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

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

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

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.

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

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