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Scribe Font - Image 1

Scribe  Font

“Scribe” is an elaborate Typeface somewhere in between Bodoni and an english script. It has interwoven capitals and joining lowercase letters. I have tried to make something new that has this old, settled touch. I think I like it. Published

Scriptofino Font - Image 2

Scriptofino  Font

Scriptofino is a very fine and elegant script with lots of contrast. It is based on traditional American letterforms of Jefferson’s day. Published by Wiescher DesignDownload Scriptofino

1776 Independence Font - Image 3

1776 Independence  Font

1776 Independence was designed inspired mainly from the font used by John Dunlap in the night of 1776 July 4th in Philadelphia to print the first 200 sheets of the Congress’ Declaration of Independence establishing the United States of America.

Ellida Font - Image 4

Ellida  Font

Ellida is a very elaborate and elegant script in the tradition of the 18th-century English calligrapher George Bickham and the 19th-century American calligrapher Platt Rogers Spencer. I really enjoyed designing this script and maybe one day I will add starting

1785 GLC Baskerville Pro Font - Image 5

1785 GLC Baskerville Pro  Font

This family was created inspired from the well-known Baskerville Roman and Italic typefaces created by John Baskerville, the English font designer. We were inspired from the original family sent by Baskerville’s wife after he was death. The Baskerville’s full collection

1689 GLC Garamond Pro Font - Image 6

1689 GLC Garamond Pro  Font

This family was created inspired from a Garamond pattern set of fonts used for an edition of “Remarques critiques sur les œuvres d’Horace” by “D.A.E.P.” published in Paris in 1689 by two different booksellers : Deny Thierry and Claude Barbin.

Tecon Font - Image 7

Tecon  Font

In the days when typesetting was still a craft, typesetters had to learn how to construct the letters of the alphabet. They had to be able to draw by hand. Every young typesetter had to prove, that he was  able

Swanson Font - Image 8

Swanson  Font

“Swanson” is the son of the swan. This doesn’t make a lot of sense to non-typedesigners so I need to explain. The late, great italian typedesigner Aldo Novarese designed around 1950 a typeface for Nebiolo that he called “Cigno”  which

Tamara Font - Image 9

Tamara  Font

“Tamara” is a very open kind-of-art-deco-script based on some initials for “Semplicita” made in the 1930s by the “Nebiolo” foundry. I designed a complete set with three weights. Since I am an ardent admirer of “Tamara de Lempicka” the Polish-French

Etruria Font - Image 10

Etruria  Font

Etruria is a Etruscan writing style font design created by Dima Pole Published by Dima PoleDownload Etruria

Royal Classic Font - Image 11

Royal Classic  Font

Royal Classic is another work that is based on a design that has initially been commissioned by King Ludwig I of Bavaria for in-house-use. I bought a set of his chief scribes guidelines for writing and one of the scripts

Lunix Font - Image 12

Lunix  Font

The basic idea behind Lunix was a half-moon-serif. Hence the name that is derived from “Luna” the ancient greek goddess of the moon. The serifs pretty soon developed their own life and started to grow and curl. Now all  of

Special Elite Pro Font - Image 13

Special Elite Pro  Font

Our Special Elite Pro brings the unique individuality of the Special Elite Type No. NR6 vintage typewriter keyset to the digital age. Antique typewriters would type with a warmth and appeal to them, primarily because of their unpredictable “grunge” results

Breathe Easy Font - Image 14

Breathe Easy  Font

Dawn broke above them, first greying the sky, then streaking it with color as it kissed the mesa tops. They walked up out of the gulch and the sun finally warmed their faces. Breathe Easy, he said, wreathed in  steam,

Dever Font - Image 15

Dever  Font

Dever’s brute, industrial lines are rounded up in this new typeface from Jeremy Dooley. Dever combines plenty of inspirations. It’s the flair of the Wild West melded with a shout out to the sign painters and package lettering artists  of

Two By Four Font - Image 16

Two By Four  Font

Two By Four is a font design published by Fonthead. Published by Fonthead Design Inc.Download Two By  Four

Four Score Font - Image 17

Four Score  Font

Fourscore is a font design published by Fonthead. Published by Fonthead Design Inc.Download Four  Score

Black Beard Font - Image 18

Black Beard  Font

Black Beard is a font design published by Fonthead. Published by Fonthead Design Inc.Download Black  Beard