font_category: blackletter

Perigord

Perigord font

Perigord has mixed origins. It was inspired by Gutenberg’s capitals and by lettering developed by German designer Ernst Bentele, but its calligraphic antecedents go back to French initials of the Carolingian period. The result...

Parsifal

Parsifal font

Orloff

Orloff font

Monumental Gothic

Monumental Gothic font

For Monumental Gothic, we delved into the archives and found some old rubbings and photos of monumental brasses from British tombs of the 12th and 13th centuries. The sources included famous monuments like the...

Melusine

Melusine font

Melusine is based on an ornate style of gothic calligraphy used primarily in decorative signs and advertising in Germany around the turn of the century. It has many of the characteristics of a true...

Ghost Gothic

Ghost Gothic font

Franconian

Franconian font