Tag: fairytale
Fairy Godmother Font
I like ‘magical’ fonts and it’s been a while since I created one, so here is Fairy Godmother. Hand made, cute and curly and full of magic! Fairy Godmother comes with a whole bunch of swashes! Published by HanodedDownload Fairy
Castle On The Hill Font
When I started working on this font, I had the radio on. Ed Sheeran was singing his song ‘Castle On The Hill’ and when I looked at this new font of mine, I couldn’t help but notice it had a
Carpe Noctem Font
Carpe Noctem (Latin for ‘Seize The Night’), was a bit of a surprise. Someone asked me if I could create a lower case for my Closet Skeleton font. I began working on it and lo and behold, a beautiful font
Shadowfield Font
Shadowfield is a fantasy font which was inspired by the hand lettering on the Spiderwick movie posters (which itself was apparently based on Hand Skript One). Every glyph was drawn by hand, using a gel pen on 160 grams paper.
Bronwen Font
In Welsh mythology, Bronwen was the daughter of Llyr, the god of the sea. It is a popular girls name in Wales and it apparently means ‘white breast’ or ‘pure heart’. I really like this name and I think it
Hobgoblin Font
Hobgoblin is a cute and happy little font. It would be ideal for children’s books, games and apps. Hobgoblin come with mischievous glyphs and a pot-o-gold worth of diacritics. Published by HanodedDownload Hobgoblin
Halewyn Font
Heer Halewijn (The Song of Lord Halewijn) is a 13th century Dutch folk tale which survives in folk ballad. The story tells of a man called Halewijn, who lives in the woods and who lures pretty women with his songs
Bodiam Font
Two years ago I went on a camping holiday in England with my wife and (then two) small children. The first stop was a nature campsite near the village of Bodiam in East Sussex. My son wanted to see a
Toverheks Font
A Toverheks in Dutch means ‘witch’ – well, actually it means ‘magic witch’ (it doesn’t translate well). The reason for this kind of weird name is the nature of the font: it reminded me of a book of spells –
Closet Skeleton Font
Some time ago I stumbled upon a little book called ‘De Sprookjeshoorn’ (‘Horn of Fairy Tales’) by Anton Eijkens (1920 – 2012). It was published in 1946 and contains several authentic and unique fairy tales – unfortunately unreadable to modern
Coronet Font
Designed by R.H. Middleton for Ludlow (1937), Coronet is a script font that was digitally engineered by Steve Jackaman for the Red Rooster Collection. Published by Red RoosterDownload Coronet
Florentine Cursive Font
Florentine Cursive was designed by R.H. Middleton for Ludlow, circa 1956. Digitally engineered by Steve Jackaman. Published by Red RoosterDownload Florentine Cursive
Roller Font
Designed by A. Pat Hickson, Roller is a retro font design based on Iberica by Carlos Winkow for the Spanish foundry, Nacional, circa 1942. Published by Red RoosterDownload Roller
Packard Font
Designed by Steve Jackaman & Ashley Muir. Packard Old Style is based on lettering drawn by Oswald Cooper for the Packard Motor Company (ATF 1913). The bold weight is credited to Morris Fuller Benton (ATF 1916), but it is highly
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
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
Rivoli Initials Font
Designed by Paul Hickson, Rivoli Initials is a decorative font based on the William T. Sniffin design for ATF, circa 1928. Published by Red RoosterDownload Rivoli Initials