A typeface named, simply, Geometric, from the 1885 Cleveland Type Foundry specimen book, has been beefed up a bit and softened with round serifs to create this everything-old-is-new-again gem. Both versions of this font...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified May 18, 2024
Originally called Bohemian in the 1918 specimen book of the Miller and Richard Type Foundry of London and Edinburgh, this Jugendstil typeface still retains its freshness and quaint charm. Both versions of this font...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified May 18, 2024
This bouncy beauty was inspired by Walnetto Casual, designed by Dave West for Photo-Lettering, Inc. in the 1970s, and takes its name from a mythical West Texas beastie. This version has been thoughtfully designed...
by · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified May 18, 2024
This sometimes-top-heavy, sometime-bottom-heavy, sometimes-centered typecase is based on an old Photolettering face designed by the irrepressible Dave West, originally called “Nickelodeon”. That name was already taken, so I chose another with a nod…
by · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified May 18, 2024
Here’s another gem pulled from the pages of one of the many editions of Pen and Brush Lettering by the Blandford Press. Cascading bubbles add a somewhat 70s feel to a distinctly Deco font,...
by · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified May 18, 2024
The 1905 Barnhart Brothers & Spindler catalog featured an ultrawide face called “French Antique Extended”. The letterforms have been faithfully rendered here, but this font’s kerning calls for a lot of overlapping and interlocking...
by · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified May 18, 2024
A Japanese design firm called Maniackers put together a typeface design in 2001, which they called Snail. This typeface is based on that design, with a few tasty modifications and some industrial-strength kerning, so...
by · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified May 18, 2024
A sign in a London storefront, ca. 1930, pitching—surprise!—Smart Frocks provided the visual cues for designing this typeface. Singularly stylish, hip and haughty and decidedly Deco, this is the smart font to use! This...
by · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified May 18, 2024
This delightful dervish is based on handlettering from a 1928 poster for a steamship line by renowned British artist Austin Cooper. It’s essentially a monocase font, with the exception of the letter A, which...
by · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified May 18, 2024
Handlettering on a piece of sheet music from 1903 was the inspiration for this little whimsical wonder. The font features a very sinuous S and teddy-bear bookends in the {brace} positions. This font contains...