font_designer: Jason Castle

Metropolis CT

Metropolis CT font

Metropolis Bold was commissioned by Publish magazine for their 1990 redesign. Although other digital versions exist, I think this was the first one and is characterized by extremely pointy serifs. It is well to...

Plantain

Plantain font

Plantain was commissioned by Smarter Image for their catalog design of several years ago. Very bold and tightly spaced; ideal for large headlines and ad work. This font also contains the Federal Express logo,...

Koloss CT

Koloss CT font

A well-designed bold art deco font. Very chunky. Uppercase, lowercase, numerals and punctuation. CastleType additions to the Koloss family include Koloss Bold Condensed and Koloss Bold Wave. The latter was used beautifully in the...

Handsome

Handsome font

A collection of over 30 antique style hands; the typeface includes the hands facing both right and left.

Jensen Arabique

Jensen Arabique font

This elegant typeface was suggested to me by type critic Daniel Will-Harris. Jensen Arabique is based on a set of capital letters drawn by Gustav Jensen that included the word “ARABIQUE” at the top...

Goudy Lombardy

Goudy Lombardy font

Based on drawings of Medieval versals (capitals used at beginning of verses in manuscripts) by Frederic W. Goudy. Works beautifully as initials with Goudy Text Oldstyle. Uppercase only, no numerals or punctuation; several letters...

Goudy Text CT

Goudy Text CT font

This version of Goudy Text is based on drawings from which Frederic Goudy based his Goudy Text typeface. However, there is a big difference between his original drawings (in The Alphabet and Elements of...

Fat Freddie

Fat Freddie font

A bold, playful typeface named after my late and much-missed grey cat, Freddie, who was my best buddy for 18 years.

Castle Fleurons

Castle Fleurons font

A delightful collection of classic fleurons. Useful for adding a tasteful accent to your documents or for creating borders. Left-facing fleurons are complimented by right-facing ones (and vice versa). Some fleurons have four 90-degree...

Cloister Black CT

Cloister Black CT font

A clean-cut blackface type. As with all highly ornate typefaces, this should not be used in all caps.