Hansard
This is a neat lightface font from the 1880s, issued by MacKellar, Smiths & Jordan of Philadelphia. Just a hint of Victorian design on a few letters. All in all a clean, easy to...
font_category: decorative
Persia
Masoud Nejabati has drawn upon his capable calligraphic skills to create this typeface. Persia represents his first latin-based design. This gentle and finely rendered script reveals Nejabati’s extensive background in Islamic calligraphic art. The…
Southland JF
Based on a 40 year old hand lettered poster, this typeface is casual, yet streamlined. The name comes from a local Los Angeles colloquialism which refers to Southern California as “The Southland”.
Syracuse
Syracuse is a font inspired by the typefaces of the “Arts & Crafts” designers of the early 20th Century. As such, it has a distinct “hand” look. In “Syracuse” you will find hints of...
Ambient
“When you push the stage props of the life aside, there will remain the truth …” Ambient is a deconstructed sans-serif font, which captures the essence of basic Roman letterforms … with a few...
Ambule
Huxley Vertical meets Peignot in this stylized cap/lowercase hybrid design called Ambule. French designer Julien Janiszewski has created a clean, straightforward design that is strikingly effective in both text and display settings. Ambule Oblique…
Big Limbo
This freeform exercise in typographic design echoes the looseness of early 1960’s advertising. Brian breaks almost every typographic rule we can think of — but so what? The bold letterforms of Big Limbo are...
Presidio
Presidio is a stylized version of the hand-lettered calligraphy typical of the Mission era of early California. This lettering was often unique to an individual hand, but the characters shared a common style, and...
Cigar Label
This font was inspired by the embossed lettering on cigar boxes. The letters, or entire words, are often surrounded by raised dots, and that was our idea here. We drew this about 1997, and...
Estienne
Many fonts have carried this name. Ours goes back to just before 1900 in France. This general style had considerable popularity among job printers all over Europe. We have even seen it used for...