font_designer: Nick Curtis

Outgribe NF

Outgribe NF font

This rough, raw typeface is based on the lettering in Ben Shahn’s iconic poster protesting the execution of Bartolomeo Vanzetti and Nicolo Sacco in 1927. All possible uppercase and lowercase forms have been kerned,...

Hoodoo U NF

Hoodoo U NF font

This roly-poly romp through the alphabet is based on Jürgen Riebling’s irrepressible Mr. Big from the 1970s. Big, bold, bubbly and a little brash, it’s a natural choice for happy headlines. Both versions contain...

Linea Nera NF

Linea Nera NF font

Here’s another Disco-era darling, based on Wolf Magin’s contemporary offering, originally called Black Line. It’s a natural choice for sassy headlines with a cool Retro vibe. Both versions contain the complete Latin 1252, Central...

Shaq Attack NF

Shaq Attack NF font

No: Jethro Bodine didn’t design this typeface although, to look at it, you might be tempted to think so. Rather, the pattern was a product of the fertile imagination of famed lettering artist Alf...

Suffiya NF

Suffiya NF font

The Boston Type Foundry called the pattern for this elegant typeface “Moslem,” suggesting the exotic appeal of faraway lands. The face succeeds in fulfilling its promise, with remarkably little extraneous fussiness. The font’s name...

Vasari NF

Vasari NF font

The pattern for this font was found in the 1906 specimen book for the Keystone Type Foundry under the name Ancient Gothic, which is a pretty accurate description of the particular appeal of this...

Starlight Ballroom NF

Starlight Ballroom NF font

Cross the irrepressible Samuel Welo with a bit of found matchbook art and voilà! You have this retro charmer, proudly found on the kind of neon signs that offered an invitation to dine and...

Rightly So NF

Rightly So NF font

An entry in the Palmer and Rey 1884 specimen book named, somewhat prosaically, Geometric Gothic provided the inspiration for this rectilinear romp through the alphabet. As apt as it is for a period piece...

Salzburger Plakat NF

Salzburger Plakat NF font

A poster by Otto Baumberger for an Austrian winter sports festival in 1907 inspired this charming confluence of medieval and Art Nouveau influences. As such, its appeal is timeless, and well suited for storybook...

Squirrely Shirley NF

Squirrely Shirley NF font

Another entry in the trusty old “Schriftatlas” named Phoenix—original source and designer unknown—provided the inspiration for this bouncy bit of alphabetical tomfoolery. Its animated typeforms, definitely retro chic, will put some bounce in the…