font_category: blackletter

1538 Schwabacher

1538 Schwabacher font

This 1538 Schwabacher was based on a font used by Georg Rhau in Wittemberg (Germany) to print Des Babsts Hercules […], a German pamphlet against roman catholicism written by Johannes Kymeus. The original font...

1550 Arabesques

1550 Arabesques font

Font inspired by the decorative elements and opening capitals frequently in use in the early 1500s, under Geoffroy Tory’s book “Champfleury” influence, especially in Lyon (France). It is an entirely original design. It is...

1557 Italique

1557 Italique font

Italic type was invented by Aldus Manutius in 1499 or 1501, first, before to be a style name, it was a plain font familly name. This Italique style font was inspired from these who...

Gotica Lumina

Gotica Lumina font

Gotica Lumina is a an attempt to make blackletter more legible to the 21st century’s eye. It is available in two styles: soft (for text) and sharp (for display). Both of them have an...

Squealer

Squealer font

Display Gothic

Display Gothic font

Display Gothic is a display font not intended for text use. It was designed specifically for display, headline, logotype, branding, and similar applications. Display Gothic has upper and lowercase alphabets, numbers, and punctuation.

Archive Black Title

Archive Black Title font

Heavy blackletter display typeface.

Archive Chased Black

Archive Chased Black font

Engraved blackletter typeface.

Givry

Givry font

The bâtarde flamande is a style of writing used predominantly in France and present-day Belgium in the 15th century. The style shares an ancestry with other writing styles traditionally grouped as blackletter— fraktur, textura,...

1420 Gothic Script

1420 Gothic Script font

This script font was inspired by the type most commonly used during the period 1300s to 1500s. It is a compromise between historic truth and contemporary use. We particularly thank very much the Paris...