font_designer: Arthur Baker

P22 Matador

P22 Matador font

Matador is a brand new calligraphic styling from prolific author and calligrapher Arthur Baker. It is a contemporary Roman based on the manuscript tradition. The stoic capitals add just the right touch to the...

Sassafras

Sassafras font

Arthur Baker’s display script Sassafras, designed in 1995, is based on the natural inline effect created when writing with a split-metal nibbed pen. Black and white are nicely balanced, giving this calligraphic face a...

ITC Tiepolo

ITC Tiepolo font

Marigold

Marigold font

Amigo

Amigo font

Designed by Arthur Baker in 1989 for Agfa Compugraphic, Amigo is based on spontaneous pen lettering and an exaggerated calligraphic look. The letter shapes are especially unusual with stems that are wide at the...