Bouwsma Script
Bouwsma Script, based on Philip Bouwsma’s own handwriting, was originally released in 1994 and settled for nothing less than being an instant classic. One of Bouwsma’s widely used works in the 1990s, Bouwsma Script...
font_designer: Philip Bouwsma
Maestro
Out of a lifelong inner struggle, Philip Bouwsma unleashes a masterpiece that reconciles classic calligraphy with type in a way never before attempted. Maestro takes its cue from the Italian chancery cursive of the...
Alexia
Philip Bouwsma is concerned about the survival of calligraphy in the computer age. The last time there was a technology shift of this magnitude, in Gutenberg’s day, the metal workers shouldered out the scribes...
Tupelo
Philip Bouwsma’s offbeat mind, always working in mysterious ways, brings us one of the unlikeliest syntheses of historical influences in a perfectly fluid, organic, and highly expressive connected script. Tupelo takes its inspirational roots...
Testament
From the standpoint of calligraphy, a font family of capitals and uncials makes perfect sense. The Roman square capitals, the quadrata, are matched by round capitals of older Greek origin; the word “uncus” means...
Lorenzo
The lifetime of Lorenzo de Medici (1449-1492) coincides with the rise of metal type as it displaced broad pen calligraphy for the production of books. This revolution marked the end of formal Western calligraphy,...
Symposium Pro
Philip Bouwsma’s Symposium Pro is a wide Carolingian script that can be set simply or with a wide range of flourishes. It takes its inspiration from the scriptoria of the twelfth century, particularly in...