Tag: 1940s
Filmotype Homer Font
Introduced by Filmotype in the early to mid-1950s, Filmotype Homer was created in response to customer demand for a wider brush script expanding on Filmotype’s popular sign painter sho-card lettering styles used in the late 1940s through the 1950s. With
Buffet Font
Buffet Script is based on fantastic calligraphy by Alf Becker, arguably the greatest American sign lettering artist of all time. The Alf Becker series of nameless alphabets published by Sign of the Times magazine in 1941 have attracted letter digitizers
Radiant Font
Designed by R.H. Middleton. Digitally engineered by Steve Jackaman. Based on the original Ludlow drawings, circa 1938. Published by Red RoosterDownload Radiant
Brush Font
Brush is a font design released for the Mecanorma Type Collection. Copyright 2004 Trip Productions BV. Published by MecanormaDownload Brush
Globe Font
A retro and clean typeface designed by Phil Martin, works great in body and headline usage. Published by URW Type Foundry GmbHDownload Globe
Chamfer Gothic Font
Designed by Steve Jackaman, Chamfer Gothic is based on an original 1898 Ludlow typeface design. Published by Red RoosterDownload Chamfer Gothic
Monolith Sans Font
Designed by Tony Mayers in 2004, Monolith Sans is a unique and modern sans-serif type design. Published by ABCTypesDownload Monolith Sans
Fortis Font
Fortis™ (originally named Atlas) was released in 1992 and is a 21st century contemporary Latin. Also categorized as a Glyphic, Latins were first introduced in the last half of the nineteenth century and are characterized by large, sharp, triangular serifs.
Filmotype Melody Family Font
Originally released in the late 1950s, Filmotype expanded it’s Free Style typeface category with the introduction of Melody, an offbeat Googie era doo-wop typeface which was most frequently associated with music and entertainment lettering styles throughout the last 1950s and
Monolith Roman Font
Designed by Tony Mayers in 2004, Monolith Roman is a unique and modern serif type design. Published by ABCTypesDownload Monolith Roman
Ronsard Crystal Font
Designed by Steve Jackaman and Ashley Muir. The original Ronsard Crystal began its life as a single-weight photolettering font in the 1950s. We lliked it so much, that we decided to design four traditional weights to go with the original
Titanic Condensed Font
Designed by Steve Jackaman, Titanic Condensed is based on an early wood type design. An original creation. Published by Red RoosterDownload Titanic Condensed
Filmotype Hickory Font
Introduced by Filmotype in 1955, Filmotype Hickory was created in response to customer demand for a bolder weight of its popular Filmotype Honey typeface. This bold upright handlettered pen script is perfect for smaller applications yet retains fashionable style and
Creighton Font
Designed by Steve Jackaman and Ashley Muir. It was our initial intention to develop a suitable lowercase for Les Usherwood’s ‘Elston’ typeface, based on a few characters from an old German typeface called Hermes Grotesque (Woellmer, Berlin). However, the new
Banque Gothique Font
Designed by Steve Jackaman, Banque Gothique is based on the earliest references of the ATF/Morris F. Benton versions of the Bank Gothic typefaces. This version has been Fleshed-out into a full family. Published by Red RoosterDownload Banque Gothique
PowerStation Font
Originally conceived as part of a unique display design created for Hershey’s Times Square flagship store, the PowerStation family is the perfect choice when looking for a font that speaks of strength, solidity and character. It comes in two faceted
Kumlien Pro Font
Kumlien Pro is the revival and expansion of a typeface designed in 1943 by Akke Kumlien, the famed Swedish book designer, poet, author, painter and arts materials expert. At the time, being the first major Swedish typeface to be designed
Lumier Font
Inspired by art deco posters from the period between WWI and WWII, Lumier comes in 3 weights with the proportions of a modern sans families. Published by Tour de Force Font FoundryDownload Lumier