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CS Courthand  Font

CS are the initials of Carsten Strinkau, a young German graphic and type designer who studied in Hamburg. CS Courthand is based on 16 hundred century English monks handwriting. Text in CS Courthand looks like a pattern, like a text-carpet,

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Argus  Font

Designed by Steve Jackaman, Argus is a serif design based on the popular 1968 VGC typeface. Published by Red RoosterDownload  Argus

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Testament  Font

From the standpoint of calligraphy, a font family of capitals and uncials makes perfect sense. The Roman square capitals, the quadrata, are matched by round capitals of older Greek origin; the word “uncus” means hook-shaped like a beak or  talon.

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Acropolis Now Set  Font

Acropolis Now is P22’s tribute to the enduring contribution of Classical Greece to world culture. This set features two typefaces in the style of ancient Greek stone carvings (one modern, one of authentic Greek characters) and 52 graphic extras  drawn

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Bradley  Font

Bradley, originally designed by Herman Ihlenburg based on lettering by Will H. Bradley for the cover of a Christmas issue of an American magazine, is a pretty heavy blackletter design. ATF released it in 1895. It is based on  very

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Pansy Bo  Font

Pansy Bo is based on Hong Kong ladies script from the 19th century. Contains an inky texture that gives the feeling of realistic handwriting appearance. Published by Dharma TypeDownload Pansy  Bo

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Astoria  Font

Based heavily on Gill Sans especially in the mid weights, Astoria has a subtle top left serif which makes it not quite a Roman and not quite a Sans. Designed specifically as a text face it still works very  well

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Badger  Font

Designed by A. Pat Hickson, Badger is an original and unique sans-serif design. Designed for the Red Rooster Collection in 2002. Published by Red RoosterDownload  Badger

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Rocklidge Pro  Font

Designed by Steve Jackaman & Ashley Muir. This design was inspired by the 1965 VGC typeface, Jana by Richard D. Juenger. Originally available as a single weight, Rocklidge now has five weights and contains all the high-end features expected  in

Daisy Lau Font - Image 12

Daisy Lau  Font

Based on Hongkong ladies f script in the 19th century, the Inky texture gives this font a realistic handwriting appearance. Published by Dharma TypeDownload Daisy  Lau

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Forum Titling  Font

Designed by A. Pat Hickson. An original design based on the Frederick Goudy design first shown in 1912. Originally a caps only design in one weight. Produced as a foundry face by Lanston Monotype 1924. Published by Red RoosterDownload  Forum

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Ganz Grobe Gotisch  Font

Ganz Grobe Gotisch is an intense and masculine blackletter font originally designed by F.H. Ernst Schneidler and Ralph M. Ungern. Works great in headline usage, for logos and poster design. Published by URW Type Foundry GmbHDownload Ganz Grobe Gotisch