font_category: blackletter

Kwaktur

Kwaktur font

Kwaktur began as an attempt to make a whole typeface from the letters in the logo for an obscure Belgian beer called Kwak. Through my naive approach, it quickly took on a life of...

Semiautonomous Subunit Clade

Semiautonomous Subunit Clade font

Based on a weird thought of medieval monks hunched over PCs in an abbey on the moon, Semiautonomous Subunit Clade (SSC) is an attempt to find a medium between blackletter and sci-fi fonts. SSC...

MFC Royaume Monogram

MFC Royaume Monogram font

The inspiration source for Royaume Monogram is a decorative letterset (capitals only) from the 1884 Ames’ Guide to Self Instruction in Practical and Artistic Penmanship by Daniel T. Ames. The letterforms were labeled as...

Hupp Antiqua NF

Hupp Antiqua NF font

An enchanting design by Otto Hupp for Gebr. Klingspor in 1909 provided the pattern for this timeless classic, which gracefully and seamlessly combines medieval inspiration with Art Nouveau flair. All versions of this font...

UltraGotica

UltraGotica font

UltraGotica is a heavy companion to the Gotica Lumina typeface.

Kingthings Willow Pro

Kingthings Willow Pro font

These fonts just ooze Christmas and holiday spirit from every curve of every letter! If Kingthings Willowless Pro is a Christmas font, well… then Kingthings Willow Pro is a Christmas tree complete with decorations...

Petrarka

Petrarka font

Petrarka may be described as a Condensed, Sans-Serif, Semi-Fatface Roman. Huh? Bear with me on this. The Fatface is a name given to the popular nineteenth-century romans that where characterized by an extremity of...

Schmuckinitialen

Schmuckinitialen font

Two fonts entirely of decorative initials of which the uppercase basic letters of RMU Initials One are occupied by Walthari initials, the lowercase ones by Eckmann initials, both released first by Rudhard, ’92sche Gie,...

Schmale Anzeigenfraktur

Schmale Anzeigenfraktur font

The idea of creating this font is based on Koch’s Schmale Deutsche Anzeigenschrift which was released in 1923 by Klingspor in Offenbach, Germany. This font was entirely redrawn and completed with the help of...

Crane Titling NF

Crane Titling NF font

This multipurpose display alphabet combines medieval-inspired uppercase letters drawn by famed book illustrator Walter Crane with charming, if somewhat quirky, lowercase letters by J. W. Weekes. The net effect is a typeface which can...