Daffadowndilly NF
Here’s another offering based on the work of Alf Becker, long-time contributor to Signs of the Times magazine. This only comes from the 1940s, and is a light and bouncy single-stroke face that’s sure...
font_designer: Nick Curtis
Engel Stabenschrift NF
This elegant unicase uncial face is based on a work by German type designer Ernst Engel from 1927.This typeface masterfully combines Art Deco sensibilities with medieval letterforms, and is suitable for both text and...
Kandinsky NF
While strolling through the Phillips Collection in Washington, DC, I came across a delightful painting by Wassily Kandinsky entitled “Succession”. Many of the forms seemed to me typographic so, of course, a font followed,...
Turban Hey NF
The “Moorish arch” treatment of certain letters on a 2001 book on Dutch design, executed by René Knip, provided the inspiration for this exotic unicase typeface. The font also includes arabesque designs in the...
Yum Yum NF
The Cleveland Type Foundry strikes again, with this delightful little number from their 1893 specimen book, originally named “Mikado”. This version takes its name from one of the characters in the Gilbert and Sullivan...
Great Sage NF
This pseudo-Egyptian fantasy originally was named Karnac, and was unearthed in the pages of the 1888 American Type Founders Specimen Book. This version derives it name from a continuing character from Johnny Carson’s stint...
Best Gals
This pair of typefaces get their inspiration from the perennial logotype face for Archie comics. The Best Gal Betty version features plain caps, and the Best Gal Veronica version features swash caps. Buy the...
Old Softy NF
The pattern for this friendly face was found within the Keystone Type Foundry’s 1884 specimen book, under the rather prosaic name of Round Gothic. This version retains all of the original’s warmth and charm,...
Reboot NF
Fire the retro rockets! Here’s a decidedly different take on techno type, patterned after Robert Williamson’s Program 32 from the 1970s. Despite its machine-readable pretensions, it renders remarkably warm headlines. Both versions of this...
ChicaGogo NF
The compendium Alphabete: ein Schriftaltas von A bis Z listed the pattern for this family of faces under the name Chicago which, owing to the number of other faces using the same name, makes...