font_designer: Nick Curtis

Boxcar Willie NF

Boxcar Willie NF font

Based on a typeface originally called “Seven Flare”, this offering has a warm, slightly naive grace and a casual nostalgic charm. In addition, kerning has been applied to all possible letter combinations, so that...

Millrich Reading NF

Millrich Reading NF font

The 1918 specimen book of the Miller and Richard Type Foundry of London and Edinburgh featured this endearing typeface. Both versions of this font include the complete Latin 1252 and Central European 1250 character...

Nerwyn NF

Nerwyn NF font

This snappy little number was inspired by a PLINC typeface by Murray Fuchs called Erwin, which has been redrawn and improved for the digital age. Use Contextual Alternates to “bounce” the text, and Discretionary...

Pony Xpress NF

Pony Xpress NF font

The 1885 specimen book of the Palmer and Rey Type Foundry of San Francisco featured the inspiration for this typeface under the name Courier. This version has been thoughtfully designed to use Contextual Alternates...

Vuvuzela NF

Vuvuzela NF font

A signpainter’s chapbook called this style Show Card Casual, although “casual” might be understating the case a bit. Guaranteed to put some fun, and a wee bit of mischief, into your headlines. Both versions...

Jackalope NF

Jackalope NF font

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...

Liguria NF

Liguria NF font

Discovered within the pages of a turn-of-the-Twentieth-Century specimen book of the Società Nebiolo of Turin, Italy, was this little gem, which shows both antique and Art Nouveau influences. Both versions of this font include...

Linndale Square NF

Linndale Square NF font

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...

Millrich Moravian NF

Millrich Moravian NF font

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...

Lily Hilo NF

Lily Hilo  NF font

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…