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German FontShop-sponsored site listing the hundred best fonts of all times, compiled by a jury in 2007. There is a lot of good information about each of the fonts mentioned. PDF file compiled by the jury: Stephen Coles, Jan Middendorp, Veronika Elsner, Roger Black, Ralf Herrmann, Claudia Guminski (FontShop) and Bernard Schmidt-Friderichs. Visualization of the list. The list:
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Jonathan recommends these fonts as representatve of 1930s American midwestern typography: "If you're going for museum-piece accuracy, look for typefaces issued by the Ludlow or Barnhart Brothers&Spindler type foundries--- you can probably do some sleuthing at myfonts.com. But to get you started, try Tempo, Cheltenham, Franklin Gothic (not ITC), Cooper Black, Alternate Gothic, Post Roman, Copperplate, Radiant, Agency Gothic, Poster Gothic, Bank Gothic, or the ineluctable Goudy Old Style." [Google] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Aaron Chiffers
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Acmé-Paris
| Acmé-Paris is a design studio in Paris run by Élodie Mandray and Caroline Aufort. Creators of New Gothic Textura (2009), Canevas (2010-2012, stitching font), Acme (2013), Tropique (2011, experimental), Minuscule (2012), Tribute (2012, children's hand), Juicy (2010), Eclipse, Thésard, the music-inspired Swing (2010), the heavy monoline sans typeface Acmé (2013), the titling sans typeface Le Creux (2013), and the stitching font Canevas (2013). Typefaces from 2015 include the multiline neon font Neo Neon. In 2016, Acmé Paris designed the copperplate style poster typeface Aylak, the titling sans Truck, the art nouveau typeface Bertand, the art deco typeface Beaumont, and the avant-garde typeface Cattolica. In 2017, they designed the artsy rounded sans typeface Kasha. Typefaces from 2022: Madrid (inspired by vintage posters from the Spanish Civil War). [Google] [More] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Acute Studio
| Born close to the Black Sea coast in Romania, Diana moved to Austria as a child, where she attended the American International School. After graduating from the New Design University in St. Pölten, she worked as a graphic designer, mainly on book and corporate design projects. In 2013, she graduated from the Type & Media program at KABK in Den Haag. Some time later, she set up Acute Studio in Amsterdam under the motto: We like sharp outlines, tight curves, and edgy designs. Creator of the hairline face Opium (2010) characterized by teardrop terminals. Creator of Paige (2011), developed at the tipoRenesansa 3rd international type design workshop in Ljubljana, Slovenia. This is an attractive and bouncy papercut display face. Marge (2011) is edgy and highly legible even at very small sizes---it was developed at the tipoRenesansa 2nd international type design workshop. Paige Italic (2012) was done at tipoRenesansa 4 and TypeClinic 5 (2012). Her KABK graduation typeface was Editura (2013), a a type family for serious publications, magazines, as well as non-fiction books. At The 8th International Typeclinic in 2014, she continued work on an untitled text typeface. At Die Gestalten, she published Paiper, an extraordinarily balanced and readable 6-style text family with angular flared glyphs that are genetically related to folded paper strips. In 2014, Diana collaborated on the design of HF Stencil with Bold Monday and Studio Thonik. Made for Holland Festival, HF Stencil is based on Glaser Stencil. In 2016, Diana published Equitan Sans and Equitan Slab at Indian Type Foundry, marrying industrial era rustiness with modern functionality. In 2017, she designed Tiny Sans and Albert Samuels Clock Type. Codesigner in 2017 with Samo Acko and Sabina Chipara of the typefaces Passenger Display (2017) and Passenger Serif (released in 2019: a Clarendon). Passenger Display is a high-contrast didone-style font family. It is intended for use in headlines, signs, or posters. Passenger Display is a high-contrast didone-style font family. It is intended for use in headlines, signs, or posters. In 2019, Diana Ovezea and Samo Acko added Passenger Sans, which is characterized by horizontal and vertical terminal strokes and small apertures, and delivers a relaxing read in long texts. With Sabina Chipara, she co-designed the 8-weight simplified sans family Bega at Indian Type Foundry. Diana Ovezea also published the sharp-edged 14-style Matteo in 2017. At Future Fonts, she published Bizzarrini (together with Sabina Chipara) and Silverspoon, ca. 2018. She writes about the wonderful Bizzarrini: Though the idea originates from a Stefan Schlesinger ad sketch for a Paris couture house, we straightened up this typeface and made it seem engineered and sharp. It gets its name from the Bizzarrini Manta, a wedge-shaped concept car designed in 1968 by Giorgetto Giugiaro. Bizzarrini has extremely long wedge serifs. Following Schlesinger's sketch, it features very tall capitals with an out-of proportion middle-line (very big heads on S, B and R). Silverspoon is a contemporary take on Copperplate Gothic. In 2019, she released the connected monoline sans script Akin (done with Sabina Chipara) and the geometric sans family Matteo at Indian Type Foundry. Typefaces from 2020: Silverknife (a tall and skinny version of Silverspoon), Capra (a headline typeface with a bouncy baseline. This project started as a one-day challenge to recreate a piece of lettering on the Glass Menagerie poster designed by David Klein in 1958). At Fontshare, Diana Ovezea and Sabina Chipara released the free calligraphic script Britney. In 2021, Barbara Bigosinska, Rafa Buchner and Diana Ovezea set up Blast Foundry. At Blast Foundry, she published Granblue, a great experimental typeface family for boxing titles. Typefaces from 2022: Duplet (a 14-style geometric sans with a techno vibe; by Diana Ovezea and Rafal Buchner at Indian type Foundry), Duplet Rounded (also 14 styles), Duplet Open (the 14-style companion of Duplet). Home page. Behance link. Future Fonts link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Sackers family (Monotype, and before that Agfa) is a vintage typeface family. Its members:
As a whole, this is an elegant but curious collection. There are few clues as to its origins, which may be a bit louche because we can easily recognize Engravers Gothic in the Sackers Gothic, for example. All typefaces look like they originate in the 19th century, and started probably out as engraved (copperplate) lettering. View the sackers typeface family. See also here. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Agung Maskund
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Akhmad Reza Fauzi
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Alcode
| 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] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian designer, 1920-1995, who designed most of his typefaces at Nebiolo in Turin. Until 1975, he made about 30 families at Nebiolo, and after 1975, he produced about 70 further families of fonts. With weights included, he created about 300 fonts. Biography by Sergio Polano. He was very influential, and wrote two important books, Alfa Beta: Lo Studio e il Disegno del Carattere, a study on font design and history (1964), and Il Segno Alfabetico (1971). Essay by Sergio Polano on Novarese. The list of fonts done at Nebiolo:
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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). 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Alex O. Kaczun
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Alfredo Marco Pradil
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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:
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
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Aliv Pandu
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Monterrey, Mexico-based designer of the copperplate typeface Heredem (2014). [Google] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Andreas Seidel
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Andrew H. Leman
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Andri Kurniawan
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Andy Clymer grew up in Irvine, CA and studied at San Diego State University in 1998. At that time, he was working on Stencil Fraktur (2002). In 2004-2005, he studied type design in the Masters program of the KABK in Den Haag. He joined the typeface development department of Hoefler&Frere-Jones in New York in 2005. He has been an instructor in the Type@Cooper program in New York since 2011. From 2005 until 2018, Andy worked at the Hoefler&Co. type foundry, where he contributed to the typefaces Vitesse, Forza, Ideal Sans, Archer, Surveyor, and spearheaded the design of Operator and Obsidian (2015: a decorative copperplate engraved emulation typeface---various kinds of 3d illumination in Obsidian were obtained by an algorithmic process. In 2019, he co-developed Mingei Mono for the Mingei International Museum along with Yomar Augusto. In 2020, he released Tilt. Tilt is a family of (variable) typefaces inspired by three dimensional lettering found in storefront signage. Subfamilies: Tilt Neon (mimics the construction of neon tube lettering), Tilt Prism (based on prismatic lettering, cast or cut in a material), Tilt Warp (resembles peeling vinyl stickers). The variable fonts have two axes, horizontal rotation and vertical rotation. Github link. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Designer in Recife who made some typefaces in 2013, such as Tetris, Aguardente De Canna (copperplate) and Raspa Raspa. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Archive Type
| Slovenian foundry which specializes in old typefaces found in old prints, books and samples. Typefaces are reproduced as they appeared in print. In order to preserve the original feel of typefaces, no additional characters were added to originals therefore most of fonts consist just of basic character set. Upper case letters, lower case letters, numerals and basic punctuation. It was set up in 2000 by Matevz Medja. Engraving style typefaces: Kludsky (2006), Garfield (2005), Copperplate Head (2005), Western Iron (2005), Cider (2005), French Shaded (2005), Tilt (2005). The blackletter typefaces: School Text (2005), Harlem Title (2005), Copperplate Text (2005), Black Title (2005), Chased Black (2005), Tinted (2005), Steeler (2005), Blackcap (2005). Calligraphic typefaces: Petite Script (2005), Autograph Script (2005), French Script (2005), Penman Script (2005), Magnolia Script (2005), Roundface Script (2005), Roundhand Script (2005). Other typefaces: American Shadow (2005), Lightface Extended (2005), Grotesque Shaded (2005), Gothic Ornate (2005), Antique Extra Condensed (2005), Antique Extended (2005), Ironlace (2005), Atlantique (2005), Mann (2005), Old Style Condensed (2005), Ribbon (2005), Salisbury Script (2005), Black Title Text (2005, blackletter), German Text (2005, blackletter), Archive Hands (2006, pointing fingers), Archive Woodchild (2006). Distressed typefaces: Archive Tale (2006), Archive Egipt Compressed (2006). In 2011, he published the Archive Garamond family, which is closer to the unpolished originals. The 2010 catalog has three parts:
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Arctype
| Falmouth, UK-based designer of Tetsuo AT (2019: a geometric, futuristic and monospaced typeface; +Stencil), High Tide AT (2019: inspired by the lettering of the fishermen of Cornwall), and the copperplate-inspired all caps typeface, Caeli AT (2019), for Latin, Greek and Cyrillic. [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Aring Typeface
| 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. Abstract Fonts link. Fontspace link. MyFonts link. Another URL. Dafont link. Klingspor link. Buy fonts directly from Måns Grebäck. Old URL. [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Artisan Studio (or: Artisans)
| 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] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
astype.de (or: Astype)
| Astype.de is a German foundry started in 2003 by illustrator and type designer Andreas Seidel (b. 1975, bad saarow, near Berlin, Germany). He lives in Cottbus, Germany. In 1998, he obtained a Masters degree in business administration. In 2007, he and Ingo Preuss set up The German Type Foundry. In 2017, he joined the initial crew at Fust & friends. The typefaces:
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Atatamita
| Qaila Sa is also known as Atatamita. Indonesian designer of these connected calligraphic typefaces in 2017: Bulgaria, Botak, Erlitha, Sulanga, Nazla, The Lover, Masyitah, Sintiya, Hebalita Script, Sistelow. Still in 2017, he also designed the script typefaces Camelia, The Rockstar, Seulanga, Selayar, Modena, Atlantic Script, Dilema Script, Khunza, Verza and Lilly Mae, the marker pen fonts Love Me and House Story, the copperplate titling typeface Alequa, the dashed line font Avisto, the display sans typeface Rosinate, the brush fonts Love Me and Qoidar, the techno typeface Apelio, and the speed-themed font Speedes. Graphicriver link. [Google] [More] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Various pages from the 1923 ATF catalog with Copperplate Gothic. Most of these typefaces are due to Frederic Goudy. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Aulia Al Farabi
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Australian Faces
| Robert Oster (b. Tanunda, Australia, 1959) is the founder of AustralianFaces (est. 1999 in Redfern, with a new headquarters in Melbourne, and now also in Strawberry Hills NSW), and his fonts are copyright "Oopie Family Trust". His commercial fonts include AFF Australian Sans (2000), Batmin, BlackJack, Broad, AFF Bumpy Ride, Copperplate, Outback, Grotesque 9, Evolution A, Evolution B, FAQ, Grace, Old Chicago, Mardigras, One Dollar Font (wow, a competitor for LettError's Federal font), Acid Caps, Jelf Script, Scrunch, Bluegum. He also does custom font work. MyFonts page. The typophiles object: Beauchamp looks surprisingly like the wonderful Mantinia from The Font Bureau, with a badly modified B and G. [...] Deftone is a Larabie font. UntitledAF is Solaris. Old Chicago is just the old Mac system font run through a filter. [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Authentic
| German foundry, est. 2009 by Julius Wiescher (b. 1991), who is the youngest son of famous type designer Gert Wiescher. His font Thin Pen (2009) is based on an ancestor of the German DIN-Schrift. The font was traced with a plastic template on transparent paper, scanned and worked over carefully to keep the handmade, authentic touch. Other fonts by him: DonJulio and Donna Julia (2008, Autographis, calligraphic script fonts made with Gert), Flatpen (2008, Autographis, with Gert), Norm Pen (2011, based on an ancestor of DIN Schrift), Bold Pen (2011, bold version of Norm Pen), Groucho (2011, a high-contrast flowing script), Authentic (2011, a connected copperplate script), Oldhand (2011, shaky handwriting), Holz Caps (2011, an irregular wood type simulation face), Poing (2011, a flowing calligraphic script), Cri Cri (2011, slab serif comic book face). Klingspor link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Autographis
| 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] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A.V. Haight
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Bagas Zhafran
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Bangkit Tri Setiadi
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Lyon, France-based designer of several typefaces in 2015, such as a textured typeface, a copperplate typeface and a Bauhaus-inspired typeface. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
During his studies at the School of Visual Arts & Central Saint Martins, Ben Hutchings (London, UK) designed the copperplate typeface Fenial (2017). Behance link. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Benedikt Gröndal
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Bilal Ahmed
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A caps only wide copperplate sans style font by the Inland Type Foundry, ca. 1900. Mac McGrew: Blair was advertised in 1900 by Inland Type Foundry as new and original, calling it "an exact imitation of the small gothic letter now so popular with engravers for stylish stationery." Its production was continued by ATF until the 1950s. It is similar to Copperplate Gothic Light, but without the tiny serifs of that face. Litho Gothic is the same design but with lowercase. Mitchell is the same design but slightly heavier. The condensed version was produced in 1903 or earlier. Hansen copied Blair as Card Gothic No.2. Compare Lightline Gothic.. Mitchell was issued in 1906. Digital versions of Blair and Mitchell include ITC Blair (1997, Jim Spiece) and Mitchell NF (2015, Nick Curtis). [Google] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Blake Young (from Tupelo, MS) has a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Mississippi in Studio Art and Graphic Design, class of 2005. He continued his studies at the Savannah College of Art and Design and received a Master of Fine Arts in Graphic Design in 2008. He currently lives in New Orleans where he works as an art director. He created a frilly caps face inspired by the style of lettering in old copperplate etchings from the 1700-1800s in 2007. His second typeface, Hispaniola is a swashbuckler typeface introduced here (2007) and discussed here. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Blankids Studio
| 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). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Blast Foundry (The Netherlands and Poland) was set up in 2021 by Barbara Bigosinska, Rafa Buchner and Diana Ovezea. Future Fonts link. Their typefaces:
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Blessed Print
| Dmitrii Mikitenko (Blessed Print, Chisinau, Moldova) created the connected brush script typefaces BetterFly (2015) and Miletta, and the calligraphic (wedding) scripts TheSecret and Flamingo in 2015. Other early typefaces include Draft Cheese, Graficx, Holiday, Kiss Me, Linella, Masterink, Modern Script, Patteson, Rotundio, Shrifton, Sunse Fun, TheSecret, Trajan, and Zippy. Typefaces from 2016: Mozart Script (formal calligraphic or wedding script), Blessed Script, Blessed Appetite Sans, Blessed Mamaliga Condensed Serif, Amelia Script. Typefaces from 2017: The Wedding Script (Spencerian), The Creative, Sophia Script (a great swashy calligraphic typeface family), Dorotthy Script. Typefaces from 2018: Betterfly, Cardinal (a great weathered medieval calligraphic script), Charlotte (free script font). Typefaces from 2019: BP BlackWhite (a copperplate calligraphic script typeface by Dmitrii Mikitenko and Sabina Aliyarova), Outstanding Victoria (calligraphic script). Typefaces from 2020: Creative Vintage (in the orbit of Cooper Black). Typefaces from 2021: Ecatherina (a 15-style copperplate calligraphic script). [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A (metal) version of Copperplate Gothic. Mac McGrew: Boxhead Gothics are identical to the smallest sizes of several popular gothics, except for being cast on minimum bodies to save space and permit setting more copy in small box headings on forms. The 4-, 4 1/2-, and 5-point sizes are equivalent to the three smallest 6-point sizes respectively of: 01-02-03: Light Copperplate Gothic, 11-12-13: Heavy Copperplate Gothic Condensed, I21-22-23: Heavy Copperplate Gothic, 31-32-33: Light Copperplate Gothic Condensed. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brooklyn-based Brandon Sugiyama made a New York Subway Tile Font in 2013, based on pictures and research done on the NY subway. Squire J. Vickers was an architect and lead designer for the subway system from 1908 to 1942 and was responsible for 300 station designs. The New York Times identifies architects George C. Heins and Christopher Grant La Farge as those who designed, hand-lettered and manufactured the tiles in a Copperplate-like style. Behance link. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brian Jacob
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British Letter Foundry
| John Bell (1746-1831) was a London-based publisher of several periodicals and newspapers. He founded the British Letter Foundry in 1788, with Richard Austin as punchcutter. The foundry closed in 1798. John Tranter tells the story: John Bell, an English publisher and bookseller, advertised a book called The Way to Keep Him in The World newspaper in London in June 1787, saying: 'J. Bell flatters himself that he will be able to render this the most perfect and in every respect the most beautiful book, that was ever printed in any country.' That was a tall order. In his quest for perfection he set up a type foundry, and hired a young punchcutter named Richard Austin to cut a new typeface for him. The face, named after Bell, was based on a typeface designed some thirty years before by John Baskerville, another perfectionist. Baskerville had said 'Having been an early admirer of the beauty of Letters, I became insensibly desirous of contributing to the perfection of them.' Though Baskerville went broke eventually, his typeface was indeed very close to perfection, and went on to become one of the most popular typefaces of all time. John Bell's type foundry didn't do well. He closed down his shop within two years and went on to other things, and his typeface sank almost without trace in England. Newer trends in typefaces (Didot in France, and Bodoni in Italy) eclipsed the modest elegance of Richard Austin's design. The Americans, though, took a shine to it. It was copied as early as 1792, and always remained popular there. A complete set of type cast from Bell's original matrices was purchased by the American Henry Houghton in 1864 and installed at his Riverside Press. He thoughtlessly labelled it 'English Copperplate'. Later, the distinguished American book designer Bruce Rogers used the typeface frequently, naming it 'Brimmer', after the author of a book he'd seen the typeface used for when he worked as a young man at the Riverside Press. The designer Daniel Updike also worked at Riverside, and also used the 'English Copperplate' type extensively in later years, naming his version of it 'Mountjoye'. Bell's type would have remained obscured by these disguises perhaps forever, but for the alert eye of Stanley Morison. He was doing research at the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris in 1926 when he came across a copy of the first specimen sheet of type samples issued from John Bell's foundry in 1788. No copy of it existed in England at that time, and Morison recognised the typeface immediately as the original of the 'Brimmer' and 'Mountjoye' fonts used in America. He researched the matter and in 1931 published an important monograph which, as the type scholar Alexander Lawson says, 'returned the name of John Bell to its proper place in the pantheon of English printers'. The typeface was unique in another way. Until Richard Austin cut the typeface in 1788, all numerals were traditionally written like lower-case letters -- small, with some numerals hanging below the line. Bell is the first typeface to break with that tradition cleanly: Austin's numerals are larger than lower-case letters (at two-thirds the height of the capitals) and sit evenly along the line. The trend was taken up. These days the numerals in most printed matter are (unfortunately) the full size of the capital letter, and are called titling figures, ranging figures, or lining figures. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bruce Type Foundry
| Founded in New York in 1813, and acquired by ATF in 1901, this foundry made fonts such as Bruce Old Style (now Bitstream), Madisonian (now available from Présence Typo), Ornamented No. 1007 (Mac McGrew: Old Bowery is an ATF revival, in 1933 and again in 1949, of Round Shade No.2, originated by Bruce, one of its predecessor companies, about 1854, as Ornamented No. 1007.), and Old Style 7 (Linotype, Adobe). Also called D.&G. Bruce, George Bruce, George Bruce&Co., George Bruce's Son, George Bruce's Son&Co., and V.B. Munson. They published a 592-page specimen book in 1901: Bruce Type Foundry: Our Handy Book of Types, Borders, Brass Rule and Cuts, Printing Machinery&General Supplies.. In 1869, George Bruce (b. 1791, Edinburgh, Scotland; d. 1866, New York) published An abridged specimen book Bruce's New York Type-Foundry (1869), now available as a free Google book. Page with specimen of Great Primer Ornamented No. 5, Meridian Black Open (blackletter), Canon Teutonic Ornamented, Small Pica No. 2, Double Pica Graphotype, all taken from An Abridged Specimen of Printing Types Made at Bruce's New-York Type-Foundry (1868) and stolen from Luc Devroye's web site. Fists by the Bruce Foundry. Revivals: Bruce Ornamented No. 6 was digitized by Iza W from Intellecta Design in 2006 as GeodecBruceOrnamented. Gold Rush (2008, FontMesa) is a family of Western style typefaces based on a Bruce type family from 1865. FontMesa also made Belgian (2008) based on a Bruce Type Foundry design from the 1860s. Bruce 532 Blackletter (2011, Paulo W, Intellecta Design) is an excessively ornamental blackletter face. Michael Hagemann's slab serif family Gold (2011) is based on Bruce's Gold Rush (1865) after removing the shadows. RMU Bowery (2019, Ralph M. Unger revives Old Bowery). [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Burntilldead
| 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] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cahya Sofyan
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For her final project at EASD Valencia in Spain, Cami Alama created the Dutch Krulletter typeface Krullcoplate Script (2014). [Google] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Canada Type
| Foundry in Canada, est. 2004 by Rebecca Alaccari in Toronto, and run by her and Patrick Griffin. Interview with Rebecca. Her typefaces can be bought via MyFonts: Storyville (2015, a curly script), Centennial Script (2007, a revival of an 1874-1876 high-contrast calligraphic script by Hermann Ihlenburg), Valet (2006, superb art deco face), Freco (2006, an art deco typeface loosely based on designs and letters of Fré Cohen), Silk Script (2006, based on 1956 Helmut Matheis script called Primadonna), Dominion (2006, based on an early 1970s film type called Lampoon), Johnny (2006, an art nouveau poster typeface that revives the Harem/Margit typeface by Phil Martin, 1969), Guillotine (2007), Mayfair (2006, a calligraphic typeface based on Mayfair Cursive by Middleton, 1932), Happy Birthday (2006, script), Geronimo (2005, brush style poster font), Rostrum (2005, a revival and expansion of a type called Oleander, designed in 1938 by Julius Kirn for the Genzsch&Heyse foundry in Hamburg), Apricot (2005; based on A.R. Bosco's Romany for ATF, 1934, but a major extension with many ligatures), Heathen (2005), Cougar (2004, a digital version of Martin Wilke's 1968 handwriting typeface Konzept), Puma (2004, brush typeface based on Herbert Thannhaeuser's 1954 Kurier), Big Brush (brush), Diva (connected script), Odette (a high ascender display typeface after the Morris Fuller Benton 1918 American classic, Announcement Roman), Crucifix (2004, a severe octagonal face), Fore (2004, a bullethole face), Formula, Gamer (2004), Formula (2004), Kofi, Platoon (2004, a stencil face), Verso (2004), Secret Scrypt (2004, a handwriting face), Bluebeard (2004, blackletter by Patrick Griffin), Bolero (2004), Janice (2004, psychedelic), Jimi (2004, also psychedelic), Scroll (2004), Dominique (2004, upright script), Moxie (2004, a fat display family which includes a stencil), StockA (2004), StockB (2004, a fat stencil face), Stalker (2004, a destructionist face), Scroll (2004), Jonah (2005, a hippie typeface based on an early 1970s film type from Franklin Photolettering called Urban). MyFonts page. Phil Rutter and Patrick Griffin made Coffee Script (2004), the digital version of R. Middleton's Wave design for the Ludlow foundry, circa 1962. Phil Rutter and Rebecca Alaccari designed Almanac (2004), a script typeface based on Imre Reiner's London Script (1957) (and Rebecca did a subsequent redigitization in 2007 that led to Reiner Hand), Tiger Script (2004, based on Georg Trump's wild brush script Jaguar done in 1967 for C. E. Weber), and Ali Baba (2004), an Arabic simulation typeface originally designed by Georg Trump as Palomba (1955, C.E. Weber foundry). Patrick Griffin made Leather (2005, after Imre Reiner's 1933 blackletter face), Secret Scrypt (2005), Skullbats (2005), Slang (2004, a blood scratch face), Bluebeard (2004), Expo (2004, an octagonal family), and Dancebats (2004). Simone Wilkie designed Boyscout (2004) after the handwriting of her son. Helmut Matheis' Contact (1963, flowing script/brush) was digitized by Rebecca in 2004 as Bruschetta. Rebecca also made Steiner Special (2007, a revival of Swing, a film type by Peter Steiner, 1974), Genesis (2007, a digitization and extension of Grayda, a 1939 calligraphic script of Frank H. Riley at ATF), Evolver (2006, futuristic family), Redwood (2007, a calligraphic script based on Willard T. Sniffin's Raleigh Cursive (1929, ATF)), Orotund (2005, after the 1970s typeface Eight Ball; this was extended again in 2006 in her art nouveau typeface Huckleberry, which is a revival of the 1973 typeface of Gustav Jaeger called Mark Twain), Pendulum (2005, a fantastic flowing script based on Nebiolo's Americana, 1945), Jojo (2005, a flower child typeface after Spring, by Bernard Jacquet), Mascara (2004), Gala (2004, after Neon (1935, Giulio da Milano at Nebiolo)) and Bella Donna (2004, after a script made by Alessandro Butti in 1948, called Rondine). Typefaces made in 2005: Jazz Gothic (Patrick Griffin), Showboat, Hunter (a revival of Imre Reiner's brush script Mustang, 1956), Quanta (stencil), Quiller (a script typeface based on J.J. Sierke's 1964 typeface Privat), Rhino (revival of Mobil, a 1960 typeface by Helmut Matheis for Ludwig&Mayer), Dominique (donated to FontAid), Secret Scrypt (donated to FontAid), Jackpot (2005, Western typeface remotely based on Cooper Playbill which in turn is related to Cooper Black, but it also has hippy 1968 influences), Sincerely (handwriting typeface based on Karlgeorg Hoefer's 1968 Elegance), Fontella (a digitization of Novarese's calligraphic script Elite), Boondock (digitization of Imre Reiner's Bazaar from 1956), Gumball (digitization of Papageno, a 1958 bubblegum font by Richard Weber for Bauer), Runway, Gamer, Dominique (OpenType handwriting face), Sterling Script (2005, by Alaccari and Griffin: a 7-weight digitization and extension of Stephenson Blake's 1952 clean copperplate script Youthline Script), Vox (2007, a 24-style monoline sans family done with Patrick Griffin), Vox Round (2013, a softer version), Swan Song (2006: a calligraphic typeface based on the hand of Alexander Nesbitt. A later document states that it is based on work by British artist Rachel Yallop from 1986), Evolver (2006, a 9-style futuristic family), Ambassador Script (2007, an Alaccari-Griffin revival of the angle-reduced calligraphic script Juliet by Nebiolo, 1955). In 2005, Philip Bouwsma joined Canada Type, and designed a great calligraphic blackletter-inspired family, Torquemada. He designed many other typefaces for Canada Type in subsequent years. VIP (2007, Rebeca Alaccari) is a humanist sans serif uppercase (and figures) combined with a freshly redrawn revival of the classic VGC Constanze initials originally designed by Harry Brodjian in 1970, and even further back, the Constanze Initials by Joachim Romann (1954-1956, Stempel). Chopper (2007, by Rebecca Alaccari) is a revival of Venture (a 1972 typeface for VGC by Harry Villhardt). Walter (2007, Rebecca Alaccari) is a digitization of Heritage (1952, ATF, a calligraphic script by Walter H. McKay). Celebrity (2007, Rebecca Alaccari) revives and extends the retro/techno typeface Latus (Willy Wirtz, 1971). Sympathique (2008, Alaccari) is an ultra-thin and ultra-tall typeface in the mold of Bernhard Fashion and other era poster or film typefaces (they say that it is rooted in the film typefaces Hairstreak and Mossman). Mullen Hand (2008) is a revival of Repro Script (1953, Jerry Mullen, ATF). Filmotype Giant (2011, a condensed sans) and its italic counterpart, Filmotype Escort (2011) were both co-designed with Patrick Griffin. In 2020, they released the variable informal sans typeface Bananas: Bananas was sourced from multiple American film era faces, all from 1950s and 1960s, when the casual sans genre was at its popular peak. Headliners' Catalina and its very similar cousin, Letter Graphics' Carmel, served as initial study points. Klingspor link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brighton, UK-based creator of the copperplate caps typefaces Laudanum (2012, available from Ten Dollar Fonts) and Fuck Powerpoint (2012). Tenebrae (2013) is a spooky spurred display typeface. Tenebrae is inspired by the Giallo films of the 70s and other cult cinema film posters. It can be bought at Ten Dollar Fonts. Behance link. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Carlos Matteoli
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Carmel Type (or: Just Lucky)
| 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). Creative Market link. Behance link. Ten Dollar Fonts link. Carmel Type link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Caron Twice
| Martin Cincar (Prague, Czechia) designed these typefaces:
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Casady&Greene (Fluentlaserfonts)
| Casady&Greene, Inc. started out as two separate little companies, CasadyWare and Greene, Inc. CasadyWare, which was founded by Robin Casady in August 1984, began producing Fluent Fonts, which were bitmapped typefaces for the Macintosh. The 1984 set of fonts have copyright lines that mention Richard A. Ware. As soon as PostScript fonts appeared, CasadyWare got hold of the first version of Fontographer and produced the first downloadable PostScript fonts, even beating Adobe, the originators of PostScript, to the punch. These were marketed as Fluent Laser Fonts (FLF) out of Carmel, CA. The FLF series includes Abilene (Western), Alexandria (1986, slab serif family), Black Knight (1991, blackletter), Bodoni FLF (1986), BodoniUltra (1986, a fat didone), Bonnard (art nouveau), ButtonHighlight, ButtonPlain, Calligraphy (1986), Campanile (a great didone face), Checkbox, Chicago FLF (free at OFL), Collegiate (1988, sports lettering), Coventry Script (calligraphic), Cutouts FLF (1992, cargo stencil), Desperado, Dorovar Carolus (1988, Carolingian; see also D790 at Softmaker and Carolingia (1991, William Boyd)), DryGulch, Epoque (art nouveau), FattiPatti, Fletcher Gothic (1992, art nouveau), Galileo (1987, didone), Gazelle (1988, calligraphic script), Gatsby (1986, pure art deco), Giotto, Gregorian (1986, English Gothic style blackletter), Harlequin FLF (1990), Highland Gothic (1992), Jott, Kasse (1992), Kells (modern round Gaelic font, 1988), KeyCaps, La Peruta, Meath (modern round Gaelic font, 1988), Michelle (1992, art deco, marquee face), Micro, MicroExtend FLF (1986, like Microgramma), Monterey (1986, Peignotian), Moulin Rouge (1992, an art nouveau typeface by Richard A. Ware), Nouveau (1990, art nouveau), Paladin (1988, blackletter), Pendragon (1991), Phoenix Script FLF (1990), Prelude (1986, connected script), Regency Script (1986, calligraphic copperplate script), Right Bank (1986, art deco), Ritz (1986, art deco in the style of Broadway), Rocko (1992, rounded like VAG Round), SansSerif FLF (1986, a large geometric sans family), Sedona Script (1990, connected, calligraphic, semi-psychedelic), Slender Gold (1992, script), Vertigo (1992, condensed monoline sans), VertigoPlus, Zephyr Script (1986, brush script). Many fonts were digitized by Richard Ware, and some were designed by Mike Wright. The contact was Terry Kunysz in Salinas, CA. On July 3, 2003, Casady&Greene closed it doors permanently. However, one of its designers, Mike Wright, writes: I believe that all the fonts that were developed by the company are now in the public domain. Robin Casady and I are thinking of putting up a site with free downloads of all of the old C&G public domain fonts--mainly as a way of attracting Mac users to see iData 2. Robin Casady in 2003: I founded Casady Company in 1984 to publish fonts for the new Macintosh. The name changed with incorporation to CasadyWare, Inc. Around this time I met Mike Greene who was looking for a software project to do after SpellsWell. I talked him into doing a program that became QuickDEX. Later CasadyWare, Inc. merged with Greene, Inc. and became Casady & Greene, Inc. Over the years, my role in management reduced as my interests in other areas developed. In the last ten years I have had no official management duties at C&G. About a year ago I removed myself from the Board of Directors. Some fonts could be found at TypOasis [defunct link]. Fontex link. Font Squirrel link. [Google] [More] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Castle Type
| Designs by Jason Castle from San Rafael, CA, who studied psychology at Dominican University of California. He does custom font design and sells commercial typefaces through MyFonts and FontShop. Blog. These include:
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Chicago-based punch-cutter, 1841 (Berlin, b. Carl Emil Heyer)-1897 (Chicago). His typefaces have late Victorian and early art nouveau elements:
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Charles Gibbons
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Parisian copperplate engraver, b. Paris, 1715, d. Paris, 1790. His work influenced the letter shapes of Baskerville, Didot and Bodoni. His engraved tall-ascendered letters have been preserved in many fonts bearing the Cochin name. One of the best revivals is by Georges Peignot in 1913. The irregularities of the metal are well preserved in the digital typeface Nicolas Cochin (+Italic) (P22/Lanston). Monotype made a Cochin Open face. In 1977, Matthew Carter expanded Peignot's revival into the three style family Cochin---the digital versions are sold, e.g., by Linotype. Another family by Linotype is Nicolas Cochin LT (2004)---it is a variation that is taller, rounder, and less archaic than Cochin. Finally, we find a digital version by URW simply called Nicolas Cochin. For an Arabic extension, see Badr (1970, Osman Husseini, Linotype). Cochin is now one of the standard Apple fonts---it is in the basic font set on the iPad and elsewhere on Apple computers. View and compare various digital typefaces related to Cochin. [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French engraver, penman and calligrapher, 1718-1789. Author of Notice historique sur les hommes célèbres de toutes les nations de l'Europe, qui depuis la renaissance des sciences et des arts, se sont distingués dans la configuration des caractères qui composent les diverses Ecritures, which appeared in J. H. P. Pouget, Dictionnaire des chiffres et de lettres ornées à l'usage de tous les artistes (Paris, 1767). In 1796, Charles Paillasson wrote L'arte di scrivere: tratta dal Dizionario d'arti e mestieri dell' Enciclopedia metodica (Padova, Appresso Niccolo Bettinelli). The date, 1796, is a bit puzzling, but The Getty Research Institute writes: The text is a separate publication of the section on handwriting from an Italian edition of the Encyclopédie méthodique, originally published in Geneva by C.J. Panckoucke, 1783-1790. The 15 leaves are copies of those first published in: Encyclopédie, ou, Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Recueil des planches, v. 2. Paris, Chez Briasson, David, Le Breton, Durand, 1763. The engraved leaves consist of 2 leaves showing position of the hand and writing posture, and 13 writing samples, engraved by Pasquali. Local download. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kentucky-based type designer and printer, 1879-1956. He was a Linotype salesman who directed the growth of the Linotype library from 1915 to 1948, and improved the look of the world's newspapers. He worked to establish Linotype as the composing machine of choice in America. He continued as a consultant to Linotype well into his retirement. Claus Eggers Sorensen writes: In 1922 Chauncey H. Griffith was promoted to Vice President of Typographic Development at Mergenthaler Linotype. He immediately started the development of new typefaces to replace the prevailing modern style typefaces. The issue troubling the moderns was their high contrast design. Especially the hairline parts of the cast lines could break of while printing, and counters could clog with ink and pulp. Faster printing meant transferring the cast lines with the stereotype process to a letterpress cylinder for high-speed rotary printing on endless rolls of paper stock. C. H. Griffith's new approach was to engineer new typefaces to the printing method. That meant drawing inspiration from the Egyptienne style as seen in the Clarendon typeface, with its very sturdy lower contrast design, and Theodore Low De Vinne and Linn Boyd Benton's Century Roman, which possessed elegance and legibility. The first product of these efforts was Ionic No. 5. It was an instant success, within eighteen months it was used by more than 3000 newspapers all over the world. C. H. Griffith and Mergenthaler Linotype continued to refine the design in subsequent iterations: Excelsior (1931), Paragon (1935), Opticon (1935), Corona (1941). These became known as the Legibility group. Ionic No. 5, Excelsior and Paragon form the Linotype Legibility Group. He designed or co-designed the following fonts, all at Mergenthaler:
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Spouse of Ray Larabie in Nagoya, Japan. Chikako Larabie is a font design assistant for Typodermic Fonts, specializing in kerning, and languages. With Ray, she created From The Stars (2010, a consumer electronics / techno sans family), Hackensack (2010), Naked Power (2010, a geometric/industrial sans-serif font family in the style of the art deco typeface Novel Gothic (1929, ATF, Morris Fuller Benton and Charles H. Becker)), Moon Cresta (2010, modeled after Goudy Sans), Voivode (2010, headline face), Honfleur (2010, art deco all caps face), Hachimitsu (2010, Asian look face), Kadeworth (2010, rounded retro look sans), Gnuolane Jump (2010), Nagomi (2010, oriental simulation face), Biondi Sans (2010, a copperplate gothic without serifs in the style of AT Sackers), Board of Directors (2010, a Bank Gothic style family), and Wee Bairn (2010). [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Co-designer with Richard Kegler of several fonts at P22 type foundry, which she joined in 2000. She graduated from the State University of New York at Buffalo with a BA in Communication Design. She worked at the Pushpin Group in NYC and at Dog Eat Dog Advertising, Inc. in Buffalo, NY. Her typefaces:
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Graphic designer in Curitiba, Brazil, who created the book type Capitolina in 2015 (under the guidance of Marconi Lima of the Typefolio foundry). He also did some noteworthy calligraphic work, including copperplate calligraphy. Capitolina won an award at Tipos Latinos 2016. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
American designer in Jackson Heights, NY (b. 1965), associated with the Cherokee Nation. He created the graffiti font Chase Zen Jackulator (2015), Chase Zen Jingletruck Karachi (2015), the tattoo font Chase Zen Holy Monkey (2015), the art nouveau typeface Chase Zen Paris (2014), Chase Zen Sprawl (2014), Chase Zen Blight (2014), Chase Zen Punjabi (2014), Chase Zen Basmati (2014), and Chase Zen Bangladesh (2014). Designer in 2011-2012 of the following free Latin / Cherokee fonts: Nikwasi, Tsiquilisda, Danisvdanvsgv, Alewisdodi, Gola Unole, Nvdaasdawadidohi, Atuyasdodi, Tsi yu gunsini (a copperplate design for Unicode Cherokee, named after a Cherokee chief called Dragging Canoe), Wilma Mankiller Old (2012, also for Cherokee), Gadaquali (flared face), Gageda (Cherokee font). Further typefaces: Grendel (2011), the tattoo fonts Maelstrom (2011) and Reign Sample (2010), the mechanical typeface Dans Hardware (2010), the graffiti typeface Stone Angel (2010), the Western typeface Mary's Cherry&Co (2010), the squarish typeface Dashboard Jesus (2010), the fat wood style typeface John Brown (2010), Dantone (2010), the fat roundish typeface Creamy (2010), Thermobaric (2011, Star trek face). Chung-deh Tien created a few Cherokee fonts including Nikwasi San (2012), Sequoya Bold (2012), Oconosota (2012), Kanagota (2012), and Tsalagi Ameliga (2010). Dafont link. Flickr link. Fontspace link. Another Fontspace link. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cindy Kinash
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Typefounder. Designer of Copperplate Gothic (5 styles now exist at Bitstream). He ran the Chicago-based foundry Marder, Luse and Company, which existed from 1863-1892, and which was also called Scofield, Marder, Toepfer&Co., Scofield, Marder&Co., and the Chicago Type Foundry. [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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:
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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
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Conrad Garner
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Copperplate Gothic
| A typeface made by Frederic Goudy in 1903. Mac McGrew: Copperplate Gothic Heavy was designed in 1903 by Frederic W. Goudy, who is much better known for his classic roman typefaces. Other weights and widths were drawn shortly thereafter by Clarence C. Marder of ATF, except the Shaded, designed by Morris F. Benton in 1912. A rather wide, monotone, conventional gothic with the added feature of minute serifs, Copperplate Gothic is imitative of the work of engravers, as suggested by the name. It became ATF's all-time best seller, being used extensively for stationery and form work, especially in the small neighborhood printshops of the letterpress era. It is the typical lining gothic face, featuring four sizes each on 6- and 12-point bodies, and two sizes each of 18- and 24-point in foundry (composing-machine sizes differ somewhat), so that a wide variety of cap-and-small-cap combinations can readily be set. Before Monotype developed its "Plate Gothic arrangement" (see under "Design Limitations" in Introduction) in 1919, permitting the keyboarding of all four sizes of 6- or 12-point at once, that company had made the Copper plate Gothics simply as cap-and-small-cap combinations, typically in 5-, 6-. 8-,10-, and 12-point plus display sizes. Hence most of these gothics have two different series numbers on Monotype, the lower number for display sizes and the obsolete cap-and-small-cap combinations, the other for the four-size combination. Several versions of Steelplate Gothic (q.v.) from BB&S were near duplicates of Copperplate Gothic, although a few characters differed slightly and the extended versions were not quite as wide. Hansen had Engravers Gothic in several versions, differing apparently only in the R as shown in the specimen. Compare Plate Gothic, Whittier; also see Bank Gothic, Blair, Boxhead Gothics. D.J.R. Bruckner lists the date as 1905 and writes: Goudy's recollection was that this hodgepodge was done for American Type Founders. It was made for Marder, Luse and Company and then taken on by ATF and can still be found in old ATF specimen books and their old fonts.. Digital versions: Copperplate Gothic (Linotype), Copperplate Gothic (Adobe), Copperplate Gothic (Bitstream), Copperplate Gothic Hand (Wiescher Design), Opti Copperplate (Castcraft), Copperplate Gothic, Copperplate New (2019, Martin Cincar), Copperplate CC (2020, Owen Earl). [Google] [More] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
An ATF all-caps face made from 1901 until 1904 by Frederic W. Goudy and Clarence C. Marder. Digital descendants include Copperplate New<./a> (2019, Martin Cincar), Copperplate Gothic (Bitstream), Griffon (Flat-it), Copperplate Gothic (Linotype), Copperplate Gothic (Adobe), Copperplate Gothic (Tilde), Copperplate Gothic Hand (Wiescher Design), Quimby (Match + Kerosene), Copper Penny (The Fontry), Copperplate Script (CastleType), CopperPot (Corel), Copperplate Gothic (Softmaker), Copperplate 001 (Bitstream), Spartan (Monotype), Copperplate EF (Elsner&Flake), Copperplate (URW++), Copperplate Deco (Gert Wiescher), Copperplate SH (Scangraphic), Copperplate SB (Scangraphic), Copperplate Classic (Gert Wiescher), Biondi (Typodermic). Infinitype has a number of styles called Copperplate Gothic or Copperplate-Cd. American Gothic (URW) is Copperplate Gothic with an added lowercase. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lookalike/copycat fonts of the Copperplate Gothic variety, according to David Thometz:
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A page with some copperplate script fonts, as defined by Encyclopaedia Britannica: "formally English round hand, in calligraphy, dominant style among 18th-century writing masters, whose copybooks were splendidly printed from models engraved on copper. The alphabet was fundamentally uncomplicated, but the basic strokes were often concealed in luxuriant flourishing". [Google] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hans Presto showcases and discusses his favorite Copperplate scripts (defined by Encyclopaedia Britannica: formally English round hand, in calligraphy, dominant style among 18th-century writing masters, whose copybooks were splendidly printed from models engraved on copper. The alphabet was fundamentally uncomplicated, but the basic strokes were often concealed in luxuriant flourishing).
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Corradine Fonts
| 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. View Corradine's typefaces. [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Craft Supply
| 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] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Creative Toucan (was: Leo Supply Co)
| Cakovec, Croatia and Washington Park, WA-based designer (b. 1995) of preponderantly grunge typefaces. In 2013, he created Funny Classic, Lion Pro, Lover, War is in the Air (military stencil), Aussen (squarish), Ensione (outlined), Rangle, Gaon, Momgers, Escapea (athletic lettering), Campus A (athletic lettering), Zebraliner, The Alistaren, Goteros, Collegerion (athletic lettering face), Prestinia Pro (grungy serif face), Fast Ostrich, Funny Trip, Boro, Electric (grungy face), On The Left, Power Balloon, Heavy Bomb (grungy), Kid From Hell, Army Stamp (rough army stencil), Jump Party, Comic Type, Commy, Faster, Fati, Funny me, Hypnotize, Half Half, My Day, Totally Outline, First Day, Funny Kid, Waterline, Piranha, Fish (grunge face), Modern Sketch, Beboline (dymo label grunge), Metalic (sic), Moter (grungy outline face), Privjet, ShadowM (shaded typeface), Old Movie, Strong Boy, Russian Line, Long Leg, Cool Day, Jungle Tree, Funny Teca, End of Era, DeLeo, Buble Muble, Morris, Funky Monkey, Leonards (a scratchy typeface), Dead John (grunge), Square Baby (grunge), Handwriter, Outline Storm, Mejiko (grungy Western font), Bird Fly, Died, Close To (grungy dymo label font). Typefaces from 2014: Dabre, Handeer, Bad Land, Thron, 806 Typography (wood style didone), Rypote. Typefaces from 2015: Debeli Bridge (faded, grungy and gorgeous), Rustal, Madalen, Stiquez, Vallyns (grungy, stamped typeface), Falsthan (brush face), Areson, Summeron (brush script), Surpal Lovely (Victorian kitsch), Summer 2, Megeon (+Grunge), Dabre Grunge (textured caps). Typefaces from 2016: Taramda, Endless Script, Riot Ton, Dabre (grungy stamped style), La Tequila (Western font), Originals (painted letters), Originals is out, Avenue Drift, Amoky (sketched), Bastielle Script, Ipsum Script, Baroquey Script, Pomah Type (brush script), Vrown Fox (dry brush), Time Machino (dry brush), The Gohe Go, My Boquet Script, The Sellen, Baley Sun, Brushed Traveler, Salone Strand, Aple Time (brush), Bert Loch (brush), Brushed Car, Last and Chaos (brush), Thin Zeus (brush), Top Light (fat brush typeface), Summer Soul Script, Summter (connected script), Summdraw, Planine Script, Samtak Script, Astel Script, Rostek Old, Megiline, Sally Script, Rolley, Naila Script, Amoky (textured letterpress emulation typeface family), Reeld (dry brush typeface), Stamped Navy (textured). Typefaces from 2017: Musterion (brush script), Wolvos (rough brush), Xenos, Descolorido, Mushroom (an angulara children's book font), California Jackpot, Zondas, Codiac (rough brush), Gullias (signage script), California or California Jackpot (brush font), Rhinos Rocks (brushy), Quick Toy (inky brush script), Italiano (dry brush), Gode (thick brush), Ananas Lips, Kiwano Apple, Cup of Sea, Fly N Walk, Sign 45 (vintage grungy poster style), Jaoy, Gas Rock, Acids. Typefaces from 2018: Storehouse (a vintage all caps copperplate family with small wedge serifs; by Nicolas Massi and Leonard Posavec; it includes a stencil style), San Francisco, Quick Pick (brush), Mick's, Jumper, Alask (brush), Royal Twins, Clas (brush script), Yolloy, Scolarship (sketched). Typefaces from 2019: Planina, Athletica (letterpress style), Costa La Vista (font duo), Springs, Originals 2 (dry brush), Astana. Typefaces from 2020: Myla (a display typeface). Typefaces from 2021: Surfbars (a dry brush font for outdoors usage; also supports Cyrillic). Fontspace link. Creative Market link. Old URL. Another Creative Market link. Dafont link. Fontplanet link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cultivated Mind
| 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] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cyrus Highsmith
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Letterer and designer in Mexico City. In 2017, she designed the text typeface Tessitura especially for small print sizes. Co-founder of the Tipas Type type foundry in Mexico City together with Monica Munguia (who by 2020 has left the studio), and Sandra Garcia. Dafne Martinez studied graphic design at Facultad de Artes y Diseño, UNAM, and has a Masters in typography from Centro de Estudios Gestalt. She specializes in calligraphy and lettering. In 2019, Dafne Martinez, Monica Munguia, and Sandra Garcia co-designed the roundish informal children's book typeface Xantolo and the wood type / slab serif typeface Xihtli. In 2019, Dafne Martinez and Sandra Garcia designed the copperplate calligraphic typeface Especial for a common Mexican beer brand Member of the Sic Typus Creatus Est team (Dafne Martinez, Jorge George, Leonardo Delgado, Iordan Evair and Federico Biagioli) that designed Calmadita in 2020 for the Torneo tipografico competition. Calmadita is an angular slab serif meant for Ipads and Kindles. In 2021, Dafne Martinez and Sandra Garcia published Achtli (Book, Didactic), a rounded sans typeface for early readers. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In 2017, Dan Bow (Sheffield, UK) designed the copperplate style roman alphabet Praetura (2017), which haselements of Futura. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dan Cassaro
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Darío Manuel Muhafara
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British lettering artist based in Exeter who specializes in the medieval versal cadel (or cadeau) letter. He created these typefaces:
Author of The Art of Calligraphy (Dorling Kindersley), Calligraphy: Inspiration, Innovation, Communication (Anaya), and The Calligrapher's Bible (A&C Black). FontShop link. Klingspor link. Linotype link. Behance link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dear Alison
| 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] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Decade Type foundry
| 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] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Prolific NY-based designer (born in East Los Angeles) who specializes in faithful revivals of old masters and logotype, in Latin and Hebrew. He made over 500 fonts including. He is also a translator and illuminator of Biblical period Hebrew and Aramaic. His clients include The Vatican (Pope John Paul II's Holocaust commemerative CD) and Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America. His specialties are translations worded in the language and style of the period in which the Biblical text was composed. His translation and enumeration of kabbalistic writings, otherwise known as Hebrew Mysticism and numerology, demonstrate the mathematical base of Biblical miracles. MyFonts wrote this analysis of his work: Dennis Ortiz-Lopez is a hugely talented New York type designer. lettering artist&typographer, with around 600 typefaces to his credit. Typographic quality in the magazine market doesn't get much better than Rolling Stone magazine---well, guess who was their typographer (as well as InStyle, Sports Illustrated, People, etc.). Dennis made a successful transition to the digital era around 1989, keeping up his prodigious output. Dennis is also known by his Hebrew name, Siynn bar-Diyonn. Dennis follows the footsteps of great American type designers such as Morris Fuller Benton and Herb Lubalin. And he likes contrasts, too: his typefaces are very narrow or very wide, very thin or very fat. If you love Franklin Gothic but always felt like it's not fat and wide enough. try [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dennis Pasternak
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Brooklyn, NY-based graphic designer, who also claims Norfolk, VA, as his home. He deconstructed a hairdryer---its pieces made up the glyphs of Split Ends (2011). About Silverback (2011), he says: Using the economical downturn of 2008 as a point of inspiration, I created a font that captured historical monetary references and personal feelings toward Wall Street. I studied old stock certificates and began to simplify the forms. Keeping the design cold and intimidating, I included nods to razor blades and the illuminati. He made the copperplate-look typeface Thick Block (2012) for the upstart Brooklyn restaurant The Brooklyn Sandwich Society. Still in 2012, he combined the copperplate and Western signage styles in his Applewine typeface. In 2013, he created the Venetian typeface Stonewall Roman. He will extend this elegant and promising typeface to a full-fledged family in 2014. Ragehaus is the web presence of Derek and his wife Kim. Behance link. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diana Ovezea
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Dmitrii Mikitenko
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Designer from Sankt Gallen, Switzerland, who created the copperplate typeface Arial Serif and the custom typeface Grill (based on Gill Bold) in 2013. Behance link. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
DooType
| Curitiba-based Brazilian digital type foundry, est. in 2008 by the successful and talented type designer Eduilson Wessler Coan (b. 1983, Curutiba). Myfonts link. Coan joined Fabio Haag Type. Their fonts:
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Doyald Young
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Doyald Young: Logotypes and Letterforms
| 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] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
During his studies in Bologna, Italy, Drako Mallafoglia designed the foliate typeface Leafont (2014), the art deco typeface Security (2016), Dots (2016), and the upright ornamental copperplate-inspired didone typeface Cupcake (2016). [Google] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Drew Melton
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DTP Types Limited
| DTP Types Ltd was launched in 1989 by Malcolm Wooden (b. London, 1956) from Crawley, West Sussex, England. Wooden worked at Monotype for over 20 years just before that. Malcolm Wooden joined Dalton Maag early 2008 to work on font engineering and production. DTP Types does/did custom font work, and sells hundreds of retail fonts. In the Headline Font Collection (50 fonts), we find reworked and extended designs (Apollo, New Bodoni (1996-2002), Camile, Engravers, and so forth), as well as fresh typefaces (Hellene handwriting, Finalia Condensed, Birac, Delargo Black, Delargo DT Rounded (comic book family), Dawn Calligraphy). In the Elite Typeface Library, there are type 1 and truetype typefaces for Western and East-European languages. For example, Elisar DT (1996, see also Elisar DT Infant) is a humanist sans family made by Malcolm and Lisa Wooden. Fuller Sans DT (1996) is a grotesk family by Malcolm Wooden. Greek and Cyrillic included. Other typefaces: Garamond 96, Pen Tip (Tekton-like). Fonts distributed by ITF and MyFonts.com: Berstrom DT, Beverley Sans DT (2007, comic book style face), Birac DT, Century Schoolbook DT, Convex DT, Delargo DTInformal, Delargo DT Infant, Engravers DT (1990), Finalia DT Condensed, Garamond DT, Garamond Nine Six DT, Goudy Old Style DT, Graphicus DT (1992, a 24-style geometric sans family), Kabel DTCondensed, Leiden DT (1992: after Dick Dooijes's Lectura), Macarena DT, Modus DT (2007), New Bodoni DT (1992), Newhouse DT (1992, a large neo-grotesque family), Office Script DT (1994, copperplate script), Pelham DT (1992), Pen Tip DT, Pen Tip DT Infant, Pretorian DT (a revival of an old Edwardian font by P.M. Shanks done by Ron Carpenter and Malcolm Wooden in 1992; for a free version, see Vivian by Dieter Steffman), Solaire DT, Triest DT, Vigor DT (2000---a slab serif family). Discussion: Something I don't get is that Vecta DT (2006) is based on Vecta (2005, Wilton Foundry)---same name, same sans family, what gives? Duet DT (2006, a calligraphic script) is by Robbie de Villiers of Wilton, based on his own Duet (2004). MyFonts page. The typophiles reserve harsh judgment: I recognize these designs by their original names. Slightly manipulating Times Roman, Optima, Icone, Franklin Gothic, Sabon, Tekton, does not make them new or original. Many of the designs are identical to the originals they're derived from (Carl Crossgrove), The DTP Types outfit sells the usual rip-off fonts under new and old names (e.g. Century Schoolbook DT, Engravers DT, Goudy Old Style DT, Kabel DT, etc.) (Uli Stiehl). In 2008, DTP announced a new newspaper and magazine text family, Arbesco DT (PDF), based on a 1980s photolettering family (see also here), and a simple 24-style architectural sans family called Sentico Sans DT (elliptical). They also published the marker family Pen Tip DT Lefty in 2008. In 2009, the calligraphic Trissino DT was published: it was named after Gian Giorgio Trissino (1478-1550) the Italian Renaissance humanist, poet, dramatist, diplomat and grammarian who was the first to explicitly distinguish I and J as seperate letter sounds. In 2020, he released Hastrico DT (a 13-style grotesque family), Hastrico DT Condensed. View the DTP Types typeface library. [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Élodie Mandray
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Edward Detyna
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Electronic Font Foundry
| The Electronic Font Foundry (EFF) in Ascot, Berkshire, UK, sold most classical fonts at about 15 dollars per weight, and made custom fonts. Established in 1984, the foundry had 1300 fonts by 2012. The font designer and owner was Edward Detyna, who died in March 2014. People are reporting to me that the fonts are in limbo, and that Detyna's family is not replying to requests for information. On July 4, 2002, Apostrophe wrote this: I'm currently having a difficult time trying to predict the past of EFF LondonA, EFF Liz, EFF Eric and EFF Formal, to name a few. I have a feeling that these folks just happen to be twins with entities that are currently across the Atlantic from them, namely Adobe Garamond, Cooper Black, Gill Sans and Copperplate Gothic. A friend of Detyna's writes this: When I met him at least twenty years ago, Edward and his associates had a font design studio based in Ascot, near London. He is a mathematician/statistician turned typographer, and was really on top of type design at the time. There are academic articles published on mathematical subjects on the internet. He's an old man now, but still a very smart guy. When he started, with fonts for Acorn RISC-OS (now defunct, but leading-edge British computer of mid-eighties to -nineties), he had very advanced and sophisticated algorithms for anti-aliasing and hinting, and his hand-hinting is still better than almost any other fonts I have used for screen work. He still sells fonts and adapts to user requirements promptly. I recently asked him to adjust the hinting on a font and he turns it around in a day. Jason Koxvold wrote to me in 2017: I knew Edward back in 1990 or so, when I was 13, and he mentored me to a great degree. For a while I worked an internship of sorts at EFF, and then one day, my mother came to see what I was up to---he gave her the job of office manager. He was a tremendously helpful and meaningful person to me then as a very young man with a passion for typography. Closed captioning fonts for TV, made according to the EIA 708-B specifications, include EFF Sans Serif CC, EFF Serif CC, EFF Sans Serif Mono CC, EFF Serif Mono CC, EFF Casual CC, EFF Script CC, EFF Small Caps CC. EFF also has fonts for Vietnamese, Greek, Hebrew, and Cyrillic. EFF Primary is a large family of educational fonts. EFF Utamaru is an oriental simulation font. [Google] [More] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eliza Gwendalyn
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American illustrator, typographer, painter and potter. In 2020, he designed the display typefaces Varet Gothic (in copperplate gothic style), Monde Libre and Lilette, the rounded monoline sans typeface Luwest Rounded and the nautical-themed condensed typeface Oceantide Display. [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Emil Karl Bertell
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Engravers is a particularly elegant family at Agfa/Monotype, consisting of Burin Sans (wide and almost monoline) and Burin Serif, Solid Antique Roman, Artisan Roman, Burin Roman, Light Classic Roman, Classic Roman (stone cut look), Handle Oldstyle, Light Roman, and Medium Roman. The Engravers series is related to the Sackers series. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
E-phemera (was: HPLHS Prop Fonts, and earlier: Prop Fonts)
| Andrew Leman is a prop designer in Hollywood, CA. The type foundry HPLHS Prop Fonts (was: Ephemera, Prop Fonts) was started by Hollywood's Andrew Leman, and is now located in Pasadena, CA. Some fonts are free, most are commercial.
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Eric Kurniawan
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Estudio Calderon
| 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). Blogspot link. Behance link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eurotypo
| 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). 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. Creative Market link. Klingspor link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ezza Adhreza Brahma
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Ezzazabra
| 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] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fahrizal Tawakkal
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Visual communication design student at the University of Washington in Seattle. During a workshop with J.-F. Porchez, Fanny Luor designed the copperplate typeface Caswell (2012). [Google] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Felipe Calderón
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Fenotype
| 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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Flat-It
| 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:
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. View Ryoichi Tsunekawa's typefaces. Kernest link. Adobe link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fontdation (was: Twicolabs Design)
| 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] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Type foundry specializing in display type, with a weakness for textured fonts. Publisher of these typefaces as of 2019: Ampera, Analyst, Antic, Akasia (textured), Alasans, Aloha (rounded sans), Alusans, Amblas, Ambyar, Apache, Arsiran, Asolola, Black Forest, Bound, Bisix, Bitink, Black Boxes, Britania, Brocolli, Bubble, Canthink, Clorofiil, Coblosans, Cooland, Calista, Checker, Comixs, Coobra, Coretz, Cotton Candy, Cumils, Darling, Darling Lovable, Diestya, Direction, Drops, Drought, Dymbrud, Exclude, FastaR, Fillet, Flowrish, Focus, Force, Fragile, Gedung, Gigs (layered, octagonal), Gopoh, GresiX, Gubeng v.1, Gubeng v.2, Gazebo, Gelish, Greysia (floral), Hiking (spurred), Ion Plus, Ink Scribble, Intens, Kaleng, Laron, Lotus, Lucky Line (multiline), Mandalika, Moca, Madrosah, Morse (copperplate style), Mosaic (textured), Nona, Oldiest, Pleaster, Pashion, Pentol, Pieces, Pinky (rounded sans), Plank, Playon, Prabu, Pring, Queens, Quicker, Robeck, Roman, Rubber, Racheto, Reactive, Red Blood, Risole, Rooti, Salmoon, Sealand, Squad, Squash, Squash EffecT, Super FanS, Safira, Serifah, Silo, Starled, Susans, Susteria, Threemore (sketched), Tooth, Trailer, Tuman, Tevos, Tornado, Trobost, Velove, Villa, Wave, WinteR, Wood (textured), Wooden, Xania, Zebra. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FontSite
| Online font site run by Sean Cavanaugh (b. Cape May, NJ, 1962) out of Camano Island, WA. This used to be called Title Wave Studios. Since 1996, Sean Cavanaugh is the head of FontSite. In the archives, one can/could find essays on writing style, rules of typography, and a comparison by Thomas Phinney (program manager of Latin Fonts at Adobe) of T1 and TTF. The Fontsite 500 CD (30 USD) offers 500 classical fonts with the original names, plus a few names I have not seen before, such as Bergamo (=Bembo by Francesco Griffo), Chantilly (=Gill Sans), Gareth (=Galliard), Noveo sans (=Neuzeit Grotesk), Palladio (=Palatino), Savoy (=Sabon), URWLatino, Unitus, Toxica, Publicity, Plakette, Pericles, Opus (=Optima), Melville, Function, Flanders, Cori Sans, Binner. Uli Stiehl provides proof that many of the fonts at FontSite are rip-offs (identical to) of fonts in Martin Kotulla's (SoftMaker) collection. This is perhaps best explained that Sean Cavanaugh's last real job was director of typography for SoftMaker, Inc., where he oversaw the development and release of SoftMaker's definiType typeface library and associated products [blurb taken from Digital Type Design Guide: The Page Designer's Guide to Working With Type, published in 1995 by Hayden Books]. Free fonts: Bergamo, CartoGothic (1996-2009), CombiNumerals. At MyFonts, the CombiNumerals Pro and CombiSymbols dingbat families are available since 2010. The site has a number of fonts with the acronym FS in the name, so I guess these are relatively original (but I won't swear on it): Allegro FS, Beton FS, Bodoni Display FS (+ Bold, Demibold), Bodoni No 2 FS (+ Ultra, Bodoni Recut FS (+Bold, Demibold), and so forth. His 500 Font CD has these fonts:
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French type designer based in Toulouse, b. 1950, d. 1999. He was an early graduate of Scriptorium de Toulouse (1972). In his lifetime, Boltana achieved a great deal of success, including the Morisawa Prize in 1990. From 1975 until 1997 he was also a freelance graphic designer. Brief CV. Read his article in Cahiers GUTenberg, Ligatures&calligraphie assistée par ordinateur (1995). Fontshop link. Frank Adebiaye wrote François Boltana et la naissance de la typographie numérique together with Suzanne Cardinal in 2012. His fonts:
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Francesca Farrisi (Phillipsburg, NJ) created a custom copperplate typeface in 2012. Behance link. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bari, Italy-based graphic designer. In a type design class of Gio Fuga, she created the copperplate typeface Singer (2012). [Google] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Polish type designer who teaches graphic design at the Secondary Art School in Bydgoszcz. Second prize at the 3rd International Digital Type Design Contest by Linotype Library for the handwriting fonts Linotype Notec (1998) and JP2 (2008, based on the (shaky) handwriting of Pope John Paul II). Brda (2003, Linotype) is a fat display typeface that won an award at Linotype's Fourth International Type Design Contest---it was originally designed for the Powiat weekly. Waza (2008, Linotype) is a copperplate script revived from an etching by Wilhelm Hondius (Hondt), the Dutch court engraver for the Polish king, Ladislaus IV. FontShop link. Linotype link. Klingspor link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frederic W. Goudy
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One of the great type designers of the twentieth century, 1865-1947. Born in Bloomington, IL, he made over 125 typefaces. He founded the Village Press with Will H. Ransom at Park Ridge, IL, in 1903. From 1904 until 1906, it was in Hingham, MA, and from 1906-1913 at 225 Fourth Avenue, New York City, where a fire destroyed everything except the matrices on January 10, 1908. From 1913 until 1923, it was located in Forest Hill Gardens, Long Island, and from 1923 until his death in 1947 at Deepdene, in Marlborough-on-Hudson, NY. He was an art consultant for Lanston Monotype from 1920-1940. His life's work and his ideas on typography can be found in his great book, Typologia, Studies in Type Design \& Type Making (1940, University of California Press, Berkeley), but his views are already present in Elements of Lettering (1922, The Village Press, Forest Hill Gardens, New York). His own work is summarized, shown and explained in his last book, A Half-Century of Type Design and Typography 1895-1945, Volume One (1946, The Typophiles, New York). See also Frederic Goudy by D.J.R. Bruckner for Harry N. Abrams Publishers, New York. In 1936, Frederic Goudy received a certificate of excellence that was handlettered in blackletter and immediately stated, Anyone who would letterspace blackletter would steal sheep. He also wrote: All the old fellows stole our best ideas, and Someday I'll design a typeface without a K in it, and then let's see the bastards misspell my name. His 116 fonts include
Several foundries specialize in Goudy's types. These include P22/Lanston, which has an almost complete digital collection, Ascender Monotype, and Castle Type, which offers Goudy Trajan (2003), Goudy Text, Goudy Stout and Goudy Lombardy. WTC Goudy was digitized ca. 1986 by WTC. Links: Bio by Nicolas Fabian. Alternate URL. Andrew R. Boone's article on Goudy in Popular Science, 1942. Goudy's typefaces listed by Paulo W. Obituary, May 13, 1947, New York Times, Time Magazine, November 6. 1933, Amy Duncan's thesis at BSU entitled "Howdy Goudy: Frederic W. Goudy and the Private Press in the Midwest", A 2009 lecture on Goudy by Steve Matteson (TypeCon 2009, Atlanta), Melbert B. Cary Jr. collection of Goudyana. Wikipedia: List of typefaces designed by Frederic Goudy. Linotype link. FontShop link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frederic William Goudy
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Fresh Pressed Fonts
| Fresh Pressed Fonts is the foundry of Ryan Welch, who graduated from RIT in 2013. Based in New York City, he created the blackboard bold multi-textured font family Octomorf (2013), the free athletic lettering typeface Matchup (2013), Hickory (2013, a copperplate typeface in which all lowrcase characters are of the same size), Corduroy Slab (2013, free), Matchup Light (2013, free), Parliament (2013, spurred typeface), Grip2X (2013) and Brassie (2013, free regular weight). In 2014, he published the rounded techno sans typeface Calvaux, Seaside Script, the vintage display typeface Privateer, Sourdough (a creamy script), the wood simulation typeface Fair Trade, the poster typeface Landscaper, and the octagonal typeface Cracker Jack. In 2015, he published the display sans typeface family Animus and the octagonal typeface Mylodon. Typefaces from 2016: Machinist (weathered industrial style), Halberd (semi-blackletter), Rematch (slab serif), Life Is Gouda (cheese-themed vector format font). Typefaces from 2017: Promises, Clout (octagonal and industrial). Behance link. Creative Market link (for buying his fonts). A newer creative Market link. [Google] [More] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Galapagos Design Group
| Foundry headed by Larry Oppenberg (President) and Mark Batty (Director). It was founded in 1994, and is based in Littleton, Massachusetts. Its main designers are Alex Kaczun, Michael Leary, Dennis Pasternak, George Ryan and Steve Zefarana. Makers of ITC Fontoon (1995), ITC Fontoonies (1995), ITC Gargoonies (1995), and ITC Backyard Beasties (1995). The web page of this foundry is simply superb. Web-O-Mints dingbats are free [see also here]. Other font families: AquaMintsGD, BackyardBeastiesITC, BaltraGD (lower case for a condensed style of Copperplate Gothic), BigClydeGD, FontoonITC-Regular, Fontoonies2, FontooniesITC, GargooniesITC, KennedyCusGD-Book, KennedyGD, KristenITC-Normal, KristenNotSoITC-Normal, MaiandraGD, MohawcsNoteGD, NikkiNewRomanGD-Normal, SafeFontGD, SpleenyDecafGD, StylusITC, TangientGD, TangientSerifGD, WakefieldGD-Regular. View Dennis Pasternak's typefaces. View typefaces designed by Galapagos. [Google] [More] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gearwright
| Yusof Mining (Gearwright) specializes in old American typefaces and letterpress. His typefaces:
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In 1950, Gebr. Klingspor published a nice small booklet simply called Schriftkartei. The images below are from that book. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UK engraver and penman, 1684-1769, who wrote the manual The Universal Penman (published in parts from 1733 to 1741, reprinted in its entirety in 1743). The full title is The Universal Penman Or the Art of Writing Made Useful To the Gentleman and Scholar, as well As the Man of Business . . . Written With the friendly Assistance of several of the most Eminent Masters And Engraved by Geo. Bickham. That book also contains work by Bickham's collaborators, such as Joseph Champion, Wellington Clark, Nathaniel Dove, Gabriel Brooks, and William Leckey. Book cover. Other books by Bickham include Penmanship in its utmost Beauty and Extent (Overton & Hoole, London, 1731). A free interpretation of the copperplate script styles of The Universal Penman can be seen in the monumental font Penabico (2010, Intellecta Design). Images: From The Universal Penman, Roundhand Script (ca. 1740), Greek Writing (1743). Digital typefaces based on Bickham's scripts include 1739 Bickham (2010) and 1741 Bickham (2013) by Klaus-Peter Schäffel, Bickham Script (1997, Richard Lipton), Bickham Script 3 (2014, Richard Lipton), Penabico (Intellecta Design), and loose interpretations such as Poem Script (Sudtipos). [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Type-founder (b. Edinburgh, Scotland, 1781, d. New York City, 1866). He and his brother David emigrated to the United States, where they started the Bruce Type Foundry in New York City in 1813. David was precoccupied with a new printing process, stereotyping, while George was the type-founder who created many beautiful and refined designs. Together, they invented a useful type-casting machine. In 1865, George Bruce published An abridged specimen of fonts of type. In 1848, they published Specimens of printing types / cast by Geo. Bruce&Co. Samples of typefaces: Bruce Script and Bruce Copperplate Script (1842 and 1858), Bruce Copperplate Script No. 2003 (1857), Bruce Italian Swash Script No. 2007 (1858), Victoria Textura (1865). Quoting From Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography, edited by James Grant Wilson and John Fiske. 6 vols. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1887-1889.: Bruce, George, type-founder (proprietor of the Bruce foundry), born in Edinburgh, Scotland, 5 July, 1781: died in New York City, 6 July, 1866. He immigrated to the United States, where his brother David had preceded him in July, 1795, and at first attempted to learn the bookbinder's trade, but, his master being tyrannical and exacting, he left him, and by his brother's persuasion apprenticed himself to Thomas Dobson, printer in Philadelphia. In 1798 the destruction of Dobson's office by fire, and the prevalence of yellow fever, led the brothers to leave the city. George had yellow fever at Amboy, but recovered through his brother's care. The two went to Albany and obtained employment there, but after a few months returned to New York. In 1803 young Bruce was foreman and a contributor to the Daily Advertiser, and in November of that year printer and publisher of the paper for the proprietor. In 1806 the two brothers opened a book printing office at the corner of Pearl street and Coffeehouse slip. The same year they brought out an edition of Lavoisier's Chemistry, doing all the work with their own hands. Their industry and personal attention to business soon brought them abundant employment, and in 1809, removing to Sloat lane, near Hanover square, they had nine presses in operation, and published occasionally on their own account. In 1812 David went to England, and brought back with him the secret of stereotyping. The brothers attempted to introduce the process, but encountered many difficulties, which it required all their ingenuity to surmount. The type of that day was cast with so low a beveled shoulder that it was not suitable for stereotyping, as it interfered with the molding and weakened the plate. They found it necessary, therefore, to cast their own type. They invented a planing-machine for smoothing the backs of the plates and reducing them to a uniform thickness, and the mahogany shifting-blocks to bring the plates to the same height as type. Their first stereotype works were school editions of the New Testament in bourgeois, and the Bible in nonpareil (1814 and 1815). They subsequently stereotyped the earlier issues of the American Bible society, and a series of Latin classics. In 1816 they sold out the printing business, and bought a building in Eldridge street for their foundry. Here, and subsequently in 1818, when they erected the foundry still occupied by their successors in Chambers Street, George gave his attention to the enlargement and development of the type-founding business, while David confined his labors to stereotyping. In 1822 David's health failed, and the partnership was dissolved. George soon relinquished stereotyping, and gave his whole attention to type-founding, and introduced valuable improvements into the business, cutting his own punches, making constantly new and tasteful designs, and graduating the size of the body of the type so as to give it a proper relative proportion to the size of the letter. In connection with his nephew, David Bruce, Jr., he invented the only typecasting machine That has stood the test of experience, and is now in general use. His scripts became famous among printers as early as 1832, and retained their pre-eminence for a generation. The last set of punches he cut was for a great primer script. He was at the time in his seventy-eighth year, but for beauty of design and neatness of finish, the type in question has rarely been excelled. Mr. Bruce was a man of large benevolence, of unflinching integrity, and great decision of character. He was president for many years of the Mechanics' Institute, and of the type-founders' association, and an active member of and contributor to, the historical society, St. Andrew's society, the typographical society, and the general society of mechanics and tradesmen. [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
George Bruce
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English writing master, 1666 (?)-1736 (?). Author/editor of The Penmans Magazine. Author of Natural Writing in all the Hands, with Variety of Ornament (1709) and Alphabets in All the Hands (1715). In 1730, he wrote several pages for Bickham's Universal Penman. English writing masters including George Bickham, George Shelley and George Snell helped to propagate Round Hand's popularity, so that by the mid-18th century the Round Hand style had spread across Europe and crossed the Atlantic to North America. The typefaces Snell Roundhand and Kuenstler Script are based on this style of handwriting. The famous Shelley Script is named after him. Linotype's version, also called Shelley Script, was implemented by Matthew Carter in 1972 at Letraset and was split into Allegro, Andante and Volante styles. The Bitstream "copy" is called English 111. Sample of a copperplate alphabet done in London in 1709. [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian type designer who made the copperplate font Mu Online (2012). Aka Bacardi. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South African designer of Greyton Script (1991, Letraset), an inline calligraphic (engraved) typeface. At Berthold in 1972, he published Gesh Export 233 (stencil), Gesh Introduction and Gesh Ortega Roman 275. For revivals of Gesh Export, see OPTI Gilpin 5 (by Castcraft) and the free font Stencil Expert (1993, Allen R. Walden). Klingspor link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gert Wiescher
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Gilang Purnama Jaya
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Gilles Le Corre
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GLC --- Gilles Le Corre
| French painter born in Nantes in 1950, who lives in Talmont St Hilaire. His fonts include 2010 Cancellaresca Recens (inspired by a chancery type of Francisco Lucas from the late 16th century), 2009 Handymade (comic book style), 2009 Lollipop (chancery style), 2009 GLC Plantin, 2009 Primitive (2009, a rough-edged roman script), 2008 Script 2 (2008), GLC Ornaments One (2008) and 2008 Xmas Fantasy (2008: blackletter). In 2008, he started GLC -- Gilles Le Corre and became commercial. Creative Market link. He is best known for his historic revivals:
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Gloow Studio
| 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] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gluk Fonts
| Aka Grzegorz Luk and just Gluk, Grzegorz Luksza is a Polish type designer (b. 1973) who specializes in ultra-decorative and experimental typefaces. Creator of the free artsy font Wanta (2008), of Resagnicto (2010), of Rawengulk (2010), of Rawengulk Sans (2011), of Reswysokr (2011), of the bold slab serif typeface Zantroke (2011), and of the free calligraphic typefaces Odstemplik (2009), promocyja (2008) and Konstytucyja (2008). He published the elegant serif family Foglihten (2010), which includes the inline typefaces Foglihten No. 1 (2011), Foglihten Fr02 (2011), Foglihten No. 3 (2011) and Foglihten No. 4 (2012). The latter is inspired by the Polish Constitution of May 3, 1791. Foglihten Petite Caps Black (2012) and Foglihten Black PCS (2012) are high-contrast fat didone typefaces, minus the ball terminals. The series continues with Foglihten No. 6 (2012) and Foglihten No. 7 (2013). Qumpellka No 12 (2011) is a flowing italic. Opattfram01 (2011) is a dingbat typeface with onamental patterns. The Okolaks family (2008) has a bit of an art deco feel. It covers East-European languages as well as Cyrillic. Sportrop (2008) is a neat multiline face. Gputeks (2008) is a delicate decorative face. Szlichta07 (2008) on the other hand is an experimental typeface based on tilting the horizontal edges about ten degrees up. Kawoszeh (2008) is a curly Victorian pre-art nouveau face. Spinwerad (2009) and Itsadzoke S01 (2010) and Itsadzoke S02 are display didones. Znikomit (2011) is an impressive lachrymal hairline slab face. See also Znikomit No. 25 (2012) and Znikomit No. 24 (2012; image by Benjamin Frazzetto). Creations from 2012: Charakterny, Garineldo, Mikodacs (an Impact-like black display sans), Yokawerad (a didone headline face), Resagokr, Nikodecs, Garineldo SC. Typefaces from 2013: Etharnig, Namskin, Namskout (a layered heavy display face), Prida 65 (spurred antique face), Ketosag, Prida 61, Gatometrix, Glametrix, Gallberik. Typefaces from 2014: VECfont FogV4, EtharnigV (a bi-colored font), Risaltyp, Wabroye, Kleymissky, Sortefax (an outline font with engraved versions as on dollar bills), Dragerotypos (blackboard bold), Resamitz. Typefaces from 2015: Prida 36, Sudegnak No. 3 (script), Vecfont Sudegnak (cartoonish), PridaEn (a vector font for color), Prida S4, Prida01, Prida02 Calt. Typefaces from 2016: BroshN, Tofimpelik (+Candy), Prosh3, Digitalt, Agreloy (a lovely curly Victorian typeface), Gluk Mixer (ransom note font), Fogtwo No 5. Typefaces from 2017: Prosh 4B (a variable color font), BroshK2 (an origami style color font, in OpenType SVG format), Fuetargio (a multiline bejeweled typeface). Typefaces from 2018: BroshK, Rostef (all caps titling typeface), Fogthree. Typefaces from 2019: ResotE, ResotE-Pastels (a color font), ResotYc (a decorative unicase font), Resot Yg, Liserif (a kinetic SVG font). Typefaces from 2020: Digico M (a color font), Resotho (a wide all caps geometric sans). Dafont link. Digart link. Fontspace link. Dafont link. Open Font Library link. Scribus Stuff link. Fontspace link. Kernest link. Abstract Fonts link. Behance link. Font Squirrel link. Klingspor link. Creative Market link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Good Craft Supply Co
| Art director in Anderson, IN, involved in branding and lettering. As Good Craft Supply, he designed the vintage display sans typeface Copper Etched (2016) and the letterpress emulation typeface Historical Press (2016). Creative Market link. [Google] [More] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Good Gravy Type
| BFA Graphic Design, Boise State University, ID, 2011. Now located in Tampa, FL, Conrad Garner created of the free heavy copperplate sans typeface Idaho (2012) and the copperplate display typeface family Port City (2017, Font Bros; in Press, Sans and Serif sub-styles). In 2018, he designed the signage typeface Koozie Script (+Icons), the condensed grotesque Dabronx, and the squarish all caps sans typeface family Cold Cuts (the latter with Dathen Boardman). Typefaces from 2019: Da Bronx Sans (a 12-style condensed grotesque family by Dathan Boardman and Conrad Garner). Home page of Good Gravy Co (not secure). [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mac McGrew's discussion on Gothic starts with an important remark: Gothic, the purists say, is Blackletter or what we more often call Old English. But the name is so firmly established in American usage as meaning a plain block letter without serifs or hairlines, that we must accept that meaning. Also, it is part of many type names. But we prefer to go further, and reserve the term gothic for the traditional forms, and sans serif for the modified forms originating in Germany with the Bauhaus movement of the 1920s. Our preferred general term is serifless. In this book, gothics having distinctive family names are listed alphabetically throughout---see Alternate Gothic, Franklin Gothic, Modern Gothic, News Gothic, etc. Those with merely descriptive names are included in this section under the following headings: Numbered Gothics, Condensed Gothics, Inclined or Italic Gothics, and Miscellaneous Gothics. The term "Lining," added to many names when they were realigned to new standards around the turn of the century, has generally been ignored in this book, as it was later dropped in nearly all cases. Nineteenth-century gothics are not included except for a few representative ones or those that have been substantially used subsequently. "Title" gothics---all-cap versions usually occupying almost the entire body---are shown as secondary listings to the cap-and-lowercase versions where both exist. Offset Gothics were cut in reverse for a process of transferring proofs of type to lithographic stones, or more recently to electronic parts. Also see Record Gothic Offset. He the discusses gothic typefaces in detail.
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Goudy's typefaces
| List of Goudy's typefaces, with dates, compiled by Paulo W.
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Graphic Out
| Lahore, Pakistan and/or London, UK-based designer of Contour (a titling sans), Chubby (2019), the free display sans Linicircle (2017), the free rounded sans typeface Roudge or Wasey E (2019), the modular typeface Bract (2019), the copperplate serif Billag (2019), the color font Taster (2019), Zonta (2019), the techno or architectural lettering font Italichno (2018), the geometric shape fonts Shape (2019) and Shape Out (2019), and the semi-stencil typeface CoolCut (2019). Behance link for Graphic Out. [Google] [More] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Great Studio
| 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] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Hallmark Cards company was founded by J.C. Hall. Fonts with the letters HMK in their names are produced by Hallmark, the well-known postcard company in Kansas City, MO. These include early fonts such as Hog-Bold---HMK, Hog-Book---HMK, Jot-Medium---HMK, Marita-Medium---HMK, Marita-Script---HMK, Trots-Light---HMK, Trots-Medium---HMK and later (1997-1999) fonts such as BaaBookHmk, BernhardFashionHmk, BethsCuteHmk, BixAntiqueScriptHmk, BoogieWoogieHmk, ChrisHmk, CluffHmk, DesertDogHmk, FrancineHmk, FultoonHmk (by Nancy Fulton), GeeohHmk, HavixHmk (by Doug Havach), JanieHmk, Jewels, LamboHmk, McBooHmk (by Megan Walsh), NotnorvalHmk, OkrienHmk, OttumHmk (1997, downloadable here, PegsannaHMK (by Peg CarlsonHoffman), SandyTextHmk, SlashHmk, SplintHmk, StarbabeHmk (by Lisa Rogers), SuccotashHmk, SuccotashHmkBlack, TwizotHmk (by Bud Braman and John Dawbarn), WallowHmk. In 2008, careful hackers found these fonts in the flash files of Hallmark and posted them on alt.binaries.fonts: AngelinaHMK, AnnouncementRomanHMK, CoronaSansHMK, CrownRomanHMK, DuneHMK (2008), InkberryCondensedBoldHMK, KarasHMK, KingsHatBoldHMK, MizquitoHMK, PatriciaHMK, PoobyrdHMK, ZincHMK-Regular. One hacker points out that AnnouncementRomanHMK is a rework of Castcraft's AnnouncementRoman, adding the Euro, so Hallmark seems to have its hands in the cookie jar, unless there is an intestinal link to Castcraft (but I am not aware of any). In 2010, some people extracted fonts from Hallmark e-cards with these names: BetaCrownRomanBFA, BetaMars, BluesOnePKA, DoverA1, EdPS-Script, EvereadyOnePKA, GriegoOnePKA, InkberryCondensedBoldA1, KingsHatSansTextBoldPKA-Regular, KingsHatSansTextBoldPKA, KreamyPKA, Minion-HMK, PSOneBoldPKA, PahtooieOneSolidPKA, PahtooieTwoSolidPKA, PeanutsA1-Regular, QubitTwoBoldPKA, SlashKA, StoryBookPKA. In 2010, Ascender started selling the Hallmark fonts. The first set includes Bix Antique Script HMK, Cluff HMK, Forget Me Not HMK, Fultoon HMK, Geeoh HMK, Hasty HMK, Havix HMK, Jewels HMK, Kat Tail HMK, McBoo HMK, Okrien HMK, Ottum HMK, Starbabe HMK, Succotash HMK and Wallow HMK. The second set, published in 2011, has BoogieWoogie HMK, Calcium HMK (2010, skeletal font), Gweet HMK, Karrot HMK, Pan HMK, Slash HMK, Splint HMK, Tuf Medium HMK (2011), Twizot HMK (1999). But then Ascender was gobbled up by Monotype, so who knows what will happen? In 2012, we find a file with 107 free fonts on the Hallmark site as a support file for Hallmark Card Studio 2012. That collection: AliceFrancesHmk, BaaBookHmk, BaaBookHmkBold, BernhardFasD, BernhardFashionHmk, BernhardMordern, BethsCuteHmk, BethsCuteHmkBold, BixAntiqueScriptHmk (2009, a copperplate script), BixAntiqueScriptHmkBold, BoogieWoogieHmk, BoogieWoogieHmkBold, CallieHmk, CandyBuzzBTN, CandyBuzzBTNBold, CapriHMK, CarmineTango, CaslonAntT, CaslonNo540SwaD-Ital, ChrisHmk, ChrisHmkBold, CluffHmk, CluffHmkBold, CopperplateT-Bold, CopperplateT-Ligh, CopperplateT-Medi, DesertDogHmk (2008), DomCasualBT-Regular, DomCasualD-Regu, ForgetMeNotHMK, FrancineHmk, FrancineHmkBold, FultoonHmk (2010, a great painter's script), FuturaBT-Medium, Garamond, GaramondBold, GaramondBoldItalic, GaramondItalic, GeeohHmk (2009), GeeohHmkBold, GilliesGotD-Ligh, GrilledCheeseBTNCn, GweetHmk, GweetHmkBold, HankBT-Roman, HastyHMK (2006), HavixHmk (1998, calligraphic), HavixHmkBold, Humanist531BT-RomanA, JanieHmk (2008), JanieHmkBold, JewelsHmk (2008), KatTailBoldHMK, KatTailHMK (2009), LamboHmk, LamboHmkBold, LiorahBT-Regular, MaritaTextBookHMK, MaritaTextMediumHMK, McBooHmk (2009), MelanieBT-Roman, MissyBT-Roman, NimbusRomD-Regu, NimbusRomdBold, NimbusRomdItalic, NimbusSanT-Regu, NimbusSanT-ReguCond, NimbusSanTConBold, NokieBrushBoldHMK, NokieBrushHMK (2009), NotnorvalHmk, NotnorvalHmkBold, OkrienHmk (1999, camp site script), OkrienHmkBold, OttumHmk (2010, formal connected script), OttumHmkBold, PamHMK (2009), ParkAveD, PegsannaHMK, RegisterSansBTN, RegisterSansBTNBold, RyanBT-Heavy, SandyTextHmk (1997, formal script), SandyTextHmkBold, Shannon-Book, ShannonExtraBold, SlashHmk, SlashHmkBold, SplintHmk (2008), SplintHmkBold, StarbabeHmk (2009), StarbabeHmkBold, SuccotashHmk (1999, technical memo script), SuccotashHmkBlack, SuccotashHmkBold, Symphony, SymphonyBlack, TwizotHmk (1999), URWAlcuinT-Regu, URWImperialT-Regu, WackyActionBTN, WackyActionBTNBold, WallowHmk (1999), WallowHmkBold, WritetyperHmk, YearbookSolid. Hallmark's SMC animations font download site has the free fonts Hmk Handjive, Handshake, Handlebar, Handstand, Handspring, Handsome, all made in 2010. Additional fonts not mentioned above include Butch HMK (2008), Amberger Sans One, Angelina, Announcement Roman HMK, Constanze Mono One Med, Corona Sans, Crocka Doodle One, Crown Roman (regular, italic), Drummer Man, Dune, Inkberry Cond Bold, Karas, Kings Hat (bold, italic), Mizdemeanor One, Mizfit, Mizquito, Patricia Medium, Poobyrd, Zinc. As of the early 2010's, Hallmark had two full-time font designers in its department, Terry Lee and Josh Scruggs, and could still count on Myron McVay, who officially retired from Hallmark a few years ago and died in 2013. The type department was headed by Rick Cusick. More recently, Hallmark started to work exclusively on proprietary font designs, including fonts for various Hallmark subsidiaries. By 2016, Rick Cusick and Terry Lee also retired, leaving Hallmark with just two full-time designers: Josh Scruggs and Lila Symons. To read about type design at Hallmark, consult What Our Lettering Needs The Contribution of Hermann Zapf to Calligraphy & Type Design at Hallmark Cards by Rick Cusick. [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
HamburgerFonts Type Foundry
| Type foundry in London, est. 2004 by Stuart Brown (b. 1976) from Halifax, Yorkshire, England. He works for Dalton Maag. He also did some work for The Australian Type Foundry. His typefaces include:
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Handwriting Models
| Handwriting Models An Icelandic Manual, 1883 [fre download] was written by Benedikt Gröndal (1826-1907), an Icelandic poet, painter, draftsman, calligrapher and library historian. After a master's degree in Scandinavian Studies from the University of Copenhagen in 1863, he taught, wrote, and published a periodical, Gefn. In 2007, a foreword and useful introduction to handwriting models was added by Gunnlaugur Briem, and he placed all on his web site for free download. I quote: In 1875, Denmark changed handwriting models, replacing blackletter cursive by copperplate. This extended to its Icelandic dominion, where copybooks and model sheets in the new style were in short supply. Eight years later, a much needed handwriting manual by Benedikt Gröndal was published. The old style and the new are similar in appearance but have different letterforms. This picture shows the old blackletter cursive (top) and the new copperplate (bottom)---it was taken from Almanak Hins íslenzka þjóðvinafélags, Copenhagen (1877). Gröndal's copperplate and Gröndal's ronde. The foreword by Briem also shows a Danish ronde that appeared in Rundskrifts-Bogen; til Skolebrug og Hjemmeøvelse, ca. 1880. He also grabs the opportunity to showcase the most handsome of all Icelandic copperplate models done by Jón Þórarinsson in Skrifbók með forskriftum, 1. hefti (Reykjavík, ca. 1896). The American Palmer method, more open but less gracious, is illustrated in this alphabet from 1922 by Steingrímur Arason (from Litla skrifbókin, Reykjavík. Variants of this are shown in the alphabets of Guðmundur I. Guðjónsson, published between 1939 and 1953. Briem concludes: Handwriting based on copperplate was largely abandoned in Icelandic schools in 1984. It was replaced by italic, a modern monoline version of renaissance handwriting that owes much to Ludovico Arrighi's approach. A large selection of model sheets in this style is available for free download from the internet. He also shows Italiuskrift05, his own suggestion for schools. [Google] [More] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hanken Studio
| Graduate of the College of Architecture and Fine Arts, Batangas State University, The Philippines, who has been working as a graphic designer since 2005. He is currently located in Dubai, UAE and is a prolific type designer. His typefaces:
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Hannes von Döhren
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German type designer, b. Oberlahnstein, 1891, d. Frankfurt am Main, 1980. He worked mostly for Ludwig&Mayer. Creator of these typefaces:
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Type designer associated with VEB Typoart in the phototypesetting era. His creations at Typoart include Fleischmann (a serif based on Fleischmann's historical face. An original cursive by Harald Brödel was added to the Typoart collection), Molli (a comic book face), Nidor (a slab serif), and Hogarth Script (a formal copperplate script). Digital versions of Hogarth Script include Gillray Pro (2015, Ralp M. Unger), OPTI Historic Script (by Castcraft), Hogarth Script EF, Hogarth Script URW, Hobson (Softmaker), Hogarth Script (2005, a Cyrillic extension by Alexandra Gophmann), and Hogarth Script (Linotype). MyFonts link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hattori Supply Co (was: Corgi Astronaut)
| Jundiai, Sao Paulo-based designer of Joliet Serif (2017), Millenia (2017), Filena (2017, a sans family), Boxing (2017, a mini-spurred slab serif), Gotcha (2017), Sprout (2017, thin condensed sans), Clutch (2017), Longway (2017, copperplate style), Destrukt (2017), Bridal (2017, a condensed family with some free weights), Alyssum (sans), Space Cowboy (2017), Cookit (2017, a free wood emulation font), Glubby (2017, a plump typeface), Rearden Steel (2017), the fat rounded typeface Hit And Run (2017), and the free all caps sans typeface Thruster (2017). Typefaces from 2018: Palash. Typefaces from 2019: Okana (a 16-style condensed sans), Lucita (rounded sans), Camilie (thin sans). Typefaces from 2020: Perugia (a decorative didone). [Google] [More] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hendry Juanda
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American calligrapher, 1788-1849. He wrote Dean's Analytical Guide. Containing A Variety of Plates in which are exhibited A Complete System of Practical Penmanship (1805, second edition 1808), a calligraphic primer containing many alphabets. In 2007, Jane Rodgers Siegel writes in APHA, vol. 163: The 1805 first edition of Henry Dean's Analytical Guide is the first ambitious American handwriting manual, a handsome quarto of 56 pages and 18 engraved plates. It may be of interest that Dean, as Nash tells us, not only was a writing master, teacher, and bookkeeper (writing and arithmetic, the two skills needed for com- merce, went hand in hand for centuries), but also had run a copperplate printing business in Salem, Mass. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German-American type designer (b. 1843, Berlin) who apprenticed at the Trowitzsch & Son type foundry in Berlin, and then worked as a punchcutter in Dresden and at the G. Haase & Sons foundry in Prague. After positions at the Flinsch foundry in Frankfurt, the Battenburg foundry in Paris, and the Fonderie Haas in Basel, Ihlenburg moved to the United States in 1866 to work for the L. Johnson & Company foundry in Philadelphia, which became MacKellar, Smiths & Jordan some time later. Specializing in ornamental (Victorian) fonts and borders, he designed over eighty typefaces for that Mackellar and a few more for American Type Founders after it purchased MacKellar, Smiths & Jordan in 1901. Ihlenburg became an American citizen in 1874, and died in Philadelphia in 1905. He will be remembered as the prototypical Victorian type designer. His typefaces at MacKellar:
At ATF: Taylor Gothic (1894), Schoeffer Old Style (1897: revived and extended by Alfonso Garcia in 2020 as Spirits), Roundhand Series (1902), Post Oldstyle Roman No. 2 (1901---possibly made by E.J. Kitson and/or Guernsey Moore), Post Oldstyle Italic (1901), Ihlenburg Series (1900?), Bradley Series (1895-1897, now at Dover), American Italic (1902). Ludlow offers a digital version of Hannibal. Comments on some typefaces by Mac McGrew:
In 2021, Noah Bryant set out to revive many of Ihlenburg's Victorian typefaces. Ihlenburg at the Rochester Institute of Technology's Cary Graphic Arts Collection. [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
HVD Fonts
| 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] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Free copies in PDF format of many rare books on calligraphy and penmanship, typically from the 19th century:
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The type styles of the IBM Selectric Composer, which worked with typewriter balls:
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Spanish art student (in 2013). FontStructor who created these typefaces in 2013: Beauvoir, Lancaster, Figaro, Abel, Cawdor (octagonal), Dilior (a didone), Harmond (blackletter), Antelopes, Godiva (blackletter), Autumn, Sasanida, Help I Need Somebody (circle-based geometric sans), Goodbye Fontstruct, Fairy Tale Vanishing, Slanton, Kyrie, Eat Me, De Stijl, Chiara, Hecate, Stancyl (piano key), Ionica, Winty's Gothica, Vintage America, El Greco, Fairy Tale, Ozawa, Donibo Display, Decade (blackletter), Donibo, Weirdy Moves (+Party), Bliss (crayon font), Ibsen (a dark copperplate style inspired by an Ikea logo), Avenzo, Avenzo Mad Serif, The Code of Honour (constructivist), Yago, Vienna Cafe Big (art nouveau), Castillian (Textura, +SmallCaps), Lumpy, Origami (3d face), Baldur2 (a lava lamp typeface), Trinity (Victorian), Patterns For Everyone, Evangelion, Scriptura, Maverick, Giralda, Freak Fraktur, Vienna Cafe (art nouveau), Sportiva (Small Caps, Deco1, Deco2 [blackboard bold], Sans, Alternates 1, Alternates 2, Alternates 3, Regular), Carmina, Hieronimus (a pixelish typeface inspired by Bauhaus: +Slab, +Stencil). Typefaces from 2014: Bronzino, Hagia, Decodrops, Kobe Slab, Enoe (blackletter), Adagio, Nemesis (thin avant garde sans), Shalott (geometric sans), Origami, Kobe Regular, Kobe Stencil, Giovanni (textura blackletter), Decan, Thoreau (blackboard bold), Blue Requiem, Funky Business, Red Requiem, Dreamcatcher, Drastic, Retropix, Vanity Strong, Dotchild, Reya (blackletter). Typefaces from 2015: Stanwyck (stencil), Tiberian (roman caps), Dresde Sans, Fraktur in the Forest, Dingbat Tribe, Action (in the style of Impact), Hibiscus (sans), Oranienbaum (a stylish serif), Amphora (sans), Lazzaro (squarish), Pineapple Juice, Sheldon. Typefaces from 2016: Watercolor (an art deco sans inspired by Carlos Winkow's Grotesca Radio), Hipster, Lakme Mondrianesque, Humanist Sans. Typefaces from 2017: Dublin, Dresde Serif. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ijemrockart
| 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] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ilyas Yunusov
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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] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Incools Design Studio (or: Aol Scrachtzo)
| Banda Aceh, Indonesia-based designer, b. 1988. Creator of the handcrafted typefaces Archipelago (2015, a connected swashy script), Shintya (2015), Sambay (2015: a brush script), Silvia (2015), Matauro (2015, a watercolor brush), Almarhum (2015), Chocolava (2015, a fun creamy handcrafted typeface), Itaki (2015, a rough brush font), Egocentric (2014), and the curly connected script typeface Esmeralda (2015). He also designed the copperplate calligraphic script typeface Cimochi (2015). Typefaces from 2016: Jenny Simol (a signature typeface), Ipanema, Esse (brush script), Shaggie (script), Inkotsi (a rough sans serif). Typefaces from 2018: Vladiviqo, Apple Peach, Sanango (script), Bamboo, Original Sin, Manchuria (wavy prismatic caps). [Google] [More] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indestructible Type
| Owen Earl (Indestructible Type, Seattle, WA) takes a new look at old classics. He reinvents them from scratch, and redesigns each glyph very carefully. Some of his work is completely free, and other typefaces are commercial. His fonts:
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German company that sells 9999 fonts on a CD for 229 USD. In 2017, Infinitype 4 has 7444 fonts for 299 USD. One can download 20 fonts for free, as a teaser. The company is run by Martin Kotulla, owner of Softmaker, who also made the MegaFont CD. Many (most?) fonts are licensed from URW and come with a performance guarantee. Font catalog. Most fonts cover all European languages. Font catalog. Direct download of that catalog. Font name equivalences. The list: Aargau, Abott Old Style, Accent, Accolade, Adelon (lapidary), AdLib, Advertisers Gothic, Aldebaran, Alfredo, Allstar, Alternate Gothic, Alte Schwabacher, American Text, Ancona, Ancona Condensed, Ancona Extended, Ancona Narrow, Antigone, Antigone Compact, Antigone Nord, Antigone Condensed, Antiqua, Artistic, Avignon, Avignon Condensed, Avignon PS, Ballad Script, Ballantines (a broad-nib script), Balloon, Barbedor, Barbedor Osf, Baskerville, Baskerville Nova, Baskerville Old Face, Bay Script, Belfast Serial (a remake of Forsberg's Berling), Belfort, Bellboy, Benjamin [based on ITC Benguiat; identical to Softmaker's B693 Roman], Benjamin Condensed, Benjamin Gothic [free here; this comic book style typeface is based on ITC Benguiat Sans (1979-1980) and is similar to B691 Sans from Softmaker)], Benson, Bergamo, Bergamo Osf, Bernhard Condensed, Bernhard Fashion, Bestseller, Bilbao, Birmingham, Bluff, Boa Script, Bodoni, Bodoni Display, Bodoni No. 2, Bodoni Recut, Bodoni Recut Condensed, Bodoni Standard, Bonita, Book PS, Boston, Boulder, Bravo, Bristol, Broadway, Broadway Engraved, Brush Script, Bryce, Calgary, Calgary Osf, Cambridge, Cambridge Serial, Canossa, Canyon, Carlisle, Casablanca, Casad, Caslon, Caslon Antique, Caslon Osf, Caslon Elegant, Casual, Cathedral Open, Centrum, Century Old Style, Century Expanded, Century PS, Century Schoolbook, Chandler, Chantilly, Chantilly Condensed, Chantilly Extra Condensed, Chantilly Display, Chantilly Serial, Chatelaine, Cheltenham, Cheltenham Condensed, Cheltenham Old Style, Cheltenham Extra Condensed, Cimarron, Clarendon, Clarendon Serial, Clearface, Clearface Serial, Cleargothic, ClearGothic Serial, Colonel, Comix, Commercial Script, Compressed, Computer, Concept, Concept Condensed, Congress, Cooper Black, Copperplate Gothic, Copperplate Condensed, Cornered, Courier PS, Curacao, Curzon, Deco B691, Deco Black, Deco C720, Deco C790, Deco F761, Delano, Delaware, Denver, Derringer, Diamante, Digital, Durango, Disciple, Egyptian Wide, Egyptienne Standard, Elegant Script (revival of the 1972 Berthold formal calligraphic typeface Englische Schreibschrift), Elmore, Ennis, Entebbe, Estelle, Ewok, Expressa, Falcon, Farnham, Fette Engschrift, Fette Mittelschrift, Flagstaff, Flipper, Florence Script, Fraktur, Franklin Gothic, Franklin Gothic Condensed, Franklin Gothic Condensed Osf, Franklin Original, Frascati, Fremont, Front Page, Fuego, Function, Function Condensed, Function Display, Function Script, Gainsborough, Gandalf, SoftMaker Garamond, SoftMaker Garamond Condensed, SoftMaker Garamond No. 7, Garamond Elegant [based on Letraset Garamond], Garamond Nova, Garamond Nova Condensed, Garamond Original, Garamond Standard, German Garamond"> [based on TypoArt Garamond], Giulio, Glasgow Serial [based on Georg Salden's Polo, 1972-1976], Glendale Stencil, Gotisch, Goudita, Goudy Catalogue, Goudy Handtooled, Goudy Old Style, Goudy Heavyface, Granada, Grenoble, Grotesk, Handmade Script, Harlem Nights, Helium, Henderson, Hobo, Hoboken, Hobson, Honeymoon, Horsham, Hudson, Huntington, Iceberg, Illinois, Imperial Standard, Inverserif, Isonorm, Istria, Italian Garamond [based on Simoncini Garamond], Japanette, Jessica, Joseph Brush, Jugendstil, Kaleidoscope, Karin, Kingston, Koblenz, Kremlin Script, Leamington, Letter Gothic, Lingwood, Litera, Livorno, Lyon, Macao, Madeira, Malaga, Marriage, Marseille, Marseille Serial, Maurice, Medoc, Melbourne, Melville, Mercedes, Metaphor, Mexico, Micro, MicroSquare, MicroStencil, Moab, Mobil Graphics, Montreal, Napoli, Neutral Grotesk, Nevada, Newcastle, Nicolas [after Lanstpn's Nicolas Cochin], OCR-A, OCR-B, Oklahoma, Old Blackletter, OnStage, Opus, Organ Grinder, Orkney, Ornitons, Osborne, Otis, Palazzo, Palladio, Palmer, Pamplona, Park Avenue, Pasadena, Pedro, Pelota, Peoria, Persistent, Persistent Condensed, Persistent Osf, Philadelphia, Pizzicato [based on Letraset's Plaza], Plakette, Pollock, Prescott, Prestige, Quadrat, Raleigh, Roman PS, Salmon, Sans, Sans Condensed, Sans Diagonal, Sans Extended, Sans Outline, Sans PS, Sans PS Condensed, Savoy, Savoy Osf, Saxony, Scott, Seagull, Sebastian [based on ITC Serif Gothic], Sigvar [based on ATF's Baker Signet], Soledad, Square Serif, Stafford" [based on Rockwell MT], Stafford Serial, Sterling, Stratford, Stymie, Sunset [a version of ITC Souvenir], Sunset Serial, Sydney Serial, Tabasco, Tampa, Tampico, Tioga Script, Toledo [based on Trooper VGC], Typewriter, Typewriter Osf, Typewriter Condensed, Unic, VAG Rounded, Velo, Veracruz, Verona, Violin Script, Winona, Worcester. 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Ingrimayne Type (was: The Bovine Rebellion)
| 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. 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:
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Inland Type Foundry
| The Inland Type Foundry in Saint Louis was established in 1892 by the three sons of Carl Schraubstadter (1827-1897), William A. Schraubstadter (1864-1957), Oswald Schraubstadter (1868-1955) and Carl Schraubs Jr. (1862-1947). Carl had run the Central Type Foundry in Saint Louis and sold it to ATF (American Type Founders) in 1892, and the sons reacted by setting up Inland. Until 1911, Inland was one of the most successful foundries in the United States. In 1911 Inland was purchased by ATF and its equipment divided between that foundry and Barnhart Brothers and Spindler (BBS). A.V. Haight (Poughkeepsie) designed Rogers (art nouveau) at Inland Type foundry in 1902. He also designed Haight. Nicholas J. Werner, who used to work for Central, also created many designs at Inland. Look for "Specimen book and catalog, a price list of printers' supplies, showing types and rules in which are embodied all the latest styles ... among which ... may be especially mentioned the casting of types on standard line and unit sets." (1902, 464 pages), Specimen Book and Catalog. A Price List of Printers Supplies, Showing Types and Rules in which Are Embodied all the Latest Ideas that Enable the Printer to Produce Superior Work in a most Economical Manner Among which Betterments May Be Especially Mentioned the Casting of Types on Standard Line and Unit Sets (St. Louis, 1897) (a free copy is here and here) and Specimen Book and Catalog. A Price List of Printers Supplies, Type, Rules and Accessories of the Very Latest Designs which Facilitate the Economical Production of Superior Printing. A Notable Improvement Is the Casting of All Type on Standard Line&Unit Sets (St. Louis, 1907). MyFonts page. Scans of some typefaces: Becker (art nouveau), Blanchard Italic [Blanchard was revived in 2013 by Paulo W as Blanchard Inland], Commercial Script, Edwards (art nouveau), Inland, Lightface Blanchard, Matthews (1902: revived in 2019 by Chuck Mountain as Cotrell CF), Extended Studley (revived by Chuck Mountain in 2019 as Dukas CF, and by Jeff Levine in 2008 as Bayview JNL), Rogers (art nouveau), Poster French Oldstyle (1897 catalog), Poster Ionic (1897 catalog), Poster Latin Antique (1897 catalog), Pacific Bikes (ornaments, 1897 catalog), Recut Caslon (1907, as taken from the 1923 ATF catalog), Drew (1910, from the 1923 ATF catalog: a digital version called Droobie NF was created by Nick Curtis in 2014), Title Shaded Litho (1911), Litho Roman (1907), Gothic No.578 (1898), Pen Print (1911), Blair (1900; Condensed Blair was revived in 2022 by Jeff Levine as Generic Sans JNL), Mitchell (1906, a bold version of the all caps grotesque face Blair; digitally revived by Nick Curtis in 2015 as Mitchell NF), Comstock (1902), Inland Copperplate (1901), Shaw Text (1907). Commentaries by Mac McGrew on some of the typefaces:
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Insigne Type Design Studio (was: Dooley Type)
| Insigne Type Design Studio (est. 2006) is run by Jeremy Dooley, b. Columbia, SC, 1981, who received a masters in graphic design at Savannah College of Art and Design in 2005. He lived in Atlanta, GA, and is now in Knoxville, TN. From 2004 until 2006, he ran Dooley Type in Greenville, SC. Behance link. Klingspor link. Font squirrel link. Creative Market link. MyFonts interview. His fonts:
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Intellecta Design (or: Monocracy Types)
| 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:
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IRF Lab Studio (was: Miss Type)
| Indonesian designer of formal and semi-formal calligraphic scripts. In 2020, he/she made Adeylina, Alangte, Alove Hoolena, Arveraghen, Asengel Atigelan, Bebimelista, Braghan, Dear Mother, Fanedai, Garelgina, Hellomelanti, Hellomelodi, Holiedarling, Lenastanela, Love Derlina, Love Henila, Lovelyhome, Lovethebook, Neviliyenti, Seherlan Salene, The Harlana, Wathelmina (a rhythmic calligraphic script), Yonghate (swashy). Typefaces from 2021: Manthan (a decorative fashion font family in four styles), Burger Honren (a retro family of supermarket typefaces), Angelin Girald (a bold and swashy script), Hello Melodi (a condensed calligraphic script), Family Holiday (a heavy swirly script), Faikinlan (a tattoo script), Benalline Signature (a condensed formal calligraphic font), Mahegrena (a loopy monoline script), Garelgina (swashy, calligraphic), Amanda Manopo (a formal copperplate calligraphic typeface). [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tobin is based in Chicago, and studied graphic design at the Rhode Island School of Design (2002). He is a senior designer at the University of Chicago Press. Designer of Ferdinand (Egyptian, a cross between Futura and Clarendon according to Tobin), Verne Jules (copperplate font), Ostia (a sans all caps typeface with Trajan proportions), Faina, Attleboro (sans), Strata (text typeface), Field (octagonal) and Rivadavia (octagonal and mechanical). Klingspor link. Typecache link. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UK-based designer (b. 1991, Cuckfield) of the monoline almost modular typefaces Abode (2009), Altera (2011, hairline sans--caps only), and Tenga (2009), which were free at Dafont. MyFonts link. In 2011, he extended Michael Tanner's counterless fat copperplate design Peep and called it MT Peep. His commercial typefaces: JK Abode, JK Altera, JK Define, JK Prestige, JK Polar (2012). Abstract Fonts link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jacob Type
| Brian Jacob (Houston, TX, and before that, Detroit, MI) set up Jacob Type in 2012. He designed these typefaces:
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Jared Shofner
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Jason Anthony Walcott
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Jason Castle
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Jay Rutherford
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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:
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Or Werdet ainé, le père Werdet, Joseph Werdet, or Joseph Verdet. French penman, b. ca. 1770, d. 1854. As a writing master, penman, school script developer and calligraphy expert, he wrote several writing manuals:
Werdet taught penmanship at the Kycée de Bordeaux in 1809. In 1812, he became professor at Ecole Normale Suoérieue in Paris. One of his bâtarde copperplate calligraphic alphabets inspired Josep Patau's Werdet Script in 2017. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jean-François Porchez
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Jeremy Dooley
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Graduate of the University of Washington, class of 2013. Seattle-based creator of the didone typeface Violet (2014). At the Seattle Typeface Workshop in 2012, Alison Atwell, Ryan Byarlay, Jessica Gordon and Fanny Luor created Caswell, a copperplate face. Behance link. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Post-war German type designer (b. 1914) with the Bauersche Giesserei, who made fonts such as the connected script typeface Privat (1966) and Cantate (1958), one of the boldest fonts in the formal copperplate tradition, according to R.S. Hutchings. Cantate has lots of color variations, almost like a script version of Didot. Privat was revived in 2005 by Canada Type as Quiller. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Type designer who contributed to FontYou. In 2014, Joachim Vu, Jérémie Hornus and Alisa Nowak co-designed the classical copperplate script typeface Vicomte FY. Janko FY (2014, FontYou) is an informal calligraphic typeface. 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. [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Banda Aceh, Indonesia-based designer. He created these calligraphic script typefaces in 2015: Still Shine, Mighty Heart, Azurra Script, Amigirl (script and sans), Monkuta Script and Bruselo. Still in 2015, he designed the swashy script typefaces Story Dream, Mastura, Hefalo (brush style), Edelweis Script, Brigent Script, Cherryla, Amellia Script, Bella Script, and Novelia. Typefaces from 2016: Chalisto Script, Harista Brush Script, Andara Script, Ocean Twelve, Johns Steward Script, Mustache (consisting of Mustache Rounded and Mustache Brush Script), Flourish Script, Virmigo (calligraphic script), Maestro (brush script), Mustica Script, Shinthia (calligraphic script), Be Smart Script. Typefaces from 2017: Medley, Still Shine, Worthwhile (calligraphic script), Castilla Script, Daughter (formal calligraphy). Typefaces from 2018: Mansions Brush Script (brush script), Malika, Barracuda Script (copperplate calligraphy), Mighty Heart, Novelia Pro (a curly serif typeface), Zenith Script. Typefaces from 2019: Hefalo Script, Abella Script (copperplate calligraphic). Typefaces from 2020: Nostalgic Script, Harista, Edelweis Script (wild, calligraphic), Basyirah Script, Almere Script, Meritta Serif (a decorative serif), Married Typefaces. Typefaces from 2021: Rogelio Script (a wonderful inky script). Typefaces from 2022: Krong (a 19-style geometric sans), Brody Script (a signage script). [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
John Bell
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John Hansen Budalsplads (1798-1874), a craftsman from Budalen, a remote mountain valley in central Norway, is well known for his production of ornamented, wooden boxes. He also had a great interest and ability in cutting letters in wood. He produced whole alphabets in blackletter and Latin (copperplate) style. On some plates the letters are cut into the wood, but he also cut letters which stand out of the wood (as punches). The latter ones were then printed on paper, to be hung up on walls on the farms. They were both educational and decorative, as the letters are well executed. The article discusses how Budalsplads can have got them printed. Torjorn Eng regards him as the first representative of Norwegian typeface design. A sample from 1820 until 1831. A sample from 1826. Another link. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
John Stephenson
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Jordan Jelev
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José Antonio Garrido Izquierdo
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Josep Pep Patau i Bellart
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Joseph Champion (b. Chatham, 1709, d. 1765) was a British calligrapher and penman. Champion contributed many plates to Bickham's Universal Penman. His most important work, The Parallel or Comparative Penmanship Exemplified, was published in 1750. It consists of reproductions of the work of foreign masters like Materot, Barbedor, Van den Velde, Perlingh and Maria Strick, with corresponding plates by Champion. Following these plates come some alphabets by Champion. His last published work was The Penman's Employment (1762). The first known attempt to digitally implement Champion's alphabets, was in 1989 by French type designer François Boltana, who in Ligatures&calligraphie assistée par ordinateur (1995) proposed three copperplate calligraphic alphabets based on Champion. These did not result in a commercial font however. PF Champion Script Pro (Panos Vassiliou, 2004-2008; a winner at Paratype K2009) on the other hand has 4280 glyphs in each of its two styles, and it supports Latin, Greek and Cyrillic. One of Champion's alphabets, dated 1733-1741. Samples of his penmanship from The Universal Penman (1730): i, ii. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Among French type-founders at the end of the eighteenth century, the two Gillé's, père et fils, held a prominent place. The elder Gillé, Joseph, was a distinguished Parisian type-founder. He died in 1789. His work can be found in Epreuves des caractères de la fonderie Joseph Gillél; (1773), and in Caractères de la fonderie de J. Gillé, graveur et fondeur du roi pour les caractères de l'imprimerie de la loterie royale de France,&autres (Paris, Rue&petit marché Saint-Jacques, 1778). The latter book still shows mainly transitional typefaces, with slight hints of the start of the geometric trend in typography. Gillé seems to be mostly remembered for being the author of the ornamental typeface called Madame. Joseph Gillé was succeeded about 1790 by Joseph Gaspard Gillé fils. He was one of the promoters of the newer styles of ornament, and offered typographic decoration to the printers of France. His Recueil des divers caractères, vignettes et ornements (1808) also showcases copperplate engraving including copperplate calligraphic alphabets: one part of the book is entitled Trente-huit Caractères d'Écriture Financières, Anglaise et Civilité, depuis le Cicéro jusqu'aux Grosses de Fonte. Later, he published Recueil des divers caractères, vignettes et ornemens de la fonderie et imprimerie de J.G. Gillé, rue Saint-Jean-de-Beauvais, division du Panthéon, Paris (1826) [Local download]. Gillé fils was influenced by Didot in the design of his lush vignettes, borders and rules. His house specialized in ornaments, fancy letters and script letters. In September 1827 it was bought by Honoré de Balzac. On digitizations. In 2011, Jose Jimenez of Celebrity Fontz created Parisian Ornamentals after a design by Gillé. Home Style (2003, Michael Hagemann, Font Mesa) is an exquisitely detailed family based on work by Joseph Gillé, and implemented elsewhere under the names Circus, Roma and Madame. See also Gillé Classic (2004, Michael Hagemann). I think that this is a renaming of Home Style. Initiales ombrées (2007, Ari Rafaeli, ARTypes) is based on Gillé's original all caps typeface (from 1828, it is claimed). [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Joss Type
| Banda Aceh, Indonesia-based type designer designer who uses the names Joel Popon and Teuku Zulfikar. Creator of the brush script typefaces Halyting Script (2016) and Thahira (2016). Typefaces from 2017: Romarya, Hampten, Abbie Script, Whenesday, Emainell Script, Marioline (a copperplate calligraphic script), Odelina (formal calligraphy), Bringtong (brush script), Mallica, Amethyst, Chettos Script (calligraphic). Typefaces from 2018: Shedaytia, Agency Script, Lindage Script (wild calligraphy), Over The Sunday, Berlind, Venezuela, Balithya. Typefaces from 2020: The Geantdum (a creamy upright script), Amealnia (a formal calligraphic script). Typefaces from 2022: Over the Sunday Slant (a thin script), Goodnight Thahira (script). [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jukebox Collection
| 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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During her studies in Sao Paulo, Juliana Nogueira created the copperplate typeface Nogs Bold (2013). [Google] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French type designer. Her typefaces include:
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Julius Wiescher
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Kalligarfie 't Veertje
| Fantastic Belgian site on the history, teaching and understanfing of calligraphy. Run by Godelief Tielens in Halen. Three subpages worth visiting include Humanist Cursive, Anglaise/Copperplate, and Uncial. The pages are in Flemish. [Google] [More] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Karandash
| Karandash is a type and graphic foundry in Varna, Bulgaria, established in 2010 by designer Vassil Kateliev (b. 1980, Varna). The Fontmaker series is a collaborative project with Jordan Jelev, a well known Bulgarian calligrapher and cult wine label designer. The type designs are done on paper, using traditional calligraphic and artistic methods and then digitally recreated. Typefaces: Myriad Pro Bulgarian and Cyrillic (2011), Rotis Semi Serif Bulgarian Cut (2011), and FM Clog (2011, with Jordan Jelev, done at The Fontmaker: has Openface, Shadowed and Engraved styles). Callista is a fat cursive typeface that was inspired by the work of François Boltana in the early 1970s and of Milka Peykova in late 1970s. Gaytan (which means braid in Bulgarian) is a sans and serif family created in 2012. It was inspired by Old Church Slavonic Cyrillic, Bulgarian Ustav and the Russian Vyaz stiles, as well as the avant-garde works of Bulgarian typedesigners in late 1970s. But the result is definitely Victorian. He closes 2012 with Estimo, an organic typeface family for Latin and Cyrillic that has no diagonal strokes. FM Bolyar (2012) is a copperplate typeface jointly designed by Jordan Jelev and Vassil Kateliev at The Fontmaker. See also the spurred version FM Bolyar Ornate Pro ansd the weathered family FM Bolyar Typecarft. In 2019, after a full year of development, they published the 63-style all caps sans family FM Bolyar Sans Pro. In 2013, Vassil Kateliev and Jordan Jelev codesigmned the lively script typeface FM Ephire, which comes with a useful caps companion, FM Ephire Frames. In 2014, Kateliev designed a Valentine-inspired set of calligraphic ornaments, LoveHearts, Love Christmas (Christmas ornaments, done with Stella Ivanova Katelieva), and the humanist slab serif typeface Basil (the Regular weight is free). Basil won an award at Granshan 2014. Typefaces from 2015: Sybilla (humanist slab serif, extended to Sybilla Pro in 2016, and the 294-style Sybilla Multiverse in 2017). Sybilla Shade Pro is free. Typefaces from 2017: Versatile Bold (a Latin / Greek / Cyrillic font family for layering with plenty of hatched, shadow, rust and 3d options; by Charles Borges de Oliveira and Vassil Kateliev). In 2018, he designed Kometa together with Kiril Zlatkov. The 21-style Kometa (Latin and Cyrillic) is a modern sans serif font family with a geometric skeleton and a humanist soul. It has a unicase option and many alternates. Typefaces from 2019: Achates (a humanist sans workhorse), Future Tense (a sci-fi typeface by Charles Borges de Oliveira and Vassil Kateliev). MyFonts link. Creative Market link. Behance link. Klingspor link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German designer at profonts of Adagio Pro (2006), a connected calligraphic copperplate script. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
KC Fonts
| Canadian creator (b. Regina, SK) of the free typefaces Subway Novella (2011, grunge), Death From Above (2011, grunge), My Girl is Retro (2011, grunge), Eclipse (2011, shadow face), Chemical Reaction (2011, grunge), Shotgun Wedding (2011, grunge), Smoke in the Woods (2011, grunge), Indie Press (2011, texture face), Fat Cat (2011), Bluprint (2011), Square Flo (2011), Serial Publication (2011, grunge), Criminology (2011, textured face), Yoghurt (2011, curly script), Crashed Out (2011, textured face), Scribble Box (2011, sketched), Demento (2011), Verbal Diarrhea (2011), Ol' Cowboy (2011, grunge), Urban Jungle (2011, grungy caps-only face), Overcast Skies (2011, grunge), Good Morning Afternoon (2011) and Seedy Motel (2011). He also made the hand-printed Western Swagger (2011), the grungy mural typeface family Media Blackout (2011), the white on black typeface All Ages (2011), In The Garden (2011), Past Due (2011, didone grunge), and the drippy Rainy Day Vandal (2011). Commercial typefaces: Pewter (2012), Varsity Playbook (2012, sketched), Subway Novella (2012). Typefaces made in 2012: This Line-Up (grungy), None Shall Pass (grungy stencil), Black Asylum (horror movie grunge), Jonze (rubber stamp grunge), Main Event (grunge), Pewter, Black Asylum (grunge), Transit Diplay (noisy), Muddy Tractor, Load up on guns (grunge), Tragic Vision (grunge), Closure, Rocky Shore (grunge), Kraft Nine, Hooverville (copperplate/engraved typeface), Misery Loves Company, All Ages (grunge), By The Throat (scribbly, fat), Faded Memory, Varsity Playbook, Headliner No. 45 (a heavy poster face), Dro (another poster face), The Biz (grunge), Scorched Earth, Gunslinger (grungy wood type), Friday Night Lights (athletic lettering), Noises in the Attic (grunge), Jonze and Jonzing (grungy poster typeface in the style of Veneer). Typefaces made in 2013: Misdemeanor (grungy stencil), Intaglio (grunge), Outliner No 45. Typefaces from 2017: Type Xero (grungy and texrtured). Dafont link. Home page. Fontspace link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Keith Bates
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Crooked font vendor in Germany who has a few cheap CDs with renamed commercial fonts. Run by Hans Fremuth, who founded Kelly Data GmbH in 1994 (since 1999 Kelly Data AG). Kelly Data AG went bankrupt in 2002. Ulrich Stiehl has evidence that Fremuth is based in München. On the Kelly Media or Kelly Data web sites, one can find cheap font CDs under names such as Profi-Schriften Business Schriften (679 truetype fonts), Firle Fonts, and Profi-TYPO (2000 fonts). Stiehl discovered a connection between Hans Fremuth and Charles Biddle, who set up Bay Animation, an Annapolis, MD, outfit of equal questionable taste. Font names used by both Kelly Data and Bay Animation include Alps (Hevetica), Amaretto (Bitstream Amerigo), Amethyst (Garamond No. 3), Antiqua 101 (Antique Olive), Attila (ITC Avant Garde), Bangla (ITC Benguiat), Bid Roman (Melior), Bliss (Janson), Block (ITC Machine), Centime (Century Old Style), Chelsey (ITC Cheltenham), Chisel (Copperplate Gothic), Clayton (Caxton), Clean (Orator), Congo (Trump Medieval), Cupid (Cooper Black), Schroeder (Schneidler), Tech (Arquitectura), and Vogel (VAG Rounded). Stiehl's PDF file shows without a shadow of a doubt that Biddle copied several fonts, giving examples of Bid Roman (a copy of Zapf Elliptical). Owner info: Hetzner Online AG, Stuttgarter Strasse 1, 91710, Gunzenhausen, DE, +49 9831610061, +49 9831610062, info@hetzner.de. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
West Sacramento, CA-based designer of the rounded sans Simplex (2012), the tall-legged Twiggy Display (2012), the sans family Locksmith Display (2012, an experiment on inline), the arched shadow headline typeface Architype (2012), the bicolored geometric typeface El Grito (2012), Squirrel Display (2012), the geometric layered typeface Chunky Display (2012), and the Western slab typeface Slabtastic Display (2012). Typefaces from 2013 include Samuel Display (+Clean, +Ruff), Industry Display (+Raised, +Inline, +Lined: an octagonal typeface family), Winter Display (a spurred typeface), Delilah Display, Wellington Display. The Condensed weight of this family is tweetware. Rockefeller Display has mini-slabs characteristic of copperplate. Barker Display is a condensed straight-edged typeface. Elizabeth Display has so many different crazy terminals that it must be classified as high-Victorian. Typefaces from 2014: Euclid Display (octagonal, free), Cornelius Display (weathered slab serif), Quentin Display. Typefaces from 2015: Magnolia Display (free), Bear Display (a heavy octagonal typeface), Mable Display (spurred vintage typeface). Typefaces from 2016: Bear (modular and squarish), Rosemary Display (a great slab serif family), Magnolia Display, Quentin Display v.2, Ember Display (a high-contrast didone), Elder Display (a free transitional style typeface). Typefaces from 2018: Kenjiboy Village Plus (reverse stress psychedelia). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kevin Christopher
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Newark, NJ-based creator (b. 1998) of the free font Universal Serif (2015), which is based on Copperplate Gothic. Dafont link. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kimmy Design
| Kimmy Kirkwood (b. 1988, Seattle, WA) (Kimmy Design) studied at Chapman University, and lives in Santa Monica, Orange County. He graduated in 2018 from the University of Reading's MATD program. Kimmy created a gracious curly calligraphic script face, Madeleine (2010), which is based on a logo she designed for Hotel Le Sirenuse. At Dafont, one can download Kuppel (a hairline display sans) and Hammer Head, both done in 2010 as well. Phase two of Kimmy's career started late in 2010 as Kimmy Design, where one now has to pay for Madeleine (2010) and Katelyn (2011). Addison (2011) is a wood type Western circus poster font in two styles, West and Circus. In 2012, Kimmy created the counterless art deco typeface Chelsnuts, the worn wood type typeface Cpl Kirkwood, Elizabeth Script, and Paper Cutout Pro. In 2013, Kimmy published Lunchbox Slab, the grungy Appareo, the condensed minimalist sans family Maxwell Sans, its companion Maxwell Slab, the scriptish typeface Lunch Box, and the bold headline family Station (inspired by old train station typography). Typefaces from 2014: Catalina (hand-drawn typeface family with sub-styles called Anacapa, Avalon, Clemente Script, Typewriter and Extras, ideal for hand-drawn menus, table cards, chalkboards, and wall quotes), Amorie (a skinny hand-drawn family, with styles called Modella, Nova, SC and Extras). Typefaces from 2015: Avaline Script, Baker Street (vintage hand-drawn typeface family), Burford (a 16-style vintage layered family), Burford Rustic (layered font family). Typefaces from 2016: Bourton (a layered font for vintage yacht club or whiskey bar logos; it is the sans version of Burford; sufamilies include Drop, Lines and Outlines), Rainier (handcrafted). Typefaces from 2017: Evanston Alehouse (octagonal, beer bottle style, slightly copperplate), Bourton Hand. Typefaces from 2018: Clifton (his MATD graduation typeface): Clifton is a modern type family with many weights and contrast styles. It supports Latin scripts as well as Greek, Cyrillic and Arabic. Originally intended as a book typeface, it was designed so that all the weights and styles would work together as a cohesive family. Typefaces from 2019: Refinery (an 85-style octagonal family based in early 20th century signage), Evanston Tavern (Evanston Tavern is a square typeface and the sans-serif version to Evanston Alehouse. Inspired by the years that prefaced the ratification of the American Prohibition, this typeface mimics the signage commonly seen outside of saloons, taverns and alehouses during that time.), Winslow Book (a playful modern Scotch). Typefaces from 2020: Roadhouse (a layering typeface family that is part of the greater Evanston type collection, which is inspired by American typefaces commonly used at the turn of the century leading up to prohibition), Winslow Title (a decorative didone family), Winslow Title Script (monoline), Hawkes (Sans, Script, Variable Width Sans). Typefaces from 2021: Madley (a 12-style soft slab serif). Typefaces from 2022: Bourton Text (an elliptical sans in 42 styles). [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Graduate of Centro Universitario Tiradentes (UNIT) in Sao Paulo, Brazil. During his studies at Miami Ad School in Sao Paulo, he designed the copperplate font Pepper (2017) and the soccer shirt typeface family Canarinho (2018). [Google] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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). Tumblr link. Graphicriver link. Fontspace link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
KPS Fonts
| Swiss calligrapher in Basel who made and sells various medieval and historically important script fonts. Dedicated page. These included the paleographic (PAL) series and the KPS series. He lives in Ühlingen--Birkendorf, Germany. His fonts are uniformly of high quality and are usefl for illustrating historical alphabets. His early commercial collection: KPS Anglaise (calligraphic script), KPS Antiqua (+Kapitälchen), KPS Capitalis (classic Trajan caps), KPS Cicero, KPS Epona (calligraphic), KPS Fein (hand-printed), KPS Hand (calligraphic), KPS Horaz (calligraphic), KPS Iris (calligraphic), KPS Petit (calligraphic), KPS Plinius, KPS Spitzfelder, KPS Vitruv (calligraphy), PAL Bastarda, PAL Cancellaresca, PAL Carolina, PAL Gotisch, PAL Humanistica, PAL Lombarden, PAL Quadrata, PAL Rotunda, PAL Rustica, PAL Textura, PAL Uncialis, PAL Uncialis Roemisch, Weissranken Initialen, Ranken Initialen (Celtic capitals). Since September 2013, all of his fonts are free. They were renamed and have conveniently the date of original creation in the font name. The fonts dated in the 1990s and 2000s are new typefaces or creative revivals by Klaus-Peter. The list of revivals: 0100DeBellisMacedonicis [Pre-uncial letters from the fragment "de bellis macedonicis", ca. 1st century], 0300Petros [Greek hand from the oldest surviving copies of St. Peter's epistles, dated 3th / 4th century], 0362Vitalis [Roman Minuscule Cursive from the so called Vitalis letter, written before 362 on papyrus (Strasburg)], 0480VergiliusRomanus [Capitalis Rustica from the Vergilius Romanus written in Rome, ca. 480], 0500VergiliusSangallensis [Capitalis Quadrata from the Vergil fragments in Stiftsbibliothek St.Gallen], 0512Dioskurides [Greek Uncials from the Vienna Dioskurides (about 512)], 0746Beda [from Beda Venerabilis: Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum, Northumbria, dated 746], 0800Kells [Half Uncials from the Book of Kells], 0800Remedius [So called "Lombardic-Raetic Minuscule" from Codex 348 of the Stiftsbibliothek St. Gallen], 0800 Theophanes [Greek Hand after a 9th century Theophanes manuscript], 0850CarolinaTours [Carolingian Minuscule], 0850Carolinaundulata [Carolingian Minuscule from the Scriptorium of Tours], 0864Folchart [St. Gall Carolingian from the Folachart Psalter], 1012Otto [Late Carolingian Minuscule from the Perikopes of Heinrich II, written at the Reichenau, donated to the dome of Bamberg in 1012], 1258FridericusII [Gothic Rotunda from the falcon book of Emperor Friedrich II, Southern Italy 1258-1266], 1400Wenzel [Bohemian Textura from Vienna], 1450Sebastos [Humanistic Greek hand from Homer, Ilias, Vatican Library], 1455GutenbergB42 [Gothic Textura types from the 42 line Gutenberg Bible], 1458GutenbergB36 [Gothic Textura types from the 36 line Gutenberg Bible], 1470Jenson [an antiqua by Nicolas Jenson], 1475HumanisticaCursiva [Humanistic Cursive of the kind Bartolomeo Sanvito of Padua wrote, after Cod. Pal. Lat. 1508], 1480Humanistica [Humanistic Book Hand from Valerius Maximus: Facta et dicta memorabilia, ca. 1480-1485. The calligraphy is attributed to Antonio Sinibaldi from Florence and the titling capitals to Bartolomeo Sanvito from Padua], 1483Koberger [Incunabula type from the Koberger Bible, printed in Nuremberg in 1483], 1485Grueninger [Incunabula type from the Grueninger Bible, printed in Strasburg in 148], 1493SchedelRotunda [Incunabula type from the Latin edition of Hartmann Schedel's World Chronicles, printed by Koberger at Nuremberg in 1493], 1501Manutius [First printed Italic Antiqua by Aldus Manutius (Venice 1501)], 1513Gebetbuch [Fraktur from Emperor Maximilian's Prayer Book, printed in Augsburg in 1513], 1517Gilgengart [Fraktur type from Emperor Maximilian's 1517 private print "Gilgengart"], 1517Teuerdank [Fraktur type from Emperor Maximilian's "Teuerdank", printed at Augsburg in 1517], 1519NeudoerfferFraktur [Fraktur alphabet from a woodblock model in Johann Neudoerffer the Elder's Calligraphy book "Fundament", Nuremberg 1519], 1739Bickham [Copperplate or running hand after models from "The Universal Penman" by George Bickham, printed in London 1743], 1741Bickham [Bickham's round hand from Universal Penman], 1782Thurneysen [Baroque Antiqua Type of J. Jacques Thourneysen fils, Basel 1782]. Original versions by Schaeffel, with date of design in the font name: 1999Anglaise1, 1999Anglaise2, 1999Cancellaresca, 1999Carolina (Carolingian minuscule), 1999Livius, 1999LiviusBold, 1999LiviusItalic, 1999LiviusSmC, 1999LiviusTitel, 1999Ovidius, 1999Stylus, 1999Textualis, 2000Bastarda, 2000Cicero, 2000Humanistica, 2000Plinius, 2000PliniusItalic, 2000Seneca-Italic, 2000Seneca, 2000TextualisFormata, 2000Uncialis, 2001RotundaFormata, 2002Cato, 2002Horatius, 2002Vitruvius, 2003Epona, 2003Lombarden, 2004CapitalisQuadrata, 2004CapitalisRustica, 2004Iris, 2004UncialisQuadrata, 2004UncialisRomana, 2008-Noeuds-1 [for making Celtic knots], 2008-Noeuds-2, 2008-Noeuds-3, 2009Xenophon, 2010Filigrane, 2010Gouttes, 2010Labyrinthe [squarish], 2010Pointu [a calligraphic blackletter], 2010Vergilius [a great calligraphic face]. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kreuk Type Studio
| Rendra Diardjo set up Kreuk Type Studio in Baturetno and Belkasi, Solo, Indonesia in 2013. By 2021, Kreuk had three type designers, Rendra Diardjo, Iswahyudi and Ivan Pratama. Rendra Diardjo designed the free techno typeface Off (2013). In 2018, he designed the sans headline typefaces Midfield (a chamfered varsity font) and Midfield Pressed (weathered). In 2021, Kreuk released Midfield Stencil (a military stencil), KS Foo (a straight-edged techno typeface influenced by the skateboarding subculture), Nakara (an all caps copperplate emulation font) and KS Roam (a brush font). Fontspace link. You Work For Them link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
K-Type
| K-Type is Keith Bates' (b. 1951, Liverpool) foundry in Manchester, UK, est. 2003. Keith works as an Art&Design teacher at a Salford High School. They custom design type, and sell some of their own creations. Commercial typefaces:
His free fonts:
Custom / corporate typefaces: With Liverpool-based art director Liz Harry, Bates created a personalized font, loosely based on Coco Sumner's handwritten capitals, for the band I Blame Coco. Medium and Semibold weights of Gill New Antique were commissioned by LPK Design Agency. Stepping Hill Hospital and Bates created Dials, a pictorial font to help hospital managers input data about improvements. A custom font was designed for Bolton Strategic Economic Partnership. Abstract Fonts link. View Keith Bates's typefaces. Dafont link. Yet another URL. Fontspace link. Fontsy link. Behance link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kulturrrno
| Taganrog, Russia-based designer of Mash-up (2017), the copperplate emulation typeface Highbridge (2017), the elegant caps only sans typeface Leaner (2017: an all caps monolinear geometric sans, followed in 2018 by Leaner Extended) and the art deco typeface Noirside (2017). In 2018, he designed the condensed sans typeface Chromota, and Parallone. Typefaces from 2019: Cultrz (a geometric sans), Sayin On (a grungy caps typeface). Typefaces from 2020: Nullomis (29 styles; an all caps Soviet era font), Domek (a condensed layered sans). Typefaces from 2021: Parallone (a 12-style sans, updating his earlier typeface from 2018). [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
KVC Design
| Kyle Van Cleave (KVC Design, The Dalles, OR) designed the athletic lettering fonts Bucktooth Block (2017), USC (2017) and Oregon State (2017), the octagonal typeface Brute (2017), the sturdy copperplate font Midgard (2017), the national park font Woodsman (2017: Slab, Pillar, Spike), the weathered typeface Brawler (2017), and the squarish typeface Asgard Block (2017). Creative Market link. Behance link. [Google] [More] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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:
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] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LCT (or: Atelier La Casse)
| 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). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Letter Stock (was: Gumacreative)
| 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] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Letterhend Studio (or: Magang Letterhend)
| 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] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lettering Shop
| Lettering Shop is Fidel Lopez's lettering and type design studio located in Valencia, Spain. He created Newgeo (2013, a free geometric font family). La Maña (2013) is a shaded arched typeface. New Dennis Script (2012) is an extravagant copperplate script. Behance link. [Google] [More] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch designer of the copperplate style formal script typeface Amazone (Amsterdam Foundry, 1958-1959) [see here for a Bitstream version; Amaze is a clone found on many free font web sites]. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lián Types
| 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] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Free fonts made in Japan: Lt-alphaDot (pixel face), Lt-angular, Lt-etudy-alpha, Lt-etudy-katakana, Lt-failsafe-alpha, Lt-failsafe-hiragana, Lt-failsafe-katakana, Lt-handy (hand and finger dingbat face), Lt-hexen, Lt-Hatukari-Alpha, Lt-Hatukari-Kana, Lt-kanaDot, Lt-precautor, Lt-regulator, Sans-Copperplate-Gothic, Lt-strings-alpha, Lt-trisos. Alternate URL. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Linnea Lundquist
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Vienna-born type designer who lived from 1883-1972, and whose real name was Emil Kahn. He died in New York, where he lived most of his life. He studied at the Munich Academy, which became a center of poster design. In 1910 he co-founded the magazine Das Plakat. During WWI he designed posters for the German War effort. In 1920 he was appointed as the first professor of poster design at The Akedemie der Kunst, Berlin. He moved to New York in 1923 and continued his poster work. He also continued his teaching at the Art Students League and at New York University. Short biography of Lucian Bernhard. Biography. MyFonts link. His typefaces:
Posters by Bernhard: An advertising exhibition in 1929 (with Fritz Rosen), Manoli Cigarettes (1912). Linotype link. FontShop link. Klingspor link. View Lucian Bernhard's typefaces. Showcasing the digital legacy of Lucian Bernhard. [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A type specimen book of the Ludlow Typograph Company (2032 Clybourn Avenue, Chicago), published between 1940 and 1958. The list of typefaces shown: Artcraft, Bodoni (Bold, Black), Bodoni Campanile, Bodoni Modern, Bookman, Cameo, Caslon, Caslon Old Face Heavy, Caslon Heavy Italic, Century, Chamfer Gothic, Cheltenham Oldstyle, Cheltenham Cursive, Cheltenham Wide, Commerce Gothic, Condensed Gothic, Coronet, Clearface Bold, Cushing Antique, Delphian Open Title, Eden, Eleven, Engravers Bold, Eusebius, Extra Condensed, Franklin Gothic, Fraktur No. 16, Garamond, Gothic Bold Condensed Title, Gothic Extra Condensed, Greenwich, Hauser Script, Headline Gothic, Hebrew Modern, Karnak, Lafayette Extra Condensed, Laureate, Lining Litho, Lining Plate Gothic, Ludlow Black, Mandate, Mayfair Cursive, Medium Condensed Gothic, Number 11, Old English, Plantin, Powell, Radiant, Record Gothic, Samson, Square Gothic, Stellar, Stencil, Stygian Black, Tempo, True-Cut Caslon, Ultra-Modern, Umbra, Underwood Bold, Victoria Italic. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lukasz Dziedzic
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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. Irfan Syouqi S.
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Malcolm Wooden
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Manuel Eduardo Corradine
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Chilean type designer, who contributes to Latinotype. Revista (2015, Paula Nazal Selaive, Marcelo Quiroz and Daniel Hernandez) 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 2017, he designed Diplome Script (a copperplate calligraphic script published by Latinotype). In 2020, he released the 18-style semi-calligraphic semi-Trajan typeface family Emperator at Latinotype. [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Marginal Type
| Graduate of Atelier National de Recherche Typographique in Nancy, France, class of 2020. His graduation thesis was entitled Les caract®rave;res gothiques russes [Cyrillic blackletter typefaces]. During earlier graphic design studies at ECV Bordeaux (2012-2017), he created the display typeface Astek (2015) and the circle-based experimental typeface Ecotype (2016). Now located in the Bordeaux area, he is doing some corporate graphic and type design for the local wine industry. In the context of his ANRT thesis, he designed a Latin / Cyrillic blackletter, Tamara Gothic (2018-2020) and a Latin / Cyrillic copperplate script, Sokolov 1821 (2018-2020). In 2020, he also designed the Scotch Roman typeface Album, and revived a Cyrillic didone by Moscow's S. Selivanovsky foundry (done between 1826 and 1834) as a font simply called Selivanovski (2020). [Google] [More] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spanish art director based in Madrid. She created an exquisite copperplate-style calligraphic script typeface called Dhana Script (2011). [Google] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Måns Grebäck
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Tough-looking graphic designer from Belgrade. In 2010, he created the equally macho copperplate typefaces PastCoast and Type No 6. He used a grid design when he made the Globe Ship typeface in 2012 for Latin and Cyrillic. Type No2 (2014) was inspired by art nouveau. Type No 3 (2014) is an elegant inline typeface. Tye No 12 (2014) is a spurred Tuscan typeface. Behance link. Blogspot link. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Martin Cincar
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Mary Faber (b. 1987) from Hamilton, New Zealand, writes about Mainline, a copperplate creation in 2011: Mainline's style was formed through an amalgamation of two historical typefaces titled Copperplate and Glyptic; research proved these the most popular metal display typefaces in New Zealand letterpress printing during the period of 1880 to 1900. Despite the lack of typeface designers in New Zealand in the late 1800s, this hybrid typeface design could be considered a national reflection of historic typefaces seen in New Zealand during that time. It should be noted that the selected parent typefaces were both Victorian typefaces by Hermann Ihlenburg. She also created Marino (2011): Marino is a contemporary typeface design influenced by a period of New Zealand's typographic history. Its letterforms were created based on research into typeface trends within newspaper advertising from 1920 until 1940, reflecting the increasing popularity of geometric modernity, and the peak of typographic Art Deco in 1930. In particular, Marino is based on an ad for Mencken from ca. 1930. Speaker at AtypI 2012 in Hong Kong: New Zealand Type on Display. In this talk, she introduced her typefaces. Dalton Maag, Tom Foley, Mary Faber, Stuart Brown and Hanna Donker won a Granshan 2014 award for Intel Clear Cyrillic. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Match&Kerosene
| Match&Kerosene is Alex Sheldon's Detroit-based graphic design and typographic illustration company, est. 2008. Typefaces designed by Sheldon (b. Michigan, 1984) include Slab Sheriff (2009), Western, Kerosene Boxley (2009, a multiline art deco revival of a Solotype font; some say that it is based on a pair of 1972 alphabets by Marcia Loeb called Zig Zag and Rainbow), Kerosene Woodtype (2009), Kerosene Retroface, Kerosene Stereo (2009, revival of an Italian typeface from 1869), Kerosene Killowatt, White Wolf (2009, condensed horror movie face). Typefaces designed in 2011: Quimby (Copperplate Gothic style titling face), Black Bear (2011, straight-edged display family), Swifty (2011), Grizzly Bear (a set of 12 constructivist titling typefaces), Detroit (a modular family for superpositions), Prismatic (another superimposable multi-purpose family), Duotone (2011, Duotone is a layered font system that allows one to title two-tone headlines), Volcano Gothic (+Inline), Volcano Island (jungle look family), Lightyears. [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Matevz Medja
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Matra Creative
| Indonesian designer (b. 1979) of Aishanaziha (2019: a script), Claudia Betta (2019: formal calligraphy), Umbrellia (2019: a calligraphic script), Firstland (2019), Aurisha Script (2018: script), Kattelyna (2018: calligraphic script), Medharetta (2018: a script) and Janetha Script (2018). In 2020, he published the formal copperplat calligraphic script typeface Bellisa Script (+Ornaments). Typefaces from 2021: Keista Heather (a scrapbook script), Sentingo (a retro script). [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kansas City, MO-based designer of the free monoline rounded sans typeface family Podriq (2016), and a free set of vector format icons and dingbats. Typefaces from 2017: Anvyl (free; the Cyrillic characters were designed by Dmitry Sivukhin), Baywulf (a minimalist beer label blackletter typeface), Deimos (a free monospaced programming font). Typefaces from 2018: Geizer (a free all caps copperplate. Typefaces from 2019: Sorta (modular sans). [Google] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Matthew Butterick
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Or Mauro Andres. Concepcion, Chile-based designer at Latinotype of the upright copperplate script and accompanying lapidary sans typeface family Antonietta (2016, Script and Caps), which is inspired by the eccentricity of the rococo style and Queen Marie Antoinette's wild personality. Winner at Tipos Latinos 2018 of a type design award for Antonietta. In 2020, Mauro Andres published Universo (+Stencil) at Peggo Fonts. This display font family includes a nice hairline weight. Universo was initially made for Caos Sagrados and was inspired by Aldo Novarese's style (Microgramma, Eurostile) and other retro-futuristic fonts and poster designs of the 1950s. The work was started in 2018. Typefaces from 2022: Hardbop (in eight ultra-condensed styles: Hardbop is a typographic system inspired by hardbop jazz. It is also inspired by the prolific graphic work of Reid Miles for the covers of Blue Notes Records in the '50s, Japanese jazz album covers of the '70s and condensed and grotesque hand painted signs). [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Max Privalov
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Max.co Studio
| 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
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MB Type
| Matthew Butterick (b. 1970, Michigan) grew up in New Hampshire. He got his B.A. degree from Harvard University in visual&environmental studies, also studying mathematics and letterpress printing. His work is in the permanent collection of the Houghton Library at Harvard. Butterick started his design career at the Font Bureau as a typeface designer and engineer. At the beginning of the Internet era, he moved to San Francisco and founded website design and engineering company Atomic Vision. Atomic Vision was later acquired by open-source software developer Red Hat. More recently, Butterick got a law degree from UCLA and has been practicing civil litigation in Los Angeles, Butterick Law Corporation. He operates a web site called Typography for Lawyers and another one called Butterick's Practical Typography. In 2010, he published Typography for Lawyers. MyFonts link. FontShop link. Klingspor link. Font Bureau link. He has some great one-liners, such as The only good Copperplate is a dead Copperplate. Matthew Butterick's creations:
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French graphics lettering company initially involved in instant lettering (made by Trip Productions), and some original typeface designs. From 1989 until 1994, Mecanorma worked with another Dutch company Visualogik to create digital versions of their typefaces, all having MN in their names. Monotype licensed and digitized some of Mecanorma's typefaces. In 1995, Mecanorma got out of graphics and stepped into home decoration. In 1999, Trip Productions, a Dutch Company located in Lisse, purchased the Mecanorma brand and what was left of the company. In 2004, International TypeFounders from Cedars, PA, licensed the typefaces from Trip Productions and released them as the Mecanorma Collection. Their collection includes some great fonts: Access, Artdeco, Artworld, BalloonMN, Brio, BusoramaMN, Campus, CardCamio, Carplate, CaslonAntiqueVL, ChocMN, CircusMN, ComicStripMN, DynamoMN, Galba, Globe-Gothic-Outline, Glowworm, Jackson, LibraMN, MtPlacard, Ortem, Renault, RoslynMN, Sayer, SayerScriptMN, SquashMN, Sully-Jonquieres, Watch-Outline. You can also buy through Atomic Type. Projected new URL, which I am afraid will never be activated because in 1999, the company was bough by the Dutch company Trip Productions. MyFonts sells these typefaces: Access, American Uncial, Anatol, Arnold Bocklin (art nouveau), Artdeco, Artworld (an embossed font), Aster, Balloon (brush font), Blippo Black, Brio, British Inserat, Brush, Bulletin Typewriter, Caligra (blackletter), Campus (athletic lettering), Cardcamio, Carplate, Caslon Antique, Celtic (in the style of University Roman), Chicago (dot matrix / marquee typeface), Chinon, Choc (brush script), Circus (Western font), Classic Script (a copperplate calligraphic script), Comic Strip, Commercial Script, Contest, Cooper Black, Dubbeldik, Dynamo, Egyptienne, Estro (Western font), Eurostile, Forelle, Fumo Dropshadow MN, Galba (Trajan typeface), Globe Gothic, Glowworm (a bubblegum font), Gothique (blackletter), Hansson Stencil, Hillman, Hotel (multilined art deco), Isonorm, Jackson, Jubilee Lines (an engraved money font), Latina, Leopard, Libra (uncial), Michelina (anthroposophic), Milton, Mistral, Normalise Din, Old Style, Olive, Orator, Organda, Ortem, Polka (a brush typeface), Renault, Rondo (retro script), Roslyn, Sayer Interview (old typewriter font), Sayer Script, Sayer Spiritual, Squash, Stencil, Stop (stencil typeface), Studio, Swaak Centennial (pure art nouveau), Tzigane, Viant, Vivaldi, Voel Beat (beveled), Watch Outline (LED font), Windsor, Zambesi (African look font). Designers include Albert Boton, J.H. Crook, Jan van Dijk, J. Dresscher, Roger Excoffon, U. Fenocchio, L. Fumarolo, William Gillies, N. Glason, Lennart Hansson, B. Jaquet, K. Kochnowicz, J. Larcher, C. Mediavilla, José Mendoza y Almeida, L. Meuffels, Aldo Novarese, Georges Renevey, F. Robert, Manfred Sayer, M. Schmidt, J.P. Thaulez, J. Werner and Bogdan Zochowski. The Western slabby font Figaro MT (2004) is ascribed to Mecanorma. A list culled from the web: AccessMN-Bold, AccessMN-Medium, AmericanUncialMN, AnatolMN, ArnoldBocklinMN, ArtdecoMN, ArtworldMN, AsterMN-Demi, AsterMN-Roman, BalloonMN-Bold, BalloonMN-ExtraBold, BlippoBlackMN, BrioMN, BritishInseratMN, BritishInseratMNCondensed, BrushMN, Bulletin-Typewriter, BusoramaMN-Bold, CaligraMN, CampusMN, CardcamioMN, CarplateMN, CaslonAntiqueVL, CelticMN-Bold, CelticMN-Italic, CelticMN, CenturyMNCondensed-BoldItalic, CenturyMNCondensed-Bold, CheltenhamMN-Book, CheltenhamMN-BookItalic, CheltenhamMN-Ultra, ChicagoMN, ChinonMN, ChocMN, CircusMN, ClassicScriptMN, ComicStripMN-Italic, ComicStripMN, CommercialScriptMN, ContestMN, Cooper-Black-Italic, Cooper-Black-Outline, CooperBlackMN, CushingMN-Book, CushingMN-Heavy, CushingMN-HeavyItalic, CushingMN-Medium, DubbeldikMN, DynamoMN-Bold, DynamoMN-Medium, DynamoMN-Shadow, EgyptienneMNCondensed-Bold, ElanMN-Extended, ElanMN-Light, ElanMN-Medium, EnrouteVL, ErasMN-Book, ErasMN-Demibold, ErasMN-Ultra, ErasMN, EstroMN, EurostileMN-Extended, EurostileMN-ExtendedBold, EurostileMN-Medium, FidelioMN, FolioMN-Bold, FolioMN-Extrabold, ForelleMN, FranklinGothicMN-Book, FranklinGothicMN-BookItalic, FranklinGothicMN-Heavy, FrizQuadrataMN-Bold, FrizQuadrataMN, Fumo-DropshadowMN, FuturaBlackMN, GalbaMN, Gillies-Gothic-Bold, Gillies-Gothic-Light, Gillies-Gothic-Ultra-Shadow, Gillies-Gothic-Ultra, GlobeGothicMN-Bold, GlobeGothicMNCondensed-Bold, GlobeGothicMNOutline, GlowwormMN, GlowwormMNCompressed, GorillaVL-Bold, GothiqueMN, HanssonStencilMN-Bold, HanssonStencilMN, HillmanMN, HillmanMNCondensed, HotelMN, IrishUncialVL, IsonormMN, Italia-Bold, Italia-Book, Italia-Medium, JacksonMN, JubileeLinesMN, LatinaMN, LeopardMN, LibraMN, MRunic-Condensed, MSwingBold, MachineMN-Bold, MachineMN, MichelinaMN, MiltonMN-Demibold, MistralVL, MtPlacard-Condensed, NormaliseDinMN, OklahomaState, OliveCompactMN, OliveMNBold, OliveNordMN, OratorMN, OrgandaMN-Bold, OrgandaMN, OrtemMN, PascalMN, PolkaMN-Bold, PolkaMN, PopplExquisitMN, PopplExquisitMN-Alternative, RenaultMN, RenaultMNBold, RondoMN, RoslynMN-Bold, RoslynMN-Bold, RoslynMN-Outline, RoslynMNMedium, SaphireMN, SayerMN-Interview, SayerScriptMN-Black, SayerScriptMN-Bold, SayerScriptMN-Light, SayerSpiritualMN-Italic, SayerSpiritualMN, SloganMN, SquashMN-Outline, SquashMN, StencilAntiqueMN, StencilAntiqueVL, StencilMN, StencilMNOutline, StopMN, StudioMN, SullyJonquieresMN-Bold, SullyJonquieresMN, SwaakCentennialMN, Syntax-Bold, Syntax-Roman, ToucheVL, TziganeMN, ViantMN-Bold, VivaldiMN, VoelBeatMN, WashSymbolVL-Light, WatchMN-Outline, WindsorMN, WindsorMNElongated, ZambesiMN. 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Michael Gene Adkins
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Austrian designer, b. 1996, of the copperplate typeface Louda SC (2014). [Google] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mockup Zone
| Istanbul-based designer of Biplo (2015, brush script) and Bedesten Script (2015, copperplate script in the style of Snell Roundhand but made by hand). Creative Market link. Personal web site Behance link. Strangely enough, we find Bedesten and Biplo also listed under the name Efe Gürsoy. [Google] [More] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Type classification system in 32 groups proposed by Monotype in 1970:
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Prolific American type designer (b. 1872, Milwaukee, d. 1948, Morristown, NJ), who published over 200 alphabets at ATF. He managed the ATF type design program from 1892 until 1937. Son of Linn Boyd Benton. MyFonts page on him. Nicholas Fabian's page. Linotype's page. Klingspor page. Unos tipos duros page. His fonts include:
Typefaces alphabetic order:
View Morris Fuller Benton's typefaces. A longer list. A listing of various digital versions of News Gothic. More News Gothic-like typefaces. Even more News Gothic-like typefaces. [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mr. Black Fonts
| Iztapalapa, Mexico City-based graphic designer. Creator of Pixa Square (2014: a dot matrix typeface family that includes some arcade game dingbats as well), Domino (2014: digitization of a typeface by Sabino Gainza), Norma Script (2014, avant-garde sans), Norma Cursiva (2014), Macmillan (2014, sans), El Corondel (2014, signage script), Taller (2014, done with Manuel Flores), Mr. Pascal (2014: LED or kitchen style typeface for numbers on watches), Britannia Capital (2014: a calligraphic copperplate typeface), Alfaomega (2014, avant-garde sans), Alfaomega Cursiva (2014, school script font), Espiral (2013, a Victorian school project font at Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas UNA). In 2016, Ayi Studio (Mexico City) published the constructivist typeface family Alek Rodchenko, which was jointly designed by Miguel Angel Padrinan Alba and Victor Manuel Flores Lopez. One must assume that they run Ayi Studio. Behance link. Newer Behance link. Old Wordpress link. Newest MyFonts link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mucahit Gayiran
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Most relevant typefaces at MyFonts related to Copperplate URW, which is based on Goudy's original Copperplate Gothic. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Typefaces at MyFonts related to the engraving process. Another link. See also here and here. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Romantic typefaces culled from the MyFonts library. Some of these are calligraphic or copperplate script fonts, but there are also a number of cursive typefaces. Some call this style wedding scripts. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thuong attended ESAD Amiens for Graphic Design and later pursued a career in type design. In 2018, she received an MFA in Type Design from the Ecole Estienne in Paris. She collaborated with type foundries Coppers and Brasses and Type Network prior to joining New York City-based Sharp Type as a type designer in 2019. Her typefaces:
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Natalia Nichols (Studio Kasumi, Edmond, OK) designed the free copperplate typeface Sovngarde in 2017. Behance link. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nazzar Saputra
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Graphic designer in Buenos Aires who is also involved in Tomo Fonts. His typefaces, dated 2009, include Tesca (a condensed-modern grotesque typeface. Three styles: Flaca, Normal&Gorda), and Arco (a fat face with some geometrical tweaks grabbing fresh and ideal for fashion editorial headlines). With Rodrigo Fuenzalida, he created the textura typeface Pirata+One (2012, Google Web Fonts). He is working on Tesca Specimen, San Francisco, Quick Pick (brush), Mick's, Jumper, Alask (brush), Royal Twins, Clas (brush script). In 2018, Nicolas Massi and Leonard Posavec co-designed Storehouse, a vintage all caps copperplate family with small wedge serifs. It includes a stencil style, San Francisco, Quick Pick (brush), Mick's, Jumper, Alask (brush), Royal Twins, Clas (brush script). Free typefaces by Massi include Braulio (2020; based on Futura Maxi Demi and a post by Braulio Amado), and Sato Sans (2020). MyFonts link. Behance link. Typedia link. Github link for Nicolas Massi. Nico Works link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cyrillic font designer based in Serbia. His typefaces include Cirilica Pisana Nova D (2005: copperplate calligraphy), Nicoletta Script (2005: calligraphic), Jagodina (2004: an informal typeface), Azbuka03_D (2005: copperplate calligraphy), Brock Script_D (2005: swashy calligraphic), and Inspiration (2005: calligraphic script). Some of these fonts can be downloaded at Localfonts.eu. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Noem9 Studio
| Noem9 Studio is an online studio created by Jose A. Garrido, a graphic designer who was born in Alcañiz, Teruel, Spain, in 1987, and lived in Zaragoza. Noem9 is currently based in London. He created Avanth (2012), a modular experimental typeface that is very useful for logos and titles. Typefaces from 2012 include Ballege (a partially free slab serif family that uses details often seen in college sports and that was inspired by the film MoneyBall by Bennet Miller). Typefaces from 2013: Chronic (a free alchemic / hipster font inspired by native American legends), Essay (a copperplate headline sans published by Avondale). In 2016, he made the custom prismatic typeface Happy Ending, and 36 days of Type (decorative caps). They also published the layered multiline retail typeface family eNeon (2016). Typefaces from 2017: Kick Off (based on sports graphics from the 1970s). Typefaces from 2029: Inndam (modular). Typefaces from 2020: Locker Numerals, Creattica link. Creative Market link. Behance link. Dafont link. Graphicriver link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Novi Souldado
| Yogyakarta, Indonesia-based designer (b. 1989) of the copperplate calligraphic typeface NS Champtone (2019), the spurred Victorian Americana typeface NS Emhericans Vintage (2019). Typefaces from 2020: NS Bullsmith (a Victorian typeface), NS Mudolf (a script/sans/serif vintage type package). Typefaces from 2021: NS Gibswing (a spurred Victorian extravaganza, with a dingbat font that contains Victorian panels and flowers), NS Blackbooks Victorian, NS Lasttown (a penmanship script, and vintage capital and serif styles). Typefaces from 2022: NS Deckpress (a layerable Victorian label font). [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oban Design Studios
| Chester, England and Toronto, Canada-based designer of the free copperplate sans typeface High Life (2017), the hand-crated typeface Simpler Times (2017), the German expressionist typeface Bedtime Story (2017), and the free beatnik font Lost Childhood (2017). In 2018, he published McJinnon Brush (a dry brush typeface). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Occupant Fonts
| Senior designer at Font Bureau since 1997, after graduating that year from the Rhode Island School of Design. Born in Milwaukee, WI, he now is a faculty member at RISD, where he teaches typography in the department of Graphic Design. He regularly offers a summer course on Digital Type Design, Summer Institute of Graphic Design, Rhode Island School of Design. His sketchbooks are now on line. In 2016, he set up Occupant Fonts as part of the Type Network. In September 2017, Morisawa announced the establishment of "Morisawa Providence Drawing Office" in Providence, RI, as its new base for developing Latin fonts. Cyrus Highsmith, who had served as a designer for Font Bureau for many years, and who started Occupant Fonts in 2015, has been appointed as its creative director. By this move, Morisawa acquired Occupant Fonts. Author of Inside Paragraphs, written for a foundational typography course. Matthew Carter writes: Cyrus Highsmith takes the lid off a paragraph of type and shows its inner workings. There is nothing you need to understand about using type that's not in this book. Cyrus explains the correct terms for the typographic components of form and space that make a letter, a word, a line, a paragraph, and he does it with clear drawings, simple language, and a legible typeface for the text. Cyrus created wonderful typefaces such as Loupot (1997, with Laurie Rosenwald, based on the lettering on Charles Loupot's St. Raphael poster from 1948), Eggwhite (2000-2018, for comics), Relay (2002, a somewhat art deco sans serif family that will be in vogue for years to come!), Benton Sans (1995-2003, with Tobias Frere-Jones, a revival of Benton's 1903 family, News Gothic; see also Benton Sans Wide, 2013), Occupant Gothic (2000-2018, angular), Prensa (2003, a simple 24-style serif family), Prensa Display (2012), Dispatch (1999-2000), Halo (2003), the 12-weight Stainless family (2001), and Daleys Gothic (1998). The Wall Street Journal uses his D4ScotchD4Scotch family (2001). He made a modified Palatino for the newspaper El Mercurio, and designed Zocalo or El Universal for the newspaper El Universal. He won Bukvaraz 2001 awards for Prensa and Relay. His Amira (Font Bureau) and (Spanish-feeling) Zocalo (Font Bureau) won awards at TDC2 2004. At ATypI 2004 in Prague, he spoke about the wealth of typefaces. In 2006, Escrow (Font Bureau) was published, an out-of-this-world 44-style subdued Scotch family that is used by The Wall Street Journal. In 2007, still at Font Bureau, he created Antenna, a 56-style sans family, as well as Biscotti, a delicate connected (wedding) script commissioned in 2004 by Gretchen Smelter and Donna Agajanian for Brides magazine. His calligraphic copperplate script Novia (2007, Font Bureau) was commissioned to grace the pages of Martha Stewart Weddings. Still in 2007, he won an award for his newspaper type family Quiosco (Font Bureau). Font Bureau writes: With Quiosco, Cyrus Highsmith continues an examination of themes and possibilities which he first explored in Prensa, inspired by the work of W. A. Dwiggins---specifically a dynamic tension between inner and outer contours. However, the crackling, electrical energy of Prensa here gives way to a more fluid, mercurial muscularity in Quiosco. See also Quiosco Display. In 2006, he designed Scout for Geraldine Hessler's redesign of Entertainment Weekly, under the influence of DIN, Venus and Cairoli. Scout is a utilitarian sans serif series that was followed in 2013 with Scout RE---four styles optimized for screen text and small sizes in print. In 2016, he added Scout Text. In 2010, at Font Bureau, he published the extensive families Ibis Text and Ibis Display, which he says were influenced by Walbaum (1919) and Melior (1952). The Webtype version IbisRE is poorly kerned / displayed in my browser though. From 2007 until 2010, he developed Salvo Sans and Salvo Serif (Font Bureau), which were originally called Boomer Sans and Serif. They were released in 2011. In 2012, he published Serge (an angular script family in three styles: a frisky, acrobatic typeface that dashes off decorative blurbs, signs, and headlines with a lively, angular zest), Heron Sans and Heron Serif at Font Bureau, which writes: Heron Serif and Sans are born of hard iron and steel, but galvanized with Cyrus Highsmith's warmth and energy. In 2013, he published Icebox at Font Bureau---a font that is based on a set of magnetic letters found at a variety store. Typefaces from 2014: Tick and Tock, two stencil styles. Typefaces from 2015: Antenna Serif. Typefaces from 2016: Gasket, Gasket Unicase, Gasket Uncial. Typefaces from 2017: Allium. Typefaces from 2018: Allium Text. Speaker at ATypI 2013 in Amsterdam: Don't design web fonts Its theme is: The successful type series of the future will be the ones that can move between media. He says that new typefaces should be smarter than the devices that use them. In 2015, he received the coveted Gerrit Noordzij Prijs. His illustrations were the subject of an exhibition and a book, both called Products Of A Thinking Hand (Typotheque / KABK, 2018). View Cyrus Highsmith's typefaces. Klingspor link. FontShop link. MyFonts interview. Old Font Bureau link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oddsorts
| 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:
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A list of the basic Latin fonts in a standard OS X installation, anno 2004. See also here: #Gungseouche.dfont, #HeadlineA.dfont, #PCmyoungjo.dfont, #Pilgiche.dfont, AlBayan.ttf, AlBayanBold.ttf, AmericanTypewriter.dfont, Apple Chancery.dfont, Apple LiSung Light.dfont, Apple Symbols.ttf, AppleMyungjo.dfont, Arial, Arial Black, Arial Narrow, Arial Rounded Bold, ArialHB.ttf, ArialHBBold.ttf, Ayuthaya.ttf, Baghdad.ttf, Baskerville.dfont, BiauKai.dfont, BigCaslon.dfont, Brush Script, Chalkboard.ttf, CharcoalCY.dfont, Cochin.dfont, Comic Sans MS, Copperplate.dfont, Corsiva.ttf, CorsivaBold.ttf, Courier New, DecoTypeNaskh.ttf, DevanagariMT.ttf, DevanagariMTBold.ttf, Didot.dfont, EuphemiaCASBold.ttf, EuphemiaCASItalic.ttf, EuphemiaCASRegular.ttf, Fang Song.dfont, Futura.dfont, GenevaCY.dfont, Georgia, GillSans.dfont, GujaratiMT.ttf, GujaratiMTBold.ttf, Gurmukhi.ttf, HelveticaCY.dfont, HelveticaNeue.dfont, Herculanum.dfont, Hoefler Text.dfont, Kai.dfont, Krungthep.ttf, KufiStandarGK.ttf, MarkerFelt.dfont, MonacoCY.dfont, MshtakanBold.ttf, MshtakanBoldOblique.ttf, MshtakanOblique.ttf, MshtakanRegular.ttf, Nadeem.ttf, NewPeninimMT.ttf, NewPeninimMTBold.ttf, NewPeninimMTBoldInclined.ttf, NewPeninimMTInclined.ttf, NISC18030.ttf, Optima.dfont, Papyrus.dfont, PlantagenetCherokee.ttf, Raanana.ttf, RaananaBold.ttf, Sathu.ttf, Silom.ttf, Skia.dfont, Song.dfont, Thonburi.ttf, Times New Roman, TimesCY.dfont, Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Webdings, Zapfino.dfont. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Otto Arpke (b. Braunschweig, 1886, d. Berlin, 1943) was a graphic artist, illustrator, painter, and teacher at the Kunst- und Gewerbeschule in Mainz, Germany. Arpke was famous for his designs for the movie Das Kabinet des Dr Caligari and posters for the North German Lloyd shipping line. He designed a fat copperplate display typeface, Arpke Antiqua (1928, Shriftguss), which is available in digital form as Taiko (2006, Andreas Seidel). Klingspor link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born in Berlin, 1889, d. Hamburg, 1965. Was professor at the Hochschule für freie und angewandte Kunst in Berlin, where he designed the exquisite Ornata (Klingspor, 1943), a bold copperplate roman with fine herring-bone inline design. See here. He also designed the logo for "Haus Neuerburg Zigaretten" in 1925, which was digitally remade by Cerement as Neuerburg (2008). Long time president of the BDG. One of his designs is being digitally revived by [Google] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
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Raised in Texas, and a graduate of Parsons in New York, Paulina Ho designed the copperplate script typeface Bedonir (2013). Behance link. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Flemish web log about the history and mechanics of type, run by Belgian graphic designer Peter Van Lancker (b. Ghent). There is a lot of information on the early printing and typefounding by Joos Lambrecht in Gent, ca. 1539. His Flickr page has many nice shots of old presses (lithography, copperplate, etc.). He is working on this octagonal face and a rhythmic broad nib pen. In 2012, Peter published a free pixel typefaces Thirtysix and Six. In 2014, he started work on a gorgeous letterpress style typeface, Ijskelder, which was released in 2020. Dafont link. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Peter Vanroose (University of Leuven, Belgium) made a metafont program that produces simulated handwriting. The font is called "Script" (1992). We also learn that he made the copperplate calligraphic typeface Calligra15 (1992, metafont), with modifications by S. Dachian in 1999. In 2011, this font was released in type 1 format at CTAN. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Type designer who runs Philip Kelly Digital Design in the UK. He worked for Letraset from 1969-1994 as a type designer. His type design work there included Arabic and Hebrew letterforms. From 1994 until 1997, he designed typefaces at Signus, and became an independent designer in 1997. His typefaces:
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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:
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Mac McGrew on this Copperplate Gothic style typeface published by BBS: Plate Gothic was advertised by BB&S as "new" in 1900, and other versions were added within several years. It is somewhat similar to Copperplate Gothic, but not as well proportioned, and has even tinier serifs. Some members of the Steelplate Gothic family (q.v.) of the same foundry have the same characteristics, and appear to be a rename or at least a replacement for members of this family. Note that the colon and semicolon are full cap height, which is very unusual. Plate Gothic is also Ludlow's name for Copperplate Gothic (q.v.). [Google] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Foundry that was run in the 1990s by Christine Mauerkirchner and Rainer Grunert out of Kronberg, Germany. They made about 30 free Truetype and PostScript fonts, and were selling over 2000 fonts at 2.50 Euro a shot. Check here for Berthold A.G. clones of all famous families. The main PrimaFont collection in PostScript cost 1700 USD! As far as I can tell, if the 30 free-font sampler is any indication, this collection is not different from the good old Adobe, Monotype or Linotype collections, which may all be found somewhere if one looks hard enough. Free fonts: Cheboygan, Exmouth (copperplate script), Jacoba (another copperplate calligraphic script), Mouth (uncial), Livingstone (uncial), Marlon Book, Oliver (Victorian), Scoutlight DB, Shanghai (oriental simulation face), and Xtra (Greek simulation face). Dafont link. Abstract Fonts link. Font Journal link. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Prive Studios (was: Government Studios, or: GVMNT)
| Max Privalov's foundry, Government Studios (was: GVMNT), was based in Los Angeles. Government Studios was originally a film studio, designing fonts for future film projects. Typefaces from 2012: the bamboo cut-tipped caps typeface Envy Races (with possible use in fashion mags), the Peignotian typeface Counterfeit Black, and the wide wedge-serifed slightly engraved high-contrast titling typeface Black Feud. In 2014, Government Studios designed the spiky all-caps typeface Spotlight and the flared typeface Opium (which was designed using the herbarium specimens of Papaver somniferum). In 2016, the Government Studios label was replaced by Prive Studios, and Max Privalov became Max Prive. As Max Prive, he designed the sans typefaces Skin in 2016 and Muguet in 2017. Typefaces from 2018: Merrant (a 3-style geometric grotesk straight from the Futura era). HypeForType link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Profonts
| 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] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Qaila Sa
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Q-BO
| Q-BO is the foundry of Carlos Daniel Matteoli, a type designer from Santiago del Estero, Argentina, b. 1980. Old URL. His typefaces, both free and commercial, often have a sci-fi or industrial component:
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Quentin J. Stavinsky
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New York City-based designer of the connected copperplate calligraphic script typeface Scalino (2014). Behance link. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ralph Michael Unger
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Ralph Smith
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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 Larabie
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Rebecca Alaccari
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Red Rooster Type foundry
| 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:
Text listing of their typefaces. Alphabetic catalog of the Red Rooster typeface library [large web page warning]. [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rendra Diardjo
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Resistenza
| 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] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Reza Design (or: Silverstein Design)
| 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. Creative Fabrica link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rinjani Bagaz
| During his studies in Bandung, Indonesia, Bagas Zhafran designed the all caps copperplate sans typeface family Haythem (2018). Creative Fabrica link. [Google] [More] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
RM WD
| Graphic designer designer, b. 1959, Parma, Italy. He studied at the Art Institute in Parma. After graduation in 1983 from the Urbino ISIA Academy, Antonio spent 20 years working as Senior Art Director and Creative Director for various international advertizing agencies in Milan (Pirella Lowe, Armando Testa, Young & Rubicam). In 2016, he designed the calligraphic typeface Gerolinda. This OpenType-feature-laden typeface family, at 1900 glyphs per weight for six weights, leaves all other calligraphic typefaces from the past decade in the dust. It is as if the Italian penmen from the renaissance period are being reborn through Antonio's hand. In fact, he intended something very specific---the recreation of an Italian gentlewoman's hand (his own words). One of his projects was inspired by the Italian Futurismo artists in the early 1900s whose style is close to Italian art deco. Typefaces in the project include Italiano Doc (2018), Italiano Fushion Color (2021: the color version of Italiano Fushion) and Italiano Fushion New (2021: all caps). Typefaces from 2018: Ziletti Pop (a layerable pre-psychedelic font influenced by Girolamo Ziletti (1552-1583) in Venice) and Eletric Lady (a light copperplate calligraphic script). In 2020, he published Parmesan Revolution (a didone with mirrored letters, perhaps in the hope of emulating Cyrillic), Venice Revolution, Jannson Map (a wonderful 18th century map font about which Antonio writes: This font is inspired by Johannes Janssonius, well known as Jan Janszoon or Jan Janssonius (b. Arnhem, 1588, d. Amsterdam, 1664), a Dutch cartographer, publisher and engraver who was married to Hondius's daughter. He authored many masterpieces of cartography just like Willem Blaeu and Hondius). [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
RMU (Ralph Michael Unger Typedesign)
| 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:
Ralph made some typefaces outside URW/Profonts and RMU, such as Stripes (2014, a prismatic typeface puvlished by Thinkdust). View Ralph M. Unger's typefaces. [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Robbie Smith
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Robert G. Oster
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Born in Highbury, North London in 1910, Robert was brought up by an aunt after the early deaths of his parents, and went to school in Brighton and London. He lived in Godstore, Surrey, and died in 2008. He studied at the Central School of Arts and Crafts, London. He first worked as a designer for the Daily Mail and was simultaneously an adviser on typography for London Transport and for the Sheffield-based foundry Stephenson Blake&Co, designing their literature and three popular display typefaces:
While still in his twenties, Robert co-founded and became editor of Typography, a journal of contemporary lettering and print, published by his friend and ally James Shand at the Shenval Press. When it first appeared in 1936, the journal broke new ground in its coverage of the European avant garde---including the first serious article on Jan Tschichold's work to be published in Britain. In 1951, he designed Keyboard (at Stephenson&Blake; Schnelle mentions 1949). Typographic adviser to London Transport, and director of one of London's leading advertising agencies. With James Shand, he was the founder of the Shenval Press in Hertford. He published the quarterly magazine Typography. After WWII, he published Alphabet&Image. He was also the typographic adviser and architecture correspondent for the Sunday Times. He was a during their service with naval intelligence in the second world war. Author of Ian Fleming (2015), a book about Fleming published seven years after his death. Obituary by Fiona MacCarthy in The Guardian. [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Robert Schenk
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Robert Wiebking
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Born in Schwelm, Germany, 1870, Robert Wiebking emigrated to the United States in 1881 with his father Hermann Wiebking, and became an apprentice engraver in Chicago. After another apprenticeship in 1884, with C.H. Hanson in Chicago, he became an independent professional matrix engraver in 1892 in that city for several American and English founders and for Ludlow, who cut many of Goudy's types, as well as types for Bruce Rogers and Robert H. Middleton. In 1894 Robert Wiebking and Henry H. Hardinge (also from Chicago) built the first successful machine for engraving type matrices. In 1896, they became partners and set up Wiebking, Hardinge & Co in 1901, manufacturing matrices for type foundries. This led them to set up the Advance Type Foundry in Chicago. He died in 1927 in Chicago. Designer of these typefaces:
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Roiyani Teungku
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Romi Rahmadi
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Romie Creative (or: Sikem Studio)
| 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] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rosemary Hall
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Rosemary Hall Calligraphy
| Rosemary Hall (Oak Park, IL) mae exquisite calligraphic fonts such as Rosemary Modern, Rosemary Copperplate, Rosemary Italic, Rosemary Modified Italic, Rosemary Script, and Rosemary Roman (a stunning font; a free version was done by Dieter Steffmann in 2001 called Rosemary Roman). Check also the fantastic Rosemary Celtic, 50 USD. Mike Yanega claims that the designer is actually Brian Hall (Chicago, IL). [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rosemary Sassoon
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RSFS - Ralph Smith's Formal Script Symbol Fonts
| In 1999, UCSD's Ralph Smith developed METAFONT sources for fonts of uppercase script letters for use as symbols in scientific and mathematical typesetting. His glyphs are based on the so-called Spencerian or Copperplate hand lettering which prevailed in the eighteenth century. Type 1 sources now available as well. A follow-up package with integration into TeX was developed by Michael Sharpe in 2021, simply caleed rsfso. [Google] [More] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gold Coast, Australia-based designer of the marker pen typefaces Sunday Morning (2016) and Angeles (2015) and of the copperplate gothic typeface Copper Bowles (2016). Typefaces from 2017: Hell Or Highwater. Creative Market link. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ryan Prasetya
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Ryan Welch
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Ryoichi Tsunekawa
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Moldovan designer of the feature-laden copperplate calligraphic script typeface BP BlackWhite (2019, with Dmitrii Mikitenko). [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sabrina Mariela Lopez
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Safri Fajar
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Sandra Garcia (b. Bogota, Colombia) first studied at the Universidad del Area Andina, Bogota and then obtained a Masters in typography from Centro de Estudios Gestalt in Veracruz, Mexico. Freelance designer and teacher at Universidad de la Comunicacion, in Mexico City. Sandra created the wayfinding sans typeface Colectiva in 2017 together with Tipas Type, a type foundry she co-founded. Colectiva was originally designed for Mexico City's subway system. In 2019, she published Emperatriz at Latinotype. She collaborated on the design of the typographic family Woun Iek for the native Wounaan Colombian language. In 2017, she received the Clap international award for the project Xantolo, a font for children's publications. Xantolo was part of Tipas Type, a space created by women to promote female work in the typographic field. For a Mexican beer brand, Sandra Garcia and Tipas Type designed the splendid blackletter typeface Corona (2018) and the copperplate calligraphic typeface Especial (2019). In 2019, Dafne Martinez, Monica Munguia, and Sandra Garcia finally released the roundish informal children's book typeface Xantolo and the wood type / slab serif typeface Xihtli. In 2019, Dafne Martinez and Sandra Garcia designed the copperplate calligraphic typeface Especial for a common Mexican beer brand In 2021, Dafne Martinez and Sandra Garcia published Achtli (Book, Didactic), a rounded sans typeface for early readers. In 2022, Sandra Garcia released the ultra-condensed reverse stress Western typefaces Extra C and Extra C Variable at Tipastype. Speaker at ATypI 2019 in Tokyo. Co-author of the book Elementype, a practical guide to typographic use. [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sapre Studio
| Indonesian designer of the copperplate calligraphic script typeface Geshane (2019) and the connected script fonts Ballesha Script (2019), Bunglon (2019), Sunkist, Singles (2019) and Dethalia (2019). Typefaces from 2020: Gravitafont (a retro script), Standerfont (a smooth script font), Anastasiya (a swashy penmanship-style calligraphic script). Typefaces from 2021: Sehatie (calligraphic, with an uneven baseline), The Shooter (a dry brush script). [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sardiez
| Sardiez is a foundry located in Medellín, Colombia, and is run by Sergio Ramírez (b. 1988). He created the ornamental stencil typeface Sra stencil (2008), which was inspired by Colombian colonial times. His typeface Sister won an award at Tipos Latinos 2008 in the non-text typeface category. Trochera (2009) is a Tuscan face. Systopie (2010) is a techno family. Codesigner with Manuel Ernesto Corradine of Canciller (2012), an italic roman script. At Tipos Latinos 2012, Sergio Ramírez won awards for the following typefaces: Papermov (in the text category) and Panclasta (in the display category: co-designed with Carlos Fabian Guerrero). Neuron (2012) is a fantastic 16-style rounded elliptical sans family created together with Manuel Eduardo Corradine over at Corradine Fonts. Tecna (2012) is an 8-style techno sans family also done with Manuel Eduardo Corradine over at Corradine Fonts. Quarzo (2012, with Corradine as well) is a formal copperplate script. In 2013, together with Manuel Eduardo Corradine at Corradine Fonts, he created Neuron Angled, Alianza Script (a packaging script), Alianza Italic and Alianza Slab (a good-looking slab family). Mayonez (2013, Sergio Ramirez) is a friendly elliptical text typeface for Latin and Cyrillic. Whisky (2015) is a large blackletter family with inlines and fills for layering co-designed with Manuel Corradine. Related to German expressionism, it won an award at Tipos Latinos 2016. Typefaces from 2019: Brutman (inspired by brutalist architecture, he explains that he wanted to create a typeface that reimagined the incise style for the 21st century). Overview of his work and interview. Behance link. Klingspor link. Fontspring link. Creative Market link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sassoon Williams
| Born in 1931, Rosemary Sassoon is a British handwriting and script expert who has worked a lot on didactic scripts for children. She obtained a PhD from the University of Reading for her work on how models and teaching methods affect children's handwriting. She is the author of these texts:
She is best known for her Sassoon Primary font family (primary school writing; see the 2000 typeface Sassoon Infant). Her fonts were developed by Adrian Williams of Club Type. At MyFonts, they operate as Sassoon-Wiliams. The list:
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Sean Cavanaugh
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Graduate of Fachhochschule Vorarlberg in 2004, where his Diplomarbeit was entitled Rialto eine humanistische Antiqua. Vorarlberg, Austria-based designer of Terra Nova (2005), a gorgeous treasure map typeface based on lettering found on a map of the Americas from 1562 by Diego Gutierrez and the Dutch copperplate engraver Hieronymus Cock. In 2005, he also made Sofa (2005), a slab serif. In 2006, he added , the modular dingbat typeface Sofa and Sofa Italic. Renamed canapé serif some time later. Other typefaces by Nagel include Canapé (a roman, slab serif and sans serif family), Scriptum (a text face), Grass Script (brush based on the hand of Mario Lorenz), Classicismo (a futuristic didone), Space, and Iwan Reschniev (2008, a Bauhaus style geometric typeface after lettering by Jan Tschichold, 1930). In 2010, he revisited Tierra Nueva and published it at FDI. This true pirate ship font was found on a map of America, created by Spanish cartographer Diego Gutiérrez and Dutch engraver Hieronymus Cock in 1562. In 2012, Ralf Herrmann and Sebastian Nagel co-designed the Wayfinding Sans Pro family. This useful typeface was published at FDI. Canapé Serif (2013, FDI) has four styles. Microsite. MyFonts link. Flickr page. Klingspor link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sergio Haruo
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Sergio Ramírez Llamas
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Slex Studio
| Indonesian designer of (mostly) calligraphic scripts. In 2020, Slex Studio released Thalita (a formal calligraphic script), Amsterduma (a thin wild calligraphic script), Zhivilia (a wild high contrast calligraphic script), Bethanny Script (an upright calligraphic script), Geryline, Paradisa (a wild calligraphic script), Amsterdam, and Brigland. The deco typeface Twentyone (2020) was co-designed by Gajana Aslanjan, Gumilang Anggara Ruslan, Slava Antipov, and Fidan Aslanova. Typefaces from 2021: Octagon Calligraphy (a copperplate calligraphic font), Coda Loop (a 5-style sans), Gangfield (a tall upright rabbit ear script), Savarella (a calligraphic script; +Savarella Ornament), Valentina (an almost upright rabbit ear calligraphic script), Valentina (an almost upright rabbit ear calligraphic script). Typefaces from 2022: Zimbara (formal calligraphy), Bulgari (wild calligraphy). [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Smith Hands
| 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:
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Sofia Mohr (b. 1978, São Leopoldo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil) studied architecture at UFRGS, Brazil, and type design at Universidad Católica de Chile. She works as graphic, web and type designer in her own studio (called Sofia Mohr) in Santiago, Chile. In 2013, she created Café Brasil, a plump typeface inspired by the shape of coffee beans. Café Brasil won an award at Tipos Latinos 2014. Nido / Nido Dingbats (2014, Sofia Mohr, Latinotype) is a fun typeface family for use in children's books. Sabores Script (2015, also at Latinotype) is a beautiful calligraphic coffee shop script family, complete with dingbats. In 2016, Sofia published the upright unconnected script family Culinary at Latinotype. Culinary Script is the connected version, and Culinary Borders is a delightful addition. Furniture design inspired Sofia to design Hogar (2016, Latinotype), which comes in Sans, Script and Dingbat subfamilies. See also Hogar Slab (2016). Typefaces from 2017: Aromatica (retro connected monoline script and accompanying sans, Latinotype), Estampa Script (a high contrast formal connected script typeface that inherits elements from copperplate and didone; at Latinotype). Typefaces from 2018: Mohr Rounded ( a rounded humanist sans published by Latinotype), Blauth (a rounded small x-height sans family), Amazonia Script (MyFonts link for Amazonia), Mohr (a large sans family published by Latinotype). Typefaces from 2019: Moranga (a warm heavy sans; she writes that its design is a mixture between Café Brasil's flowing, organic shapes and elements from popular fonts from the seventies such as Cooper and Souvenir), Cookery (a useful brush pen script, released at Los Andes). Typefaces from 2020: Anguita Sans (a 16-style condensed sans), Aguila (a sharp-edged Peignotian family of 9 fonts), Mangueira (a geometric sans with wide welcoming counters). Typefaces from 2021: Singolare (a five-style geometric sans supplemented with a gaggle of stencil fonts and some layerable styles), Amarela Stencil. [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spencer & Sons
| Spencer & Sons was set up in 2016 by Gilang Purnama Jaya (Bandung, Indonesia) and Cahya Sofyan. Gilang Purnama has been designing type since 2010 at his earlier companies, including Decade Type foundry, GP Type foundry and Imagi Type. Typefaces from 2017: S+S Amberosa (decorative Victorian), S&S Nickson (a 15-style copperplate display typeface). Typefaces from 2018: SS American Brewery, SS Greyhood (blackletter, tattoo font), SS Metroviation (retro style). Typefaces from 2019: S+S Baldwins (Vicorian, by Gilang Purnama), SS National Currency. Typefaces from 2021: Ephemera Nickson Pro One (a condensed headline typeface). [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A calligraphic copperplate typeface by Mackellar, Smiths and Jordan. For a digital revival, see Opti Swallow (Castcraft, 1990-1991). [Google] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Steelplate Gothic
| This is the name of an engraving face. McGrew writes: Steelplate Gothic is the BB&S equivalent of Copperplate Gothic. Most of the series came from Western Type Foundry when BB&S acquired that concern in 1918. Steelplate Gothic Light Extended was originally Western's Farley, advertised in 1907, while Steelplate Gothic Heavy Extended was Western's Perry, these typefaces are not quite as wide as the extended Copperplate Gothics (q.v.), and differ in minor details. Other light and heavy versions are very nearly duplicates of Copperplate Gothic. All were cut by Robert Wiebking. Steelplate Gothic Shaded was drawn by Wiebking in 1918; it is uncertain whether he did this for Western just before the takeover, or for BB&S. It has an added fine line to the right and bottom of strokes, and lacks the tiny serifs of the other typefaces; it was recast by ATF in 1954. Steelplate Gothic Italic, which was Western's Perry Italic, is nearly like Copperplate, but the G lacks a crossbar. Steelplate Gothic Bold comes from the old BB&S Plate Gothic series (q. v.), while the extralight version has the same characteristics. All these typefaces moved on to ATF when BB&S merged with it in 1929. When the Copperplate Gothics went through a brief period of revived popularity for advertising use in the 1950s, ATF reinstated the two largest sizes of Steelplate Gothic Bold. rather than cutting additional sizes for Copperplate. Digital versions include Tin Plate (Softmaker) and Steelplate Gothic Pro (1993 and 2017, Steve Jackaman, Red Rooster). [Google] [More] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stella Roberts
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Stella Roberts Foundry
| Type designer in Sunrise, FL, who created a coop style foundry for a charity that pays for the medical bills of her siblings. Some typefaces are made by guest designers such as Jeff Levine, Ray Larabie, Matt Yow, and Brad O. Nelson. The list of typefaces:
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Scottsdale, AZ-based print designer, who created the copperplate font Copper Crown (2007). Behance link. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stephenson Blake
| Founded in 1819 in Sheffield by toolmaker John Stephenson (died in 1864), silversmith William Garnett and financier James Blake, initially largely based on the purchase of the foundry of William Caslon III and IV in 1819. In 1829 Garnett left to become a farmer. The company was renamed Blake&Stephenson in 1830, but Blake died soon after. It became Stephenson, Blake&Co. in 1841. John Stephenson died in 1864, the year after he handed control to his son Henry. The company grew by acquiring most British typefoundries: Fann Street Foundry (1906); Fry's Type Street Letter Foundry; H.W. Caslon&Sons (1937); Miller&Richard (1952). The matrices and other old typographic equipment to Monotype and can be seen in the Type Museum of London. MyFonts provides this update: Members of both the Stephenson and Blake families still sit on the board of the present company. In 2001, according to managing director Tom Blake, the foundry was still producing some type in zinc, but by 2005 the company was wound up. There are plans to turn the former premises into an apartment complex. In 1996, all remaining materials (punches, matrices, specimen books) were sold to Justin Howes' Type Museum. The information in The Ancestry of British Typefounding and the complete list of the Stephenson-Blake typefaces comes from Roy Millington's Stephenson Blake The Last of the Old English Typefounders, The British Library, London, 2002. Today, Stephenson Blake continues in manufacturing only. Partial typeface list: Algerian (URW), Brittanic (Linotype), Baskerville Old Face (URW), Blackfriars (1920; a reversed-contrast Victorian typeface; digitally revied as a variable font by Roberto de Vicq de Cumptich at Delve Fonts as Tuppence), Carlton (1910s, digitized by Letraset in 1983; some say the original is F.H. Ehmcke's Ehmcke Antiqua, 1909), Chisel (an engravers typeface done in 1939 by Robert Harling; digital version at URW), Consort [the Stephenson Blake version of Clarendon], Doric Bold (Adobe), Elongated Roman (1937: a revival of the Victorian condensed and elongated fat faces, in the genre of Slimback), Fry's Ornamented No. 2 (many digitizations exist, e.g., Beffle (1991, David Rakowski)), Grotesque No 9 (URW), Impact (Linotype, Adobe), Kingston (with almost square counters and eyes), Klang (by Will Carter), Latin (URW), Latin Wide (1940), Latin Antique (1880s; a woodish typeface revived by Nick Curtis in 2011 as Indubitably NF; Monotype also had a metal version of this), Old Town No 536 (Western face, see Linotype), Playbill (a 1939 western saloon typeface by Robert Harling; digital versions at Bitstream, Linotype, and URW), Sans Serif Shaded (revived by Dieter Steffmann in 2002), Tea Chest (1939, an all-caps stencil typeface revived in 2011 by Nick Curtis as East India Company NF; Sigrid Claessens and Günther Flake revived Tea Chest Stencil in 1999 for Apply Interactive), Thorowgood, Verona (1923), Vivaldi (now at Linotype), Windsor (Bitstream, URW, Linotype, after a 1903 original by Sir William Kirkwood at Stephenson Blake), Wood Indexes (fists), Marina Script (1936, a copperplate script), Parisian Ronde (acquired from the Inland Type Foundry in 1905), Imperial Script (late 1800s formal script not unlike Firmin Didot's Anglaise, 1809), Bologna (script face, 1946), Glenmoy (script face, 1932, digitized and expanded in 2005 by Alejandro Paul as Mousse Script (Sudtipos) and in 2007 by Nick Curtis as Glengary NF, and in 2012 by Vernon Adams as Norican at Google Web Fonts), Francesca Ronde (1948), Granby (1930, a humanist sans family based on Edward Johston's types; revivals include one by Steve Jackaman and Ashley Muir called Granby Elephant (2011), and the main digital revival, from 2011, by Elsner and Flake called Granby EF), Recherché (revived by Nick Curtis as Plus de Vagues NF (2006)), Youthline Script (1952, a copperplate script for the banking and insurance industry, digitized and extended into a 7-weight family in 2005 by Rebecca Alaccari and Patrick Griffin as Sterling Script (2005)). Some type specimen, and a discussion of some typefaces, by yours truly. Scans of some old typefaces: Britannic Italic (1906), Flemish (for a digital semi-revival, see Dan Solo's Brussels), Freehand Script, Olympian. A few scans from Henry Taylor Wyse's book of 1911, showing types owned jointly by Stephenson Blake and Sir Charles Reed of Sheffield: AntiqueRoman, Athenian, Baskerville, Black No. 3, DeVinne, DeVinne Italic, Hallamshire Old Italic, Italian Old Style, Italian Old Style, Italian Old Style Italic, Lining Modern No. 20, Lining Old Style No. 5, Lining Westminster Old Style, Winchester Bold, Winchester Old Style, Winchester Old Style Italic. View digital typefaces that descend from the Stephenson Blake collection. [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Steve Jackaman
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Struggle Studio
| Indonesian designer of Mulan Cute (2020), Helena Girl (2020: wild calligraphy), Angel Boos (2020: a dry brush script), Megan Nice (2020: a calligraphic script), Justin Hailey (2020), Santaria Script (2020: a needle-and-thread script), Honey Batter (2020: a nearly upright script), the 19-style display sans typeface family Mantul Pro (2020), the casual calligraphic typeface Galista (2020), the copperplate calligraphic typeface Thamron (2020), the monoline script typeface Motherday (2019) and the script typefaces Pastela (wild calligraphy) (2020), History Love (2020), Fresh Hansler (2020), Safella (2020), Billie Endria (2020), Santaria (2020), Timeline (2020), Ghoppters (2020: a dry brush) and Nasty Life (2020). Typefaces from 2021: Quare Zombie (a Victorian font), Candy Hollyn (script), History Jasmin . Typefaces from 2022: Diana Custin (a scrapbook script). [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stuart Brown
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Studio Sun (or: Sun Brand Co)
| During her studies in Bandung, Indonesia, Bali-based Cahya Sogyan (b. 1994) created the free rounded sans typeface Synthesia (2014), the free sans typeface New Dawn (2015), and the free techno / futuristic typeface Cosmonaut (2015), with accompanying drop caps. In 2016, she co-founded Spencer and Sons with Gilang Purnama Jaya. In 2017, she started Studio Sun in Denpasar, Bali. In 2016, Cahyan published June of Fortune, the free hipster typeface family Soda Popp and writes: The new typeface called Soda Popp is inspired by pop-culture, vaporwave music, and seapunk that emerged in the early 2010s among Internet communities. It is characterized by a nostalgic fascination with retro cultural aesthetics, typically of the 1980s, 1990s, and early-mid 2000s. Typefaces from 2017 at Spencer and Sons: S&S Nickson (a copperplate display font including eight font styles and seven dingbat fonts). In 2018, she published the retro auto racing font Intensa, the extended sans typeface Matrice, and the free flared poster typeface Florent. Typefaces from 2019: Alathena (a decorative Victorian and Arts & Crafts typeface family), Rustob Club (a variable font), Tropiline, Matahari Sans (a large family that includes Matahari Sans Mono). Typefaces from 2020: Rachee (a 6-style renaissance text font), Klose Slab (an ultra-fat variable font), Gulfs Display (a 6-width ultra bold cartoon font family), Gliker (an extraordinary comic book font family; a new take on the Hobo typeface), Radiate Sans (40 styles), Balgin (a large display family that celebrates the 1990s), Brice Pop (a sixties display style; with Syarif Hafidh). Typefaces from 2021: Bethari (a 6-style art deco typeface, including a blackboard bold outline style). Typefaces from 2022: Fragmatika (a 9-style a geometric sans serif typeface with support for Latin, Cyrillic, Greek, Arabic, Armenian, Georgian, Hebrew and Thai). [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Studioways
| Calligrapher in New York City. In 2016, she published the copperplate calligraphic script typeface Petunia (Great Lakes Lettering). In 2017, she teamed up with Boston-based type designer Jim Lyles to form the Studioways Studio, which specializes in calligraphic typefaces. Studioways features Eliza's own lettering as well as that of other popular calligraphers. Typefaces from 2017: Madison Street (a Spencerian set of fonts by Elaina DeBoard, Eliza Gwendalyn, and Jim Lyles, accompanied by a few styles that are based on the handwriting of Elaina DeBoard), Hart (by Virginia Lucas Hart, Eliza Gwendalyn and Jim Lyles), Boronia, Lady Slippers. Typefaces from 2018: Petunia Monogram (with Jim Lyles). Typefaces from 2019: Little Sprout (script; with Jim Lyles). Typefaces from 2020: Nerine (a brush-lettered script). Creative Market link for Studioways. Another Creative Market link for Studioways. [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sukjana Almunandar
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Sweet Fonts Collection
| From Myfonts: The Sweet Fonts Collection represents an effort to locate and revive obscure, engraved lettering styles that are at risk of fading away, as well as to re-interpret familiar designs for broader application. Sweet Fonts is located in San Francisco, and is a spin-off/side show of Mark van Bronkhorst (MvB). Their fonts: Sweet Upright Script (2008, MvB and Linnea Lundquist), Sweet Gothic, Sweet Gothic Serif (2009: both in the style of Copperplate Gothic), Sweet Titling No. 11 (2009, art deco), Sweet Titling No. 22 (2010: multilined), Sweet Square Pro, Sweet Sans On Air, Sweet Sans Pro. [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Designer of the connected brush script poster typefaces Veronica (2015) and Roselly (2015). In 2016, he designed the copperplate calligraphic script Triana and the script typeface Nidewoof. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tart Workshop
| Minneapolis, MN-based illustrator and lettering artist. Designer who sells her script fonts through Font Bros, where she receives digitization support from Stuart Sandler. Her work is also sold via Tart Workshop. Alternate URL. Another URL. MyFonts link. In 2007, she made Silverstein and Seasoned Hostess. In 2008, she added Henparty Sans and Serif (casual curly scripts), and Darling Monograms. The calligraphic Nelly Script (copperplate script) and Nelly Script Flourish followed in 2009. Carrotflower (2009, hand-printed) comes with Carrotflower Christmas Icons, Carrotflower Invitation Icons, and Carrotflower Celebration Icons. Her designs in 2010 include Barocca (a monogram font, done with Stuart Sandler) and Nelly Frames. In 2011, she published the quaint teahouse typefaces Bookeyed Jack and Bookeyed Suzanne. At Google Web Fonts, we find Chelsea Market (2012), Butterfly Kids (2012, a curly script) and Princess Sofia (2012, a tipsy script). Crystal Kluge and Stuart Sandler made the children's party font Crafty Girls Pro (2010, with Stuart Sandler at Neapolitan). Typefaces from 2012: Emily's Candy (a curlified didone: free at Google Web Fonts), Madelinette (connected script). Codystar (a dot matrix face) is free at Google Web Fonts. Sugarplum (with Stuart Sandler) is a cheerful casual typeface. Aya Script (with Stuart Sandler) is a script with adjustable ribbons at front and rear of the letters. San Rafael is an upbeat curly script. Bookeyed Nelson is a tall caps only poster typeface. The teenage script typefaces Princess Sofia Royale Pro, Butterfly Kids Pro and Emily's Candy Pro and the bohemian typefaces Chelsea Marketplace Pro and Chelsea Market Open Pro were published by Crystal Kluge and Stuart Sandler at Neapolitan. Typefaces from 2013: Bookeyed Sadie (a quaint curly ball terminal typeface). Typefaces from 2014: Amoretta (a curly font family, co-designed with Stuart Sandler), Bookeyed Martin (another vintage curly script, with Stuart Sandler). Typefaces from 2016: Cherripops (by Crystal Kluge and Stuart Sandler). 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), Bella Monograms. 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), Hey Eloise (hand-crafted). View Crystal kluge's typefaces. Google Plus link. Creative Market link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Terry Kunysz
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Teuku Fahruddin
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Teuku Rinaldi Novianda
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The Fontmaker
| Jordan Jelev (The Fontmaker) is the Varna, Bulgaria-based graphic and logo designer (b. 1975, Varna) who specializes in wine label design. He set up The Fontmaker in 2011. Their typefaces:
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The Fontry
| 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] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Commercial display type foundry in Saint Petersburg, Florida, est. 2009. Their selection includes Orthodox (2011, a spiked display face), Golden Blackletter, Catalyst Black (Lined, Solid; by Hydro74), Iron King (2011, inspired by cigar box labels), Chief (monoline octagonal face), Fearless Script (2011, tattoo script), Inked Script (copperplate calligraphic (tattoo) script), Muerte Black (by Hydro74), Black Mamba (by Hydro74), Viper Black (by Hydro74), West Coast Soul (by Hydro74), Bushido Ink, Iron Fist, Blackmail Sect, Golden Age, Tyranny Gothic. Infamous (2011, +Shaded) is a custom display font based on typography by the Sanborn Company designs issued in the 1800s. Perfecta (2011) and Fantasma (2011, spurred, all caps) are art nouveau fonts. Golden Bones (2011) is free. Typefaces from 2013: GB Shinto (oriental simulation), Berzerk (angular and spurred). Behance link. Dafont link. Another Behance link. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Icelandic Method
| A free instruction booklet by Gunnlaugur S.E. Briem written in 1985, and concerned with handwriting education for Icelandic children. Nan Jay Barchowsky, who published it in her series called Cursive Italic News says: The Ministry of Education in Iceland is introducing italic handwriting in schools. That is the result of pressure from teachers who were dissatisfied with the style they had, a copperplate-based business hand. A group of Icelandic teachers who are interested in experimental teaching of italic formed a working party last year, They were interested in the method and asked Briem to put together instructions that could be used with children by teachers who had little or no experience with italic. The members of the working party initially paid for the printing out of their own pockets. Dr. Gunnlaugur S.E. Briem donated his work. The scheme has been very well received. Letters of support have come in from handwriting experts in many parts of the world, Education authorities in other countries have suggested collaboration. The PDF showcases three font families by Briem himself, Italiuskrift05 (his casual handwriting for instructions, dated 1985), BriemAnvil06 (serif family) and BriemAnvilSans07 (sans family). [Google] [More] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thirteen Studio (or: Lost Volt Type foundry)
| Ryan Prasetya (Republik Digital and Lost Volt Type foundry, Tangerang, Indonesia) created the spurred Victorian signage typefaces Arsemith (2015) and Stonebangs (2014), the tattoo typeface family Maroline (2015), and the art deco typeface Herline (2014). In 2015, he created Beautiful Friday (a calligraphic script and about 20 related handcrafted typefaces), Mutiara Vintage (letterpress emulation), the connected Vanessa, the connected script The Flanela, Mutiara (brush script), Nadhin Script (cursive), Nadhin Sans, Lussira Brushscript, Castrina Typescript and Syaquilla, as well as the spurred Victorian typeface Evolution. Typefaces from 2016: Agistha (logotype and script), Novitha Script, Kali Angke (layering typeface), Shella Hera (sans and script), the striped shadow typeface Vhiena and the copperplate typeface Renassance (sic). Typefaces from 2017: Moon & Chips, Vhiena 2.0 (layered), Vayentha Script, Vayentha Sans, The Braggest. Typefaces from 2018: Madeleine (a free signature font), Lineton (sans). Typefaces from 2019: Maryatha (an SVG script font), Panhitra Slab. Typefaces from 2020: Ariston (a comic book font), Retrica (a rounded hand-printed all caps font), Free Love Script. Graphicriver link. Creative Market link. Dafont lnk. Graphicriver link. [Google] [More] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
British typefounder Cottrell was a former employee of the original William Caslon, which had been founded in 1757 when Cottrell and Joseph Jackson were fired in a wage dispute. He introduced the sloped scripts in the copperplate tradition of the Italian hand writing in 1774 [these were later developed in France, where they became known as "anglaise" typefaces]. Thomas Cottrell is also known for introducing some fat capitals (see his 1774 Specimen of Printing Types) to fill the need of event and product advertizers in London. One of his employees was Robert Thorne. In 1794 Robert Thorne purchased the foundry of Thomas Cottrell after Cottrell's death. By 1798 Thorne had replaced all of Cottrell's types with his own designs and in 1774 was the first type founders to begin showing the so-called fat typefaces. Other typefounders joined in later, such as Caslon in the late 1770s, Edmund Fry in 1787, S&C Stephenson in 1796, Caslon & Catherwood in 1805, Vincent Figgins in 1815, and Thorowgood in 1821. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Type designer in Brooklyn and/or Holbrook, NY, b. 1986, who studied at the Parsons School of Design and the inaugural Type@Cooper program. He lived in Portland, OR. In 2012, he designed the large award-quality copperplate family called Garçon Grotesque. Typefaces from 2013: Ductus (a five-style broad-nibbed calligraphic / medieval family). In 2015, he published Azote (a multilined typeface family inspired by the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City). In 2019, he released the free seven font family Lexend at Google Fonts, together with Bonnie Shaver-Troup. Github link. Dedicated site. Lexend now comes in subfamilies called Deca, Exa, Giga, Mega, Peta, Tera and Zetta. He writes that Lexend is empirically shown to significantly improve reading-proficiency. As prescription eyeglasses achieve proficiency for persons with short-sightedness, Lexend's families were developed using Shaver-Troup Formulations. We will eventually release all seven families as a single variable font featuring its own custom axis. Lexend is thus an implementation of Bonnie Shaver-Troup's 2000 study, in which she theorized that reading performance would improve through the use of (1) hyper expansion of character spacing [which creates a greater lag time and reduces potential crowding and masking effects], (2) expanded scaling, and (3) a sans-serif font [to reduce noise]. Lexend is indeed hyper-widely spaced. Lexend also received support from Santiago Orozco and Hector Gomez. Additional links: CTAN link with TeX support. Github link by Brain Stone (Yannick Schinko). [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Type foundry in Mexico City run by Dafne Martinez, Monica Munguia (until 2020), and Sandra Garcia. Together, they designed the wayfinding sans typeface Colectiva in 2017. This typeface was originally designed for Mexico City's subway system. For a Mexican beer brand, Sandra Garcia and Tipas Type designed the splendid blackletter typeface Corona (2018) and the copperplate calligraphic typeface Especial (2019). In 2019, the three founders finally released the roundish informal children's book typeface Xantolo and the wood type / slab serif typeface Xihtli. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tipo
| 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] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tipo de Fabrica (was: Vero Type)
| Known first as Ivan Vani and then as Zulfan Iskandar. Jakarta, Indonesia-based designer of the vampire script typeface Milea (2015), the calligraphic typeface Calista (2015), the connected Panda Tired (2016), Panda Tired Caps (2016), Sheilova Script (2015), and the curly romantic script Weloe (2015). Typefaces from 2016: Blank Monkey, Fabulous Script (calligraphic), Sidolly Script, Lisbon (copperplate calligraphic script). Typefaces from 2017: Madhouz (script and sans). Typefaces from 2018: Ciellda (script), Blackout. Typefaces from 2019: Relion (script), Lolly & Choco (a creamy fat script), Avocado Cream. [Google] [More] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tipo Pepel (was: Antaviana Typeface Division, or: Astramat)
| Antaviana Typeface Division is a Catalan foundry, est. ca. 2002. It went also under the name Astramat and was also known as ANTAVIANA SERVEIS INTERACTIUS, SCCL. Located in Lleida, it is run by Josep Patau i Bellart (b. 1971, Les Borges Blanques, Lleida). Patau i Bellart offered free fonts, as well as commercial fonts. He has emerged as one of the most talented contemporary Spanish type designers. In 2011, he started Tipo Pepel [MyFonts link] in Les Borges Blanques. Josep Patau's typefaces:
Additional links: Dafont. MyFonts page. Alternate URL. Fontspace link. Fontfreak page. Patau Bellart is also involved in the type information site Unos Tipos Duros. Klingspor link. Abstract Fonts link. Interview by Unostiposduros. Fontspring link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Letterpress and type foundry located in Firenze, Italy, est. 1950. At Dafont, and on their home page, they offer the free font Typography Times (2013), which is like Times, but with sharper edges and corners---the dagger and harpoon look. The same harpoon theme returns in the free sans typeface Leo Arrow (2013). Urban Elegance (2013), Typography Ties (2013) and America Faster (2013) are display typefaces. Romanesque Serif (2013) is a copperplate typeface. Carved Rock (2013) is a serifed typeface. Wind Sans Serif (2013) has angled cut terminals. Typefaces from 2014: Downtown Elegance, Paris in Love, Signoria (sans family), Clocker, Christmas Sounds, Dream Love Valentine, Dalmata Dream. They also set up a parallel free font foundry, Jambo Fonts. Dafont link. Fontspace link. Open Font Library link. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Designer of the all caps copperplate shadow font Citation (Letraset, 1990). FontShop link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Type Colony
| 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 Innovations
| Alex Kaczun is a type designer and type expert based in Northport, NY. At MyFonts he wrote: Much of Alex's career was spent at the premier type foundry, Linotype-Hell, where he was the principal type designer and worked on many font projects aimed at modernizing the Linotype Library. Alex managed the development of The Adobe PostScript Font Library and created multiple master fonts for Apple Computer's QuickDraw technology. In 1980, he joined a small group of entrepreneurs and pioneered the development of the world's first digital font library at Bitstream, then located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Afterwards, Alex took a position at Bozell-Worldwide, a large international advertising company, where he was type director and managed the front desk at the CPS Group. The company is well known for their successful "Got Milk" ad campaign. At Bozell, Alex honed his skills in graphic design, desktop publishing, prepress print production and the web. His early typefaces include Axion (2012, a futuristic, techno-looking type family; +RND, +SSF, +SER, +RX14, +STN (a stencil version)), BottleKaps (1992) at Linotype. Also at Linotype, he worked on the Fairfield family, designed in 1939 by Rudolf Ruzicka, completing the job in 1991. He also made outlines for Bell Centennial based on Matthew Carter's bitmaps. He runs Type Innovations. He designed the following fonts at Galapagos: Beatnik (1997), Android (2010, beveled techno family), Big Boy (2010, a heavy wood type), CaltexNovaSans (Galapagos), Contax (1997, Galapagos: Alex says about this family: Contax is the new Univers for the 21st century), Contax Sans (2011---this typeface is Peignotian in its light weights, and has subtle and not-so-subtle stem variations), Eclipse (1997, shadow beveled face), Extreme SDans (1997), Innovage (1997, a new Helvetica for the 21st century, in his own words), New Renaissance (1997, a true roman face), Shockwave (1997), Golum (1997), Swordtail (Galapagos, 1997, a hip hand-printed font), New Age (Galapagos, 2002), Extreme Sans (Galapagos, 2002). Other typefcaes: Kaczun Oldstyle Bold (2010), Doc Holliday (2010, a Western face), Hippyfreak (2010), Mister Twiggs and Misses Twiggs (2010), Geomatrix (2010, geometric stencil face), Oronteus Finaeus (2010, like lettering from a map dated 1531), Piccadilly Circus (2010, a Western face), Switched On and Off (Galapagos, 1997), Racetrack (2010: an octagonal multiline display face), Mandelia (2010: a wedge-serif display face). Typefaces from 2011: New Age Gothic (a kind of 21st century copperplate), Scion (wide techno logo family), Dexter (2011, an artsy grotesque), Metalica (2011, a pointy cult type family). Typefaces from 2012: Edgar No. 9 (heavy baroque slab serif in the style of 19th century wood type), Langston (outlined and octagonal), Ekeras V2 (inline face), Mecanica, Mariamne (a spurred typeface based on Contax), Axion SER (a triangle-serifed typeface), Beatnik Barbie (a beatnik font influenced by Jack Kerouac), Nadia (a modern stencil interpretation of Granjon Oldstyle). Typefaces from 2013: Directors Cut Pro (this geometric antique font was a second prize winner at the Canberra Typeface Competition), Ambriel (a curly didone that mixes in Victorian frillies), Sansational (or Sensational sans: an ultra-condensed sans family), My Darling (a bastardized didone fashion mag face), Envisage (grotesk). Typefaces from 2014: Renovatio Deco (a spurred stencil), Crypton (sci-fi face). Typefaces from 2015: Nadia (a stencil version of Granjon Oldstyle). Typefaces from 2017: Gothica (stencil), Decrypt H1, Decrypt He2 (hipster style), Decrypt 02, Decrypt 01 (this geometric sans with hipster capitals evolved from Contax Pro in 1997 and was finally published in 2017). Typefaces from 2018: Grande Sans (stylized caps with sharp triangular corners). Showcase of Alex Kaczun's typefaces. [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Typehill
| 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] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Typesenses
| 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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Typoart GmbH (or: VEB Typoart)
| Dresden (East Germany)-based font studio that evolved from the former East German centralized press, VEB Typoart. VEB Typoart operated from 1948 until 1989, when it was renamed Typoart GmbH. Typoart GmbH dissolved mysteriously in 1995, perhaps due to bankrupcy. MyFonts catalog of digitizations. Timeline as provided by Typoart-Freunde, a project of Jay Rutherford at the Bauhaus University in Weimar (and published in 2007 in a book by the same title, Heinz Wohlers Verlag, Harrlach):
References on Typoart:
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Typodermic
| Ray Larabie (b. 1970, Ottawa, Canada) ran Typodermic in Mississauga, ON, which opened in the Fall of 2001. In 2006, it moved to Vancouver, BC, and in 2009 it moved on to Nagoya, Japan. Dafont page. Ray Larabie has been making fonts since 1996, but those early fonts were freeware. His pre 2001 fonts are grouped under the label Larabie Fonts. In 2001, he set up Typodermic. Latest additions. The Typodermic fonts:
MyFonts interview. Fontspace link. Fontspring link. Catalog of the typefaces in the Larabie Fonts collection. Klingspor link. Catalog of the Typodermic library in decreasing order of popularity. Extensive (large page warning) Typodermic catalog. Font Squirrel link. Creative Fabrica link. Fontsquirrel link. Fontdaily link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Typofonderie (was: Porchez Typofonderie)
| Jean-François Porchez (b. 1964) lived in Malakoff near Paris until 2006, when he moved to Sèvres, and from there to Clamart in 2008. He studied at the Atelier Nationale de Recherche Typographique (or ANRT), and caught the world's attention when he created a new type family for Le Monde in 1994. His fonts Angie and Apolline were prize-winning entries at the Morisawa Typeface competition. He received the Charles Peignot award in 1998, and many awards at Bukvaraz in 2001 for fonts such as Ambroise and Anisette. He runs an increasingly important foundry, Porchez Typofonderie, and is the main typographical driving force in France today. He set up ZeCraft. Until 2004, he taught typography at ENSAD in Paris, and teaches occasionally at Reading. From 2004 until 2007, he was President of ATypI. His fonts:
FontFont write-up. Adobe write-up. Bio. At ATypI 2004 in Prague, he spoke about Parisine and legibility. In 2014, Adverbum published the French/English book Jean François Porchez L'excellence typographique---The haute couture of typeface design, which has pieces by Karen Cheng, Aaron Levin, Muriel Paris and Sumner Stone. Linotype link. Behance link. Another Behance link. FontShop link. MyFonts link. MyFonts interview in 2009. Behance link. Speaker at ATypI 2010 in Dublin. View the typefaces made by Typofonderie Porchez. Adobe link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
tyPoland
| Typoland is the Warsaw-based foundry of Lukasz Dziedzic (b. 1967, Warsaw), est. 2014. Before that commercial venture, he was mostly creating free typefaces or commercial typefaces through FontShop / FontFont. Quoting Adam Twardoch: Rather than to finish high school, he worked as a sound technician and occasionally actor at a children's theatre group, spent a year working as a carpenter helper rebuilding 13th-century churches, he lent his voice and bass guitar skills to the band Dunski Jazz, and worked as a software developer at the Polish patent office. During the first free Polish elections of 1989, he briefly worked as a newsboy for Gazeta Wyborcza, the newly-launched, first independent daily newspaper in the country. A year later, he joined the design department of Gazeta Wyborcza and spent seven years there, co-creating the layouts of the main newspaper and its weekly companion magazine, for which he drew his first typeface. He later worked for several other publishing houses in Warsaw (since 2003 at Axel Springer Polska), designing newspapers and magazines. In the same time, Lukasz drew over a dozen typeface families ranging from large Latin and Cyrillic text families to single display styles. Many of these fonts were originally created for a particular newspaper or magazine layout. Some of them went into regular use or were used occasionally (in Poland: Gazeta Wyborcza, Vita, Przyjacióka, Fakt, Lub Czasopismo, Go Niedzielny, Telewiat, Komputer wiat, in Russia: OK!, in Germany: OK! and PAGE), others were never utilized. In 2007, Lukasz created a three-style Latin and Cyrillic corporate family for empik, one of Poland's largest press and music retail store networks. At the same time, FontShop International released two of Lukasz Dziedzic's families (FF Clan and FF Good). Work on FF Clan had started in 2006. In 2008, FontFont released FF Clan Italic and FF Pitu. FF Clan is a sans family in seven weights and six widths. FF Good (60 styles in all) is used in the Polish-language tech magazine Komputer Swiat. FF Good Headline followed in 2010. In 2014, FF Good and FF Good Headline were extended for a total of 196 styles. FF Clan Web has 168 styles. But most praise went to the elegant FF Pitu, about which Adam Twardoch writes FF Pitu started off in 2002 as a set of swashy capitals accompanied by lowercase that sits somewhere between a didone italic and a Copperplate script. Its most characteristic features are probably the pronounced stroke modulation and blade-shaped sharp stroke endings, which are slightly softened by generous calligraphic loops with foxtail terminals. Tiffany Wardle drools This is gorgeous. Provocative even. The stems which mimick a sharp nib pen ... well it certainly doesnt shy away from anything. This is what people should think of when they want something that looks opulent, lavish and exclusive. This is a font for a private club with high bench seat and private alcoves with velvet curtains. Lato is a sanserif typeface family designed in the summer of 2010 by Lukasz Dziedzic In December 2010 the Lato family was published under the open source Open Font License by his foundry tyPoland, with support from Google. In 2013-2014, the family was greatly extended to cover 3000+ glyphs per style with the help of Adam Twardoch and Botio Nikoltchev. The Lato 2.010 family now supports 100+ Latin-based languages, 50+ Cyrillic-based languages as well as Greek and IPA phonetics. In the process, the metrics and kerning of the family have been revised and four additional weights were created. A further update in 2019 is renamed Verano Sans. Microsite. Open Font Library link. At OFL, the help of Adam Twardoch and Botio Nikoltchev is acknowledged. CTAN link. In 2013, Lato TR (for Turkish) was published by Fatih Günes: free download. tyPoland is the foundry he started in 2010. In 2011, FontShop published the text family FF More. In 2014, he published the sans family Ringo (Typoland) and the free typeface family Carlito (a sans family adopted by Google for ChromeOS as a font-metric compatible replacement for Calibri---it would be interesting to understand the motivation for Google's decision to do that). Download Carlito here. In 2015, he published the perky script typeface family FF Eggo (FontFont). Klingspor link. FontShop link. Google Code link. Google Plus link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
From Mac McGrew, about this metal type family by ATF, 1915: Typotabular Gothics are a group of typefaces on 6-point body specially cast to a minimum number of set widths, from two to four widths per font. Introduced by ATF in 1915. Designs include two sizes of Lightline Gothic with lowercase for one of them, one size of Monotone Gothic, and several other plain gothics, as follows: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Vates Design
| Moscow-based illustrator specializing in vintage style, calligraphy, ornate crests and emblems. In 2014, Vates Design created the commercial copperplate script typeface Bodega Script and the engraved currency font Bold Price. In 2015, Vates added the copperplate gothic typeface Barracuda Display and the curly Austen Display. In 2016, they published the calligraphic chancery style November Script. Fonts from 2017 include Achievement (a brush script) and Black Spot (vintage style). In 2018, he designed the beautiful Spencerian penmanship font Jamaica Script, which was inspired by Louis Madarasz. In 2019, he released Rough Antiqua and Viking Caps (a rune and rune emulation typeface). Typefaces from 2020: Lodbrok (Celtic). Typefaces from 2021: Marquise (a calligraphic script). Link to a business that makes vintage coat-of-arms logos. [Google] [More] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vincent Lacombe
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Main type designer (b. 1915) at AlphaType in Niles, IL. Bitstream states: AlphaType Corporation, a family-owned company, was founded by Al and Beatrice Friedman in the mid-1960s to make high quality but inexpensive phototypesetters for advertising typographers. In 1981 Berthold acquired AlphaType. His typefaces:
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Weknow
| Weknow is the foundry of Indonesian type designer Wino Sutarmin Kadir (b. 1979), who is based in Bogor, Jakarta. Weknow produced a large collection of free fonts from 2009 until 2012. He started making commercial fonts in 2012. Creator of the unicase sans typeface Weknow (2009) and the roundish MisstyPoland (2009). From 2010: Helenfont (2010), Dennis Vallera (2010), Kasumichan, Karitza, Mozzie, Wings, Sharon, Noakatz, dearladysandra, arachnidlove, Alexandra, Monica (2010), Natalie, Wayner 8088, Anime Queen (2010, pixelized), Nano (2010, pixel face), Glover (2010, circular face), Frozen Pandaman (geometric), Joenine (circular), Fun Record (geometric), Gembira (circular), Gabrielle, Solgas (circular), lifeforfun (2010), znowwhite (2010), Snowmask (2010), Nine (2010), Znowwhite (2010), Cecile (2010, experiment with triangles), Coreldraw (2010, geometric, monoline), DennisVallera (2010, inspired by the vector art of Canadian Dennis Vallera), Helenfont (2010). Designs from 2011: Michelle (circle-based), Emmilia (circle-based), Raynaliz, Polysoup, Seba, Selfregion (concentric glyphs), Wings of the dragons (octagonal), Spider, The Training Artist, Chewed Kandi, Sandra, Saintfighteraqua (geometric), Alexey (circle-based), Kristina (circle-based), Graphic Dream, Crystalcore (techno), Dominique (fat rounded), Formalart, Henderson (circle-based), Intanputripratiwi (circle-based), Kioshima (geometric), Gitchgitch (geometric), Justta, Dismecha, Self Region (labyrinthine), Alberto (monoline geometric), Abstrasctik (rounded and experimental), Nicole, Robotoc, Laggastic, Masterpanda, Mohr, Maruciel, Gabrielle, Carlos (a circle-based face), Life For Fun (geometric monoline sans), Lois Cesarano (hexagonal), Heather Thomas (circles and lines), Picaee (modular and leafy), Owaikeo (a circle and arc face), Celeste, The World, Future, Lanitta, Earthearth, Basic, Beautiful, Internationalist (monoline rounded sans caps face), Midnight Show, Plastic, Victory, Perfect, Superpower, Katarzyna, Invasion, Block, Wonderfull, Sweetest, Direction, Funrecord, Eternal Flame, Coreldarw, James Glover (circle-based), Superstar, Inside, Parallel, Million, Ocean, Never Ending Maze, Silverbend, Dragon Fly, Whatever You Want, Swinging Swan, Funatic, Soulmate, Superhero, Zetland, Letting The Cable Sleep, Weknow World, Universalisme, Ocean, Smiley Turtle, Family&Friend, Flower in the window, You&Me&Everyone Else, Astonishing, Grass Hopper, Merpati Putih, Extra Hot, Trees of Happiness, Blowing Bubble, Brain Storm, Good Morning, Flower Lover, Honestly, Jaguar, Modern Aristocrat, Pure and Simple Everytime, Ride the lightning, Proffesional (sic), Flight Stewardess, Antique Retro, Natural Technologies, Ethereal Sky, Conversation, Earth Heart. Free typefaces from 2012: Serta Kayu (multiline script), Emerald, Sweater (texture face), Fish Bone, Delicious Ketchup. The Dark Knight, String and Wire, Little Ant, Xtrapower, Standard International, Nice dream come true, Bavaria, Queen of the modern age, Science Fiction, Greatest View, Queen of the Modern Age, Made in earth, Arabian Knight, Emperor of Japan, Bill Gates Windows, Maximum Kilometer, Mineral Oil Resources, Motorcycle (curly caps), Eskimo and Polar Bear, Gladiator Sport, Aero Dynamic, Optical Fiber, High Logic, Generation (a nice all-caps shadow face), My Heart, Play Ground (multiline face), Cartoon Character, Windows in Japan, Quantum Leap (dymo label face), Computer Love, Electric City, and Copper, Valentine In Love, Weknow Windows, Punk, Graphic Design, Billy Jean Style, LMAO (rounded bold sans face), Take and Give, Indonesia Tanah Air, Swimmer Browser, Diamonds are forever (hexagonal and rounded), Tortoise, My Dear, Get Ready, Export Import, Miracle, Digital Ninja, Funtastic Million Moment, Funny and Cute, Samurai in UK, Bookmark, Once Upon A Time, Bird Feather, Respect, Aruna Aira Jasmine, Extra Cheese, Beauty and the beast, Kung Fu Master (oriental simulation typeface), Game Player (art deco), Modern Building, Trade and Mark, Grovy (sic) Kind of Life, King of Font and Typography, ABC (comic book face), Metro City (extended monoline typeface), The Art, Sprout and the bean, Scooter experiment, Sundown Sunrise (a rounded monoline sans), Art Heart, WindowsObject, Authentic Love, Dolphin Ocean Wave, British Pop Music, Master (sci-fi), Sneak Peeks, Like This, Crumble, Zebra Cross, Star Constellation, Water and Gasoline, Autumn, Aviator, So Cute, Crow Chief (bow and arrow font), Beard Rider, Skateboard, Panel, Swallow Sky Night, Hotel Motel (fat finger face), Techno Various, Zooming Track, Robo Cop, Dance Fever, West Java, Ivory Culture, Push The Button (art deco), Highway Patrol (blocked black typeface), Sausage, Little Atom, Mick Jagged, Life Is Final (copperplate), Total Hammer, Cybertooth, Modern Craft, Riding The World, Boarder (counterless), Essential Arrangement, Sensation, Helmet, Smile, Little Think Big Impact, Airplane, Young and Free, The Futurist, Creative Mind, House Builder, Falling in love, My Font (a rounded monoline oblique sans), Proffesional (sic) Edition, Young Forever, Brown Fox, We Know, Prehistoric, Frankenstein Monster, Great Adventure, You Makes Me Happy, The One and Only Me, Wireframe (3d face), Ceramic (3d face), Winner, The Amazing Me, Cycle, Asia Pacific, Written on the hand, Love is blind, Luxurious Sexy, Robotic, Nano (dot matrix face), King Of The World, Roller Blade, Antelope Run, Elemental, Champion Coffee Cup, Bandit, Arcade, Zetland, The Training Artist, Technique, Neon Glow, Fruit Vegetable, Archieve, Experiment Butterfly, French Fries, Remember Memory, Rocksteady, Electro Static Rain, Science Channel (stencil face), Surfing and Play, Umbrella, The Wizard, Great Leader, Bare Knuckle Fight, The Wizard of One Click, Extra Large, Stabilo Spidol, Onion Rings, Strawberry, Lets Do It Again, Modern Script, Amazing Symphony, Psychedelic, Jump Street, The Earth (modular), Brigade Army, Extraordinary, Cobra on Coconut Tree, Natural Beauty, Anything Mean Everything, Smoke on the water, Write A Letter, Everybody, Together, Planting And Seeding, Savior Light Our Way, All Around The World, Think More For Solution, Yesterday, Techno Tech, Prudent, Metamorphosys, Keep quite and simple (sic), India Hair Style, Catalyst, Bamboo Shoot, Global Capitalism, Water Drop, Thunder Jagger, The Science Archaeologist, The Happy Face Smile, Pyramid Inverted, Jailbreak, Game of Life, Fun Raiser, Athletic, Android Robot (sci-fi), Croissant Sandwich, Ocean Free, Thursday, Crochet Pattern, Firework, Futuristic, Pocket (rounded bold sans), Entertainment, Technology (bubblegum face), So This Is It (inline caps face), Everything (circle-based font), Auto Mobile, Futurism, Rhinoceros Break, Enormous (angulat headline face), The Quick (octagonal), Over The Mountain (wavy face), Frame Work, Interplanetary, Antariksa (rounded sans), Airwaves, Strong in the Heart, Pure And Simple Everytime (rounded organic sans), Gitchgitch (rounded organic sans), Monica, The Lazy Dog (grunge), True Self Reliant, Think Techno, Street, Symbol (constructivist), Post Rock, Moon Light (plump and round), Jumping Running, Green Avocado, Bunga Melati Putih, Bizzare, World Word, Little Rainy Day (dot matrix), Animaline (animal dingbats), Smart Watch, At Most Sphere, Sweet Lollipop (curly), Painting The Light, Flattered, Earth Aircraft Universe, Daydreamer, Earth Aircraft Universe, Flattered, Welcome to Planet Earth, People Quark, Friendly Robot, Biological, Splashing, Freezer, Ragatnia Clara (a nice script), The Happy Face Return. Typefaces from 2013: Cat Eyes, Stay True, Where Wolf, The Sound, Royal Jelly, Grumpy Cat, Aku Cinta Kamu, Yellow, Innovation, Invisible Man, Archieve, Electro Magnet, Bamboo Chopsticks, Valentine's Day, True Love, Club Golf, Your Smile, Guitar On Stage, Karate (oriental simulation), Recognition, Sleeping Beauty (plump lettering), Gelombang Radio, Frozen Ice, Sport Center, Reflection, Enjoy The Time, Fillet O Fish (brushed caps), Artistic, Flower Generation (psychedelia), Heart Shaped, Adore You, Jelang (textured typeface), Stargazer, Army Of Me, Xtreme Bike, Atomic, Fancy Curly, Mastermind, Scientist, Brother, Bahasa Indonesia (sans), Cyber, Photography, Super Creative, Black Stallion (script), Cartoon, Exposure (shadow face), The Ticket, Mercury (retro-futuristic), Agriculture (lava lamp typeface), Electronic, Transformation, The Night (gothic typeface), King Cobra, Bionic Heart, Goddess of Fortune, Guitar Acoustic, Magenta Flower, Java Island (lava lamp typeface), Ready Steady Go, Cute Monster, High Speed, Machine Gun, Random Face 1 (dingbats), Dear Diary, Shinobi Ninja, Stranger (octagonal), Discovery, Translation, Japan (oriental simulation), Digital Gothic, Techno, Butterfly (lava lamp typeface), Candlelight (eax drip face), Maverick, Movie Script Ending, Monochrome, Japan, Chunky Bar, The Greatest High (blackboard bold), Featured, Random Thing 1 (cartoon dingbats), Straw Hat, Where Are You, Plant On Lawn, The Innocent Face, Beat of Drum, ASDFA, Creamy Butter, Monster Rock, Plumbing, Mexicano Chili Sauce, Air Show (bubblegum face), This Is True, Fresh Mint, Laser Gun, My Game, Black Mamba, Drako Heart, Children Stories, Play The Game (with a McDonald's M), Let it be, Everlasting Song, Logotype, Blessing Son, Wino Sutarmin Kadir, Bad Boy, Bold and Blue, Quantum (sci-fi face), Oceanography, Elementary, Sailorman, Heart And Love, High Thin Light, Vintage Postcard (spurred), The Bartender (spurred), Inside The Boxes (rhombic type), Herbalism, Happy Home (lava lamp typeface), Wave Zone, Market Leader, The Monkey, Engine Power, Gamer, Story Telling (lava lamp typeface), High Flagship, Back to Nature, The Quick Motorcross (bilined, caps only, with a McDonalds M), Fisherman (lava lamp typeface), Step Forward, King of Pirate (art nouveau caps), Heritage, High in Love, Thin Decorative (spurred typeface), Little Cowboy, What The Fun, Aha Experience, Glitch (pixel face), Portable. Typefaces from 2014: Enjoy The Show (bubblegum font), Right Power, Xerxes, Selamat Hari Raya, Sincere Heart, Thermometer, My Angle (fat script), Restaurant, Life is font, Material Science, Wave Zone, Everything is a test, The kind of feeling, The President, Blue Ocean, Heavy Metal Gaze, Air-Planet, FOREST-THING (a black poster font), Here-Comes-The-Sun, VICE-VERSA, Wajah-mu-Malaikat, The Miracle, Over The Sky, Eternal Love, Under Stand, Lets Get It On, Salute, Please Forgive Me, Forest Jump. Dayak Shield, Golden Bar (piano key stencil face), Life To Find, Make Peace, Rocket Brothers, Space Truckin, Silver Knight, Zeppelin, Banana Split, Funny Sport, Material Science, Cinta Adalah Perhatian, Love is Attention, Philosophy, Swampthing, Something, Great Job, I Love You, Baby Metal, Millenium 3, White Sock, Liberate, Life Is Font, Chasing Tail, Listening, Sghining Pearl, Hall of Fame, The Good Life, Funky Claw, Pretty Clever, Breath, Continue, Eyes Believer, Samurai Sword, About, God is Watching us, Smile at face, Guitar Rumble, Si Cantik, She is Beautiful, Joker Shoes, Welcome to the jungle (brush face), Maximum High Tension, First Love, Great Heart, Computer Robot, Question of Science, Book Shelves, Billy The Kid (Western font), Times New Romance, Techno Capture, Chemistry, City Shine, Samurai and Blade, Hexagonal. Typefaces from 2015: Brigade of Love, Creative Culture, Axe For Warrior (dingbats), Bogor, Teleport Machine, Construction, Architecture, Underground (octagonal), King will be king, Knight of Light (medieval), Barbarian, Every Day, Thumbs Up, Defragmented (pixel face), Garden of Rose, House Music, Giant Universe, Element (a connect-the-dots typeface), Kingdom of Heart, Smart Talk, Take On Me, Symbolism, The Happiness, Dark Empire, Space of Time, Game Robot, Made in Indonesia, Morning Sunshine (art deco), Gravity Relationships, All About Love, City of Rock, Dear Baby, My Pleasure, Dear Lovely, Drea Reality, Charming Prince, Warehouse Project (geometric solids), Stone Rock, Script Machine, Pray Boy, Copy Paste, Baby Cuttie, Treasure Island, Impulse of Heart (fat rounded stencil), Extraordinary Craft, Brand New Colony (connected script), Digital Handmade, Learning, Aero Glass, Rainbow In Love, Catatan Harian, Sky Liner, A Lot of Love, Take Me Home, Shake It Off, Everything More, Qualified Good, We are the Word, Tshirt, Valuable, Weknow, Metal Kingdom, Phytoplankton, Kissing The Rain, Sunset Beach, Jazz Music, Dear Lovely, Dream Reality, My Pleasure, Boarder, Entertaintment-Show, Guardian, Indonesia, This-is-internet, Picture-of-you. Typefaces from 2016: Big Burger, Blues Melody, Kangaroo Punch, Dark, Amazing Day Everyday, Delicious Choice (lava lamp script), Panda Robot, Wijaya Fresh, Megapolitan Jakarta, Chalk Board, Mother Father, Knowledge Power, Singing Bird, Extra Machine (stencil), Airwave (rounded sans), Human Alter Ego (octagonal), Grand Prix, Serat Kayu, Daniel, Greatest Map, Jazz Sound, Amazing Sound, Algorithm (techno), Brother Army (upright connected script), Cannon Ball, Senorita Spain, Billionaire, Most Famous, The Innocent Army, Guitar Electric, Bracelet, Batman, Phenomenon, Arabian Prince, Taring Serigala, Happy Everydays Day, Coffee Time, Revolver (Western style), Space Object, Black Arrow, Candle-Light, Evergreen, Green Tea (foliate typeface), Harley Queen, Masquerade. Typefaces from 2017: Red Light Special, The Brain, Entrance, Auto Bots, Alive in Science Fiction, Harmonic Vibration, Hydraulics System, Mountain Dew, Flying Bird, Next Century (outlined), Read Book (trilined), Just Do Good, Purpose, Kasih Dan Sayang, Tobacco (scratchy typeface), Baby Superhero, Life in Digital Age, Black Star, Start Revolution, Artistic, Army of Me, Anything Mean Everything, Antariksa, Animaline Dingbats, Android Robot, Amazing Symphony, A Lot of Love, All Around The World, All About Love, The Ugly Font, Switch System, Across The Night, I Am A Robot, Polygon Star, The Creation, Amazing Day Everyday, A Lot of Love, Western Eastern (Far West font), Gangsters, Armored, All Around The World, Great Britain, Chintya Awuy, King and Queen, City of Rain, Sub Urban City, Spicy Paprika, King of Everything, Pondok Ratu Intan, Celestial Love, After Party, Underground 2. Typefaces from 2018: Age of Science and Technology, Autopilot, Age of Awakening. Typefaces from 2019: Primitive Heart. Typefaces from 2020: Thefotosintesis. Alternate URL. Behance link. Dafont link. Fontspace link. Klingspor link. Fontm link. Creative Market link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A (metal) Copperplate Gothic style face. Mac McGrew: Whittier is a wide, lightface gothic, similar to Copperplate Gothic Light but with even tinier serifs. It was introduced by Keystone Type Foundry in 1903. Whittier Bold was originated by the same foundry in 1910, and is comparable to Copperplate Gothic Heavy. Neither typeface is as well known as the Copperplates, though. Condensed and extrabold versions followed, but were quickly lost in Keystone's merger with ATF. Also compare Steelplate Gothic. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wiescher Design
| 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:
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). View Gert Wiescher's typefaces. Wikipedia link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Yaniguille
| 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). Old URL. Facebook page. Behance link (joint page with Yani Arabena). Joint web page with Yani Arabena. [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Yautja
| This is one of the most talented FontStructors, but also an active musician. On Behance, he/she is listed as Van Saarland from Hameenlinna, Finland, and on FontStruct since 2014 as V. Sarela, from Oulu, Finland. Typefaces from 2011: Teotihuacan (inspired by a Mexican poster), Micra (a monospaced OCR-A font), Fast Driving, Rendez-Vous (a condensed serif font inspired by the cover of "The Essential Jean Michel Jarre"), Carat Condensed, Carat, Wolfen (a copperplate style condensed face), Futuroid (sci-fi), Instrumenta (after Neville Brody's Industria), Modern Vision (based on the opening credits from The Terminator and The Running Man), Future Earth (futuristic: based on a typeface used in The Terminator logo which is also the base for the font "Earth"), Phatprogy (+Extra Phat). Typefaces from 2012: Modus Operandi, Ikonomi (squarish sans), Genera, Hexathrone, Liquid Crystal Serif, Wulthraesk (constructivist), Electionale, Major (a high contrast didone), Commandant (2012, like Futura Stencil), Comfutur (a beautiful stencil typeface with a bit of Futura Black), Qode (a retro-futuristic LED style typeface), Graphyto (a heavy slab face), Heavy Royale, Thiage (Thai simuation face), Bravis, Cirquetry, Solidis, Velocifero (bilined), Heavy Royale, Jet Set Groove, Reactor A1 (futuristic stencil), Polymoda (an abstract font), Lino II, Sequencer (+Condensed), Hertzace (square retro-futurist), Cifira (art deco), Saturation (monoline sans), Katana (+Bold, +Condensed), Countura (abstract and minimalist), Stripelane (horizontally striped), Vortexa (in the style of Data 70), In Nomine Matrix, Afterburner, Afterburner Phase II, High Rise (Western typeface), Sulaco, Polaroid, Tech Noir (a dot matrix typeface based on the nightclub sign from The Terminator), Slabbers II, Windician (art deco), Cryptocube, DMC 12, Ken Jp (oriental simulation typeface), PxlSQ, Scorpione, Monotronic, Advancer (dot matrix face), Avico, Discolyde, Film Sequence, Modern Vision (based on an unknown typeface which was used in the opening credits of The Terminator, The Running Man, Class of 1999, and also used on Robert A. Heinlein's book covers (there's a font called Heinlein which is similar)), Cromagnon, Gace, Midora Sans, Squarium (constructivist), Cheque Matte (octagonal; athletic lettering), Plusminus, Advancer Lite, Magnetofunk (retro-futuristic), Integrafia (piano key stencil face), Network9, Cechida, Rendez-Vous (condensed square slab face), Rendez-Vous II, Equantum, Karelian Stencil, Cryptocube, Neolexia, Ambiente, Stencilae (stencil), Linearis (horizontally striped), Contrafacia A and B (horizontally striped typefaces), Stereovision, Hypetron (based on the TRON logo), Degré (hexagonal), Typorabilis, Wunderkind (kitchen tile face), Kiova Captura, Biomehanika. Typefaces from 2013: Starast Maxi, Starast Next, Lugar, Siquid (dot matrix face), Devico (constructivist), Meco (based on Meco's logo), Confiant A, Confiant B, Zerusta, Carat, Combonaut, Jet Set Groove, Cifira, Gace, Condensbit, Synditon, Abciria, Vulthraesk, Rendez-Vous (+II), Instrumenta (based on Neville Brody's Industria), Saturation, RndEX, Rewinder, Power Electronics (an octagonal typeface based on the Captain Power logo), Obsidian Deco (a gorgeous fat piano key typeface), Electrone, Plusminus, Connector Module, Scorpione, Perficio, XOX Design, Da Capo (bold slab serif), Gradiator, Phatprogy, Genexus, Finica Sharp Script, Power Electronics (based on the Captain power logo), Aftertouch (a wide sans), Telecharger, Vicenti, Modicea, Submachine (based on Stanley Davis's Amelia), Genera Deux (a computer font), Genexe, Network 9 (connect-the-dots), Square Earth, Future Earth (trekkie font based on an old Terminator logo), Cechida, Supernature, Siberiada (a great Russian simulation typeface with a medieval touch), Defigma (bilined), Carat, Back to the future (based on the movie logo; called Rewinder on FontStruct), Vibrion (techno face), Connector Module, Wunderkind (a tiled typeface), Yaguar, Pacific Serif (slab serif), Aerogenes (wide techno font), Windician, Commandant (a wide art deco stencil face). Typefaces from 2014: Brigadier, Freelight (rounded stencil), Stencilae, Protocol Sans, Vicenti, Submachine, Dalecarian, Equantum, Twiphex, Waremann, Wolfen, Waltraud, Carat, Teotihuacan, Rendez-Vous (+II), Major (didone), Ambiente, Kiova Captura (based on the font used in Kiev camera manuals), Glissando, Vibrixean (sci-fi), Licoricette, Protagon (Greek simulation), Rewinder, Ardeus (futuristic, LED simulation), Techsyna (sci-fi), Rezonans (piano key style), Modern Vision, Trideko Display (multilined typeface), Xeometro (octagonal), Verbica, Megalith (a great black slab), Calibro. Typefaces from 2015: Coffee,-Juice,-Food-2, Electric-Blue, Karakteristika (blackletter tattoo font), Memogo (horizontally-lined font), Proximitro, Stratus, Super-Eurobeat, Verdisquo, HI-NRG, Modern Vision (based on a font used in the opening credits of The Terminator, The Running Man, Class of 1999), Workflow (stencil), Blackwing. Abstract Fonts link. Behance link. Dafont link. 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Young Jerks
| Young Jerks is Dan Cassaro's studio in Brooklyn, NY. Dan designed a copperplate style typeface Highway (2012) about which he writes: Highway is an attempt to capture the charm of hand-done early to mid-century Futura clones, the kind of beautiful lettering that happens when a human hand tries to recreate something mechanical. His blog. [Google] [More] ⦿ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strasbourg and now Metz, France-based creator of Ormont Light (2013), a free geometric sans titling typeface. Marbre Sans (2014) is a free Peignotian fashion mag typeface. Still in 2014, Youssef designed the free sans family Kirvy and the free calligraphic connected script typeface Brotherhood Script, which on January 18, 2015, was by almost a factor of two the most downloaded font at Dafont. In 2015, he published the thin calligraphic typeface Distant Stroke, the athletic lettering font Sablon Up (College, College Alt), the textured typeface Sablon Washed and the calligraphic Darleston. Steamster and Beastform are rhythmic pen scripts. Indelible is a dry marker script, while Milton One and Two are copperplate calligraphic scripts. Typefaces from 2016: Tasty Birds (a handcrafted tall all caps didone family), Highjack, Road Rage (angry brush script), Blacksword (a flowing script). Typefaces from 2017: Quinzey (monoline pen font), Crabmeal, Javacom (signature script), Antro Vectra (handwriting), Infinite Stroke (connected script). Typefaces from 2018: Mafakanev, Stingray, Hughs (script), Dulcelin (script). Typefaces from 2019: Reglisse (an oily font), North Wave (a tilted script), Deuxieme Rang (a ronde), Fishes Friends (a fat finger or marker pen font), Spring Romance (wreaths), Retwisted, 62 Dragz (a speed track font), Midnight Drive, Buvard, Sand Dunes (a dry brush script). Typefaces from 2020: Eternate (monoline script), Gavabon (sketched), Superficious. Behance link. Dafont link. Fontspace link. Graphicriver link. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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