Tag: high contrast
Ratio Modern Font
Designed in 1923 by Friedrich Kleukens for the Stempel foundry, Ratio was one of the first metal faces to bring the Didone genre to the forefront of industrial mass publishing as a headline and magazine face. Though essentially modern in
Magnel Font
Curvaceous Magnel was born for headlines, posters and big sizes. Besides most Latin alphabet languages, it packs dozens of (accented) ligatures and every single letter has a smart swash variant that when enabled in OT-aware application, conveniently occurs at the
Rufina Font
Rufina was as tall and thin as a reed. Elegant, but with that distance which well defined forms seem to impose. Her voice, however, was sweeter, closer and when she spoke her name, like a slow whisper, one felt like
Barber Font
Barber is a versatile script font family with four weights. While Barber 1 is elegant and neat Barber 4 is cheerful, strong and full of warmth. Barber works great by just typing words but for some extra kick try turning
Kewl Script Font
Kewl is the result of being caught in the afterimage of one design project while conceptualizing another one. Just before finishing the final tests on Mrs Blackfort, the first of what became a long series of Charles Bluemlein fonts, some
Spire Extra Light Font
Originally designed by Sol Hess for the Lanston Monotype Foundry in 1938 as a fat face, this extra light revival was designed by Ann Pomeroy in the early 90s. Spire is extra condensed with a very retro look. Published by
Vanage Font
Vanage is is an elegant high contrast contemporary sans-serif stencil typeface provides advanced typographical support with features such as ligatures and alternate characters. It is rooted in the style of a classic high contest typeface, excluding the typical serifs and
Encorpada Pro Font
With seven weights and a lot of curves. Freely inspired by the didones shapes, Encorpada Pro now have a extended character set with more than 40 languages supported, Opentype Features and Amazing Swashes in Italic Version. Enjoy It. Published by
Gaslight Font
Gaslight is the result of a desire to create a sans-serif rich with humanistic charm and lyrical curves, to provide some relief from the highly rational, low-contrast faces we’re surrounded by at every turn. Gaslight can lend an old-fashioned elegance
Black Moon FY Font
Blackmoon FY is a modern broken script which is made out with only straight strokes. A beautiful singularity are the very thin in-and-outstrokes accompagnying each letter. This very high contrasted font is less condensed than usual blackletter fonts and has
Port Vintage Font
Port Vintage is a new typeface expanded upon the original Port typeface, released in 2013, and being an experimental Didone typeface with a modern twist, inspired by the well known forms of typography masters such as Bodoni and Didot and
Cigar Font
Cigar is a revival of a 1970s and 1980s typeface called Cucumber or Nassel Black or Scanner. It has been carefully redrawn and expanded into a full-featured OpenType font. Cigar Octo and Cigar Quarto are new angular reinterpretations of Cigar.
Crescendo Font
A year after the tremendous success of Memoriam in the Lives They Lived issue of the New York Times magazine at the end of 2008, Patrick Griffin and Nancy Harris Rouemy teamed up once more to tackle the same project
PiS Penny Serenade Font
PiS Penny Serenade is an elegant all caps high-contrast sans with some serif-y elements in the caps, inspired by the handwritten titles of the 1941 melodrama movie of the same name. Be sure to use the art deco style alternate
Spire Monoline Font
Originally designed by Sol Hess for the Lanston Monotype Foundry in 1938 as a fat face, this monoline revival was designed by Ann Pomeroy in the early 90s. Spire is extra condensed with a very retro look. Published by FontHausDownload
Grafton Titling Font
Grafton Titling was designed for dramatic impact. It contemporizes old style proportions, bracketed serifs and a left-leaning stress angle with striking contrast and modern angular joins. The solid style has a timeless feel, while a flared through-line variation provides textural
Encorpada Classic Font
Encorpada classic brings the best features of the Didone genre, but with a 21st century look and feel. With smooth details Encorpada Classic is a elegant choice for your type library. The Encorpada family began in 2011 with the release