Publicity Headline is an allcaps advertising font. Its heavy weight and robust strength allows it to be used against complex backgrounds or reversed out on dark backgrounds without getting lost. It also has a...
by · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
This family was inspired by an engraved plate from Diderot & Dalembert’s Encyclopedia (publication beginning in 1751), illustrating the chapter devoted to letter engraving techniques. The plate bears two engravers names : “Aubin” (may...
by · Published May 26, 2015
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A weathered and worn paint-and-neon sign for the Scialo Brothers Bakery in New York provided the pattern for this quirky, decidely Art Deco typeface. Chopped liver, it’s not!
by · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified May 18, 2024
Schrifti Alphabeti, a delightful collection of Cyrillic typefaces for posters from the former Soviet Union, strikes again, this time with a way-out West (Vladivostok?) theme. Extrabold, extra wide and delightfully different! Both versions of...
by · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
This is an idea to reproduce the masks of the Mexican wrestlers of the late 60s and 70s. The typography is based in keeping the shape of the face in the wrestler’s masks.
by · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Dujour is an art deco revival of the 1930s typeface Independent from the Collette and Dufour typefoundry. Steve Matteson created Dujour to enhance posters, signs or other documents with a touch of historical boldness.
by · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified May 18, 2024
Whoever knew the Red Menace could be such fun? This bold and bouncy face is based on a Cyrillic alphabet presented in the book Schrifti Alphabeti, published in the Soviet Union in 1979. It...
by · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified May 18, 2024
A little Compacta, a little Impact, a little photolettering from the 70s, all rolled into one make for a unique headline face that commands attention. Although this font is primarily unicase, the lowercase positions...