Tag: 1950s
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
Directors Gothic 220 Font
Handcrafted by Lettering Inc as part of its core library of typefaces in the 1930s, Directors Gothic was dramatically expanded throughout the lifetime of the company and remains a timeless classic. Inspired by the Art Deco movement popular at the
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
YWFT HLLVTKA Font
With great pride, we present this hand-drawn alphabet in both upper and lower case, derived from the beloved standard of all existing things: Helvetica. Originally hand drawn in 2007 by YouWorkForThem, we revisited these drawings in 2010 and developed them
Directors Gothic 250 Font
Handcrafted by Lettering Inc as part of its core library of typefaces in the 1930s, Directors Gothic was dramatically expanded throughout the lifetime of the company and remains a timeless classic. Inspired by the Art Deco movement popular at the
Generation Uncial Font
Generation Gothic, has already proved to be very popular with leading magazines including Later, Computer Arts, Ultimate Golf and Spark Magazine. This collection introduces complementary Generation Headlines which seek attention and create impact; Generation Uncial (which isn’t just for mystics
Columna Font
Designed by Max Caflisch in 1952 for the Bauersche Giesserei Type Foundry, Columna is a sharp serif design released by URW. Contains language support for West, East, Turkish, Baltic, and Romanian. Published by URW Type Foundry GmbHDownload Columna
Powder Script Font
Powder Script is a showy brush style script family of three weights -regular, bold and black plus matching Ornament and Pattern set. Powder Script is packed with almost 800 glyphs per weight and is full of features. To activate alternate
Lombriz Font
Lombriz attempts to bridge the gap between different kinds of typography – including packaging, signage, and sporting. The result is a heavy, yet casual, 1950s-inspired semi-connected script. The freestyle Lombriz feels friendlier, more readable, and a touch more ‘real’ than
YWFT HLLVTKA Round Font
With great pride, we present this hand-drawn alphabet in both upper and lower case, derived from the beloved standard of all existing things: Helvetica. Originally hand drawn in 2007 by YouWorkForThem, we revisited these drawings in 2010 and developed them
Letter Gothic Font
Letter Gothic is a minimal, clean monospaced sans-serif typeface, originally designed for use by IBM. This modern version was published by URW and designed by Roger Robertson (URW Studio) in 1993. Published by URW Type Foundry GmbHDownload Letter Gothic
Xctasy Sans Font
Designed by Steve Jackaman, Xctasy Sans is a unique and retro sans-serif influenced by the 1960’s typeface, Design Fineline. Published by Red RoosterDownload Xctasy Sans
Egyptienne Font
Egyptienne is a clean and elegant slab typeface, originally designed by URW Studio in 1955. Egyptienne contains West, East, Turkish, Baltic, Romanian language support. Published by URW Type Foundry GmbHDownload Egyptienne
Felipe Font
As packaging-friendly and versatile as any Koziupa font, Felipe contains fresh perspectives on old characters. The overall color of the font is somewhat bittersweet, which adds to its ability to capture the attention in display settings. Published by SudtiposDownload Felipe
Cocktail Sauce Font
Spice up your designs with Cocktail Sauce! This tasty handwritten script is loaded with OpenType magic that gets your designs dancing with tangy sparkling flavor! Inspired by brushscript hand lettering of the 1950s, this casual upright script will turn you
Courier M Font
Designed by Howard Kettler in 1956, Courier M is a typewriter serif font release by URW. Contains language support for West, East, Turkish, Baltic, and Romanian. Published by URW Type Foundry GmbHDownload Courier M
YWFT Moteur Font
YWFT Moteur began as a technical, retro, machine-like design, with a second version later released as YWFT Maetl. YWFT Moteur carries a strong inspiration from the type work of Wim Crouwel, but branches into a new realm of a more