font_category: decorative

Roman Forum

Roman Forum font

A special effects font that forms headlines reversed on a background. Many different endpieces are furnished.

Spearhead

Spearhead font

Once again we have added a lowercase to a caps-only type from late Victorian times. We made quite a few changes from the original to make words flow better.

University Roman

University Roman font

Fandango

Fandango font

Master Script

Master Script font

An unusual angular vertical script. In late Victorian times it was seen mostly in advertising work, seldom in social stationery and announcements.

Fairmont

Fairmont font

This is one of the Victorian standards for job printing issued by the Barnhart Brothers and Spindler Foundry about 1891. It looks old without being decorative, a good counterpoint to fancier types in today¹s...

Sculptura CT

Sculptura CT font

A wonderful, very condensed, 3D font. A few years ago, I was commissioned to digitize the letters from this typeface for the words ‘LEGENDS OF RODEO’ and liked the look of it so much...

Emperor

Emperor font

Another design inspired by Chinese characters, but with a somewhat less obvious treatment than many.

ABC

ABC font

ABC is based on a set of children’s stickers bought in a second hand shop.

Snow Cap

Snow Cap font

Snow Cap from Bitstream is a wintry display face with snow effects dropped onto Jennifer Maestre’s Mister Earl. Released in 1995, the snow was artfully placed onto each character by Bitstream designer Richard Stetler.