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Scholtz Fonts [Anton Scholtz]

Scholtz Fonts was started by Anton Scholtz (b. Durban, 1941) in 1997. This South African design company is located in Durban, where the Zulu culture of the region has greatly influenced Anton's font design. Klingspor link

Scholtz sells a fine selection of display types that ooze African themes. An alphabetical list:

• Aarde (2005), Aarda Brush
• Ability (2009). Calligraphic
• Affable (2008). Calligrahic
• African Elegance
• African Gold (2007)
• African Jazz (2005)
• African Jungle (2007)
• African Patchwork (2008)
• African Pattern (2004)
• African Shield (2005). Patterned after the cow-hide shields of the Zulu tribe. Made by Anton and Merle Scholtz
• Afrimod
• AfroFlare
• African Textile (2007)
• Ala Kazam (2015)
• Always (2010). A fantastic swashy calligraphic face, and its multiline sister, Filigree, 2010
• Amaboxi (2007) or Amabokhisi. White on black
• Amanzi (1999)
• Aplomb (2008)
• Aqua Casual (2008)
• Arabesque (2009). A flowing calligraphic typeface
• Archivo (2011)
• Art Nouveau SCF (2008)
• Asakire (2006)
• Assegai (2007)
• Bad Girl (2008). Grunge
• Bakuba
• Baluba and Baluba Snake
• Banquet SCF (2007). Brush script
• Baobab
• Black Tie (2007)
• Blackout SCF (2008)
• Blythe (2009). Connected script
• Bongo
• Bongani (2008)
• Brazza (2008). Brush
• Brillig (2008). Informal hand
• Button (2008)
• Buzz (2008)
• Camy (2009). Hand-printed
• Carve (2008). Chiseled look
• Catholic Girls (2008). Script
• Centric (2007). Zebra-striped, or op art
• Certificate (2008). Calligraphic
• Collette (2007). After an art deco font called "Independant" designed in 1930 by Collette and Dufour
• Comical (2007)
• Coral (2008) and Coral Pro (2012)
• Crime Inc
• Crostini
• Debs (2013). Hand-printed
• Deco Doni (2011)
• Delikat (2010). A script, followed in 2013 by Thaun
• Doorn (1998), Doorn Body, Doorn Display
• DragonFyre (2008). Calligraphic
• Dufour (2011). After an art deco font called "Independant" designed in 1930 by Collette and Dufour
• Dusk Til Dawn (2012). Art deco
• Elegance SF (2005). Art deco
• Estravaganza (2012)
• Et Cetera (2015). A classy breezy connected script
• Excalibur SCF (2007). A beautiful rough-edged hand
• Fable (2007). A type family for wizards
• FadedRose
• Figment (2008)
• Filigree
• Fracture (2008). Glaz krak style
• Fragrance
• Gatsby SF
• Genevieve (2007). Calligraphic
• Genial (2009). A flowing connected script
• Giraffe Skin (2007)
• Girl Script (2008). Curly hand
• Girltalk (2008). Curly script
• Gladly (2016). A 17-style decorative and romantic typeface
• Gossamer (2011). A wedding script
• Greek (2008). Chiseled
• Groom (2007). A connected brush type
• Grunge Formal (2007), Grunge Piazza (2007), Grunge Standard (2009)
• Hard Rain (2007)
• HiTone. Niely handcrafted
• Hobi (2008). A ghastly script
• Honeybird (2011)
• Hoofer (2014). A mega family of retro scripts
• Iliad (2007)
• Inja
• Jazz
• Jolie (2015). A connected calligraphic script for romance and weddings
• Josephine (2007). Art deco
• Kassena (2006)
• Kau (2016)
• Klatter (2007)
• Kuba (2007). A tribal stencil
• Kunjani (2008). African look
• Lagos
• Leah (2008). Handwriting
• LeopardSkin (2005)
• Lovers Pro (2011). A fantastic calligraphic hand---ready for red carpet treatment
• Lualaba Snake (2007)
• Lumina (2008)
• Madrigalle (2011). A calligraphic wedding script
• Mafuta (2006)
• Makonde (2007)
• Manhattan Midnight
• Margaux (2013). A vintage 1900s script
• Martini Script (2011)
• Maypole (2007)
• Melodica (2012)
• Miss Donna (2009). A script typeface
• Mtwane (2009)
• Nocturne (2012). An art deco family based on work from the 1920s by Paul Carlyle and Guy Oring
• Noobia (2013). An inky pen font
• Nordika
• Oxamu (2009). A wonderful angular African-themed font
• Pacific Script (2011). A font inspired by an alphabet created by Howard Trafton in the 1930s
• Palm Court (2007). A Bauhaus typeface by Merle Scholtz
• Parchemin (2008). Parchment look
• Phat Chance (2008). Organic
• Piazza (2007)
• Proper (2008)
• Qotho (2010). An almost architectural sans family, done with Merle Scholtz
• Queen (2008). Nice handwriting
• Quirky and Quirky Kurlz (2013). A spidery script based on a book of etchings by British artist Graham Clarke
• Refresh A 1950s script
• Riposte (2009). A dynamic script
• Romi (2008). A thin calligraphic typeface
• Rondalia (2008)
• Sage Sage (2008). Brush script
• SandWriting (2007)
• Sangoma (2007)
• Scratch SCF (2007). A scratchy hand
• Scrittura (2011). Calligraphic. +Antiqua, +Fantasia
• Shapely (2010). Swashy calligraphic typeface
• Silken (2009). Calligraphic
• Siyabonga
• Silver Dagger (2007)
• Smart Casual (2007). An artsy architectural typeface by Merle Scholtz
• Sondela (2007)
• Spaza (2007). African look
• Sprig (2010). A signpainting typeface
• Stoan (2008)
• StoneWash (2008). Grunge
• Tabwa (2007) Inspired by Koch's Neuland, but on an African theme
• Tamboti
• Tertius (2008). Also, Tertius Romantic and Tertius Crenellated (2008). Scripts based on the Carolingian hand
• Thaun (2013)
• Thought (2009)
• Thystle (2010)
• Tokoloshe (2008)
• Toulouse (2007). Art nouveau handcrafted typeface
• Tshikona (2005). Hand-crafted
• Tsotsi (2007)
• Ubuvila (2004)
• Umkhonto (2003)
• Umoya (2009). Organic
• Utshani (2000). African theme
• WildSong (2010). A calligraphic script
• Woodcarve.
• Write Now (2008). Connected script
• WriteHand (2008)
• Yseult (2009). Script
• Zaire SF (2007)
• ZebraSkin (2007)
• Zest (2007)
• Zim (2007). Octagonal

View the typefaces designed by Anton Scholtz.

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