Tag: 1960s
Recta Font
Recta was one of Aldo Novarese’s earliest contributions to the massive surge of the European sans serif genre that was booming in the middle of the 20th century. Initially published just one year after Neue Haas Grotesk came out of
Hipster Script Font
Hipster Script is another of my habitual attempts at trying to reduce the divide between manual and digital. In this case, I try to articulate brush lettering, try to get the computer to emulate continuous painting. The process wasn’t that
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
Imprint Font
Imprint is a classical and elegant serif that was designed by Geoffrey Lee in 1965. Contains 4 weights, and works great when combining the bold italic with the regular weight. Published by URW Type Foundry GmbHDownload Imprint
YWFT Matter Font
Take the Matter into your own hands. YWFT Matter, that is–a wide, bold and grotesque typeface design based on several concepts from Victorian-era science texts and manufacturing/marketing materials. YWFT Matter features alternate characters, like a “two-story” lowercase “a,” that are
Anzeigen Grotesk Font
Anzeigen Grotesk (Advertising Grotesk) is a heavy, condensed sans serif in the style of typefaces popular in the early 20th century. It has a large x-height, short ascenders and descenders, and is best suited for advertisement as its name indicates.
Olivaw Font
Olivaw is a display typeface which was a kind of experiment with simple geometrical shapes and structures. The aim was to create a retro/futuristic 60s sci-fi feeling. This type works best in short words, logos, whole page sized magazine illustrations.
Malamondo Font
Malamondo is a versatile and effective all caps display font. Each version has 200 interlock ligatures that will help you to create custom looking designs. To access the ligatures you only need to write in CAPS in any Opentype supporting
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
Hideaway Font
A light hearted comic flare serif typeface inspired by a 1964 Speedy Gonzalez cartoon title. Published by Pink BroccoliDownload Hideaway
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
Impressum Font
Designed by Dr. Konrad F. Bauer and Walter Baum in 1964, Impressum is a serif font release by URW. Contains language support for West, East, Turkish, Baltic, and Romanian. Impressum is a registered trademark of Bauer Types SA. Published by