font_category: decorative

Jerky Tash

Jerky Tash font

Jerky Tash is supposed to look somewhat handwritten, that’s why it has got jumpy letters, different sized serifs and a loose kerning. The font is spaced to look okay when used without kerning, but...

Galleon

Galleon font

When you look at it for the first time, it seems to you that letters are inclined to the right. But it is only an illusion. Why Galleon you ask? I do not know....

Neographik

Neographik font

Square Dance

Square Dance font

Animated types like this one have been around for fifty or more years. They certainly add a sense of liveliness to a headline. This one trades upon the “wrong way weights” of the old...

Gladiate

Gladiate font

This was a favorite of job printers in late Victorian times. They used it on cards and stationery, as well as small handbills. It was made in a range of sizes from 10 point...

Parsons

Parsons font

Musketeer

Musketeer font

Manifesto Bold

Manifesto Bold font

In digitizing this old font, we took great liberties with the design, removing some jarring elements. The result reads much more smoothly than the original, retaining the overall character of the original. Hope you...

Mardi Gras Improved

Mardi Gras Improved font

George Bruce’s New York foundry had a remarkable number of decorative types, most of which were lost or destroyed when the firm was taken over by the American Type Founders Co. and closed down...

Penelope

Penelope font

This was originally brought out as a caps-only font, but later the foundry scrounged up a lowercase that wasn’t our idea of a very good match. So we cleaned up the caps and made...