Tag: 1930s

Splendor Font

Splendor was originally produced and released in 1930 by Schriftgub AG, Dresden. The typeface was designed by Berlin designer Wilhelm Berg. Ralph M. Unger, who in the last few years has created a whole series of revivals and redesigns from

Filmotype Hudson Font

Released by Filmotype in 1955, Filmotype Hudson was among Filmotype’s most popular upright informal style brush scripts inspired by sign painter classic brush script styles popular in the 1950s in periodical advertisements for automotive dealerships, grocery stores and spectaculars to

PiS Lietz Berlham Font

Need a perfect typeface for your post-apocalyptic shooting game? A documentary about suffragettes? Your vintage themed coffeeshop? PiS Lietz Berlham! Boom! Just as his straighter brother LIETZ Lindham, Lietz Berlham evokes the spirit of the 1920s and 30s. Hand-drawn and

Velvet Font

Velvet is a heavy rounded block retro face inspired by the typeset album covers of the protopunk rock band The Velvet Underground. Stylistically, Velvet’s extreme angled terminals exude a sense of tension and irreverence, contrasting the subtle rounded block letter

P22 Koch Nueland Font

Neuland has been used since its introduction in 1923 as a rugged type with more black space than almost any other BOLD font. The appeal of Neuland, however, is much more than just heavy ink coverage. It has stood the

Memphis Font

Memphis is a modern and fashionable slab-serif originally designed by Rudolf Wolf, brought to us by the german type foundry URW. Contains a simple but powerful family set with options from extra-light to bold. Memphis works great in an a

Beton Font

Originally designed by Heinrich Jost in 1931, Beton is a clean and interesting slab serif type design. Beton contains language support for West, East, Turkish, Baltic, and Romanian. Beton is a trademark by Bauer Types SA. Published by URW Type

DeLuxe Gothic Font

Michael Doret was always very aware of the fact that Morris Fuller Benton’s classic Bank Gothic, a longtime favorite of his, didn’t contain any lowercase characters. So he set out to remedy that by designing his all new DeLuxe Gothic,

Polytype Optyx One Font

Designed by Karl Nayeri, Polytype Optyx One is a font released for the Prime Graphics Type Collection. Copyright Prime Graphics. Published by Prime GraphicsDownload Polytype Optyx One

Spire Extra Light Font

Originally designed by Sol Hess for the Lanston Monotype Foundry in 1938 as a fat face, this extra light revival was designed by Ann Pomeroy in the early 90s. Spire is extra condensed with a very retro look. Published by

Polytype Vegetables One Font

Designed by Karl Nayeri, Polytype Vegetables One is a font released for the Prime Graphics Type Collection. Copyright Prime Graphics. Published by Prime GraphicsDownload Polytype Vegetables One

Bank Gothic Pro Font

If there was an American Typeface Hall of Fame, Bank Gothic, designed by the great Morris Fuller Benton would hold a place of special distinction considering this design has survived so many trends in typographic fashion since being introduced in

P22 Bagaglio Font

A mysterious 1930s Italian luggage tag inspired Bagaglio. Given its historical and geographical origin, this rough-hewn font could be considered a cousin to our Il Futurismo. Published by P22 Type FoundryDownload P22 Bagaglio

Brigade Font

In searching for a Roman to use there were bits of Bembo,Times,Garamond etc., that I liked and bits that I did not. So I set out to take the best bits of all my favourite Romans and tried to create