Tag: 1800s
Maison Luxe Font
Maison Luxe is a revival of a very old font designed in France in or around the year 1820. You may have seen this font in the past under the names of Circus, Roma, Madame and Gillé Classic. As of
Main Event Font
Main Event is a revival of a very old Italian font that you may have seen in the past under the original name of Tuscan Ornate or Bracelet. Dating back to 1860 or earlier it has never been known to
Cowboy Western Font
Cowboy Western is based on an old woodtype font from the late 1800’s Saddle up boys and girls the new Cowboy Western is here, the perfect font for when you need to put a little giddy up in your chickabiddy.
Tavern Font
Tavern is a new font super family based on our Algerian Mesa design, with Tavern we’ve greatly expanded the usability by creating new light and bold weights. The addition of the bold weight made it possible to go further with
Texas Hero Font
The first font to simulate actual old penmanship, Texas Hero is modeled chiefly on the handwritten script of Thomas J. Rusk—who served as commander of the Texas Army, chief justice of the Texas Supreme Court, and one of the state’s
Hand Stamp Slab Serif Rough Font
The typeface “Hand Stamp Slab Serif Rough” is designed for the Typo Graphic Design font foundry in 2017 by Manuel Viergutz. The display font with a classic slab serif type for headlines, based on real rubber stamp letters for a
Emily Austin Font
Emily Austin is modeled after the penmanship of Emily Margaret Austin (Bryan) Perry, an early Texas colonist along with her brother, Stephen F. Austin, for whom the state capital was named. Specimens were letters dating from 1837 until 1851, the
Schooner Script Font
Schooner Script replicates the handwriting of Samuel Clarke, pastor of a church in Princeton, Massachusetts, in a letter to his congregation dated 18 September 1825—a plea for donations to help some families who lost their belongings in an accident at
Houston Pen Font
Houston Pen replicates the handwriting of Sam Houston, perhaps the most famous Texan, in letters dating from the 1830s to the late-1850s. Much like the man himself, Houston’s handwriting stood fairly large on the page and had a distinctive flourish
Lamar Pen Font
Lamar Pen gets its name from Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar, whose penmanship it’s modeled after. Lamar, born in Georgia in 1798, migrated in 1835 to Texas, where he supported—and the following year fought for—the then-Mexican province’s independence. He stuck around, too,
Old Man Eloquent Font
Old Man Eloquent simulates the handwriting of John Quincy Adams, the second President of The United States, in pages of his famous diary, circa 1810. Adams kept his diary from 1779, when he was a boy, until 1848, the year
Botanical Scribe Font
Botanical Scribe is modeled after the elegant hand-inscribed legends on the antique floral prints of Belgian artist Pierre-Joseph Redouté, perhaps the most famous painter of flowers. Redoute’s engravings used the stipple method—innovative for the early 1800s—and have survived in large
Douglass Pen Font
Douglass Pen was inspired by the handwriting of Frederick Douglass, who was born an American slave but died a distinguished 19th century statesman, orator, and abolitionist leader. He also had fine penmanship. Douglass Pen is modeled chiefly after Douglass’s handwritten
Bonnycastle Font
Sir Richard Henry Bonnycastle (1791–1847) was an English officer and military engineer who served in the War of 1812 and ultimately settled in Canada. I stumbled upon copies of some of his charts and maps and became so infatuated with
Attic Antique Font
Attic Antique replicates the warn, weathered text in a friend’s old copy of John Burroughs nature essays. It shares the wide spacing and ample serifs of the Century faces. Use it to represent age, to suggest photocopied archives, or to
Taberna Font
Taberna is a type system that provides a wide range of choices for any design project. The typeface comes in Sans and Serif layered versions plus a monolinear Script font. Taberna is the result of having explored design trends in
Rama Gothic Font
Rama Gothic is an antiqued sans serif designed inspired by 1800s-style wood type. All glyphs had been designed carefully to be retro-looking of the old time and to fill all with nostalgia. This condensed font family with 18 styles will
Stay Alive Font
Stay Alive is a decorative font inspired by victorian style, released by Panji Nugraha. Published by Panji NugrahaDownload Stay Alive