Leslie Cabarga’s Raceway descends from three-dimensional jig-sawn plywood letters, automatically spaced and aligned on a slotted board by the connecting stroke. Even strokes and curves combine with everpresent horizontal strokes to create a…
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified May 19, 2024
Long since replaced by computers, the mechanical lettering kits used by draftsmen and amateur sign makers served as the inspiration for the Bryant family of typefaces.
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified October 13, 2015
A typeface for ornate and festive display, Nutcracker, Font Bureau’s Christmas typeface, is based on a fanciful calligraphic titling designed by lettering artist Richard Lipton for the adventurous Boston publisher David Godine, who used...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified May 17, 2024
Blandly glowing strings of letters in chemical colors call forth endless memories of bars and restaurants, of beer and hot dogs, of casinos on the Las Vegas Strip, the acme of neon. Gas-filled, bent-glass...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified October 19, 2015
Asterisp is a set of gorgeous 4,5,6,7,8,9,10,12 and 13-sided asterisks in a bevy of styles. A few flashes, flowers, stars, splats and balloons are included along with outlined and 3D variations. They can be...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified October 19, 2015
Leslie Cabarga has returned to the streamlined scripts prepared by industrial designers at mid-century for the inspiration of this Font Bureau display series. The Magneto trio recall the chrome-strip lettering laid over the rounded...