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Stanhope Font

Designed by Les Usherwood. Digitally engineered by Paul Hickson. Les based the design on a turn-of-the-century typeface of the same name. The foundry is believed to be Soldans & Payvers, circa 1904. Published by Red RoosterDownload Stanhope

Venice Initials Font

“Venice Initials” are my redesign of a 15th century venetian original by an unknown calligrapher. Unfortunately only parts of the letters existed, so I had to design about half of them myself. Of course I enjoyed doing that. Published by

Administer Font

Designed by Les Usherwood. Digitally engineered by Steve Jackaman. A few weights were originally released by another foundry; but this complete version of the family is a better match to Les original drawings! Published by Red RoosterDownload Administer

Veronese Font

Designed by Steve Jackaman, Veronese is based on the early original Monotype design, you can definitely see the influence of Italian Old Style, Jenson and Morris Golden Type. Published by Red RoosterDownload Veronese

Waverly Font

Waverly is a round and soft serif designed by Les Usherwood, digitally engineered by Steve Jackaman. Published by Red RoosterDownload Waverly

Byron Font

Designed by A. Pat Hickson, Byron is a script font based on a turn of the century design. Published by Red RoosterDownload Byron

Wurlitzer Pro Font

Designed by Steve Jackaman & Ashley Muir. This design was inspired by an early 20th century woodtype. Wurlitzer contains all the high-end features expected in a quality OpenType Pro font. Published by Red RoosterDownload Wurlitzer Pro

Kingsley Font

Designed by Les Usherwood. Digitally engineered by Steve Jackaman. This beautiful recreation by Les of the Frederick Goudy typeface, Kennerley Old Style, circa 1911-24, may be superior to any other. Published by Red RoosterDownload Kingsley

Willard Sniffin Font

Designed by Willard T. Sniffin. Digitally engineered by Steve Jackaman. Based on the original Willard T. Sniffin design of 1933 for ATF, this informal brush script was known as Keynote. Published by Red RoosterDownload Willard Sniffin

Felicita Font

Felicità is based on the design of my “Ellida” font family. It was designed with “happiness” in mind. Therefore I used extremely high contrast between the down- and upstrokes, this gives the fonts a lively, happy appearance. I designed two