font_designer: Rian Hughes

Capitol Capitals

Capitol Capitals font

DF Capitol features two faces, DF Capitol Skyline and DF Capitol Capitals (a multi-weight all-caps compliment) that epitomise Streamline Moderne. Strong geometry and large, open counters with heavily condensed verticals and a succession of…

Bubblegum Pop

Bubblegum Pop font

A funky balloon type in three variants, Highlight, Shadow and plain old Vanilla. Guaranteed to bring a sense of playful fun to packaging, comic magazines, and merchandise.

Broadside

Broadside font

Broadside is a versatile, authoritative and functional family inspired by the sans serifs seen on ’40s and ’50s patriotic posters and period advertising. It is available in seven weights across condensed, normal and extended...

Argent

Argent font

An elegant sans with a low lower-case x-height, diamond-shaped dots and a reweighed complimentary italic with subtle calligraphic touches. With its generous spacing and leading, Argent is very readable in extended text settings, appearing...

Albiona Soft

Albiona Soft font

A rounded version of Albiona, a contemporary slab-serif which revisits aspects of Robert Besley’s classic Clarendon. Originally named after the Clarendon Press in Oxford, the type family was subsequently extended by Stephenson Blake in...

Albiona Inked

Albiona Inked font

Albiona Inked is a vintage distressed version of Albiona that evokes the urgency of teletext printers, typewriter ribbons and authentic hot-metal type on rougher paper. A contemporary slab-serif, it revisits aspects of Robert Besley’s...

Albiona

Albiona font

A contemporary slab-serif which revisits aspects of Robert Besley’s all-time classic Clarendon, designed around 1842 for Thorowgood and Co. and named after the Clarendon Press in Oxford. The original design was subsequently extended by...

Typex

Typex font

Based on the lettering used on Alan Turing’s famous code-breaking machine at Bletchley Park, the “Bombe”, and the subsequent British answer to the German Enigma machine, the Typex. Research done at Bletchley Park on...

Serenity

Serenity font

A versatile and elegant sans serif with a hint of Futura and a dash of Gill, but entirely its own design. Clear and legible in small sizes, refined and authoritative in larger sizes, Serenity...

Charterhouse

Charterhouse font

A heavy obround sans with a high x-height and unusual lower-case spurs that flow up and into the bowl. This curve is mirrored in the ascenders. The alternates provide for closer, denser setting.