font_designer: Nick Curtis

Slapsie Maxi NF

Slapsie Maxi NF font

Our old friend Carl Holmes, in another offering from his ABC of Lettering, takes the blacks to the max with this commanding face. A perfect choice for can’t-miss headlines. Both versions of this font...

Picaro NF

Picaro NF font

A rather quaint but charming typeface, originally named Harlequin, provide the inspiration for this typeface. Its mild eccentricities will add an inviting warmth to your next project. Both versions of this font contain the...

Humpty Dumpling NF

Humpty Dumpling NF font

This rollicking romp through the alphabet is based on an offering from the irrepressible M. Draim, seen in La Lettre dans le Décor & la Publicité Modernes, published by Monrocq Frères of Paris in...

Tutti Paffuti NF

Tutti Paffuti NF font

The specimen book Alphabete: ein Schriftatlas von A bis Z identified the pattern for this typeface as Stymie Black Flair. Although neither the designer nor the original foundry is identified, it bears a strong...

Bully Pulpit NF

Bully Pulpit NF font

This engaging headline face is based on a rather pudgy typeface named “Bullion Shadow”, which was originally released somewhere on the cusp between the hippie and disco eras, and was equally at home in...

Rivanna NF Pro

Rivanna NF Pro font

This font has a charming mix of the organic forms of the Art Nouveau style and the geometric forms of the Art Deco style – and it makes it work! Nick Curtis says: “A...

Joe College NF

Joe College NF font

Go, team, go! Fight, team, fight! Win, team, win! Here’s a family of typefaces based on typical athletic jersey lettering, in sans and serif styles, with inlines and an extrabold Letter Sweater treatment. Both...

Skittles N Beer NF

Skittles N Beer NF font

Handlettering on a 1929 brochure for the P&O British-India Steamship Line inspired this tiddly typeface. Art Deco sensibilities combine with a playful attitude to yield a delightful and amusing headline font. The PC PostScript,...

Glissando NF

Glissando NF font

A whimsical semi-script typeface named Belcanto, designed by Edwin Sisty for Photolettering in the 1970s, provided the pattern for this typeface. Elegant and engaging, this face is sure to put a smile on yours....

Pracht Antiqua NF

Pracht Antiqua NF font

Here is a faithful rendering of Pracht Antiqua Schmallfett , designed by Carl Pracht for Nordd. Schriftgießerei in 1942. Its graceful curves and tight fit make it a natural for commanding yet cuddly headlines....