Melina Plain and Melina Fancy are characterized by graceful lines, strong contrast and nostalgic overtones. These typefaces are patterned after two members of a type family named Greco, released by Fundición Tipográfica Richard Gans...
by · Published July 11, 2019
· Last modified November 6, 2024
The unusual name for this Deco style typeface comes from the playful and pun-laden 1960s Rocky & Bullwinkle TV show. It is the name of the newspaper in the mythical town of Frostbite Falls,...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified May 18, 2024
This roly-poly, rollicking display font is based on a design from the 1946 book Blue print text book of sign and show card lettering by Charles Louis Henry Wagner, who seems to have had...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified May 18, 2024
This charming font, with its hints of the exotic, originally carried the rather prosaic name of Show Card Roman. It appeared in the book “Art Alphabets and Lettering: an encyclopedia of lettering including the...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified May 18, 2024
This delightfully playful font is based on a single-stroke pen font from the 1922 tome Heberling’s Basic Lettering, and elements of composition, color harmony, gilding, embossing-processes, etc. by Walter A. Heberling. Swoopy, loopy, but...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified May 18, 2024
This unusual headline font is based on lettering found on a travel poster, advertising passage to Morocco on the Paris-Lyon-Méditerranée line, designer unknown, circa 1930. Both versions of this font include the complete Unicode...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified May 18, 2024
This ultrabold headline font is basically patterned after the font Nubian Black, designed by Willard T. Sniffin for American Type Founders in the 1920s, but includes an unusual inline treatment of the caps. Named...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified May 18, 2024
Inspired by handlettering used on many WPA posters of the 1930s, this monocase display font has stylish lines and graceful curves that will add period charm to any project they grace. Available and normal...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified May 18, 2024
This charming, disarming, roly-poly typeface is based on handlettering discovered on a Sabena Airlines travel brochure of the 1930s. Include it in your next project, and a good time will be had by all....