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Ingofonts [Ingo Zimmermann]

Ingofonts is a foundry in Augsburg started by Ingo Zimmermann (b. 1967) in 1994. It offers Fraktur fonts, handwriting fonts, sans serif fonts, Antiqua fonts and some pixel fonts. Full fonts go for 50 USD a piece and up. Some fonts are free. Many fonts are adaptations or revivals of historically important fonts. Ingo also practices calligraphy, and in particular, calligraphy for wine labels. The list:

• Absolut Pro (2008) is a classy sans family that comes in Regular, Licht, Thin and Schmuck.
• Amhara (2009): An experimental font inspired by the Ethiopic writing system.
• Analogue (2010).
• Anatole France (1997-2021). An art deco font in the style of Plakat Schrift by the munich-based printer Georg D. W. Callwey.
• August Sans (2013).
• Auxerre. A wedge-serifed text typeface. Ingo writes: Auxerre is a precursor of Etienne, which later became popular as an advertising script of the 19th century.
• Banknote 1948 (2010).
• Behrens Schrift (2008) is based on Behrens' famous 1902 Jugendstil typeface for Rudhard'sche Giesserei. Behrensschrift iF Plus (+Schmuck) followed in 2021.
• Biró Script is a handwriting font (2007-2012, +Biro Script Plus, 2020) named after the inventor of the ballpoint pen, Laszlo Joszef Biro, 1899-1985.
• Boule Plus (2020). A fat round circle-based bubblegum font family in Gras, Contour and Brilliant styles.
• CharpentierBaroqueIF, CharpentierClassicItaliqueIF, CharpentierClassicistiqueIF, Charpentier Renaissance Pro (1996 and Pro version from 2020; modeled on Roman Capitalis). Charpentier Classicistique Pro (2020; earlier called Classicist) is an absolutely charming didone display typeface family with an award quality Black. In 2014, he added Charpentier Sans Pro for Latin, Greek and Cyrillic with the Pro version following in 2020.
• Chiq Pro. After Apple's Chicago.
• Conté Script (2014). A phenomenal effort towards the creation of a typeface that emulates real handwriting. It even has three-letter ligatures to achieve the desired reality. Based on Ingo's own hand, it also achieves a crayon effect. See also Conte Script Plus (2020).
• Countries of Europe (2008). Outlines of countries. Free download.
• DeBorstel Brush Pro (2009): brush face.
• De Display (2010). A gridded type system.
• De Fonte (1995): a grungy blurred overexposed Helvetica. See also De Fonte Plus (2020).
• Déformé: a grungy Clarendon.
• Deko-Blakk, Deko-Yello (art deco typefaces from 2007).
• DeKunst (1995, deconstructivist). DeKunst Initialen (2007) is Bauhaus-inspired.
• DePixel (1999: based on Apple's Geneva and Chicago; and Illegible DePixel).
• Deutsche Schrift Callwey (1998). A free Sütterlin script that is based on a script sample from around 1920/30 by Karl Schäffer. DeutscheSchriftCallwey (1998): a free handwriting typeface in the style of the 1800s that was later taught in German schools under the generic name of "Sütterlin type".
• Rudolf Diesel Rudolf (2008-2009): Based on the handwriting of the inventor of the Diesel motor, Rudolf Kristian Karl Diesel (1858-1913).
• Die Überschrift (1998): headline sans.
• EconoSans Pro (2020). A 28-style sans that is meant to save space by squishing the letters together.
• Faber Eins, Faber Zwei (1996, legible sans family), Faber Drei, Faber Gotic (2002, +Text, +Gothic, +Gotic Capitals; a Textura based on Gutenberg's blackletter from 1450), Faber Fraktur (1994), Faber Sans Pro (2011). This comes with a great all caps Deko style.
• Façacde Pro (2007). An art nouveau brush typeface found in a 1900 booklet by Karl Otto Maier (a publisher in Ravensburg) entitled Schriften-Sammlung für Techniker Verkleinerte Schriften der wichtigsten Alphabete. Cyrillic version.
• Fixogum (1998, scratchy handwriting).
• Fundstueck (2021). A simplified squarish typeface.
• Graz2006 (1994, a sans family for the 2006 OlumTypographerpic Games in Graz; later renamed by Linotype to Olympia).
• Guhly (2011). An organic family.
• Gutenberg (1995, a textura).
• Handschrift (2007). Expressionist and rough.
• Hedwig Pro (2021). A tall condensed sans; 12 styles.
• Hero (angular handwriting).
• Josef (2000), Josefov (2003, slab serif for Josef), JosefPro (2006, a free sans family), Josefa Rounded Pro (2020: a rounded sans family).
• Klex Plus (1997): a calligraphic or watercolor brush font.
• Koch Schrift (1998-2021). A Schwabacher used by the Deutsche Reichsbahn and first developed by Rudolf Koch in 1909, first known as Neudeutsch and later as Koch Schrift. An earlier version of Zimmermann's Koch Schrift was called Schwabacher Deutsche Reichsbahn.
• Lech Sans (2020). A humanist sans family.
• LeDrôle Lettering Pro (2020).
• LettreCivilitdeGranjon (1997, a reworking of S. Moye's font by that name).
• Maier's No. 8 (2002) and Maier's Neue No. 8 based on forms found in work of Karl O. Maier from before 1914, which already has the geometrical simplicity characteristic of the Weimar period. Maiers No. 21 (2006) and Maiers Nr 21 Pro (2021) are based on a script found in the magazine Schriften-Sammlung für Techniker: Verkleinerte Schriften der wichtigsten Alphabete (Karl O. Maier, Otto Maier Publishing House, Ravensburg, ca. 1910)---a hand-crafted font for technicians. Finally, Maiers Nr. 42 Pro (2020) is a brush-painted art nouveau typeface based a pamphlet of script samples from around 1900 that was issued by Otto Maier's publishing house in Ravensburg, Germany.
• Marleen Script (2011, with over 400 ligatures).
• Menschenalphabet (1997), based on Peter Flötner's alphabet from 1534.
• Novello Pro (2009): The serifed counterpart of his Absolut Pro family.
• OlympiaBuchIF, OlympiaFettIF, OlympiaHalbfettIF, OlympiaLeichtIF, OlympiaSemiSansBuchIF
• Palmona Plus (2008). A German expressionist blackletter after Karl Schaeffer (1939). Palmona Plus was published in 2020.
• Saeculum (1996, cursive connected handwriting).
• Rudolf Diesel (2008-2009): Based on the handwriting of the inventor of the Diesel motor.
• Toby Font (2006(. A 3d doodle font for children.
• Wendelin Pro (1996). A grotesque family. The Pro was released in 2020.
• Whole Europe (2008, outlines of countries), now called Countries Of Europe. Pick it up, togeter with many suppoirt files for TeX by Herbert Voss, at CTAN.

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Sites with only a few free fonts ⦿ Blackletter fonts ⦿ Type designers ⦿ Type designers ⦿ Commercial fonts (small outfits) ⦿ Calligraphic typefaces ⦿ Handwriting fonts ⦿ Modern style [Bodoni, Didot, Walbaum, Thorowgood, Computer Modern, etc.] ⦿ Children's handwriting fonts ⦿ School fonts ⦿ Ornamental caps typefaces ⦿ Dingbats (original) ⦿ Brush script typefaces ⦿ Art Nouveau typefaces ⦿ Type design and constructivism ⦿ Erotic fonts ⦿ German type scene ⦿ Art deco typefaces ⦿ Bauhaus and type design ⦿ Civilité ⦿ Bastarda / Bâtarde / Schwabacher ⦿ Textura ⦿ Sites with only a few free fonts ⦿ Clarendon ⦿ Handwriting fonts ⦿ Greek/Coptic ⦿ Cyrillic type design ⦿ Typefaces that emulate crayons ⦿ Art Nouveau typefaces ⦿ Bubblegum typefaces ⦿ Watercolor brush script typefaces ⦿