hours (script), For Sale (script), Broken Fixed (script), Hieroglyph Licks, Think Plan, Fancy Shadow, Forwards Backwards, High Sales, Slash Thirty (blood drip face), Universal Freaky, Event Shark, Bone King, Sharking, Magnetic, Paper Shreads, Summer Watermelon, Bubble Yums, Crazy Eyes, Danger Waffles (textured face), Early Scare, Farm Barns, Freckle Jackson, Greater Sales, Indian Summer, Mixed Thirty, Positive Warp, Reasonable Speculation, School Party, Scratching Matters, Lemonade Summer, High Style (textured face), Biology, Aweseome Style, Box Lines, Cloud Ahead, Going Around, Hot Flash, Major Stripe (sketched face), Pixel Draw, Summer Fire, SuperTack, Sure Real (Treefrog style), Totally Straight, Mega Gothic, Basic Hand, Chief Scare, Plain Slice, Sail Away, Gone Away, Chubby Muffin, Crack King, Dirty Jobs, Paris Label, Phone Home, Kids Party, Zombie Stitch, Moden Post, Rock Bait (Treefrog style script), Tent Sale (brush face), Event Maker, Quantum Ants, Cheap Horror, Extra String, Scratch Times, Snorkel Whisp, Dirty Looks, Bould, Window Crash (glaz krak face), California Harvest, Twerking Nasty, College Movie, Easy Horror, Brush Some, Autumn Two, Season Fourteen, Always Never, Fresh Bone, Scare Camp, Twinkle Fingers, Dirty Bandit, Metal Clash, Simple Folks, Sunrise Disco, Danger Zone, Swift Break, Dusty Salmon (textured face), Urban Poster, Tasty Drips (dripping paint font), HardLine (3d font), Technophilia, Zombie State, Come Inside, Popular Invite, Tough Horror, Wonderful Phonograph, Zombie Scratch, Thunder Crack, Fresh Riot, Metal Atlas, Grunge Shack, Gif Wrap, Punk Inside, Disco Break, Quantum Future, Major Black (textured), Stone Bird, Fantastic Party, Quick Money, Fast Time, Hecka Grunge, Electric Night, Tasty Swirl, Helping Stranger, Radical Llamas, Real Gold, Double Shadow, Space Cats, Space Fight, Furious Racing (textured typeface), Snow Flakes, Solid Event, First Place, Total Shock, Hairy Fun, Cats String, Dragons Breath, Stripe Disco, College Bytes, Late Club, Road Skin (textured), City Heights (textured), Easy Bricks, Insert Fun, Grunge Kids (textured), Solid Brand, Winter Decor (snow crystal font), Doctor Meow, Real Fast, Major Sketchy, Easy Romance, Globtastic, Noses, Strike King, Salty Would, First Contact, Extra Zero, Space Bang, First Avenue, Dirty Shocker, Delicious Candy, Drop Inside.

    Typefaces from 2014: Divide Conquer, Mad Pic Nic (textured), American Lights (dry brush), Chromest, Absolute Invite, Fancy Sauce (simulates an oriental typeface), Fair House, Gansta Walk (graffiti typeface), Spring Away (script), Heavy Load (fat brush), Amazing Sunshine, Club House, Magic Status, Big Party, Ocean Twelve, Lost Type, Spring Harder (textured), Escape Great, Fine Things, Cut Five, House Boat (textured), Splat Matrix, We Spring (gunge), Great Band (textured), Sky Limit, Four Six, Quick Sales (textured), Vegas Neon, Xero Typique, Ink Special, Bad Luck (glaz krak face), Handing Over, Megaphilia, Late Drank, Atlas Grunge, Right Track (textured), Square Deal, Great Party, Next Wave, Doges Walk, Dirty Locals, Boulder Scare, Clean Easy, Come Around, Fresh Holiday, Half Light (a condensed brush face), Light Curls, Lower Case, Magic Beauty, Much Funky, Plain Lines, Ten Fresh, Simply Fresh, Windy Metro, Play Along, East City (textured), Bernal Heights (grunge), Metalblock Delta (textured), French Disco (textured), City Magic (textured), Thunder Head, Lucky Diamonds, Great Storm, Neon Taste (textured), Night Hawk, Trap Music (a sketched typeface), Close Race, Major Label, Fresh Track (an all-caps brush typeface), Jack Trades, Cut Blox, Metal Block Theta (textured), Fired Bread, Angry Beavers (script face), Get Real, Lost Ray, Slot Machine, Animal Planet, Very Rich, Hawt Would, Above Ground, Grave Pain, Heaven Gate, Countrry Diamonds, Master Strike, Great Ending, Dreaming Pandas, Olden Times, String Tyme, Wrecking Ball, Great Nineties (sketch face), Lightning Blaze, Club Night, Certain Times, Clean Bubbles, Disco Party, Stoned Heights (glaz krak font), Can Opener, Metal Block Tango, Disco Fresca, Static Heights, Chronic Deal, Fire Block, Capital State, Burger Hut, Chicken Waffles, Bro Hugs, Indie Hype, Smoking Pistols, Mega Play, Light Break, Fadevetica, Metal Block Serif, Dream Stencil, String Piano (grunge), Binaty Waters (textured), Soth West, Magic Pens (fat finger font), Mega Bits (dot matrix), Zebra Disco, Luxury Import, Rapid Sloths (Treefrog-style handwriting), Spring Rage, Delicious Mocha (textured), Tropic Disco, Sprung Breakers, Urban Trails, Many Times (textured), Spring Headliner (textured), Party Lights (rounded stencil), Slick Ride (grungy), Burn Side (textured), City Stencil (grungy), Love Joy (textured), Neon Disco, Witches Brew (halftone texture), North Beach (textured), Metal Black Naked, Metal Block Ultra, Wet Razors, Cat Meow (sketchy face), Dance Away, Salty Beach (textured typeface), Great Horizons, American Western, Start Menu (halftone texture typeface), Zip Down, World Peace, Super Round, Spring Fruit, Open Lounge, Magic Kids, Fresh Candy, Four Stars, Gold Ring, Fun Time, Dark Box, Major Clue, Alert Notice, Love Riot, High Boat, Real Hard, Canada Mist (textured), Flavor Maker (textured), Spring Daisy, Great Springtime, Danish Crack (glaz krak), High Rating, Awesome Play, Flash Dance, Super Awesome, Paint Night, Pixel Drip, Ready Start, High Flight, House Music, Alternative Nineties, Technologic, Beaver Scratches, Spring Bump, Fancy Animal, Graph Master, Many Lines, Quality Control, Hot Discovery, Disco Trap, Ripe Dusk, Spring Dance, Electrical Storm, Electro House, North Cowboy, BiteTyme, BubLight, ChronicSales, ColdSpring, DeliciousFrosting, FloweringBuds, FrenchDance (white on black), Frequency, GetAround, GiftCards, LargeCrayon, MadSkilz, MetalShred, PeaceFight, ProximaFour, RightPlace, RockingTimes, ShwedyBawls, ThinkLight, WildThang, Make Out (crayon font), Clean Dirty (another crayon font), Digital River, Jaged Edge (sic), Loathing Fear (a great Treefrog style typeface), Metal Spectacular, Quit Work (crayon font), Special Delivery, Big Crump, High Fence (glaz krak face), Delicious would, Neon Tech, Right Brew, After Work, Pit Stop (textured), Strong Void, Love Scratch, Maiden Voyage, News Worthy, Mint Coin, Hipster Bike, Ready Made, Ten Dimensional, New Highs, Banlieue Disco (textured face), Punk Event, Soup Kitchen, Such Money, The Pulse, Thirdly (3d face), Train Station (a great ultra-fat rounded sans), Goldfinger (script), Neurotick, Hawt Comix, Talking Louder, Mind Storm, Astral Projections, AncientSprawl, BeautifulThangs, BoulderRough, ChronicMethodMB, CleanSimpleDT, DropKickMB, EasyDoughDT, FairBanks, FaultLineDT, FiftyShadowsDT, FrenchPirates, FuelControl, FunMeatsDT, GrandCircleDT, GreatFriendsDT, GreatSails, HawtFriend, JuicyCultureDT, JustWriteDT, LearningMachine, LearningMachineItalic, Marijuana, MegaLife, RedPanda, SecretTickleMB, SlickRoadsDT, SmokingParadise, StarDancing, StringTheory, StrongEventDT, ThinkingAcademicDT, ThugLoveDT, California Delights (connected script), Super Freak (textured), Extra Highs, Slime Bawls, Metal Witch, Grape Soda, Little Spooky, Such Frosting, Monster Slash, Burn Time (textured), Quick Fade (textured), Urban Animal, Prison Escape, Super Fear (dripping blood font), Final Days, Racing Numbers, Pirate Spider, Walking Dead, Hatch (textured), Strawberry Longcake (curly), Mad Zombies, More Dimension (3d), Popular Culture, Princess Cake, Wine Tasting (vampire script), Toxic Powers, Zombie Treats (rough brush), Total Eclipse (brush), Whisky Lickers, Brain Washers, CityVetica, Turn Up, Basic Sharpie, Electronic Voyage, Swingers, Heavy Loading, Solid Waste (textured typeface), Swingers, HighLines (sketched typeface), IceCold (textured), ManyGifts, OpenStore, PlaidEvent (textured), RustyNail, SickDream, WantedPirates, BreakingNews, FantasticSeasons, FantasyMachine, FluShots (rough brush), GreatWinter, HeavenlyWings (sketched), KentuckyBourbon, LoveBombs (rough brush), MicroBrew, Slashtacular, XmasLite, Golden Dabs (grunge), Urban Paints, Making Ideas, Just Brains.

    Typefaces from 2015: Extra Reaper (horror font), DigitalStream, EightyOne (sketched), GrandStencil, GrandZeroes, LightFuze, LiquidMagic, MetalReason, MiamiShades (shadow font), TakenBlack, TakenBlackItalic, TeaParty, WinterCrops, WonderInk (tattoo font), YoungRanger (connected script), Late Noise, Dark Papers (textured), College Thrash (sic), CrispyBones, DrawingMachine, JusticeWanted, KrampsHandso, PolarBears, SolutionFive, Shock Colours, Washer (textured), Dynamatics (textured font), Flowery Death, Pushing Sticks (dry brush font), Righty Marks (marker pen font), Baked Trains (graffiti font), Chronic Delivery (signage script), Intaglio Plains, Modern Reality (dry brush script), Nuevo Trenta, Rastaerize, World Shocker, Grape Blaster, Slate, Stencil Disco, Technocracy, Yarden Tawns, Flaunts (textured), Ringlead (textured), Freshly Thinking (script font), Plutonium (textured), Space (textured), Boulevard, Nuevo Disco, Stamp Ink, Educated, Krusty Signs, Quagent, Dusty Hotels, Cracked (glaz krak face), Amplitudes (techno sans), Frozen Rita, Beast Mode Suite (an avant garde family; +Disco), Epicenter (athletic lettering), Kitchen Cowboy (modular and spurred), Forest Lakes, Northern Montgomery, Biometric (techno family), Modernism, Higher Pixels, Grandious Vengeance (scratchy script), Second Avenue, Just Perforate, Grave Danger, California Designs, Natural Products, Boxing Chocolates, Beyond Space (textured), Asterisk, Katchy Markers (rough dry brush), Black Ties (sketched), Twenty Singles, Great Shake, Monster Energy (textured), Precious Moments (vampire script), Nuevo York (a vampire script), Faux Antique (another vampire script), Zero College, Fun Sized (drop shadow face), Blueberry Waffle, Stale Marker, 12 ounces, Raw Diet, Megadeal, Blklite (textured), Prison Break, More Candy, Fuel Tanks, Hot Bone, Break Point, Fresh Waters, Lower Haight, Carnal Devices, Juicy Boxes (sketched font), Special Case, Urban Life (dingbats), World Beings (dingbats), Twenty Something (textured), Many Fun, Expensive Solutions (brush), Dopeframes, Fun Lines, This Way (handcrafted arrows), Rinse Wash, Trap House (crayon font), Love Marks (dingbats), Viral Fun (scanbats), Grape Dragon (brush script), Juicy Rags, Pleasure Riot.

    Typefaces from 2016: Reinebow (a color SVG font), DecoRated (art deco), Recreational (3d, outlined), Tiny Shack (3d, outlined), Sugar Cakes, Regime Change, Treasure Hunt, Taco Fiesta (Mexican simulation font), Crystal Breath, Purple Drank, Denominator, Perceptual (art deco), Realismo (futuristic), Banquetier (a monoline deco typeface), Continents, Asperian, Fonderian, DeadTasty, Distinguished, DraftHouse, FreakyTwenties (white on black poster typeface), LuckyTricks, (outlined) MajorChronic, (outlined) Moulden (outlined), OldeBarnsby, (outlined) Marquez (crayon script), Hand Typist, Fauquier, Blockchain (3d style), Zombie Story, Private Fort, Spiral, Spherism, Swaingarm Yori, Solarium (outlined techno typeface), Tracksion, Hail Stormz (grunge), Paper Scraps, BombingStencil (textured), ExtraSprinkles (textured), MagneticFriends, PerfectChisle, PrizedStudy (sketched), RealPrizesItalic (tattoo script), RealPrizesVeryItalic, SketchyBuilder, Tragic Prequel, Twisty Pixel, Movie Nite, Gaslighter, BeautyScript, BlackSmith, Education (grungy athletic lettering), Kickstop (white on black), LemonadeHustler, PrinceCharming, SurfPoint, Wickers, BigTangle (triangulated), FlavoredCrayons, FreshCandies, RedlightDistrict, SingleOrigin, SnakeBite, SpringRaces (children's script), Valencia (dry brush script), BoldDrink (textured), BrandStruck (sketched), CarteBlanche, DarkStars (sketched), FreightCarts, HipsterFactory (sketched), HugeCrunch (textured), LateVaping, Masquerade, Neturality (white on black), Playgrounds, Prescriptivism, RockSolid, SewModern, SimpleLucky, TotalFreak, Transylvania, WasteFactory, WickedSeventies, WindowMarkers, Boards (sketched), BigSmoke, BrightSigns, ClubSport, DatBox (3d, white-on-black), EasyPeople (signage script), GouldenTreatise, Invertage (white-on-black), SpaceTransit, Above Stars, Band Stand, Market Crash (glaz krak typeface), Opiated Values, Stamped Envelopes, Higher Bounties, Gothic Friends (blackletter tattoo font).

    Typefaces from 2017: Abraxeous, Schwifty (outlined shadow font), Freaks (scary font), Musky Dawn, Tigerian (tiger-striped letters), Banqued (sketched), Basket of Candy, Bouquet (handcrafted blackboard bold), Percolation, Scrapbuckets, Guangzhou (oriental simulation), Budtender (outlined), Cryptographic, Moleculan (connect-the-dots style), Robustly Brewing, Wonder Age, Graphemic, Simulacre (bilined), Squanch (squarish), Wysterium (a hatched display typeface), Value Stamp, Discover Earth, Dreaming Castle, Metal Shard, Warm Showers, Ripe Apricots, Plenty of Metal, Spackler (dry brush), Falconers, Ephemerian, Brackish Pond, Lemon Shower, Delinquence, Couper Blaque, Pelanquier, Karpow, Graphisme, Martienso, Bacon Request, Corpsey, Cloudier (cloud-themed font), Draft Quick (draftsman font), Forgivable Sin, Manufactured Consent, Comedy Show (shaded), AvailableReservation, CandyDelish, ForgeMelt (textured), FreshSteaks, FunSpace (textured), Gouldage, StuckBrayers, Substrate, SunsetBreak (textured).

    Typefaces from 2018: Infinity Lights, Prescribe, Huge Party, Fun Play (a 3d shadow font), Clown Shoes, Astronmica (hipster style), Bronium, Mastum, Brisquet (bilined), Mega Dose, Space Melons, Retaillistic (stencil), Algorithma (bilined), Basket Fries (crayon font), Elusive, Splasher, Midcentury, Miswak, Parabolic, Xelita.

    Typefaces from 2019: Brewski, Trash Fort, Rough Path, Uncertainty, Scrizbels, Psychographia, Caustic, Zipties, Light Roast, Liquor Market, Boublies, Monolithic, Brick Roads, Blokqued, Chonkies, Brushings, Fugly Stick, Fresh Bagel, Scratchers, Fentanyl, Crypto Prices, Chonky, Mucho Fiesta, Leather Jackets (grungy), Peroxide (shattered letters), Postructure (sketched), Lubricants (brushed), Train Yard, Shipment (rough stencil), Action (halftone font), Bathing in Acid.

    Aka Xerographer.

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    Yadhie Setiawan
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    Yaniguille
    [Guillermo Vizzari]

    Guille Vizzari is the Argentinian designer of the gorgeous experimental pixel-script typeface Beautiful Pixel (2006). He also created the equally gorgeous connected copperplate script typeface Ragazza Script (2012, Latinotype). His graduation work in 2012 at FADU-UBA (University of Buenos Aires) is the Trajan / roman caps typeface Esmeralda.

    In 2013, he published the lapidary flared serif typeface Esmeralda Pro at Sudtipos. Esmeralda Pro won an award at Tipos Latinos 2014.

    In 2014, Yani Arabena and Guille Vizzari published Abelina Pro at Sudtipos. It is based on Yanina's thesis project in 2011-2012 at FADU/UBA simply called Abelina, which was mentored by Ale Paul and Ana Sanfelippo. Abelina won an award at Tipos Latinos 2016.

    For the 3rd edition of Masticar (2014), an Argentine Gourmet fair, an exclusive hand-drawn poster typeface was developed by Yani Arabena and Guille Vizzari for use in the identity of the fair. In 2015, Alejandro Paul, Yani Arabena and Guille Vizzari combined forces in the signage script typeface Quotes (Script+Caps) (2015, Sudtipos).

    Envelove (2017) is a script typeface family consisting of Script, Icons, and Caps, designed at Sudtipos by Yani Arabena, Guille Vizzari, and Alejandro Paul. Winner at Tipos Latinos 2018 of a type design award for Envelove.

    Still in 2017, Guille Vizzari designed the great Moleskine notebook-inspired typeface family Proprietor at Sudtipos. Proprietor comes in Script, Icon, Deco, Wide, Open and Roman styles. Co-designed with Alejandro Paul, it won an award at Tipos Latinos 2018.

    In 2018, Yani Arabena and Guille Vizzari published the lively vernacular signage typeface family No Molestar, which won an award at the Type Directors Club's Type Design Competition 2019.

    Typefaces from 2019 include Buddies, a retro brush lettering font released by Sudtipos.

    Designer of the vintage handcrafted typeface Espiritu (2021, Sudtipos), together with Agus Pizarro Maire.

    Typefaces from 2022 by Yaniguille: Maison Maioli Text (a custom typeface for a floral boutique in London).

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    Yanina Arabena

    Yani Arabena (b. 1985, Buenos Aires) graduated from the University of Palermo in 2007 and then from FADU-UBA in Buenos Aires in 2012. Her graduation typeface in 2012 at FADU UBA (University of Buenos Aires) is the signage script typeface Abelina. Along with Guille Vizzari, she runs the studio Yani & Guille based in Buenos Aires. Still with Guille Vizzari, she created Volar Script (2014, a signage script custom created for Aerolineas Argentinas) and Cafecito (2014), and was involved in several lettering and calligraphic projects.

    In 2014, Yani Arabena and Guille Vizzari published Abelina Pro at Sudtipos. It is based on Yanina's thesis project in 2011-2012 at FADU/UBA simply called Abelina, which was mentored by Ale Paul and Ana Sanfelippo. Abelina won an award at Tipos Latinos 2016.

    For the 3rd edition of Masticar (2014), an Argentine Gourmet fair, an exclusive hand-drawn poster typeface was developed by Yani Arabena and Guille Vizzari for use in the identity of the fair. For the 2015 edition of the fair, Masticar Bold was added.

    In 2015, Alejandro Paul, Yani Arabena and Guille Vizzari combined forces in the signage script typeface Quotes (Script+Caps) (2015, Sudtipos).

    Envelove (2017) is a script typeface family consisting of Script, Icons, and Caps, designed at Sudtipos by Yani Arabena, Guille Vizzari, and Alejandro Paul. Winner at Tipos Latinos 2018 of a type design award for Envelove.

    In 2018, Yani Arabena and Guille Vizzari published the lively vernacular signage typeface family No Molestar, which won an award at the Type Directors Club's Type Design Competition 2019.

    Behance link, jointly with Guille Vizzari. Another Behance link. Facebook link. Joint web page with Guillermo Vizzari. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Yanone
    [Jan Gerner]

    Jan Gerner (b. 1982, Dresden) from Weimar runs Yanone. He grew up in Addis Abbeba. He studied Media at the Bauhaus Universität Weimar in 2003. He still lives and works in Weimar. He designed the (free) informal sans family YanoneKaffeesatz (2005), which is analyzed by Gerrit van Aken. YanoneTagesschrift (2005) is a serif obtained by scanning the felt tip pen traces of a printed serif face--a nice idea! The font is now at Schriftgestaltung. The pixel font Al Abdali 8 was created during his stay with Syntax in Amman/Jordan to match the growing need for joint Arabic/Latin typefaces.

    In 2006, Yanone started selling some fonts through MyFonts. These include Monospasz (2006, a manually produced monospace typewriter font family in 5 styles), Liebfraumilch (2009, connected hand) and Pochoir (2006, stencil). And in 2009, the popular free Kaffeesatz became a pay font, FF Kava, at FontFont.

    In 2010, Yanone published FF Amman for Latin and Arabic---a bit too angular for my taste, but it has its uses.

    In 2011, he obtained a Masters at KABK in the type and media program. His graduation typeface was Antithesis (2011)---it consists of a slab serif, a connected script and a heavy sans. All three have a hand-printed look and should be fine typefaces for signage. Page dedicated to Antithesis. The FontFont version, FF Antithesis, appeared in 2013.Runya (2013) is free Arabic hipster typeface.

    At ATypI 2013 in Amsterdam, he introduces Speed Punk, a learning tool to better understand the nature of Bézier curves and their curvature. See also here.

    In 2016, he cooperated with Albert-Jan Pool in the development of FF DIN Arabic, which won an award at Granshan 2016.

    Font Squirrel link. Dafont link. Klingspor link. MyFonts link for Yanone. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Ydhra Studio
    [Yudha Ageng]

    Or Yudha Rahmat Ageng. Yogyakarta and/or Jakarta, Indonesia-based designer (b. 1996) of the bold script typefaces Eusthalia Sans and Clean (2018: a free font duo), the signage script typeface Chillout (2018), the calligraphic typeface Anthasic (2018), Helsinki (2018), Manhattan (2018) and Matane (2018), the vintage typeface Boatman (2018), the signature font Better Signature (2018), the monoline script typeface Royaland (2018) and the modern script typefaces The Blendhes (2018: a baseball script), Bellasic (2018) and Pharosi (2018).

    Typefaces from 2019: Haydes (a signage script), Eusthalia Stamped, Boatman Stamped, Buryland ((monoline) Script, (Victorian) Sans, Serif), Rocka + Billy.

    Typefaces from 2020: Sunpalm Addict (script).

    Typefaces from 2021: Boatman (a vintage label font).

    Graphicriver link. Creative Fabrica link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Yellowline
    [Mohamad Arif Prasetyo]

    Semarang, Indonesia-based designer of the signature fonts Badriyah One and Two (2018), the handcrafted typefaces Juiceline (2018: free), Clumsy (2018), Hayley Signature (2018), Oxlade (2018) and Ashalina (2018, the sans typefaces Chapter 76 Sans (2018) and Higher (2018), and Gazala (2018) and Syadhes (2018).

    Typefaces from 2019: Crashburn (spurred), Karolin (creamy signage script), Shouta, Sekira (a signature script), Zaynudine. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Yesaya Amnestian
    [Nestype (was: Nest Studio)]

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    Yiannis Karlopoulos

    Or John Karlopoulos, b. 1967, Thessaloniki. He studied graphic design in Athens and type design at Ecole Estienne in Paris.

    At Cannibal, he designed CF Block (1997), Bodoni Greek CF, CF Charlemagne (1996), Delta Carlo (2000, for Delta D Magazine), FF DIN (2002), Franklin Gothic ITC Hell (1999), CF Kaveros (1997), Klak CF (designed by Vassilis Georgiou, Yiannis Karlopoulos and Panos Haratzopoulos, based on Greek movie posters from the 40s, 50s and 60s), CF Leftism (1996), CF Matrix Dot (1999), CF Salamis (designed by Vassilis Georgiou, Yiannis Karlopoulos and Panos Haratzopoulos), CF Serpentine (1998), CF Suprematica (1998), and CF XRay (1995).

    In 2013, John Karlopoulos, Vassilis Georgiou, and Panos Haratzopoulos co-designed the Latin / Greek signage typeface CF Majestic (2013, Cannibal).

    In 2016, Vassilis Georgiou, Yiannis Karlopoulos and Panos Haratzopoulos co-designed the calligraphic script typeface CF Ariston and the connected script typeface CF Astir. In 2017, Vassilis Georgiou, Yiannis Karlopoulos and Panos Haratzopoulos co-designed the Greek brush script typeface CF Splendid (with two substyles, Serano and Special). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Yon Type Studio
    [Muhammad Yoni]

    Pemalang, Indonesia-based designer (b. 1996) of the free brush script typeface Zombiess (2019), the calligraphic typefaces Laurance (2019) and Elizabeth (2019), the script typefaces Live Love (2019) and Mattina (2020), and the free font duo Guttenfighter (2019: Serif, Signature).

    Typefaces from 2020: Bughia (a swashy decorative serif), Guttawa (a bold script), Satteck (a signature script), Dellima (calligraphic), Battur (script), Rindu, Sunflor (floral), Fatayah Irhami, Sleman, Busstan (a dry brush script), Hamble (a retro signage script).

    Typefaces from 2021: Sagha (a bold signage script). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Yorlmar Campos
    [RNS Fonts (was: Impacto Laser, or: SuperFlexia)]

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    You Work For Them (or YWFT; formerly Cinahaus or TrueIsTrue)
    [Michael Cina]

    Michael Cina (Minneapolis) is the cofounder of WeWorkForThem and YouWorkForThem (in 2002), also known as YWFT. Before that, he ran TrueIsTrue, and before that was partner in Test Pilot Collective (which he left in 2001), and before that he ran Cinahaus. YWFT is located in Knoxville, TN and/or Baltimore, MD. The creative director is Michael Paul Young.

    Cina's fonts include the pixel fonts YWFT Caliper (1998), YWFT Bit (1998), 6x7oct (1998) and BlackGold; the handwriting font Cinahand; Blessed (1999, techno), YWFT Cam (1998, a slab serif based on industrial lettering), CommunityService, Crossover (1998, dot matrix with stars instead of dots), Composite (1998, octagonal), Formation (1999, a big octagonal family), Jute (2004, a masculine, military, sans-serif), YWFT Maetl (1999, octagonal, angular family), YWFT Moteur (a technical, retro, machine-like design; it briefly went under the name Alloy---in the early 2000s it was heavily used in the video gaming magazine Playstation), YWFT Novum (2002: a heavy block font that draws inspiration from a typeface originally used by the Swiss graphic designer Siegfried Odermatt), Pakt, Reversion (1997, squarish), Selector, Selek (1998, pixelish), YWFT Blackgold (2000, pixelish), Service (2001-2002, an octagonal family), YWFT Signature (1998), Trisect (1999, three-lined family), Unisect (1999, organic monoline sans), YWFT Ultramagnetic (1996, a popular rounded gothic typeface family), Ultramagnetic2 (1999), YWFT Ultramagnetic Expanded (2011), YWFT Ultramagnetic Rough (1996-2017), Unfinished. Bastard (1998), Kcap6 (with Matt Desmond), Cheese (1998), Novum (2002), Overcross (2002, unfocused letters), Stem (1998), Testacon (with Kral and Desmond, 1999), Praun (2002, pixel typefaces), OneCross (2002, pixelish stitching family), Estenceler (2004, a great stencil family a bit related to Milton Glaser's Glaser Stencil), Graphium (2004, octagonal Western style family), Expos (2004, graffiti or poster face), YWFT Pixacao (2007, after the Brazilian graffiti style), Vox (2007, monoline sans), Militia Sans (2007, like a Russian constructivist stencil), Jupiter (roman), Militia (2007, heavier stencil), Merc (2007, grunge), Guild (2007), Clarendon Text (2007, a complete revival), Jezebel (2007, script), Ambassador Script (2007, a digital revival of Novarese's typeface by that name), Enam (2002, influenced by Crouwel), Enigmatic Hand (2007), Dusty (2007, a Tuscan-eared Western font), YWFT Poplock (2007, experimental), YWFT Pakt (2004, geometric sans), Sudsy (2007), Black Sabbath (2008, ultra black slab serif, by Stefan Kjartansson), YWFT Belle (2008), YWFT Agostina (2008), YWFT Bitwood (2007-2017, pixelish Western typeface), YWFT Mullino (2009, letterpress emulation), Trithart (2008, grunge by Emma Trithart), YWFT Tapscott (2008-2017, informal and nostalgic all caps family, in the style of Rennie Mackintosh), Habano (2008, script), Amorinda (signage script), Retron (2008, connected script), MD01 (medical-themed dingbats), Adelaide (script), Centennial Script (calligraphic), Alexia (calligraphic), Ultramagnetic (experimental), Nash (1997, grunge), Amber (kitchen tile), Fab (3d), 6x7 Oct (1998, pixels and dots), Wool (2009, stencil), YWFT Matter (2009, a wide bold grotesque), YWFT Merriam (2009, a Clarendon-styled slab serif), Agostina Alternate (2011, with Michael Paul Young and Taechit Jiropaskosol), Ramsey (2012), YWFT Dessau (2013, schizograms and capitals like Bauhaus on drugs), YWFT League (2014, inspired by college football jerseys), YWFT Yoke (poster typeface done with Pintassilgo), YWFT Illuminati (2015, abstract capitals).

    Blog. His lovely g poster (2010).

    House fonts at YWFT by unknown designers: YWFT Knit (2010: knitting patterns), YWFT Motif (2015), Ramsey Condensed (2015), YWFT Roamer (2016), YWFT Whisky (alchemic), YWFT Psychosis, YWFT Processing (2001-2010: YWFT Processing was developed in 2001 for Casey Reas, the co-creator of the Processing programming language. We created this display face to be sharp, tall, unique and interesting...much like Mr. Reas himself. The font was derived from an original logo that already existed, and we continued the idea into a fully working six-weight font family. YWFT Processing was converted to Opentype format in 2010), YWFT Filbert (2012), YWFT Nim (2012, combining the hipster style with overlays for bevel and shadow effects), Dogma (2012, alchemic), Attic (spooky poster face, in EPS format), YWFT Yoke (textured all-caps), Riblah (2003, dot matrix), YWFT Fraktur (tattoo face), YWFT Burls (2013, fat poster typeface), YWFT Coltrane (2011, handdrawn poster typeface), YWFT Symplify (2013: haute couture snowflakes), YWFT Smoothie, YWFT Chance (2016), YWFT Skipper (2016), YWFT Wheatgrass (2016), YWFT Estee (2002-2017), YWFT Watermelon (2017), YWFT Ink (2017, originally designed in 2008), YWFT QUE, YWFT Burtonian (2017, named after Tim Burton), YWFT Crew (handcrafted), YWFT Maudlin (2017), YWFT Liana (2017; perhaps plumbing dingbats, who knows?), YWFT Victoria (2010: a bonbonnerie type), YWFT Valley (2017: a Memphis movement type), YWFT Wellsworth (2017), YWFT Harmony (2008-2017, a curly calligraphic script), YWFT Edger (2017), YWFT Chateau, YWFT Gummy (2002-2018), YWFT Blender (2018), YWFT Fluctuant (2018: a variable font), YWFT Gavin (a ransom note font) (2021), Ramsey (2021: a 54-style rounded squarish typeface), YWFT Hugo (2021: a child's hand).

    View Michael Cina's typefaces. Alternate URL. Behance link. Interview. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Youthlabs Studio (was: Zrox Studio, Muhammad Fathi Al Ghazi)
    [Fathi Al Ghazi]

    Or Youthlabs Studio, or Zrox Studio. Bandar Lampung, Indonesia-based graphic designer and lettering artist, b. 1997, whose name is either Muhammad Fathi Al Ghazi or Jafar Furgon. Creator of the strange typeface Sword Shit (2018), the handcrafted Kinderspiel (2018), the Victorian typeface Royale Kingdom (2018), the signage script typeface Thipe (2018) and the bloody brush font Mad Faith (2018: inside the font we find the name Jafar Furgon, so it is unclear who designed what). Other script typefaces include Mellati Script (2018), Grumpys (2018), Geralia (2018) and Washington Rough Script (2018).

    Typefaces from 2019: Black Widow, Halmahera Island, Hustle Hardcore, Kathlyn, Yuminika, Hamburg.

    Typefaces from 2020: Qaligo (a decorative serif), Milky White (a dry brush script), Supermove, Rose Brown, Piassey (a decorative serif), Basics Serif, Agrasia, Black Widow, Blues Coast, Schoolyst, Zephyrush.

    Typefaces from 2021: Baskvrl Club (a reverse stress typeface with art nouveau features), Keira (a display serif), Lucky Change (a ligatured serif), Allenia (a delicate fashion mag font), Kagnue (a stocky flared display serif).

    Typefaces from 2022: Kagnue (a display serif). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Yudha Ageng
    [Ydhra Studio]

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    Yudhi Priansyah
    [Aksara Type Foundry]

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    Zain Abdillah
    [Zain Studio]

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    Zain Studio
    [Zain Abdillah]

    Wonosobo, Indonesia-based designer of the monoline script typefaces Rosallinda (2019) and Quattro (2018), the signage script typefaces Rallina (2019) and Billyon (2019), the fashion mag typeface Brandson (2019), and the handcrafted typeface Roller Dodlle (2019) and Sweet Donuts (2019).

    Typefaces from 2020: Hello Doctor (script), Berlin Monogram (decorative caps), Stayola (script), Unicorn Dancing, Garden Party (script), Bolder, Darllinge, Rosallinda, Power Sell, Adventures, Smiles Women (an upright script), Beauty Moon. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Zak Design
    [Zakariya Saleh]

    Arabic font foundry based in Ramallah, Palestine, and run by Zakariya Saleh, a graduate of Palestine Polytechnic University. They made Osama (2013), Exo Sans (2013, a free Latin sans typeface---not to be condfused with Gama's Exo font), Asmaa (2013, Latin and Arabic), Ourtilane (2013), Oday (2013), AraSym Ramadan (2010, a family) which can be downloaded here.

    In 2013, he extrapolated the Sony Walkman logo into his Sony Walkman organic font. He also made the Arabic typefaces Bon Font, Saramah, Aqeeq, Graphici, Asri, Ink Drip, Arabic Script, Ink Stream, Alqusair, and Diana Extra, and the octagonal Latin / Arabic typeface Shohadaa.

    Typefaces from 2014: Ara Hala Bo She'sha, Ara Hamah 1964 B Bold, Ara Hamah 1964 R Light, Ara Hamah 1982, Ara Hamah AlFidaa, Ara Hamah AlHorra, Ara Hamah AlThawra, Ara Hamah Alislam, Ara Hamah Homs, Ara Hamah Kilania, Ara Hamah Sahet AlAssi, Ara Hamah Zanki, Ara Hamah City, Assaf, Haneen (signage script), Sally (with Sally Alzaza), Bondoq, Amal (art deco for Latin and Arabic), Lamis, Hilary, Saba, Mary (piano key typeface), Nisreen, Hajar, Kufi, Muslimah (free), Ahrar, Ghang Tachkili and Djadli Tachkili (designed by Jadli Zein Alabedeen (Algeria) and programmed by Zakaria Saleh), Al Hadari, El Maidan, Israr Syria, Etab AmMoniee, Hala, Hamah, Al Bayan, Assaf, Baghdad.

    Typefaces from 2015: Handmade (custom Latin/Arabic font for a Palestinian store), K24 (a corporate font for Kurdistan 24 channel), Hattan (Latin and Arabic), Nicole, Natalie, MasterFont, Naskh, Moscow (constructivist Arabic typeface).

    Typefaces from 2016: Joory, Twitter Headline Type, TV Sans, Corporative Sans (Latin and Arabic), Eliyaa Pro, Yasmin, Feather, Bein Sports Network typeface.

    Typefaces from 2017: Halimah.

    Typefaces from 2018: Media Pro, Maghfira.

    Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Zakariya Saleh
    [Zak Design]

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    Zakhar Yaschin
    [FontaZY]

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    Zaki Muhammad
    [Madjack Font]

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    zao4nik
    [Sergey Bykov]

    Krasnodar, Russia-based designer of the brush typefaces Tim (2016), Zao4nik No 3 (2016), and Zao4Nik (2016). In 2017, he created Script August 20 (+Cyrillic), Script August 10, Script August 8, Timofey (brush style), Monoline 01 and 02, Fast Brush, Direct Step 0.1 (squarish), Simple 0.1 (brush), Wednesday X, Evening Type, Panda 0.1 (thick brush script), Evening Rain Script, Summer Morning, Summer Evening, and Bakinskay (a connected signage script; Latin and Cyrillic).

    In 2018, he published Spring 2018, Cheese (SVG style, 3d), Orange Summer (a comic book font), Svetlanka (script), Svetlana, Range Summer Glitch, Turgeneva, Turgeneva Script and Free Brush. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Zeenesia Studio
    [Doni Purwoko]

    This Purbalingga, Indonesia-based designer (b. 1994) uses the names Abu Rumaisha Doni and Doni Purwoko. His typefaces: Farm Bluster (2020), Hay Billy (2020), Classic Blody (2020), Maron American (a fat finger font) (2020), The Hungry (a supermarket script) (2020), Madista Calligraphy (2020), Kid Candy (2020), Romantica Story (2020: a monolinear script), Adhellia (2020), Fresh Pineapple (2020), Hello Agatha (2020), Catterpillar (a fat finger font) (2020), Jalliestha (a monoline script) (2020), Rumaisha (2020), Beauty Butterfly (2020: a decorative serif), Menthari (2020), Honey Batterfly (2020: a heavy display sans by Abu Rumaisha Doni), and Rebahan (2020: modular caps).

    Typefaces from 2021: Better Delight (script), Dream to Berich (a bold curvy almost psychedelic display serif in the Cooper Black genre), Magical Signature (a sharp-edged display serif), Boldblaster (a creamy signage script), Bolderist (a bold wedge serif display typeface), Chocoladine (a creamy dessert font), Faither (script), Kalyant (an unpretentious 6-style sans), Neo Alcatraz (sci-fi), Satnight (a dry brush script), Vince (art deco), Willpower (a 10-style slab srif), Willond (a fat finger font), Baskuline (a grungy script), Gatinlose (a dry brush script), Sathiresa (a dry brush script), The Gaston Swisea (a brush script), Bromo Plateau (a stylish script and serif font duo), Hexi (an 18-style serif, seemingly identical to Sign Studio's Hexi), Magic Romance (a plump display serif that features many ball terminals), Beauty Hamida (a thin monoline script), Butter Carney (script), Hello Molarine (a scrapbook script), Simple Pen (art deco), Cherry Blossoms Script, Lemonilla (a fat finger font), Dream Miracless (a scrapbook script), Golden Blast (a fat finger font), Reds Aglonema (an informal monolinear typeface), Marwah Signature, Battle Bingo (a casual font), Choco Candy, Ice Cream Grande (an ice cream store or comic book font), Lovely Forever, Sintyabelinda (a monolinear signature script), Amsterland, Chikybard (an upright display serif), Little Humble (a scrapbook font), Queen Emirates (all caps, copperplate serifs).

    Typefaces from 2022: Bright Melody (a bouncy bold display typeface), Bulgaria Script (a bold calligraphic upright script), Silkstone, Silkstone (script), Kedira Signature, Amore Dreaming (a font duo). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Zeepfeed

    Aka Trio Nazzar Saputra. East Java, Indonesia-based designed of the creamy signage script typefaces Drift (2015) and Charlie (2015). Creative Market link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Zelow Type (was: Khaiuns)
    [Khair Unnas]

    Kecamatan Syiah Kuala, Banda Aceh and/or Jakarta, Indonesia-based type designer (b. 1997). Creator in 2019 of Good Morning (script), Barokatt, Lamender (a signature font), Efothryo Script, Auro Rumpthut (a hairline signature font), Yasmin, Hello Fhillya, Jalitta (wild calligraphy), Lihataja Brush, Lamender (signature script), Meurandeh, Lettyh (script), Appenzell (monoline script), Pasa Baroe (font duo) and Bineh Gunong.

    Typefaces from 2020: Woonder (an inky script), Sattin (a grungy font duo), Glora Sans (a fun casual sans in six styles), Lovtony (a free font duo), Mightam (a thin script), Gatha (script), Loffers (calligraphic), Kallem (wild calligraphy).

    Typefaces from 2021: Zt Sigata (a 6-style sans and serif experimental hybrid), Bolkit (a 9-style display serif), Mudzil (a curious 12-style slab serif), Raylig (a ten style display serif), Molika (an architectural blueprint font), Virzo (a daring and dynamic fashion mag typeface), Kolligio (an artsy ligature-rich display serif), Mukbeng (signage script). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Zet Design (or: Afredo.fk, or: Seventype)
    [Ahmad Zulfikar Ali]

    Surabaya, Indonesia-based designer (b. 1988) of the brushed font Carocks (2019), the children's book font Kidplay (2019, at Zet Design), the 3d sketched font Doodletoon (2019), the futuristic typeface Allegias (2019, at Zet Design), the curly typeface Chattelyne (2019), the leafy font Green Nature (2019) and Arrowman (2019: gothic).

    Also, as there are perhaps two Zulfikar Ali's, the Aceh, Indonesia-based designer (b. 1990) of these script typefaces in 2017: Cumtbum (or Camtbum), Vathina Script (calligraphic), Alif Script. In 2018, he designed the signage script typefaces Dealova, Parent, Norty, Alongtime Script, and Alakita, as well as the decorative typeface Singel Parent Serif and the thin script Van Basten. In 2019, he designed the creamy brush scripts Insting, Camping and Wanita, the modular typeface Batavia Glamore, the wooden plank font Woodyssey, the horror brush script Realiztix, and the monoline scripts Daddy Doctor, Batavia Glamore Script and Dirgantara.

    Typefaces from 2020: Resolve, Khansa (an inky signature script), Hino Nagata, Roster, Estika (a brush script), Queen Mestalla (ornamental, Tuscan), Birthy (a decorative serif), Willgive (a display family), Alterous Display, Alterous Text (a bold, perhaps threatening, vintage typeface), Queenzy, The Brothers (exaggerated decorative), Funboo (a Halloween font), Restrick (a heavy decorative serif), Scratoon (a scratchy font), Pentoon, Doodletoon Pencil (3d, sketched), Aquaboy, Cartoonic (a bold monoline cartoonish font), Justheros (a bold display typeface), Quinlophe (a Valentine's Day font), Goodbees (a retro signage script), Radhistone (a florally decorated serif), Magnitudo (a signage script), Cute Frog, Kachong, Sakalangkong, Madina, Online.

    Typefaces from 2021: Wedef (a creamy signature script), Broost (a groovy script), Nugetto (a curly magic mushroom font), Quegos (a lava lamp font), Blastand (a techno typeface), Racesky (a speed font), Qoutiens (a signature script), Scratchman (a sketched font), Gerush (a fingerprint font), Grandix (a fat finger font).

    Typefaces from 2022: Stellafox (a stylish brush font). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Zetafonts (or: Studio Kmzero, or: ZeroFont)
    [Francesco Mistico Canovaro]

    Italian design firm in Firenze consisting of three graphic designers, Francesco Canovaro, Debora Manetti, and Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini. It has evolved into Italy's premier and most prolific type foundry. Canovaro's Behance link. Also called ZeroFont and Zetafonts, this type foundry exhales joy---in every design and presentation, the passion of the designers bubbles to the surface. Blending a delicious sense of humour and a great aesthetic taste, Zetafonts is a typographic delight. Their typefaces:

    • Adlibitum (2018). A textura blackletter typeface family.
    • Anaphora (2018). Anaphora is a contemporary serif typeface designed by Francesco Canovaro (roman), Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini (italic) and Andrea Tartarelli. It features a wedge serif design with nine weights from thin to heavy. Its wide counters and low x-height make it pleasant and readable at text sizes while the uncommon shapes make it strong and recognizable when used in display size. Anaphora covers Latin, Greek and Cyrillic.
    • Aliens and Cows (2016). An ultra-condensed all aps sans family by Canovaro.
    • Arturo (2018), by Francesco Canovaro.
    • Atlantica (2017). A signage script family.
    • Lightstrike (2016). A thin (and free) brush font by Canovaro.
    • Byom (2016). A tweetware organic sans typeface family by Francesco Canovaro.
    • Adlery (2016, +Cyrillic). A brush script by Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini.
    • Adlibitum (2016). A blackletter typeface by Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini and Francesco Canovaro.
    • Morbodoni (2016). A display didone by Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini and Francesco Canovaro.
    • Altair (2016). A display sans by by Francesco Canovaro based on Digitalino.
    • Aquawax (2015). A sans family by Canovaro and the Zetafonts team. Extended in 2019 to Aquawax Pro by Francesco Canovaro, Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini and Andrea Tartarelli.
    • Armonioso (2014). A creamy connected signage script.
    • A Day Without Sun (2014, by Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini).
    • Another Shabby (2014, a primitive script by Francesco Canovaro).
    • Antipasto (2007, by Matteo Di Iorio). A clean elegant sans by Canovaro.
    • Arista (2007) and Arista 2.0 (2010). A simple rounded bold sans typeface designed by Francesco Canovaro and Adolfo Monti. In 2017, Francesco Canovaro updated these to Arista Pro.
    • Arsenale White and Arsenale Blue (2009). Children's hands, done by Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini, Francesco Canovaro, Andrea Mi, Debora Manetti, Katiuscia Mari, and Jonathan Calugi.
    • Beatrix Antiqua (2016, by Francesco Canovaro, Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini and Andrea Tartarelli). This humanist sans-serif typeface is part of the Beatrix family (Beatrix Nova, etc.) that takes its inspiration from the classic Roman monumental capital model. Its capitals are directly derived from the stone carvings in Florence's Santa Croce Cathedral. Beatrix keeps a subtle lapidary swelling at the terminals suggesting a glyphic serif, similar to Hermann Zapf's treatment in Optima. Some weights are free.
    • Bimbo >(2018). A child emulation handwriting font developed as an extension and redesign of the original Arsenale White typeface created with italian illustrator Jonathan Calugi.
    • Bistecca (2005). A bellissima extra-condensed serif font created for ego[n] 5 and for the cover of ego[n] 4.
    • Braciola (2006). Monospaced and octagonal, with stencil styles added.
    • Brushstrike (2015). By Canovaro.
    • Byron (2006). Handwriting.
    • In 2010, Canovaro designed the plumpish bubblegum typefaces Bubblebody Fat and Bubbleboddy Extra Light. These fonts were discontinued in 2016 and replaced by Bubbleboddy Neue.
    • Bulletto (2015). A retro baseball script.
    • Cibreo. A basic sans typeface by Canovaro and Monti.
    • Cinematografica (2017). An ultra condensed small caps movie typeface used in the advertising campaign for Lucca Comics 2017 Festival. This film noir family features eight weights from thin to heavy with open type alternate glyphs and some full word ligatures.
    • The rounded geometric sans family Cocomat (2015, Zetafonts, by Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini, Debora Manetti and Francesco Canovaro) was inspired by the style of the twenties and the visions of Italian futurists like Fortunato Depero, Giacomo Balla and Antonio Sant'Elia. Updated in 2019 as Cocomat Pro.
    • Cocosignum (2017). Cocosignum Corsivo Italico and Cocosignum Maiuscoletto are both based on Italian art deco styles.
    • Codec (2018) by Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini, Francesco Canovaro and Andrea Tartarelli is a geometric sans typeface family in which all terminal cuts are horiontal or vertical. See also Codec Pro (2019).
    • Delizioso (2008). Art deco.
    • Digitalino (2013).
    • Docporn (comic book style).
    • Duepuntozero Pro (2006-2008). A condensed rounded sans famly by Adolfo Monti and Francesco Canovaro. The Pro version was released in 2019.
    • Filetto (2009). A sans modeled after DIN 1451 done by Canovaro, Debora Manetti and Katiuscia Mari.
    • Florentia (2017). An 18-style lapidary typeface family influenced by the renaissance and luxury.
    • In 2018, Debora Manetti and Francesco Canovaro designed the brush handwriting font Freehand Brush.
    • Handvetica (2005). Arched.
    • Happy Frush Zero (2014). A random note font.
    • Happy Funghetto (2015). Fifties style lettering.
    • Heading Pro (2017). A condensed sans typeface by Francesco Canovaro. Followed in 2018 by Heading Pro Ultra Compressed, Heading Pro Extended, and Heading Pro Text.
    • Hello Script (2015). Curly and calligraphic.
    • Modulo3 (2008). An artsy beauty.
    • New Romantic (curly grunge).
    • Panforte (2013) and Panforte Serif (2013): hand-drawn typefaces. Panforte Pro followed in 2017.
    • Prozak. Consists of zProzak-Bold, zProzak and zProzakLight (2006). A basic sans typeface by Canovaro and Monti.
    • Sala de Fiestas (2005-2006). Free download at OFL.
    • Square80 (2009).
    • Studio Gothic (2017, by Francesco Canovaro, Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini and Andrea Tartarelli) is an 8-style geometric sans family based on Alessandro Butti's geometric sans classic, Semplicita.
    • Sugo (2007). By Canovaro and Monti.
    • Taller (2009, ultra-condensed), Taller Evolution (2009), Tallest (2009, ultra-condensed).
    • Targa Monospace. Inspired by license plate lettering.
    • Targa (2002), TargaMS (2002), TargaMSHand (2002). Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini, who developed Targa in 2002, based his design on the peculiar sans serif monospace typeface with slightly rounded corners and a geometric, condensed skeleton that Italy had been using for its license plates. In 2022, Francesco Canovaro redesigned this font into a versatile multi-weight typeface, Targa Pro, which includes Targa Pro Mono (which keeps the original monospace widths), Targa Pro Roman (with proportional widths), both in five weights plus italics, the handmade version Targa Hand, and Targa Pro Stencil.
    • Tutor (2006). Rectangular, pixelish---what I call a piano key font.
    • Zerocalcare is a typeface family created for the branding of Lucca Comics & Games Festival 2016. It is based on the digitised handwriting of italian comic artist Zerocalcare, and it uses open type substitutions to mimick the flow of real handwriting. Free at Dafont.
    • Double Bass (2018): A jazzy 4-style typeface family that pays tribute to Saul Bass's iconic hand lettering for Otto Preminger's The Man with the Golden Arm film title sequence and other movies, Bass's vibrating, almost brutal cut-out aestethics, and the cartoonish lettering and jazzy graphics of the fifties.
    • Another Shabby (2018) is a brush script typeface family designed by Francesco Canovaro for Zetafonts with Cyrillic letters designed by Alina Golovan.
    • Sugo Pro (2018, Francesco Canovaro, Andrea Tartarelli). It was designed in 2006 by Francesco Canovaro in two weights (regular and extralight) and later used by Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini as base inspiration for the design of the successful Zetafonts' Cocogoose Pro typeface. In 2018 the family was completely redesigned by Andrea Tartarelli, expanding the original glyph set to include Cyrillic and Greek and adding three extra weights and italics. The restored and revamped version is named Sugo Pro Classic. In 2020, Cosimo Pancini, Andrea Tartarelli and Mario De Libero drew the 60-style Cocogoose Pro Narrows family, which features many compressed typefaces as well as grungy letterpress versions.
    • Extenda (2018) is a thin-to-wide grotesque advertising or movie credit family with some of the DNA of Impact or Compacta. By Francesco Canovaro and Andrea Tartarelli.
    • In 2019, Blacker Sans (Francesco Canovaro, Andrea Tartarelli) and Blacker Pro (Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini and Andrea Tartarelli) were released. The 63-strong fashion mag powerhouse Blacker Sans Pro (Francesco Canovaro, Andrea Tartarelli) followed in 2020. Zetafonts writes: Blacker Pro is the revised and extended version of the original wedge serif type family designed by Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini and Andrea Tartarelli in 2017. Blacker was developed as a take on the style that Jeremiah Shoaf has defined as the "evil serif" genre: typefaces with high contrast, oldstyle or modern serif proportions and sharp, blade-like triangular serifs.
    • The extreme wedge serif and reverse stress typeface family Blackest (2018, Andrea Tartarelli and Francesco Canovaro).
    • In 2019, Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini, Francesco Canovaro and Andrea Tartarelli published the monolinear geometric rounded corner amputated "e" sans typeface family Cocogoose Classic and the condensed rounded monoline techno sans typeface family Iconic.
    • Klein (2019) is (in their words) Zetafonts' love letter to the grandmother of all geometric sans typefaces, Futura. Starting from a dialogue with Paul Renner's iconic letterforms and proportions, Francesco Canovaro and Andrea Tartarelli decided to depart from its distinctive modernist shapes with slight humanist touches and grotesque solutions---with some design choices evoking the softness of humanist sans serifs like Gill Sans. The end result is a workhorse superfamily of 54 fonts with full coverage of Latin, Cyrillic and Greek. The original display-oriented family, developed in nine weights with matching italics (from the hairline thin to the sturdy black), has been paired with a text version (with slightly higher x-height, better readability and maximum legibility at small point size) and with a condensed version, to be used for space-saving display solutions in editorial and advertising formats. With a name that is both a nod to its humble functionality and an homage to French nouveau realiste artist Yves Klein, this typeface aims to become your next trusted companion in all your adventures in print, digital and motion design.
    • Kitsch (2019, Francesco Canovaro, Andrea Tartarelli and Maria Chiara Fantini) mixes angular medieval elements and old style letterforms. Thicker (2020, by Francesco Canovaro and Andrea Tartarelli). They write: A geometric sans typeface on steroids, it was first designed in the muscular extrablack weight with the aesthetics of high-power dynamic typefaces used in sports communication, and then developed in the lighter weights where the shapes show some vintage-inspired proportions and the slightly squared look that nods to Novarese famous Eurostile, eponymous with retro-futurism..
    • Stinger (2020, a 42-style reverse contrast family by Francesco Canovaro, Cosimo Pancini, Andrea Tartarelli and Maria Chiara Fantini).
    • As part of the free font set Quarantype (2020), Francesco Canovaro designed Quarantype Chillout and Quarantype Sunshine. Sunshine Pro (2020, Zetafonts) was designed by Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini and Solenn Bordeau expanding the original Quarantype Sunshine design by Francesco Canovaro, which in turn was designed as a typeface for good vibes against Covid-19. Sunshine Pro is an experimental Clarendon-style font with variable contrast along the weight axis---contrast is reversed in light weight, minimized in the regular weight and peaks in the bold and heavy weights.
    • Eastman (2020, by Francesco Canovaro and Andrea Tartarelli with help from Solenn Bordeau) is a 178-font geometric sans workhorse family with Bauhaus genes developed for maximum versatility both in display and text use, with a wide weight range and a solid monolinear design featuring a tall x-height. It comes with a two axis variable font (weight, italic angle). It was followed by the 46-style font Eastman Grotesque (2020, by Francesco Canovaro, Cosimo Pancini and Andrea Tartarelli), which comprises an interesting Eastman Grotesque Alternate subfamily with daring and in-your-face glyphs, and the 88-style Eastman Condensed (2021, by Francesco Canovaro, Cosimo Pancini and Andrea Tartarelli).
    • Garbata (2020). A round typeface loosely based on Windsor and Cooper Black, having a variable type option that offers many weights. Between sans and serif.
    • Bogart (2020, Francesco Canovaro and Andrea Tartarelli). An homage to the low-contrast oldstyle fat faces, like Cooper Black (Oswald Bruce Cooper, 1922), Windsor and Goudy Heavy Face (Frederic W. Goudy and Sol Hess, 1925-1932), and more recently, Bookman.
    • Stadio Now (2020). A revival by the Zetafonts team of Aldo Novarese's Stadio (1974), a reverse contrast sans that was published only as a rub-on transfer typeface. It comes with a multi-axis variable font that greatly enlarges the design space.
    • Amazing Slab (2021). A 20-style typeface family designed by Francesco Canovaro, Mario de Libero (who did the inline versions), Sofia Bandini and Andrea Tartarelli, developed from the Amazing Grotesk family designed by Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini. Characterized by outward-pointing top serifs, this typeface is designed for use in athletic lettering, logos and titling. Zetafonts writes: Mixing an Egyptian serif, low contrast approach with the curved endings and open shapes of humanist sans grotesques, it was developed to embody the energetic and friendly nature of the startup scene---a feeling of innovation, information and energy, with a desire for simplicity and straightforward communication. The basic design shapes for the font come from the strong personality of the extrabold letterforms drawn by Francesco Canovaro for his StartupItalia logo, that informed the display design of the four darkest weights (from medium to black).
    • Coco Sharp (2021). A 62-style sans feast, and two variable fonts with variable x-height, by Francesco Canovaro, Cosimo Pancini and Andrea Tartarelli.
    • Arsenica (2021). A 43-style decorative serif by Francesco Canovaro for Zetafonts, and developed by a design team that included Mario De Libero, Andrea Tartarelli and Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini. It comprises two variable fonts and subfamilies Display, Text, Alternate and Antiqua.
    • Asgard (2021). A 72-strong experimental display sans superfamily with a 3-axis (weight, width, slant) variable font, designed by Francesco Canovaro, Andrea Tartarelli ans Mario De Libero.
    • Heading Now (2021). A 160-strong titling font (+2 variable fonts) by Francesco Canovaro, Cosimo Pancini, Andrea Tartarelli and Mario De Libero that provides an enormous range of widths.
    • Salad and Salad Interlock (2021-2022). These typefacea are based on vernacular signpainting, extending Debora Manetti's Sala de Fiestas.
    • Bakemono (2021). Canovaro writes: the design space of fixed vs. proportional width, mixing the lessons of mechanical typewriter technology with the intuitions of eastern brush calligraphy. The name of the typeface comes from the Japanese shape-shifter monsters that could change their form freely between human and animal, and aptly describes the metamorphic nature of this wide superfamily coming in proportional, monospace and intermediate subfamilies. bakemono supports Latin, Cyrillic, Aarabic and kana, and comes with a variable font option.

    Corporate typefaces were designed for Lucca Comics and Games, Digitalic Magazine, Kair, Unicoop, and Istituto Europeo di Design.

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    Zimbardi (was: Zimbardi Calomino)
    [Flavia Zimbardi]

    The Brazilian duo of Flavia Zimbardi (b. Rio de Janeiro) and Caetano Calomino, a signpainter and lettering artist in Brooklyn, NY, formed Zimbardi Calomino. In 2018, using a speed stroke technique, Caetano developed the signpainter font ZC Casual together with Flavia.

    In 2019, Flavia Zimbardi released Lygia at Future Fonts: Lygia explores the duality of sharp and round forms with stylish cues and historical references from 16th-century masterpieces by Robert Granjon to the geometric approach of W.A. Dwiggins. An homage to Brazilian neo-concrete artist Lygia Clark, originally designed in 2017 as Flavia Zimbardi's degree project for the Type@Cooper extended program in New York. Lygia is a variable font with a weight axis.

    After Type@Cooper, Flavia settled in Berlin, Germany. In 2021, she released the companion typeface family Lygia Sans, with a further update in 2022.

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    Zoltán Nagy

    Hungarian type designer (1920-1998) (some pubs mention a birth date of 1921), who is responsible for most types in Hungary in the 20th century. He studied graphic arts at the Technical University of Budapest, and became chief engineer and art director at Elsö Magyar Betüöntöde. Author of Techniques of Type Design. He also engraved many postage stamps.

    His typefaces consist of metal types done at EMB (Elsö Magyar Betüöntöde), a type foundry in Budapest, and phototypes at VGC:

    • Antikva Margaret (1965, VGC), his most important work. This text family won a third place award at an ITC-sponsored competition in 1966. Tibor Szikora's Margaret Neue (2021) was inspired by this.
    • Ecsetiras (1967, EMB).
    • Kirillitsa (1967, EMB). A heavy grotesk for Cyrillic.
    • Kalligrafia (1968, EMB).
    • Terentius (1961, EMB). An outlined shadow face.
    • Ungarische Grotesk (+breitfett) (1967, EMB). Aka Széles Groteszk (+kövér groteszk).
    • Reklam kurzív (1960, EMB), a signage script.
    • Katerina (1970). This typeface, slightly modified according to requirements of the Ministry, is used on Hungarian passports.
    • Later photo typefaces: Magdalena (1971), Gilgames (1972), Sznoett (1973), Unió (1975), Unio Grotesk (1981, Cyrillic), ITEX Linear (1984), Nexus (1984), Thomas (1984).

    Digitizations of his typefaces:

    • ICG did a digital version of Antikva Margaret in 1992, also called Antikva Margaret.
    • In 2005, Ralph M. Unger digitized Ecsetiras at URW as FontForum URW Ecsetiras.
    • In 2011, another digital version of Antikva Margaret appeared, thanks to Nick Curtis, who created Olde Megrat NF.
    • Oszkár Boskovitz is working on the digitization of his oeuvre and has already completed the brush typeface Ecsetirás (2001).

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    Zulhadi Usman

    Indonesian designer of the signage script font Brightsun (2019). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿