font_designer: Steve Jackaman

Creighton

Creighton font

It was our initial intention to develop a suitable lowercase for Les Usherwood’s Elston typeface, based on a few characters from an old German typeface called Hermes Grotesque (Woellmer, Berlin). However, the new design...

Megaphone

Megaphone font

It was our initial intention to develop a suitable lowercase for Les Usherwood’s Elston typeface, based on a few characters from an old German typeface called Hermes Grotesque (Woellmer, Berlin). The new design became...

Ronsard Crystal

Ronsard Crystal font

The original Ronsard Crystal began its life as a single-weight VGC photo display font in the 1950s. We liked it so much, that we decided to design four traditional weights to go with the...

Castle

Castle font

Raleigh Gothic

Raleigh Gothic font

Based on the ATF typeface by Morris F. Benton, circa 1934. Steve created two additional new weights.

Karnak Pro

Karnak Pro font

Based on the original design by Robert Hunter Middleton. Digitally engineered by Steve Jackaman and Ashley Muir from the Ludlow drawings, circa 1931–1942.

Harry Pro

Harry Pro font

This revival of Harry is based on the original design by Marty Goldstein (and C.B. Smith). Goldstein, born in Chicago in 1939, was the co-founder of the groundbreaking Creative Black Book. He graduated from...

Aquarius

Aquarius font

Based on the popular VGC typeface designed by Ronald Arnholm in 1972.

Alphabet Soup

Alphabet Soup font

This family has been replaced by the newer Alphabet Soup Pro. Alphabet Soup was a rounded sans serif typeface. It was designed and produced by Steve Jackaman (ITF) in 2005, exclusively for the Red...

Triple Condensed Gothic

Triple Condensed Gothic font

Based on an early wood type design. An original creation.